Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for preparing a nanoparticle composition for drug delivery and, more specifically, to a kit for preparing a nanoparticle composition for drug delivery, which is designed to easily form a nanoparticle in which a drug is encapsulated by simply mixing an amphiphilic block copolymer, a cationic compound, a polylactic acid salt, and the drug that are the components of the kit.

Abstract: An image processing unit of a processor for an endoscope includes: an emphasis processing calculation unit performing nonlinear gradation conversion for a pixel value of a pixel of interest, using each pixel of a captured image as the pixel of interest; and a preprocessing unit setting a reference upper limit characteristic line and a reference lower limit characteristic line in order to adjust an output pixel value after the nonlinear gradation conversion and calculating a degree of variation in pixel values in a partial setting region around the pixel of interest. The emphasis processing calculation unit calculates an output ratio of the output pixel value to a maximum pixel value that can be taken by the captured image, an adjustment upper limit value and an adjustment lower limit value, and an emphasis-processed pixel value, using the adjustment upper limit value, the adjustment lower limit value, and the output ratio.

Abstract: A bus bar includes members made from a conductive material and consecutively arranged to form a plate shape defining a wiring pathway. The members adjacent to each other are connected to each other by laser joining. The members include connection members arranged at both ends of the wiring pathway and having connection portions for electrical input-output, and a conductive member arranged between the connection members. In the members, only the connection members are plated.

Abstract: Disclosed are a safety service system and a method thereof. The safety service system comprises: a collection unit for collecting position information and image information related to a protected person who is registered by a protector; and a service providing unit for providing the position information and the image information to one or both of the protector and a security company upon detection of a signal that the protected person is in danger.

Abstract: A battery module and a battery pack including the same are provided. Battery cells are manufactured in the form of a module, and thus, even when the specifications of the battery pack are changed depending on a vehicle kind, the standardized battery cells are applicable to battery packs having various specifications and a separate design process for disposing the battery cells in the battery pack may be omitted, thereby reducing the development period and costs of a new battery pack. Further, plural temperature sensors configured to measure the temperatures of the battery cells are provided so as to provide the optimum environment to the battery cells, and the respective temperature sensors may not be located inside the battery module so as to be easily managed. Moreover, surface pressure performance due to end plates may be secured even when the temperature sensors are located outside the battery module.

Abstract: A tube fitting for connection to a tube includes a main body structure and a tube liner. The main body structure is configured to receive an end of the tube and fluidly connect the tube to another component. The tube liner is positioned at least partially within the main body structure and is configured to extend into the tube. The main body structure and the tube liner are configured such that, when the tube is fully inserted into the tube fitting, the end of the tube is positioned at a predetermined depth within the tube fitting, and the main body structure and the tube liner cooperate together to provide an audible indication to indicate that the tube has been fully inserted into the tube fitting.

Abstract: A method of identifying causal relationships between time series may include accessing a hierarchy of nodes in a data structure, where each node in the plurality of nodes may include a time series of data. The method may also include identifying a subset of nodes in the plurality of nodes for which causal relationships may exist in the corresponding time series. The method may additionally include generating a model for each of the subset of nodes, where the model may receive the subset of nodes and generate coefficients indicating how strongly each of the subset of nodes causally affects other nodes in the subset of nodes. The method may further include generating a ranked output of nodes that causally affect a first node in the subset of nodes based on an output of the corresponding model.

Abstract: There are provided a photoelectric conversion film containing a quantum dot of a compound semiconductor that contains an Ag element, at least one element selected from an Sb element or a Bi element, and at least one element selected from an Se element or a Te element; a dispersion liquid that is used in the formation of the photoelectric conversion film; a photodetector element including the photoelectric conversion film; and an image sensor including the photodetector element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder resin for toners which contains a composite resin that is formed by bonding a styrene-acrylic resin unit and a polyester-based resin unit to each other through a covalent bond, in which an acid value of a styrene-acrylic resin (A) constituting the styrene-acrylic resin unit is not less than 40 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A processing load in a case where a plurality of different sensors is used can be reduced. An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a recognition processing unit (15, 40b) configured to perform recognition processing for recognizing a target object by adding, to an output of a first sensor (23), region information that is generated according to object likelihood detected in a process of object recognition processing based on an output of a second sensor (21) different from the first sensor.

Abstract: A level shift transistor of a first conductivity type configured to level shift a signal from a primary side circuit to a secondary side circuit between the primary side circuit having a primary side reference potential as reference and the secondary side circuit having a secondary side reference potential independent from the primary side reference potential as reference, a diode connected in a forward direction between a first main electrode of the level shift transistor and the secondary side circuit, a capacitor connected in parallel to the diode, and an inverter configured to invert the signal are provided. A control electrode of the level shift transistor is connected to a primary side power supply of the primary side circuit, and a second main electrode thereof is connected to an output of the inverter. The inverter operates between the primary side reference potential and the primary side power supply.

Abstract: A backlight module and an electronic device are provided. The backlight module, having a main region and a peripheral region near the main region, includes a light conversion layer, multiple light conversion patterns located in the peripheral region, and multiple light emitting units emitting a light beam. A first portion and a second portion of the light beam emitted respectively from the main region and the peripheral region both have at least one corresponding position in a CIE 1931 color space. One among the at least one corresponding position of the first portion of the light beam has corresponding coordinates (x1, y1). One among the at least one corresponding position of the second portion of the light beam has corresponding coordinates (x2, y2). The corresponding coordinates (x1, y1) and the corresponding coordinates (x2, y2) satisfy the following relation: 0?|x1?x2|?0.2.

Abstract: An attack information processing apparatus (10) includes an extraction unit (11) configured to extract first and second attack knowledge pieces indicating conditions of a cyber attack from first and second attack information pieces including descriptions of the cyber attack, a determination unit (12) configured to determine similarity between the first and second attack information pieces, and a complementing unit (13) configured to complement the first attack knowledge piece with the second attack knowledge piece based on the determined similarity.

Abstract: A method for transaction of digital asset is provided, including receiving digital asset transaction request information from a user terminal, verifying, by a blockchain network, the transaction request information, and when the verifying the transaction request information is completed, generating, by the blockchain network, information associated with the digital asset, in which the information associated with the digital asset includes a reputation of the digital asset.

Abstract: A backlight module including a light guide plate, a circuit board, an electronic component, a reflective sheet, a light-shielding sheet, and a light-emitting component is provided. The light guide plate includes an escape opening and a light-source opening. The circuit board is disposed under the light guide plate. The electronic component is electrically connected to the circuit board, and at least a part of the electronic component is located in the escape opening. The reflective sheet is disposed on a rear surface of the light guide plate and between the light guide plate and the circuit board. The light-shielding sheet is disposed on a light emitting surface of the light guide plate opposite to the rear surface. The light-emitting component is disposed in the light-source opening. A luminous keyboard using this backlight module is also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a wearable device including an annular metal shell and a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed in the annular metal shell, and includes a clearance zone and a tracing zone. The clearance zone includes an antenna feeding portion, and the tracing zone includes electronic elements, a metal circuit, and an antenna grounding portion. The antenna feeding portion is coupled to the electronic elements and the metal circuit, and the antenna feeding portion and the antenna grounding portion are coupled to the annular metal shell, such that the antenna feeding portion, the electronic elements, and the metal circuit jointly resonate at a frequency band.

Abstract: Some implementations involve receiving a content stream that includes audio data, receiving at least one type of level adjustment indication relating to playback of the audio data and controlling a level of the input audio data, based on the at least one type of level adjustment indication, to produce level-adjusted audio data. Some examples involve determining, based at least in part on the type(s) of level adjustment indication, a multiband limiter configuration, applying the multiband limiter to the level-adjusted udio data, to produce multiband limited audio data and providing the multiband limited audio data to one or more audio reproduction transducers of an audio environment.

Abstract: A cryptographic system includes an encryption apparatus including a memory and a processor configured to encrypt a plaintext into a ciphertext. The processor of the encryption apparatus executes generating first information resulting from encryption of the plaintext by an encryption function of a predetermined block cipher using a first secret key; generating second information resulting from encryption of a preset adjustment value by the encryption function using a second secret key; and generating the ciphertext by encrypting an arithmetic operation result of a bitwise exclusive OR of the first information and the second information by the encryption function using the first secret key.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method capable of suppressing an increase in load of inverse adaptive color transform processing while suppressing an increase in distortion of coefficient data subjected to inverse adaptive color transform. The coefficient data subjected to the lossless adaptive color transform is clipped at a level based on a bit depth of the coefficient data, and the coefficient data clipped at the level is subjected to lossless inverse adaptive color transform. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image coding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission/reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.

Abstract: Described herein are CpG-adjuvanted SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and compositions and methods of producing and administering said vaccines to subjects in need thereof.