Abstract: Disclosed herein are a gateway-signaling method for frequency/timing offsets and an apparatus for the same. An apparatus for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a frequency/timing decision unit for determining a center frequency to which a frequency offset is applied using a carrier offset, which is identified using a timing and a management packet transmitted through a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL); and an RF signal generation unit for generating an RF signal to be transmitted, which corresponds to the center frequency.

Abstract: Systems and methods of three-terminal tandem solar cells are described. Three-terminal metal electrodes can be formed to contact subcells of the tandem solar cell. The three-terminal tandem cell can improve the device efficiency to at least 30%.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an injectable sol into a body, suited for delivery through a catheter, and usable for tissue perforation closure, ulcer protection, or vascular embolization. Provided are a sol for tissue perforation closure, a sol for ulcer protection, and a sol for vascular embolization, each containing from 0.6 mass % to 3 mass % of a collagen, water, from 200 mM to 330 mM sodium chloride, and a buffer and having a pH from 6.0 to 9.0.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an indoor monocular navigation method based on cross-sensor transfer learning and a system thereof. Determining an preliminary autonomous navigation model according to simulated laser radar data; acquiring actual single-line laser radar data and monocular camera data of the mobile robot simultaneously in an actual environment; determining the heading angle of the mobile robot according to the actual laser radar data; determining a laser radar monocular vision navigation model, according to the generated heading angle of the mobile robot and the monocular camera data at a the same moment and by using a Resnet18 network and a pre-trained YOLO v3 network; determining a heading angle of the mobile robot at the current moment, according to the acquired monocular camera data and by using the laser radar monocular vision navigation model; performing navigation of the mobile robot.

Abstract: An audio signal encoding method performed by an encoder includes identifying a time-domain audio signal in a unit of blocks, quantizing a linear prediction coefficient extracted from a combined block in which a current original block of the audio signal and a previous original block chronologically adjacent to the current original block using frequency-domain linear predictive coding (LPC), generating a temporal envelope by dequantizing the quantized linear prediction coefficient, extracting a residual signal from the combined block based on the temporal envelope, quantizing the residual signal by one of time-domain quantization and frequency-domain quantization, and transforming the quantized residual signal and the quantized linear prediction coefficient into a bitstream.

Abstract: An intelligent storage device and an intelligent storage method are provided. The intelligent storage device includes a storage space, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a transceiver, and a processor. The storage space is suitable for storing an object. The infrared sensor senses the storage space to generate infrared sensing data. The weight sensor senses the object in the storage space to generate weight sensing data. The processor is coupled to the infrared sensor, the weight sensor, and the transceiver, determines whether the object is placed in or removed from the storage space according to the infrared sensing data and the weight sensing data to generate an event record, and transmits the event record via the transceiver.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a connecting material for a solid oxide fuel cell, comprising a conductive substrate; and a ceramic protective film provided on one surface of the conductive substrate, in which the ceramic protective film comprises an oxide represented by Formula 1, a manufacturing method thereof, and a solid oxide fuel cell comprising the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for analyzing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte using computer simulation including connecting, by a user, to a client accessible to a server, inputting information of a sulfide-based solid electrolyte to be analyzed to the client, transmitting, by the client, the information to the server, implementing, by the server, generation of a three-dimensional structure in which anion clusters and lithium ions are disposed, based on the transmitted information, feeding back, by the server, an implementation result to the client, and displaying, by the client, the feedback result. In addition, properties of sulfide-based solid electrolytes, which cannot be observed by experimentation, can be analyzed based on lithium, ion conductivity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides perovskite catalytic materials and catalysts comprising platinum-group metals and perovskites. These catalysts may be used as oxygen storage materials with automotive applications, such as three-way catalysts. They are also useful for water or CO2 reduction, or thermochemical energy storage.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a broadcast signal frame corresponding to a time interleaver supporting a plurality of operation modes are disclosed.

Abstract: An operation method of a relay operating in an in-band full duplex (IFD) scheme includes measuring a signal received from a source node during a first period; measuring a signal received from the source node and a signal received after being transmitted from the relay through a first beam during a second period, the second period being a period after a predetermined delay time from the first period; and calculating a self-interference (SI) amount of the first beam by comparing a measurement result during the second period with a measurement result during the first period.

Abstract: There is provided a method for promoting epithelium repair in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an activator of PI3K/Akt signalling.

Abstract: A block copolymer including a first block consisting of a polymer having a repeating structure of a structural unit (u1) containing no silicon atom, and a second block consisting of a polymer having a repeating structure of a structural unit (u2) containing a silicon atom, the second block containing a block (b21) consisting of a polymer having a repeating structure of a structural unit (u21) represented by general formula (u2-1) shown below, and the volume ratio of the first block, based on all blocks constituting the block copolymer being 42 to 44 vol %: In which RP211 represents an alkyl group, a halogenated alkyl group, a hydrogen atom, or an organic group having a polar group; and RP212 is a group derived from a compound represented by formula SHRt1, wherein Rt1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms optionally having a substituent.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for imaging nano magnetic particles. The apparatus may include a measurement head in which a through hole for accommodating a sample including nano magnetic particles is formed and in which an excitation coil and a detection coil are installed, a field-free region generation unit for forming a field-free region, in which there are few or no magnetic fields, in a spacing area between the identical magnetic poles that face each other, and a control unit for applying a signal to the excitation coil when the measurement head is located inside the spacing area of the field-free region generation unit, controlling the field-free region so as to move in the sample, and imaging the 3D positional distribution of the nano magnetic particles included in the sample based on a detection signal output from the detection coil.

Abstract: This invention provides methods and systems for measuring the concentration of multiple nucleic acid sequences in a sample. The nucleic acid sequences in the sample are simultaneously amplified, for example, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the presence of an array of nucleic acid probes. The amount of amplicon corresponding to the multiple nucleic acid sequences can be measured in real-time during or after each cycle using a real-time microarray. The measured amount of amplicon produced can be used to determine the original amount of the nucleic acid sequences in the sample. Also provided herein are biosensor arrays, systems and methods for affinity based assays that are able to simultaneously obtain high quality measurements of the binding characteristics of multiple analytes, and that are able to determine the amounts of those analytes in solution. The invention also provides a fully integrated bioarray for detecting real-time characteristics of affinity based assays.

Abstract: A monolithic, three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) device includes a sensing layer, a memory layer, and a processing layer. The sensing layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) that are functionalized with at least 50 functional materials to generate data in response to exposure to a gas. The memory layer stores the data generated by the plurality of CNFETs, and the processing layer identifies one or more components of the gas based on the data generated by the plurality of CNFETs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise dividing a coding unit into a plurality of sub-units according to a block division structure and performing decoding based on the sub-unit, wherein the block division structure is a block division structure in which division is performed so as to include at least one sub-unit having a predetermined block form other than square and rectangle forms.

Abstract: Provided are methods of controlling disassociation of cells from a carrier, compositions, and methods of collecting cells. The methods of controlling disassociation of cells from a carrier may include contacting a polymeric carrier with one or more digesting agents to disassociate at least a portion of a plurality of cells from the polymeric carrier. The polymeric carrier may be crosslinked with a crosslinker including at least one of a redox sensitive moiety, a UV light sensitive moiety, a pH sensitive moiety, and a temperature sensitive moiety.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a hologram with a wide viewing angle is disclosed. The method includes generating a elemental complex hologram by applying oblique projection to three-dimensional (3D) information of an object based on a viewing direction, and generating a final hologram by superposing a plurality of elemental complex holograms generated based on different viewing directions.

Abstract: A spirobifluorene compound and a perovskite solar cell including the spirobifluorene compound are disclosed. More particularly, a spirobifluorene compound which can be used as a hole transport material of a perovskite solar cell is disclosed. A perovskite solar cell including the spirobifluorene compound as a hole transport material is further disclosed.