Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel signal sequence peptide and a vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding same. The signal sequence peptide can induce a protein linked thereto to be secreted to the outside of a cell, and thus, when the signal sequence peptide is used or a recombinant microorganism transformed with the vector is used, the signal sequence peptide expresses a target protein and then secretes the target protein to the outside of a cell, thus enabling the target protein to exhibit the activity and function thereof.

Abstract: A wearable device worn by a user is disclosed which includes a plurality of input device interfaces each configured to receive input from a sensor coupled to a user, a controller configured to generate a two-dimensional map of the user's three-dimensional space based on the received inputs, and a plurality of haptic feedback devices disposed on the wearable device, wherein the controller is configured to selectively activate each of the plurality of haptic feedback devices to signal the user's position in the three-dimensional space based on the generated two-dimensional map as the user moves in the three-dimensional space.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of producing a photovoltaic apparatus.

Abstract: An intraocular pressure detecting device includes the following elements. A force-applying element is adapted to apply a force to a target surface on a cornea of an eyeball in a direction, so that the target surface is deformed. A force-sensing element, coupled to the force-applying element, is adapted to sense the force applied by the force-applying element in the direction. A displacement-sensing element, coupled to the force-applying element, is adapted to sense a displacement of the force-applying element in the direction. A processing element is electrically connected to the force-sensing element and the displacement-sensing element to obtain a relationship curve between applied force and displacement. In particular, the processing element analyzes the relationship curve to obtain a characteristic critical point, and obtains an intraocular pressure value of the eyeball according to the applied force corresponding to the characteristic critical point.

Abstract: One embodiment can provide a method and system for estimating a remote quantity of interest (QoI). During operation, the system can receive, over a communication channel, a radio frequency (RF) signal carrying an estimate of the QoI measured by a sensor. The system can estimate probability distributions of a set of random channel parameters associated with the HF communication channel. The system can further reconstruct the estimate based on the probability distributions of the channel parameters and the received RF signal, determine a level of uncertainty associated with the reconstructed estimate, and combine reconstructed estimates from multiple sensors based on the determined level of uncertainty associated with each reconstructed estimate to output a combined estimate of the QoI.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an atomic layer deposition device for filling a gap of a semiconductor structure with a high aspect ratio and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the atomic layer deposition method of filling the gap of the semiconductor structure with the high aspect ratio according to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to remove an overhang at an pattern top at the same time as deposition and perform the gap-filling to remove a void and a seam by improving bottom-up deposition in a high aspect ratio structure of 40:1 or more.

Abstract: A meta-antenna apparatus and method are provided. The meta-antenna includes a substrate comprising a ground plane, a first slot structure including slots disposed on the ground plane, feed lines electrically connected to the first slot structure, and a meta-surface including a meta-material, and unit cells, the meta-surface being spaced apart from the ground plane. The unit cells each includes a square cross-sectional shape, and a ring-shaped metal pattern formed on one side thereof, and an inner diameter of the metal pattern is smaller than half a length of one side of the square of a unit cell.

Abstract: A lipid compound or a derivative thereof and a pharmaceutical composition employing the same are provided. The lipid compound has a structure represented by Formula (I): wherein Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are as disclosed in the specification.

Abstract: A system, an apparatus, and a method for cloud resource allocation are provided. The cloud resource allocation system includes a plurality of worker nodes and a master node. The master node includes: an orchestrator configured to: obtain multiple node resource information respectively reported by a plurality the worker nodes through a resource manager; and parse a job profile of a job request obtained from the waiting queue through the job scheduler and decide to execute a direct resource allocation or a preemptive indirect resource allocation for a job to be handled requested by the job request based on the node resource information and the job profile.

Abstract: A controllable endoscope comprising a tube cut out radially to form at least three long segments having each loops for slidably receiving pull wires, separated by series of short segments having no loops; all the segments being attached to each other only by portions of the tube that were not cut out.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a chest of a vehicle crash dummy, includes: controlling, under each preset test condition, a pressing apparatus to press down a chest of a target crash dummy with a target pressing speed and a target pressing distance corresponding to the preset test condition, obtaining an actual force-displacement curve under each preset test condition, obtaining a standard force-displacement curve of a chest of a standard crash dummy under each preset test condition, and determining, according to the actual force-displacement curve and the standard force-displacement curve under each preset test condition, whether the chest of the target crash dummy satisfies a biological simulation standard. Through collecting information under various preset test conditions, various complicated conditions of impact on the chest can be more effectively simulated in a crash test by using the method, which improves the accuracy of determining the biological simulation standard.

Abstract: A sputtering apparatus includes: target holders holding targets facing each other; a substrate holder on a side of a plasma generation region between the targets; main magnetic field generation units on the back surface sides of the target holders to generate main magnetic fields on surfaces of the targets in which magnets are disposed such that opposite poles face each other; a power supply to generate an electric field in a plasma generation region; a radio-frequency electromagnetic field generation unit to generate a radio-frequency electromagnetic field on a side of the plasma generation region facing the substrate holder with the plasma generation region between them; and a plasma source gas introduction unit to introduce a plasma source gas into the plasma generation region, wherein a device for generating a magnetic field does not exist at the ends of the target holders on a side of radio-frequency electromagnetic field generation unit.

Abstract: A polymer is formed by a reaction of phenolic epoxy resin or bisphenol epoxy resin and carboxylic acid, wherein the phenolic epoxy resin has a chemical structure of wherein W is H, alkyl group, or halogen. R1 is methylene, methylene diphenyl, dimethylene benzene, tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene, or n=1 to 8. The bisphenol epoxy resin has a chemical structure of wherein Z is H or alkyl group; R4 is methylene, methylmethylene, dimethylmethylene, ethylmethylmethylene, bi(trifluoromethyl)methylene, fluorenylidene, or sulfonyl group; and p=1 to 10. The carboxylic acid has a chemical structure of HOOC—Ar—(—X)m, HOOC—R2, or a combination thereof, wherein Ar is benzene or naphthalene; X is hydroxy group, alkoxy group, or alkyl group, and at least one X is hydroxy group; m=1 to 3, wherein R2 is C3-7 alkyl group.

Abstract: Provided is a printing system with intelligent color-matching, including a storage device, a printing device, and a processing device. The storage device stores a program, a color-matching dataset, and a color-matching model. The color-matching dataset contains multiple pieces of color-matching data, and each piece of color-matching data includes an ink formula and a corresponding printing color value for the ink formula. The printing device is controlled to produce printed products. The processing device loads the program from the storage device to perform the following tasks: training the color-matching model using the color-matching dataset; inputting the expected color value into the trained color-matching model, and obtaining a predicted formula output by the trained color-matching model; and based on the predicted formula, controlling the printing device to produce the printed product.

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence apparatus for detecting a target gas, which includes a mixed gas measurement unit that measures a mixed gas collected in a plurality of domains through a sensor array to generate sensing data including heterogeneous domain measurement data measured from the mixed gas collected in a domain different from the target gas and target domain measurement data measured from the mixed gas collected from the same domain as the target gas, a heterogeneous intelligence model deep learning unit that receives the heterogeneous domain measurement data to train a heterogeneous intelligence model, a target intelligence model deep learning unit that receives the heterogeneous intelligence model and the target domain measurement data to train a target intelligence model, and a target gas detection unit that determines whether an environmental gas includes the target gas using the target intelligence model.

Abstract: A hot box device and an operating method thereof are provided. The hot box device includes a first shell, a reformer, a burner, and a cathode inlet pipe. The first shell has a first cavity. The reformer is disposed in the first cavity. The burner is disposed in the reformer and has an opening. The cathode inlet pipe is disposed in the first cavity and extends through the first shell. The cathode inlet pipe is in fluid communication with the first cavity, and the opening of the burner is in fluid communication with the first cavity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for processing interference signal of an automotive radar, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for processing interference signal of an automotive radar to detect and cancel interference signal of the automotive radar.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an immersive image encoding/decoding method and apparatus, and a method for transmitting a bitstream generated by the immersive image encoding method. An immersive image encoding method according to the present disclosure, which is performed in an immersive image encoding apparatus, may include: grouping images for a virtual reality space into groups; calculating, based on view information, a view weight of each of the groups; and determining, based on the view weight, a bitstream level of the each of the groups.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for ammonia decomposition, a manufacturing method therefor, and a method for producing hydrogen using the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a catalyst for ammonia decomposition, a manufacturing method therefor, and a method for producing hydrogen using the same, in which by manufacturing a catalyst for decomposition of ammonia using a solvothermal synthesis method to which alcohol is applied, an ammonia conversion rate can be improved due to excellent catalytic activity in an ammonia decomposition reaction, and hydrogen can be efficiently produced from ammonia due to long-term stability even at a high temperature and for long periods of time.

Abstract: A horological component including a first part having a body provided with a first and a second cavity, the second cavity receiving a second part by engagement therewith, the first and second cavities being connected to each other by a capillary channel configured to allow the capillary flow of an adhesive from the first cavity to the second.