Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining intoxication in a driver. The system can receive data of a driver's face over a time interval and for each frame of the data, determine one or more parameters associated with eye movements and characteristics of the driver. Based on the one or more parameters for each frame, the frames can be featurized into one or more vectors, where each of the one or more vectors corresponds to a parameter of the one or more parameters. A weight can be applied to each of the one or more vectors and based on the weight of each of the one or more vectors, the system can predict whether the driver surpassed an intoxication threshold. If the driver surpassed the intoxication threshold, the system can alter an operating characteristic of a vehicle of the driver.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of coding units, constructing a coding unit group including at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units, obtaining coding information in units of one coding unit group, and decoding at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units included in the coding unit group by using the obtained coding information.

Abstract: Selection systems, such as selection systems for determining peptides that inhibit protein aggregation, peptides determined with the selection systems, and methods of using the selection systems and the peptides.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for decomposing a Mixed Polarity Multiple Controlled Toffoli (MPMCT) gate in a quantum circuit and a quantum circuit designed using the method. The method includes dividing a process of decomposing an MPMCT gate in a quantum circuit into a front step, a central step, and a back step, selecting one of multiple decomposition methods in consideration of the sub-MCT gate assigned to each of the steps and the number (k) of work qubits of which the initial states are known (Clean Work Qubits (CWQs)), and decomposing the MPMCT gate into gates of a Clifford+T set, which is a standard fault-tolerant gate set, by applying the selected decomposition method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module having a housing enclosing electrical energy storage cells and a device for monitoring a characteristic of the fluid contained in the housing of the module other than the temperature in order to diagnose the deterioration of at least one of the electrical energy storage cells enclosed in the housing of the module.

Abstract: A mask design device for 3D proximity field pattering based on electric field control is provided. The mask design service, for producing a nanostructure having a constant period, may include: a material selector configured to select a material of the nanostructure having a specific refractive index; an objective function executor configured to execute an objective function based on a 2D electric field intensity map of the nanostructure formed from the material having a specific height and width; and an optimizer configured to set at least one of a period, the refractive index of the nanostructure, and the objective function, as an input variable, and configured to input the input variable into a predetermined algorithm to calculate design parameters of the nanostructure. A mask having the nanostructure, a method for manufacturing the mask, and a nano patterning device are also provided.

Abstract: A method for preparing an adjustable organic fertilizer is provided. The method includes providing a ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium required for a target crop and collecting a plurality of wastes. The method includes categorizing the fertilizer concentrations of the same type of feeding substrates within the wastes separately, and adjusting the composition of the categorized wastes to form a composite feeding substrate according to the ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium required for the target crop. The method includes subjecting the composite feeding substrate to an anaerobic fermentation process. The anaerobic fermentation process includes introducing the composite feeding substrate into an acidification tank to obtain a first mixture and introducing the first mixture into a methanogenesis tank to obtain a second mixture.

Abstract: Catalysts and methods for catalytic hydrogenolysis of a polymer. The method comprises a) activating a catalyst with a hydrogen source to provide an activated catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises: i) a MXene support of Formula I: Mn+1XnTx (I); wherein each M is independently an early transition metal; X is carbon or nitrogen; Tx is a surface functional group wherein x is 0-10; and n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; and ii) a supported metal, wherein loading of the supported metal on the MXene support is less than 5% w/w based on the weight of the catalyst; and b) contacting a mixture of the activated catalyst, hydrogen gas, and a polymer at a temperature of at least about 200° C. for a period of time that is sufficient for catalytic hydrogenolysis of the polymer; thereby converting the polymer to a fuel.

Abstract: A prednisone enteric-coated preparation and a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The prednisone enteric-coated preparation includes: 5% to 35% of an active prednisone micro-enteric-coated preparation unit, such as an enteric-coated microsphere; and an inactive pharmaceutical adjuvant. The enteric-coated microsphere has an average particle size of 100 ?m to 1,000 ?m, and a dissolution behavior of the enteric-coated microsphere conforms to the provisions for enteric-coated preparations. The enteric-coated microsphere characteristic not only avoids the stimulation of prednisone to a gastric mucosa, but also makes the active ingredient quickly released and absorbed in an intestinal tract to prevent the active ingredient from being destroyed by intestinal floras. The prednisone enteric-coated preparation can be any dosage form such as a suspension or a capsule suitable for patients with difficult swallowing or normal patients.

Abstract: A stretchable ion-gel sensor and a method of preparing the same are provided. The stretchable ion-gel sensor includes an ion-gel layer, an upper electrode layer disposed on a top surface of the ion-gel layer, and a lower electrode layer disposed on a bottom surface of the ion-gel layer, wherein each of the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer includes a first metal particle/polymer layer and a second metal particle/polymer layer.

Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector, comprising a substrate, a pixel array formed on the substrate, a perovskite thick film formed on the pixel array and having nanosheet structure, and a readout circuit electrically connected to the pixel array, wherein the perovskite thick film comprises CsPbBrmI3-m or FAPbBrmI3-m, 0?m?3, a surfactant and a ligand. A preparation method for a perovskite thick film is also provided.

Abstract: Provided herein are AAV inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) comprising modifications that are useful for improved expression of a transgene to muscle cells/tissue. ITRs as described herein comprise a myoblast determination protein (MyoD) binding site and/or myocyte enhancer factor (MEF) binding site. to improve transgene expression in muscle cells/tissue. Provided herein are also AAV particles comprising modified ITRs. and method of making and using them.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for improving immune cell activity comprising a TET2 expression inhibitor, and a method for preparing immune cells with improved activity. In addition, the present invention relates to a recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a TET2 inhibitor, immune cells with improved activity transduced with the recombinant vector, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer comprising the immune cells.

Abstract: Described herein are methods of treating muscular dystrophy in a subject, comprising administration of a recombinant AAV vector AAVrh74.tMCK.SGCA using a systemic route of administration and at a dose of about 1.0×1012 vg/kg to about 5.0×1015 vg/kg. Further disclosed are methods of expressing alpha-sarcoglycan gene in a cell or in a subject in need thereof, decreasing a serum CK level, and increasing alpha-sarcoglycan positive fibers in muscle tissue of a subject.

Abstract: Training a lexicon of a natural language processing system may include receiving a data set containing a corpus of absolute paths driven by a vehicle annotated with natural language descriptions of said absolute paths and determining parameters of the lexicon based on the data set. The degree to which a path taken by the vehicle satisfies the annotated description may be specified by a scoring function. The lexicon may be determined by finding the lexicon parameters that optimize the degree to which the paths taken by the vehicle satisfy the annotated descriptions. Objects in the environment of the same class are disambiguated by specifying their position relative to other objects using prepositions.

Abstract: Provided are a resist composition and a method of forming a pattern by using the same, the resist composition including a polymer including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1, a photoacid generator, and an organic solvent: Formula 1 is as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for a package includes a pressure applying device configured to apply a pressure to the package, a sensor configured to measure the pressure applied to the package by the pressure applying device, and a signal transmitting apparatus electrically coupled to the package and configured to input an input signal to a chip of the package, receive an output signal from the package in real time, and monitor a damage of the chip of the package in real time while the pressure applying device applies the pressure to the package.

Abstract: A system for training an operator of a vehicle to perform a maneuver of the vehicle can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store an automated motion module, an instruction module, and a communications module. The automated motion module can cause the processor to cause the vehicle to perform, in an automated manner, a first iteration of the maneuver. The instruction module can cause the processor to cause an instruction to be provided to the operator during a second iteration of the maneuver. The communications module can cause the processor to receive, during the second iteration, a query from the operator about a performance of the second iteration. The communications module can cause the processor to communicate a response to the query to train the operator to perform the second iteration or a third iteration of the maneuver in a manner that mimics the first iteration.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a horological assembly (2000) including a watch (1000) and an adjustment tool (200) for driving, without direct contact, a first mobile (1) internal to the watch (1000) throughout its case, for adjustment and/or recharging, the adjustment tool (200) including first magnetic areas (210) cooperating in attraction or repulsion with the first mobile (1) which is pivotably and axially movable about a first axis (D1) against an elastic return means (5) fastened to the case (10), between an active position in which the adjustment tool (200) draws the first mobile (1) towards an end-of-travel surface (6) in an engaged position with a second mobile (7) inside the case (10), and an inactive position in the absence of the adjustment tool (200) and in which the elastic return means (5) keeps the first mobile (1) disengaged from the second mobile (7).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology for recognizing and determining an extent of a liver being examined by an operator during an ultrasound liver examination. In one aspect, a method of determining an extent of liver examination performed by a device for determining an extent of liver examination may include receiving an ultrasound image taken of a region of a liver as input, extracting features from the ultrasound image, determining a cross-section of the liver for which the ultrasound image was taken on the basis of the extracted features, and determining an extent of liver examination taken in the ultrasound image on the basis of the determined cross-section of the liver.