Abstract: Provided is a novel space evaluation system capable of simply and quantitatively evaluating how close an unknown space is to a natural environment. The space evaluation system 1 comprises: a setting unit 12 for setting naturalness as an index of how close a space is to a natural environment; and an estimating unit 11 for estimating, from air quality data indicating a type of material including a microbe included in a sample collected from air in a target space to be evaluated and indicating an abundance of each material, the naturalness of the target space from which the sample has been collected.

Abstract: Provided are a cell manipulation solution which improves manipulability of a cell, and a cell cryopreservation method and a cell thawing method using this cell manipulation solution. This cell manipulation solution is for use in vitrification of a cell or thawing of a cell subjected to vitrification and comprises a thickener, wherein the thickener contains at least one selected from xanthan gum, carrageenan, gellan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum, and diutan gum. The manipulability of a cell in vitrification of a cell or thawing of a cell subjected to vitrification is improved by using this cell manipulation solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating liver fibrosis, which includes a Sanguisorba officinalis extract as an active ingredient, and more particularly, to a composition for preventing or treating liver fibrosis, which includes a Sanguisorba officinalis extract or ziyuglycoside. The Sanguisorba officinalis extract or ziyuglycoside of the present invention inhibits liver fibrosis and the expression of a liver fibrosis-related gene, so it may be effectively used in the composition for preventing or treating liver fibrosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transgenic animal in which APEX2 is specifically expressed in a mitochondrial matrix and to uses thereof. When the transgenic animal according to the present invention is used, it is possible to overcome the limitation of being susceptible to contamination with proteins derived from other organelles or other tissue cells in existing mitochondrial proteomic studies. Accordingly, mitochondrial matrix proteomic research with a high reliability is possible, tissue-specific mitochondrial matrix proteomics can easily be analyzed, and a wide range of applications are possible in basic life science research, drug development, and diagnostic research related to mitochondrial proteomics.

Abstract: A molecular marker combination linked to quantitative traits of tea plant (+)-catechin content, including a SNP site 1, a SNP site 2, a SNP site 3, a SNP site 4, a SNP site 5, a SNP site 6, a SNP site 7 and a SNP site 8, which are located in tea genomes Scaffold4239:309117, Scaffold3614: 66549, Scaffold349: 3413816, Scaffold1989: 2316385, Scaffold451: 940283, Scaffold3727:442660, Scaffold115:803980 and Scaffold920:281727, respectively, and genotypes thereof are extremely significantly correlated with the (+)-catechin content is provided. A detection method for detecting each site, and one or more molecular marker site is used to evaluate the tea plant (+)-catechin content.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for simulating water-induced rock strength deterioration based on a discrete element method, and relates to the field of simulation of water-induced rock strength deterioration.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an isolated polypeptide being a quorum-quenching N-acyl-homoserine lactonase, compositions including same, and methods of using same, such as for reducing or inhibiting formation of load of an organic-based contaminant.

Abstract: It is related to a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, comprising: a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein a molar content of lithium present in the structure of the positive electrode active material, measured through neutron diffraction analysis, is 1.01 to 1.15 for 1 mole of the positive electrode active material, a method of preparing it, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. Li1+a(NibM11-b)1-aO2??[Chemical Formula 1] In the Chemical Formula 1, 0<a<0.2, 0.8<b<1, M1 is at least one element selected from Co, Mn, Al, Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W.

Abstract: A method for preparing a lithium extraction adsorbent and an application of the lithium extraction adsorbent are provided. The method includes: (i) forming a homogeneous casting liquid by stirring a metal-based lithium ion sieve, an organic carrier, and a functional material; (ii) adding the homogeneous casting liquid dropwise to a solidifying liquid to obtain gel particles, wherein the solidifying liquid consists of sodium hydroxide and ethanol; and (iii) washing the gel particles to neutrality with deionized water to obtain washed gel particles, followed by placing the washed gel particles in a glutaraldehyde solution for stirring to crosslink for 0.5 h to 12 h to obtain crosslinked gel particles, freeze-drying the crosslinked gel particles to obtain the lithium extraction adsorbent, wherein a usage condition of the lithium extraction adsorbent includes: before use, activating the lithium extraction adsorbent by placing the lithium extraction adsorbent into an alkali activator for stirring for 0.

Abstract: A luminaire includes a frame, an ambient light source positioned within the frame adjacent a first end of the frame, a downlight light source positioned within the frame adjacent a second end of the frame, a diffuser connected to the frame and at least partially surrounding the ambient light source, and a reflector configured to direct light emitted by the downlight light source. A first driver is in electrical communication with the ambient light source and is configured to adjust the illuminance of the ambient light source. A second driver is in electrical communication with the downlight light source and is configured to adjust the illuminance of the downlight light source. A controller is in electrical communication with and send control signals to the drivers to change the light sources between a plurality of illuminance modes, which includes a circadian effective mode and a circadian ineffective mode.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: A method and system for compensating anti-dizziness predicted in advance are provided. The method for compensating anti-dizziness predicted in advance includes the following steps. A six-degrees-of-freedom information is obtained. Through using a machine learning model, an attitude prediction compensation information is obtained according to the six-degrees-of-freedom information. A path information is obtained. A path prediction compensation information is obtained according to the path information. A road information is obtained. A road prediction compensation information is obtained according to the road information. A display information is compensated according to the attitude prediction compensation information, the path prediction compensation information, or the road prediction compensation information.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an oxygen channel for air cells, the oxygen channel having high aperture ratios (specifically, high planar aperture ratio and high cross-sectional aperture ratio), specifically, an oxygen channel for air cells, wherein both the planar aperture ratio and the cross-sectional aperture ratio are 50% or more, preferably 60% or more. The present invention provides an oxygen channel for air cells, the oxygen channel being composed of a structure that comprises two kinds of resin fibers having different fiber diameters in a mesh form, wherein the ratio of the fiber diameter of resin fibers having the larger fiber diameter to the fiber diameter of resin fibers having the smaller fiber diameter is within the range from 1.2 to 7.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: Disclosed are bifunctional compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and stereoisomers thereof that that are potent and selective degraders of LRRK2. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing same, and methods of making and using the compounds to treat diseases and disorders associated with LRRK2. In some embodiments, the disease or disorder is a neurodegenerative disorder. Parkinson's disease (PD), an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD), leprosy (Hansen's disease), tuberculosis, meningioma, breast cancer, lung cancer or thyroid cancer.

Abstract: A method for an unsafe speed intervention system is described. The method includes determining whether an initial speed of a vehicle is unsafe. The method also includes displaying an augmented reality pattern on a windshield of the vehicle moving at a selected speed in response to determining the initial speed of the vehicle is unsafe. The method further includes monitoring a current speed of the vehicle after displaying the augmented reality pattern. The method also includes adjusting the selected speed of the augmented reality pattern displayed on the vehicle windshield in response to the monitoring the current speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device and method for calibrating a particle image velocimetry (PIV) image based on laser linear arrays, and relates to the technical field of laser velocity measurement and image restoration. The present disclosure can solve the problem of image distortion caused by a shock wave of a model in a hypersonic wind tunnel, thereby realizing distortion capture and correction. The device includes a laser emission component configured to emit equidistant laser linear arrays; an optical component configured to perform light splitting on laser rays to form a laser grating in a test observation region; a camera configured to acquire a distorted laser grating image when a working condition of a wind tunnel test section model is adjusted to a working condition of a PIV test; and a background processor configured to calibrate and restore the distorted laser grating image with a neural network-based distortion-restoring calibration algorithm.

Abstract: A method for identifying a target region of a digital pathology slide, including: obtaining a scanned image of a pathology slide; inputting the scanned image of the pathology slide into a preset deep learning-based identification model; extracting a contour feature of the scanned image of the pathology slide by using an image contour feature extraction submodel, to obtain a contour image; segmenting the contour image by using an image segmentation submodel to obtain a plurality of sub-contour images; separately performing classification and identification on the plurality of sub-contour images by using an image classification submodel, to obtain a region category corresponding to each sub-contour image; and determining a target region image based on the region category of each sub-contour image. In addition, a system for identifying a target region of a digital pathology slide, a device, and a medium are further proposed.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a driving substrate; a light-emitting unit electrically connected to one side of the driving substrate; a lens structure disposed on a side of the light-emitting unit away from the driving substrate; in a direction perpendicular to a plane where the driving substrate is located, the lens structure at least partially overlaps the light-emitting unit. Through the embodiments of the application, the light extraction efficiency of the display panel is improved, the display effect of the display panel is improved, and the power consumption of the display panel is reduced.