Abstract: The invention provides a fluorescence polarization (FP)-based assay to identify inhibitors of resolvase's DNA cleavage activity. The invention also provides resolvase inhibitors identified by the assay, as well as derivatives and analogs thereof. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention are useful to treat a poxvirus infection in an infected subject.

Abstract: A method of producing a rice cake that becomes not hardened for a long time period, a rice cake produced by using the method, and a processed food produced by processing the rice cake are provided. The method includes: (a) immersing grains in water and removing the water therefrom; (b) grinding the grains from which water is removed, adding water thereto, and then grinding the grains to which water is added; (c) steaming the ground grains; and (d) cooling the steamed grains, adding flour thereto, and then punching the resultant product. The rice cake has a long storage time and is suitable for a long-term distribution. The rice cake preserves its soft texture for a long time period and is thus appropriate for consumers' acceptability.

Abstract: A fuel-price protection mechanism whereby customers may pre-purchase quantity-based amounts of fuel and retrieve said fuel at any participating fuel retailer. The quantity-based amounts of fuel are represented in the customer's account as a quantity-based fuel credit. The fuel credits may be redeemed at a participating fuel retailer to obtain fuel. The fuel credits are associated with a customer's home geographical region or a customer's selected price class. A conversion mechanism will allow the customer to redeem fuel credits in a different geographical region or price class. Redemption within the home region or the customer selected price class can occur without conversion.

Abstract: A fuel-price protection mechanism whereby customers may pre-purchase quantity-based amounts of fuel and retrieve said fuel at any participating fuel retailer. The quantity-based amounts of fuel are represented in the customers account as a quantity-based fuel credit. The fuel credits may be redeemed at a participating fuel retailer to obtain fuel. The fuel credits are associated with a customer's home geographical region or a customer's selected price class. A conversion mechanism will allow the customer to redeem fuel credits in a different geographical region or price class. Redemption within the home region or the customer selected price class can occur without conversion.

Abstract: A method of producing a rice cake that becomes not hardened for a long time period, a rice cake produced by using the method, and a processed food produced by processing the rice cake are provided. The method includes: (a) immersing grains in water and removing the water therefrom; (b) grinding the grains from which water is removed, adding water thereto, and then grinding the grains to which water is added; (c) steaming the ground grains; and (d) cooling the steamed grains, adding flour thereto, and then punching the resultant product. The rice cake has a long storage time and is suitable for a long-term distribution. The rice cake preserves its soft texture for a long time period and is thus appropriate for consumers' acceptability.

Abstract: A fuel-price protection mechanism whereby customers may pre-purchase quantity-based amounts of fuel and retrieve said fuel at any participating fuel retailer. The quantity-based amounts of fuel are represented in the customers account as a quantity-based fuel credit. The fuel credits may be redeemed at a participating fuel retailer to obtain fuel. The fuel credits are associated with a customer's home geographical region or a customer's selected price class. A conversion mechanism will allow the customer to redeem fuel credits in a different geographical region or price class. Redemption within the home region or the customer selected price class can occur without conversion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a continuous disk winding for high-voltage superconducting transformers that has special features of no joint and low loss, which are advantages of a layer winding, while being formed in the shape of a disk winding, which is advantageous in voltage distribution and insulation.

Abstract: A grinder wheel for a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device using the same are provided. Two grinding surfaces are formed in the grinder wheel used for grinding a substrate so that it is possible to improve grinding characteristics, to increase the life of the grinder wheel, and to reduce grinding time. The method includes cutting the substrates attached to each other into a plurality of unit liquid crystal display panels, loading the unit liquid crystal display panel on a grinding table, grinding a predetermined region of the liquid crystal display panel using a grinder wheel including two grinding surfaces of a first grinder surface for primary grinding and a second grinder surface for secondary grinding, and unloading the ground liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: A video codec is provided. A coded first frame image is decoded and stored. A second frame is coded by referring to the decoded first frame image. The second frame image is not used as a reference image. For this purpose, the second frame image does not pass through a decoding module/decoding process for creating a reference image.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of encoding a moving picture. An input original video signal is delayed and stored in a memory as a video signal for motion estimation (a video signal of a previous frame). Then, a motion estimation is performed using a video signal of a current frame and the reference image (the video signal of the previous frame). Accordingly, a decoding module/decoding processor for constructing a reference image in an existing encoder is eliminated.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light modulator module package, which is advantageous because a size of the module package is minimized and heat is efficiently dispersed while the optical properties of a light modulator device are maintained.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adaptive intra-macroblock refresh method, by which an intra-macroblock refresh technology is applied in a manner of considering an error recovering method of a decoder. The present invention includes the steps of measuring a correlation between a motion vector of a currently encoded macroblock and a motion vector of a neighbor macroblock, recording a measurement result of the correlation in a refresh map by block unit, and performing encoding using the refresh map.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flat panel display manufacturing apparatus in a predetermined process is performed using plasma generated therein. In such a flat panel display manufacturing apparatus, a process gas is supplied into a chamber in an evenly diffused state to generate even plasma inside a symmetrical interior space of the chamber. Consequently, the flat panel display manufacturing apparatus can appropriately control flow rate of the plasma, thereby being capable of performing even processing on a large-scale substrate. In the flat panel display manufacturing apparatus, a substrate pedestal thereof is provided with a combination of vertical and horizontal shielding members, thereby being entirely protected from attack of the plasma, resulting in an increased life-span.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for screening compounds capable of modulating nucleic acid-modifying enzymatic activity, including topoisomerase activity.