Abstract: Provided are a substituted azole derivative and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including an effective amount of the derivative, and a method for treating Parkinson's disease in a mammal including administering an effective amount of the compound to the mammal. The azole derivative of the following Formula (I) and pharmaceutically useful salts thereof have an efficacy against Parkinson's disease from inhibitory effects of the activity of MAO-B.

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: 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 user terminal and a method of displaying an image that includes displaying a plurality of display layers having different depths that are overlapped with each other, and in response to a user input being sensed, changing a depth of at least one of the plurality of display layers according to the user input, and providing a visual effect in response to the user input.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which generates an audio/video (A/V) file, an application file, and a first electronic program guide (EPG) file by appropriately processing a plurality of A/V signals, application information, and EPG information, respectively, which are included in an input broadcast program transport stream; a synchronization unit which receives the A/V file, the application file, and the first EPG file from the signal processing unit, generates storage information for the A/V file and storage information for the application file, and converts the first EPG file into a second EPG file comprising the storage information for the A/V file and the storage information for the application file; and a storage unit which stores the A/V file, the application file, and the second EPG file.

Abstract: A variable oil pump capable of rapidly ejecting a required amount of working fluid using an oil pressure of the working fluid generated according to an engine RPM, and improving a lubrication effect to improve engine efficiency. Also described is a variable oil pump, in which a gap is provided between a plunger and a cylinder to easily operate the plunger using an oil pressure output from an oil pump, enabling more rapid supply of a required amount of oil using an oil pressure varied according to variation in an engine RPM. A variable oil pump is described in which the plunger is perpendicularly operated with respect to a flow direction of the working fluid, such that the plunger can be operated in a direction in which a pressure of the working fluid is applied to operate the oil pump.

Abstract: A user device is provided. The device includes a main power supply, and an auxiliary power supply. The main power supply provides a main power. The auxiliary power supply cuts off the main power according to a power level of the main power supply and provides an auxiliary power upon Sudden Power-Off (SPO).

Abstract: A method for preparing a polycarbonate resin includes polymerizing an aromatic dihydroxyl compound and a diaryl carbonate to prepare a polycarbonate pre-polymer; injecting and mixing an inert gas with the prepared polycarbonate pre-polymer; and foaming and polymerizing the polycarbonate pre-polymer with which the inert gas is mixed. The method can prevent or reduce yellowing upon melt polymerization of the polycarbonate resin.

Abstract: A method for preparing branched polycarbonate includes: preparing a first raw material by mixing and reacting an aromatic dihydroxy compound, diaryl carbonate, and about 60 ppb (weight) to about 140 ppb (weight) of a catalyst with respect to the amount of aromatic dihydroxy compound; preparing a second raw material by mixing and reacting an aromatic dihydroxy compound, diaryl carbonate, a phosphorus branching agent, and about 350 ppb (weight) to about 450 ppb (weight) of the catalyst with respect to the amount of aromatic dihydroxy compound; and melt-polymerizing about 100 parts by weight of the first raw material and about 1 part by weight to about 20 parts by weight of the second raw material. The branched polycarbonate prepared by the method can exhibit excellent properties in terms of heat resistance, color stability and/or fluidity due to small catalyst amount.

Abstract: A display device having a plasma display panel may include a plasma display panel which includes a plurality of electrodes and a driver which supplies a driving signal to the plurality of electrodes. The driving signal having a driving waveform may include a resetting section and an addressing section and include a plurality of pulses applied between the resetting section and the addressing section.

Abstract: A plant illumination apparatus includes a light source module including a first light source and a second light source generating lights having different wavelengths, an environment-detecting module detecting an external environment to obtain a real-time environment parameter, and a control module connected to the light source module and the environment-detecting module. The control module includes a processor unit and a storage unit storing a database of plant growing environment parameters. The processor unit loads at least one preset growing environment parameter corresponding to a plant growth timing from the database of plant growing environment parameters, and compares the preset growing environment parameter with the real-time environment parameter to output at least one comparison result. The processor unit adjusts the first light source and the second light source according to the comparison result, so that an adjusted environment parameter matches the preset growing environment parameter.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a Doppler signal by using volume data. In detail, the method and apparatus measure a Doppler signal by obtaining a sub volume by using a color component of volume data and locating a sample volume on a scan line of a cell whose corresponding sub volume is scanned.

Abstract: Provided are a voltage detector that blocks out an input signal for an electronic device when a level of an input voltage for determining a voltage level of the input signal is equal to or less than a predetermined level and a semiconductor device including the same. The voltage detector outputs a detection signal indicating whether or not a level of a first voltage exceeds a first threshold, using the first voltage and a second voltage, which is independent of the first voltage.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which generates an audio/video (A/V) file, an application file, and a first electronic program guide (EPG) file by appropriately processing a plurality of A/V signals, application information, and EPG information, respectively, which are included in an input broadcast program transport stream; a synchronization unit which receives the A/V file, the application file, and the first EPG file from the signal processing unit, generates storage information for the A/V file and storage information for the application file, and converts the first EPG file into a second EPG file comprising the storage information for the A/V file and the storage information for the application file; and a storage unit which stores the A/V file, the application file, and the second EPG file.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-TB cyclic peptides from Nonomuraea sp. MJM5123, a process for the production of the anti-Tuberculosis peptide and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of mycobacterial infection comprising the same. The composition of the present invention is highly active against replicating/non-replicating M. tuberculosis, including MDR and XDR strains, so that it can be effectively used as a therapeutic agent for tuberculosis.

Abstract: An optical sheet includes a base film in which light is incident from a lower side, a plurality of prism patterns and a diffusion member. The prism patterns are protruded to be spaced apart from each other on the base film to enhance the front luminance of light incident from the lower side of the base film. The diffusion member is disposed between prism patterns to have a diffusion surface in parallel with the base film. The diffusion member includes a plurality of diffusion dots capable of enhancing the luminance uniformity of light incident from the lower side of the base film. Thus, front luminance and luminance uniformity may be enhanced due to a juxtaposition of the prism patterns and the diffusion portion, and the viewing angle of the LCD device may be enhanced.

Abstract: A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or read-only recording medium, such as BD-ROM, which contains copy protection information encoded in intermittent or alternate wobbled pits, and to methods and apparatuses for forming, recording, and reproducing data on the recording medium.

Abstract: A cardiac ultrasound image display to analyze a heart wall motion, and a method and apparatus for displaying a cardiac ultrasound image. A method of displaying a medical image includes obtaining a characteristic value for each of one or more segments included in an object, generating an image of the object indicating the segment of which the characteristic value is a predetermined value, and displaying the image.

Abstract: A method of generating a volume image. The method includes: acquiring a sound generated by a cyclically moving object; classifying the acquired sound into periods corresponding to cyclic motions of the cyclically moving object; generating sub-volume images corresponding to predetermined regions of a plurality of regions that a cyclically moving object has been divided into by transmitting ultrasound signals towards the cyclically moving object and receiving response signals reflected from the cyclically moving object, at every period; and generating a volume image of the object by connecting the generated sub-volume images to one other.

Abstract: A page buffer circuit of a memory device including a plurality of Multi-Level Cells (MLCs) connected to at least a pair of bit lines includes a Most Significant Bit (MSB) latch, a Least Significant Bit (LSB) latch, a data I/O circuit, an inverted output circuit, a MSB verification circuit, and a LSB verification circuit. The MSB latch is configured to sense a voltage of a sensing node in response to a control signal and store an upper sensing data, and output an inverted upper sensing data, or store an input data and output an inverted input data. The LSB latch is configured to sense a voltage of the sensing node in response to the control signal, and store and output a lower sensing data, or store and output an input data received through the MSB latch. The data I/O circuit is connected to the MSB latch and a data I/O line, and is configured to perform the input and output of a sensing data or the input and output of a program data.