Abstract: Disclosed are a Mn—Bi—Sb-based magnetic substance and a method of manufacturing the same. Particularly, the Mn—Bi—Sb-based magnetic substance includes Mn and Bi forming a hexagonal crystal structure, and a portion of Bi elements forming the crystal structure is substituted with Sb so as to improve the magnetic properties thereof.

Abstract: A cross-lingual voice conversion system and method comprises a voice feature extractor configured to receive a first voice audio segment in a first language and a second voice audio segment in a second language, and extract, respectively, audio features comprising first-voice, speaker-dependent acoustic features and second-voice, speaker-independent linguistic features. One or more generators are configured to receive extracted features, and produce therefrom a third voice candidate keeping the first-voice, speaker-dependent acoustic features and the second-voice, speaker-independent linguistic features, wherein the third voice candidate speaks the second language. One or more discriminators are configured to compare the third voice candidate with the ground truth data, and provide results of the comparison back to the generator for refining the third voice candidate.

Abstract: A double frame nanoparticle synthesis method includes: forming a first platinum layer of a closed loop structure on an edge region of a 2-dimensional gold nanoparticle; removing a portion of the gold nanoparticle in an exposed inner region thereof free of the first platinum layer, thereby forming a single frame structure; growing a first gold thin film on the single frame structure; forming a second platinum layer on inner and outer edge regions of the first gold thin film; removing a portion of the first gold thin film in an exposed region thereof free of the second platinum layer, thereby forming a double frame structure having an inner frame of a closed loop structure, and an outer frame having a closed loop structure surrounding the inner frame and partially connected to the inner frame; and forming a second gold thin film on a surface of the double frame structure.

Abstract: A system enabling a distributed 3D engine for performing dynamic load balancing through virtual worlds are provided. The system comprises one or more server computers comprising memory and at least one processor, the memory storing a data structure representing at least one portion of a virtual or real world as a plurality of cells storing virtual objects. The memory further stores a distributed 3D engine comprising a resource manager implemented in a distributed deployment and a plurality of individual software engines. Resources are dynamically allocated via the distributed deployment to one or more cells based on a current load and a corresponding computed and ranked demand. In some embodiments, the demand further considers one or more of an amount of virtual objects and level of interactions within the portion of the persistent virtual world system visible to a user avatar. Methods thereof are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising membrane vesicles, including extracellular vesicles including those referred to as exosomes, loaded with an exogenous Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) inhibitor. Methods of treating neurological diseases, disorders or conditions using the extracellular vesicles are provided. Isolated extracellular vesicles loaded with an exogenous Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) inhibitor are provided as well.

Abstract: Modulators of Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4 Group A Member 1 (NR4A1) are described as well as their use as therapeutic agents for disease, disorders, or symptoms thereof, including those where modulation of NR4A1 is implicated. Such disease and disorders include cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a self-assembled complex containing copper ions, including: copper ions; and one or more ligands, in which the ligands and the copper ions are reversibly self-assembled or self-degraded, and when there are a plurality of types of ligands or a plurality of ligands, the shape of the self-assembled complex is formed differently depending on the blending ratio of the ligands.

Abstract: An image generator engine for generating distorted images from an input image is disclosed which includes a random seed generator adapted to generate random seeds, a model adapted to receive the random seeds and generate a first plurality of sets of Zernike coefficients (FPSZC), a pixel shifter adapted to shift pixels of the input image, a phase to space (P2S) transformer adapted to in parallel receive the FPSZC and generate a predetermined number of P2S coefficients, a learned basis function generator adapted to generate learned basis function matrices, a convolver adapted to convolve each pixel of the tilted image by the learned basis functions thereby generating a plurality of convolved pixels, and a blurrer adapted to receive the plurality of the convolved pixels and multiply by the corresponding P2S coefficients and apply a summation to generate the distorted image.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preview vehicle height control system and a method of controlling the same. The system includes a monitoring device configured to detect the road surface condition of a driving path of a vehicle, an active suspension configured to adjust a vehicle height, a memory configured to store a plurality of data maps distinguished based on a type of bump, each data map having a vehicle dynamic characteristic as an input and a tuning factor as an output, and a controller configured to derive the tuning factor based on a data map, among the plurality of data maps of the memory, corresponding to the bump detected by the monitoring device, derive a target vehicle height in a form of a Gaussian distribution by substituting the tuning factor, and control the active suspension to follow the derived target vehicle height.

Abstract: A method is disclosed which includes receiving an incoming time-varying signal as ambient signal, applying a signal cancellation filter to the incoming time-varying signal to thereby generate an attenuated version of the incoming time-varying signal, selectively choosing one or more selected classes of signals to be broadcasted while other signals are to be attenuated, continually applying the incoming time-varying signal to a classifier to identify presence of the one or more selected classes in the incoming time-varying signal, adding a snippet of a pre-recorded signal associated with each of the identified classes to thereby generate a string of signal snippets associated with the identified classes, and repeating in a loop, combining the attenuated version of the received time-varying signal with the repeated string of signal snippets and broadcasting the combination.

Abstract: A polymer three-dimensional (3D) printing methodology is disclosed for freeform fabrication of polymeric structures under ambient conditions without the use of printed support structures. The build material can be dissolved in a suitable solvent for 3D printing. The polymer solution can be printed in (e.g., continuously printed using a moving dispensing nozzle) a yield-stress support bath to form an intermediate article. The intermediate article may be liquid or only partially coagulated after being printed into the yield-stress support bath. The yield-stress support bath may be at least partially disposed within a container, and the container may be immersed in a post-treatment coagulation solution to remove some or all of the solvent, causing the build material to fully solidify to form a finished article from the intermediate article.

Abstract: A processor-implemented accelerator method includes: reading, from a memory, an instruction to be executed in an accelerator; reading, from the memory, input data based on the instruction; and performing, on the input data and a parameter value included in the instruction, an inference task corresponding to the instruction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a spin orbit torque device-based processing-in-memory device that includes a digital logic gate using a current switching and voltage controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) effect of a spin orbit torque device capable of being used as a memory element, and increases the overall system energy efficiency by designing a memory capable of performing an MAC operation to reduce the number of data migration between a memory and an operator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a binder solution for an all-solid-state battery and an all-solid-state battery comprising the same and having a uniform binder distribution. The binder solution may comprise: a binder including a fluorine-based polymer; a first solvent; and a second solvent. A Hansen solubility index difference value (Ra) between the fluorine-based polymer and the first solvent is about 10 or less, and a Hansen solubility index difference value (Ra) between the first solvent and the second solvent is about 7 or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for asynchronously allocating resources in a mobile edge computing (MEC) system. A method for asynchronously allocating resources in a base station of an MEC system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise the steps of: determining the optimal value of a predetermined variable for energy consumption minimization of the MEC system for a predetermined time period by using basic information about each of the base station, a server, and one or more terminals; transmitting configuration information about the optimal value to each of the server and the one or more terminals; and allocating a resource to each of the base station, the server, and the one or more terminals on the basis of the optimal value.

Abstract: A signal compression method and apparatus and a signal restoration method and apparatus are provided. The signal compression method includes outputting an input signal, obtained by processing an audio signal, which is input, based on a human auditory perception characteristic, using an auditory perception model, extracting a feature vector from the input signal using a feature extraction module, and outputting a code obtained by compressing the feature vector using a trained signal compression model.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser element a first ring resonator. The first ring resonator includes a first semiconductor stack including a first n-side semiconductor layer, a first p-side semiconductor layer, and a first active layer located between the first n-side semiconductor layer and the first A-side semiconductor layer, wherein the first ring resonator comprises a diffraction grating. The semiconductor laser element further includes a second ring resonator optically coupled to the first ring resonator by evanescent field coupling. The second ring resonator includes a second semiconductor stack including a second n-side semiconductor layer, a second p-side semiconductor layer, and a second active layer located between the second n-side semiconductor layer and the second p-side semiconductor layer, wherein a peak wavelength of light emitted by the second ring resonator is the same as a peak wavelength of light emitted by the first ring resonator.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for predicting a friction coefficient of a road surface are disclosed. The apparatus includes a microphone that obtains a sound signal around a tire mounted on a vehicle, and a controller that estimates a state and a type of the road surface and a degree of tire wear corresponding to the sound signal around the tire based on a first deep learning model, estimates a peak adjustment factor and an initial inclination adjustment factor of a friction coefficient curve corresponding to the state and the type of the road surface and the degree of tire wear based on a second deep learning model, and predicts the friction coefficient based on the peak adjustment factor and the initial inclination adjustment factor of the friction coefficient curve.

Abstract: According to a main objective of the present invention, the three-dimensional arrangement of solar cells is adjusted so as to use sunlight directly coming from the sun mainly for solar power generation while transmitting wavelengths necessary for the growth of plants and reflecting wavelengths unnecessary for or hindering the growth of plants among wavelengths of sunlight passing through the solar cells to use the reflected wavelengths for additional solar power generation. Sunlight reflected by the dichroic optical filter may be used to additionally generate electricity using solar cells provided perpendicular to the dichroic optical filter, thereby maximizing the use efficiency of sunlight.

Abstract: Disclosed are organelles-specific two-photon fluorescent probes, and more particularly, a blue emission two-photon fluorescent probe capable of selectively detecting calcium ions (Ca2+) through fluorescence signals by targeting the cytoplasm, mitochondria, and plasma membrane even among the organelles, respectively, and a green emission two-photon fluorescent probe capable of selectively detecting hydrogen ions (H+) through fluorescence signals by targeting the lysosome, a method for preparing these two-photon probes, and a method for separately or simultaneously imaging calcium ions in the cytoplasm, mitochondria, or plasma membrane and hydrogen ions in the lysosome using the two two-photon probes.