Abstract: Provided is a microfluidic dialysis module including an upper plate having an upper flow path through which a first fluid flows therein formed on one surface thereof, and an upper inlet through which the first fluid flows into the upper flow path and an upper outlet through which the first fluid flows out of the upper flow path; a lower plate having a lower flow path through which a second fluid flows therein, and having a plurality of lower inlets through which the second fluid flows into the lower flow path and a plurality of lower outlet through which the second fluid flows out of the lower flow path; a membrane disposed between the one surface of the upper plate and the one surface of the lower plate and formed in a porous membrane structure; and a fixing member coupling the upper plate and the lower plate.

Abstract: A method of preparing a composition comprising mycelium along with a cellulose and/or plurality of nanoparticles is described herein. The method comprises inoculating a liquid medium with fungus, the liquid medium comprising nutrients and the cellulose and/or nanoparticles. Further described herein are compositions comprising mycelium along with a cellulose and/or plurality of nanoparticles, as well as articles-of-manufacture comprising such a composition, wherein at least 10% of the cellulose and/or nanoparticles in the composition is incorporated within the mycelium. A method of enhancing fungal growth is also described, comprising contacting the fungus with a liquid medium comprising a polymer which comprises carboxylic acid groups.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes at least one antenna configured to transmit or receive a signal, and a frequency selection surface arranged adjacent to the at least one antenna and configured to diffract the signal generated from the at least one antenna, wherein the frequency selection surface includes a transparent substrate on which a plurality of unit cells are defined, and a plurality of conductive patterns arranged in the plurality of unit cells, respectively.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a physically unclonable function (PUF) cell capable of exhibiting a stable performance and showing an excellent repeatability while being less affected by environmental factors such as a noise, temperature, and bias voltage. The PUF cell generates an output value by combining a scheme of amplifying a threshold voltage difference and a scheme of amplifying an oscillation frequency difference. In an oscillator that generates oscillation signals of different frequencies, the frequency difference of the oscillation signals is amplified by alternately supplying bias voltages of different magnitudes generated by utilizing the threshold voltage difference to a plurality of stages in the oscillator.

Abstract: An analog signal processing circuit comprising: a first promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a first output molecule, wherein said promoter is responsive to a cooperative input signal comprising at least two cooperative inputs, and wherein expression of said at least two cooperative inputs is tunable.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides is a high-speed image recognition method and apparatus using a 3D CNN. The high-speed image recognition method using the 3D CNN includes: inputting each of a first image clips among image clips constituting an input image to the 3D CNN; acquiring softmax function values calculated in the 3D CNN with respect to each of the first image clips; calculating a score margin by using the softmax function values; comparing the score margin with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether to input at least one additional image clip other than the first image clips among the image clips constituting the input image to the 3D CNN. Therefore, a calculation speed for image recognition can be improved.

Abstract: A hybrid system, including a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC), an internal combustion engine (ICE), and a thermochemical recuperation (TCR) unit. The TCR unit is configured to: (i) receive waist heat from the ICE, (ii) receive a primary fuel, (iii) perform a waste heat recovery process to provide reformed fuel. The SOFC is configured to receive a first part of the reformed fuel and convert the first part of the reformed fuel to electrical work. The ICE is configured to receive a second part of the reformed fuel and convert the second part of the reformed fuel to mechanical work.

Abstract: A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell includes a first inverter and a second inverter being cross-coupled; a first access transistor that accesses an output of the first inverter under control of a word line; a second access transistor that accesses an output of the second inverter under control of the word line; a first passage transistor that passes a common-mode voltage, controlled by the output of the first inverter; a second passage transistor that passes an input signal, controlled by the output of the second inverter; and a capacitor switchably coupled to receive the common-mode voltage and the input signal through the first passage transistor and the second passage transistor respectively.

Abstract: Compositions comprising liposomes composed of whole cell membrane fraction are provided. The liposomes may be attached to, or encapsulate a pharmaceutical agent. Also provided are methods of generating and using these liposomes.

Abstract: Disclosed is an energy harvesting method of an energy harvesting apparatus configured to convert input power coming from an energy source using a switching frequency, which is generated by monitoring an input voltage, and a first time and a second time, which are on-times of a first switch and a second switch, respectively, and generated based on the switching frequency, and deliver the converted input power to a battery.

Abstract: A method of determining an illumination pattern includes constructing a dataset by estimating a first surface normal vector of a three-dimensional (3D) object from a first image obtained by capturing the 3D object of which surface normal information is known, the dataset including basis images of the 3D object; generating simulation images in which virtual illumination patterns, obtained based on a combination of the basis images, are applied to the 3D object; estimating a second surface normal vector of the 3D object, by reconstructing a surface normal using a photometric stereo technique based on the virtual illumination patterns and simulation images corresponding to the virtual illumination patterns; and training a neural network to determine an illumination pattern based on a difference between the first surface normal vector and the second surface normal vector.

Abstract: Provided is a method of converting a hydrocarbon using a catalyst/catalyst support including a PST-32 or PST-2 zeolite, which has an effect of increasing the selectivity/yield of a light olefin product and reducing a side reaction to sustain catalytic activity, in various hydrocarbon conversion reactions, in particular, catalytic cracking of diesel.

Abstract: A fluidic optical device comprising a housing comprising a wall defining a lumen, wherein the wall is in fluid communication with a reservoir comprising a liquid, and a control unit for forming a fluidic lens bounded by the wall, under microgravity conditions. Further, a method for fabricating the fluidic optical device of the invention, and a system comprising the fluidic optical device, are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical cross-linking based porous material for tissue regeneration and hemostasis, including an extracellular matrix of decellularized kidney tissue, and a method for production thereof. The porous material including an extracellular matrix of decellularized kidney tissues according to the present invention forms a chemical cross-linking bond, while the final product does not contain any existing cross-linking agent component, whereby the porous material can be utilized in biocompatible substances. Further, the porous material of the present invention does not only have rapid hemostasis but also delays degradation in a long term to thus exhibit tissue regeneration effects, so that the porous material is expected to be usefully applicable for treatment of different diseases due to tissue damage in a variety of tissues, or for hemostasis and tissue regeneration at removal of tissues or incision operation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for neural rendering based on binary representation are provided. The method includes receiving a query input including coordinates and a view direction of a query point of a three-dimensional (3D) scene in a 3D space, extracting reference feature values around the query point from feature values in a binary format within a binary feature grid representing the 3D scene, determining an input feature value in a real number format based on the reference feature values in the binary format, and generating a query output corresponding to the query input by executing a neural scene representation (NSR) model based on the query input and the input feature value.

Abstract: A Byzantine fault tolerance method in a blockchain platform, which is related to an audit transaction analysis method for analyzing operation of a blockchain ordering service, may comprise: determining, through an audit transaction analysis submitted by each blockchain node included in at least one received block, a consensus level of the received block; and detecting a malfunction and a malicious attack of an ordering service on the basis of a consensus level update delay time and an error analysis of an audit transaction analysis process in the blockchain node.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eco-friendly and simple super-hydrophobic coating method that does not use harmful substances and special equipment. Coating according to the present invention may be performed as a single process without special equipment, and because only eco-friendly materials are used, the coating material may be easily used and discarded. In addition, even a three-dimensional pipe or a heat-exchanger having a complex shape may be modified to have super-hydrophobicity by applying the present coating, and a super-hydrophobic metal filter may be manufactured and used for oil-water separation. As a result, the present coating method is eco-friendly, simple, and applicable to various substrates, so it has great potential for application in various industries.

Abstract: A system for providing an adaptive AR streaming service may comprise: a cloud AR server that stores an AR object composed of a plurality of progressive mesh chunks, and a meta file including property information of the AR object and the progressive mesh chunks; and a mobile augmented reality (AR) device that requests and receives the meta file from the cloud AR server, parses the meta file to identify a property of the AR object, and implements augmented reality.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a probe set for isothermal one-pot reaction for detecting strains with biologically active biosynthetic pathway and uses thereof. The platform according to the present disclosure selectively binds only to the functional metabolite essential biosynthetic gene cluster by using the probe set according to the present disclosure, and thus it is possible to perform phenotype-based screening on strains isolated using the probe set according to the present disclosure, thereby effectively screening strains with biologically biosynthetic pathway (functional metabolite biosynthetic strains) in a fast and accurate manner. Furthermore, the platform according to the present disclosure is able to utilize RNA as well as DNA as targets, thereby detecting gene clusters that are actually actively expressed.

Abstract: A dual indentation test method according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include a first indentation step of indenting a surface of a material using a flat first indenter and a second indentations step of indenting the surface of the material indented by the first indenter using a second indenter.