Abstract: Phosphors include a CaAlSiN3 family crystal phase, wherein the CaAlSiN3 family crystal phase comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to techniques for extracting contextually structured data from document images, such as by automatically identifying document layout, document data, and/or document metadata in a document image, for instance. Many embodiments are particularly directed to generating and utilizing a document template database for automatically extracting document image contents into a contextually structured format. For example, the document template database may include a plurality of templates for identifying/explaining key data elements in various document image formats that can be used to extract contextually structured data from incoming document images with a matching document image format. Several embodiments are particularly directed to automatically identifying and associating document metadata with corresponding document data in a document image, such as for generating a machine-facilitated annotation of the document image.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a super-resolution fast-scanning coherent Raman scattering imaging method. The method: using pump light and Stokes light; combining the pump light and the Stokes light to obtain combined light; expanding/collimating the combined light; the combined light after the expanding/collimating entering a galvanometer, passing through a group of a scanning lens/a tube lens and being focused on a back focal plane of a microobjective and incidenting into a biological sample, such that the biological sample is excited to emit anti-Stokes light; collecting the excited anti-Stokes light by a detector. This method is characterized by deflecting, at different angles, a single light spot focused on the microobjective through a diffractive optics group including DOE and a dispersive element, into a plurality of 1×N light spots to incident into the biological sample, such that the anti-Stokes light excited from smaller molecules and being condensed and filtered, is collected by the detector.

Abstract: An operation method of a transmitting apparatus in a wireless communication system includes transmitting, to a receiving apparatus, reverse mapping flag information indicating a direction of mapping data symbols to one or more subcarriers included in a resource block allocated to the receiving apparatus; mapping the data symbols to the one or more subcarriers of the resource block based on the reverse mapping flag information; and transmitting the resource block to the receiving apparatus. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the amount of subcarrier phase shift noises due to an SFO occurring in proportion to synchronization impairment and subcarrier index can be reduced in a multi-carrier communication system, thereby increasing data retransmission efficiency.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for continuously producing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers at low temperature, pertains to the technical field of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether preparation processes, and solves the technical problem of continuous production of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether. A membrane separation element with precisely controlled pores in membrane is used to realize a direct separation of the feedstocks from the catalyst within the reactor, and effectively reduce the permeation resistance of the separation membrane tube. By oppositely switching the flowing direction of liquid reaction materials, the adhesion of the catalyst to the separation membrane tube is inhibited, and some particles stuck in separation membrane tube are removed, which ensures the continuous operation of the reaction process and allows a molecular sieve catalyst to exhibit its advantage of long catalytic life.

Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one processor to: within a kill container, execute a kill routine to monitor a task kill queue for storage of an execution status message indicating a level of a parameter of execution of a task routine to perform a task of a job flow, and in response to the level exceeding a threshold, store, within the task kill queue, a kill tasks request message; within a task container, in response to the kill tasks request message, cease execution of the task routine, and store, within a task queue, a task cancelation message; within a performance container, execute instructions of a performance routine to, in response to the task cancelation message, store, within a job queue, a job cancelation message; and in response to the job cancelation message, transmit an indication of cancelation of the job flow to a requesting device.

Abstract: A method and a device for analyzing data are provided. The method includes following steps. A plurality of queries for an event stored in a database are integrated to obtain a plurality of features. Each feature is limited at a searching condition. A plurality of items of searched data are obtained from the database according to respective searching condition of each feature. Whether a data volume of the searched data is higher or lower than a predetermined range is determined. If the data volume is higher than the predetermined range, the data volume of the searched data is reduced according to the features. If the data volume is lower than the predetermined range, the data volume of the searched data is increased according to the features. A correlation between the features and the event is analyzed according to the searched data.

Abstract: We disclose an on-chip photonic spectroscopy system capable of dramatically improving the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), dynamic range, and reconstruction quality of Fourier transform spectrometers. Secondly, we disclose a system of components that makes up a complete on-chip RF spectrum analyzer with low-cost and high-performance.

Abstract: A method for managing modules, performed by a module management apparatus, may comprise receiving a module generation request from a user; generating a module according to the module generation request and transmitting the module to the user; receiving a module registration request from the user; and registering the module according to the module registration request.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for a platelet function test using speckle decorrelation time analysis. An apparatus for a platelet function test according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: a laser unit for irradiating a blood sample including platelets with a laser; an image capturing unit for obtaining a speckle image of the blood sample irradiated with the laser; and a control unit for determining the speckle decorrelation time for platelets.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a diamond-graphene hybrid heat spreader-thermal interface material assembled thermal management material including: (a) preparing a planar diamond base material; and (b) converting a predetermined thickness of at least a partial area of one side or both sides of the diamond base material into vertical graphene, wherein the diamond base material serves as a heat spreader, and a graphene layer formed on the diamond base material serves as a thermal interface material (TIM) or a heat sink, and a method of modulating the diamond-graphene hybrid thermal management material including modulating the thermal management material by attaching a heterogenous member to the surface of the diamond-graphene hybrid thermal management material and pressurizing the attached structure.

Abstract: A method for learning depth-aware keypoints and associated descriptors from monocular video for monocular visual odometry is described. The method includes training a keypoint network and a depth network to learn depth-aware keypoints and the associated descriptors. The training is based on a target image and a context image from successive images of the monocular video. The method also includes lifting 2D keypoints from the target image to learn 3D keypoints based on a learned depth map from the depth network. The method further includes estimating a trajectory of an ego-vehicle based on the learned 3D keypoints.

Abstract: Provided herein are Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) agonists for use in enhancing human immune response and/or as adjuvants in vaccines. The TLR2 agonists include thiophenes, imidazoles, or phenyl-containing compounds, which may be compounds of Formulae (I), (II), (III), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. The compounds described herein are used as enhancers of an immune response (e.g., innate and/or adaptive immune response), and are useful in treating and/or preventing a disease, as adjuvants in a vaccine for the disease, (e.g., proliferative disease, inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, infectious disease, or chronic disease). Also provided in the present disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses including or using a compound described herein.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a dimension error obtains an image of a target object, estimates dimensional data for a region of interest (ROI) for which dimensions are to be measured from the image of the target object using a learned dimensional measurement model, and determines whether there is a dimension error in the ROI from the estimated dimension data using a learned dimension error determination model.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte is capable of suppressing a decrease in Li ion conductivity due to moisture. A sulfide solid electrolyte includes a Li element, a P element, a S element and an O element, and having a granular shape, and including a crystal portion oriented along the granular shape, on an inner surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A video signal processing method may comprise the steps of: acquiring a first syntax element indicating whether a subblock-based merging mode is applied to a current block; acquiring a second syntax element indicating whether a merging mode using motion vector difference is applied to the current block, when the first syntax element indicates that the subblock-based merging mode is not applied to the current block; and acquiring a third syntax element indicating a candidate to be used in inter-prediction for the current block, among candidates contained in a mergence candidate list for the current block, when the second syntax element indicates that the merging mode using motion vector difference is applied to the current block.

Abstract: The present invention features improved compounds, especially methods of identifying patients having cancer using biomarkers (e.g., PDE3A, SLFN12 and/or CREB3L1) that correlate with drug sensitivity and consequently treating a stratified patient population with an agent of the invention (e.g., Compounds 1-6 disclosed herein).

Abstract: This disclosure provides a machine tool adjustment method and system thereof. The machine tool adjustment method includes the following steps: enabling a machine tool to perform a circular test; obtaining a measured error value Em from a measuring instrument, and the measured error value Em is defined by the difference between the actual circular trajectory and the preset circular trajectory during the circular test; determining an error condition of the tool machine from the measured error value Em; determining whether the error condition is less than a predetermined criteria; if not, defining a compensation parameter according to the error condition and enabling the machine tool to perform another circular test according to the set compensation parameter until the error condition is less than the predetermined criteria; and if yes, ending the circular test and the machine tool adjustment is finished.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydrogen sensor and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a hydrogen sensor having a vertical nanogap structure, in which a nanogap is formed below a sensor portion to bring the sensor portion and an electrode into contact with each other when the sensor portion reacts with hydrogen, so as to allow the sensor portion to expand and contract freely without resistance on a substrate, thereby improving hydrogen sensing accuracy, and it is possible to form a precise nanogap with uniformity and reproducibility at a low cost and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting an abnormality of a manufacturing facility is disclosed. According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, a learning model generating method for manufacturing facility abnormality detection may include receiving a measured value for a normal state of a manufacturing facility collected through a multi-sensor on a time-by-time basis, generating a learning model including a predetermined weight set and training the learning model using the measured value, and determining, using the learning model, a threshold corresponding to a boundary between the normal state and an abnormal state of the manufacturing facility and a criterion for determining the abnormal state in a local window representing a predetermined time interval.