Abstract: A semiconductor package transferring apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tray that includes a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, the rear side including a plurality of package covering portions that each correspond to the shape of a semiconductor package and that are arranged to align with corresponding package loading portions on a front side of another tray. Each package covering portion has a surface configured to cover a semiconductor chip disposed below the surface. The apparatus further includes an anti-attachment portion disposed on the surface of one or more of the package covering portions. For each package covering portion on which an anti-attachment portion is disposed, the anti-attachment portion protrudes beyond the surface of the package covering portion.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a plurality of metal nanoparticles functionalized with a plurality of organic molecules tethered thereto, wherein the plurality of organic molecules preferentially interact with one or more analytes when placed in proximity therewith. According to another embodiment, a method for detecting analytes includes contacting a fluid having one or more analytes of interest therein with a plurality of metal nanoparticles, each metal nanoparticle having a plurality of organic molecules tethered thereto, and detecting Raman scattering from an analyte of interest from the fluid, the analyte interacting with one or more of the plurality of organic molecules. In another embodiment, a method includes chemically modifying a plurality of cyclodextrin molecules at a primary hydroxyl moiety to create a chemical handle, and tethering the plurality of cyclodextrin molecules to a metal nanoparticle using the chemical handle. Other systems and methods for detecting analytes are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a series of compounds of the formula (I) which modulate ?-amyloid peptide (?-AP) production and are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and other conditions affected by ?-amyloid peptide (?-AP) production.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device having a mount test circuit and a mount test method thereof are provided. The test circuit for use in a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks may include a comparison unit for comparing test data of at least two memory blocks selected from the plurality of memory blocks, deciding whether or not the test data of the selected memory blocks are identical, and outputting a pass signal or fail signal as a flag signal; and an output selection unit for selecting any one of the selected memory blocks as an output memory block, and changing the output memory block whenever the fail signal is generated from the comparison unit, thus forming it as a data output path, which may lessen error occurrence.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the efficient preparation of highly optical pure chiral carvedilol. According to the present invention, a chiral oxazolidin-2-one or oxazolidin-2-thione having formula 2, produced from the reaction of N-protected 2-(2-methoxyphenoxy)ethylamine with a chiral glycidol derivative is used as a key intermediate for the preparation of the chiral carvedilol. Specifically, the process for the preparation of the chiral carvedilol comprises a) reacting a compound of formula 2 with a halogenation agent, a sulfonation agent or a mitsunobu reagent to activate a hydroxyl group of the compound of formula 2, followed by nucleophilic substitution reaction with 9H-4-hydroxy carbazole to produce a compound of formula 7, and b) subjecting the obtained compound of formula 7 to a deprotection reaction in a presence of an inorganic base to produce the targeted chiral carvedilol. The process of the present invention can be accomplished in a mild condition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a horizontal linear vibrator which can reduce the thickness but increase the strength of vibrations while at the same time guaranteeing a sufficiently long lifetime and satisfactory responsivity. The horizontal linear vibrator includes a casing, a bracket, a vibration unit, a cylindrical coil and springs. The bracket is coupled to the casing to form an internal space. The vibration unit includes a weight, a pair of yokes and magnets. The weight has an opening therein. The yokes are disposed on the inner surfaces of the weight. The magnets are provided in the yokes such that different poles of the magnets face each other. The cylindrical coil is perpendicularly mounted to the bracket and disposed in space between the pair of yoke. The springs are coupled to both ends of the casing or the bracket. The springs elastically support the vibration unit to allow the vibration unit to vibrate in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A heart valve prosthesis and a method of fabricating the same. The heart valve prosthesis uses a leaflet of pig pericardium or a leaflet of cattle pericardium, which has a suitable thickness according to the size of the valve, and a stent. The heart valve prosthesis is fabricated by placing a valve body over a Dacron body, binding the valve body to the Dacron body using stitching fiber, rolling the Dacron body into a cylindrical form such that the valve body is located inside, binding opposite edges of the Dacron body to each other using stitching fiber, and inserting the resultant structure into a stent, which is knitted using a shape memory alloy wire. The heart valve prosthesis is friendly to and is not rejected by human tissue, is free from deformation, and can be implanted using a non-invasive manner without incising the chest wall of a patient.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gallium nitride (GaN) wafer is provided. In the method for manufacturing the GaN wafer according to an embodiment, an etch stop layer is formed on a substrate, and a first GaN layer is formed on the etch stop layer. A portion of the first GaN layer is etched with a silane gas, and a second GaN layer is formed on the etched first GaN layer. A third GaN layer is formed on the second GaN layer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a substrate using neutralized beams are provided. A substrate processing apparatus includes an ion source generating device configured to form an ion source. An ion extraction device is configured to extract and accelerate ions from the ion source. An ion neutralizing device is configured to convert the ions extracted and accelerated from the ion extraction device into neutralized beams. A remaining portion of the ions extracted and accelerated from the ion extraction device is not converted into the neutralized beams. A substrate support is configured to support a substrate such that the neutralized beams are directed towards the substrate support. A substrate power supply is configured to apply a voltage to the substrate support such that the remaining portion of the ions that is not converted into the neutralized beams is directed away from the substrate support by the applied voltage of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a process-parameter prognostic system for predicting the shape of a semiconductor structure, a semiconductor fabrication apparatus having the process-parameter prognostic system, and a method of using the same. The process-parameter prognostic system may have a process prediction unit and a process-change point corresponding unit. The process prediction unit and the process-change point corresponding unit may obtain predicted parameters using measured parameters of semiconductor structures and sensor parameters of plasmas corresponding to the semiconductor structures.

Abstract: A method for controlling a dishwasher including the steps of first determining a steam operation mode for washing dishes and second determining at least one of a motor rotation speed, a number of repetitions of a steam supply step, a steam washing pattern, and an amount of detergent based on the determined steam operation mode.

Abstract: There is provided a horizontal linear vibrator including a bracket providing an internal space; a vibration unit mounted in the internal space and including a mass body moving horizontally and linearly; and a magnetic field unit including a magnet fixed to the mass body and a coil installed within a magnetic field of the magnet and generating electromagnetic force to allow the vibration unit to move horizontally and linearly, wherein the coil includes a coil line disposed between the bracket and a printed circuit board and extending outside of the internal space of the bracket such that the coil line is connected with the printed circuit board for applying power from an external source to the coil outside of the internal space of the bracket.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dish washer in which a structure for mounting a drain pump is improved for minimizing residual water, vibration and noise. The dish washer includes a cabinet which forms an exterior of the dish washer, a tub in the cabinet to form a space for washing the dishes, a sump assembly at a lower portion of the cabinet, the sump assembly having a drain chamber for holding washing water to be drained, and a drain pump assembly coupled to a lower side of an outside of the sump assembly so as to be in communication with one side of the drain chamber for draining the washing water from the drain chamber by pumping, wherein the drain pump assembly is mounted tilted upward at a predetermined angle from an inside bottom surface of the cabinet.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device, a light emitting device, and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a plurality of rods aligned on the substrate, a metal layer disposed on the substrate between the rods, and a semiconductor layer disposed on and between the rods. Electrical and optical characteristics of the semiconductor device are improved due to the metal layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight assembly for irradiating light onto the liquid crystal panel; and a reflection layer between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight assembly for increasing an amount of light incident onto the liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A communication method of a macro base station serving a target mobile terminal in a macrocell including a picocell includes receiving information about an uplink interference of a pico base station in the picocell from the pico base station, and determining whether to perform a handover of the target mobile terminal to the pico base station based on an uplink interference of the macro base station and an uplink interference of the pico base station.

Abstract: Provided is an intelligent video information retrieval apparatus capable of multi-dimensional video indexing and retrieval. The intelligent video information retrieval apparatus includes an event detector configured to detect pieces of event information from footage collected by a plurality of video capture devices, a data mart builder configured to generate a data cube using the detected pieces of event information, and capture time and capture location information related to the pieces of event information, and store and manage the generated data cube, and a video retriever configured to receive an event retrieval condition from a user to retrieve event information corresponding to the received event retrieval condition using the data cube, and output the retrieval result to the user.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a dish washer and a control method of the dish washer. A dish washer according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a water supply unit that has a water chamber collecting water that is used to wash dishes; a sump that is supplied with the water in the water chamber and supplies wash water into a tub; a filter unit that is disposed in the sump and filters foreign substances in the wash water; and a heat exchange passage for heat exchange between the wash water in the sump and the water collecting in the water chamber, in which the wash water that has exchanged heat with the water chamber is discharged to the filter unit.

Abstract: An embodiment relates to a dish washer. A dish washer according to an embodiment comprises: a tub that defines a space for washing dishes; a water supply unit that has a water chamber where water supplied from the outside collects, to wash the dishes; a sump that is supplied with water from the water chamber and supplies wash water into the tub; and a heat exchange passage through which the wash water in the sump flows and exchanges heat with the water in the water chamber while flowing.

Abstract: An optical recording medium is provided, the optical recording medium including a plurality of zones respectively corresponding to width data of first and/or last pulses of an adaptive write pulse waveform stored in a grouping table, the grouping table being configured to group a magnitude of a present mark of input data and magnitudes of leading and/or trailing spaces of the present mark into a short pulse group, a middle pulse group, and a long pulse group using grouping pointers, store data configured to calculate a width of a write pulse, an adaptive write pulse being generated in response to the calculated width, generate the adaptive write pulse waveform by varying a position of a rising edge of a first pulse of a mark to be written according to the magnitudes of the present mark and the leading space, the adaptive write pulse waveform being generated without regard for the trailing space of the present mark being written using the adaptive write pulse waveform, the adaptive write pulse being configured