Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having an active surface and a non-active surface opposite to the active surface, an upper insulating layer provided on the non-active surface of semiconductor chip, and a via and a connection pad penetrating the semiconductor chip and the upper insulating layer, respectively. The connection pad has a first surface exposed outside the upper insulating layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface and facing the semiconductor chip. The first surface of the connection pad is coplanar with an upper surface of the upper insulating layer.

Abstract: A method for measuring inter-device interference (IDI) by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting full-duplex communication according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining the total number of times of IDI measurement required for a terminal group to which the terminal belongs; determining a basic sub-frame configuration pattern on the basis of the determined total number of times of the IDI measurement; and measuring the IDI as many times as the number of times allocated to the terminal by applying a terminal-specific shift value to the basic sub-frame configuration pattern,

Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a driving transistor, an organic light emitting diode, an interlayer insulating layer, and a connection electrode. The interlayer insulating layer covers the driving transistor, and first and second via holes are formed in the interlayer insulating layer. The organic light emitting diode is on the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the driving transistor. The connection electrode is on the interlayer insulating layer and connected to an auxiliary line through the second via hole. The connection electrode surrounds a portion of the interlayer insulating layer together with the auxiliary line. The organic light emitting diode includes an anode connected to the driving transistor through the first via hole, an organic light emitting layer on the anode, and a cathode on the organic light emitting layer and connected to the auxiliary line through the connection electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a clamp transistor, a comparison voltage transistor, an amplification transistor, a bias transistor, and a charge circuit. The comparison voltage is configured to provide a comparison voltage. The amplification transistor includes an amplification gate connected to a first node of the clamp transistor, a first amplification node configured to receive the comparison voltage, and a second amplification node connected to a gate of the clamp transistor. The bias transistor is configured to supply a bias voltage. The charge circuit is at least one of configured to drain a current from the first node through the clamp transistor and configured to supply a current to the first node through the clamp transistor.

Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine comprises a cooling circuit defined within the airfoil providing a flow of cooling fluid within the airfoil. The cooling circuit exhausts the flow of cooling fluid out a slot opening comprising an airfoil element. The slot opening further defines an acceleration zone and a deceleration zone to meter the flow of cooling fluid within the airfoil.

Abstract: Techniques are described for processing video data to conform to a high dynamic range (HDR)/wide color gamut (WCG) color container. Operations may be applied to video data in certain color spaces to enable compression of High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) video in such a way that an existing receiver without HDR and WCG capabilities would be able to display a viewable Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) video from the received bitstream without any additional processing. Certain embodiments enable delivery of a single bitstream from which an existing decoder obtains the viewable SDR video directly and an HDR capable receiver reconstruct the HDR and WCG video by applying the specified processing. Such embodiments may improve the compression efficiency of hybrid based video coding systems utilized for coding HDR and WCG video data.

Abstract: Techniques for authoring visual representations for text-based documents are described herein. In some examples, the techniques utilize Natural Language Processing (NLP) to process text within the document. Based on the NLP, a user can work interactively with the document in order to create visual representations that represent the text in the document. By allowing the user to work interactively with the document based on NLP, the techniques can provide the user with the ability to generate representations of particular concepts of the document.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting fusion of a relay are provided to more accurately diagnose fusion of a relay by adjusting relay OFF order when a vehicle engine is turned off using data regarding whether fusion of a relay was detected when the vehicle engine was turned on. The method includes detecting whether first and second relays have been fused when a vehicle engine was turned on and adjusting OFF order of the first and second relays when the vehicle engine is turned off based on whether the first and second relays have been fused.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a chip stack and an interconnection terminal is provided. The chip stack includes a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip and a third semiconductor chip stacked on each other. The interconnection terminal is electrically coupled to the chip stack. The first semiconductor chip includes a first front surface and a first backside surface. The second semiconductor chip includes a second front surface, a second backside surface, a second circuit layer and a through-electrode which is electrically coupled to the second circuit layer and penetrates the second semiconductor chip. The third semiconductor chip includes a third front surface, a third backside surface opposite to the third front surface and a third circuit layer adjacent to the third front surface. The first front surface and the second front surface face each other. The third front surface and the second backside surface face each other.

Abstract: A ventilation unit includes a fixing member coupled to an exhaust tube, through which exhaust gas is discharged, a discharge cap portion including a hollow discharge flange portion coupled to the fixing member, and a discharge cone portion extending from the discharge flange portion and having a narrow upper side and a wide lower side, a finish cap portion including a hollow finish flange portion arranged to be spaced from the discharge flange portion, a finish cone portion extending from the finish flange portion and having a narrow upper side and a wide lower side, and a finish plate portion closing the upper end of the finish cone portion, and a spacing member for fixing the discharge cap portion and the finish cap portion to be spaced from each other, wherein the discharge cone portion overlaps with the finish cone portion.

Abstract: A method to remove a metals impurity from a petroleum feedstock for use in a power generating process is provided. The method comprising the steps of mixing a heated feedstock with a heated water stream in a mixing device to produce a mixed stream; introducing the mixed stream to a supercritical water reactor in the absence of externally provided hydrogen and externally provided oxidizing agent to produce a reactor effluent comprising a refined petroleum portion; cooling the reactor effluent to produce a cooled stream; feeding the cooled stream to a rejecter configured to separate a sludge fraction to produce a de-sludged stream; reducing the pressure of the de-sludged stream to produce a depressurized product; separating the depressurized product to produce a gas phase product and a liquid product; separating the liquid product to produce a petroleum product, having a reduced asphaltene content, reduced concentration of metals impurity, and reduced sulfur.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a wound dressing, packages containing such dressings and methods of their manufacture. Such wound dressings may comprise: a cohesive bandage having a length and a width, the length being substantially greater than the width; and an absorbent pad affixed to the bandage near to but spaced from a terminal end of the bandage so as to form a tail portion between the pad and the terminal end of the bandage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel biological detection method for dioxins in serum and a diagnostic use thereof in metabolic syndrome and related conditions. More particularly, according to the present invention, a significant correlation between dioxin content in serum and physical variables has been confirmed by measuring luciferase activity through the use of serum as a whole and cells transformed with a recombinant vector comprising a gene construct in which a dioxin responsive element, a promoter and a reporter gene are operably linked. And there is an improvement in this method of the present invention over the conventional methods which require a preprocessing step in order to purify dioxins from serum, by which plural samples can be analyzed easily and accurately even with a very small amount of each because of the use of serum as a whole.

Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.

Abstract: A device and method is described for electronic human prosthetics, and specifically a skull- and/or spine implantable bi-directional neural-communication/brain-machine interface (BBMI) device where the input, output and on-board computing are combined into a single unit to form a compact neuro-prosthetics device. This invention is also directed to a fully implantable wireless spinal electronic recording and stimulation system using the BBMI in a human. The bi-directional devices (BBMIs) communicate with other bi-directional brain-machine interface devices (BBMI) and/or with external controllers wirelessly. The compact implantable stimulator has ultrasonic secondary battery charging system. One or more BBMI can be wirelessly connected so that a closed loop of BBMIs, or a BBMI and an external controller, can wirelessly send trigger pulses to this fully implanted stimulator over the spinal cord.

Abstract: Provided is a device for transferring spent fuel between spent fuel storage pools. The device includes a transfer container extending in a direction, disposed in a vertical direction, and containing spent fuel therein; a guide frame configured to guide the transfer container while maintaining a vertical orientation of the transfer container; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the transfer container along the guide frame.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method synthesize additional information while rendering an object in a 3D-based terminal. A disparity of the additional information is determined with a value that is equal to a disparity of an object or greater than the disparity of the object by a predetermined value in a situation in which the object hidden by the additional information is to be synthesized using a depth buffer. The additional information is overlaid on an image with consideration of the determined disparity of the additional information.

Abstract: The container contains a cap element, a hollow case member with an open top side, a tab element, and an elastic element. The cap element is hinged to the case member so that the cap element can be flipped to reveal or cover the case member. The tab element is hinged to a front side of the case member locking the cap element, and the elastic element is configured to a rear side of the case member that is bended by the cap element when the cap element closes the case member. When the tab element is depressed, the cap element is released, and the elasticity of the elastic element pushes open the cap element. The elastic element helps reducing the friction between the cap element and the case member, thereby enhancing the convenience and reliability of opening the container.

Abstract: Provided are a method of preparing an antibody with a regulated, sugar chain content, the method including the step of culturing antibody-expressing cells in a medium including glycerol as an additive for regulating the antibody sugar chain content, a method of preparing a high-quality population of antibodies by regulating the sugar content of the antibody to a desired content, and a population of antibodies prepared by the method. Further, provided is a method of regulating the antibody sugar chain content, the method including the step of culturing antibody-expressing cells in a medium including glycerol as an additive for regulating the antibody sugar chain content. Furthermore, provided is a medium composition, for regulating the antibody sugar chain content, the medium composition including glycerol as an additive for regulating the antibody sugar chain content.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising a composite of peptide amphiphiles and biocompatible particles and methods of use thereof for treatment of bone and/or tissue defects. In particular, compositions comprise a slurry paste of a peptide amphiphile nanofiber solution mixed with solid biocompatible particles, and find use in tissue/bone regeneration, growth factor delivery, and/or cell delivery.