Abstract: The present invention discloses a Lung condition monitoring device for performing ultrafast detection of humidity level in exhaled air while breathing out and therefrom detect condition of the human lungs in real time. The Lung 5 condition monitoring device comprises a mouthpiece for forcibly exhaling air there through, one or more humidity sensor to measure the variable electrical resistance based on level of adsorption of water molecules thereon of the humidity content of exhaled air and real time monitoring unit operatively connected to said humidity sensor and having correlating means for correlating 10 the change in humidity level and related variation in the electrical resistance due to exhalation to peak flow rate of the exhaled air for monitoring lung condition.

Abstract: Riveted assemblies are provided that can include: a first component having opposing first and second sidewalls; a second component having opposing third and fourth sidewalls, wherein the second sidewall of the first component abuts the third sidewall of the second component to bind and form an affixing interface comprising the second and third sidewall between the first component to the second component; and a rivet extending between a head along a shank to an end, the rivet piercing the first sidewall with the end of the rivet being between the first and fourth sidewalls. Methods for affixing at least two components using a rivet are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for generating an audio-embedded image. The apparatus for generating an audio-embedded image includes one or more processors, and execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to receive audio and an image, convert the audio into audio information having a preset image format and generate an audio-embedded image in which the audio information is embedded in the image, and discriminate the audio-embedded image using the audio information and discrimination audio information extracted from the audio-embedded image.

Abstract: Provided according to an embodiment are a carbon electrode material and a method for preparing same. The method comprises the steps: mixing a carbon precursor powder, a molding powder, and a metal precursor powder to form a mixed powder; and thermally treating the mixed powder to form a nitrogen-doped carbon composite, wherein: the molding powder includes a metal-organic framework (MOF); the carbon precursor powder is contained in an amount of 10 wt % to 20 wt % on the basis of the total mixed powder; the molding powder is contained in an amount of 50 wt % to 80 wt % on the basis of the total mixed powder; the metal precursor powder is contained in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % on the basis of the total mixed powder; and the carbon composite has a monoatomic or nanometer-unit sized metal located therein.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, a first SSB; determining a RACH occasion associated with the first SSB; transmitting, to the base station, a PRACH preamble in the RACH occasion within a first radio resource to which a first SCS is applied; determining a slot to which the RACH occasion belongs based on a reference radio resource to which a reference SCS is applied instead of the first SCS; determining an RNTI for a random access procedure based on a slot index for the slot; and performing a reception operation of a response for the PRACH preamble by using the RNTI in the first radio resource.

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: Provided is a means for efficiently producing a monoacyl MEL. This means comprises culturing a monoacyl-MEL-producing microorganism in the presence of a surfactant.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cyclic azine compound exhibiting both excellent driving voltage characteristics and excellent current efficiency characteristics. The desired cyclic azine compound has a specific structure represented by formula (1).

Abstract: Provided are a full conversion process and a device thereof for producing light aromatic hydrocarbon from LCO. The process includes the steps of: subjecting LCO stream to hydrofining and impurity separation, then performing selective conversion reaction, and separating the mixed aromatic hydrocarbons generated to sequentially separate out light aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene-toluene and xylene, C9A aromatic hydrocarbons, C10A aromatic hydrocarbons and a bottom heavy tail oil; feeding the bottom heavy tail oil into a post-saturation selective reactor, subjecting to high-selectivity hydrogenation saturation under the conditions of low temperature and low pressure to provide a product having one benzene ring, and then returning the product back to the selective conversion reactor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for configuring a bandwidth for supporting a broadband carrier in a communication system. An operation method of a base station comprises the steps of: configuring a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part for a terminal; configuring a reserved resource for the first bandwidth part in a resource area in which the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part overlap; and performing an operation of transmitting or receiving a second data channel, which is scheduled to the second bandwidth part, together with the terminal by using the reserved resource. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: Provided is an atypical environment-based location recognition apparatus. The apparatus includes a sensing information acquisition unit configured to, from sensing data collected by sensor modules, detect object location information and semantic label information of a video image and detect an event in the video image; a walk navigation information provision unit configured to acquire user movement information; a metric map generation module configured to generate a video odometric map using sensing data collected through a sensing information acquisition unit and reflect the semantic label information; and a topology map generation module configured to generate a topology node using sensing data acquired through the sensing information acquisition unit and update the topology node through the collected user movement information.

Abstract: The present application discloses a VR scene and an interaction method thereof, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: constructing a semantics path, here the semantics path is a trajectory drawn on geometry of the virtual environment agent and composed of nodes and directed connections among the nodes, and information of the nodes includes at least node position information, node behavior semantics information and node environment semantics information; the semantics path, moving the virtual character agent according to its own task and the semantics path, and executing a target action; acquiring action result information according to information of a target action of the virtual character agent at the node of the semantics path, and instructing the semantics path processing unit to update the node environment semantics information of the node of the semantics path. Embodiments of the present application can effectively realize interaction in the VR scene.

Abstract: A nano-oscillator device includes a switching element configured to be switched to an ON state at a threshold voltage or above and switched to an OFF state below a holding voltage; and a load element connected to the switching element in series. In the nano-oscillator device, vibration characteristics are implemented by using a switching element and a load element connected thereto in series. Also, the oscillation frequency of the output waveform of the oscillator may be adjusted in real time according to a gate voltage by using a field effect transistor serving as a load element. Using a synchronization characteristic in which the oscillation frequency and phase are locked with respect to an external input, it is possible to implement a computing system based on a network in which a plurality of oscillator devices are coupled.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods of their use for the treatment of diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a device for performing temperature correction on an induction logging tool and deep stratum environmental simulation, including: a box body, configured to accommodate the induction logging tool and a deep stratum environmental simulation system; an air channel, configured to make heated air fill the box body; a circulating fan, configured to make the heated air enter the air channel; an electric heater, configured to heat air; a temperature controller, configured to control power of the electric heater; the deep stratum environmental simulation system, configured to simulate lithological and fluid situations in different stratum environments; a data collection system, configured to collect, store, process, and display a signal in real time; and a control unit, configured to control operation of the entire device.

Abstract: A method for calibration, in a serial fronthaul in which a calibration device and L (L is a natural number equal to or greater than 1) access node(s) (AN(s)) are serially connected, may include: transmitting, by the calibration device, to at least part of the L AN(s), a calibration command message indicating calibration of transmission paths; determining, by the calibration device and the at least part of the L AN(s), time delay values and phase characteristic values of the transmission paths of the at least part of the L AN(s); and transmitting, by the calibration device, to the at least part of the L AN(s), a calibration adjustment message indicating calibration of the transmission paths based on the time delay values and the phase characteristic values of the transmission paths of the at least part of the L AN(s).

Abstract: A multi-access edge computing device configured to be connected to first and second networks with different radio access technologies comprises a routing module, a comparison module and a control module. The control module performs steps when determining a user device connected to the first network intends to switch to the second network, wherein the steps comprise: according to identity information of the user device, looking up a target address in a comparison table in the comparison module, notifying the routing module to temporarily store a data packet corresponding to the user device and the first network, notifying the user device to release an original used address on the first network interface and then assigning the target address identical to the original used address to the second network interface of the user device, and transmitting the temporarily stored data packet to the second network interface of the user device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for cancelling interference in a full-duplex wireline communication link. The communication link has a transceiver at each end and configured to transmit a signal and receive a signal. The transceiver comprises: a self-interference (SI) canceller module configured to subtract self-interference of the signal transmitted by the transceiver from the signal received by the same transceiver in analog domain; and an echo canceller module configured to subtract reflected version of the signal transmitted by the transceiver from the signal received by the same transceiver in analog domain.

Abstract: An unmarked body motion tracking system based on multi-Kinect V2 is provided and includes: Kinect V2s, configured to acquire depth data and joint data; analysis modules, configured to analyze data collection characteristics of single Kinect V2 and transmission device assembly requirements; clients, configured to receive and process data collected by Kinect V2s. A process of the data processing includes: based on the data collection characteristics of the single Kinect V2, a client-server model is built to track a human body from different directions; output modules, configured to output layout modes and tracking results of the Kinect V2s. According to the data collection characteristics of the single Kinect V2 and the transmission device assembly requirements, the disclosure minimizes the mutual interference between the opposite Kinect V2s, tracks the human body from different directions, and ensures that the joints in the self-occlusion state are stably tracked by sensors at other angles.

Abstract: A wavelength multiplexing device is disclosed. When light is irradiated on a first longitudinal end region of a metal nano-structure, surface plasmon polaritons are generated in the first longitudinal end region. The surface plasmon polaritons and the light are coupled with each other to form first coupled surface plasmon polaritons, wherein the first coupled surface plasmon polaritons propagate along and on a surface of the metal nano-structure. When the first coupled surface plasmon polaritons reach a two-dimensional material layer, excitons are induced in the two-dimensional material layer, wherein the induced excitons and the first coupled surface plasmon polaritons are coupled with each other to form second coupled surface plasmon polaritons. The second coupled surface plasmon polaritons propagate along and on a surface of the metal nano-structure toward a second longitudinal end thereof.