Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase in a transformed host cell.

Abstract: According to one aspect, there is provided a refrigerator including a refrigerating chamber formed at a relatively upper portion of a refrigerator body and a freezing chamber formed at a relatively lower portion of the refrigerator body, which comprises an ice-making chamber which is partitioned in the refrigerating chamber by insulating walls and includes an icemaker for making ice and an ice storage for storing the ice made in the icemaker. The temperature in the refrigerating chamber can be accurately controlled, the loss of cold air can be minimized and the structures for supplying water into the icemaker and the dispenser can be simplified.

Abstract: A small portable power pack includes a fuel/air supply for mixing fuel, which is supplied from outside, with outside air, thereby providing mixed gas; a uniflow scavenging micro-engine for receiving mixed gas from the fuel/air supply and igniting mixed gas to explode; a control panel for operating and controlling the uniflow scavenging micro-engine; a capacitor battery for powering the control panel and the uniflow scavenging micro-engine. The portable power pack is easily carried and used without the restriction of spaces and sites.

Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds of formula I as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are useful in treating those infected with HCV.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic fluid film bearing for supporting a rotation shaft of a turbo or rotary apparatus includes a sleeve having a circular inner opening for receiving a rotation shaft therein, at least one metallic foil member of arc shape having one end fixed to the inner surface of the sleeve and arranged along the inner opening of the sleeve, and at least one elastic member disposed at the sleeve between the sleeve and the foil member. A bearing housing for receiving a bearing of a rotary apparatus is further provided, in which the bearing housing includes a circular opening for receiving the bearing therein, and the circular inner opening of the bearing housing includes grooves for cooling air passage formed at regular interval in the axial direction on the inner surface of the bearing housing. The bearing received in the bearing housing is preferably a hydrodynamic fluid film bearing.

Abstract: A backlight unit comprises a reflecting plate, a light guide plate disposed over the reflecting plate, and a plurality of optic films disposed over the light guide plate. The backlight unit further comprises a lamp horizontally spaced apart from the light guide plate, and a reflecting film corresponding to an upper portion of a space between the light guide plate and the lamp.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for presenting personalized information to consumers in a retail environment. A personalized price is determined for at least one product that is in physical proximity to the customer. The physical proximity may be determined, for example, by evaluating identifiers, such as RHD tags, associated with each customer and product. A personalized message can be also presented to a customer regarding at least one product that is in physical proximity to the customer. The personalized message can provide, for example, dietary or safety information relevant to the customer and at least one product in the proximity of the customer. The personalized information may be determined based on one or more personalized message rules.

Abstract: An electrode sheet, a method of manufacturing the electrode sheet, and a plasma display panel having the electrode sheet. The electrode sheet includes: a plurality of electrodes arranged at substantially constant distances apart, each of the electrodes having a discharge space in its central region; an electrode line for connecting the electrodes along a first direction; and a dielectric enclosing the electrodes and the electrode line and connecting the electrodes along a second direction, wherein the electrodes and the electrode line are composed of magnesium (Mg), and the dielectric is composed of magnesium oxide (MgO).

Abstract: A control panel and a washing machine, capable of providing an aesthetic external appearance and preventing characters or symbols which indicate control functions from being erased and preventing the characters or symbols from being displayed when the operation stops or the control functions are not used. The control panel includes a semi-transparent cover, a film disposed behind the semi-transparent cover and printed with a plurality of characters or symbols, a detecting panel disposed behind the film and having a plurality of detecting members detecting a capacitance of a human body, a circuit board having a light emitting unit irradiating light onto the film to display the characters or the symbols of the film on a rear surface of the semi-transparent cover, and a guide member having a plurality of optical paths guiding light irradiated from the light emitting unit into each of the characters or the symbols of the film.

Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions, and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are useful in treating those infected with HCV.

Abstract: A multiple ROI (region of interest) setting method and apparatus in scalable video coding and an ROI reconstructing method and apparatus are provided. The multiple ROI setting apparatus includes: an ROI setting unit which sets at least one or more ROIs and allocates ROI identification numbers to the each of ROIs; a mapping unit which allocates at least one or more slice group identification numbers to the at least one or more ROI identification numbers; and a message generating unit which generates a message including ROI-associated information, slice-group-associated information, mapping information on mapping of the ROI identification number to the at least one or more slice group identification numbers, and scalability information.

Abstract: A method and structure for a memory device, such as a 1T-SRAM, having a capacitor top plate directly over a doped bottom plate region. An example device comprises the following. An isolation film formed as to surround an active area on a substrate. A gate dielectric and gate electrode formed over a portion of the active area. A source element and a drain element in the substrate adjacent to the gate electrode. The drain element is comprised of a drain region and a bottom plate region. The drain region is between the bottom plate region and the gate structure. A capacitor dielectric and a capacitor top plate are over at least portions of the bottom plate region.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device and a control signal generating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device may include a voltage range detector configured to generate a voltage detecting signal corresponding to a range of a level of an external power voltage. A control signal generating portion may be used to generate a control signal corresponding to the range of the level of the external power voltage responsive to the voltage detecting signal. As a result, the semiconductor memory device can perform an operation for satisfying an access time characteristic according to a specification responsive to the control signal.

Abstract: A refined coordinate detection method for a touch panel, which more finely measures coordinates of an object without increasing the number of infrared emitting/receiving elements, and an error correction method, which minimizes position detection errors caused by received optical level errors due to external environment or their inherent characteristics, are provided. In the detection method, received levels of infrared emitting/receiving elements corresponding to left and right ends of object are measured and stored and the levels and a maximum received level are compared to calculate the refined coordinates. In the correction method, a lower limit level at a position where infrared reception is most significantly impeded by object is calculated through a comparison calculation of maximum and minimum received levels and it is detected that an object is present at a position only when a lower limit level at that position is not greater than the calculated one.

Abstract: A thin film transistor and a method of fabricating the same include: a semiconductor layer having a grain boundary disposed in a crystal growth direction and having a variation in height of a top surface of 15 nm or less formed by a thin beam directional crystallization method. Also, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device comprising the thin film transistor is provided and has excellent characteristics fabricated by a simple process. Also, a flat panel display device and a method of fabricating the same are provided and include: a polycrystalline silicon layer in a pixel region; and a polycrystalline silicon layer in a peripheral region formed by the thin beam directional crystallization method. Also, a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same include: an intrinsic region of a semiconductor layer in the photodiode region formed by the thin beam directional crystallization method.

Abstract: A micro controller includes a first storing circuit configured to store program data for performing a power on operation of a system, and a second storing circuit configured to temporarily store algorithm program data for operation of the system loaded from an external storing means while the system operates in response to control of the first storing circuit.

Abstract: An electrolyte for the lithium rechargeable battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, lithium salts, vinylethylene carbonate and fluoroethylene carbonate. With this electrolyte, the ba0ttery life can be improved, and the storing property at a high temperature can be improved because the increasing rate of the battery thickness according to the increased internal pressure in the battery due to the gas generation is reduced when being kept at the high temperature, and the discharging property at a low temperature is improved because the discharge capacity can be increased when discharging at the low temperature.

Abstract: Provided herein is a white organic light-emitting device comprising a color control layer. The white organic light-emitting device comprises at least one white organic light emitting unit interposed between an anode and a cathode, and a color control layer interposed between the cathode and the at least one white organic light emitting unit, the color control layer having an electron transport capability and a light interference effect.

Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds of formula I as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are useful in treating those infected with HCV.

Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds of formula I as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are useful in treating those infected with HCV.