Abstract: An abutment system for operatively coupling an implant stem to an exo-prosthesis. The abutment system includes a plurality of interlocking sleeve elements that are operatively coupled to an implant stem positioned within a prepared site of a selected bone. The interlocking sleeve elements of the abutment system are selectively removable and replaceable.

Abstract: A polycyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same are provided.

Abstract: An ultrabright bright quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED) device and associated method of manufacture. The QLED device includes quantum dots (QD) as emitters and a mixture of metal oxide nanoparticles and alkali metal compounds for simultaneous electron injection and hole blocking to achieve charging balance at high driving current conditions. The ultrabright QLEDs are useful for many light source applications including, but not limited to display, solid state lighting, optical sensor, phototherapy, photomedicine and photobiomedicine.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for simultaneously multiplexing and transmitting a broadband traffic and a machine-to-machine traffic or an ultra-reliable low latency communication traffic using the same resource. That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to enhance efficiency of resources when an eMBB traffic and an mMTC traffic or an uRLLC traffic are multiplexed, by spreading and transmitting intermittent data generated in an MTC terminal with superimposition on a subcarrier resource allocated to an eMBB terminal without reservation on a time axis while sharing a high-speed data resource in an OFDMA system and transmitting an uRLCC terminal requiring a short transmission latency time with superimposition on one symbol on a frequency axis.

Abstract: Membranes, methods of making the membranes, and methods of using the membranes are described herein. The membranes can comprise a gas permeable support and a continuous phase comprising a selective inorganic material disposed within the gas permeable support. In some embodiments, the membranes can exhibit a CO2:N2 selectivity of at least 10 at 24° C. The membranes can be bendable, such that when the membranes are wrapped around a 1.5-inch diameter cylinder and returned to a planar conformation, the CO2:N2 selectivity of the membranes is at least 25% of the CO2:N2 selectivity of the membranes prior to having been wrapped around the cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strains of avian reovirus that were isolated from clinical cases of viral arthritis/tenosynovitis in chickens in the southeast United States. The invention is directed to these novel group 1 and group 2 avian reoviruses, diagnostic assays using antibodies and/or nucleotide- or amino acid-specific components of such viruses, such as the S1 gene encoding the sigma C protein, and to vaccines that protect chickens from disease caused by such viruses.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method to analyze balance and stability of a patient. Test data for the patient, representing motion of a device affixed to the patient during a test interval (e.g., at a position approximating the center of mass, such as in proximity to the torso), can be received. The test data can be processed to provide processed data (or sensor-derived data) that includes at least one of acceleration data, rotational rate data and rotational position data for the test interval. A biomechanical model can be applied to the processed data to provide center of mass (COM) motion data representing movement of the COM in multiple dimensions for the patient during the test interval. An indication of balance for the patient can be determined based on the COM motion data. The indication of balance can be used to analyze the balance and stability of the patient.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a photoelectronic device, both including a transition-metal dichalcogenide thin-film, and to a method for producing a transition-metal dichalcogenide thin-film. The transition-metal dichalcogenide thin-film includes: a first region including a stack of N+M transition-metal dichalcogenide molecular layers; and a second region including a stack of N transition-metal dichalcogenide molecular layers, wherein the second region is horizontally adjacent to the first region, wherein the N transition-metal dichalcogenide molecular layers of the second region respectively horizontally extend from the N transition-metal dichalcogenide molecular layers of the first region.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for increasing resistance to Fusarium infection in plants are provided herein. Polynucleotides, polypeptides, and expression constructs for expressing mutant UDP-glycosyltransferase proteins, plants comprising the polynucleotides, polypeptides or expression constructs, and methods of producing transgenic plants are also provided.

Abstract: The present concept relates to an apparatus for dividing of static scene based on statistics of images that enables more accurate image split processing by correcting movement and brightness components based on statistical information of multiple image frames for a static scene to generate an average image and by splitting the edge area and the non-edge area from the average image, and a method thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide for promoting bone formation or inhibiting bone resorption and use thereof. The peptide for regulating bone formation or bone resorption of the present invention has the effect of promoting bone formation by enhancing osteoblast differentiation and concurrently inhibiting bone resorption by restricting osteoclast differentiation and resorptive function. Additionally, due to the low molecular weight, the peptide can be economically produced, and is thus useful for preventing and treating bone diseases.

Abstract: Provided is a sound source localization method including steps of: (a) receiving a mixed signal of a target sound source signal and noise and echo signals through multiple microphones including at least two microphones; (b) generating a binarized mask based on a diffuseness by using a coherence-to-diffuseness ratio CDR, which is information on the target sound source and the noise source, by using the input signal; (c) pre-processing an input signal to multiple microphones by using the generated binarized mask; and (d) performing a predetermined algorithm such as the GCC-PHAT or the SRP-PHAT on the pre-processed input signal to estimate a direction of the target sound source.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for preparing engineered porous protein crystals comprising at least one guest molecule.

Abstract: A microcontroller system which employs an intermediate approach in hybrid FRAM-SRAM that involves memory mapping of program sections to retain the reliability benefits provided by FRAM while performing almost as efficiently as an SRAM-based system. They system utilizes an energy-aware memory mapping method which maps different program sections to the hybrid FRAM-SRAM MCU such that energy consumption is minimized without sacrificing reliability. The method comprises a memory initialization map, which performs a one-time characterization to find the optimal memory map for the functions that constitute a program. The method further comprises an energy alignment, a hardware/software method that aligns the system's powered-on time intervals to function execution boundaries, which results in further improvements in energy efficiency and performance.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the inventive concept, there is provided a method of managing a smart-home environment by a server, including: receiving identification information and a password of a new smart device from a user terminal; generating a new group key based on the received identification information of the new smart device and identification information of an existing smart device; transmitting the new group key to the existing smart device; receiving identification information and a password from the new smart device; and comparing the identification information and the password received from the new smart device with the identification information and the password received from the user terminal, and transmitting the new group key to the new smart device according to a result of the comparison.

Abstract: This invention relates to DNA-Mn hybrid particles and a method of manufacturing the same, the method including producing a circular DNA template for replication and forming particles in which DNA and Mn are bound to each other using Mn during the synthesis of a new strand of DNA from the circular DNA template for replication using a DNA polymerase, thus promoting the activity of the DNA polymerase using the coenzyme function of Mn and broadening the range of application fields of DNA as a biomaterial.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising extracellular vesicles, such as exosomes, displaying an RNA nanoparticle on its surface. The RNA nanoparticle can target the extracellular vesicle to a given cell via a targeting moiety. The extracellular vesicle can also comprise a functional moiety, which can be used in treatment or diagnostics.

Abstract: An apparatus for replaying content calculates a three-dimensional coordinate using gaze information obtained through gaze-tracking, extracts a focal length corresponding to the calculated three dimensional coordinate and adjusts at least one of a perspective and a focus in a content for stereoscopic three-dimensional displays by adjusting an inter-pupillary distance (IPD) of a rendering stereo camera based on the extracted focal length. The apparatus adjusts the at least one of the perspective and the focus by adjusting a direction of the rendering stereo camera to a direction corresponding to a position of a target object so that the position of the target object is located within a circle of interest (CoI) and adjusts the at least one of the perspective and the focus by blurring a focus for another target object outside the focal length associated with the circle of interest (CoI) according to a convergence angle of both eyes.

Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode for metal-sulfur batteries which includes a cathode active material layer, which contains nitrogen-doped carbon, and a protective layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries according to the present invention includes a cathode active material layer including a sulfur-containing material, a binder, and a nitrogen-doped carbon material; and a protective layer that is disposed on the cathode active material layer and is composed of a nitrogen-doped carbon material, wherein the nitrogen-doped carbon material of the cathode active material layer has a form wherein spherical particles and linear structures are mixed and the nitrogen-doped carbon material of the protective layer has a linear structure.