Abstract: A fluid analysis chip includes a channel formed within the chip. The chip includes a sample inlet and a sample outlet communicating with an outside of the chip, where the sample inlet and the sample outlet communicate with each other through the closed channel. An expanding part of the channel is formed in a longitudinal direction of the channel in such a manner that a pair of inner walls of the channel define an inner surface of the expanding part, and the expanding part has a larger sectional area than the channel.

Abstract: An image interpolating method and apparatus, in which horizontal and vertical Differences of Absolute Inter-channel Differences (DAIDs) are calculated from a color filter array (CFA) image, and an unknown pixel is interpolated in horizontal and vertical directions estimated in consideration of the DAIDs of R, G, and B pixels. Therefore, the image interpolating method and apparatus provide a large Peak Signal and Noise Ratio (PSNR), a Structural Similarity (SSIM), and high visual quality images.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method for obtaining a plurality of clear sections in a plurality of images and combining such clear section into a final image. The digital photographing apparatus including: a lens unit including a focusing lens that adjusts a focal length; an image capturing device that obtains image data from incident light; a border image data obtaining unit that obtains border image data from image data obtained by the image capturing device; and a clear image determining unit that determines an image including an area that is the clearest from among images that respectively correspond to a plurality of image data.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus capable of acquiring data about an image having a wide dynamic range and a high grayscale resolution, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a program to implement the method are provided. An embodiment includes an imaging device that acquires a reference image and additional images at different exposures and a multi-level threshold map generation unit that classifies the pixels of the images into levels according to brightness. The embodiment further includes a motion data acquiring unit that acquires motion data for each pixel based on its respective brightness level and a first weight data acquiring unit that acquires first weight data based on the motion data of each pixel. In addition, the embodiment includes a final image data acquiring unit that synthesizes the pixels of the reference image and the additional images based on first weight data.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus may effectively reduce noise in an image which represents an object photographed by a photographing apparatus. The method may include extracting a first low-frequency component and a first high-frequency component from first image data, and applying a noise reduction filter to the first low-frequency component and to the first high-frequency component to obtain a second low-frequency component and a second high-frequency component, respectively. The method may also include obtaining edge data from the second low-frequency component, and amplifying a portion of the second high-frequency component that corresponds to the edge data to obtain a third high-frequency component. The method may further include combining the second low-frequency component with the third high-frequency component to obtain second image data, and controlling the second image data representing the photographed object to be output to at least one of a storage medium and a display unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a microfluidic chip capable of accurately and quickly detecting presence of a trace amount of a target within a fluid sample. It has a channel structure comprising a sample inlet for feeding a sample therethrough, a first reservoir for primarily storing the sample therein, a second reservoir for secondarily storing the sample therein, a first reaction portion in which a target is conjugated with a label, a second reaction portion in which the labeled target undergoes a specific reaction, such as an antigen-antibody reaction, and a delaying portion, located between the first and the second reaction portion, for decreasing a flow rate of the sample.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for treating dementia including shRNA to inhibit expression of S100a9. More particularly, the present disclosure describes a composition for prevention or treatment of dementia which includes shRNA having a nucleotide sequence defined by SEQ. ID No. 1 or 2 or a mixture thereof wherein the nucleotide sequence is complementarily bonded to mRNA of S100a9 in order to inhibit expression of S100a9, as well as a method for prevention or treatment of dementia, including administering the foregoing shRNA into a mammalian cell including a human cell or in vitro established mammalian cell-line, in order to inhibit expression of S100a9 protein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for treating dementia including shRNA to inhibit expression of S100a9. More particularly, the present disclosure describes a composition for prevention or treatment of dementia which includes shRNA having a nucleotide sequence defined by SEQ. ID No. 1 or 2 or a mixture thereof wherein the nucleotide sequence is complementarily bonded to mRNA of S100a9 in order to inhibit expression of S100a9, as well as a method for prevention or treatment of dementia, including administering the foregoing shRNA into a mammalian cell including a human cell or in vitro established mammalian cell-line, in order to inhibit expression of S100a9 protein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a module for rapidly detecting analytes in fluids with high effectiveness and a chip having the module. The module includes a microchannel, which has a filtering zone for removing noise materials and a reaction zone wherein labeling reaction and immobilization reaction for detection of analytes are performed, sample fluid moving through the microchannel due to capillary floating. In a case where the chip having the module is used in detecting analytes in fluids, it is possible to minimize dead volume of sample fluid so that high effective volume ratio can be implemented. Therefore, the chip can be used in detecting analytes from the minimum amount of sample fluid.

Abstract: Provided herein is a pipette tip (600) for electroporation including an outer surface, a void (611) located within the outer surface, and a conductor (622) located at least partially on or within the outer surface, in electrical communication with at least a portion of the outer surface and the void. Further provided herein is a pipette tip for electroporation including a body, a connector (620), and an elongated part (630). The connector is located at the distal end of the body and further includes at least one connecting post, a connecting part in mechanical communication with the connector, and a conductor located at least partially on or within the connector, wherein the conductor surrounds at least a portion of the connecting post. The elongated part also has a void and is located at the distal end of the connector. The void of the body, connector, and elongated part are in fluid communication.

Abstract: Disclosed is a microscope module. The microscope module includes an objective lens magnifying an image of a sample subject for observation; an observation part for observing the image of the sample magnified through the objective lens; and a reflective mirror provided between the objective lens and the sample such that the vertical distance between the sample and the objective lens is substantially reduced. Since the reflective lens is disposed between the objective lens and the observation part, the working distance from the sample to the objective lens is substantially reduced, so that the height of the microscope is remarkably reduced. Thus, the microscope may be used in a place with vertical spatial limitations.

Abstract: Provided is a combination traveling water screening apparatus capable of improving collection and filtering efficiency of floating matters and reducing maintenance costs.

Abstract: Disclosed are a composition for inhibiting a proliferation of sulphate reducing bacteria comprising at least one of 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, irgasan, benzyl-2-bromoacetate, 2,2-dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide, and 2-bromo-2-nitropropan-1,3-diol as effective ingredients; a method for inhibiting the proliferation of sulphate reducing bacteria comprising the step of including a sufficient amount for inhibiting the proliferation of sulphate reducing bacteria of at least one of 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, irgasan, benzyl-2-bromoacetate, 2,2-dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide, and 2-bromo-2-nitropropan-1,3-diol in a corrosion sensitive material or degradation sensitive material; a sheet comprising the composition; and a steel plate to which the composition is applied.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of bonding upper and lower substrates for manufacturing a plastic micro chip comprising the upper substrate, the lower substrate and a sample filling space having a predetermined height for filling a sample between the upper and lower substrates. According to the method, the upper and lower substrates are bonded by introducing an organic solvent between the upper and lower substrates. In addition, the invention provides a method of manufacturing a micro chip using the method and a micro chip manufactured according to the method. According to the invention, it is possible to easily and precisely bond the upper and lower substrates of the plastic micro chip.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method for obtaining a plurality of clear sections in a plurality of images and combining such clear section into a final image. The digital photographing apparatus including: a lens unit including a focusing lens that adjusts a focal length; an image capturing device that obtains image data from incident light; a border image data obtaining unit that obtains border image data from image data obtained by the image capturing device; and a clear image determining unit that determines an image including an area that is the clearest from among images that respectively correspond to a plurality of image data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid analysis chip including a microchannel formed within the chip. The chip includes a sample and a sample outlet communicating with an outside of the chip, and has a structure where the sample inlet and the sample outlet communicate with each other through the closed channel. An expanding part formed in a longitudinal direction of a channel in such a manner that a pair of inner walls corresponding to each other has a larger sectional area at a part or a whole thereof is formed. Therefore, fluids, which pass through the channel adjacent to the expanding part, move while making contact with only another pair of inner walls of the channel, which correspond to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid analysis chip including a microchannel formed within the chip. The chip includes a sample and a sample outlet communicating with an outside of the chip, and has a structure where the sample inlet and the sample outlet communicate with each other through the closed channel. An expanding part formed in a longitudinal direction of a channel in such a manner that a pair of inner walls corresponding to each other has a larger sectional area at a part or a whole thereof is formed. Therefore, fluids, which pass through the channel adjacent to the expanding part, move while making contact with only another pair of inner walls of the channel, which correspond to each other.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus capable of acquiring data about an image having a wide dynamic range and a high grayscale resolution, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a program to implement the method are provided. An embodiment includes an imaging device that acquires a reference image and additional images at different exposures and a multi-level threshold map generation unit that classifies the pixels of the images into levels according to brightness. The embodiment further includes a motion data acquiring unit that acquires motion data for each pixel based on its respective brightness level and a first weight data acquiring unit that acquires first weight data based on the motion data of each pixel. In addition, the embodiment includes a final image data acquiring unit that synthesizes the pixels of the reference image and the additional images based on first weight data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of bonding upper and lower substrates for manufacturing a plastic micro chip comprising the upper substrate, the lower substrate and a sample filling space having a predetermined height for filling a sample between the upper and lower substrates. According to the method, the upper and lower substrates are bonded by introducing an organic solvent between the upper and lower substrates. In addition, the invention provides a method of manufacturing a micro chip using the method and a micro chip manufactured according to the method. According to the invention, it is possible to easily and precisely bond the upper and lower substrates of the plastic micro chip.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a digital photographing device, the method including: removing high-frequency components from a first input image and a second input image; calculating a differential image between the first input image and the second input image from which the high-frequency components are removed; calculating the frequency of each of the pixel values of the differential image; determining at lease one pixel value of the differential image having a frequency greater than a frequency threshold as a target motion range among the pixel values of the differential image greater than a motion threshold; and determining photographing settings corresponding to the target motion range.