Abstract: A system, computer readable medium, apparatus and/or method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction that mitigates local blurring caused by static off-resonance and concomitant fields. The MRI reconstruction system may use phantom-based gradient impulse response function (GIRF) measurements and analytic expressions to predict the concomitant fields. GIRFs capture gradient delays, eddy current effects, and mechanically induced field oscillations. For each gradient axis, a MR system is perturbed with a set of input gradients. Gradients predicted with phantom-based GIRFs can better estimate concomitant fields than nominal gradients. A novel image reconstruction method incorporates higher-order Maxwell fields and GIRF trajectory corrections and may be treated as “invisible” field probes that require no special hardware but GIRFs measured with phantom-based methods and an analytic model of concomitant fields that depends on coil geometry and severity of gradient non-linearity.

Abstract: Disclosed here is an air conditioner and the control method thereof comprising an outdoor unit having an outdoor heat exchanger for the heat exchanging of the outdoor air and refrigerant; at least one indoor unit corresponding to the outdoor unit and having indoor heat exchanger for the heat exchanging of the room air and refrigerant; an expansion valve installed on the refrigerant pipe connecting the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger, and expanding the refrigerant; and a control device controlling the opening speed of the expansion valve in accordance with the operation modes of the indoor unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel pyridine derivatives having an inhibitory effect on production of cytokines, which are involved in inflammatory responses, thus suggesting its usefulness as therapeutic agents for treating diseases related to inflammation, immune, chronic inflammation as well as an agent having an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. Further, this invention relates to a method of manufacturing the same and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inclusion complex containing a benzimidazole derivative with excellent storage stability and a method of its preparation. In particular, the present invention relates to an inclusion complex containing a benzimidazole derivative with improved storage stability and a method of its preparation, where an inclusion complex is manufactured by performing an inclusion reaction by combining a benzimidazole derivative, cyclodextrin and a water-soluble polymer in an aqueous alkali solution in order to be formulated after stabilizing an acid-unstable benzimidazole derivative.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acid salt of amlodipine gentisate and a method of its preparation. More particularly, the present invention relates to a crystalline acid salt of amlodipine gentisate of the following formula 1 prepared by reacting amlodipine and gentisic acid, which is useful for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and has the advantages of low toxicity, excellent stability, improved pharmaceutical efficacies and long-lasting concentration in blood.

Abstract: Provided is a phase change memory device including: a phase change memory unit comprising a phase change layer pattern; a laser beam focusing unit locally focusing a laser beam on the phase change layer pattern of the phase change memory unit; and a semiconductor laser unit generating and emitting the laser beam towards the laser beam focusing unit. Thus set or reset operations in the phase change memory device uses laser beams locally applied, thereby reducing the consumption power and preventing destruction or change in information stored in neighboring cell during the operations of unit cell.

Abstract: A method for downloading content data to a mobile terminal. The method includes selecting, via the mobile terminal, a desired content data from content data stored on a content server over a mobile communication network, transmitting the selected content data from the content server to a user account server, and downloading the selected content data from the user account server to the mobile terminal over a general communication network.

Abstract: Fluorescence, spectroscopy is used to analyze small numbers of molecules that are present in a relatively small detection volume or zone. Information regarding physical and chemical properties of these molecules is determined by rapidly modulating the wavelength, intensity and/or polarization of laser energy to excite fluorophores that are attached either to the molecule of interest or a molecule that interacts with the molecule of interest. The emission profile of the fluorophores is used to determine useful information about the labeled and/or non-labeled molecules including molecular interactions between th molecules.

Abstract: Provided are a phase change memory device and a method of fabricating the same capable of maximizing a contact area of a phase change layer and a heating electrode. The memory device includes a heating electrode and a phase change layer. The heating electrode covers at least one side exposed by a pore and a portion of a surface of a lower electrode and includes a recess region. The phase change layer is stacked on the heating electrode filling up the recess region. The memory device may maximize a contact area of the phase change layer and the heating electrode, thereby greatly reducing power consumption.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning processes for semiconductor substrates. More particularly, the present inventive method can provide enhanced particle removal efficiencies at a given material loss. In fact, in certain embodiments, the present method can achieve particle removal efficiencies of at least about 90%, while yet removing less than about 2 angstroms of any oxide present on the semiconductor substrate. As such, the present methods find particular applicability in the processing of advanced technology nodes.

Abstract: An ice bank of a refrigerator is provided. The ice bank includes an ice accommodation chamber storing ice pieces made by an ice maker, and an ice pressing unit circulating the ice pieces by pressing the ice pieces for preventing sticking of the ice pieces in the ice accommodation chamber.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes first and second substrates attached by a seal pattern, array elements having a plurality of switching devices on the first substrate; a color changing medium on a rear surface of the second substrate, wherein the color changing medium has a black matrix that defines sub-pixel regions and has red, green and blue color changing layers respectively corresponding to the sub-pixel regions, a planarizing layer on the color changing medium, a first electrode on a rear surface of the planarizing layer, an organic electroluminescent layer on a rear surface of the first electrode, second electrodes on a rear surface of the organic electroluminescent layer that correspond to respective sub-pixel regions, and a plurality of electrical connectors between the first and second substrates, wherein electrical connectors connect the array elements on the first substrate to the second electrodes on the second substrate, respectively.

Abstract: A multibit phase change memory device structured such that a plurality of individual phase change memory devices are aligned in a plan area or vertically, and a method of driving the same are provided. The multibit phase change memory device includes a phase change material layer having a plurality of contact portions being in contact with a heating electrode, and having a plurality of active regions, each active region forming a unit phase change memory device. The phase change material layer may be composed of one material layer in which the plurality of active regions are aligned in plural arrays. Alternatively, the phase change material layer may be composed of a plurality of phase change material layers in which one or plural active regions are respectively aligned in one array. The plurality of phase change material layers may be disposed in a same level of a plan area, or the plurality of phase change material layers may be respectively disposed on different plan areas in a same vertical line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody binding specifically to the p60 protein of Listeria monocytogenes, a hybridoma cell producing the monoclonal antibody, a test kit comprising the monoclonal antibody, and a method for detecting Listeria monocytogenes using the monoclonal antibody. The inventive monoclonal selectively recognizes only Listeria monocytogenes, so that the use of such an antibody allows for rapid determination of the food contamination with these bacteria pathogenic to humans.

Abstract: A cyclone dust collecting device, for use in a vacuum cleaner, includes a housing defining therein a cyclonic air flow chamber. A dust collection chamber is disposed under the cyclonic air flow chamber and a partition wall is disposed between the cyclonic air flow chamber and the dust collection chamber. An opening and at least one ventilation hole are provided in opposite sides of the partition wall, respectively, so that a part of air and dust vortically moving in the cyclonic air flow chamber are introduced into the dust collection chamber through the opening and the air in the dust collection chamber flows back into the cyclonic air flow chamber through the ventilation hole.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a suction inlet provided at a main body and a cover hinge-coupled to the main body to cover a dust collection chamber included in the main body. A locking unit is disposed around the suction inlet in order to releasably lock the cover. Further, the vacuum cleaner may include a pivot link for rotatably connecting the cover and the main body. With the pivot link, the cover and the main body are rotatable about two different hinge axes.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes first and second substrates attached by a seal pattern, array elements including a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the first substrate, a first electrode formed on a rear surface of the second substrate, a plurality of electrode separators formed on the rear surface of the first electrode, wherein the plurality of electrode separators is made of an insulating material defining sub-pixel regions that correspond to each thin film transistor, an organic electroluminescent layer formed on a rear surface of the first electrode in each of the sub-pixel regions, a second electrode formed on a rear surface of the organic electroluminescent layer in each of sub-pixel regions, a conductive connector formed between the first and second substrates in each sub-pixel region for connecting to the second electrode of a sub-pixel region.

Abstract: There is provided a system and method for controlling a temperature of a refrigerant in an air conditioner, in which a supercooling degree and/or a superheating degree can be secured by controlling a difference in refrigerant temperatures of a pipe connecting one or more indoor units to one or more outdoor units, and a flow of a specific refrigerant. The system includes: one or more indoor units; one or more outdoor units; a high-pressure pipe and a low-pressure pipe for connecting the indoor units and the outdoor units; and a refrigerant temperature control unit coupled to the high-pressure pipe and the low-pressure pipe, for performing a heat exchange with respect to flowing refrigerants by coupling an inner pipe to an outer pipe, the inner pipe passing through the another pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed are an energy recovery apparatus and method for a plasma display panel. The energy recovery apparatus includes a sustain voltage source for supplying a sustain voltage, a panel capacitor formed equivalently at a discharge cell, a first charging circuit for forming a first charging path when one side of the panel capacitor is charged, a second charging circuit for forming a second charging path when the other side of the panel capacitor is charged, a first power circuit for supplying the sustain voltage to the panel capacitor and forming the first charging path, and a second power circuit for supplying a ground voltage generated from a ground voltage source to the panel capacitor and forming the second charging path. The energy recovery apparatus and method according to the present invention can decrease components in number and reduce power consumption and manufacturing cost by charging the other side of the panel capacitor using a charging voltage of one side of the panel capacitor.

Abstract: A power supply for power factor correction and a driving method thereof wherein a ripple current of a power factor correction circuit (PFC) can be reduced to enhance a power factor and an efficiency. In the power supply, a power factor correction circuit corrects a power factor of a AC voltage supplied from an AC voltage source using a switching device to convert it to a DC voltage. A DC to DC converter converts said DC voltage from the power factor correction circuit into a desired DC voltage. A controller controls the switching device in accordance with an input voltage inputted to the power factor correction circuit to vary an output voltage of the power factor correction circuit.