Abstract: The present specification provides a method for transmitting and receiving uplink (UL) data and/or downlink (DL) data in a wireless communication system supporting a low latency service. The method for transmitting and receiving the downlink data is performed through slim downlink control information (DCI), and the method for transmitting and receiving uplink data is performed through a service management entity (SME).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium-air secondary battery is provided. The method includes preparing molybdenum oxide and a carbon structure, pulverizing and mixing the molybdenum oxide and the carbon structure by performing a ball-milling process on the molybdenum oxide and the carbon structure, and manufacturing molybdenum carbide by carburizing the molybdenum oxide with the carbon structure.

Abstract: The disclosure encompasses resurfaced cell-penetrating nanobodies and their methods of use. The resurfacing of nanobodies with positively-charged amino acids facilitates their penetration into a cell and allows targeting of a specific intracellular protein.

Abstract: An agent for removing malodor from a painting booth includes a volatile organic compound (VOC) degrading microorganism and a volatile fatty acid (VFA) degrading microorganism. The VOC degrading microorganism is configured to degrade VOC. The VFA degrading microorganism is configured to degrade VFA generated when the VOC is degraded. A method of removing malodor is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody having cross-linking ability against human Sema3A and mouse Sema3A. The antibody of the present invention can be used as therapeutic antibody drugs for inhibiting Sema3A in various cancers in which Sema3A expression is high, such as glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer and liver cancer. Since Sema3A is considered to be a therapeutic target of diabetic retinopathy, autoimmune arthritis, neuropathic pain and osteoporosis, the antibody of the present invention or an antigen binding fragment thereof can be used as a therapeutic agent for associated diseases in addition to an anti-cancer drug. The antibody of the present invention inhibits the growth of cancer cells derived from various carcinomas through inhibition of Sema3A function due to high anti-Sema3A binding, and inhibits the movement of cancer cells through inhibition of phosphorylation of ERK among Sema3A lower signaling substances.

Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for de novo determinations of molecular structures or assemblies, including biologically relevant protein structures or assemblies, from IMS-MS data alone. The systems and methods perform a comprehensive conformational analysis of a molecule or molecular assembly, predict IMS-MS spectra for the molecule or molecular assembly, and report structures that best explain experimental spectra for the molecule or molecular assembly.

Abstract: A method of growing graphene at low temperature on a substrate. The method includes placing a substrate with a layer of cobalt deposited thereon in a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) chamber, providing a carbon precursor gas to the PECVD chamber, generating plasma at between about 350° C. and about 800° C. to decompose the carbon precursor gas to thereby deposit carbon atoms on the cobalt layer and enabling a plurality of the carbon atoms to diffuse through the cobalt layer thereby growing graphene on top of the cobalt layer and in between the substrate and the cobalt layer, removing carbon atoms from top of the cobalt layer, and removing the cobalt layer.

Abstract: A brake includes a caliper overlapping a disk. The brake also includes a first pad and a second pad which are carried by the caliper on either side of the disk. The brake further includes a first actuator including a first primary toothed wheel driving a first mobile piston pressing against the first pad in order to move same. The brake further includes a second actuator including a second primary toothed wheel driving a second mobile piston pressing against the second pad. The brake further includes a rotating shaft including a first and a second endless screw having opposite winding directions, the shaft being movable in translation. The brake further includes an electric motor for driving the rotating shaft. The first and second endless screws are engaged in the first and second primary toothed wheels respectively.

Abstract: Atmospheric pressure ion guides are provided. The atmospheric pressure ion guides can include a multi-ring electrode structure connecting a larger opening to a smaller opening and having a series of ring electrodes with decreasing diameter and voltage going from the larger opening to the smaller opening. The electrodes can be made from stainless steel or other suitable conductive material. The multi-ring electrode structure can be contained in a housing, such as a housing made from polyetheretherketone or other suitable thermosetting polymer. The atmospheric pressure ion guide can focus ions from an ion source for use with ion detection devices such as an ion mobility spectrometer or a mass spectrometer. Methods of using the atmospheric pressure ion guides are provided, for example to focus a plurality of ions to be injected into an ion detection device. The atmospheric pressure ion guides can increase the signal intensity of the ion detection device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation amount estimating method, and more particularly, to a radiation amount estimating method of an MRI based composite image using a lookup table. To this end, the object of the present invention is to provide a radiation dose estimating method of an MRI based composite image using a lookup table including: generating a lookup table representing a linear attenuation coefficient of a region of interest from a CT image (S100); photographing at least two of a T1 image, a T2 image, and a PETRA image of a patient from MRI equipment (S120); generating a composite image by superimposing the photographed images (S140); representing a border line of the region of interest in the composite image to distinguish the region of interest (S160); designating the linear attenuation coefficient of the lookup table in the distinguished region of interest (S180); and estimating a radiation dose based on the composite image to which the linear attenuation coefficient is designated (S200).

Abstract: A disposable, virus-trapping membrane, and a corresponding method to remove viruses from solution are described. The membrane includes a disposable, micro-porous filter membrane and a ligand immobilized on the membrane. The ligand irreversibly and selectively binds viruses. The ligand also has a pKa sufficiently high to repel antibodies via electrostatic charge repulsion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing separation membrane for water treatment, separation membrane manufactured thereby, and a water treatment method using the separation membrane. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a method for manufacturing separation membrane for water treatment, made of electrically conductive metal or non-metal materials, which can enhance the membrane performance by reducing membrane contamination during water treatment and replace separation membrane made of polymer materials; separation membrane manufactured thereby; and a water treatment method using the separation membrane.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ski wax composition including superhydrophobic carbon nano particles (CNPs) and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a ski wax composition including a wax and superhydrophobic CNPs and a preparation method thereof. According to the present invention, since the hydrophobicity and retention capacity of the wax can be increased, friction reducing performance of a ski wax can be increased on an ice surface or a snow surface. In addition, since the superhydrophobic CNPs, which can be easily prepared, are used, the productivity of the ski wax composition can be improved and superb friction reducing performance can be exhibited. Further, since the superhydrophobic CNPs are dispersed into the wax by a simple sonication process, a problem caused by adding a surfactant can be solved. Therefore, the ski wax composition according to the present disclosure can be widely applied to industrial fields associated with the winter sports, including skiing.

Abstract: A molecule sequencer uses a planar nanochannel for aligning molecules to flow past impedance interrogation electrodes mounted across the channel for rapid sequencing. The electrodes may be fixed to the channel walls to provide improved registration by co-fabrication with the channel. Extended channel length over normally used nanopores can provide improved control of longer molecules and allow parallel sequencers to be readily fabricated on a single substrate.

Abstract: A method of low complexity SCL decoding for polar codes is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a codeword vector generated using polar encoding, and sequentially decoding multiple bits included in a source vector from the received codeword vector based on the successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding, wherein the decoding is configured not to perform a comparison of reliability between candidate decoding paths for a subset of information bits included in the source vector, but to determine value of the subset of information bits based on a reliability of the corresponding bit.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for a market-based control framework to coordinate a group of autonomous thermostatically controlled loads (TCL) to achieve system-level objectives with pricing incentives is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method of providing power to a load via a power grid by submitting bids to a coordinator includes determining an energy response relating price data for one or more energy prices to quantity data for power to be consumed by the load, sending a bid for power for a finite time period based on the energy response to the coordinator, and receiving a clearing price based on: the bid, on bids received from a plurality of additional loads, and a feeder power constraint. In some examples, the energy response is based at least in part on an equivalent thermal parameter model and a control policy indicating one or more power states for the load.

Abstract: A multiple output current stimulator circuit with fast turn on time is described. At least one pair of input side and output side transistors is arranged in a current mirror connected to a supply transistor by cascode coupling. The output side transistor supplies stimulation current to an electrode in contact with tissue. An operational amplifier connected to a reference voltage and to the output side transistor drives the supply transistor to maintain the voltage at the output side transistor equal to the reference voltage. The at least one pair of transistors includes multiple pairs of transistors whose output side transistors drive respective electrodes with stimulation currents. The stimulator determines the initiation and duration of stimulation current pulses supplied to each electrode. At circuit activation, large currents are generated which discharge capacitances in the output side transistors causing rapid output side transistor turn on.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody having cross-linking ability against human Sema3A and mouse Sema3A. The antibody of the present invention can be used as therapeutic antibody drugs for inhibiting Sema3A in various cancers in which Sema3A expression is high, such as glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer and liver cancer. Since Sema3A is considered to be a therapeutic target of diabetic retinopathy, autoimmune arthritis, neuropathic pain and osteoporosis, the antibody of the present invention or an antigen binding fragment thereof can be used as a therapeutic agent for associated diseases in addition to an anti-cancer drug. The antibody of the present invention inhibits the growth of cancer cells derived from various carcinomas through inhibition of Sema3A function due to high anti-Sema3A binding, and inhibits the movement of cancer cells through inhibition of phosphorylation of ERK among Sema3A lower signaling substances.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for mass spectrometry for identification of a specific elemental formula for an unknown compound which includes but is not limited to a metabolite. The method includes calculating a natural abundance probability (NAP) of a given isotopologue for isotopes of non-labelling elements of an unknown compound. Molecular fragments for a subset of isotopes identified using the NAP are created and sorted into a requisite cache data structure to be subsequently searched. Peaks from raw spectrum data from mass spectrometry for an unknown compound. Sample-specific peaks of the unknown compound from various spectral artifacts in ultra-high resolution Fourier transform mass spectra are separated. A set of possible isotope-resolved molecular formula (IMF) are created by iteratively searching the molecular fragment caches and combining with additional isotopes and then statistically filtering the results based on NAP and mass-to-charge (m/2) matching probabilities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an improved asphalt. The method involves providing an asphalt and providing a compound of formula (I), as described herein. The asphalt is mixed with the compound of formula (I) under conditions effective to produce an improved asphalt. Also disclosed are an asphalt product and a method of making asphalt material. The invention further discloses a method of producing an improved asphalt comprising providing a polymer modified asphalt and providing a compound of formula (IIa) or formula (II). The polymer modified asphalt is mixed with the compound of formula (IIa) or formula (IIb) under conditions effective to produce an improved asphalt, which is yet another aspect of the present invention.