Abstract: A parity interleaving apparatus and method for fixed length signaling information are disclosed. A parity interleaving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a processor configured to generate a parity bit string for parity puncturing by segmenting parity bits of an LDPC codeword whose length is 16200 and whose code rate is 3/15, into a plurality of groups, and group-wise interleaving the groups using an order of group-wise interleaving; and memory configured to provide the parity bit string for parity puncturing to a parity puncturing unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a graphene channel member comprising a graphene film and a cadaverine olfactory receptor immobilized to the graphene film, a graphene transistor comprising: a substrate; the graphene channel member; and a pair of electrodes, and a bio sensor comprising same.

Abstract: Provided is a system for recognizing a user hand gesture and providing virtual reality content based on deep learning using transfer learning. The system includes a head mounted display (HMD) configured to display, to a user, virtual reality content based on a hand gesture, a hand gesture sensor configured to acquire hand data of the user, and a controller device configured to receive the hand data and convert the received hand data into hand gesture data, manage a hand gesture recognizer on the basis of deep learning, and perform content execution management.

Abstract: Systems and methods of tracking objects around an ego vehicle, using state estimation of the objects, where state estimation may include an estimate of a position, velocity, acceleration and bounding box size of the tracked object are disclosed. An object may be detected at one or more poses over time. For each pose, a first bounding box may be generated. The largest bounding box may be determined. For each pose, the first bounding box may be expanded to an expanded bounding box. The expanded bounding box may match the largest bounding box. For each pose, the center of the expanded bounding box may be determined. The object may be tracked according to the center of the expanded bounding box.

Abstract: A method for autonomous vehicle test data distribution and analysis is described. The method includes uploading driving session data from a computer of a drive site to a network attached storage of the drive site. The method also includes uploading the driving session data from the network attached storage of the drive site to a cloud-based storage location. The method further includes distributing the driving session data from the cloud-based storage location and a work unit to at least one research site separate from the drive site. The method also includes processing, by the at least one research site, the driving session data according to an analysis/processing task associated with the work unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a dynamic segmentation apparatus and method for preventing a spread of a security threat. The dynamic segmentation apparatus includes one or more processors and execution memory for storing at least one program executed by the processors, wherein the program is configured to register feature information of a first device, which is a target for which a security threat is to be managed, generate a first segment from the feature information of the first device, receive security threat information from an external system, extract feature information of a second device, in which a security threat has occurred, from the security threat information, perform clustering on the feature information of the second device using at least one clustering algorithm, generate at least one segment set by identifying segments from clustering results, and determine a security threat segment based on an inclusion relationship between segments in the segment set.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image decoding method. The method of decoding an image comprises obtaining prediction information and residual signal information for a current block from a bitstream and reconstructing, based on the obtained prediction information and the residual signal information, the current block, wherein the prediction information is obtained through entropy decoding, and wherein a context model used for the entropy decoding of the prediction information is determined based on a prediction mode of a neighboring block of the current block.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment or prevention of cancers that exhibit elevated expression and/or amplification of the ABCB1 (MDR1) transporter, optionally for reasons related to development of chemotherapeutic resistance having occurred during treatment with an initial chemotherapeutic drug. In particular, the instant disclosure provides for identification of a cancer as possessing elevated ABCB1 expression and/or exhibiting resistance to a non-tepoxalin chemotherapeutic drug, and selecting and/or administering tepoxalin, a tepoxalin derivative and/or metabolite thereof as a therapeutic agent for such a cancer and/or subject having or at risk of developing such a cancer. Methods and compositions for therapies that combine such tepoxalin or tepoxalin-related compounds with other cancer therapies and/or chemotherapeutic agents are also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for improving the flight control and efficiency of an aerial vehicle. Many embodiments are directed to a rotor-shroud assembly system where a plurality of rotor blades are connected to the internal side of a shroud and are set up to pivot through the use of a pitching mechanism. The entire assembly is configured to rotate when attached to a motor.

Abstract: A light-modulation film (1) includes a light-modulation layer (30) and a catalyst layer (40) in this order on a polymer film substrate (10). A surface layer (70) may be disposed on the catalyst layer. The state of the light-modulation layer reversibly changes between a transparent state due to hydrogenation and a reflective state due to dehydrogenation. The catalyst layer promotes hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of the light-modulation layer. An arithmetic mean roughness of the surface of the catalyst layer is preferably 16 nm or less. A thickness of the light-modulation layer is preferably 2 to 20 times the thickness of the catalyst layer.

Abstract: Provided are a perovskite film and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes the following steps. A perovskite precursor material is coated in a linear direction on a substrate with a temperature between 100° C. and 200° C., wherein a concentration of the perovskite precursor material is between 0.05 M and 1.5 M. An infrared light irradiation is performed on the perovskite precursor material to cure the perovskite precursor material to form a thin film including a compound represented by formula (1). The perovskite film has a single 2D phase structure or has a structure in which a 3D phase structure is mixed with a single 2D phase structure. (RNH3)2MA(n?1)M1nX(3n+1)??formula (1), wherein the definitions of R, MA, M1, X, and n are as defined above.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formulae (A), (B), (C), and (D), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and prodrugs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and kits thereof. The present invention further provides methods of using the compounds to treat or prevent neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), traumatic brain injury, ischemic brain injury, stroke, frontal temporal dementia, Pick's disease, corticobasal degeneration, supra cerebral palsy, prion diseases (e.g., Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome, Fatal Familial Insomnia, and Kuru), Nieman Pick type C, spinal cerebellar ataxia, spinal muscular dystrophy, ataxia telangiectasia, hippocampal sclerosis, Cockayne syndrome, Werner syndrome, xeroderma pigmentosaum, and Bloom syndrome.

Abstract: Provided is a cyclonic plasma melting furnace. A melting furnace chamber body includes an inlet through which waste is input and an outlet through which air or gas is discharged. The outlet is provided in a direction opposite to the inlet. At least one plasma torch is provided on the melting furnace chamber body so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a direction in which the air or the gas is discharged through the outlet.

Abstract: A cathode active material for an all-solid-state battery includes: active material particles; and a coating layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the active material particles, wherein the coating layer includes lithium (Li), niobium (Nb), and at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium (V), zirconium (Zr) and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling freshness of sensor information is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of sets of sensor information, calculating the freshness of each or integrated freshness of the sets of sensor information, generating a sensor information message by controlling freshness of the sets of sensor information and combining the sets of sensor information, and transmitting the sensor information message to an information user.

Abstract: Methods for training statistical models for modeling phononic energy and/or frequency dispersion, as well as phononic stability of materials as a function of an applied strain, as well as uses of these trained statistical models for elastic strain engineering of materials, are described.

Abstract: A continuous forming apparatus of a fiber reinforced composite includes a tension detection mechanism, a drive motor, and a drive control device. The drive control device is configured so that a material roll is rotationally driven in a delivery direction of a reinforced fiber base material during a time period from a time point of end of pressurization in a forming process to a time point of end of a pulling-out process, and is also configured to perform tension control on the reinforced fiber base material based on a detected tension value from the tension detection mechanism and a target tension value, during a time period from a time point of start of the pulling-out process to a time point of end of the pressurization in the forming process in a next forming operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high heat-resistant/oxidation-resistant/flame retardant?non-flammable liquid ceramic coating film for protecting an exterior of an apparatus in an extreme environment. Provided are a method of forming a high heat-resistant coating film including: (a) preparing a liquid ceramic filling agent by mixing a ceramic filler including iron (III) oxide (Fe3O4) powder, a diluent, and an inorganic nanosol; (b) applying the liquid ceramic filling agent to at least one surface of a substrate to form a coating film; and (c) curing the coating film by drying the substrate, and a high heat-resistant coating film prepared thereby.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Lactobacillus sakei WIKIM30 (Accession No. KCCM11878P) isolated from kimchi and a composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. Lactobacillus sakei WIKIM30 according to the present invention shows excellent anti-cancer activity in animal models in which a cancer cell is transplanted and cancer cell lines, and therefore it can be usefully used as a composition in use of treatment, prevention or improvement of cancer of humans or animals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an open-air circulating pool for simulating ecological damage, and belongs to the technical field of simulation tests of ecological environment impact. The open-air circulating pool is provided with a set of devices for simulating natural ecological environments of different water quality and sediments, as well as changes in water bodies caused by a sea occupation project, discharge of a typical pollution source and a sudden leakage accident, so as to observe changing trends of an aquatic organism and an environmental element, and qualitatively and quantitatively determine a law of causality of damage. The set of devices includes an open-air wave-flow circulating pool, an additive injection apparatus and an ecological indicator sampling and detection apparatus.