Abstract: An optical module assembly is provided. The optical module assembly includes an electric sub-assembly including a printed circuit board (PCB) and an electronic device mounted on the PCB and an optical module including an interposer including a transparent material, an optical sub-assembly accommodating optical components, and a cover covering an upper portion of the optical sub-assembly, wherein one end portion of the PCB is inserted into the optical sub-assembly through an inserting hole formed in a sidewall of the optical sub-assembly, and the optical components and a substrate electrode formed on a surface of the one end portion of the PCB are electrically connected to each other by the interposer.

Abstract: Provided are an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery including, in the following order, a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer, in which the solid electrolyte layer contains an amorphous solid electrolyte which contains a lithium-containing oxide containing Li, B, and O and a lithium salt, in the amorphous solid electrolyte, a value of a ratio of a content of the lithium salt to a content of the lithium-containing oxide is 0.001 to 1.5 in terms of a molar ratio, and moisture contained in a laminate consisting of a positive electrode active material layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode active material layer is in a specific state; and a manufacturing method of the all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to self-supervised scale-aware learning of camera extrinsic parameters. One embodiment processes instantaneous velocity between a target image and a context image captured by a first camera; jointly training a depth network and pose network based on scaling by the instantaneous velocity; produce depth map using the depth network; produce ego-motion of the first camera using the pose network; generate synthesized image from the target image using a reprojection operation based on the depth map, the ego-motion, the context image and camera intrinsics; determine photometric loss by comparing the synthesized image to the target image; generate photometric consistency constraint using a gradient from the photometric loss; determine pose consistency constraint between the first camera and a second camera; and optimize the photometric consistency constraint, the pose consistency constraint, the depth network and the pose network to generate estimated extrinsic parameters.

Abstract: An Internet of Thing (IoT) device generates a first response value corresponding to a previously registered first challenge value by using a WPUF, generates a current session key based on the first response value, transmits the current session key to an authentication server by encrypting the current session key into a first random number, receives, from the authentication server, some of a previously registered CRP transmitted by the authentication server as the authentication server authenticates the IoT device based on the first random number and the session key and a second random number, generates a second response value corresponding to a second challenge value, among the some of the CRP, by using an RPUF, authenticates the authentication server by comparing the second response value with the some of the CRP, and then updates the session key, the second challenge value, and the second response value for a next session.

Abstract: A membrane for separating organic solvents such as methanol and toluene is provided. A plurality methacrylate polymer brushes, e.g., composed of hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomers or aminoethyl methacrylate (AEMA) monomers, are grafted from a crosslinked polyimide support using Single Electron Transfer-Living Radical Polymerization (SET-LRP). The polymer brushes themselves are also crosslinked by ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA), triethylene glycol dimethacryalte (TEGDMA) trimesic acid, and/or itaconic acid. These hydrophilic polymeric brush membranes demonstrate pore stiffening and yet also opening, obtaining high selectivity at reasonable permeability and reduced energy requirements for commercially relevant separations, e.g., methanol/toluene. The addition of the crosslinker prevents loss of selectivity as a result of imparting increased rigidity, enabling the membranes to be operated at higher operating pressures for increased throughput.

Abstract: The present invention provides a foot frame bottom plate type fixed part, a sealed inner lining structure, an underground chamber, belonging to the field of compressed air energy storage technology. The skeleton includes a fixed bottom plate and an umbrella shaped tripod, which is equipped with a connecting part and an umbrella shaped part. The umbrella shaped part is set at the top of the connecting part. The umbrella shaped tripod is fixedly connected to the fixed bottom plate in the length direction, forming a semi open containment space clamp. The sealing inner lining structure includes an airtight layer and a foot rest bottom plate shaped fixed part. The underground chamber includes a concrete lining layer and a sealed lining structure. Its construction period is shorter than that of welded steel plates, and the cost is lower.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: An electrochemical artificial muscle system and an electrochemical artificial muscle testing device are provided. The electrochemical artificial muscle system includes a working electrode including a conductive yarn having a helical structure; a counter electrode containing selected metal elements; an electrolyte including an ionic liquid containing selected ions, the selected ions including the selected metal elements; where the working electrode and the counter electrode are all in contact with the electrolyte. The artificial muscle system based on an aluminum ion battery system has a contractile retention (catch state) characteristic, i.e., artificial muscle yarns contract when a voltage is applied, and after the voltage is removed, the contraction state of the artificial muscle yarn is remained, within almost no any decay within 450 s.

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: The present invention generally relates to novel preparations of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from hemangioblasts, methods for obtaining such MSCs, and method sof treating a pathology using such MSCs. The methods of the present invention produce substantial numbers of MSCs having a potency-retaining youthful phenotype, which are useful in the treatment of pathologies.

Abstract: The disclosure features compositions, systems, and methods for preparation and use of efficient RNA nuclear export of ribozyme-assisted circular RNA molecules (racRNAs). In embodiments, the methods involve characterizing a cell or tissue using racRNAs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video encoding and decoding method. A video decoding method for the same may include: obtaining granularity information; determining a sharing region based on the granularity information; and generating a prediction block of a current block by using motion information of the sharing region when the current block corresponds to the sharing region.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of the formulas (I) as well as analogs thereof, wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions thereof. In some aspects, the compounds and compositions provided herein may be used to inhibit Mpro proteases. Also provided are methods of administering compounds and compositions provided herein to a patient in need thereof, for example, for the treatment of diseases such as SARS-CoV-2 or a variant thereof.

Abstract: A cross-connect switch architecture is described. A cross-connect switch device includes a cross-point switch array, a plurality of photo detectors and a plurality of amplifiers. The cross-point switch array includes a plurality of switches. Each switch is coupled between a respective photo detector and a respective amplifier and is configured to couple the respective photo detector to the respective amplifier when the switch is selected.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) data generation device, an analysis server, and a 3D printing method employing a homomorphic encryption scheme. The 3D data generation device includes a memory, a scan module, and a processor connected to the memory and the scan module. The processor generates 3D data of an object scanned through the scan module and encrypts the 3D data in accordance with a homomorphic encryption scheme.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method and system for converting ethanol to para-xylene. The method also provides a pathway to produce terephthalic acid from biomass-based feedstocks. In some embodiments, the disclosed method produces p-xylene with high selectivity over other aromatics typically produced in the conversion of ethanol to xylenes, such as m-xylene, ethyl benzene, benzene, toluene, and the like. And, in some embodiments, the method facilitates the ability to use ortho/para mixtures of methylbenzyaldehyde for preparing ortho/para xylene product mixtures that are amendable to fractionation to separate the para- and ortho-xylene products thereby providing a pure feedstock of para-xylene that can be used to form terephthalic anhydride and a pure feedstock of ortho-xylene that can be used for other purposes, such as phthalic anhydride.

Abstract: A method for quantifying a structural feature forecast error of a meteorological element based on a graphical similarity is based on the concept of graphical similarity to propose a normalized evaluation technique for a forecast error of a scalar meteorological element such as rainfall, radar reflectivity, temperature, visibility, or wind speed. The method can objectively and truly reflect the true capability of forecasting the meteorological element such as precipitation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based automated method for restoring a mask Read-Only Memory (ROM) firmware binary and an apparatus for the same. The AI-based automated method is performed by an AI-based automated apparatus for restoring a mask ROM firmware binary, and includes generating a bit-order list by inputting bit information and a parameter that are input for restoration to a pre-trained generation model, and restoring a firmware binary based on the bit-order list.

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.