Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating a neurodegenerative disease, which contains Pediococcus inopinatus as an active ingredient. The Pediococcus inopinatus strain according to the present disclosure can suppress neuroinflammation and can also alleviate the symptoms of ataxia in an animal model of Parkinson's disease and, thus, can be utilized for the prevention, alleviation and treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: A method that includes contacting an amphipathic surface protective agent with a moisture sensitive Li-ion conductor material surface resulting in a protected Li-ion conductor material, and assembling an electrochemical cell that includes the protected Li-ion conductor material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and products associated with in vivo enzyme profiling. In particular, the invention relates to methods of in vivo processing of exogenous molecules followed by detection of signature molecules as representative of the presence of active enzymes associated with diseases or conditions. The invention also relates to products, kits, and databases for use in the methods of the invention.

Abstract: An optimization method, an optimization system for computer programming code and an electronic device using the same are provided. The optimization method includes the following steps. Several optimizers each having several branch paths are provided. A counter is set on each of the branch paths. When the optimizers run through the branch paths, the counters set on the branch paths, where the optimizer run through, are counted. The computer programming code is compiled through the optimizers. Several count values of the counters are obtained. The count values are collected to obtain a feature vector of the computer programming code. The feature vector is inputted to a machine learning model to obtain an optimizer collection suitable for the computer programming code.

Abstract: An air transport vehicle that capitalizes on the strengths and complexities of a fixed and rotary winged aircraft. The air transport vehicle comprises a body aerodynamically designed to avoid substantial drag. The vehicle has a plurality of rotors configured to generate vertical thrust with a rear rotor configured to generate forward thrust. Additionally, each of the rotors are connected to the fixed wing elements and the fixed wing is positioned about the center of mass of the fuselage. Furthermore, each of the rotors are positioned at a fixed tilt angle such that the stability of the vehicle is maintained in a number of different flight configurations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some embodiments, in vitro brain (miBRAIN) having functional and structural properties of in vivo brain as well as methods of identifying compounds capable of influencing brain function.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluid transfer apparatus comprising: a rotating shaft comprising a rotation unit extending along an axial direction and a first eccentric unit and a second eccentric unit disposed to be spaced apart from each other along the axial direction; a first rotor housing forming a first fluid compression space in the shape of an epitrochoid curved surface; a second rotor housing forming a second fluid compression space in the shape of an epitrochoid curved surface, and positioned to be spaced apart from the first rotor housing along the axial direction; a first rotor disposed in the first fluid compression space so as to delimit the first fluid compression space into multiple variable-displacement spaces, and coupled to the first eccentric unit while surrounding the first eccentric unit in the radial direction of the first eccentric unit; and a second rotor disposed in the second fluid compression space so as to delimit the second fluid compression space into multiple variable-displac

Abstract: A method and apparatus for face recognition robust to an alignment of the face comprising: estimating prior information of a facial shape from an input image cropped from an image including a face using the first deep neural network (DNN); extracting feature information of facial appearance from the input image by using a second DNN; training, by using a face image decoder based on the prior information and the feature information, the face recognition apparatus; and extracting, from a test image, facial shape-aware features in the inference step by using the trained second DNN.

Abstract: A method for rapid reconstruction of a woven composite material microstructure based on topological features is provided. First, geometric modeling is performed according to the topological features of fiber bundles and matrix in a woven composite structure, then the topological features are identified on the basis of a ?-computed tomography (CT) sequence image, the change laws of the features are extracted, and finally, a geometric model is reconstructed to complete the modeling of a microstructure. Compared with the structure modeling method based on weaving process parameters, the consistency between the reconstructed model and a real woven structure is improved, facilitating the improvement of the accuracy of the subsequent calculation of the mechanical properties of the material; and compared with the method for structure reconstruction directly on the basis of a ?CT image, a tedious point cloud data process is simplified and calculation costs are greatly reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding a quantized matrix and an apparatus using same, the method for encoding a quantized matrix according to the present invention comprising the steps of: determining a quantization matrix to be used for quantization and quantizing; determining the prediction method used for the quantization of the quantization matrix; and encoding quantization matrix information on the basis of the determined prediction method, wherein the prediction method can be either a prediction method between coefficients in the quantization matrix or a duplicate of the quantization matrix.

Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor including a substrate, a first membrane disposed on the substrate, a heating structure disposed on the first membrane, a second membrane disposed on the heating structure, a sensing electrode disposed on the second membrane, and a sensing material structure disposed on the sensing electrode. Here, the substrate provides an isolation space defined by a recessed surface obtained as a portion of a top surface of the substrate is spaced downward from a bottom surface of the first membrane, and the first membrane provides a first membrane etching hole that vertically extends to connect a top surface and the bottom surface of the first membrane and is connected with the isolation space. Also, the first membrane etching hole has a diameter of about 3 ?m to about 20 ?m.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining an extraction model of a green tide coverage ratio based on mixed pixels. The method includes acquiring sample truth values respectively corresponding to a plurality of target regions water body and green tide; acquiring a plurality of first remote sensing data of a first satellite sensor, the plurality of remote sensing data are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of target regions; determining reflection index sets respectively corresponding to the plurality of target regions according to the plurality of remote sensing data; and determining the extraction model of the green tide coverage ratio corresponding to the first satellite sensor according to the sample truth value corresponding to each of the plurality of target regions and the reflection index set corresponding to each of the plurality of target regions.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes the steps of: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; adding the generated prediction image to a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Therefore, the performance of image data compression can be improved.

Abstract: A camera calibration information acquisition device acquires captured images of a camera calibration target from two or more cameras, detects, from each image, a coordinate of a feature point in the image, calculates—an internal parameter for each camera by using the feature point, calculates, for each camera, a magnitude of error in the coordinate of the feature point, calculates a value for an external parameter of the cameras by using the magnitude of the error, the coordinate of the feature point, and an error function set so that a penalty for error in calculating the external parameter decreases as the magnitude of the error in the coordinate of the feature point in the image increases.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an emitter capable of easily and highly efficiently emitting electrons, an electron gun using same, and an electronic device. This emitter is provided with a cathode holder, and an acicular substance secured to the cathode holder. An end, to which the acicular substance is secured, of the cathode holder is bent at ?(?(°) satisfies 5<??70) that is an angle formed with respect to a cathode axis being the longitudinal direction of the cathode holder, the acicular substance is a single crystal nanowire or nanotube, and a relation L/T between the thickness T ( ?m) of the end of the cathode holder and a length L ( ?m) by which the acicular substance protrudes from the end satisfies 0.3?L/T?2.5.

Abstract: The cooling system according to the present invention may dehumidify and cool the indoor air by using the ejector, the ejector membrane, the evaporation chamber, and the indoor dehumidifying membrane. In addition, the coefficient of performance of the cooling system may be improved by cooling the refrigerant using evaporation latent heat generated in the evaporation chamber by the suction force of the ejector and cooling the indoor air using the refrigerant. In addition, by using solar heat to generate high-temperature and high-pressure steam and supply the generated steam to the ejector, energy use efficiency may be improved. In addition, since the temperature of the steam generated in the steam generating portion may be lowered by arranging and using the two first and second ejectors in multiple stages, energy efficiency may be further improved by reducing the consumption of the heat source required for steam generation.

Abstract: The electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes: a lithium salt; a solvent; and an anode additive including 5-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbonitrile represented by Chemical Formula 1 below:

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal may comprise: receiving information on a common delay time between the terminal and the base station and information on a PRACH occasion through a service link established between the terminal and the satellite; calculating a first adjustment value based on the common delay time; transmitting a PRACH preamble through the service link at a first timing earlier by the first adjustment value than the PRACH occasion; receiving a random access response (RAR); calculating a second adjustment value based on the common delay time; and transmitting an uplink signal through the service link at a second timing later by the second adjustment value than the response delay time.

Abstract: An image sensor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The image sensor package includes a redistribution circuit structure; an image sensing chip disposed on the redistribution circuit structure and having a sensing surface, on which a sensing area and a first conductive pillar arranged in the periphery of the sensing area are disposed; a lid covering the sensing area; an encapsulant disposed on the redistribution circuit structure and encapsulating at least part of the image sensing chip and the cover; and a top tier semiconductor chip disposed above the image sensing chip and having an active surface on which a first conductor is disposed. The first conductor overlaps the image sensing chip in a direction perpendicular to the sensing surface. The first conductive pillar and the first conductor are aligned and bonded to each other to electrically connect the image sensing chip and the top tier semiconductor chip.

Abstract: Provided is a forming method of a redistribution structure including: forming a first redistribution layer and a first compensation circuit layer on a substrate, wherein the first compensation circuit layer surrounds the first redistribution layer, and the first compensation circuit layer and the first redistribution layer are electrically insulated from each other; forming a first dielectric layer on the first redistribution layer and the first compensation circuit layer; and forming a second redistribution layer and a second compensation circuit layer on the first dielectric layer, wherein the second compensation circuit layer surrounds the second redistribution layer, the second compensation circuit layer and the second redistribution layer are electrically insulated from each other, the second compensation circuit layer is connected to the first compensation circuit layer, and the second redistribution layer is connected to the first redistribution layer.