Abstract: A pellicle cleaning apparatus includes a stage to support a pellicle, a particle remover above the stage, the particle remover being configured to remove a particle from a first surface of a pellicle, and the particle remover including a cantilever, and an adhesive material on a bottom surface of the cantilever, and a pressure controller adjacent to the stage, the pressure controller being configured to control a pressure of a fluid on a second surface of the pellicle.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus according to the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current block, and performing intra-prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode. The deriving of the intra-prediction mode may comprise decoding a predetermined mode sameness indicator.

Abstract: Compositions comprising colicin immunity proteins and methods of using same for protein purification are described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to biomimetic nanomaterials, compounds, compositions, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents (for example, a nucleic acid).

Abstract: An image decoding is performed by steps including: determining whether or not to perform filtering on a boundary of a current block; determining a filtering strength on the boundary of the current block, and a number of samples used in filtering; and performing filtering on the boundary of the current block on the basis of the filtering strength and the number of samples used in filtering, where the number of samples used in filtering is determined on the basis of a size of the current block.

Abstract: A QCL may include a substrate, and a sequence of semiconductor epitaxial layers adjacent the substrate and defining an active region, an injector region adjacent the active region, and a waveguide optically coupled to the active region. The active region may include stages, each stage having an upper laser level and a lower laser level defining respective first and second wave functions. The upper laser level may have an upper laser level average coordinate, and the lower laser level may have a lower laser level average coordinate. The upper laser level average coordinate and the lower laser level average coordinate may have spacing of less than 10 nm. Wave functions for all active region energy levels located below the lower laser level may have greater than 10% overlap with the injector region.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating cell proliferative disorders. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions for treating cell proliferative disorders, especially cancer.

Abstract: A method of controlled production of luminescent diamond particles exhibiting luminescence in selected specific spectral ranges is provided. The method comprises taking diamond particles containing dopant atoms in the diamond core, irradiating the particles with high energy radiation, and annealing the irradiated diamond particles at a target temperature in the temperature range of about 1400° C.-2200° C. to form luminescent diamond particles where the specific spectral range of luminescence is controlled by the target temperature of the annealing process, the irradiation dose, and the type of dopant atoms. Duration of the annealing and the temperature ramp up and ramp down times should be short enough to minimize or prevent significant graphitization of the particles. Duration of the temperature ramp up time should be short enough to minimize formation of color centers that might form at temperatures below the target temperature.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and devices for improved drainage systems and tubing. In one embodiment, a context-sensitive flow interrupter is provided that inhibits or facilitates flow of fluid when engaged with a mating holder. In another embodiment, outflow is optimized through control of the pressure in gas pockets in a tube, drainage tube or assembly. In one such embodiment, gas pockets are vented to inhibit excessive back-pressure or suction on an organ, vessel or cavity being drained. In another such embodiment, loops in the tubes are avoided by using a mechanical template in the form of a groove or peg assembly to thread the slack in the drainage tube to generate a monotonic gradient. In another embodiment, such as for active drainage systems, a bypass channel is provided that allows an applied vacuum to go around an obstruction created by the collection of fluid in an undrained dependent loop.

Abstract: A method for identifying one or more fractures in a digitized x-ray image includes: obtaining a digitized x-ray image; performing preprocessing on the digitized x-ray image to generate a modified x-ray image having enhanced resolution; partitioning the modified x-ray image into a two-dimensional array including multiple pixels; obtaining an intensity of each of the pixels in the modified x-ray image; evaluating each of the pixels in the modified x-ray image to determine whether at least a given one of the pixels has an intensity indicative of a black pixel; for each given pixel having an intensity indicative of a black pixel, flagging the given pixel when pixels immediately adjacent to the given pixel have an intensity greater than a prescribed threshold value; and placing a visual indication of a possible fracture on the modified x-ray image corresponding to a location of each flagged pixel.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for digital forensic corresponding to an IoT (Internet of Things) terminal, the method including: performing, by an electronic device, an analysis of an Internet of Things (IoT) terminal to which digital forensics is to be performed; selecting an injection method of injecting, by the electronic device, a certificate into the IoT terminal; injecting, by the electronic device, a certificate into at least one of the IoT terminal, the electronic device, and a portable device communicating with the IoT terminal using the selected injection method; and verifying, by the electronic device, data stored in a cloud server communicating with the IoT terminal based on the injected certificate, and can also be applied to other embodiment.

Abstract: A sulfur-doped silicon negative electrode material, a preparation method for a sulfur-doped silicon negative electrode material, a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprising the sulfur-doped silicon negative electrode material, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the negative electrode, wherein the sulfur-doped silicon negative electrode material has an internal pore channel having an average width of 500 nm to 3 ?m and an average external diameter of 1 ?m to 5 ?m.

Abstract: Described are chromogenic sensors, methods of use, and kits including sensors. The sensors can have a polymer structure with a waveform cross-section in a programmed state. Upon exposure to a first liquid, the polymer structure in the programmed state changes to polymer structure in an activated state. Methods for measuring the presence of a liquid using the sensor are described, as are kits including the sensors.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electromagnetic interference shielding composite that selectively absorbs and shields an electromagnetic wave, and an electronic device using the same. The electromagnetic interference shielding composite includes a first composite layer, wherein the first composite layer includes: a matrix; and reflective particles and absorbent particles dispersed in the matrix, wherein the reflective particles reflect an electromagnetic wave, wherein the absorbent particles absorb the electromagnetic wave and convert the absorbed electromagnetic wave to heat energy and emit the heat energy.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material is represented by a composition formula Ag2S(1-x)Sex, where x has a value of greater than 0.01 and smaller than 0.6.

Abstract: Proposed are a deep neural network-based non-autoregressive voice synthesizing method and a system therefor. A deep neural network-based non-autoregressive voice synthesizing system according to an embodiment may comprise: a voice feature vector column synthesizing unit which constitutes a non-recursive deep neural network based on multiple decoders, and gradually produces a voice feature vector column through the multiple decoders from a template including temporal information of a voice; and a voice reconstituting unit which transforms the voice feature vector column into voice data, wherein the voice feature vector column synthesizing unit produces a template input, and produces a voice feature vector column by adding, to the template input, sentence data refined through an attention mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method of treating a bone disease caused by a intracellular protein trafficking defect comprising: identifying a subject having the bone disease caused by the intracellular protein trafficking defect in a membrane bound transcription factor peptidase, site 1 (MBTPS1) gene; and providing the subject with an effective amount of a composition that bypasses or corrects a defect in MBTPS1 gene expression, gene splicing, or corrects protein trafficking defects in the endoplasmic reticulum and to the lysosome.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material is represented by a composition formula Ag2-x?xS, where ? is one selected from among Ni, V, and Ti. The value of x is greater than 0 and smaller than 0.6.

Abstract: ‘FL19-006’ is a new and distinct southern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) variety distinguished at least by a low to very low chilling requirement, vigorous and healthy, compact bushy growth habit with good evergreen production, high early yield, good field disease resistance, and large fruit that have a balanced sweet to acid flavor with high wax cover that exhibits small picking scars.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ilex plant named ‘RutHol8’ is characterized by a combination of its upright, v-shaped growth habit, its attractive reddish new growth, its intermediate height:width ratio, and its resistance to spider mites.