Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention describe a novel use of capsanthin and/or fatty-acyl ester of capsanthin to inhibit both the differentiation of pre-adipocytes to adipocytes and the accumulation of fat in the adipocytes. One or more embodiments of the present invention are based on findings that capsanthin contained in some natural products such as red pepper, paprika, bell pepper, etc. have anti-adipogenic activity by inhibiting both the differentiation of pre-adipocyte into adipocyte and the accumulation of fat in adipocytes, Therefore, this findings provide a functional food and a pharmaceutical composition wherein capsanthins and the extract of any natural products containing the same components are included in the functional food and the pharmaceutical composition, to offer obesity prevention and/or treatment effects.

Abstract: An optimized elastic modulus reconstruction procedure can estimate the nonlinear elastic properties of vascular wall from intramural strain and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements. A noninvasive free-hand ultrasound scanning procedure is used to apply external force, comparable to the force in measuring a subject's blood pressure, to achieve higher strains by equalizing the internal arterial baseline pressure. PWV is estimated at the same location where intramural strain is measured. The reconstructed elastic modulus is optimized and the arterial elastic modulus can be determined and monitored using a simple dual elastic modulus reconstruction procedure.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) package is provided. The LED package includes: a package body including an LED; a bottom heat transfer metal layer formed on the bottom of the package body; and a metal plate bonded to the bottom heat transfer metal layer, wherein the bottom heat transfer metal layer is bonded to the metal plate through soldering or an adhesive such as Ag epoxy, and the metal plate includes only metal without a resin layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same is provided. The semiconductor device includes a trench formed in a substrate, a junction region formed in the substrate on both sides of the trench, a first gate insulation layer formed on the surface of the trench, a first buried conductive layer formed over the first gate insulation layer to fill a portion of the trench, a second buried conductive layer formed between the first buried conductive layer and the first gate insulation layer to provide a gap between the first buried conductive layer and the first gate insulation layer, and a second gate insulation layer buried in the gap.

Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) providing apparatus includes a first data acquiring unit to acquire first data of a target object, a second data acquiring unit to acquire second data, and an image processor to obtain a representative image based on the first data and to modify the representative image based on the second data. A method for providing AR includes acquiring first data for a target object, acquiring second data from a source associated with the target object or a user of an AR providing apparatus, obtaining a representative image related to the first data, and modifying the representative image based on the second data.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a word line, a bit line crossing the word line, an active region arranged in an oblique direction at the word line and the bit line, and a contact pad contacting the active region, where the contact pad extends in the oblique direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a photosensitive resin composition which exhibits proper optical density and hydrophobicity when it is formed into a light-shielding film, and which is useful in preventing the color mixing or position deviation of color ink when the color ink is charged in a region defined by a light-shielding film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same is provided. The semiconductor device includes a trench formed in a substrate, a junction region formed in the substrate on both sides of the trench, a first gate insulation layer formed on the surface of the trench, a first buried conductive layer formed over the first gate insulation layer to fill a portion of the trench, a second buried conductive layer formed between the first buried conductive layer and the first gate insulation layer to provide a gap between the first buried conductive layer and the first gate insulation layer, and a second gate insulation layer buried in the gap.

Abstract: A new single optical interband transition occurs at the corresponding p-doping state of the carbon nanotubes in the VIS-NIR region when the degree of p-doping of carbon nanotubes is increased beyond a certain degree. P-doped carbon nanotubes to exhibit the new single optical interband transition in the VIS-NIR region may be used for devices so as to improve sensitivity and selectivity of the devices.

Abstract: A judder detection apparatus, a de-interlacing apparatus using the judder detection apparatus, and a de-interlacing method. The judder detection apparatus includes a judder detector to detect whether a detected pattern that is similar to a judder pattern occurs using predetermined pixel values of even and odd fields sequentially input, a pattern detector to detect whether an input image has a uniform pixel value in every other line of the even and odd fields and whether consecutive lines of the even and odd fields have a blind pattern having a difference from the uniform pixel that is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and a determiner to determine whether the detected pattern that is similar to the judder pattern is a judder based on whether the blind pattern is detected.

Abstract: A clock synchronization system and method avoids output clock jitter at high frequencies and also achieves a smooth phase transition at the boundary of the coarse and fine delays. The system may use a single coarse delay line configured to generate two intermediate clocks from the input reference clock and having a fixed phase difference therebetween. The coarse delay line may have a hierarchical or a non-hierarchical structure. A phase mixer receives these two intermediate clocks and generates the final output clock having a phase between the phases of the intermediate clocks. The coarse shifting in the delay line at high clock frequencies does not affect the phase relationship between the intermediate clocks fed into the phase mixer. The output clock from the phase mixer is time synchronized with the input reference clock and does not exhibit any jitter or noise even at high clock frequency inputs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing a carbon nanotube (CNT) having electrons that are injected, with treatment with a reducing agent, a CNT manufactured according to the method, and an electric device comprising the CNT a CNT manufactured according to the method. The electronic characteristics such as the doped level and the band gap of the CNT having electrons injected therein can be widely and easily adjusted by changing the treatment conditions of the reducing agent.

Abstract: A system, device, and method include a cell-powered first electronic device for monitoring two or more electrolytic cells is powered using electrical potential imposed across the electrolytic cells. The potential is voltage-boosted to accomplish this task. If the electrical potential imposed across the cells is insufficient, the device can also be battery-powered. In any event, this device is in communication with one or more sensors in the electrolytic cells, as well as a second electronic device, and the first and second electronic devices wirelessly communicate. More specifically, the first electronic device wireless transmits data signals to the second electronic device, which receives the same. The first and second electronic devices are physically remote from one another, and they communicate over a private or public network, preferably using spread spectrum technology.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a transparent electrode having a carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotube powder is dispersed in a solvent to form a carbon nanotube ink. The carbon nanotube ink is coated on a substrate to prepare a carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube has a defect formed on a surface thereof. The defect is formed through an acid treatment process of immersing the carbon nanotube powder or the carbon nanotube film in a nitric acid, a sulfuric acid, a hydrochloric acid, a phosphoric acid, or a mixture thereof. The defect can be formed through an ultrasonic treatment process of exposing the carbon nanotube powder or the carbon nanotube film to an ultrasonic wave having a predetermined frequency and intensity.

Abstract: A device and a method of estimating noise of an image signal, and an apparatus and a method of converting an image signal using the same are provided. The apparatus for converting the image signal includes a noise estimation device determining a noise level by using the minimum frame sum of absolute difference (SAD) detected from a plurality of input image fields; an interpolation filter interpolating the input image fields; and an interpolation filter control unit generating a filter coefficient control signal of the interpolation filter by using the noise level obtained by the noise estimation device. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively and accurately estimate noise of a frame based image field by providing the method of estimating the noise using the minimum frame SAD.

Abstract: Thermal strain imaging can be used to identify vascular plaques. Methods include heating and imaging with ultrasound to identify vulnerable plaques, which typically consist of a large lipid-rich core, in peripheral arteries of a patient. Lipid-bearing tissue has a negative temperature dependence of sound speed, whereas water-based tissue has a positive one, allowing thermal strain imaging to differentiate the two different types of tissues with high contrast to characterize plaque composition. Apparatus and methods of the present teachings allow noninvasive and reliable plaque identification.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing digital mobile broadcast-related data are disclosed. The method and apparatus store digital mobile broadcast-related data, such as an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), a favorite channel list, etc., in a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and update the stored data, such that the digital mobile broadcast-related data can be used by a mobile communication terminal, and even by a mobile communication terminal that has newly replaced another mobile communication terminal.

Abstract: An optimized elastic modulus reconstruction procedure can estimate the nonlinear elastic properties of vascular wall from intramural strain and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements. A noninvasive free-hand ultrasound scanning procedure is used to apply external force, comparable to the force in measuring a subject's blood pressure, to achieve higher strains by equalizing the internal arterial baseline pressure. PWV is estimated at the same location where intramural strain is measured. The reconstructed elastic modulus is optimized and the arterial elastic modulus can be determined and monitored using a simple dual elastic modulus reconstruction procedure.

Abstract: Methods and systems for measuring mechanical property of a vascular wall and a method and system for determining health of a vascular structure are provided wherein local deformation of a vessel wall resulting from physiologic pressures with altered transmural forces is measured. A non-invasive free-hand ultrasound scanning-procedure was performed to apply external force, comparable to the force generated in measuring a subject's blood pressure, to achieve higher strains by equalizing the internal arterial baseline pressure. When the applied pressure matched the internal baseline diastolic pressure, strain and strain rate increased by a factor of 10 over a cardiac cycle. Radial arterial strain was assessed in the vessel wall over the entire deformation procedure using a phase-sensitive, two-dimensional speckle-tracking algorithm. An elastic modulus reconstruction procedure was developed to estimate the non-linear elastic properties of the vascular wall.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating phase related clocks, includes delaying a clock input by a cycle delay magnitude to generate a cycle delay signal and N delay taps is disclosed. Each delay tap has a delay equal to a fractional amount of the cycle delay magnitude. The method further includes delaying the clock input by an alignment magnitude to generate a first aligned phase signal and delaying each of the N delay taps by fractional amounts of the alignment magnitude to generate N phase aligned signals. A feedback loop is closed by a phase comparison between the first aligned phase signal and the cycle delay signal. The phase comparison result is used to adjust the cycle delay magnitude, which adjusts delays of the cycle delay signal and the N delay taps, and adjust the alignment magnitude, which adjusts delays of the first aligned phase signal and the N phase aligned signals.