Abstract: Techniques are provided for compacting indirect blocks. For example, an object is represented as a structure comprising data blocks within which data of the object is stored and indirect blocks comprising block numbers of where the data blocks are located in storage. Block numbers within a set of indirect blocks are compacted into a compacted indirect block comprising a base block number, a count of additional block numbers after the base block number in the compacted indirect block, and a pattern of the block numbers in the compacted indirect block. The compacted indirect block is stored into memory for processing access operations to the object. Storing compacted indirect blocks into memory allows for more block numbers to be stored within memory. This improves the processing of access operations because reading the block numbers from memory is faster than loading the block numbers from disk.

Abstract: A portable display device includes a display panel displaying an image with pixels of a display area, a touch sensor disposed in a front surface direction of the display area and a non-display area of the display panel, a touch driving circuit driving touch electrodes of the touch sensor to detect a touch occurrence position of at least one point, a touch movement direction, and a movement distance and generating touch coordinate data according to a detection result, and a display driving circuit displaying an icon or a menu bar in the display area so that a user controls a screen control function and an operation control function of the display panel according to the touch occurrence position of the at least one point, the touch movement direction, and the movement distance.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner for supplementing and regulating the air volume discharged to front seats and rear seats through a door component that controls a passage, and enabling the length of a package in the direction of a heater core to be reduced. The vehicle air conditioner has an air passage comprising: a front seat air passage through which cold air or hot air is discharged toward the front seats of a vehicle; and a rear seat air passage through which cold air or hot air is discharged toward the rear seats of the vehicle, wherein the front seat air passage comprises a front seat cooling passage and a front seat heating passage, and the rear seat path comprises a rear seat cooling passage and a rear seat heating passage, and includes: a first mixing part in which the cold air of the front seat cooling passage and the hot air of the front seat heating passage are mixed; and a second mixing part in which the cold air of the rear seat cooling path and the hot air of the rear seat heating path are mixed.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for compacting indirect blocks. For example, an object is represented as a structure comprising data blocks within which data of the object is stored and indirect blocks comprising block numbers of where the data blocks are located in storage. Block numbers within a set of indirect blocks are compacted into a compacted indirect block comprising a base block number, a count of additional block numbers after the base block number in the compacted indirect block, and a pattern of the block numbers in the compacted indirect block. The compacted indirect block is stored into memory for processing access operations to the object. Storing compacted indirect blocks into memory allows for more block numbers to be stored within memory. In this way, the block numbers are read from memory is faster than loading the block numbers from disk.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes an air conditioning case having an air passage formed therein, a cooling heat exchanger provided in the air passage of the air conditioning case to heat-exchange with air passing through the air passage, and a heating heat exchanger, comprises: a front seat temperature door which adjusts an opening degree between a front seat cold air passage and a part of a hot air passage; a first rear seat temperature door which is disposed between the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger and adjusts an opening degree of another part of the hot air passage; and a second rear seat temperature door which is disposed in the downstream of the heating heat exchanger and adjusts an opening degree between the hot air passage and a rear seat cold air passage, wherein the second rear seat temperature door includes an asymmetric dome.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a use of sestrin2 for preventing or treating acute kidney injury. According to the present invention, sestrin2 regulates oxidative stress to attenuate mitochondrial damage and cell death, alleviate the damage to renal cells, and reduce the expression of kidney injury markers, and thus can be utilized as a target for the prevention or treatment of acute kidney injury.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for compacting indirect blocks. For example, an object is represented as a structure comprising data blocks within which data of the object is stored and indirect blocks comprising block numbers of where the data blocks are located in storage. Block numbers within a set of indirect blocks are compacted into a compacted indirect block comprising a base block number, a count of additional block numbers after the base block number in the compacted indirect block, and a pattern of the block numbers in the compacted indirect block. The compacted indirect block is stored into memory for processing access operations to the object. Storing compacted indirect blocks into memory allows for more block numbers to be stored within memory. This improves the processing of access operations because reading the block numbers from memory is faster than loading the block numbers from disk.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a game are provided. According to embodiments of the present, the method for providing a game comprises determining a map for game play, variably determining a first area in the map, and providing a second play environment different from a first play environment of the first area to outside the first area, wherein an item or vehicle is not spawned or a spawn rate of the item or vehicle is lower than the first play environment in the second play environment. According to the method, an In-Game play environment is variably provided each time a game is played, thereby the unexpectedness of the game play can be enhanced and the utilization and lifespan of the game map can be remarkably improved.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner for supplementing and regulating the air volume discharged to front seats and rear seats through a door component that controls a passage, and enabling the length of a package in the direction of a heater core to be reduced. The vehicle air conditioner has an air passage comprising: a front seat air passage through which cold air or hot air is discharged toward the front seats of a vehicle; and a rear seat air passage through which cold air or hot air is discharged toward the rear seats of the vehicle, wherein the front seat air passage comprises a front seat cooling passage and a front seat heating passage, and the rear seat path comprises a rear seat cooling passage and a rear seat heating passage, and includes: a first mixing part in which the cold air of the front seat cooling passage and the hot air of the front seat heating passage are mixed; and a second mixing part in which the cold air of the rear seat cooling path and the hot air of the rear seat heating path are mixed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which can prevent reduction of an air volume by reducing a back-and-forth width of the vehicle and sufficiently securing the degree of opening of a warm air bypass door, and control an efficient linkage between the warm air bypass door and a defrost door. The air conditioner includes: an air-conditioning case having an air passageway formed therein; a heat exchanger for cooling and a heat exchanger for heating which are disposed in the air passageway of the air-conditioning case to exchange heat with air passing the air passageway; a warm air bypass passageway for directly discharging the air passing the heat exchanger for heating to a front seat floor vent; and a warm air bypass door for adjusting the degree of opening of the warm air bypass passageway, wherein the warm air bypass door includes a rotary shaft and a plate, and the plate has a bent portion to have at least two sides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, which can send air-conditioned air toward a rear seat of the vehicle in order to perform air-conditioning of a front seat of the vehicle and air-conditioning of a rear seat. The air conditioner includes an air passageway formed in an air-conditioning case, wherein the air passageway includes: a rear seat cold air passageway which is a passageway that the air passed through the heat exchanger for cooling bypasses the heat exchanger for heating and flows toward a rear seat of the vehicle; and a warm air passageway which is a passageway that the air passed through the heat exchanger for cooling passes through the heat exchanger for heating and flows toward a front seat or the rear seat of the vehicle.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for compacting indirect blocks. For example, an object is represented as a structure comprising data blocks within which data of the object is stored and indirect blocks comprising block numbers of where the data blocks are located in storage. Block numbers within a set of indirect blocks are compacted into a compacted indirect block comprising a base block number, a count of additional block numbers after the base block number in the compacted indirect block, and a pattern of the block numbers in the compacted indirect block. The compacted indirect block is stored into memory for processing access operations to the object.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nanoparticles. In particular, the present invention provides nanoparticles for clinical (e.g., targeted therapeutic), diagnostic (e.g., imaging), and research applications in the field of cardiology. For example, in some embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating (e.g., ablating) cardiac tissue, comprising: a) contacting an animal with a nanoparticle comprising a matrix, a toxic (e.g., ablative) agent (e.g., sonosensitizer, chemotherapeutic agent (e.g., doxorubicin or cisplatin), or photosensitizer), and a cardiac targeting moiety; and b) administering an activator of the toxic agent (e.g., light, chemical (e.g., pharmaceutical agent) or ultrasound) to at least a portion of the cardiac tissue (e.g., heart) of the animal to activate the toxic agent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine capable of improving the efficiency of washing and product quality by improving a pivoting structure of a door assembly having a door and an auxiliary washing unit forming an auxiliary washing space. Also, the door and the auxiliary washing unit may be coupled by a locking part so that a user can open and close the door assembly conveniently when manual washing is not needed. When manual washing is needed, the user may release a locked state of the locking part to move the door and the auxiliary washing unit separately.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which can perform a bleeding function to discharge air to a rear seat floor vent in a rear seat vent mode, and optimize the size of an outlet and the shape of doors to adjust a bleeding amount of a rear seat floor.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes an air conditioning case having an air passage formed therein, a cooling heat exchanger provided in the air passage of the air conditioning case to heat-exchange with air passing through the air passage, and a heating heat exchanger, comprises: a front seat temperature door which adjusts an opening degree between a front seat cold air passage and a part of a hot air passage; a first rear seat temperature door which is disposed between the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger and adjusts an opening degree of another part of the hot air passage; and a second rear seat temperature door which is disposed in the downstream of the heating heat exchanger and adjusts an opening degree between the hot air passage and a rear seat cold air passage, wherein the second rear seat temperature door includes an asymmetric dome.

Abstract: A fragrance diffuser for a vehicle has a structure separate from an air conditioning operation of a vehicle and may selectively emit a fragrance stored in a plurality of cartridges by an opening/closing device. The fragrance diffuser includes: a plurality of cartridges each including: a casing having an internal space configured to store a fragrance; and an opening/closing member extending to communicate with an interior and an exterior of the casing, and configured to open or close the internal space; a housing including: an inlet; a movement passage for the air; insertion ports into which the cartridges are inserted in the movement passage; and an outlet from which the fragrance or the air is discharged depending on an opened or closed state of each of the cartridges; an opening/closing device configured to operate the opening/closing members; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the opening/closing device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a game are provided. According to embodiments of the present, the method for providing a game comprises determining a map for game play, variably determining a first area in the map, and providing a second play environment different from a first play environment of the first area to outside the first area, wherein an item or vehicle is not spawned or a spawn rate of the item or vehicle is lower than the first play environment in the second play environment. According to the method, an In-Game play environment is variably provided each time a game is played, thereby the unexpectedness of the game play can be enhanced and the utilization and lifespan of the game map can be remarkably improved.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle which can reduce ventilation resistance and secure a sufficient cross-sectional area of an air outlet to prevent deterioration in air volume. The air conditioner includes: an air-conditioning case having an air passageway formed therein and a plurality of air outlets formed at an exit thereof, and at least one heat exchanger disposed in the air passageway of the air-conditioning case to exchange heat with air passing through the air passageway, wherein the air outlet includes a center vent for discharging air-conditioned wind toward the center of a vehicle width and a side vent for discharging the air-conditioned wind toward the side of the vehicle width, and one between the center vent and the side vent is arranged in an upper side of the air-conditioning case, and the other is arranged in one side of the air-conditioning case in a back-and-forth direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for compacting indirect blocks. For example, an object is represented as a structure comprising data blocks within which data of the object is stored and indirect blocks comprising block numbers of where the data blocks are located in storage. Block numbers within a set of indirect blocks are compacted into a compacted indirect block comprising a base block number, a count of additional block numbers after the base block number in the compacted indirect block, and a pattern of the block numbers in the compacted indirect block. The compacted indirect block is stored into memory for processing access operations to the object. Storing compacted indirect blocks into memory allows for more block numbers to be stored within memory. This improves the processing of access operations because reading the block numbers from memory is faster than loading the block numbers from disk.