Abstract: A controller for a substrate processing system includes a resistance calculation module configured to receive a first current and a second current corresponding to a first heater element and a second heater element, respectively, of a substrate support, receive a first voltage and a second voltage corresponding to the first heater element and the second heater element, respectively, calculate a first resistance of the first heater element based on the first voltage and the first current, and calculate a second resistance of the second heater element based on the second voltage and the second current. A temperature control module is configured to separately control power provided to the first heater element and the second heater element based on the first resistance and the second resistance, respectively, and respective relationships between the first and second resistances and first and second temperatures of the substrate support.

Abstract: There are disclosed imidazolinopyrimidinone compounds that have activity to induce TRAIL gene expression in macrophages. There is further disclosed a method for treating various cancers comprising administering effective amounts of an imidazolinopyrimidinone having the structure of Formula I herein.

Abstract: Provided is photochromic glass. The photochromic glass includes a photochromic layer having visible-light transmittance decreased at short-wavelength light and having visible-light transmittance increased at long-wavelength light, a short-wavelength transmission layer provided on a surface of the photochromic layer to transmit only the short-wavelength light among lights entering the photochromic layer, and a wavelength conversion layer provided on another surface of the photochromic layer opposite to the surface to convert a wavelength of light entering the photochromic layer into a long wavelength, or a long-wavelength transmission layer transmitting only the long-wavelength among lights entering the photochromic layer. The visible-light transmittance of the photochromic layer may adjust on both surfaces of the photochromic layer through the incident direction of light.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a reactor system comprising: a reaction vessel comprising a reactant, a heat transfer fluid and a first reaction product, wherein the heat transfer fluid has a greater density than the first reaction product such that at least a portion of the first reaction product floats on a surface of the heat transfer fluid; a first outlet positioned at a surface level of the first reaction product, the first outlet configured to output a first outlet flow comprising at least a portion of the first reaction product and at least a portion of the heat transfer fluid; wherein the heat transfer fluid is configured to provide thermal energy to the reactant in the reaction vessel to form the first reaction product.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for supporting authentication between devices, which includes a certificate information storage unit for storing certificate data of a first terminal for managing a certificate; a communication unit for receiving a request for a certificate of the first terminal, which uses a signature value and certificate-related information corresponding to the first terminal, from a second terminal and returning information corresponding to a valid certificate of the first terminal to the second terminal in order to enable the second terminal to authenticate the first terminal; and a certificate verification unit for verifying whether a certificate of the first terminal is valid.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for decoding polar codes and the polar code decoding method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is a polar code decoding method performed by a polar code decoding apparatus which includes receiving a code word vector generated by polar encoding; and decoding the code word vector based on a soft cancellation (SCAN) decoding method and a round-trip belief propagation (BP) decoding method, in the decoding, an inner code of the code word vector may be decoded by the round-trip belief propagation method and an outer code may be decoded by the SCAN decoding method.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a multiplex diagnostic method and related kits thereof for detecting the presence of different target analytes in a sample, the method comprising providing the sample and a plurality of reporter particles such as gold nanoparticles having ? different colours to a substrate, the substrate having a assigned spatial regions; and determining, on the substrate, the presence of a colour arising from the reporter particles in each of ? assigned spatial regions on the substrate, wherein each of the assigned spatial regions on the substrate is configured to immobilize a target analyte that is different from the other assigned spatial regions, wherein reporter particles of each different colour are configured to couple to a target analyte that is different from the reporter particles of the other different colours, and wherein ? is an integer that is at least two and ? is an integer that is at least two.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using an adaptive filter. The method for performing intra-prediction includes the steps of: determining whether or not to apply a first filter for a reference pixel value on the basis of information of a neighboring block of a current block; applying the first filter for the reference pixel value when it is determined to apply the first filter; performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference pixel value; determining whether or not to apply a second filter for a prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block, which is predicted by the intra-prediction performance on the basis of the information of the neighboring block; and applying the second filter for the prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block when it is determined to apply the second filter.

Abstract: Systems and methods for perception-based tactile sensing in a robot are provided. The robot may include an external portion and an illuminator that outputs illumination. The robot may further include a receiving sensor that receives illumination. The robot may also include a pair of conduits, located at an external portion, that include an injecting conduit that traverses one or more housings of the robot. The injecting conduit may be configured to receive the illumination from the illuminator and output the illumination to illuminate an object external to the robot. The pair of conduits may also include a receiving conduit, traversing one or more housings of the robot, configured to receive the illumination from the object external to the robot and output the illumination to the receiving sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of stitching a real-time image. More specifically, stitching-related information is generated, a parallax occurrence region in an overlap region is tracked, and correction for reducing parallax occurring in the parallax occurrence region and correction of an image distortion occurring in a non-overlap region are performed for output.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a negative voltage generating circuit having an automatic voltage adjustment function, including a negative voltage generating circuit and a feedback control module. The negative voltage generated by the negative voltage generating circuit is adjusted by the feedback control module. The negative voltage generating circuit having the automatic voltage adjustment function of the present disclosure can automatically adjust the charge current of the charge pump according to the load current, thereby realizing the stability of the output voltage, such that the traditional analog circuit structure can work normally under the extremely low power supply voltage, and is particularly suitable for the deep submicron process. The present disclosure also realizes the digital adjustment of the output voltage, the negative voltage output is no longer single, and can be adjusted according to actual needs.

Abstract: The present invention provides a speech intention expression system including a sensor part which is adjacent to one surface of the head and neck of a speaker and measures physical characteristics of articulators, a data interpretation part which grasps articulatory features of the speaker on the basis of the position of the sensor part and the physical characteristics of the articulators, a data conversion part which converts the position of the sensor part and the articulatory features to speech data, and a data expression part which expresses the speech data to the outside, wherein the sensor part includes an oral tongue sensor corresponding to the oral tongue.

Abstract: Provided are methods, compositions and kits employing cellulose nanocrystals for hair-straightening treatment. Also provided are methods, compositions and kits employing a resilin, for hair-straightening treatment and/or for maintenance of straightened hair following a hair-straightening treatment.

Abstract: An oxygen scavenging formulation comprising an oxidizable polymer resin, a transition metal catalyst, and a photosensitizer selected from one or more carotenoids is provided. The oxygen scavenging formulation does not need an additional triggering agent, or heating or light irradiation to trigger an oxygen scavenging function. A method of reducing oxygen atmosphere in a packaging article is also provided.

Abstract: In accordance with some aspects, systems, methods and media for detecting manipulations of point cloud data are provided. In some aspects, a method for presenting information indicative of whether a manipulation of point cloud data has occurred is provided, the method comprising: receiving point cloud data comprising a plurality of points, wherein each point of the plurality of points is associated with a position; determining, for each of the plurality of points, a value indicative of a density of points in a region surrounding the respective point; associating, for each of the plurality of points, the value indicative of density with the respective point; and causing a representation of at least a portion of the point cloud data to be presented based on the location information associated with each point of the plurality of points, and the value indicative of density associated with each of the plurality of points.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for calibrating temperature and humidity of a radio-sonde to be adapted to the upper air environment using an upper air simulation chamber including: an isotemperature-isohumidity unit calibrating temperature and humidity measured via the radio-sonde; a sunlight generation unit coupled to the isotemperature-isohumidity unit and generating sunlight to be irradiated to the isotemperature-isohumidity unit; an air supply unit coupled to the isotemperature-isohumidity unit and controlling the pressure and temperature of atmospheric air, allowing supplying air to the isotemperature-isohumidity unit; a sonic nozzle coupled to the isotemperature-isohumidity unit and creating an air flow set at below a set pressure; and a vacuum pump coupled to the isotemperature-isohumidity unit and discharging air which penetrates the isotemperature-isohumidity unit.

Abstract: Provided are a polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber that is suitable as a molding material, and a production method thereof. A polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber includes grafted cellulose having a graft chain bonding to cellulose constituting a cellulose nanofiber, wherein the graft chain is a polylactide, and a ratio of an absorbance derived from C?O of the polylactide to an absorbance derived from O—H of the cellulose on an infrared absorption spectrum is no less than 0.01 and no greater than 1,000. In addition, a production method of a polylactide-grafted cellulose nanofiber includes carrying out graft polymerization of a lactide to cellulose constituting a cellulose nanofiber in the presence of an organic polymerization catalyst which includes an amine and a salt obtained by reacting the amine with an acid. As the organic polymerization catalyst, 4-dimethylaminopyridine and 4-dimethylaminopyridinium triflate are preferred.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising a functionalized substrate having a first charged functional group, a metal dispersed on the substrate, wherein the metal comprises at least one of Pt, Rh, Pd, Ag, Au, Ni, Os, Ir, Mn, Co, alloys thereof, oxides thereof, or mixtures thereof, and an ionomer are disclosed. Methods manufacturing a functionalized catalyst comprising catalyzing a substrate with a metal, functionalizing the catalyzed substrate with a first charged functional group, and add an ionomer to the loaded functionalized catalyst are also disclosed. Also, methods comprising catalyzing a substrate with a metal, functionalizing the substrate with a first charged functional group, and adding an ionomer to the loaded functionalized catalyst are disclosed.

Abstract: A disturbance source positioning method for positioning disturbance sources in a system including a plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes the following steps: grouping the plurality of nodes into a plurality of node groups based on an oscillation feature; establishing an in-group causality of the plurality of node groups based on a successive order of a coherent oscillation component; selecting at least one candidate group from the plurality of node groups based on the in-group causality; and positioning at least one disturbance source node in each candidate group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating allergic diseases such as asthma or atopy including baicalein as an active ingredient. Baicalein is capable of regulating thymic stromal lymphopoietin-mediated signal transduction. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can effectively suppress inflammatory responses of allergic or asthmatic diseases due to the presence of baicalein extracted from Scutellariae Radix that regulates TSLP-mediated intracellular signal transduction to inhibit intracellular phosphorylation of STATS and inhibit the binding of TSLP to TSLPR. In addition, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may further include one or more compounds having synergistic effects with baicalein. In this case, the pharmaceutical composition can more effectively suppress inflammatory responses of allergic diseases such as asthma or atopy.