Abstract: A method for estimating a state of charge of a battery includes obtaining a discharge voltage and discharge capacity curve of a battery under a preset discharge current, in responding to an order for estimating the state of charge of the battery; matching the discharge voltage and discharge capacity curve with a plurality of standard curves in a database, thereby obtaining an optimal matching curve with respect to the discharge voltage and discharge capacity curve; and calculating the state of charge of the battery according to the optimal matching curve, under a preset discharge stage. The present method can accurately calculate the state of charge of the battery with simple calculation manners.

Abstract: The application relates to a compound of Formula (I): which modulates the activity of ALK or SRPK, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method of treating or preventing a disease in which ALK or SRPK plays a role.

Abstract: An implantable diagnostic device in accordance with the present disclosure provides various benefits such as a compact size thereby allowing implanting of the device inside animate objects; low cost due to incorporation of inexpensive detection circuitry and the use of conventional IC fabrication techniques; re-usability by heating thereby allowing multiple diagnostic tests to be performed without discarding the device; and a configuration that allows performing of simultaneous and/or sequential diagnostic tests for detecting one or more similar or dissimilar target molecules concurrently or at different times.

Abstract: A muscle training system configured to train at least one target muscle of a human body includes a muscle training equipment and a controller. The muscle training equipment includes at least one resistance adjustment assembly and at least one vibration detector. The at least one resistance adjustment assembly is configured to provide a resistance force as a training load. The at least one vibration detector is configured to be disposed on the at least one target muscle and produces at least one muscle vibration signal based on an activity of the at least one target muscle training under the resistance force. The controller is configured to control the at least one resistance adjustment assembly to adjust the resistance force according to the at least one muscle vibration signal.

Abstract: Provided is an optical module comprising a substrate, a holder, and a spacer. An optical waveguide is formed in/on the substrate and end parts thereof are protruding from one surface of the substrate. The holder holds an optical fiber and exposes one end part of the optical fiber in such a manner that the one end part of the optical fiber can be optically connected to the end parts of the optical waveguide at a side of one surface of the holder. The spacer is held the one surface of the substrate and the one surface of the holder.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for enhancing effects of an anticancer agent using an oriental medicine, jaeumganghwa-tang, bojungikgi-tang, or yukmijihwang-tang. More particularly, provided is a composition for treating a neoplastic disease by administering an anticancer agent into an individual, and administering an oriental medicine into the individual within 30 minutes. The composition remarkably reduces side effects occurring when the anticancer agent is administered alone by co-administration of the oriental medicine, reduces cytotoxicity, and has higher anticancer activity than that when the anticancer agent is administered alone.

Abstract: A relational database storage method according to one embodiment generates a join graph including tables and edges based on either a database schema including referential constraints among database tables or a query workload containing a set of join predicates, classifies the type of tables based on the cost of a join operation between the tables included in the join graph, classifies the type of edges in the join graph on the basis of the type of the tables connected to each other by the edge, adds a virtual edge between two tables satisfying the indirect join condition, and generates a database partitioning scheme for the join graph based on the set of tables in the join graph and their type, the set of edges in the join graph and their type, and virtual edges.

Abstract: An object identification method includes: establishing a training data base including a photographing distance of a training image and a training camera parameter; in photographing a target test object, obtaining a test image, a depth image, an RGB image and a test camera parameter; and based on the training database, the depth image and the test camera parameter, adjusting the RGB image wherein the adjusted RGB image having a size equivalent to the training image of the training database.

Abstract: A portable insulin resistance diagnosis device includes: a housing capable of being grasped by an outer periphery thereof and comprising a space formed therein; a sensor unit which protrudes towards the outside of the housing and detects glucose and proteins in blood when a blood sample of a target specimen is dropped on the sensor unit, a diagnosis unit, which is provided inside the housing, amplifying an electrical signal generated according to concentrations of the blood glucose and proteins detected in the sensor unit, converting the electrical signal into a digital signal, and determining whether insulin resistance is normal; and a display unit, which is provided on an external surface of the housing, displaying whether insulin resistance analyzed in the diagnosis unit is normal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-level modular converter provided with a control circuit comprising a computer to calculate an internal control setpoint of the converter and an energy management circuit allowing a power setpoint to be determined that is to be transmitted to the alternating electrical power supply network, the control circuit being configured to regulate the voltage at the point of connection of the converter to the direct electrical power supply network and to regulate the voltage at the terminals of each capacitor modelled as a function of the internal control setpoint and of the power setpoint to be transmitted to the alternating electrical power supply network.

Abstract: A method for inducing plants to increase their flavonoid compound content, includes performing an induction culture on a young shoot or an adult of a living plant, wherein flavonoid compound content of the young shoot or the adult of the living plant which has been subjected to the induction culture is higher than that of a young shoot or an adult of a living plant which is not subjected to the induction culture. Moreover, the induction culture includes a metal ion stimulation procedure comprising culturing the young shoot or the adult of the living plant in a culture environment with metal ion stimulation, wherein the culture environment with metal ion stimulation contains a metal ion used for stimulating the living plant, and the concentration of the metal ion used for stimulating the living plant is 5 ?M-50 mM.

Abstract: Provided is a novel compound that has an excellent ?-lactamase inhibitory effect. More specifically, provided is a compound represented by formula (1a), (1b) or (11) having an excellent ?-lactamase inhibitory effect or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. By using this compound either in combination with a ?-lactam drug or alone, a useful preventive or therapeutic agent for bacterial infections is provided. Also provided are useful preventive or therapeutic agents for treating various diseases with the combined use of the aforesaid compound and ?-lactam drugs.

Abstract: An optical phased array lidar includes: a laser, for emitting a laser signal; an optical beam splitter, for splitting a laser signal into multiple sub-signals, and distributing them to corresponding optical paths; a phase controller connected to the optical beam splitter, for regulating phases of the multiple sub-signals; an optical antenna array based on a one-dimensional grating structure, connected to the phase controller and for uniformly scattering the phase-regulated sub-signals into free space; and a silicon nitride waveguide array, for transmitting the sub-signals and phase-regulated sub-signals to realize the transmission of near-infrared light and visible light. The optical phased array lidar uses a silicon nitride waveguide array for transmission, thereby realizing the transmission of near-infrared light and visible light. In this way, the lidar can work in the visible light band, thereby broadening the working ranging thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated physiological signal detection sensor, comprising a movable housing member, a fixed housing member, and a sensing unit circuit board. The movable housing member and the fixed housing member are connected to form an internal space therebetween. The sensing unit circuit board is fixedly installed on the fixed housing member within the space. A piezoelectric film is attached to the sensing unit circuit board. A hollowed-out region surrounds the periphery of the piezoelectric film. A protrusion is provided on the movable housing member at a position corresponding to the piezoelectric film. The sensor of the present invention has advantages of simplified sensor installation, improved signal integrity, and simplified wire routing of an electromagnetic shield layer, thereby eliminating errors caused by sensor installation and improving the accuracy of data detection.

Abstract: Provided herein are anti-CD24 antibodies that selectively bind human CD24 expressed in cancer cells, but not human CD24 expressed in non-cancerous cells, and the use of such antibodies in cancer therapy.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal can be made by an in situ redox reaction between an M donor and an E donor.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a receptor layer of a surface stress sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, in a surface stress sensor that detects a change in surface stress of a thin film, the change being caused by a receptor layer disposed on a surface of the thin film, causing at least a part of a surface region of the thin film to generate heat or supplying heat to the receptor layer from the outside of the surface stress sensor. This makes it possible to easily perform efficient cleaning of a surface stress sensor such as a sensor that performs detection using a piezoresistor while avoiding structural complications as much as possible.

Abstract: Electrolyte solutions including at least one anhydrous fluoride salt and at least one non-aqueous solvent are presented. The fluoride salt includes an organic cation having a charge center (e.g., N, P, S, or O) that does not possess a carbon in the ?-position or does not possess a carbon in the ?-position having a bound hydrogen. This salt structure facilitates its ability to be made anhydrous without decomposition. Example anhydrous fluoride salts include (2,2-dimethylpropyl)trimethylammonium fluoride and bis(2,2-dimethylpropyl)dimethylammonium fluoride. Combining these fluoride salts with at least one fluorine-containing non-aqueous solvent (e.g., bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)ether; (BTFE)) promotes solubility of the salt within the non-aqueous solvents. The solvent may be a mixture of at least one non-aqueous, fluorine-containing solvent and at least one other non-aqueous, fluorine or non-fluorine containing solvent (e.g., BTFE and propionitrile or dimethoxyethane).

Abstract: Systems and method for performing X-ray computed tomography (CT) that can improve spectral separation and decrease motion artifacts without increasing radiation dose are provided. The systems and method can be used with either a kVp-switching source or a single-kVp source. When used with a kVp-switching source, an absorption grating and a filter grating can be disposed between the X-ray source and the sample to be imaged. Relative motion of the filter and absorption gratings can by synchronized to the kVp switching frequency of the X-ray source. When used with a single-kVp source, a combination of absorption and filter gratings can be used and can be driven in an oscillation movement that is optimized for a single-kVp X-ray source. With a single-kVp source, the absorption grating can also be omitted and the filter grating can remain stationary.

Abstract: A video encoding/decoding method and apparatus is provided. The image decoding method includes acquiring image data of images of a plurality of views, determining a basic view and a plurality of reference views among the plurality of views, determining a pruning order of the plurality of reference views, and parsing the image data based on the pruning order and decoding an image of the basic view and images of the plurality of reference views.