Abstract: The present disclosure relates to kidney organoids and methods of manufacturing the same. The organoids and methods may be used in a variety of applications such as disease modelling, drug screening, regenerative medicine and 5 scaling up production of kidney cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for simultaneous data transmission and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, a wireless communication method in which a plurality of terminals simultaneously transmit data for improving a data throughput in a high density environment, and a wireless communication terminal using the same. To this end, the present invention provides a wireless communication method for a terminal including transmitting a trigger frame indicating simultaneous uplink data transmission of multi-users, receiving uplink data transmitted by a plurality of terminals in response to the trigger frame, and transmitting a block acknowledgement for the plurality of terminals having transmitted the uplink data, and a wireless communication terminal using the same.

Abstract: Provided as a mutant of ? glucuronidase suitable for homogeneous immunoassays is a ? glucuronidase mutant, wherein, in the amino acid sequence of Escherichia coli ? glucuronidase, methionine at position 516 is substituted with lysine, and tyrosine at position 517 is unsubstituted or substituted with a non-tyrosine aromatic amino acid.

Abstract: Products, such as devices, prostheses, and materials, whose surfaces have been modified in order to impart beneficial properties to these products are disclosed. The surface-modified products have improved biocompatibility compared to a corresponding product that lacks the modification. Following implantation in a subject, the surface-modified products induce a lower foreign-body response, compared to a corresponding unmodified product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling uplink multi-user transmission. To this end, provided are a base wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor configured to control an operation of the transceiver, wherein the processor selects an access category for transmitting a trigger frame which solicits an uplink multi-user transmission, performs a backoff procedure for transmitting the trigger frame based on the selected access category, and transmits the trigger frame when a backoff counter of the backoff procedure expires and a wireless communication method using the same.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an X-ray reflectometry apparatus and a method for measuring a three-dimensional nanostructure on a flat substrate. The X-ray reflectometry apparatus comprises an X-ray source, an X-ray reflector, a 2-dimensional X-ray detector, and a two-axis moving device. The X-ray source is for emitting X-ray. The X-ray reflector is configured for reflecting the X-ray onto a sample surface. The 2-dimensional X-ray detector is configured to collect a reflecting X-ray signal from the sample surface. The two-axis moving device is configured to control two-axis directions of the 2-dimensional X-ray detector to move on at least one of x-axis and z-axis with a formula concerning an incident angle of the X-ray with respect to the sample surface for collecting the reflecting X-ray signal.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a hot stamping forming method for forming components having various strength according to parts through cooling control for each position includes: setting a required strength for each product part for a sheet supplied into a multi-point forming mold device to which a plurality of forming modules are coupled; adjusting an arrangement of the plurality of forming modules according to the set required strength; and performing cooling control for each part by controlling an amount of cooling air or mist sprayed to the sheet by the air jet nozzle in order to achieve a required cooling speed for each strength part of the supplied sheet, wherein components having various shapes are formable with respect to the supplied sheet in a single mold.

Abstract: A pyridone compound and a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition and a use. The structure of the pyridone compound is as shown in formula (I), and the pyridone compound comprises an isomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a mixture thereof. The pyridone compound has a highly effective inhibitory effect on cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP and various tumor cells, and can be used to prepare anti-tumor drugs that can exert pharmacological effects at both the molecular level and the cellular level.

Abstract: A channel state information (CSI) feedback method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: a terminal device sends first information to a network device, the first information at least including: CSI feedback method indication information, or error information of different CSI feedback methods and the numbers of bits required for CSI feedback, or the number of bits required for CSI feedback corresponding to a CSI feedback method that satisfies the requirement.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure swing adsorption apparatus for high purity hydrogen purification from ammonia decomposition and a hydrogen purification method using the same, and more specifically, the pressure swing adsorption apparatus includes a plurality of adsorption towers including a guard bed unit and a hydrogen purification unit, in which each adsorption tower is packed with different adsorbents, to purify high purity hydrogen from mixed hydrogen gas produced after ammonia decomposition, make it easy to replace the adsorbent for ammonia removal, minimize the likelihood that the lifetime of the adsorbent in the hydrogen purification unit is drastically reduced by trace amounts of ammonia, efficiently recover hydrogen of the guard bed unit, thereby maximizing the hydrogen recovery rate compared to a conventional pressure swing adsorption process including a pretreatment unit and a hydrogen purification unit, and respond to a large change in ammonia concentration in the raw material.

Abstract: A simulation test system and a performance detection method for a hybrid power conversion system are provided. The system includes a simulation workstation, a real-time digital simulator, an I/O interface device, and a to-be-tested hybrid energy storage controller.

Abstract: A cell therapy structure and method, including a matrix of fibers of a proteinaceous material and an electrically conductive material. The aligned fibers are spun from a combination the electrically conductive material, such as carbon nanotubes, and a fibroin material or a collagen material. A method of tissue engineering includes seeding a cell culture on a matrix of electrically conductive protein fibers, applying an electric current to the matrix to stimulate the cell culture, and applying the simulated cell culture to a tissue.

Abstract: Various embodiments address removal of one or more species from a gas stream by exposing the gas stream to divided portions of a fluid, such as droplets of water or mist, where the fluid, and/or content of the fluid, can absorb or modify the species and thereby remove it at least partially from the gas stream. Removal of CO2 from a combustion exhaust stream is one embodiment.

Abstract: A construction method for removing mud in a jacket steel pipe pile includes: erecting a piling auxiliary platform, and performing underwater steel pipe pile sinking; measuring an elevation of a mud surface in the underwater steel pipe pile, and calculating a height from the mud surface in the pile to a pile top and a needed mud removing depth according to the measurement result; installing mud removing equipment on the steel pipe pile; starting the mud removing equipment to carry out mud removing operation, and in a case that the mud removing depth is reached, pausing the mud removing equipment, and cleaning an inner wall of the steel pipe pile; and in a case that the mud removing operation is not reach the related elevation, repeating the mud removing operation till the mud removing operation reaches a standard.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention, improvement/amelioration or treatment of allergic disease containing an extract of Taxus cuspidata as an active ingredient, and more specifically, to a composition for the prevention, improvement/amelioration or treatment of allergic respiratory disease comprising an ethanol extract of Taxus cuspidata or a fraction thereof as an active ingredient. In the present invention, the effectiveness of Taxus cuspidata extract in treating allergic respiratory disease was confirmed in an animal model of allergic asthma, and the anti-allergic efficacy of compounds isolated from Taxus cuspidata ethanol extract was confirmed. Therefore, Taxus cuspidata extract of the present invention can be useful as a composition for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of allergic respiratory diseases, particularly allergic asthma or allergic bronchitis.

Abstract: A reconfigurable MBIST method based on an adaptive March algorithm is provided. The reconfigurable MBIST method automatically reconfigures different algorithm circuits according to external environment and user instructions to satisfy detection requirements for different faults. The provided adaptive March algorithm is capable of adaptively reorganizing algorithms with different complexities, such that dynamic adjustments can be executed between time complexities of the algorithm and fault coverage rates to achieve a good balance, and the static fault coverage rates are high, thereby effectively improving dynamic fault coverage rates.

Abstract: A hydraulic engineered cementitious composite (ECC) material and an application thereof are provided. The ECC material includes 25-34 wt % of cement, 23-30 wt % of fly ash, 15-20 wt % of silica fume, 26-32 wt % a fine aggregate, 1.25-1.7% of a composite fiber mesh, 0.1-0.24 wt % of a water reducer, and 0.03-0.07 wt % of a thickener. The composite fiber mesh is prepared by dipping a composite fiber in a water-borne epoxy resin with a curing agent, performing uniform mixing, taking out and spreading the composite fiber, and then cutting or crushing the composite fiber into a small piece of mesh structure; and the composite fiber includes a PVA fiber and a carbon fiber, or a PVA fiber and a basalt fiber, at a weight ratio of (0.3-0.6):1.

Abstract: A mutant TDP-43 protein, having a deletion of a nuclear localization signal sequence in the amino acid sequence of a wild-type TDP-43 protein, and also having any one of the following mutations (a) to (c) or a combination of these mutations: (a) a mutation, in which the 147th and 149th phenylalanines are substituted with leucines, (b) a mutation, in which the 194th phenylalanine is substituted with leucine, and (c) a mutation, in which the 229th and 231st phenylalanines are substituted with leucines.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for assisting a general anesthesia or a sedation of a subject, having receiving an electroencephalogram EEG signal of a subject, processing the EEG signal including ?-bands for defining for each instant of a plurality of instants, a part of the signal has in a time window having the instant, the part of the signal being related to the instant, determining for each instant, a distribution of a power of the part of the signal as a function of the frequency, determining for each instant a maximum power frequency as a frequency of maximum power in the distribution, the maximum power frequency being related to the instant, detecting a reference instant, so that the maximum power frequency as a function of time takes higher values before the reference instant than after, detecting in a time frame following the reference instant, an alpha instant corresponding to a first occurrence of a suppression of an ?-band, estimating a first parameter as the duration between the reference inst

Abstract: A method for a visual content search and creation is described. The method includes detecting multiple objects in an image displayed on a user's workspace. The method also includes attaching a representative text label to detected objects in the image displayed on the user's workspace. The method further includes inferring both a high-level domain and a low-level domain from the representative text labels attached to the detected objects. The method also includes retrieving visual content according to the high-level domain and the low-level domain. The method further includes displaying out-of-domain visual content filtered from the retrieved visual content through a user interface in response to user-controlled filtering of unwanted visual content.