Abstract: Disclosed is an optical receiver. The optical receiver includes an optical splitter that splits an external light signal to output a first light signal and a second light signal, a first amplifier that amplifies the first light signal in a linear gain section to output an amplified first light signal, a second amplifier that amplifies the second light signal in a saturation gain section to output an amplified second light signal, a polarization division hybrid that outputs an in-phase hybrid light signal and a quadrature-phase hybrid light signal, based on a reference light signal and the amplified second light signal, and an optoelectronic conversion unit that outputs an electrical signal, based on the amplified first light signal, the in-phase hybrid light signal, and the quadrature-phase hybrid light signal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a video information encoding method comprises: a step of predicting information of the current coding unit to generate prediction information; and a step of determining whether the information of the current coding unit coincides with the prediction information. If the information of the current coding unit coincides with the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information of the current coding unit coincides with the prediction information is encoded and transmitted. If the information of the current coding unit does not coincide with the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information of the current coding unit does not coincide with the prediction information is encoded and transmitted and the information of the current coding unit is encoded and transmitted.

Abstract: A digital receiving apparatus includes an analog-to-digital conversion module, a polyphase filter module, a fast Fourier transform module and a phase compensation module, which transforms signals of a target radio source from time domain to frequency domain. It further includes a standard time acquisition module configured to acquire a standard timestamp, a communication module configured to communicate with a host computer, a delay parameter temporary storage module configured to store a to-be-compensated delay parameter, a control enable module configured to generate an enable signal, a delay module configured to perform delay, and a phase parameter generation module configured to temporarily store the to-be-compensated delay parameter and convert it into a phase compensation parameter.

Abstract: This invention provides a non-human vertebrate exhibiting a higher human liver cell growth rate, a higher human liver cell replacement rate, and higher histological-physiological human reproducibility than existing non-human vertebrates comprising the human liver transplanted therein and a method for producing such non-human vertebrate. Specifically, the method for producing a transgenic non-human vertebrate comprising human liver cells transplanted therein comprises transplanting human liver cells in a non-human vertebrate that has impaired or lowered immune reactions against humans in the presence of human IL-6 in vivo.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of assessing toxicity using Dynamic BH3 profiling.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a layered perovskite that has a high band gap energy and an excellent carrier transport capacity; a light absorption layer containing the layered perovskite; a light-absorption-layer-equipped substrate and a photoelectric conversion element that have the light absorption layer; and a solar cell having the photoelectric conversion element. In the layered perovskite according to present invention, the inter-surface distance of (002) planes calculated from an X-ray diffraction peak obtained by an out-of-plane method is 2.6 to 5.0 nm, and, in the X-ray diffraction peak, an intensity ratio ((111) plane/(002) plane) of an X-ray diffraction peak intensity at a (111) plane with respect to an X-ray diffraction peak intensity at the (002) plane is 0.03 or more.

Abstract: A method for producing a support structure of a 3D model for 3D printing is provided. A method for producing a support according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: dividing a surface constituting a 3D model into multiple surface patches; classifying respective divided surface patches according to geometric characteristics; and producing supports corresponding to the classified characteristics with regard to respective surface patches. Accordingly, during metal laminate manufacturing, the output stability may be improved while reducing the support producing process time. In addition, the surfaces may be expressed by different colors according to the result of geometric characteristic classification, and the supports may also be expressed by different colors according to the type, thereby playing the role of guide lines such that the user can recognize the shape of the surfaces and the type of supports to be installed on the corresponding surfaces.

Abstract: A method of identifying, monitoring and/or diagnosing mucosal bacterial presence or infection, said method including the step of detecting at least part of a sialic acid transporter protein encoded by Ruminococcus gnavus (R. gnavus) ATCC 29149 Nan cluster. In addition, a method of inhibition of the growth of bacterium, said method including the step of inhibition of a sialic acid transporter protein is included.

Abstract: Fungi that are genetically inactivated for the mstC gene (or a homolog thereof) are provided, which can also be genetically modified to increase production of heterologous proteins from a glucoamylase promoter. Methods of using these fungi, for example to degrade a biomass, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for identifying objects includes generating a feature vector of an unknown object from an image of an environment. The method also includes comparing the feature vector of the unknown object to feature vectors of known objects. The method further includes determining whether a similarity between the feature vector of the unknown object and the feature vector of one of the known objects satisfies a threshold. Furthermore, the method includes identifying the unknown object based on the determination.

Abstract: In some embodiments, therapeutic treatments for a disease such as a cancer arc disclosed, including pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using pharmaceutical compositions for treating the cancer wherein the cancer cells overexpress arginine methyltransferase CARM1. In some embodiments, the therapeutic treatments disclosed include methods comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective dose of an enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) inhibitor to a subject, including a human subject, wherein the cancer cells of the subject overexpress arginine methyltransferase CARM1. In some embodiments, the EZH2 inhibitors are administered in conjunction with platinum-based antineoplastic drugs.

Abstract: Various embodiments, which relate to an electronic device implanted in tissue of an animal and for delivering stimulation to the neural tissue and operating method thereof, may be configured to generate a control instruction based on a control signal wirelessly received from an external device, and based on the control instruction, to input stimulation through a neural probe formed with flexible material and led out to a predetermined location of the tissue. According to various embodiments, the stimulation includes chemical stimulation by a fluid type of drug, and the neural probe may be formed to flow drug, and may include at least one fluid tube for inputting the chemical stimulation by being opened at one end of the neural probe.

Abstract: A robot arm assembly for detecting a pose and force associated with an object is provided. The robot arm assembly includes an end effector having a plurality of fingers, and a deformable sensor provided on each finger. The deformable sensor includes a housing, a deformable membrane coupled to the housing, an enclosure filled with a medium, and an internal sensor disposed within the housing having a field of view directed through the medium and toward an internal surface of the deformable membrane. A processor is configured to receive an output from each internal sensor, the output including a contact region of the deformable membrane as a result of contact with the object. The processor determines an amount of displacement of the contact region based on the output from each internal sensor, and determines the pose and the force associated with the object based on the amount of displacement.

Abstract: An electromagnetic reflector composed of a non-knitted, non-metallic carbon-based material mesh, antenna system incorporating the reflector and method for fabrication are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for propagating a movement event message of a network entity, including: step 1) a network device maintaining a historical forwarded information list, wherein a network device capable of receiving a movement event message from an external system or device maintains an uplink port information table; step 2) after receiving the message, the network device performs matching using the table to obtain a forwarding port and forwarding information of the message, and constructs a movement event forwarding message using the information and forwards through the forwarding port; and step 3) after a device receives the message, searching for a matching forwarding port and forwarding information of the message in the information list, modifying the message using the forwarding information, and forwarding the modified message through the forwarding port. The method is able to propagate a movement event message to a network device responsible for related data transmission and forwarding.

Abstract: A method for preparing a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to one aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of: uniformly mixing silicon and metal oxide; and heating or ball-milling the mixture.

Abstract: A shared aperture antenna array including an array of antennas is disclosed. Elements of neighboring antennas are shared to create additional antennas. The shared elements include radiating patches and apertures. Each antenna shares an aperture with neighboring antennas. The array of antennas may be linear or two-dimensional. A phase shifting network with single-pole-single-throw reflective switches may be coupled to the antennas.

Abstract: A method of operating the accelerator includes receiving a request for preemption during an execution of a first task using one or more processing elements included in the accelerator, in response to the request for preemption, moving context information of the first task stored in an internal memory of the accelerator to an external memory of the accelerator, and executing a second task associated with the request for preemption using the processing elements.

Abstract: Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for increasing the amount or activity of STMN2 RNA in a cell or animal, and in certain embodiments increasing the amount of STMN2 protein in a cell or animal. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms include ataxia, neuropathy, synaptic dysfunction, deficits in cognition, and decreased longevity. Such neurodegenerative diseases include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the regeneration and/or restoration of hair cells utilizing a composition or an agent that decreases expression of a gene in a tissue of the inner ear and a second agent.