Abstract: Proposed is a detachable mooring system for an offshore structure, including a first tension adjuster connected to an offshore structure, and blocking a pulling chain from proceeding from an outlet of a body toward an inlet, a second tension adjuster connected to one end of the pulling chain and blocking the pulling chain from proceeding from an outlet of a body toward an inlet, a mooring chain having a first longitudinal end connected to one surface of the second tension adjuster body and having a second longitudinal end connected to an anchor on the seabed, a first lead rope having one longitudinal end connected to one end of the pulling chain discharged out through the first tension adjuster outlet, and a second lead rope having one longitudinal end connected to the second tension adjuster body.

Abstract: Provided are a recording and/or stimulation neural electrode that is flexible and can be tightly attached to the brain surface, and shows no deterioration in adhesiveness even when embedded for a long period of time; and a method using such neural electrode. A neural electrode of the present invention includes an attaching part having at least: an insulating sheet whose one surface serves as an attaching surface to be attached to the brain surface; and a conductive wiring formed on a surface of the insulating sheet that is opposite to the attaching surface, wherein multi-point electrode parts of the conductive wiring are exposed from hole parts of the insulating sheet, and wherein the insulating sheet is an elastomer thin film having a thickness of 2 to 100 ?m, and the conductive wiring has a thickness of 10 ?m or smaller.

Abstract: EGCG-Zn2+ molecular complexes exhibit a significantly higher affinity than the EGCG molecule alone or Zn2+ alone for binding to different SARS-CoV-2 molecular targets and show virtually complete antiviral suppressive activity (>99%) against this virus in experimental models of infection. EGCG-Zn2+ complexes have a lower toxicity than EGCG alone in transfected human cells. The combination of EGCG and Zn2+, significantly improved some key pharmacokinetic parameters of EGCG in humans. Thus, these complexes can be used as a new broad-spectrum method for chemoprophylaxis or treatment of viral diseases by using formulations containing a composition of EGCG and Zn2+ or EGCG-Zn2+ complexes in sufficient amount to reach a blood concentration with antiviral effect, minimizing safety issues in humans.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing representative sample-based intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method may comprise deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of the current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference sample, wherein the intra prediction is representative sample-based prediction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial adjuvant containing a biphenyl derivative compound as an active ingredient, and a technology of various uses thereof. The compound of the present invention reduces the dosage of polymyxin antibiotics, which are administered to inhibit the proliferation of gram-negative bacteria, by enhancing the sensitivity of the gram-negative bacteria with respect to the polymyxin antibiotics, is concomitantly administered with the polymyxin antibiotics to show gram-negative bacteria growth inhibitory and killing effects, may notably reduce side effects such as nephrotoxicity, and may prevent or treat sepsis and septic shock due to antibiotic overuse.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for sharing an augmented intelligence model of a containerized artificial intelligence (AI) model. The apparatus includes memory in which at least one program is recorded and a processor for executing the program. The program may perform downloading an AI module of a Docker image included in a robot application from container storage by referring to previously stored application configuration information, retrieving model information about an intelligence model used by the AI module from model information storage and downloading the corresponding intelligence model from model storage based on the retrieved model information, and executing the AI module in a container by mounting the intelligence model stored in a local file system as a volume in the container.

Abstract: A 3D stacked packaging structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The 3D stacked packaging structure includes a bottom-layer structure and a top-layer structure stacked thereon. The bottom-layer structure and the top-layer structure each include: a substrate layer; a diamond layer grown on the substrate layer; an ion-implanted silicon wafer layer attached to the diamond layer; and a component layer provided on the silicon wafer layer, with the four layers stacked together in sequence, wherein the substrate layer of the top-layer structure is in contact with the component layer of the bottom-layer structure, and at least one through hole provided between the bottom-layer structure and the top-layer structure, extends through the component layer, the ion-implanted silicon wafer layer, the diamond layer, and the substrate layer of the top-layer structure, and extends through the component layer of the bottom-layer structure, and is filled with a conductive material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a hybrid download method and apparatus for multiview streaming. The hybrid download method includes requesting a group download for an n?1-th segment from a server, playing an n?3-th segment at a viewpoint VP1 of a viewer, when a group download request for the n?1-th segment is completed, making a group download request for an n-th segment, when a change in a viewpoint of the viewer occurs at a time at which an n?2-th segment is played, playing a low-quality n?2-th segment at a viewpoint VP3, when the group download for the n-th segment is completed, requesting a single download for a high-quality n?1-th segment corresponding to the viewpoint VP3 from the server, and when the single download for the high-quality n?1-th segment corresponding to the viewpoint VP3 is completed, playing the high-quality n?1-th segment at the viewpoint VP3.

Abstract: A method for calculating state of health of battery, performed by a processing control circuit, includes: charging a battery under test to an upper voltage with a first constant current through a charging circuit and an electrical measuring circuit, discharging the battery under test to a lower voltage with a second constant current through the charging circuit and the electrical measuring circuit, obtaining an accumulated discharge capacity from the upper voltage to the lower voltage through the electrical measuring circuit, and calculating a state of health of the battery under test at least according to the accumulated discharge capacity and a design capacity.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence accelerator includes an external command dispatcher, a first data access unit, a second data access unit, a global buffer, an internal command dispatcher, and a data/command switch. The external command dispatcher receives an address and access information. The external command dispatcher sends the access information to one of the first data access unit and the second data access unit, the first data access unit receives first data from a storage device according to the access information, and sends the first data to the global buffer. The second data access unit receives second data from the storage device according to the access information, and sends the second data. The data/command switch receives the address and the second data from the second data access unit, and sends the second data to one of the global buffer and the internal command dispatcher.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.

Abstract: A split-type multifunctional underwater arc welding power supply, comprising: including a shore power supply module and an underwater power supply module is provided. The shore power supply module comprises a shore power supply main circuit unit and a shore power supply control unit. The shore power supply main circuit unit comprises an input filter circuit, an IGBT full-bridge inverter circuit, an intermediate frequency transformer, and an output rectification filter circuit. The underwater power supply module comprises an underwater power supply main circuit unit and an underwater power supply control unit. The shore power supply module is provided on the shore, and the underwater power supply module is carried underwater.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of cell immunity, and discloses an interacting protein screening platform for preparing a cell membrane. A cell membrane protein and a membrane protein encoding gene to be tested are respectively expressed in different cells; after staining, cells expressing different membrane proteins and cells expressing target proteins are co-incubated; and then interacting membrane proteins are obtained by screening, and specific sequences thereof are determined by sequencing. The screening platform provided in the present application can screen a variety of cell membrane proteins and membrane protein-based engineering cells, and has strong specificity, thereby greatly improving the efficiency of screening interacting proteins and reducing the difficulty, providing a simple and convenient tool for studying the mechanism of action of cell membrane proteins, and improving the screening throughput.

Abstract: Neural Normalized MinSum (N-NMS) decoding for improving frame error rate (FER) performance on linear block codes over conventional normalized MinSum (NMS). Dynamic multiplicative weights are assigned to each check-to-variable message in each iteration to efficiently provide training parameters of N-NMS that support N-NMS for longer block lengths. Embodiment are described for neural two-dimensional normalized MinSum (N-2D-NMS) decoders requiring fewer training parameters. The N-2D-NMS approaches for example use the same weight for edges with the same check and/or variable node degree. Simulation results indicate that that this LDPC decoding performs similarly to previous techniques while substantially reducing the amount of training necessary.

Abstract: A liquid crystal polymer, composition, liquid crystal polymer film, laminated material and method of forming liquid crystal polymer film are provided. The liquid crystal polymer includes a first repeating unit, a second repeating unit, a third repeating unit, a fourth repeating unit, and a fifth repeating unit. The first repeating unit has a structure of Formula (I), the second repeating unit has a structure of Formula (II), the third repeating unit has a structure of Formula (III), the fourth repeating unit has a structure of Formula (IV), and the fifth repeating unit has a structure of Formula (V), a structure of Formula (VI), or a structure of Formula (VII) wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, X1, Z1, R1, R2, R3 and Q are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for filling a blank area of MPI view plane based on a pixel ray path. A method for generating multi plane image (MPI) data according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: calculating a pixel value according to each view for each photographed object, based on a plurality of input images photographed from a plurality of views; generating a view plane at a specific point by recording the calculated pixel value on one MPI layer determined based on the spatial position of the corresponding photographed object among a plurality of MPI layers; and generating MPI data by additionally recording the pixel value for the view.

Abstract: A method of decoding an image, includes obtaining at least one offset for a picture, deriving a variable for scaling for the picture based on the at least one offset, and performing inter prediction based on the variable for scaling for the picture. The at least one offset is defined with a direction of scaling.

Abstract: In a method for preparing silicon-on-insulator, the first etching stop layer, the second etching stop layer, and the device layer are formed bottom-up on the p-type monocrystalline silicon epitaxial substrate, where the first etching stop layer is made of intrinsic silicon, the second etching stop layer is made of germanium-silicon alloy, and the device layer is made of silicon. After oxidation, bonding, reinforcement, and grinding treatment, selective etching is performed. Through a first selective etching to p+/intrinsic silicon, the thickness deviation of the first etching stop layer on the second etching layer is controlled within 100 nm, and then through the second etching and the third etching, the thickness deviation and the surface roughness of the finally prepared silicon-on-insulator film can be optimized to less than 5 nm and less than 4 ?, respectively, so as to realize the flatness of the silicon-on-insulator film.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: A resource management method carried out by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in a communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: receiving, from an upper-level node of an IAB node, a first upper layer signaling signal for resource configuration of the IAB node; receiving, from the upper-level node of the IAB node, a second upper layer signaling signal for resource configuration of the IAB node; and, on the basis of the first and second upper layer signaling signals, determining that an IAB-mobile terminal (IAB-MT) and an IAB-distributed unit (IAB-DU) constituting the IAB node carry out communication by being multiplexed by any one scheme among time division, frequency division and spatial division.