Abstract: The present disclosure relates to technology that controls a remote moving body based on collaboration between the moving body and human, and a method for controlling a moving body includes acquiring a first biosignal indicating an intention to start operation of the moving body from a user, operating the moving body, determining a surrounding situation of the moving body that autonomously controls the driving, providing the user with surrounding information of the moving body for inducing path setting, acquiring a second biosignal evoked by recognition of the surrounding information from the user, setting a driving direction of the moving body, commanding the moving body to automatically perform a driving operation to be carried out in the set driving direction, and acquiring a third biosignal responsive to recognition of a driving error from the user and correcting the driving direction of the moving body to induce driving path resetting.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an actuator including a pouch which is sealed and formed with an asymmetric structure, a dielectric fluid which is filled in the pouch, and an electrode which is attached to one surface of the pouch and the other surface opposite the one surface, wherein the pouch includes a first part provided on one side and having a predetermined area, and a second part provided on the other side opposite the one side and having a smaller area than the first part, and when power is applied to the electrodes, the first part or the second part of the pouch is expandable by movement of the dielectric fluid due to the asymmetric structure, and an active plate having the same.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is a method for selective surface functionalization using a single-photon source. The method for selective functionalization using a single-photon source includes: (a) adding a single-photon source to a solution containing a photosensitizer and a monomer; and (b) emitting a single photon from the single-photon source. One aspect of the present disclosure is a selectively functionalized single-photon source prepared by the method.

Abstract: Provided is a core/multishell tetragonal upconversion nanophosphor capable of being excited by near-infrared (NIR) light having wavelengths of 800±20 nm, 980±20 nm, and 1532±20 nm to emit light of blue, green, red, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to down-shifting nanophosphors, a method for preparing the same, and a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) using the same. The down-shifting nanophosphors according to an embodiment of the present disclosure include a core including NaYF4 nanocrystals doped with neodymium (Nd) and ytterbium (Yb), and further include a neodymium (Nd)-doped crystalline shell surrounding the core, or further include a NaYF4 crystalline shell surrounding the crystalline shell. Therefore, the down-shifting nanophosphors efficiently absorb near infrared rays with a wavelength range of 700-900 nm and efficiently emit near infrared rays with a wavelength range of 950-1050 nm. In addition, the down-shifting nanophosphors according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has a size of 60 nm or less, and thus can be applied to manufacture transparent LSC films with ease and can realize transparent solar cell modules having high near infrared ray shifting efficiency.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction device includes: an acid aqueous solution storage unit including a first aqueous acid solution; a water storage unit including water; and a dehydrogenation reaction unit including a chemical hydride. The dehydrogenation reaction unit receives a second aqueous acid solution in which the first aqueous acid solution and water are mixed, and further reacts the chemical hydride and the second aqueous acid solution to generate hydrogen.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction apparatus includes a dehydrogenation reactor having a reaction vessel that stores a chemical hydride; and a methane generator that converts carbon monoxide generated in the dehydrogenation reactor into methane.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction apparatus is disclosed. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a dehydrogenation reaction apparatus, including: a dehydrogenation reactor that includes a reaction vessel configured to store a chemical hydride, and at least one partition wall partitioning an inner space of the reaction vessel into a plurality of reaction chambers; and a buffer tank configured to temporarily store hydrogen generated in the dehydrogenation reactor and then supply the hydrogen to the fuel cell.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor patch configured to be attached to the skin of a user. The sensor patch may include: at least one opening; and a frame surrounding the at least one opening, wherein the frame may include at least one senor configured to measure a biosignal of the user. Therefore, since the at least one sensor for measuring a biosignal is provided on the frame surrounding at least one opening, it may be possible to continuously obtain a biosignal of the user for a long period of time.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a hydrogen extraction reactor, comprising a chamber including an inner space; a reaction unit which is provided to pass through the inside of the chamber and where an endothermic reaction for hydrogen extraction occurs; a heating unit which is provided to be spaced apart from the reaction unit inside the chamber and transfers heat to the inside of the chamber; and a heat transfer material which is provided between the reaction unit and the heating unit in the chamber, wherein the heat transfer material undergoes a phase transition between a gas phase and a liquid phase according to the entry and exit of heat from the heating unit or the reaction unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an object detection and classification system with higher accuracy and resolution in a less computer memory environment. The system comprises an input value generation unit to receive an input image and generate an input value including feature information; a memory value generation unit to receive a reference image and generate a memory value including feature information; a memory management unit to select information having high importance from the memory values and store in a computer memory; an aggregated value generation unit to compute similarity between the input value and the memory value, calculate a weighted sum to generate an integrated value, and aggregate the integrated value and the input value; and an object detection unit to detect or classify the object from the input image using the aggregated value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite including a plurality of stacked thermoplastic layers, and a plurality of carbon fiber reinforcing layers interposed between the thermoplastic layers, wherein the carbon-fiber-reinforced composite further comprises a stitching part stitched with an upper yarn and a lower yarn from outside of the thermoplastic layers at a folding location of the carbon-fiber-reinforced composite.

Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst for oxidative coupling reaction of methane, a method for preparing the same, and a method for oxidative coupling reaction of methane using the same. The catalyst includes a mixed metal oxide, which is a mixed oxide of metals including sodium (Na), tungsten (W), manganese (Mn), barium (Ba) and titanium (Ti). It is possible to obtain paraffins, such as ethane and propane, and olefins, such as ethylene and propylene, with high efficiency through the method for oxidative coupling reaction of methane using the catalyst.

Abstract: Disclosed are an X-RAY image reading support method including the steps of acquiring a target X-RAY image photographed by transmitting or reflecting X-RAY in a reading space in which an object to be read is disposed; applying the target X-RAY image to a reading model that extracts features from an input image; and identifying the object to be read as an object corresponding to a classified class when the object to be read is classified as a set class based on a first feature set extracted from the target X-RAY image, and an X-RAY image reading support system performing the method.

Abstract: Disclosed is a prodrug for preventing or treating cancer. The prodrug is mediated by albumin present in the blood to achieve high cancer selectivity for cancer and high stability. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer including the prodrug. The anticancer prodrug and the pharmaceutical composition form a conjugate with albumin even without using a carrier or delivery vector when injected in vivo. Therefore, the anticancer prodrug and the pharmaceutical composition are effective in preventing or treating cancer, have increased in vivo half-lives, and can accumulate in cancer with increased efficiency to significantly alleviate the side effects of the anticancer drug.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte operable in wide temperature ranges and a lithium battery including the same. By dissolving two or more lithium salts in a mixture solvent including three or more different acyclic alkyl carbonate compounds, reactivity with lithium metal and freezing point are decreased at the same time and, therefore, the lifetime characteristics and electrochemical performance of a lithium-ion battery, a lithium-metal battery, or a lithium-ion capacitor using the same are improved significantly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for inferring a correlation between objects through image recognition. The device for inferring a correlation between objects through image recognition according to an embodiment comprises a communicator and an interaction inferencer configured to select a main object interacting with a target object at a predetermined distance in the input image or generate a social graph including the main object and the target object.

Abstract: In artificial vision parameter automating method, the system includes a sensory module, a communication module, a database, an image processing module, a learning module and a automating and storing module. The sensory module is configured to take images. The communication module is configured to be send the data obtained from the sensory module to the database. The database is configured to store the images received from the communication module. The image processing module is configured to convert a selected image from the database into a low-resolution phosphene image, to generate test images with various artificial vision parameters. The learning module is configured to extract important features from high-resolution training images, and to build various machine learning models competent at identifying visual stimuli from low-resolution phosphene images. The automating and storing module is configured to automatically select and store primary test data, based on the learning in the learning module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a delithiation solution and a method for forming an anode active material or an anode using the same. By chemically extracting reactive lithium from a high-capacity anode active material or anode, which has high initial coulombic efficiency due to high lithium content but exhibits decreased stability in dry air or in a solvent for preparation of a slurry, stability can be improve and initial coulombic efficiency can be maintained high. In addition, the method for forming an anode active material or an anode according to the present disclosure can greatly reduce the cost and time required for delivery after production of a lithium-ion battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is a methanol and sulfuric acid co-production system capable of producing methanol and sulfuric acid in equal equivalents. Specifically, the system includes an oxidation reaction unit configured to produce methyl bisulfate (CH3OSO3H) by reacting methane gas with an acid solution in the presence of a catalyst, a reactive distillation unit disposed downstream of the oxidation reaction unit and configured to esterify methyl bisulfate (CH3OSO3H) supplied from the oxidation reaction unit with trifluoroacetic acid (CF3COOH) to obtain a product and to separate the product into methyl trifluoroacetate (CF3COOCH3) and sulfuric acid (H2SO4) through thermal distillation, and a hydrolysis reaction unit disposed downstream of the reactive distillation unit and configured to produce methanol by hydrolyzing methyl trifluoroacetate (CF3COOCH3) supplied from the reactive distillation unit, in which the reactive distillation unit recirculates the sulfuric acid resulting from separation to the oxidation reaction unit.