Abstract: The present disclosure provides a joint support structure of a robot and a robot having the same. The joint support structure comprises: a drive motor; a reducing transmission mechanism; a motor side casing; a transmission side casing; and a knee joint sleeve disposed on outer peripheries of the motor side casing and of the transmission side casing and connected to the reducing transmission mechanism; the motor side casing has a first annular groove; the transmission side casing has a second annular groove; the knee joint sleeve is provided with an annular connector circumferentially surrounding the motor side casing, and the annular connector has a third annular groove matched with the first annular groove to form a first ball track for accommodating first balls; the knee joint sleeve has a fourth annular groove is matched with the second annular groove to form a second ball track.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for configuring a bandwidth for supporting a broadband carrier in a communication system. An operation method of a base station comprises the steps of: configuring a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part for a terminal; configuring a reserved resource for the first bandwidth part in a resource area in which the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part overlap; and performing an operation of transmitting or receiving a second data channel, which is scheduled to the second bandwidth part, together with the terminal by using the reserved resource. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for obtaining surface potential.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a quantum random number generation apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention including: a space-division semiconductor detector including a plurality of cells, each individually absorbing a plurality of emission particles emitted from a radioactive isotope; and a signal processor that generates a random number based on an absorption event at which the plurality of emission particles are absorbed into the plurality of cells, and thus new type of random number conversion method that combines a spatial randomness and existing temporal randomness of the emission particle can be provided, there is no restriction generated due to the dead time, the random number generation rate can be remarkably increased, and it is possible to generate of a pure random number at high speed, which is required by a computer, a network processor, or an IoT device.

Abstract: The invention provides an elevator operation quality tester, comprising a rectangle aluminium-alloy housing provided with a casing and a covering, an upper opening of the casing is provided with a groove for embedding in a touching screen; circuit board, three-axis acceleration sensor and rechargeable battery supplying power to the circuit board are provided in the casing; the circuit board is provide with elevator vibration data acquisition circuit, back-end data processing system, interface circuit and radio communication circuit; the casing is provided with a handle on the side; the elevator vibration data acquisition circuit comprises a power isolation module, a power circuit conversion module, a three-axis acceleration sensor, an analog and digital signal isolation module and a analog-digital conversion module, the power isolation module isolates an external power supply, and the power isolation module is connected to the power circuit conversion module.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a novel microorganism having a minimal genome. In particular, provided are a method of producing a novel microorganism having a smaller genome size than a wild-type, the method including the step of culturing the microorganism in a medium containing LB broth with stepwise decreasing concentrations of the LB broth; and a novel microorganism having a smaller genome size than a wild-type, produced by the above method. Despite the small genome size, the novel microorganism of the present disclosure may have a high growth rate, pyruvate production capacity, and protein translation efficiency thereby being usefully applied to industry such as production of recombinant proteins or pyruvate.

Abstract: A bidirectional windage resistance brake apparatus including a base, a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a first windage resistance plate and a second windage resistance plate, a tail of the first windage resistance plate is hinged with the base; the first windage resistance plate includes a first supporting rod, one end of which is hinged to a middle portion of the first windage resistance plate, and another end is connected with the first cylinder; a tail of the second windage resistance plate is hinged with the base; the second windage resistance plate includes a second supporting rod, one end of which is hinged to a middle portion of the second windage resistance plate, and another end is connected with the second cylinder. The brake apparatus is high in brake efficiency and reliability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image decoding method performing intra prediction according to the present invention may comprise dividing a current block into at least one sub-block; deriving an intra prediction mode for the at least one sub-block; constructing a reference sample for the intra prediction; and performing intra prediction for the at least one sub-block based on the derived intra prediction mode.

Abstract: Methods of diagnosis and methods of treatment and prevention for autism spectrum disorder are provided using decoy antigens to maternal brain-reactive antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for oxygen-free direct conversion of methane and a method of converting methane using the same, and more particularly to a catalyst for oxygen-free direct conversion of methane, in which the properties of the catalyst are optimized by adjusting the free space between catalyst particles packed in a reactor, thereby maximizing the catalytic reaction rate without precise control of reaction conditions for oxygen-free direct conversion of methane, minimizing coke formation and exhibiting stable catalytic performance even upon long-term operation, and to a method of converting methane using the same.

Abstract: Peptides having activity as protein binding agents are disclosed. The peptides have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R, R1, L1, L2, G, M, Y1Y2 and SEQ are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such peptides, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such peptides, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A MEMS device is provided. The MEMS device includes a substrate having at least one contact, a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, at least one metal layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer and the metal layer and having a recess structure, and a structure layer disposed on the second dielectric layer and having an opening. The opening is disposed to correspond to the recess structure, and the cross-sectional area at the bottom of the opening is smaller than the cross-sectional area at the top of the recess structure. The MEMS device also includes a packaging layer, and at least a portion of the packaging layer is disposed in the opening and the recess structure. The second dielectric layer, the structure layer, and the packaging layer define a chamber.

Abstract: A STED super-resolution microscope capable of quick beam combination is disclosed, which includes a STED imaging unit and a beam combination test unit. The excitation light and the depletion light are accurately combined by the beam combination test unit, so that the imaging light spots of the two light beams passing through the STED imaging unit can accurately coincide with each other, thereby obtaining a better super-resolution imaging effect.

Abstract: Communication systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention utilize modulation on zeros. Carrier frequency offsets (CFO) can result in an unknown rotation of all zeros of a received signal's z-transform. Therefore, a binary MOCZ scheme (BMOCZ) can be utilized in which the modulated binary data is encoded using a cycling register code (e.g. CPC or ACPC), enabling receivers to determine cyclic shifts in the BMOCZ symbol resulting from a CFO. Receivers in accordance with several embodiments of the invention include decoders capable of decoding information bits from received discrete-time baseband signals by: estimating a timing offset for the received signal; determining a plurality of zeros of a z-transform of the received symbol; identifying zeros from the plurality of zeros that encode received bits by correcting fractional rotations resulting from the CFO; and decoding information bits based upon the received bits using a cycling register code.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates with a base wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to set an integer selected from a range of 0 to a value equal to or smaller than an OFDMA Contention Window (OCW) as a counter for random access, receive a trigger frame for triggering random access using one or more resource units (RUs) allocated for the random access from the base wireless communication terminal using the transceiver, decrement a value of the counter based on the one or more RUs allocated for the random access, randomly select one RU based on the one or more RUs allocated for the random access when the value of the counter is 0 or reaches 0, and attempt transmission to the base wireless communication terminal using the selected RU.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a bootstrap and a preamble using the time-interleaved signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for analyzing elements inducing motion sickness in VR content. The method includes acquiring objective data based on an experiment using the VR content for measuring VR motion sickness, the experiment being conducted according to a predetermined protocol; acquiring subjective data input from the multiple participants of the experiment; and constructing a database based on the objective data and the subjective data and analyzing the degree of motion sickness induced by each of the content elements of the VR content using statistical information based on the database.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds for treating and/or preventing obesity and obesity-related disorders. Particularly, the invention provides chromanone derivatives used as ATF3 inducer and for treating and/or preventing obesity and obesity-related disorders such as heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes.

Abstract: Methods and systems for using multi-connectivity for multicast transmissions in a communication system. A method disclosed herein includes using multi-connectivity that enables at least one User Equipment (UE) to receive at least one Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) content from the plurality of BSs at a time on different physical resource blocks. The method further includes enabling the plurality of BSs to maintain independent MBMS sessions for transmitting the at least one MBMS content to the at least one UE without synchronization. The method further includes enabling the at least one UE to combine the at least one MBMS content received from the plurality of BSs or to select a MBMS content from the received at least one MBMS content.

Abstract: Ligand-specific HVEM variants, compositions comprising such variants, and methods of treating inflammatory diseases comprising administering such variants, are provided.