Abstract: A bus interface device for requesting and receiving data from a memory controller connected to a bus includes a request buffer and a request merger. The request buffer is configured to store a first data request signal for requesting first data and a second data request signal for requesting second data. The request merger is configured to determine whether to merge the first and second data request signals, and transmit a merged request signal for requesting the first data and the second data from the memory controller to the bus upon determining that the first and second data request signals are to be merged.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell stack having an electrically conductive interconnect, including the steps of: (a) providing a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell, (b) providing a substrate having an iron-chromium alloy, (c) depositing a layer of metallic cobalt over a portion of substrate surface, (d) subjecting the layer of metallic cobalt to reducing conditions, (e) then exposing the remaining portion of the layer of metallic cobalt to oxidizing conditions for a predetermined time and temperature, such that the surface portion of the layer of metallic cobalt is oxidized to cobalt oxide, thereby forming the electrically conductive interconnect having a layer of metallic cobalt sandwiched between a surface layer of cobalt oxide and the layer of cobalt-iron-chromium alloy, and (f) sandwiching the substrate between the first and second fuel cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoelectric generator module including one or more module unit bodies disposed between a hot source and a cold source to serve as fundamental structures for performing thermoelectric power generation, wherein the module unit bodies are disposed on a exhaust pipe interposed between the hot source and the cold source, and provides a method of manufacturing the thermoelectric generator module.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same: wherein X, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The compound of Chemical Formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof acts as a positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5), thereby being useful in the prevention or treatment of disorder mediated by glutamate dysfunction and mGluR5.

Abstract: A method of controlling a device by an eye action is provided. The method includes selecting a controller to execute a control command generated by the eye action of a user, obtaining data about the eye action of the user, detecting the control command corresponding to the eye action of the user based on the obtained data, and executing the detected control command by using the selected controller.

Abstract: An item display method and apparatus that provides an easier and faster way to locate a desired item on a display. The method and apparatus receive a user gesture on display screen, and display one or both of items of a first category and items of a second category according to the user gesture. Items of the first category and items of the second category are displayed in various ways according to associated user gestures.

Abstract: A method for activating user functions by types of input signals and a portable terminal adapted to the method are disclosed. The input means of the portable terminal generate various types of input signals. The portable terminal activates and controls particular user functions according to corresponding input signals. In a multi-tasking situation where a plurality of user functions are simultaneously used, the portable terminal can activate and control the user functions according to the particular types of input signals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound represented by Formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt which are effective as a dopamine reuptake inhibitor and a method of using the compound: wherein X is independently halo, alkyl, alkoxy or nitro; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are independently H— or alkyl; R3 is H—, alkyl or aralkyl; and R4 is H— or aryl.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizer and a polarizer manufactured by using the same, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a polarizer, which includes a cross-linking and elongating step using an aqueous solution including a polyvalent carboxylic acid compound and a boric acid compound, and a polarizer manufactured by using the same.

Abstract: There is provided a method of treating solid material, wherein the solid material includes target metallic material and one or more other metallic elements, wherein the target metallic material consists of at least one of tantalum and niobium, the method comprising contacting the solid material with a gaseous reagent material within a reaction zone, wherein the gaseous reagent material includes carbon tetrachloride.

Abstract: A method of displaying a medical image includes displaying a first image that is generated by rendering volume data of an object in a first direction, displaying on the first image a viewer tool for generating a second image, wherein the viewer tool indicates a section of the object, generating the second image by rendering sub-volume data included in the volume data in a second direction which is different from the first direction and indicated by the viewer tool, and displaying at least a part of the second image.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter may include: a signal modulator configured to receive a signal having a first digital value, and modulate the signal having the first digital value to a signal having a second digital value having fewer bits than bits of the signal having the first digital value, or a signal having a value that is periodically changed between the second digital value and a value greater than the second digital value; and a signal converter configured to convert the signal having the second digital value into a signal having an analog value.

Abstract: A light guide plate and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The light guide plate is injection-molded from an aromatic polycarbonate resin having a weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 g/mol to about 15,000 g/mol and an alkali metal content of about 40 ppb to about 100 ppb. The light guide plate has a color coordinate y variation (?y) of about 0.0001 to about 0.0150 after being left at about 80° C. and about 90% RH for about 1,000 hours, and emits light having an about 85% to about 100% brightness of a light source. The light guide plate can exhibit excellent discoloration resistance under high temperature and high humidity conditions and can have small reduction in brightness.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an antifogging porous silica thin film includes preparing a silicon block copolymer micelle solution, forming a coating layer by applying the solution on a substrate using a compressed air spraying method, forming a porous silica thin film by subjecting the coating layer to an oxygen plasma treatment, and solvent-annealing the porous silica thin film.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an operating method thereof, which quickly and accurately set a volume of interest (VOI).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure provides intelligent services based on a variety of technologies, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, a health care, a digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. An apparatus and method for executing a task of an electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive state information associated with the electronic device from the electronic device, and a processor configured to determine whether to execute a specific task in the electronic device or a mobile terminal based on the state information about the electronic device and state information about the mobile terminal, and to indicate a result of the determination to the electronic device through the communication interface.

Abstract: Provided is a volume rendering method including: obtaining 3-dimensional (3D) volume data of an object; setting a parameter of a first voxel included in the 3D volume data as a first value, and a parameter of a second voxel included in the 3D volume data as a second value; and performing rendering by applying the first value to the first voxel and the second value to the second voxel.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid chromatography apparatus for fast measuring, and more particularly, a liquid chromatography apparatus which includes a first column and a second column having different component separations for an interest component within a sample and makes components primarily separated in the first column be secondarily separated in the second column of a first channel unit before a switching valve is switched, makes the components primarily separated in the first column be continuously discharged through a second channel unit after the switching valve is switched, thereby improving the component separation and achieving the fast measuring.

Abstract: A new battery configuration and process are detailed. The battery cell includes a solid electrolyte configured with an engineered metallization layer that distributes sodium across the surface of the electrolyte extending the active area of the cathode in contact with the anode during operation. The metallization layer enhances performance, efficiency, and capacity of sodium batteries at intermediate temperatures at or below about 200° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system test apparatus. The system test apparatus includes an insertion module configured to insert a test agent into a process control block, a hooking module configured to hook a test target to a test code using the test agent when an event related to the test target occurs, a scanning module configured to collect pieces of test information about a process in which the event related to the test target has occurred when the test target is hooked, and a logging module configured to store the pieces of test information collected by the scanning module.