Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating autism spectrum disorder, a mouse for monitoring autism spectrum disorder, and a method for screening a candidate for preventing or treating autism spectrum disorder. Specifically, according to the present invention, the output signal (or excitation of population) of neurons of the ventrolateral thalamus (VL), the laterodorsal thalamus (LD) or the striatum may be suppressed by introducing a halorhodopsin protein into neurons of the ventrolateral thalamus (VL), the laterodorsal thalamus (LD) or the striatum and then irradiating light to induce hyperpolarization of the halorhodopsin protein. Thus, the present invention has the effect of preventing or treating autism.

Abstract: Provided are a method for handling secondary cell group (SCG) failure and a user equipment (UE) using the same. The method is applied to the UE and includes the following steps. The UE is configured with a conditional PSCell change (CPC) configuration in which the CPC configuration includes at least one candidate target PSCell. In response to an occurrence of an SCG failure, a PSCell change for changing to the at least one candidate target PSCell is performed.

Abstract: A prediction method, device, equipment, and storage medium for the image-level JND threshold, comprising: perceptual distortion discrimination is conducted on the raw image and on the compressed images in the compressed image set of the said image through trained multi-class perceptual distortion discriminator to obtain the set of perceptual distortion discrimination results (S101), and preset image-level JND search strategies are adopted for fault tolerance of the said set of perceptual distortion discrimination results to predict the image-level JND threshold of the said image (S102), thus reducing the prediction deviation of the image-level JND threshold, improving the prediction accuracy of the image-level JND threshold, and bringing the predicted JND threshold closer to the human visual system's perception of the quality of the entire image.

Abstract: An electrolytic system and method of manufacturing white phosphorus.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel carrier for enzyme immobilization and an immobilized enzyme. The carrier for enzyme immobilization according to an embodiment comprises a porous material and cellulose that has an amino group-containing substituent at an anomeric position and is immobilized on the porous material. The immobilized enzyme contains the carrier for enzyme immobilization and an enzyme immobilization on the cellulose. The carrier for enzyme immobilization is obtained by adding an acid to an aqueous solution in which cellulose having an amino group-containing substituent at an anomeric position is dissolved in an aqueous alkaline solution to deposit the cellulose in the presence of a porous material. The immobilized enzyme is obtained by immobilizing an enzyme on the cellulose.

Abstract: A lithium metal pouch cell having a specific energy ?300 Wh·kg?1 includes an anode comprising lithium metal and an anode current collector, the anode having an areal capacity N (mAh·cm?2); a cathode comprising a cathode material and a cathode current collector, the cathode having an a real capacity P (mAh·cm?2), wherein a ratio of N/P is within a range of 0.02 to 5; an electrolyte having an electrolyte mass E and comprising a lithium active salt and a solvent, the lithium metal pouch cell having an electrolyte mass to cell capacity (E/C) ratio within a range of 1 to 6 g·Ah?1; a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode; and a packaging material defining a pouch enclosing the anode, cathode, electrolyte, and separator; wherein a protruding tab of the anode current collector and a protruding tab of the cathode current collector are external to the pouch.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual-drug co-delivery system, a preparation method therefor and use thereof, the dual-drug co-delivery system being prepared from raw materials comprising a block copolymer, Homoharringtonine and Doxorubicin hydrochloride. The dual-drug co-delivery system provided by the present invention has a stronger killing effect on various hematologic tumors and solid tumor cells, can provide a feasible drug delivery system for inhibiting tumor growth and leukemia treatment, and has broad prospects.

Abstract: Described herein is a surge tank based system to control surge tanks in a manufacturing train. The system includes data acquisition unit, data normalization unit, deviation identification and handling unit and an real time execution of control action from centralized computer in a manufacturing process unit, wherein said manufacturing unit includes an integrated system which incorporates a plurality of pumps, surge tanks, and weighing balances, and other unit operations alongside the normal unit operations of production of output product.

Abstract: A system and method of monitoring in-pen livestock by using edge information about livestock are provided. The method controls a plurality of edge lightings and cameras installed in a pen by using a synchronization signal and accurately acquires and synthesizes edge information about livestock obtained on the basis of a control result to generate monitoring information about livestock.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the location of a radiation source. The apparatus for determining the location of a radiation source according to the present invention comprises: a collimator part for selectively passing radiation therethrough according to the direction in which the radiation is incident; a scintillator part for converting the radiation incident from the collimator part into a light ray; a first optical sensor for converting the light ray incident from one end of the scintillator part into a first optical signal; a second optical sensor for converting the light ray incident from the other end of the scintillator part into a second optical signal; and a location information acquisition part for acquiring information on the location where the light ray is generated in the scintillator part, by using the second optical signal and the second optical signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a biomimetic cell culture apparatus that mimics interactions among organs in a human body. The present disclosure includes a plurality of culture units for culturing cells, a conduit for connecting the plurality of culture units to each other to form a circulating path, a pump unit disposed on the conduit for forming a flow in culture medium such that the culture medium circulates through the plurality of culture units, and an agitating module for agitating the plurality of culture units.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of performing motion compensation by using motion vector prediction. To this end, a method of decoding an image may include: generating multiple motion vector candidate lists according to an inter-prediction direction of a current block; deriving multiple motion vectors for the current block by using the multiple motion vector candidate lists; determining multiple prediction blocks for the current block by using the multiple motion vectors; and obtaining a final prediction block for the current block based on the multiple prediction blocks.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-speed regenerative comparator circuit, including: a signal input stage connected with an input terminal for differential signal input; a latch for caching and serving as a differential signal output terminal; a current source connected with the signal input stage for providing a power supply voltage; a fast path connected with the output terminal and used for increasing a voltage difference of the output terminal and turning on a positive feedback network of the latch; and a reset switch, including a first reset switch and a second reset switch. In the high-speed regenerative comparator circuit of the present disclosure, the transmission delay of the regenerative comparator circuit can be greatly reduced; and in a latch phase, a bias voltage is disconnected by means of timing control, and thus the power consumption of a comparator can be reduced. The present disclosure has simple circuit and high reliability.

Abstract: An image processing device performs projection conversion that makes an image captured of an object to be recognized closer to a normal image captured from front of the object to be recognized based on a correlation between: a pre-specified plurality of feature ranges dispersed within a range of the object to be recognized; and a plurality of feature ranges designated based on the dispersion in the image.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for protection against fretting fatigue by compound modification via laser shock peening and coating lubrication, where a group of micro-pits distributed into a regular array is firstly formed in a surface of a metal material by using laser shock peening, with a single micro-pit having a diameter of 1 to 10 mm and a depth of 1 to 20 ?m; and the micro-pits are then coated with a lubricant by coating preparation. Based on the micro-pit styling feature and surface residual compressive stress introducing feature of the laser shock peening, with compound modification by surface texturing via the laser shock peening and coating lubrication, the surface of the material can be reinforced by residual compressive stress, coating lubrication and surface micro-pit texturing with a synergistic effect, thus allowing for improved fretting fatigue behavior of the material.

Abstract: The present application discloses a catalyst, the catalyst contains a molecular sieve, there is at least one-dimension 8-membered ring channel in the molecular sieve structure, the diameter of a diffusible substance in the direction of the 8-membered ring channel is no less than 2.0 ?, the diameter of a substance that can be accommodated in the molecular sieve structure is no more than 6 ?; the catalyst is used for a methanol and/or dimethyl ether to propylene reaction, comprising contacting methanol and/or dimethyl ether with a methanol-to-propylene catalyst to obtain propylene.

Abstract: A high resolution inspection apparatus using a terahertz Bessel beam. The high resolution inspection apparatus comprises a terahertz wave generating unit for generating a terahertz wave; a Bessel beam forming unit for generating a terahertz Bessel beam using the terahertz wave incident from the terahertz wave generating unit; a ring beam forming unit for forming a ring beam using the terahertz Bessel beam and concentrating the formed ring beam to an inspection target object; a scattered light detecting unit for detecting scattered light generated from the inspection target object; and a ring beam detecting unit for detecting a ring beam transmitted through the inspection target object.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of a novel allele of the RHD gene associated with a weak D phenotype and the kits and methods for detecting this allele.

Abstract: Optical systems and processes for calibrating and focusing optical systems are described. One embodiment of the invention includes an optical phase array (OPA) and an OPA controller that generates control signals to control phase shifters in the OPA. The OPA controller can calibrate the OPA by performing a plurality of phase sweeps using each of a plurality of different basis masks. Each phase sweep can involve performing a phase sweep across a phase sweep range at a plurality of phase step increments with respect to a first group of phase shifters identified in a basis mask. During the phase sweep, a calibration signal can be measured at each of the plurality of phase step increments and the measurements used to generate calibration phase state information. The calibration phase state information can be utilized to perform functions including (but not limited to) beamforming, focusing, and/or other waveform manipulation and control functions.

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.