Abstract: The present invention provides a fluidic connector, to combine with a microfluidic chip cartridge, comprising: a base, having a plurality of through holes; and a plurality of soft tubes, penetrating the base via the through holes and fixed on the base, and having a Shore A hardness in a range of 50-99, wherein an end of the plurality of soft tubes is protruded from a first side of the base to form plurality of protrusion portions and each protrusion portion has a length in a range of 0.5-10 mm. The present invention also provides a microfluidic chip cartridge and a fluidic connector assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising 25-hydroxycholesterol, derivatives and prodrugs thereof, and methods of use thereof. Specifically, disclosed herein are methods of decreasing neuronal cell death.

Abstract: A resolver is installed inside a housing of a motor. A stator of the resolver has a three layered core. a main layer of an electric steel sheet, a first shielding layer of a magnetic metal, a second shielding layer interposed between the domain layer and the first to shielding layer. The second shielding layer is made of a non-magnetic material.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a message notification service based on spatial information are disclosed. A method for providing a message notification service from a server may include: receiving current circumstance information from a user terminal; if there exists a notification condition matching the current circumstance information, then extracting the message corresponding to the notification condition that matches the current circumstance information; and transmitting the extracted message to the user terminal.

Abstract: There is provided a stretched laminate formed by stretching a laminate including: a non-stretched thermoplastic polyurethane film; and a non-stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film attached to at least one surface of the thermoplastic polyurethane film, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol-based film has a thickness of 10 ?m or less after stretching. In addition, there are provided a method of manufacturing a thin polarizer using the stretched laminate, a thin polarizer manufacturing by the method, and a polarizing plate including the thin polarizer.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes: a cassette comprising a slit opening configured to house a wafer; a blade configured to move the wafer to and from the slit opening by extending into the slit opening, wherein a blade thickness of the blade is at most ? of a height of the slit opening and wherein the blade is configured to secure the wafer within a pocket on the blade that is at least ? of a wafer thickness of the wafer.

Abstract: An image sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a substrate, a patterned electrode layer, a pixel isolation structure and a patterned photo-electric conversion layer. The patterned electrode layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of electrode blocks separated from one another. The pixel isolation structure is disposed on the substrate and includes a metal halide. The patterned photo-electric conversion layer is disposed on the electrode blocks to form a plurality of photo-electric conversion blocks corresponding to the electrode blocks. The photo-electric conversion blocks include a perovskite material. The photo-electric conversion blocks are separated from one another by the pixel isolation structure.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizer and a polarizer manufactured by using the same, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a polarizer, which includes a cross-linking and elongating step using an aqueous solution including a polyvalent carboxylic acid compound and a boric acid compound, and a polarizer manufactured by using the same.

Abstract: A machine control system includes an input module, a worktable, a first sliding module, a second sliding module, a lathe feeding module, a lathe tool connected to the lathe feeding module, a milling feeding module, a milling cutter connected to the milling feeding module, and a control module. The control module is electrically connected to the input module, the worktable, the first sliding module, the second sliding module, the lathe feeding module, and the milling feeding module, wherein the input module inputs control parameters into the control module to control the first sliding module and the second sliding module. The lathe feeding module controls the lathe tool to slide along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction reciprocally, and the milling feeding module controls the milling cutter to slide along the third direction and rotate along a first axis.

Abstract: Isolated mesenchymal stem cells, which produce mRNA encoding TSG-6 protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative, or analogue thereof in an amount of at least a first preselected amount, or produce mRNA encoding TSG-6 protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative, or analogue thereof in an amount that does not exceed a second preselected amount, as determined by an assay, such as a RT-PCR assay. Isolated mesenchymal stem cells that produce mRNA encoding TSG-6 protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative, or analogue thereof in an amount of at least the first preselected amount are useful in treating diseases, conditions, and disorders associated with inflammation, while isolated mesenchymal stem cells that produce mRNA encoding TSG-6 protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative, or analogue thereof in an amount that does not exceed the second preselected amount are useful in treating bone diseases, conditions, and disorders, including bone injuries.

Abstract: A system and method for scalable video coding that includes base layer having lower resolution encoding, enhanced layer having higher resolution encoding and the data transferring between two layers. The system and method provides several methods to reduce bandwidth of inter-layer transfers while at the same time reducing memory requirements. Due to less memory access, the system clock frequency can be lowered so that system power consumption is lowered as well. The system avoids having prediction data from base layer to enhanced layer to be up-sampled for matching resolution in the enhanced layer as transferring up-sampled data can impose a big burden on memory bandwidth.

Abstract: A packaged integrated circuit device includes a transceiver with one or more oscillators therein. The oscillators can be configured as harmonic or fundamental-frequency oscillators for signal transmitting, or they can be configured as regenerative receivers for signal receiving. An antenna is provided in the package and, preferably, on the same chip IC chip as the transceiver. The antenna includes one or more feeds, which are coupled to the one or more oscillators. A dual-function varactor/envelope detector is provided, which is electrically coupled to the one or more oscillators. A control circuit is provided, which is configured to drive nodes of the transceiver and the dual-function varactor/envelope detector with a first plurality of reference voltages during operation of the transceiver as a radio transmitter (with varactor) and a second plurality of reference voltages during operation of the transceiver as a radio receiver (with envelope detector).

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a microfluidic chip including a first cells enrichment system and a second cells enrichment system is provided. Channel layouts of the first and the second cells enrichment systems are symmetric with respect to a reflection plane vertical to the microfluidic chip. Each of the first the second cells enrichment systems includes a first fluid channel, a second fluid channel, a sample channel, an inlet channel, and a filtration chamber. The sample channel of the first cells enrichment system has a first inner wall and a first outer wall. The sample channel of the second cells enrichment system has a second inner wall and a second outer wall. The first outer wall and the second outer wall are both far from the reflection plane. A distance between the first outer wall and the second outer wall is in the range from about 10 ?m to about 1 cm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-dust, high insulation aerogel blanket and a method for producing the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing a low-dust, high insulation aerogel blanket, wherein a plate type Mg(OH)2.MgO.SiO2 powder is added to a silica sol, thereby being capable of reducing the generation of dust with excellent flame retardancy and thermal conductivity, and an aerogel blanket produced thereby.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizer and a polarizer manufactured by using the same, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a polarizer, which includes a cross-linking and elongating step using an aqueous solution including a polyvalent carboxylic acid compound and a boric acid compound, and a polarizer manufactured by using the same.

Abstract: There is provided a stretched laminate formed by stretching a laminate including: a non-stretched high-density polyethylene film; and a non-stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film attached to at least one surface of the high-density polyethylene film, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol-based film has a thickness of 10 ?m or less after stretching. In addition, there are provided a method of manufacturing a thin polarizer using the stretched laminate, a thin polarizer manufacturing by the method, and a polarizing plate including the thin polarizer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin polarizer, the method including: a step of preparing an unstretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film having a thickness of 20 ?m or less, in which a strength applied to stretch the film by 6 times is 4 N or more; and a single stretching step of forming a stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film having a thickness of 10 ?m or less by stretching the unstretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film solely, and a thin polarizer manufactured by using the same.

Abstract: An image sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel sensing circuit, a pixel electrode, and an opto-electrical conversion layer. The pixel sensing circuit is corresponding to a plurality of pixel regions. The pixel electrode is disposed on the pixel sensing circuit. The pixel electrode includes a first electrode and a second electrode and is electrically connected to the pixel sensing circuit. The first electrode and the second electrode are coplanar, and have different polarities. The opto-electrical conversion layer is disposed on the pixel sensing circuit. The opto-electrical conversion layer includes a plurality of opto-electrical conversion portions, each of the opto-electrical conversion portions is corresponding to each of the pixel regions, and the opto-electrical conversion portions are separated from each other by a pixel isolation trench.

Abstract: A three-dimensional microfluidic platform including a substrate and a heterogeneous structure is provided. The heterogeneous structure located on the substrate includes prepolymer pattern, cured products, or a combination of at least one prepolymer patterns and at least one cured products, where the material characteristics of the cured products are different from each other, and the material characteristics of the prepolymer patterns are different from each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin polarizer, the method comprising the steps of: forming an auxiliary support on both ends in the transverse direction (TD) of an unstretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film; and wet-stretching the polyvinyl alcohol-based film, which has the auxiliary support formed thereon, in the machine direction (MD) of the polyvinyl alcohol-based film, in such that the thickness of the polyvinyl alcohol-based film is 10 ?m or less.