Abstract: A method includes receiving contextual data related to at least one of environmental, physiological, behavioral, and historical context, and receiving outcome data related to at least one outcome. The method further includes creating a feature set from the contextual data, selecting a subset of features from the feature set, assigning a score to each feature in the subset of features according to the probability that the feature is a predictor of the at least one outcome, and generating a characteristic curve for the at least one outcome from the subset of features, the characteristic curve being based on the scoring. The method further includes calculating the area under the characteristic curve, and using, the area under the characteristic curve, identifying whether the subset of features is a suitable predictor for the at least one outcome.

Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a substrate having a recess part formed thereon; a body surrounding some of side surfaces and an upper surface of the substrate; a light emitting diode chip positioned on the recess part of the substrate; and a lens positioned on the body, wherein the substrate includes a first step part positioned along an edge of the recess part and a second step part positioned along an edge of a lower surface thereof, and the lower surface of the substrate is exposed to the outside.

Abstract: The performance of lead sulfide quantum dot (QD) photovoltaic cells is improved by exposing a QD layer to a solution containing metal salts after the synthesis of the QDs is completed. The halide ions from the salt solution passivate surface lead (Pb) sites and alkali metal ions mend Pb vacancies. Metal cations and halide anions with small ionic radius have high probability of reaching QD surfaces to eliminate surface recombination sites. Compared to control devices fabricated using only a ligand exchange procedure without salt exposure, devices with metal salt treatment show increases in both the form factor and short circuit current of the PV cell. Some embodiments comprise a method for treatment of QDs with a salt solution and ligand exchange. Other embodiments comprise a photovoltaic cell having a QD layer treated with a salt solution and ligand exchange.

Abstract: A backlight unit including a backlight module and a backlight control module. The backlight module includes a printed circuit board including blocks arranged in an M×N matrix, in which M and N are natural numbers of 2 or greater, and M blocks are arranged in a horizontal direction and N blocks are arranged in a vertical direction, and at least one light emitting device disposed on each of the blocks. The backlight control module is configured to perform a dimming control of the M×N blocks such that the at least one light emitting device in one block can be controlled independently from other light emitting devices disposed in the remaining blocks that are disposed in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction with respect to the one block.

Abstract: A backlight unit including a backlight module and a backlight control module. The backlight module includes a printed circuit board including blocks, and light emitting diode (LED) chips disposed on the blocks, and the backlight control module is configured to perform a dimming control of the LED chips. Each of the LED chips includes light emitting cells spaced apart from each other, each of the light emitting cells including a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer, and an active layer therebewteen, in which the lower semiconductor layers are partially exposed, connection structures electrically connecting the light emitting cells to each other, and an insulation layer disposed between the light emitting cells and the connection structures, the insulation layer covering a portion of the exposed lower semiconductor layers and having a width wider than the connection structures.

Abstract: A direct type backlight unit disposed under a liquid crystal panel includes a backlight module including a printed circuit board including blocks arranged in an M×N matrix, in which M and N are natural numbers of 2 or greater, light emitting devices disposed on the printed circuit board such that at least one light emitting device is disposed in each block, each of the light emitting devices including light emitting cells disposed on a single substrate, and optical members disposed on the light emitting devices, each of the optical members being configured to change a light beam distribution of a corresponding light emitting device, and a backlight control module configured to control dimming levels of the light emitting devices and to independently control the light emitting devices disposed in different blocks.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a backlight unit configured to provide light towards the display panel. The backlight unit includes a backlight module including multi junction technology (MJT) light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed on blocks disposed on a printed circuit board, an operating power generator configured to generate a DC voltage based on an input voltage, and an operation controller configured to independently control an operation of each of the blocks, the operation controller disposed in an IC of drive circuits. Each of the blocks includes at least one of the MJT LEDs, a single anode, and a single cathode. Each of the MJT LEDs includes at least two light emitting cells disposed in a single LED chip, and anodes of the blocks are connected to the operating power generator, and cathodes of the blocks are directly connected to the IC of drive circuits.

Abstract: The performance of lead sulfide quantum dot (QD) photovoltaic cells is improved by exposing a QD layer to a solution containing metal salts after the synthesis of the QDs is completed. The halide ions from the salt solution passivate surface lead (Pb) sites and alkali metal ions mend Pb vacancies. Metal cations and halide anions with small ionic radius have high probability of reaching QD surfaces to eliminate surface recombination sites. Compared to control devices fabricated using only a ligand exchange procedure without salt exposure, devices with metal salt treatment show increases in both the form factor and short circuit current of the PV cell. Some embodiments comprise a method for treatment of QDs with a salt solution and ligand exchange. Other embodiments comprise a photovoltaic cell having a QD layer treated with a salt solution and ligand exchange.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight module using MJT LEDs and a backlight unit including the same. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight module, which includes MJT LEDs configured to increase an effective light emitting area of each of light emitting cells and optical members capable of uniformly dispersing light emitted from the MJT LEDs. In addition, embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight unit using the backlight module, thereby reducing the number of LEDs constituting the backlight unit while allowing operation at low current.

Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a substrate having a recess part formed thereon; a body surrounding some of side surfaces and an upper surface of the substrate; a light emitting diode chip positioned on the recess part of the substrate; and a lens positioned on the body, wherein the substrate includes a first step part positioned along an edge of the recess part and a second step part positioned along an edge of a lower surface thereof, and the lower surface of the substrate is exposed to the outside.

Abstract: Disclosed are a group III-V based transistor and a method for manufacturing same. The group III-V based transistor includes a laminated semiconductor structure having an upper surface and a lower surface and including a group III-V based semiconductor layer, and at least one 2DEG region extending from the upper surface of the laminated semiconductor structure to the lower surface thereof. A vertical-type GaN-based transistor using 2DEG can be provided by adopting the 2DEG region.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generalized precursor pattern discovery that work with a wide range of biomedical signals and applications to detect a wide range of medical events are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods and systems do not require domain-specific knowledge or significant reconfiguration based on the medical event being analyzed, hence it is also possible to discover patterns previously unknown to experts. In some embodiments, to build precursor pattern detection models, the system obtains annotated monitoring data. Positive and negative segments are extracted from the annotated monitoring data, and are preprocessed. Features are extracted from the preprocessed segments, and selected features are chosen from the extracted features. The selected features are classified to create the precursor pattern detection model The precursor pattern detection model may then be used in real time to detect occurrences of the medical event of interest.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight module using MJT LEDs and a backlight unit including the same. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight module, which includes MJT LEDs configured to increase an effective light emitting area of each of light emitting cells and optical members capable of uniformly dispersing light emitted from the MJT LEDs. In addition, embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight unit using the backlight module, thereby reducing the number of LEDs constituting the backlight unit while allowing operation at low current.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed that monitor the health status of patients. Dynamic task management functions apply data analytics to discretize continuous data values from monitored patients, and apply association rule mining techniques to prioritized required user tasks. Embodiments of the present disclosure minimize the number of daily action items required by patients. The remaining action items maximize information gain, thereby improving the overall level of patient adherence and satisfaction without losing health monitoring effectiveness.

Abstract: A display device includes a power rectifying unit for rectifying alternating power, a power factor correction unit correcting the power factor of the alternating power and outputting a power factor corrected voltage containing a direct current voltage component having at least a predetermined size, a display module driven by the power factor corrected voltage, a backlight unit, and a driving unit supplying the main driving voltage to a backlight unit, receiving the power factor corrected voltage when the size of the rectified voltage is smaller than a preset threshold value to generate a supplementary driving voltage.

Abstract: A method includes receiving contextual data related to at least one of environmental, physiological, behavioral, and historical context, and receiving outcome data related to at least one outcome. The method further includes creating a feature set from the contextual data, selecting a subset of features from the feature set, assigning a score to each feature in the subset of features according to the probability that the feature is a predictor of the at least one outcome, and generating a characteristic curve for the at least one outcome from the subset of features, the characteristic curve being based on the scoring. The method further includes calculating the area under the characteristic curve, and using, the area under the characteristic curve, identifying whether the subset of features is a suitable predictor for the at least one outcome.

Abstract: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of death in the United States. WANDA is a wireless health project that leverages sensor technology and wireless communication to monitor the health status of patients with CHF. The first pilot study of WANDA showed the system's effectiveness for patients with CHF. However, WANDA experienced a considerable amount of missing data due to system misuse, nonuse, and failure. Missing data is highly undesirable as automated alarms may fail to notify healthcare professionals of potentially dangerous patient conditions. Embodiments of the present disclosure may utilize machine learning techniques including projection adjustment by contribution estimation regression (PACE), Bayesian methods, and voting feature interval (VFI) algorithms to predict both non-binomial and binomial data. The experimental results show that the aforementioned algorithms are superior to other methods with high accuracy and recall.