Abstract: An electrical connector includes an housing having a base portion, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion and a number of passageways, the tongue portion defining a front face, a first side face and a second side face; a metal shell enclosing the tongue portion to define a receiving room therebetween, and defines a top wall, bottom wall and a pair of side walls, a first receiving room being formed between the bottom wall and the first side face; a number of contacts received in the passageways respectively and including a plurality of first contacts and second contacts, the first contacts each defining a first contacting portion, a first soldering portion and a first retaining portion, the second contacts each defining a second contacting portion, a second soldering portion and a second retaining portion.

Abstract: Decalcification can be performed by using acid or other agents. It may be difficult to decalcify large bone block within ours. This invention provides a bone-decalcifying agent including a calcium desolving agent for desolving calcium ions of bones, and a bubble-forming agent for generating microbubbles when the bone-decalcifying agent is exposed to ultrasonic vibration. It is found that bones may be decalcified in a relatively short time using the bone-decalcifying agent of this invention.

Abstract: A reformer of a fuel cell system includes a heat source unit for generating heat, a reforming reaction unit for generating a reforming gas containing hydrogen from a fuel through a fuel reforming reaction using the heat, a carbon monoxide reducing unit connected to a reforming reaction unit to reduce a concentration of carbon monoxide contained in the reforming gas, and a thermal treatment unit disposed outside the reforming reaction unit and the carbon monoxide reducing unit to adjust the thermal energy supplied to the reforming reaction unit and the carbon monoxide reducing unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel method of labeling oligonucleotides, with reporter moieties, including but not limited to, quenchers, fluorophores, biotin, digoxigenin, peptides and proteins. In addition, this invention provides a method of detecting hybridization of oligonucleotides. This invention also provides novel azo quenchers having the general formula shown below. The invention further provides compositions comprising labeled oligonucleotides and solid supports. The invention also provides kits comprising at least one composition of the present invention.

Abstract: A method of determining respiratory effort in a medical device in which pressure signals are sensed to generate corresponding sample points, an inspiration and an expiration are detected in response to the sensed pressure signals, a breath is detected in response to the detected inspiration and the detected expiration, and the respiratory effort is determined in response to the detected breath.

Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes detecting, via a controller, a suspicious attempt that may have been caused by a virus from the mobile terminal, shutting down the detected attempt, choosing one or more terminals that are associated with the mobile terminal, and notifying, via an alarm unit, said one or more chosen other terminals that the mobile terminal is infected.

Abstract: A method for accessing a hybrid network including a wide area network and a distributed network, a gateway apparatus, a wireless terminal and a gateway communication system are disclosed for reducing the power consumption of the wireless terminal which is an access gateway. The method comprises: sensing by a gateway apparatus a relay request slot on a downlink common control channel of the wide area network; transmitting by a wireless terminal a relay request signal requesting to relay a data packet to be transmitted, in the relay request slot on the downlink common control channel; and if the relay request signal from the wireless terminal is sensed in the relay request slot, establishing by the gateway apparatus a connection with the wireless terminal in a distributed network environment.

Abstract: A switched current memory cell includes: a current source 100 having one end connected to an operation power source (Vdd) stage, a current memory circuit unit 200 that stores an input current; which is inputted in a sampling mode according to current from the current source 100, during a hold mode, maintains the current value stored in the hold mode, and outputs the stored current in an output mode, an input switch SW10 that is turned on in the sampling mode to transfer an input current to the current memory circuit unit 200, and turned off in the hold mode, an output switch SW20 that is turned on in the output mode to output current from the current memory circuit unit 200, and a current cut circuit unit 300 that connects a current path between the operation power source Vdd stage and the current source 100 in the input mode and output mode, and separates the current path between the operation power source Vdd stage and the current source 100 in the hold mode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional cellular light structure formed of continuous wire groups. In the cellular light structure, six orientational helical wire groups are intercrossed each other at 60 degrees or 120 degrees of angles in a three-dimensional space to thereby form a uniform pattern and having a good mechanical property such as strength, rigidity or the like. A method of mass-producing the structure in a cost-effective manner is also disclosed. The three-dimensional cellular light structure has a similar form to the Kagome truss. According to the manufacturing method of the three-dimensional cellular light structure of the present invention, a frame assembly consisting of rectangular frames and connection support bars is used, when the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th-axis helical wires are assembled.

Abstract: H5 hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides are provided that are adapted to humans through mutations that change receptor specificity in the H1 serotype, and related polynucleotides, methods, compositions, and vaccines.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package are provided. A die attaching process and/or a wire bonding process for first and second surfaces of a lead frame are sequentially performed inside one equipment. Thus, time required for a semiconductor packaging process decreases and yield is increased.

Abstract: A conversion method and apparatus with a generating of a depth map for two dimensional (2D)-to-three dimensional (3D) conversion. A depth order may be restored based on a line tracing and an edge map generated from an input image, and a stereo image may be generated using depth information.

Abstract: A process and system to transform a digital photograph of a text document into a scan-quality image is disclosed. By extracting the document text from the image, and analyzing visual clues from the text, a grid is constructed over the image representing the distortions in the image. Transforming the image to straighten this grid removes distortions introduced by the camera image-capture process. Variations in lighting, the extraction of text line information, and the modeling of curved lines in the image may be corrected.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention a computer system that is capable of sharing physical devices among several virtual machines (VM) includes hardware assisted logic to allow requests from guest operating systems (guest OS) to circumvent a virtual machine monitor (VMM) and be processed by the hardware assisted logic.

Abstract: A cheque recognition device includes a magnetic ink character recognition unit disposed on a cheque moving path along which an introduced cheque is transferred such that it can recognize a magnetic ink character printed on the cheque headed for one side of the cheque moving path; and a control unit for analyzing the magnetic ink character recognized in the magnetic ink character recognition unit to verify whether or not the cheque is normal.

Abstract: A medical device for determining a respiratory effort having a pressure sensor to sense pressure signals, a housing having system components positioned therein, and a microprocessor positioned within the housing, wherein the microprocessor detects an inspiration and an expiration in response to the pressure signals, detects a breath in response to the detected inspiration and the detected expiration, and determines the respiratory effort in response to the detected breath.

Abstract: Kernelized spatial-contextual image classification is disclosed. One embodiment comprises generating a first spatial-contextual model to represent a first image, the first spatial-contextual model having a plurality of interconnected nodes arranged in a first pattern of connections with each node connected to at least one other node, generating a second spatial-contextual model to represent a second image using the first pattern of connections, and estimating the distance between corresponding nodes in the first spatial-contextual model and the second spatial-contextual model based on a relationship with adjacent connected nodes to determine a distance between the first image and the second image.

Abstract: Provided is a coding and decoding method and apparatus using a plurality of scanning patterns. The method for coding image data includes: (a) obtaining N×M data by firstly source-coding the image data; (b) scanning the N×M data using a predetermined scan pattern selected from a plurality of scan patterns in response to the obtained N×M data; and (c) firstly source-coding the scanned data. Accordingly, coding and decoding image data having various characteristics can be implemented efficiently. Particularly, even for the image data having an interlaced scanned frame format, more efficient coding and decoding can be achieved.

Abstract: An electrical depilator includes a main body (1) and a head (2) mounted on the main body. The head includes a hair-plucking assembly (20) mounted on a frame (7), and with a shell (16) covering thereon. The hair-plucking assembly includes a plurality of discs (11) and discs carriers (10), a transmission gear (9), and a bearing cover being fitted over an arcuate shaft (5) and rotating in sync. Each discs carrier bears one disc. Each disc has a substantially circular and continuous circumference (115), and an undulating surface (112). Upper portions (110) and lower portions (111) for grasping and removing hair are radially and alternately arrayed to configurate such undulating surface of the disc. The electrical depilator can steadily and smoothly removing hair at a speed increased at least 3 times.

Abstract: An image display apparatus and a channel information display method thereof are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes displaying an image from a selected channel on at least one region of a screen; sequentially receiving, by a tuner, images from a plurality of channels; storing the received images in a storage unit; and displaying the stored images from the plurality of channels simultaneously on at least multiple regions of the screen in response to a channel information function.