Abstract: Provided are methods of reducing and killing bacteria and fungi, and photodynamic treatment methods and sterilization methods using the methods of reducing and killing bacteria and fungi. The method of reducing and killing bacteria and fungi includes bringing a composition including a Ligularia fischeri extract or a fraction thereof as an active ingredient into contact with cells or tissues of a subject and irradiating cells or tissues of a subject in contact with the composition with an absorbable wavelength of excitation light.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for online Bayesian few-shot learning. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for online Bayesian few-shot learning in which multi-domain-based online learning and few-shot learning are integrated when domains of tasks having data are sequentially given.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer with targeted mineralocorticoid analogues

Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a three-dimensional crosslinker composition and a method of manufacturing an electronic device using the same. According to the inventive concept, the three-dimensional crosslinker composition may be represented by Formula 1 below.

Abstract: A compound, such as isoquinoline-6-sulfonyl chloride acid and/or addition salts thereof, may be useful as a manufacturing intermediate for an isoquinoline-6-sulfonamide compound. A method for manufacturing such compounds and/or or acid addition salts thereof, may involve subjecting 6-(benzylthio)isoquinoline to an oxidative chlorination reaction and/or reacting 6-aminoisoquinoline with a nitrite or nitrous acid ester, then with thionyl chloride, and then with an acid.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a diesel reformer system comprising: a diesel autothermal reforming unit; a post-reforming unit disposed downstream of the autothermal reforming unit; a heat exchanger disposed downstream of the post-reforming unit; and a desulfurization unit disposed downstream of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A method for monocular depth/pose estimation in a camera agnostic network is described. The method includes training a monocular depth model and a monocular pose model to learn monocular depth estimation and monocular pose estimation based on a target image and context images from monocular video captured by the camera agnostic network. The method also includes lifting 3D points from image pixels of the target image according to the context images. The method further includes projecting the lifted 3D points onto an image plane according to a predicted ray vector based on the monocular depth model, the monocular pose model, and a camera center of the camera agnostic network. The method also includes predicting a warped target image from a predicted depth map of the monocular depth model, a ray surface of the predicted ray vector, and a projection of the lifted 3D points according to the camera agnostic network.

Abstract: An authentication system is provided with: a first input unit and a second input unit into which authentication information can be input; a first computing unit which performs computation on the basis of the authentication information input into the first input unit and a communication counterpart-side authentication parameter registered in a communication counterpart; a second computing unit which performs computation on the basis of the authentication information input into the second input unit and a portable terminal-side authentication parameter registered in a portable terminal; and authentication units which, if the authentication information has been input into the first or the second input unit, perform authentication on the basis of the result of computation by corresponding computing unit and the portable terminal-side authentication parameter.

Abstract: Methods for training statistical models for the bandgap and energy dispersion 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: The present invention relates to a composition for improving skin barrier damage and/or alleviating skin inflammation, wherein 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid isolated from an Aster glehni (AG) extract is introduced as an active ingredient of a cosmetic composition or a pharmaceutical composition for improving skim barrier damage and alleviating skin inflammation, thereby being effective in preventing and improving atopic dermatitis.

Abstract: A bi-directional interaction network (BINet)-based person search method, system, and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining, as an input image, a tth frame of image in an input video; and normalizing the input image, and obtaining a search result of a to-be-searched target person by using a pre-trained person search model, where the person search model is constructed based on a residual network, and a new classification layer is added to a classification and regression layer of the residual network to obtain an identity classification probability of the target person. The method improves the accuracy of the person search.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer with harmine.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a diesel reforming system comprising: a diesel autothermal reformer; a liquid desulfurizer disposed upstream of the diesel autothermal reformer and configured to remove sulfur compounds from diesel fuel prior to feeding to the diesel autothermal reformer; a combustor in communication with the liquid desulfurizer and configured to provide heat for the liquid desulfurizer; a regulating valve in communication with the liquid desulfurizer and the combustor, the regulating valve being configured to control diesel fuel feeds to the liquid desulfurizer and the combustor; and a post-reformer disposed downstream of the diesel autothermal reformer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabrication of a three-dimensional lung organoid comprising human stem cell-derived alveolar macrophages. Specifically, a lung organoid is fabricated by co-culturing cells not expressing the definitive endoderm marker CRCX4 according to a fabrication method of the present disclosure. The lung organoid comprises type 1 and type 2 alveolar epithelial cells as well as alveolar macrophages and realizes infectious or inflammatory responses unlike conventional lung organoids that contain no immune cells and as such, can be advantageously used in studying mechanisms of related lung diseases, excavating biomarkers, developing therapeutic agents, and so on.

Abstract: The present application discloses a push type rotary guide drilling system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing a liquid sample that solves a problem of a kinetically slow equilibrium at a liquid-solid interface, the problem occurring when liquid sample analysis is performed with a chemical sensor. In the method for analyzing a liquid sample according to an embodiment of the present invention, a component to be analyzed in a liquid sample is adsorbed on a receptor layer of a chemical sensor, one or more kinds of gases are then supplied to the chemical sensor, and a response thereof is measured. As a result, since a slow equilibrium at a liquid-solid interface is not used, a high-sensitivity measurement can be performed in a short time, and existing findings regarding analysis of gas samples on which much progress in research has been achieved can be used.

Abstract: A novel Lactobacillus paracasei AO356 strain according to the present disclosure, which is a strain isolated from the human body, has high stability, exhibits the activity of inhibiting adipogenic differentiation in vitro and inducing the differentiation of M1 and M0 macrophages into M2 macrophages, and has excellent activity of alleviating, preventing, or treating obesity, such as the activity of reducing body weight and a reduction in blood lipid concentration through the browning of white fat in animal experiments. Thus, the novel strain of the present disclosure has a low possibility of causing side effects, and therefore, unlike conventional diet functional foods or drugs, which have side effect problems, a diet effect can be exhibited without controlling the dose thereof. Accordingly, the novel strain can be used as a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing obesity or a food composition for alleviating or preventing obesity.

Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks, supercapacitor electrodes, and supercapacitors are generally provided. Some metal-organic frameworks described herein may be suitable for use in supercapacitor electrodes, some supercapacitor electrodes described herein may comprise a metal-organic framework described herein, and some supercapacitors described herein may comprise the supercapacitor electrodes described herein.

Abstract: A vehicle behavior monitor installed in a host vehicle that monitors the behavior of other vehicles. When the behavior of the other vehicles appears to deviate from an expected trajectory of an in-vehicle map, a geo-fenced region is monitored by external sensors. The external sensor data stream is input to a pre-trained anomaly detector. The clusters from the feature space of the encoder are compared to a database of known behaviors. A confidence level is determined based on the number of vehicles which exhibit the behavior. If the confidence level is equal to or greater than a confidence level threshold, a persistence value is calculate based on the type of behavior. The behavior and the persistence value are used to update the in-vehicle map. Based on the persistence value, the update is transmitted to a map server when the host vehicle enters an area of high data connectivity or is dropped.

Abstract: In an aspect, a method of synthesizing a graft copolymer comprises the steps of: copolymerizing a first macromonomer and a first reactive diluent; wherein said first macromonomer comprises a first backbone precursor directly or indirectly covalently linked to a first polymer side chain group; wherein said reactive diluent is provided in the presence of the first macromonomer at an amount selected so as to result in formation said graft copolymer having a first backbone incorporating said diluent and said first macromonomer in a first polymer block characterized by a preselected first graft density or a preselected first graft distribution of said first macromonomer. In some embodiments of this aspect, said preselected first graft density is any value selected from the range of 0.05 to 0.75. In some methods, the composition and amount of said diluent is selected to provide both a first preselected first graft density and a first preselected first graft distribution.