Abstract: A physical state measurement apparatus includes a main solid material which generates fluorescence by excitation light from a light source part. A microwave application part applies microwaves to the main solid material so as to control an electron state of the main solid material. A detection part detects the physical state of an object to be measured by the fluorescence from the main solid material. A feedback part has a solid material for feedback and a control part and detects a difference in amplitude between operating points on a low-frequency side and a high-frequency side of a lowering portion of a spectrum amplitude centered on a resonance frequency of an electron spin resonance spectrum of fluorescence from the solid material for feedback and feedback-controls the microwave application part such that the difference becomes zero.

Abstract: In a method for enriching and separating an anaerobic fiber-degrading bacterium on the basis of cellulosic magnetic nanoparticles, the cellulosic magnetic nanoparticles are prepared by coating cellulose on the surface of a magnetic nanomaterial. Bacteria attach to the cellulosic magnetic nanoparticles. Anaerobic fiber-degrading bacteria degrade the cellulose and then detach from the cellulosic magnetic nanoparticles, and the anaerobic fiber-degrading bacteria are obtained by means of separation using a magnet. The magnetic nano-separation technology can be used as a new technology to efficiently separate anaerobic fiber-degrading bacteria.

Abstract: A sensor includes two magnetic sensors detecting a magnetic field around an object, and outputting at least one of a magnetic field signal and a temperature signal, an optical system emitting the excitation light to the two magnetic sensors, and a processor calculating a difference between a magnetic fields corresponding to the magnetic field signal detected by the two magnetic sensors, wherein each of the magnetic sensors includes an element disposed around the object and having color centers, an antenna radiating a microwave magnetic field to the element, an optical sensor detecting an intensity of a fluorescence generated by the element, and outputting an intensity signal, and a controller calculating at least one of a magnetic field and temperature around the measurement object, and output at least one of a magnetic field signal indicating the calculated magnetic field and a temperature signal indicating the calculated temperature to the processor.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates with a base wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to set an integer selected from a range of 0 to a value equal to or smaller than an OFDMA Contention Window (OCW) as a counter for random access, receive a trigger frame for triggering random access using one or more resource units (RUs) allocated for the random access from the base wireless communication terminal using the transceiver, decrement a value of the counter based on the one or more RUs allocated for the random access, randomly select one RU based on the one or more RUs allocated for the random access when the value of the counter is 0 or reaches 0, and attempt transmission to the base wireless communication terminal using the selected RU.

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: An excellent photosensitivity is exhibited by a protein including, at a position or positions corresponding to one or two or more positions selected from the group made of the following (1) to (3) in a first amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1: (1) positions 39, 94, 98, 102, 110, 113, 114, 162, 224, 225, 230, 231, and 235, (2) positions 53, 61, 68, 74, 76, 80, 130, 137, 194, 195, 198, 200, 204, 205, 209, 210, 253, and 254, and (3) positions 46, 83, 84, 87, 90, 91, 116, 117, 120, 124, 139, 142, 143, 146, 173, 214, 216, 217, 238, 242, and 245, an amino acid residue different from that in the first amino acid sequence, and that has channel activity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for testing frost susceptibility of soils and an associated apparatus, and relates to the field of testing technology. The method includes: taking a part of a soil sample to be tested as test soil sample and freezing the test soil sample; taking a soil sample of outer layer from the test soil sample after the completion of freezing and measuring the moisture ratio of the soil sample of outer layer; and determining the frost susceptibility of the soil sample to be tested based on an initial moisture ratio and the moisture ratio of the soil sample of outer layer or based on the moisture ratio of the soil sample of outer layer and the moisture ratio of a soil sample of inner layer from the test soil sample after the completion of freezing, frost susceptibility.

Abstract: Disclosed are degraders, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of making and using the degraders to treat diseases and disorders characterized by dysregulated or dysfunctional protein activity that can be targeted by cereblon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro robot driving apparatus which can increase the intensity of magnetic field generation in a driving area of a micro robot by attaching a magnetic shield unit to an electromagnetic drive coil unit for driving the micro robot, or locally focus a magnetic field through the combination of two electromagnets, and a system using the same. According to the present invention, there is an effect that driving the micro robot injected into the body may be controlled by increasing a magnetic field generation intensity in the region of interest or focusing the magnetic field.

Abstract: An under-fired grill includes a grate formed with a spaced plurality of metal burner shields each having a curved top support surface and two downward extending legs, wherein food is placed directly on the grate formed by a plurality of top support surfaces of the burner shields for cooking. Each burner shield includes an integrated burner formed below the top support surface.

Abstract: A method for scale-aware depth estimation using multi-camera projection loss is described. The method includes determining a multi-camera photometric loss associated with a multi-camera rig of an ego vehicle. The method also includes training a scale-aware depth estimation model and an ego-motion estimation model according to the multi-camera photometric loss. The method further includes predicting a 360° point cloud of a scene surrounding the ego vehicle according to the scale-aware depth estimation model and the ego-motion estimation model. The method also includes planning a vehicle control action of the ego vehicle according to the 360° point cloud of the scene surrounding the ego vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of lubricating material preparation, and specifically relates to a halloysite nanotube (HNT)-encapsulated ionic liquid (IL) microcapsule, a self-lubricating fiber textile composite, and a preparation method and use thereof. In the present disclosure, the preparation method includes the following steps: dispersing a HNT and an alkali metal salt of a saturated fatty acid in water, dispersing a resulting inner surface-modified HNT and an IL in an organic solvent, injecting the IL into the HNT in the mixed dispersion under vacuumizing to obtain an IL-filled HNT, and encapsulating a resulting IL-filled HNT at a tube end with an encapsulating material to obtain the HNT-encapsulated IL microcapsule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, a radiosensitizer composition for treating cancer, and a health functional food for preventing or improving cancer, which comprise N-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-3-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) benzamide, a derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition comprising N-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-3-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) benzamide or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient according to the present invention arrests the mitosis of cancer cells to prevent proliferation and at the same time, to exhibit low toxicity in normal cell lines and induce apoptosis only in cancer cell lines, so it can be used as an effective anticancer agent. In addition, the N-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-3-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) benzamide of the present invention can increase the sensitivity of the treated cancer cells to radiation, so it can be used as a radiosensitizer composition for cancer treatment.

Abstract: A modulation scheme conversion device includes: a backscattering tag to which a tag signal is provided; and a tag signal forming unit for forming a tag signal. The modulation scheme conversion device multiplies a radio signal, which has been modulated in a first modulation scheme, and a tag signal, and reconfigures the multiplied signal by using a second modulation scheme, so as to backscatter the reconfigured signal, wherein the reconfiguration is performed in a physical (PHY) layer.

Abstract: A power and data receiver according to the present embodiment includes: a reception coil configured to receive a power data signal from a transmission coil; a power unit forming driving power from the power data signal; and a data demodulation unit configured to demodulate a data signal from the power data signal, wherein the reception coil operates adjacent to the transmission coil to the extent that a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency are formed between the reception coil and the transmission coil, and the reception coil operates at a frequency greater than or equal to the first resonant frequency and smaller than or equal to the second resonant frequency in relation to the transmission coil.

Abstract: A meshing structure for plate welding, and a tack-free welding device and method are provided. The device comprises a connecting frame, a welding gun, and a cutting mechanism, the welding gun is fixed on the connecting frame, and the cutting mechanism is connected to the connecting frame. The meshing structures are disposed on welded plates, and after being assembled, the two plates can be restrained by the meshing structures in multiple dimensions. Before welding, edges of the plates are cut according to the form of the meshing structures, then the plates are assembled and meshed; after the position of the welding gun is adjusted, the cutting mechanism and the welding gun are driven by a welding robot or a special welding machine to move along a weld; and the meshing structures are removed by the cutting mechanism, and then normal welding is performed by the welding gun.

Abstract: A positioning method comprises the following. Detecting an image marker and receiving an additional information, wherein a first pose information of a first positioning device relative to a target anchor point is included in the additional information, the first positioning device and the target anchor are outside a first positioning space, and a second positioning device is in the first positioning space. Obtaining a second pose information of the second positioning device relative to the first positioning device according to the image marker. Obtaining a positioning-pose information of the second positioning device in the first positioning space through a positioning means which is different from an image marker detection means. Obtaining the target pose information of the target anchor relative to the first positioning space according to the first pose information, the second pose information and the positioning-pose information.

Abstract: A biological wastewater processing system is provided, which includes a processing unit and a desulfurization bacteria culture tank. The processing unit is used to remove humic acid or color from wastewater. The processing unit includes a plurality of porous carriers, and the desulfurization bacteria and white-rot fungi are immobilized on the porous carriers. The desulfurization bacteria culture tank is used for cultivating the desulfurization bacteria, and the desulfurization bacteria culture tank is connected to the processing unit. In addition, the desulfurization bacteria culture tank produces a liquid containing sulfate ions, and the liquid containing sulfate ions is introduced into the processing unit to control the pH value of the processing unit, so that the pH value of the processing unit is between 5.5 and 6.5. A method for processing biological wastewater is also provided.

Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node may comprise: receiving a first signal from a second communication node of the communication system; estimating a first time interval corresponding to a first path detected as a FAP among one or more paths through which the first signal is received; defining a first gain control function based on the estimated first time interval; receiving a second signal transmitted from the second communication node by variably controlling a reception gain based on the first gain control function; estimating a second time interval corresponding to a DP between the first and second communication nodes, based on a result of receiving the second signal based on the first gain control function; and transmitting relative distance information on the second time interval to a first positioning device.

Abstract: Provided are a training system and an operating method thereof. The training system includes a job proxy configured to partition a training job corresponding to a neural network model into a plurality of microservices respectively executed by a plurality of logical workers, and a scheduler configured to schedule the plurality of microservices for a plurality of processing units, respectively, wherein the plurality of microservices includes a plurality of first microservices executed by a first logical worker among the plurality of logical workers and a plurality of second microservices executed by a second logical worker among the plurality of logical workers, and the scheduler is configured to schedule the plurality of first microservices and the plurality of second microservices to any one processing unit among the plurality of processing units based on an availability status of the plurality of processing units.