Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current block by using an intra-prediction mode of a neighbor block adjacent to the current block, configuring a reference sample of the current block, and performing intra-prediction on the current block by using the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample, wherein when the intra-prediction mode of the neighbor block is unavailable, the intra-prediction mode of the neighbor block may be replaced with a planar mode.

Abstract: A system and a method are provided for producing electricity and/or chemicals. The system includes a gasifier, a controller, a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power unit, and a chemical synthesis unit. The gasifier converts a fossil fuel, oxygen, and water into a syngas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The controller is used to control distribution of the hydrogen into a first portion and a second portion. The solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power unit receives the first portion of hydrogen and compressed air or oxygen, and generates electricity using the first portion of hydrogen. The chemical synthesis unit receives the second portion of hydrogen. The second portion of hydrogen is used for chemical synthesis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a UV- and heat-curable ladder-like polysilsesquioxane copolymer and a method for preparing the same. Since a controlled functionality can be provided only on a desired region via a thiol-ene click reaction without an additional additive, an insulating layer having a low dielectric constant and a microcircuit pattern can be formed without an additional etching process.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an RNA aptamer that specifically binds histamine. The present invention is related to an nucleic acid aptamer that binds to histamine, comprising the base sequence (i) or (ii) below: (i) the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) the base sequence comprising substitution(s), deletion(s), and/or addition(s) of 1 to 3 base(s) in the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for optimizing a particle size of slow-release nitrogen fertilizer oxamide particles for single basal fertilization, which comprises the following steps: measuring a pH value of the soil in a region; measuring an organic matter content OM of the soil, with a unit of g.kg?1; measuring a total nitrogen content TN of the soil, with a unit of g.kg?1; collecting an average temperature T at a 10 cm depth of the soil in a rice growing season in the region, with a unit of ° C.; and for a rice variety with a growth duration of D, with a unit of day, calculating a diameter of slow-release nitrogen fertilizer oxamide particles for single basal fertilization that matches a nitrogen requirement in the rice growth duration by using a formula.

Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for predicting an occupancy time of a user in a city building based on big data for auto control of heating or cooling for energy saving. The user occupancy time prediction system according to an embodiment includes: a sensor configured to collect data regarding whether a user occupies a predetermined space in a building; a database configured to store the collected data; a data pre-processing unit configured to process the stored data into a format suitable for machine learning; and a prediction unit configured to input the processed data into a machine learning model, and to predict an expected unoccupancy time of the user regarding the predetermined space in the building. Accordingly, a user occupancy/unoccupancy time may be predicted by analyzing big data which uses previous occupancy data of a user in a city building, and energy may be saved by adjusting a temperature of a heating or cooling device before the unoccupancy time.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a quantum dot (QD) light emitting diode including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a QD emitting material layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a QD and an organic material; a hole auxiliary layer positioned between the first electrode and the QD emitting material layer; and an electron auxiliary layer positioned between the QD emitting material layer and the second electrode, wherein the organic material has a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level higher than a material of the hole auxiliary layer.

Abstract: A focusing device includes a substrate and a plurality of scatterers provided at both sides of the substrate. The scatterers on the both sides of the focusing device may correct geometric aberration, and thus, a field of view (FOV) of the focusing device may be widened.

Abstract: A container management device including a processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire, for a service including interconnected respective microservices installed with containers for executing processing, a workload relating to the service, connection information that is information relating to how the microservices are interconnected, and a service chain for propagation of respective processing related to the workload across the microservices; employ a prediction model expressing a relationship between a workload of each of the microservices and a resource usage to find a resource usage of each of the microservices from the acquired workload, the acquired connection information, and the acquired service chain, and to predict a number of containers; and control container installation at a same moment for the respective microservices by installation with the predicted number of containers for each of the microservices.

Abstract: A ceramic membrane for oxidative coupling of methane can include a perovskite oxide and catalyst material on a surface of the membrane.

Abstract: A method of motion planning and maneuvering of an ego vehicle is described. The method includes computing a set of potential vehicle maneuvers during a current motion planning cycle of the ego vehicle. The method also includes identifying, for the set of potential vehicle maneuvers, space corridor compatible vehicle maneuvers from a set of previously computed vehicle maneuvers during a previous motion planning cycle. The method further includes prioritizing a currently executed vehicle maneuver when the currently executed vehicle maneuver is a space corridor compatible vehicle maneuver with the set of potential vehicle maneuvers.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a thickener that can increase the viscosity of a composition with suppressing stickiness and maintaining use feeling in the case of applying the composition on the skin or the like, since the thickener does not contain a polymer thickener or the content amount of a polymer thickener is small. The thickener according to the present invention is characterized in comprising a phospholipid, a biosurfactant, and a 1,2-diol compound represented by the following formula (I): HO—CH2—CH(OH)—R1 ??(I) wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 5 or more and 12 or less.

Abstract: A compound comprising phosphorus atoms and sulfur atoms as constituent elements and having a peak in Raman spectroscopy, the peak being attributable to a disulfide bond bonding between two phosphorus atoms.

Abstract: Shear-assisted extrusion processes for forming extrusions of a desired composition from a feedstock material are provided. The processes can include applying a rotational shearing force and an axial extrusion to the same location on the feedstock material. Devices for this can include a die tool defined by a die face extending from a rim of the die face inwardly at an angle greater than zero in relation to a sidewall of the die tool in at least one cross section; and/or a die tool defining an opening configured to receive feedstock material for extrusion and further defining a die face defining a recess within the die face and contiguous with the opening. Shear-assisted extrusion processes are also provided that can mix different portions of the feedstock material within a recess about the opening prior to feedstock material entering the opening; and extruding the mixed portions.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with a four-wavelength light emitter that emits four kinds of wavelengths of light toward a predetermined site on a living body; a light receiver that receives the four kinds of wavelengths of light transmitted through the predetermined site on the living body; a received light intensity information acquirer that acquires received light intensity information for the four wavelengths on the basis of an optical signal received by the light receiver; an absorbance time change value acquirer that finds time change values of the absorbances corresponding to the four wavelengths on the basis of the received light intensity information of the four wavelengths; a calibration data table that stores calibration data for finding a predetermined component in blood based on the absorbance time change values; and a component concentration acquirer that finds the concentration of the predetermined component in the blood.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for positioning of uncollected points based on machine learning using matching wireless communication infrastructure points. The apparatus includes memory in which at least one program according to an embodiment is recorded and a processor for executing the program. The program may compare collected data acquired from wireless communication infrastructure with positioning data measured by a positioning target terminal and thereby extract matching feature points; create a fingerprint database of global grid cells, including uncollected points, for the extracted feature points in real time; and estimate the optimal composite location of the positioning target terminal based on the created fingerprint database.

Abstract: A laser device according to one embodiment includes a laser light source configured to output pulsed laser light L1 and a pulse width control unit configured to amplify the pulsed laser light output from the laser light source, change a pulse width of the pulsed laser light, and output the pulsed laser light. The pulse width control unit includes a first laser amplifier configured to amplify the pulsed laser light and a pulse waveform manipulation unit disposed between the first laser amplifier and the laser light source and configured to manipulate a pulse waveform of the pulsed laser light.

Abstract: A copolymer is formed by reacting (A) aromatic monomer, an oligomer thereof, or a polymer thereof, with (B) aliphatic monomer, an oligomer thereof, or a polymer thereof. The aromatic monomer has a chemical structure of in which each of R1 is independently H or CH3, and n=1-4.

Abstract: A system for few-view computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction is described. The system includes a preprocessing module, a first generator network, and a discriminator network. The preprocessing module is configured to apply a ramp filter to an input sinogram to yield a filtered sinogram. The first generator network is configured to receive the filtered sinogram, to learn a filtered back-projection operation and to provide a first reconstructed image as output. The first reconstructed image corresponds to the input sinogram. The discriminator network is configured to determine whether a received image corresponds to the first reconstructed image or a corresponding ground truth image. The generator network and the discriminator network correspond to a Wasserstein generative adversarial network (WGAN). The WGAN is optimized using an objective function based, at least in part, on a Wasserstein distance and based, at least in part, on a gradient penalty.

Abstract: A tensor data processing method is provided. The method comprises receiving an input tensor including at least one of an outlier and a missing value, the input tensor being input during a time interval between a first time point and a second time point, factorizing the input tensor into a low rank tensor to extract a temporal factor matrix, calculating trend and periodic pattern from the extracted temporal factor matrix, detecting the outlier which is out of the calculated trend and periodic pattern, updating the temporal factor matrix except the detected outlier, combining the updated temporal factor matrix and a non-temporal factor matrix of the input tensor to calculate the real tensor and recovering the input tensor by setting data corresponding to a position of the outlier or a position of the missing value of the input tensor from the data of the real tensor as an estimated value.