Abstract: Disclosed are a protein marker, indicative of an increase in differentiation into adipocytes, comprising an XBP1(S) having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, 2 or 3, and the uses thereof in developing a promoter of adipocyte differentiation and a method for promoting adipocyte differentiation, a repressor of adipocyte differentiation and a method for repressing adipocyte differentiation, an agent and a method for screening a repressor of adipocyte differentiation, and a method for reducing rosiglitazone's side effect of causing obesity. Also, provided is a protein marker, indicative of an increase in differentiation into adipocytes, comprising an XBP1(U) having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 4, 5 or 6. When targeting the XBP1(S) gene or protein, a compound capable of blocking or restraining differentiation into adipocytes can be used to develop an agent for the prevention and treatment of obesity.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling home electronic devices connected to a home network are provided. The method for controlling home electronic devices connected to a home network includes receiving a user voice command and converting the user voice command into a character command; extracting actions and objects from the character command and converting the character command into a logical command; extracting an action list containing a series of actions from the logical command by referring to an action library storing action data for controlling home electronic devices connected to the home network; and converting the series of actions included in the action list into a control signal and controlling the home electronic devices connected to the home network. According to the method and apparatus, user commands to home electronic devices connected to a complicated home network can be simplified such that home electronic devices are controlled conveniently and efficiently.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new use of lignan-type compounds or an extract of nutmeg or aril of nutmeg comprising the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composition for skin whitening comprising a lignan-type compound or an extract of nutmeg or aril of nutmeg comprising the same. Because the lignan compound represented by Chemical Formulas 1 to 3 or the extract of nutmeg or aril of nutmeg has superior skin whitening activity by inhibiting melanin production and tyrosinase activity, it can be used for the preparation of a cosmetic composition, food composition or pharmaceutical composition for skin whitening.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display, which includes a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel that display different colors, includes: an image signal compensation unit that compensates input image signals corresponding to the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel to generate compensated input image signals; and a data driver that supplies data voltages to the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel based on the compensated input image signals. The image signal compensation unit shifts a value of the input image signal corresponding to the first pixel by a first value with respect to a common voltage, shifts a value of the input image signal corresponding to the second pixel by a second value with respect to the common voltage, and shifts a value of the input image signal corresponding to the third pixel by a third value with respect to the common voltage.

Abstract: An apparatus and system for analyzing intention are provided. The apparatus for analyzing an intention applies a context-free grammar to each of one or more sentences in units of one or more phrases to perform phrase spotting on each sentence, thereby extending a recognition range for an out-of-grammar (OOG) expression. Meanwhile, the apparatus for analyzing an intention determines whether sentences that have undergone phrase spotting are grammatically valid by applying a dependency grammar to the sentences to filter an invalid sentence, and generates the intention analysis result of a valid sentence, thereby and grammatically and/or semantically verifying a sentence that has undergone speech recognition while extending a speech recognition range.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating an RS SCH in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a base station checks a BS SCH sequence and a mask sequence, and generates an RS SCH sequence by XOR-operating the BS SCH sequence and the mask sequence.

Abstract: A speech recognition apparatus and method that can improve speech recognition rate and recognition speed by reflecting information for dynamic display, are provided. The speech recognition apparatus generates a display variation signal indicating that variations have occurred on a screen and creates display information about the varied screen. The speech recognition apparatus adjusts a word weight for at least one word related to the varied screen and a domain weight for at least one domain included in the varied screen, according to the display variation signal and the display information. The adjusted word weight and the adjusted domain weight are dynamically reflected in a language model that is used for speech recognition.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating an avatar based video message are provided. The apparatus and method are capable of generating an avatar based video message based on speech of a user. The avatar based video message apparatus and method displays information that corresponds to input user speech. The avatar based video message apparatus and method edits the input user speech according to a user input signal with reference to the displayed information, generates avatar animation according to the edited speech, and generates an avatar based video message based on the edited speech and the avatar animation.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of deducing a user's intention using motion information. The user's intention deduction apparatus includes a speech intention determining unit configured to predict a speech intention regarding a user's speech using motion information sensed by at least one motion capture sensor, and a controller configured to control operation of detecting a voice section from a received sound signal based on the predicted speech intention.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of deducing a user's intention using multimodal information. The user's intention deduction apparatus includes a first predictor to predict a part of a user's intention using at least one piece of motion information, and a second predictor to predict the user's intention using the predicted part of the user's intention and multimodal information received from at least one multimodal sensor.

Abstract: A speech detection apparatus and method are provided. The speech detection apparatus and method determine whether a frame is speech or not using feature information extracted from an input signal. The speech detection apparatus may estimate a situation related to an input frame and determine which feature information is required for speech detection for the input frame in the estimated situation. The speech detection apparatus may detect a speech signal using dynamic feature information that may be more suitable to the situation of a particular frame, instead of using the same feature information for each and every frame.

Abstract: A method of generating caption abstract, including: generating a target text from a predetermined caption, analyzing a morpheme of a word included in the target text, and analyzing a grammatical structure of the target text by referring to the morpheme; extracting and removing low content words from the target text by using the morpheme or information on the grammatical structure and determining a main predicate; extracting a major sentence component with respect to the main predicate by referring to the information on the grammatical structure, as a candidate abstract word; substituting a relevant word for a complex noun phrase or a predicate phrase from the candidate abstract words by referring to a predetermined database; and generating an abstract by rearranging the candidate abstract words according to a predetermined rule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a GFP-CAP peptide having an amino acid sequence derived from TGF-?1 (transforming growth factor-?1) and a cell adhesion sequence, wherein the amino acid sequence derived from TGF-?1 consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the TGFP-CAP peptide is represented by the following formula I: Ile-Trp-Ser-Leu-Asp-Thr-Gln-Tyr-Cell adhesion sequence (I). The TGFP-CAP peptide of the present invention exhibits excellent anti-angiogenic activity. In addition, the TGFP-CAP peptide of the present invention prevents effectively melanin generation in skin to have skin whitening effects. The present peptide shows much higher stability and permeability to skin than natural-occurring TGF-?1. Such plausible activities and safety of the present peptide enable advantageously to application to drugs, quasi-drugs and cosmetics.

Abstract: A speech dialogue service apparatus including: a language analysis module tagging a part of speech (POS) of each respective word included in a sentence recorded in a predetermined text, syntactically analyzing the sentence by classifying a meaning of each respective word, and generating at least one semantic frame corresponding to the sentence according to a result of the syntactical analysis; and a dialogue management module analyzing an intention of the sentence corresponding to the at least one respective semantic frame, and generating a system response corresponding to the sentence intention by selecting a predetermined sentence intention according to whether an action corresponding to the intention of the respective sentence can be performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an orally administrable composition containing nanoparticles with the particle size of 500 nm or less, comprising 0.1-30 weight % of a complex of a water-soluble drug and a counter-ion substance in which the charged water-soluble drug is bonded with the counter-ion substance, 0.5-80 weight % of a lipid, 0.5-80 weight % of a polymer, and 1-80 weight % of an emulsifier, wherein the weight ratio of said lipid and said polymer is in the range of 1:0.05-3, and a preparation method thereof. The composition of the present invention has high gastrointestinal absorption rate upon oral administration, and has high drug entrapping rate in the nanoparticle, and is also stable against lipases.

Abstract: A preliminary verification method under an Internet environment using a phone authentication service in a system including a first terminal, a web server, an authentication server, a host server, a call server and a second terminal, the method comprising the steps of: providing a preliminary transaction request generated from the first terminal to the authentication server through the web server; at the authentication server, transmitting the preliminary transaction request information to the host server, and providing preliminary transaction result information corresponding to the preliminary transaction request information from the host server to the first terminal; at the authentication server, in case of receiving a real transaction request generated from the first terminal, receiving and verifying the authentication information from the first terminal according to the electronic transaction approval, and requesting a phone authentication for the second terminal of the user of the authenticated first term

Abstract: An apparatus, medium, and method providing audio files with clustering, with audio files having information similar to queries input from a user being extracted and undergo clustering. A method for providing audio files with clustering includes calculating scores between queries input from a user and a specified audio file, detecting audio files having specified scores with the queries input from the user on the basis of the result of calculation and performing a dynamic clustering of the audio files, detecting the audio files having the specified scores with the queries input from the user and performing a static clustering of the audio files, and displaying the dynamic cluster or the static cluster on a screen.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for detecting noise are provided. The method of detecting noise includes: receiving an input of a voice frame and converting the voice frame into a filter bank vector; converting the converted filter bank vector into band data; calculating a weight Gaussian mixture model (GMM) for each band by using the converted band data; and detecting noise in the voice frame based on the calculation result.

Abstract: A voice query extension method and system. The voice query extension method includes: detecting voice activity of a user from an input signal and extracting a feature vector from the voice activity; converting the feature vector into at least one phoneme sequence and generating the at least one phoneme sequence; matching the at least one phoneme sequence with words registered in a dictionary, extracting a string of the matched words with a linguistic meaning, and selecting the string of the matched words as a query; determining whether the query is in a predetermined first language, and when the query is not in the first language as a result of the determining, converting the query using a phoneme to grapheme rule, and generating a query in the first language; and searching using the query in the first language.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of manufacture of an alkaline mineral bioactive solution of which raw materials are squid bones burnt at a high temperature and crushed powder of red seaweeds and to compositions and health foods having the efficacy for the prevention of osteoporosis. The alkaline aqueous solutions having abundant minerals of the present invention may be used for bioactive solutions having the efficacy for the prevention and improvement of osseous diseases such as osteolysis and osteoporosis in mammals including human beings.