Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for autonomous vehicle negotiation based on Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication, the method including requesting, by vehicles that enter a driving negotiation section, a driving negotiation token, acquiring, by a vehicle that enters the driving negotiation section first, among the entering vehicles, the driving negotiation token, performing driving negotiation based on whether the driving negotiation token is acquired, and returning, by a vehicle having acquired the driving negotiation token, the driving negotiation token when the vehicle arrives at a destination.

Abstract: Self-righting articles, such as self-righting capsules for administration to a subject, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may be configured such that the article may orient itself relative to a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). The self-righting articles described herein may comprise one or more tissue engaging surfaces configured to engage (e.g., interface with, inject into, anchor) with a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). In some embodiments, the self-righting article may have a particular shape and/or distribution of density (or mass) which, for example, enables the self-righting behavior of the article. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may comprise a tissue interfacing component and/or a pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery of the active pharmaceutical agent to a location internal of the subject).

Abstract: Methods and systems for the electrochemical conversion of halogenated compounds are provided. In some embodiments, a method comprises converting a halogenated compound (e.g., fluorinated gas) to relatively non-hazardous products via one or more electrochemical reactions. The electrochemical reaction(s) may occur under relatively mild conditions (e.g., low temperature) and/or without the aid of a catalyst. In some embodiments, the electrochemical reaction may produce a relatively large amount of energy. In some such cases, systems, described herein, may be designed to facilitate the conversion of the halogenated compound (e.g., SF6, NF3) while harnessing (e.g., storing, converting) the energy associated with the electrochemical reaction. System and methods described herein may be used in a wide variety of applications, including waste management (e.g., environmental remediation, greenhouse gas mitigation), energy recovery (e.g., industrial energy recovery), and primary batteries (e.g., metal-gas batteries).

Abstract: The presently claimed subject matter concerns methods and kits for identifying agents that reduce binding of a clostridial neurotoxin to synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 (SV2).

Abstract: Disclosed is an in-situ vacuum reaction system for dynamically detecting defects, which includes an electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer, an in-situ vacuum reaction chamber, a gas supply unit, a vacuum unit, an illumination unit, a temperature control unit and a mixing bottle, the in-situ vacuum reaction chamber is arranged inside a detection cavity of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer, the gas supply unit is connected to the mixing bottle through a pipeline, and the mixing bottle is connected to a gas inlet of the in-situ vacuum reaction chamber through a pipeline, the vacuum unit is connected to the gas inlet of the in-situ vacuum reaction chamber through a pipeline, the illumination unit is arranged corresponding to a detachable window of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer, and the temperature control unit is connected to the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer through a pipeline.

Abstract: Described herein are aptamers that bind to the transferrin receptor (e.g., CD71) and can be used, in part, for depleting transferrin receptor-expressing cells from a population of therapeutic cells. These aptamer compositions can be used in methods for isolating and/or enriching cells expressing CD71 or depleting cell populations of cells expressing CD71, including for example, tumor cells. Further provided are methods of using the aptamers or cell populations generated using them in the methods disclosed herein for therapies and/or drug delivery.

Abstract: A spray ionization device comprising: a first pipe body that has a first flow path which allows a liquid to flow therethrough, and has, at one end thereof, a first outlet through which the liquid is sprayed out; a second pipe body that surrounds the first pipe body; and a third pipe body that surrounds the second pipe body with a space interposed therebetween, that has a second flow path allowing a gas to flow therethrough, and that has a second outlet at the one end. At least the leading end part of the third pipe body including the second outlet is made of an electrically conductive material so as to serve as an electrode. Charged droplets can be sprayed from the second outlet by applying an electric field to droplets sprayed from the first outlet using a power supply connected to the electrode.

Abstract: It has been discovered that the cyclic peptide EnnA inactivates the Hsp90 chaperone pathway, but without activating an extensive heat shock response and overexpression of anti-apoptotic proteins. Mechanistically distinct, EnnA inhibits Hsp90 and destabilize PDL-1 and IDO, two major immune checkpoints mediating tumor-induced immune suppression. The provided herein show that EnnA profoundly modulates the cytokine signature of cancer cells and promotes a cytokine profile that favors an immune attack on tumor cells. This translates into highly efficacious anti-tumor activity in vivo, which, when combined with a single dose of chemotherapy, completely reduced the tumor burden in experimental animals and instilled highly efficient immune memory against the primary tumor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for classifying clothing attributes based on deep learning. The apparatus includes memory for storing at least one program and a processor for executing the program, wherein the program includes a first classification unit for outputting a first classification result for one or more attributes of clothing worn by a person included in an input image, a mask generation unit for outputting a mask tensor in which multiple mask layers respectively corresponding to principal part regions obtained by segmenting a body of the person included in the input image are stacked, a second classification unit for outputting a second classification result for the one or more attributes of the clothing by applying the mask tensor, and a final classification unit for determining and outputting a final classification result for the input image based on the first classification result and the second classification result.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a manufacturing method of a negative active material for a lithium secondary battery, a negative active material for a lithium secondary battery manufactured by the method, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to one embodiment, it is provided that: a method of manufacturing a negative active material for lithium secondary battery, comprising: coating a negative active material precursor containing Si with crude tar or soft pitch; and annealing an obtained coating product, wherein, the crude tar contains a low molecular weight component that can be removed by a distillation process in an amount of 20 wt % or less.

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 large-cooling-capacity integrated Stirling pneumatic refrigerator supported by large-stroke column springs, consisting of an active vibration absorber, a motor, a coaxial type compression-expansion piston, a compression piston column spring, an expansion piston column spring, a hot-end radiator, a cylinder wall, a housing, and a cold finger, wherein the coaxial compression-expansion piston is composed of a compression piston and an expansion piston, the expansion piston is nested in the compression piston, and the compression piston and the expansion piston share one hot-end radiator; the compression piston is driven by a motor, and the expansion piston is driven by gas force and no motor drive is required. The compression piston and the expansion piston are both supported by column springs, the column spring provides an axial restoring force for the coaxial type compression-expansion piston. The active vibration absorber is installed at the tail part of the housing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a collaborative phase-shift laser ranging device based on differential modulation and demodulation of coarse and precise measuring wavelength and a ranging method thereof. A collaboration terminal is disposed at a target to be measured of a phase-shift laser ranging system, which can improve the intensity of measurement light and then irradiate the same back to a measuring terminal, thereby resolving the problem of low ranging accuracy caused by the attenuation of light intensity during long-distance ranging. The collaboration terminal detects coarseness gauge signals and modulates a laser source by means of differential modulation; the collaboration terminal detects precision gauge signals by means of difference frequency demodulation, and then the intensity of measurement light is improved by mixing and restoring the precision gauge signals and modulating the collaboration-terminal laser source.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for printing a hologram by using a mask. The hologram printing method according to an embodiment generates a hologram fringe pattern, splits the hologram fringe pattern on a hogel basis, generates the split hogels, masks a part of the generated hogel, and prints the masked hogel on a hologram medium. Accordingly, an empty space which occurs between hogels when a hologram is printed is prevented from being generated by using a mask, so that a fill factor can be effectively enhanced, and eventually, image quality of a hologram can be enhanced.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving, from a base station, information of target transmission points targeted for a report of first channel state information (CSI) among the plurality of transmission points; receiving a first CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) from the target transmission points; transmitting the first CSI determined based on the first CSI-RS to the base station; receiving, from the base station, information on a first transmission point determined based on the first CSI; receiving, from the first transmission point indicated by the information on the first transmission point, a second CSI-RS; receiving, from the base station, information on a requirement; and transmitting, to the base station, a second CSI including a transmission parameter for achieving the requirement.

Abstract: Disclosed are a device and a method for measuring laser displacement. The device comprises an interferometric measurement module, a laser light source module, a signal modulation module, a control processing module and an optical vernier demodulation module. The control processing module controls the signal modulation module to apply a light source modulation signal to the laser light source module, so that the laser light source module provides two laser beams with fixed frequency difference to the interferometric measurement module. The control processing module controls the interferometric measurement module to perform interferometric measurement. During measurement, lasers respectively interfere in two Fabry-Perot cavities in the interferometric measurement module, and are detected by two photodetectors to form main and secondary measurement interference signals.

Abstract: The present invention is an alloy that contains Fe, B, P, and Cu, and includes a non-crystalline phase and a plurality of crystalline phases formed in the non-crystalline, wherein an average Fe concentration in a whole alloy is 79 atomic % or greater, and wherein a density of Cu clusters when a region with a Cu concentration of 6.0 atomic % or greater among regions with 1.0 nm on a side in atom probe tomography is determined to be a Cu cluster is 0.20×1024/m3.

Abstract: A champagne tower-type multi-stage throttle control valve includes a valve body, a valve cover, a throttle sleeve, and a valve core. A sleeve cavity of the throttle sleeve is shaped as a stepped hole with two or more layers. The valve core is shaped as a stepped shaft with two or more layers coaxial with the throttle sleeve. The number of shaft shoulders of the valve core is smaller than or equal to the number of hole shoulders of the sleeve cavity of the throttle sleeve, such that each set of shaft shoulders of the valve core in an axial direction can form a sealing surface fit with corresponding hole shoulders of the throttle sleeve. A flow channel groove is axially or obliquely formed on each of the hole shoulders of the throttle sleeve and/or the shaft shoulders of the valve core.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for estimating the behavior of a user based on an image converted from sensing data. The apparatus for estimating the behavior of a user based on an image converted from sensing data includes memory for storing at least one program, and a processor for executing the program, wherein the program performs acquiring sensing data measured by one or more behavior measurement devices worn by the user, converting sensing data of the user obtained for a predetermined time period into images, and estimating the behavior of the user from the images of the user based on a pre-trained model.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a new phagocytosis assay to test the function of RPE cells and photoreceptor progenitors using a pH sensitive fluorescent label.