Abstract: A tacrolimus drug-eluting stent manufacturing method according to the present invention enables a tacrolimus drug to be strongly and stably bound onto a stent, while also not necessarily involving a separate step of introducing a surface-binding functional group for the binding of a drug onto a stent and a step of introducing, into the drug, a functional group capable of binding to the surface-binding functional group, and a tacrolimus drug-eluting stent manufactured by the manufacturing method has a greater total drug elution amount and has a more excellent delayed drug-elution property.

Abstract: A fingerprint-based beam interference cancellation system and a method thereof are proposed.

Abstract: Disclosed are an antioxidant for fuel cells and a membrane-electrode assembly including the same. The membrane-electrode assembly may have obtained greatly improved durability by using an antioxidant having a novel composition that may provide excellent antioxidant activity and long-term durability.

Abstract: A method for controlling nematode includes treating a plant or soil with a composition comprising a grammicin compound of Formula 1 or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. The grammicin compound may be isolated from a Xylaria grammica strain so that it is harmless to a human body, does not cause any environmental contamination, and exhibits an excellent control activity against root knot nematodes. Thus, it can be advantageously used for developing an environment-friendly natural nematicide and production of a high value-added organic agricultural product.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling acid-rock reaction includes a first reactor, a second reactor connected to the first reactor and configured to produce a spent acid through reaction of a rock with an acid aqueous solution and to introduce the spent acid into the first reactor, the first reactor being configured to react a rock disk with the spent acid introduced from the second reactor, a sample extractor connected to the first reactor and configured to extract, from the first reactor, a predetermined amount of the spent acid reacting with the rock disk in the first reactor, and a data acquisition device configured to acquire temperature and pressure data of the first reactor and the second reactor and control the first reactor and the second reactor based on he acquired temperature and pressure data of the first reactor and the second reactor.

Abstract: Xylaria grammica EL 000614 strain has a nematicidal activity against root knot nematode. A method for controlling root knot nematode includes treating a crop, a crop seed, or a field for cultivation with a nematicidal microorganism formulation. The method has very little possibility of having a problem related to environmental contamination, and exhibits a high mortality and activity of inhibiting egg hatching for sweet potato root knot nematode (M. incognita). It is expected that the strain can be very advantageously used as an innovative biological control agent which enables prevention of problems associated with environmental contamination.

Abstract: The disclosure is related to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating a first device in a wireless communication system includes receiving information bits and distributed cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits from a second device, and decoding the information bits and the distributed CRC bits, wherein the information bits and the distributed CRC bits are decoded by using a successive cancellation list decoding scheme that uses a parity check matrix determined based on a linear combination of rows of a predetermined parity check matrix, or by using a successive cancellation flip decoding scheme that uses the distributed CRC bits.

Abstract: A fuel cell and a membrane electrode assembly used therein. The membrane electrode assembly is a three-dimensional membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell configured as a three-dimensional thin film structure in which an inner space is divided into two intertwined subvolumes by an interface, and the interface is configured as an MEA thin film and a first subvolume of the two subvolumes is provided as a channel for fuel and a second subvolume is provided as a channel for an oxidizer. The fuel cell includes a casing which accommodates the three-dimensional membrane electrode assembly therein and independently communicates with the first subvolume and the second subvolume and includes inlets and outlets for the fuel and the oxidizer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a macrophage-targeting nanoassembly capable of efficiently removing reactive oxygen species to minimize the occurrence of inflammation and an anti-inflammatory composition containing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are method for synthesizing zeolites by using structure directing agent having benzyl groups and zeolites synthesized therefrom. A zeolite having various effects can be produced by using a material including a structure directing agent containing various benzyl groups, and raw material with various SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratios as alumina and silica source.

Abstract: Provided is a reduction dyeing method for indigo color using Nesterenkonia sp. KDB2, KDB3 and/or KDB4. The reduction dyeing method is relatively simple, efficient and allows good reproducibility, by using Nesterenkonia sp. KDB2, KDB3 and/or KDB4 bacterial strains instead of a traditional fermentation process which entails poor reproducibility and is exacting and complicated.

Abstract: A negative electrode of a secondary battery may include an electrode plate including lead; and an active material layer provided on the electrode plate and including composite particles having a core-shell structure, wherein a core of the composite particle includes lead; a shell of the composite particle includes carbon; and a specific surface area of the composite particles is 1 to 5,000 m2/g.

Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetically-actuated articular cartilage regeneration system for efficiently and nonsurgically regenerating articular cartilage.

Abstract: A phosphor of a chemically stable inorganic luminescent material having a NASICON structure and an application product including the phosphor, such as a light-emitting device. A phosphor having the formula of A1+xBxC2?xD3X12:AEy where A is one or two types of elements of monovalent metal cations, B is one or two types of elements of trivalent cations, C is one or two types of elements of tetravalent cations, D is one or two types of elements of pentavalent cations, X is one or two types of elements of N, O, F, P, S, O, Cl, and Br, AE is one or two types of elements of Mn, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Th, U, and Bi, 0?x?2, and 0?y?0.1.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an adjustable-bending stiffness steerable needle, a buckling-preventing steerable needle, and a steerable needle system including the same. The adjustable-bending stiffness steerable needle includes a cylindrical core wire, a tip portion, a needle shaft, a compression spring, and a rigid shaft. The tip portion has a bevel shape, and is connected to the front end of the core wire. The needle shaft is disposed such that one end thereof is separable from the tip portion and the needle shaft surrounds the core wire. The compression spring is fastened to the other end of the needle shaft, and is configured such that the core wire passes therethrough. The rigid shaft is connected to the core wire having passed through the compression spring, and is also connected to the compression spring. The needle shaft includes a plurality of hollow tube elements that is separable from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for rapid improvement of a smog/low-light-level image using a mapping table. The method and apparatus provide a clear image by enhancing visibility fast with respect to a smog/low-light-level image, of which visibility is low due to impurities in the air. The apparatus includes: an inversion input unit; a lowest brightness image conversion unit; an atmospheric brightness value calculation unit; a transmission rate LUT calculation unit; a low-pass filter processing unit; a transmission rate allocation unit; a restored-image generation unit; and an inversion output unit. According to the present invention, the method and apparatus for rapid improvement of a smog/low-light-level image using the mapping table enable an embedded processor to operate in real time due to an extremely small amount of computation compared to the conventional technique.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a foldable case-integrated multi-device and a health management system using the same, in which health management and life management functions are implemented by introducing various sensors into a foldable case for a communication device. According to the present invention, a sensor module configured to measure biometric information is contained in a foldable case, and power supply, data processing and analysis, and display are implemented using internal components of the communication device, thereby providing a cutting-edge health care function while maintaining a communication device in a light, thin, short and small form.

Abstract: Provided are a method of generating a respiratory status classifier and a method of determining respiratory status. The method of generating a respiratory status classifier includes segmenting collected respiratory signals according to respiratory cycles, acquiring data pairs of a calculated power spectrum of frequency components and a designated respiratory status indication value for a plurality of cycle-specific respiratory signals selected from among the segmented cycle-specific respiratory signals, selecting specific frequency components from among the frequency components, inputting data pairs of a power spectrum and a designated respiratory status indication value corresponding to the specific frequency components to a respiratory status classifier, and training the respiratory status classifier according to output values from the classifier.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional lattice truss structure using flexible wires, including: arranging a plurality of out-of-plane wires; forming crossing portions between the plurality of out-of-plane wires; inserting a plurality of in-plane wires in the crossing portions; translating the plurality of in-plane wires in the z-direction; and inserting boundary rods in the y- or x-direction inside the plurality of out-of-plane wire groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving, or treating aging, wherein the composition comprises a recombinant protein of flagellin, which is the constituent of Vibrio vulnificus flagella, fused with a pathogenic protein antigen, as an active component. According to the present invention, the recombinant protein of the present invention can improve external and internal aging-related malfunctions and enhance immunity. Also, the composition of the present invention can easily perform immunization through mucosal administration.