Abstract: Methods, compositions, reagents, and systems that allow for the preparation and utilization of sulfonamide salt polymer electrolytes are disclosed herein. Methods and reagents to prepare sulfonamide salt monomers are also disclosed herein. The sulfonamide salt polymer electrolytes can be used as components in energy storage devices, conductive materials, electrochemical cells, gels, adhesives, and drug delivery vehicles.

Abstract: A variable gain amplifier (VGA) is provided. The VGA includes at least one amplifier circuit, at least one current-steering circuit and at least one bias voltage circuit. Each current-steering circuit is coupled to its corresponding amplifier circuit. Each bias voltage circuit is coupled to its corresponding current-steering circuit to provide a positive bias voltage to each current-steering circuit.

Abstract: A method for interworking of a security tool and a cloud platform includes checking whether there is a record of confirming or applying security related to a target identifier when a cloud platform client calls a platform interface module, determining whether to interwork with the security tool when the record of confirming or applying security related to the target identifier is not present, requesting a resource required for running the security tool to the cloud platform when the security tool is invoked, and obtaining the resource from the cloud platform and storing the same.

Abstract: Provided are an artificial satellite and a method of controlling the same. The artificial satellite includes a main body flying along an orbit of a planet, an optical payload arranged on the main body to photograph a ground surface of the planet, and a pair of solar cell panels rotatably arranged on both sides of the main body in a first direction, wherein the first direction and a flight direction of the main body form an acute angle with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a memcapacitor. The memcapacitor includes: a first electrode having a metal-doped perovskite composition; a second electrode disposed on the first electrode; and a dielectric thin film having a perovskite composition, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and having a variable dielectric constant depending on a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing a hierarchical framework for integrating distributed energy resources into power distribution systems. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method implemented with an aggregation server includes receiving a respective utility function associated with each of at least two of a plurality of distributed energy resources representing an amount of energy produced or consumed by the respective associated distributed energy resource as a function of energy price, producing an aggregated utility function associated with the plurality of distributed energy resources based on the received utility functions, transmitting the produced aggregated utility function to a coordinator, receiving a clearing value from the coordinator, and transmitting the received clearing value to each of the plurality of distributed energy resources.

Abstract: A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 4/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for 4096-symbol mapping.

Abstract: Disclosed is a triangular modular ecological seawall, including a plurality of first prefabricated frames arranged in an array, a second prefabricated frame and a wave break forest which are disposed between two adjacent first prefabricated frames and fill gaps between the first prefabricated frames, the first prefabricated frame and the second prefabricated frame are tubular and each have a triangular cross-section shape, and inner cavities of the first prefabricated frame and the second prefabricated frame are respectively filled with first sea sand.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an albumin pharmaceutical composition, comprising albumin and at least one amino acid having a relative molecular mass of 145-175. Clinically, the albumin pharmaceutical composition can effectively reduce undesirable responses, such as rash, urticaria, anaphylaxis and possible immune responses in the human body caused by albumin polymers and dimers, thereby further ensuring the safety in clinical medication.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first source/drain region at a lower portion thereof, a second source/drain region at an upper portion thereof, a channel region between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region and close to peripheral surfaces thereof, and a body region inside the channel region. The semiconductor device may further include a gate stack formed around a periphery of the channel region.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having two “banks” of cylinders, the “banks” being defined by cross-connection to different turbochargers. The exhaust from one bank of cylinders goes to a first turbocharger, and the exhaust from the other bank of cylinders goes to a second turbocharger. However, the compressed air delivered from the turbochargers is cross-connected to the cylinder banks. This allows a cylinder bank to be boosted with a turbocharger whose compressed air output does not necessarily match the exhaust energy of that cylinder bank.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a plurality of tiles. Each tile includes a processor, a switch including switching circuitry to forward data over data paths from other tiles to the processor and to switches of other tiles, and a switch memory that stores instruction streams that are able to operate independently for respective output ports of the switch. Also disclosed is a direct memory access (DMA) scheme in which sizes of DMA transfers are limited according to whether a cache miss has occurred.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are substrates for cell delivery to target tissues requiring treatment for various diseases that induce cell death, damage or loss of function. The substrates are configured to provide seeded cells, including stem cells, with a structural support that allows interconnection with and transmission of biological signals between the cells and the target tissue.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a scanning probe, a method and an apparatus for manufacturing the scanning probe. The scanning probe includes a base and a micro-tip disposed on an end of the base, wherein at least a section of the micro-tip comprises a lateral surface with a concavely curved generatrix. In the method, an end of a probe precursor is immersed in a corrosive solution by having a length direction of the probe precursor inclined with a liquid surface of the corrosive solution. The probe precursor is corroded by the corrosive solution while a corrosion current of the corroding is monitored. The probe precursor is moved away from the corrosive solution after a magnitude of the corrosion current has a plunge. The apparatus includes a container containing the corrosive solution, and a driving device configured to move the probe precursor in the container through a fastener.

Abstract: An operation method of a first terminal, performed in a communication system, may comprise receiving sidelink resource allocation information from a base station; receiving a first sidelink signal from a second terminal based on the sidelink resource allocation information; calculating a path loss experienced by the first sidelink signal based on the first sidelink signal; transmitting a second sidelink signal including information on the path loss experienced by the first sidelink signal to the second terminal; and receiving, from the second terminal, a third sidelink signal to which a sidelink transmit power determined based on the path loss is allocated.

Abstract: An operation method of a first terminal, for synchronized operations according to time-sensitive networking, may comprise: receiving information on a reference time from a base station; obtaining an offset of the first terminal with respect to the reference time or information for deriving the offset, and deriving the offset from the information for deriving the offset; determining a timing at which uplink transmission is performed by reflecting the offset to the reference time; and performing the uplink transmission at the determined timing.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of radiating wave energy available for unmanned automatic operation and apparatuses for performing the same. The method includes obtaining a dielectric characteristic of a object by performing a reconstruction calculation based on a scattered signal that is scattered from the object and pre-measured information on the object, determining a wave radiation parameter for adjusting energy of a wave to be radiated to a lesion of the object by performing a characteristic analysis operation based on the dielectric characteristic, and determining the energy of the wave to be high-power energy based on the wave radiation parameter.

Abstract: A chimeric DNA:RNA guide for very high accuracy Cas9 genome editing employs nucleotide-type substitutions in nucleic acid-guided endonucleases for enhanced specificity. The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system is manipulated to generate chimeric DNA:RNA guide strands to minimize the off-target cleavage events of the S. pyogenes Cas9 endonuclease. A DNA:RNA chimeric guide strand is sufficient to guide Cas9 to a specified target sequence for indel formation and minimize off-target cleavage events due to the specificity conferred by DNA-DNA interactions. Use of chimeric mismatch-evading lowered-thermostability guides (“melt-guides”) demonstrate that nucleotide-type substitutions in the spacer can reduce cleavage of sequences mismatched by as few as a single base pair. The chimeric mismatch-evading lowered-thermostability guides replace most gRNA spacer positions with DNA bases to suppress mismatched targets under Cas9's catalytic threshold.

Abstract: A method for keypoint matching includes determining a first set of keypoints corresponding to a current environment of the agent. The method further includes determining a second set of keypoints from a pre-built map of the current environment. The method still further includes identifying matching pairs of keypoints from the first set of keypoints and the second set of keypoints based on geometrical similarities between respective keypoints of the first set of keypoints and the second set of keypoints. The method also includes determining a current location of the agent based on the identified matching pairs of keypoints. The method further includes controlling an action of the agent based on the current location.

Abstract: A transformer system is provided that includes an ensemble of four magnetically coupled coils having fixed spacing geometry. The ensemble of four magnetically coupled coils includes a load coil, a primary resonant coil, a drive coil and a secondary resonant coil. All coils are coupled in the transformer system, but the first resonant coil is highly coupled with the drive coil so that the resonant coil can receive energy from the drive coil and the second resonant coil is highly coupled to the load coil so that the load coil can extract energy efficiently from the second resonant coil. Additionally, the primary resonant coil may be at least partially nested coaxially inside the drive coil and/or the secondary resonant coil may be at least partially nested coaxially inside the load coil.