Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the finding that microRNA-146 plays a role modulating the innate immune response. Innate immunity receptor signaling can be modulated by delivery of microRNA-146 (miR-146) or antisense miR-146 to target immune cells. In some embodiments, IL-1 receptor associated kinase 1 (IRAK1) and TNF receptor associated factor 6 (TRAF6) expression levels are downregulated in a target cell by administering a miR-146 oligonucleotide. Modulation of the innate immune system through miR-146 can be used to treat a variety of diseases and disorders associated with activation of the innate immune system, such as sepsis and Crohn's disease.

Abstract: A laser scanning device includes a laser output unit, a scanner, a light splitting unit, an imaging compensation unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. A scanning focusing unit included in the scanner focuses a laser beam emitted by the laser output unit to scan an object. A visible light beam received by the canning focusing unit is reflected by the light splitting unit and is incident into the imaging compensation unit. Next, the detection unit receives the visible light beam passing through the imaging compensation unit, and outputs a detection signal. The control unit adjusts the detection signal according to the wavelength of the visible light beam, the wavelength of the laser beam, the scanning focusing unit, and the imaging compensation unit. Therefore, the laser scanning device may compensate the aberration and the dispersion caused when the visible light beam passes through the scanning focusing unit.

Abstract: A method for operating a device in a personal area network (PAN), includes: obtaining physical layer information regarding a physical layer; scanning a channel on the basis of the physical layer information; selecting a channel on the basis of channel information obtained through the channel scanning process; determining whether or not there is a PAN coordinator with respect to the selected channel; and when a PAN coordinator does not exist in the selected channel, transmitting a beacon signal including information regarding a superframe structure, wherein the superframe structure includes at least one sub-superframe, and the information regarding the superframe structure includes information regarding the number of beacon slots for transmitting a beacon signal in each sub-superframe, the number of data slots for transmitting data in each sub-superframe, and the number of sub-superframes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dynamic load balancing system. The dynamic load balancing system includes a resource management master managing bare servers that do not execute services and having a hierarchical structure and a service master dynamically allocating the bare servers to a load balancing server or a service execution server or dynamically releasing the pre-allocated load balancing server or service execution server by the bare servers, in consideration of monitoring information on a state or performance of a server and service requirements to be provided.

Abstract: Methods of generating cell lines with a sequence variation or copy number variation of a gene of interest, methods of use thereof, and cell lines with a sequence variation or copy number variation of a gene of interest are provided.

Abstract: A prognostic analysis system and methods of operating the system are provided. In particular, a prognostic analysis system for the analysis of physical system health applicable to mechanical, electrical, chemical and optical systems and methods of operating the system are described herein.

Abstract: A system includes a server including a map data storage device storing original tile map data, grayscale image tile map data, and a plurality of multi-resolution color image tile map data having a resolution lower than that of the grayscale image tile map data, and a multi-resolution tile map data generation and transmission device generating the grayscale image tile map data and the multi-resolution color image tile map data and storing the generated data in the map data storage device, and a client including a multi-resolution tile map data reception and fusion device generating color tile map data by fusing the received grayscale image tile map data and color image tile map data and providing the color tile map data to a user, in which the resolution of the color image tile map data transmitted from the server is variably controlled according to the network environment.

Abstract: A technology for providing a service based on an electronic tag. A personalized service provider issues a new code that replaces a code recorded on an electronic tag which is attached to a product purchased by a purchaser, sets a privacy policy of the purchaser, authenticates the new code and purchaser information, and provides a service associated with the product in a limited manner according to the set privacy policy when a person who accesses the personalized service provider is not the purchaser of the product.

Abstract: The invention proposes a method for object and object configuration tracking based on sensory input data, the method comprising the steps of: (1.1) Basic recruiting: Detecting interesting parts in sensory input data which are not yet covered by already tracked objects and incrementally initializing basic tracking models for these parts to continuously estimate their states, (1.2) Tracking model complexity adjustment: Testing, during runtime more complex and more simple prediction and/or measurement models on the tracked objects, and (1.3) Basic release: Releasing trackers from parts of the sensory data where the tracker prediction and measurement processes do not get sufficient sensory support for some time.

Abstract: Solar power conversion system. The system includes a cavity formed within an enclosure having highly specularly reflecting in the IR spectrum inside walls, the enclosure having an opening to receive solar radiation. An absorber is positioned within the cavity for receiving the solar radiation resulting in heating of the absorber structure. In a preferred embodiment, the system further contains an energy conversion and storage devices thermally-linked to the absorber by heat conduction, convection, far-field or near-field thermal radiation.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for remotely deleting critical information is provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit, an identity determination unit, and a broadcast unit. The storage unit stores an input value and an output value for the input value with respect to a physically unclonable function (PUF) of each of a plurality of mobile terminals. The identity determination unit determines the identity of a corresponding mobile terminal based on received information about the loss of the mobile terminal. The broadcast unit extracts the input and output values of the PUF of the corresponding mobile terminal from the storage unit based on information transferred from the identity determination unit, and broadcasts the extracted input and output values to all the mobile terminals.

Abstract: The invention discloses a low-cost double-main-phase Ce permanent magnet alloy and its preparation method, and belongs to technical field of rare earth permanent magnet material. The Ce permanent magnet alloy has a chemical formula of (Cex,Re1-x)aFe100-a-b-cBbTMc in mass percent, wherein 0.4?x?0.8, 29?a?33, 0.8?b?1.5, 0.5?c?2, Re is one or more selected from Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb and Ho elements, and TM is one or more selected from Ga, Co, Cu, Nb and Al elements; the Ce permanent magnet alloy has a double-main-phase structure with a low HA phase in (Ce,Re)—Fe—B and a high HA phase in Nd—Fe—B. The double-main-phase Ce permanent magnet alloy of the present invention prepared by using a double-main-phase alloy method greatly lowers the production cost of magnet while maintaining excellent magnetic performances.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene, comprising at least one compound of formula ZnaAlbMcFeeOf.Z(?-Fe2O3), wherein M is at least one element chosen from Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Mn, Ba, Cu, Co, and Ni, Z represents the percentage by weight of ?-Fe2O3 in the catalyst and ranges from 10% to 70%. Also provided herein is a process of preparing said catalyst and the use of said catalyst in an oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene processes.

Abstract: A memory management method for receiving a multi channel hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) packet may enable smooth communication and reduce costs by maintaining a small memory size of a receiver in a communication system using a HARQ including a plurality of channels.

Abstract: An apparatus for sensing an image sun position is disclosed, comprising a casing, a light entrance hole on the casing and an optical unit within the casing and aligned with the optical unit; a tracking mechanism, connected to the image position sensing mechanism and comprises a holder, a solar battery module operatively connected to the holder, a first and second activation elements operatively connected to the solar battery module, respectively, and a control mechanism, connected to the optical unit and the first and second activation elements. This apparatus can directly acquire a sun image by using an image position sensing mechanism and activate a tracking mechanism to track and align with the determined sun position to enable the solar battery module to face straightly to sun, achieving low lost, high sensitivity and high tracking accuracy without using any encoder, illumination calculation and GPS (global positioning system).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system and corresponding method for sensing terahertz radiation. The system collects terahertz radiation scattered from a target and upconverts the collected radiation to optical frequencies. A frequency-domain spectrometer senses spectral components of the upconverted signal in parallel to produce a spectroscopic measurement of the entire band of interest in a single shot. Because the sensing system can do single-shot measurements, it can sense moving targets, unlike sensing systems that use serial detection, which can only be used to sense stationary objects. As a result, the sensing systems and methods disclosed herein may be used for real-time imaging, including detection of concealed weapons, medical imaging, and hyperspectral imaging.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for detecting an LTE uplink random access preamble based on parallel processing. The apparatus for detecting an LTE uplink random access preamble based on parallel processing according to the present invention includes a generation unit for calculating a random access preamble sequence using a root index and generating channel delay profile data using the random access preamble sequence and a channel delay profile generation input signal. A comparison unit generates a preamble start position value corresponding to the root index and compares the preamble start position value with a channel delay profile index. A detection unit detects a peak value of the channel delay profile data if the preamble start position value is identical to the channel delay profile index.

Abstract: A delta-sigma modulator and a transmitter apparatus including the same are disclosed. The delta-sigma modulator includes a first integrator, a second integrator, a first comparator configured to compare an output signal of the second integrator and a reference signal, and output a first comparison signal, a second comparator configured to compare the output signal of the second integrator and the reference signal, and output a second comparison signal, a first DAC configured to output the first signal corresponding to the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal, a second DAC configured to output the second signal corresponding to the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal, a delayer configured to generate a delayed signal that delays the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal by a predetermined time, and an output DAC configured to generate an output signal having a multi-level corresponding to the delayed signal.

Abstract: A rotatable locating apparatus including a fixing base, a rotatable rack, a first driving module, a carrier, and a second driving module is provided. The rotatable rack is pivoted on the fixing base through a first rotation axis. The first driving module is coupled to the rotatable rack to drive the rotatable rack rotating with respect to the fixing base along the first rotation axis. The carrier is provided with accommodating slots on an arc surface of the carrier, and the carrier is pivoted on the rotatable rack through a second rotation axis. The second rotation axis passes through a curvature center of the arc surface and is perpendicular to the first rotation axis. The curvature center is located on the first rotation axis. The second driving module is coupled to the carrier to drive the carrier rotating with respect to the rotatable rack along the second rotation axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of tunning wettability of titanium dioxide layers against water by nanostructuring the titanium dioxide layers to increase a hydrophilicity of the titanium dioxide layers, and also coating the nanostructured titanium dioxide layers with silane layers to increase a hydrophobicity of the titanium dioxide layers. The method of tunning wettability of titanium dioxide layers against water according to the present invention comprises: (a) step of forming titanium dioxide layer on a substrate; (b) step of forming silica particle layers on the upper part of the titanium dioxide layer; (c) step of etching a surface of the laminate prepared in step (b); and (d) step of removing the silica particle layer etched and remained in the step (c).