Abstract: A system and a method for determining a parking space are provided. The method includes: obtaining parking space information within a range where a vehicle is located, the parking space information including parking lot map data; analyzing an object in individual parking space in the parking space information and generating object information of the object of the individual parking space; and using the object information and the parking space information to calculate a spatial relationship between the object in the individual parking space and a parking space where the object is located, and determining that the parking space is an available parking space if the spatial relationship satisfies vehicle body information of the vehicle. Therefore, the vehicle can determine an available parking space before passing it, and can further choose a better parking space.

Abstract: Gas vesicle protein structures and related compositions, methods, and systems for singleplexed and/or multiplexed magnetic resonance imaging of a target site alone or in combination with ultrasound are described, in which the gas vesicle protein structures provide contrast for the imaging.

Abstract: A training apparatus includes an autoregressive model configured to estimate a current signal from a past signal sequence and a current context label, a vocal tract feature analyzer configured to analyze an input speech signal to determine a vocal tract filter coefficient representing a vocal tract feature, a residual signal generator configured to output a residual signal, a quantization unit configured to quantize the residual signal output from the residual signal generator to generate a quantized residual signal, and a training controller configured to provide as a condition, a context label of an already known input text for the input speech signal corresponding to the already known input text to the autoregressive model and to train the autoregressive model by bringing a past sequence of the quantized residual signals for the input speech signal and the current context label into correspondence with a current signal of the quantized residual signal.

Abstract: A patterned optoelectronic tweezers (p-OET) device is provided. The p-OET device includes a top and a bottom electrode arranged in a parallel spaced apart relationship. A patterned photoconductor layer is provided on the bottom electrode, and forms a pattern comprising at least one raised region where the bottom electrode is coated by a photoconductor material and at least one hollow region where the bottom electrode is exposed. The pattern includes one or more boundaries between the raised and hollow regions. In some implementations, the boundaries of the patterned photoconductive layer define a permanent trap feature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image information decoding method. The decoding method includes receiving a bit stream including a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that includes information related to encoded image, and parsing a NAL unit header of the NAL unit. The NAL unit header may not include 1 bit flag information that represents whether a picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture in the entire bit stream during encoding.

Abstract: A continuous bubble removal method includes: preparing a main container, a basic pressurization container that connects to the main container and holds a basic operating liquid, and a basic movable portion that is displaceably attached to the basic pressurization container; flowing target liquid through the main container, the liquid including a bubble; and iteratively decreasing and increasing a volume of the bubble by iteratively pressurizing and depressurizing the target liquid from a region via the basic operating liquid by displacing, in a reciprocating manner, the basic movable portion, the region being surrounded by a basic connecting portion of the basic pressurization container that is closer to the main container than the basic supporting portion, wherein an opening area of the basic supporting portion is larger than an opening area of the basic connecting portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising: (A) at least one fluorine-containing ketone; and (B) an effective amount of stabilizer which is selected from at least one of the group consisting of an epoxy compound, a nitro compound, a hindered phenolic compound, a ?-diketone compound, a phosphite compound, a salicylate compound, a cinnamate compound, a hydroxybenzophenone compound, a hydroxybenzoic acid compound, an alkoxy methane compound, and an organic thio compound. The composition provided by the present invention has stable performance, and can be used as a fire extinguishing agent, a heat transfer medium, etc.

Abstract: Lipid conjugates for enhanced delivery of cargo to the lymph nodes are disclosed. The lipid conjugates typically include three domains: a lipophilic domain that binds to albumin, a polar block domain, and a cargo such as a molecular adjuvant or immunostimulatory compound (such as an oligonucleotide) or antigenic peptide. Depending on the cargo, the length and compositions of the polar block can be tailored to push the equilibrium toward albumin binding, stable micelle formation, or cell insertion. The conjugates can be administered to a subject, for example, a subject with cancer or an infection, to induce or enhance a robust immune response in the subject.

Abstract: A method for detecting whether a user's roaming has occurred is provided. The method may be performed by a roaming detection server and comprises receiving location data of the user from a terminal of the user, determining whether the user may be located indoors by using the location data of the user, and determining a use of a building in which the user may be located using use information of the building based on the user being located indoors, and detecting whether the user's roaming has occurred based on a predetermined condition, wherein it may be detected that the roaming has occurred based on the building in which the user may be located not being a building of a predetermined use.

Abstract: A flexible double-junction solar cell includes a flexible substrate including a lower electrode layer, an InGaAs solar cell disposed to be in contact with the lower electrode layer of the flexible substrate, and a GaAs solar cell disposed on the InGaAs solar cell and connected to the InGaAs solar cell in series. The GaAs solar cell includes a metal nanodisk array disposed on a lower surface thereof and a void array, aligned with the metal nanodisk array, is disposed below the metal nanodisk array.

Abstract: A device is dynamically programmable to generate at least a first magnetic field during a first time interval, and at least a second magnetic field during a second time interval thereby causing the particles exposed to the change in the magnetic field to aggregate to a target region. The device is further dynamically programmable to switch between the first and second magnetic fields for any number of cycles. Optionally, the device includes a multitude of conductors that receive a first current during the first time interval to generate the magnetic field, and a second multitude of conductors that receive a second current during the second time interval to generate the second magnetic field. The second multitude of conductors may be substantially parallel to the first multitude of conductors. A controller disposed within the device is adapted to vary the frequency of switching between the first and second magnetic fields.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a calcium salts-supported metal catalyst, a method for preparing the same, and a method for the hydrodeoxygenation reaction of oxygenates using the same. The catalyst, in which a metal catalyst is supported on a carrier of a calcium salt, for example, calcium carbonate, has the effect of increasing the efficiency of hydrodeoxygenation reaction of oxygenates.

Abstract: A constructing-and-forging method for preparing homogenized forged pieces comprises: preparing preformed billets: cutting off a plurality of continuous casting billets, milling and smoothing surfaces of the billets to be welded, performing vacuum plasma cleaning operation to the surfaces to be welded, stacking the plurality of billets and sealing around the surfaces in a vacuum chamber by electron beam welding; forge-welding and homogenizing the preformed billets: heating the preformed billets to a certain temperature in a heating furnace and taking the heated preformed billets out of the heating furnace, forging the preformed billets by a hydraulic press, then using three-dimensional forging to disperse the welded surfaces such that composition, structure and inclusion of the interface areas are at the same level as those of the bodies of the billets. Cheap continuous casting billets are stacked and forge welded.

Abstract: A device and method for quantum key distribution (QKD). The QKD center includes an authentication key sharing unit for sharing authentication keys with QKD client devices; a quantum key generation unit for generating a sifted key for each of the QKD client devices using a quantum state; an error correction unit for generating output bit strings by correcting errors of the sifted keys; and a bit string operation unit for calculating an encryption bit string by performing a cryptographic operation on the authentication keys, the distribution output bit strings and output bit strings received from the QKD client devices. The present invention improves security by preventing the QKD center from being aware of keys shared among users.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a decoding method for a bit stream that supports a plurality of layers. The decoding method may include receiving information on a set of video parameters that includes information on the plurality of layers, and parsing the set of video parameters to grasp information on the layers in the bit stream.

Abstract: Closed-loop stimulation of the Vagus nerve in response to a detected myocardial ischemia state within a therapeutic window can mitigate or reverse effects of the ischemia. This window is between 0 and 50 seconds of the onset of ischemia, before the myocardial ischemia reaches a statistically significant evolution level. A properly trained machine learning system such as a long short-term memory system can be used to analyze cardiovascular features and detect myocardial ischemia within the therapeutic window.

Abstract: A method and a system for accessing private network services are disclosed. A second MEC platform receives a user service authentication process triggered by a first MEC platform based on a service access request issued by user equipment for accessing a second core network. In response to the user service authentication process, the second MEC platform preforms a user transition process to trigger the user equipment to perform an access authentication process of the second core network to verify identity information and radio network information of the user equipment. When the second MEC platform successfully verifies the identity information and the radio network information of the user equipment, the user equipment is allowed to be transited from the first MEC platform to the second MEC platform to access services of the second core network.

Abstract: A MEMS micromirror includes a mirror surface driving structure which is positioned on a substrate and includes two L-shaped structures in head-to-tail arrangement. Each L-shaped structure includes a second torsion beam, an L-shaped transverse plate and a second comb-shaped structure. The first driving electrode is provided on the substrate at a position under a head end of the L-shaped transverse plate, the head end of the L-shaped transverse plate is rotatable with support of the second torsion beam, and a tail end of the L-shaped transverse plate is connected with the second comb-shaped structure. The micromirror surface layer is disposed above the mirror surface driving structure, the first torsion beam is fixed by the substrate and supports two sides of the micromirror surface layer, and two sides, corresponding to the second comb-shaped structures, of the micromirror surface layer are provided with first comb-shaped structures, respectively.

Abstract: In a system of manufacturing an orthodontic wire, a method for manufacturing the orthodontic wire using the system, and an orthodontic wire bending machine for performing the system, the system includes a teeth data obtaining part, a simulating part, a calculating part and a wire manufacturing part. The teeth data obtaining part obtains present teeth data of a patient. The simulating part generates final teeth data. The calculating part compares a predetermined threshold to a compared value between the present teeth data of the patient and the final teeth data. The wire manufacturing part selectively manufactures a wire for an orthodontic process or a wire for a dentition maintenance process based on a compared result of the calculating part.

Abstract: A method and a system for measuring the pore structure of tight sandstone are provided. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out the desorption experiment of a core sample saturated by a specific gas containing isotope element to obtain the pressure of the specific gas and the total isotope ratio at each sampling moment; acquiring a single isotope ratio of each pore diameter at each sampling moment according to a physical model containing pore diameter parameter and the pressure of the specific gas at each sampling moment; and obtaining the proportion of a pore of each pore diameter in the core sample. The method and the system for measuring the pore structure of the tight sandstone provided by the disclosure can quickly obtain the pore distribution of the tight sandstone without damaging a sample.