Abstract: The present invention relates to a buffy coat extraction kit including: a kit body having a cylindrical plasma part that has an internal volume for forming a plasma layer, a cylindrical buffy coat part which extends in the longitudinal direction while communicating with the lower part of the plasma part and has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the plasma part and an internal volume for forming a buffy coat layer, and a cylindrical erythrocyte part which extends in the longitudinal direction while communicating with the lower part of the buffy coat part and has a diameter larger than the diameter of the buffy coat part and an internal volume for forming an erythrocyte layer, wherein the free end part of the plasma part and the free end part of the erythrocyte part are respectively opened; a lower packing movably accommodated in the erythrocyte part while maintaining an air-tight state; and a pusher moving the lower packing.

Abstract: A slave controller including an impedance element, and a processor configured to generate an identifier of the slave controller based on an electrical value of electric energy entering the impedance element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasification process and system, wherein a dryer integrated with a water-gas-shift catalyst is disposed in front of a gasifier.

Abstract: An integrated power converting apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an inverter configured to drive a motor and a converter configured to output a low voltage. The inverter and the converter are disposed on an inner bottom surface of a housing. A shield plate is mounted at a predetermined height from the inner bottom surface of the housing. In addition, an integrated control board configured to operate the inverter and the converter is disposed on a top surface of the shield plate.

Abstract: A power module for an inverter that is used in an eco-friendly vehicle, such as a hybrid vehicle, an electrical vehicle, or a fuel cell vehicle, i.e., a heat sink-integrated double-sided cooled power module in which cooling efficiency is maximized by adopting a double-sided direct cooling method that uses a heat sink manufactured by an extrusion method. In particular, the heat sink is disposed in upper and lower portions of the power module, and direct bonding materials (DBMs) are deposited between the upper and lower heat sinks where a chip is interposed between the DBMs. Faces between the heat sinks, the chip, and the DBMs are bonded to one another by a solder, and an entire circumference of the chip and the DBMs is finished by a mold portion.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of storing and searching for an image are provided. The apparatus includes: a first signal processor which receives location information about an object detected by a sensor, generates and transmits a camera control signal to a camera based on the location information so that the camera performs a surveillance in a direction according to the camera control signal, and receives from the sensor an alarm signal notifying an intrusion of the object into a preset area; a second signal processor which receives a surveillance image of the intruding object received from the surveillance of the camera; and a control unit which stores the surveillance image in a storage unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pressure damping device for a brake system which may reduce pressure pulsations generated by a piston pump. The pressure damping device is installed at a brake system having a hydraulic block provided with a first hydraulic circuit to control transfer of fluid pressures generated at a first port of a master cylinder and discharged from a first pump, and a second hydraulic circuit to control transfer of fluid pressures generated by a second port of the master cylinder and discharged from a second pump. The hydraulic block is provided with a bore connecting the master cylinder with a discharge outlet of each of the pumps and formed between main oil channels. The pressure damping device is provided in the bore, has a changeable volume, and includes a stopper member and a damping member. The damping member includes a ring-shaped elastic member and a plate.

Abstract: A radar sensor and a method of detecting an object by using the same are provided. The method includes: receiving at least one radar signal reflected from the object; converting the received at least one radar signal to at least one signal in a frequency domain; accumulating the converted at least one signal for a predetermined time and extracting at least one feature from the accumulated at least one signal; and identifying the object by comparing the extracted at least one feature with at least one reference value stored in a database.

Abstract: A low dropout (LDO) circuit capable of controlled startup and a method of controlling the same are disclosed herein. The LDO circuit includes an amplifier, a pass element, and a startup control circuit. The amplifier receives a feedback voltage determined by an output voltage and a predetermined reference voltage, and provides a first voltage determined by the feedback voltage and the reference voltage. The pass element is connected to an input power and an output node for providing the output voltage. The startup control circuit includes a current source, and forward one of the first voltage, provided by the amplifier based on the level of the output voltage, and a second voltage, generated using the current source, to the gate of the pass element.

Abstract: A novel use of periostin, and more particularly a composition for inducing the migration of neural stem cells, which contains periostin or a periostin-secreting cell as an active ingredient, based on the discovery of a novel function of periostin that induces the migration of neural stem cells. Periostin induces the migration of neural stem cells, and thus the composition for inducing the migration of neural stem cells, which contains periostin or periostin-secreting cells as an active ingredient, can be used in various applications based on neural stem cells. A pharmaceutical composition containing suicide gene-expressing neural stem cells and periostin allows the neural stem cells to effectively migrate to tumor tissues, and thus can be used as a cell therapeutic agent for treating cancer. Also, the pharmaceutical composition containing neural stem cells and periostin has improved effects on the stimulation of regeneration of nerve cells and the treatment of neural diseases.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to count people in a target area includes a wireless transceiver and a controller. The wireless transceiver is configured to radiate an impulse electromagnetic wave to the target area and receive a reflection signal from the target area, and the controller is configured to obtain a signal strength of the reflection signal over a reception time period during which the reflection signal is received and count people according to the signal strength, considering that the signal strength is weakened in proportion to the reception time period.

Abstract: An image monitoring system including a surveillance camera is provided. The surveillance camera includes: an image analyzer configured to analyze an input image; a sound source analyzer configured to analyze a sound source in the image or a sound source that is input separately; and a determiner configured to determine whether an abnormal image and an abnormal sound source exist, and when the abnormal image and the abnormal sound source are obtained, according to a result of the image analysis and the sound source analysis, to generate metadata and alarm information based on a result of the determination, wherein the abnormal image and the abnormal sound source are predefined.

Abstract: A display apparatus may include a substrate, a pad unit on the substrate, a display panel on the substrate, an encapsulation layer covering the display panel, and a protective layer on the pad unit. The protective layer may have an elastic coefficient ranging from about 10 MPa to about 200 GPa.

Abstract: Provided is an RFID system and method for maintaining a constant strength of a signal transmitted from an RFID tag to an RFID reader, regardless of a distance between the reader and tag. The RFID signal strength measuring reader measures a signal strength received from the RFID tag, creates control information used to set an amplification amount of the RFID tag by using a value of the measured strength to include the control information in an output signal, and sends the output signal to the RFID tag. The RFID tag, if the signal sent from the RFID reader is received, extracts internal information from the received signal, sends the information to the RFID reader as an output signal, and extracts the control information included in the signal sent from the RFID reader to adjust a strength of the output signal according to a value of the control information.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for treating vascular inflammation, improving skin beauty and improving male sexual function of a subject by administering a ginseng berry extract to the subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for treating vascular inflammation, improving skin beauty and improving male sexual function of a subject by administering a ginseng berry extract to the subject.

Abstract: Provided is an RFID system and method for maintaining a constant strength of a signal transmitted from an RFID tag to an RFID reader, regardless of a distance between the reader and tag. The RFID signal strength measuring reader measures a signal strength received from the RFID tag, creates control information used to set an amplification amount of the RFID tag by using a value of the measured strength to include the control information in an output signal, and sends the output signal to the RFID tag. The RFID tag, if the signal sent from the RFID reader is received, extracts internal information from the received signal, sends the information to the RFID reader as an output signal, and extracts the control information included in the signal sent from the RFID reader to adjust a strength of the output signal according to a value of the control information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservoir tank of a brake master cylinder. The reservoir tank includes a reservoir body to store oil therein, the reservoir body being provided with an oil introduction port, a filter interrupted by a fixing step arranged at a lower portion of the oil introduction port, and a reservoir cap arranged at an upper portion of the oil introduction port, wherein a vent member is provided between the fixing step and the filter, to allow inflow of air through during introduction of oil.

Abstract: Provided is a polypropylene resin composition having excellent impact resistance, impact strength at low temperature and transparence comprising ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer (c) to a polypropylene resin composition in which the ratio of viscosity is regulated by adjusting molecular weight of propylene-alpha olefin random copolymer (a) and propylene-alpha olefin elastic copolymer (b), thereby regulating impact resistance and flexural modulus of the polypropylene resin composition and improving transparence; therefore, applying as various products including cold-storage containers for freezer and refrigerator, food packaging container, extrusion blow molding material, film, sheet and bottle cap, etc.

Abstract: Provided are a dual mode semiconductor laser and a terahertz wave apparatus using the same. The dual mode semiconductor laser includes a distributed feedback laser structure section including a first diffraction grating on a substrate and a distributed Bragg reflector laser structure section including a second diffraction grating on the substrate. A first wavelength oscillated by the distributed feedback laser structure section and a second wavelength oscillated by the distributed Bragg reflector laser structure section are different from each other, and the distributed feedback laser structure section and the distributed Bragg reflector laser structure section share the same gain medium with each other.