Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting a dielectric breakdown in an eco-friendly vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a measurer that is configured to measure resistance values of insulation resistors disposed across a high voltage battery and a controller that is configured to measure a voltage applied to the insulation resistor using the measurer and analyze a pattern of the measured voltage to detect a dielectric breakdown portion.

Abstract: A method for managing the movements of nuclear fuels is provided that includes: (a) loading a storage status map in which storage racks of an SFPR where spent fuels are stored and an NFS where new fuels are stored are mapped; (b) assigning the storage locations of nuclear fuels and the colors thereof in the storage status map; (c) receiving a pattern type input of tasks for designating the order in which nuclear fuels are moved and the locations to which the nuclear fuels are moved, and generating a movement flowchart; and (d) updating the storage status map according to the level at which the movement flowchart has progressed. The present invention has an advantage in that it is possible to quickly create a nuclear fuel movement flowchart by automating all fuel movement works requiring the unloading and loading of nuclear fuels, which enables the workload of about 30 man-days, required per cycle for each reactor, to be done in three man-hours, thereby achieving a significant reduction in working time.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for managing buffers of a device for Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication in a wireless environment. The method includes determining respective current data storage levels of transmit buffers that store different types of data for USB communication; comparing the respective current data storage levels of the transmit buffers with corresponding respective predetermined threshold levels; and controlling an input rate or output rate of a first transmit buffer if it is determined based on the comparison that the first transmit buffer has a current data storage level that exceeds a predetermined threshold level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a vacuum insulation panel having an improved structure which may improve durability by minimizing a folding process, and a refrigerator including the same. The vacuum insulation panel includes a core material, a first outer skin material that is arranged to form an outer surface of the core material, a second outer skin material that has a gap and forms the other outer surface of the core material, and is disposed to face the first outer skin material, and a third outer skin material that is provided to connect the first outer skin material and the second outer skin material and to be variable in accordance with the gap.

Abstract: Disclosed are a rubber polymer, a graft copolymer, methods of preparing the same, and an impact and heat resistant resin composition. According to the present invention, provided are rubber latex and a graft copolymer which may realize a product having superior impact resistance, heat resistance and chemical resistance by adding a specific crosslinking regulator to the rubber polymer, methods of preparing the same, and an impact and heat resistant resin composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of removing organic acids from crude oil using a gas hydrate inhibitor and a catalyst in crude oil production facilities or oil-refining facilities, in which organic acids can be removed from crude oil by reacting the crude oil with mono-ethylene glycol (MEG), di-ethylene glycol (DEG), tri-ethylene glycol (TEG), methanol or derivatives thereof, as a gas hydrate inhibitor in the presence of a tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) catalyst, whereby the acidity of the crude oil can be lowered by 93% or more, and no catalyst deactivation occurs because magnesium (Mg)-based catalysts are not used. Furthermore, a continuous process is achieved in such a manner that the gas hydrate inhibitor and the catalyst are not discarded but are collected from the crude oil from which organic acids have been removed, and are thus recycled, thereby realizing environmentally friendly, economical and efficient removal of organic acids from crude oil.

Abstract: An electronic device for detecting a position of an object is disclosed, The electronic device includes an optical source configured to emit light to a detection area, a light concentrator configured to concentrate light reflected by a target object located in a detection area, a light receiver configured to receive through photodiodes the reflected light concentrated by the light concentrator and to output a light quantity pattern of the reflected light, and a processor configured to determine the position of the target object based on the light quantity pattern of the reflected light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-influenza detection kit comprising monoclonal antibodies and a method of detecting multiple influenza viruses using the kit. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-influenza detection kit comprising monoclonal antibodies that bind specifically to influenza type A, type B, subtype H1, subtype H3 and subtype H5, and to a method of detecting influenza viruses using the kit. The multi-influenza detection kit comprising monoclonal antibodies according to the present invention can simultaneously detect influenza types A and B and subtypes H1, H3 and H5, and thus is useful for the rapid and highly sensitive on-site detection and diagnosis of influenza.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Zn—Mg alloy-coated steel sheet with excellent blackening resistance and excellent coating adhesion and to a method for manufacturing same. Provided are a Zn—Mg alloy-coated steel sheet with excellent blackening resistance and excellent adhesion and a method for manufacturing same, the steel sheet comprising: a substrate steel sheet; a Zn—Fe intermetallic compound layer formed on the substrate steel sheet; a first Zn—Mg coating layer formed on the Zn—Fe intermetallic compound layer and comprising a Zn—Fe intermetallic compound in which the content of Zn is 95% by weight or higher; a second Zn—Mg coating layer formed on the first Zn—Mg coating layer and comprising a Zn—Mg intermetallic compound in which the content of Zn is 80 to 95% by weight; and an oxide film formed on the second Zn—Mg coating layer and comprising a metallic oxide.

Abstract: Provided are method and apparatus of defining at least a portion of a vicinity area of a portable device as an input area and controlling the portable device based on a user input provided on the input area, and the portable device enabling the method, wherein the portable device includes a sensing unit configured to sense a user input in a vicinity area of the portable device, a recognizer configured to recognize a user gesture corresponding to the user input, and an output unit configured to output a control instruction corresponding to the recognized user gesture to control the portable device.

Abstract: A composition for solar cell electrodes includes silver powder, a glass frit, and an organic vehicle. The glass frit includes a first glass frit and a second glass frit. The first glass frit includes tellurium (Te) and silver (Ag) in a molar ratio (Te:Ag) of about 75:1 to about 1:25. The second glass frit includes a lead-tellurium-oxide (Pb—Te—O)-based glass frit or a bismuth-tellurium-oxide (Bi—Te—O)-based glass frit and is free from silver (Ag).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a heat-resistant SAN resin. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a method of preparing a heat-resistant SAN resin enabling provision of superior productivity and improved heat resistance and fluidity without generation of odor during processing, and a heat-resistant SAN resin composition prepared by the method.

Abstract: A phosphate solution for a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet, and a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet using the same are provided. The phosphate solution for a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet contains a molybdenum (Mo) ion, a calcium (Ca) ion and a phosphate ion. A zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, a zinc-based or zinc alloy-based plating layer formed on the base steel sheet, and a phosphate film formed on the zinc-based or zinc alloy-based plating layer. The phosphate film contains a molybdenum compound, Ca and a phosphate. A pitting phenomenon occurring at the time of treating a steel sheet with a phosphate is prevented, and excellent corrosion resistance is exhibited on a phosphate film.

Abstract: Disclosed are a rubber polymer, a graft copolymer, methods of preparing the same, and an impact and heat resistant resin composition. According to the present invention, provided are rubber latex and a graft copolymer which may realize a product having superior impact resistance, heat resistance and chemical resistance by adding a specific crosslinking regulator to the rubber polymer, methods of preparing the same, and an impact and heat resistant resin composition.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage device including first and second memory regions includes adjusting a write ratio of the first memory region to the second memory region for write data received from a host in response to a write request from the host, and writing the write data to the first and second memory regions at the adjusted write ratio. The first memory region includes memory cells having a first write speed, and the second memory region includes memory cells having a second write speed that is different from the first write speed.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of removing a high boiling point residue from a waste refrigerant are provided to improve a reuse rate of the waste refrigerant by improving an oil removal rate at which oil is separated from the waste refrigerant. The apparatus includes a vaporizer that is configured to vaporize a waste refrigerant collected from a vehicle and includes an oil outlet configured to exhaust oil separated from the waste refrigerant. In addition, an oil separator is configured to receive the vaporized waste refrigerant transferred from the vaporizer and separate oil mists remaining in the waste refrigerant from the waste refrigerant.

Abstract: A method of diagnosing an abnormal state of a substrate-processing apparatus includes measuring a temperature of a chuck in the substrate-processing apparatus. The temperature of the chuck is compared to a target temperature of the chuck, with a temperature-controlling unit. A control signal is analyzed to diagnose an abnormal state of the substrate-processing apparatus. The control signal is transmitted from the temperature-controlling unit to a drive parameter-applying unit configured to provide the chuck with a drive parameter.

Abstract: A structure pof muffler ma include a housing which has a space therein, and has a first side connected to an inlet pipe into which exhaust gas flows, a first baffle which divides an interior of the housing into a front chamber and an intermediate chamber connected to the inlet pipe,a second baffle which divides the interior of the housing into a rear chamber and the intermediate chamber connected to the inlet pipe, and a discharge pipe which is mounted to penetrate the first baffle and the second baffle, and mounted such that a first end of the discharge pipe is positioned in the rear chamber, and a second end of the discharge pipe extends through the front chamber and penetrates the housing,

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication, a display, and a controller configured to, activate a mode for voice recognition in response to a touch input to a soft button displayed on the display or to a hard button on the mobile terminal, receive a first voice input associated with a phone call relating operation of the mobile terminal, display an indicator on the display indicating the voice input is being recognized by the mobile terminal, analyze the context of a voice command in the voice input, execute the call relating operation only if there is a single contact in a phonebook that matches the voice command in the first voice input, if there is no single contact that matches the voice command of the received voice input, display a plurality of candidates that is analyzed based on the voice command, receive a second input according to a plurality of candidates, and execute the call relating operation based on the second input.