Abstract: An electronic bypass (eBypass) cartridge assembly and method for installing such, including a bypass valve defining a first chamber; a valve body defining a second chamber; and a check valve preventing flow from the second chamber to the first chamber. A bypass tube defining a third chamber, and a solenoid assembly, wherein the solenoid assembly controls flow between the first chamber, the second chamber, and the third chamber. The eBypass cartridge assembly may also include a cartridge attachment interface, and a sealing surface defined by the bypass valve, or an LVDT assembly configured to sense a position of bypass valve, or a valve seat formed on a spring housing, wherein the sealing surface is configured to seal to the valve seat in a fully closed position, or a single bypass input tube and a single bypass output tube.

Abstract: A system may provide an eco-feedback and gaming platform for home energy management. The system may generate daily energy scores for a plurality of households. The system may prepare a community energy conservation game in which community conservation goals and participation thresholds are generated. The system may execute the game by receiving time series date from each of the households and rewards the households for participating in achieving the community goal.

Abstract: Provided are compositions, optionally pharmaceutical compositions, that include a plurality of exosomes generated from stem cells, optionally ESCs and/or iPSCs, that have been modified to express a granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) polypeptide, optionally a human GM-CSF polypeptide. Also provided are methods for employing the presently disclosed compositions for preventing and/or inhibiting tumor growth in subjects in need thereof, for preventing and/or inhibiting metastases in subject in need thereof, for inducing anti-tumor immune responses in subjects, and uses of the presently disclosed compositions for prevention and/or treatment of tumors and/or cancers and for the preparation of medicaments for treatment of tumors and/or cancers.

Abstract: In certain aspects, provided herein are methods of inhibiting neutrophil degranulation in a patient infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by administering a composition comprising (a) a TAT-fusion protein comprising an 11 amino acid cell penetrating peptide TAT operably linked to an N-terminal SNARE domain of SNAP-23 (TAT-SNAP-23), and/or a TAT-fusion protein comprising an 11 amino acid cell penetrating peptide TAT operably linked to a SNARE domain of syn-taxin-4 (TAT-STX-4), wherein the inhibition is compared to a control.

Abstract: A watermarking method for smart contract according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises compiling a source code of a smart contract to create a contract creation bytecode and a runtime bytecode; generating a control flow graph including a plurality of byte regions based on the runtime bytecode; setting opcode groups by grouping consecutive opcodes in an opcode list in the plurality of byte regions of the generated control flow graph so that a sum of gas costs for the consecutive opcodes is greater than or equal to a preset gas cost value; extracting a watermarkable byte region based on the set opcode groups; determining watermarking bytes, in which a watermark is to be embed in the watermarkable byte region, to embed the watermark and storing location information of the determined watermarking bytes; hashing fingerprint information including information on the watermark and the location information of the watermarking bytes to create a fingerprint; and embedding the created fingerprint in the

Abstract: Methods of generating linear regression predictor models capable of predicting responses of patients afflicted with diseases to treatments, methods of using the linear regression predictor models to predict the responses of the patients to the treatments, and methods of administering the treatments to the patients.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an untact DC electric-field sensor having improved sensitivity. The untact DC electric-field sensor has a circuit composed of a variable capacitor and an RF generator and improves sensitivity through resonance of the circuit by connecting an inductor to the sensor.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer metal plate by electroplating includes a first forming operation of forming one of a first metal layer and a second metal layer on a substrate by electroplating, wherein the second metal layer is less recrystallized than the first metal layer, the second metal layer is comprised of nanometer-size grains, and the second metal layer has a higher level of tensile strength than the first metal layer; and a second forming operation of forming, by electroplating, a third metal layer not formed in the first forming operation on a surface of one of the first metal layer and the second metal layer formed in the first forming operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide a shape of a surface mount type optical module to be mounted on a surface of a system board or package submount, and is to provide a compact and lightweight optical module attachment/detachment apparatus that performs the mounting (attachment) and separation of the optical module in a confined space by automatically performing optical module loading/unloading, optical module alignment, and laser soldering to facilitate attachment and detachment of the optical module. The attachment/detachment apparatus includes a body frame; a fixing part for fixing the body frame to the board; a gripper for gripping the optical module; an aligning part for aligning the position of the optical module with respect to the board; and a laser part which irradiates a laser for non-contact bonding between the optical module and the board.

Abstract: A bypass seamless switching apparatus and a method thereof are provided, in which a controller sends a first control signal to control or switch a first relay to on/off state, sends a second control signal to control or switch a second relay to on/off state, and sends a switch signal to control or switch a bypass switch module to on/off state. When the controller is in failure mode or is disconnected, a driving power supply of a bypass circuit provides a driving signal to the bypass switch module to maintain or switch a switch of the bypass switch module to on state, so that the bypass switch module is in short-circuit state or short-circuit protection state, and a bypass side voltage of the bypass switch module is equal to or close to zero voltage, so as to execute bypass function or bypass seamless switching function of the bypass switch module.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stretchable ACF, a method for manufacturing same, and an interfacial bonding member and a device comprising same. The stretchable ACF comprises: a polymer film; and conductive particles inserted into the polymer film and aligned therein, wherein the conductive particles are exposed to the outside of the upper and lower surfaces of the polymer film.

Abstract: Provided herein are modified insecticidal proteins comprising an insecticidal protein, wherein the insecticidal protein has been modified to include at least one stink bug gut binding peptide.

Abstract: An operation method of a first access point (AP) may comprise: transmitting, to a control device of a base station, channel information between the first AP and one or more user equipments (UEs) connected to the base station; receiving allocation information determined by the control device; identifying an entity to decode a uplink (UL) signal of each of the one or more UEs from among a plurality of APs and the control device constituting the base station, based on the allocation information; directly performing a decoding operation on a first UL signal received from a first UE among the one or more UEs, based on the allocation information; and transmitting, to the control device, a first report related to a result of the decoding operation on the first UL signal.

Abstract: A point cloud positioning error detection method, performed by a processing device, includes: obtaining a plurality of pieces of first point data and a target point cloud map, wherein the target point cloud map includes a plurality of pieces of target point data, registering the first point data and the target point data to obtain a plurality of pieces of second point data, selecting a plurality of pieces of third point data from the second point data according to a first default distance, calculating a plurality of matching scores of the third point data relative to the target point data, obtaining a plurality of step vectors corresponding to the third point data, respectively, when said registering converges, and obtaining a plurality of effective values according to directions of the step vectors, and outputting a localization fault detection result based on an intersection of the matching scores and the effective values.

Abstract: A method for detecting abnormal direct current voltage measurement in a modular multilevel converter high voltage direct current transmission system is provided. In the method, a valve group voltage at a detection pole is obtained, voltages at voltage measurement points at the detection pole are collected, and comparison and determination are performed based on the actual arrangement of the voltage measurement points, and then whether an abnormal measurement occurs at each of the voltage measurement points is determined.

Abstract: A method of detecting a biomolecule, a computing device performing the method, and a biomolecule detection system therefor are provided. The method includes receiving a terahertz signal that passed deionized water or reference material, receiving a terahertz signal that passed a target including a predetermined biomolecule, extracting a digital modulation characteristic for the received terahertz signal that passed the deionized water and the received terahertz signal that passed the target, and detecting the predetermined biomolecule included in the target by analyzing the extracted digital modulation characteristic, wherein the received terahertz signal that passed the deionized water and the received terahertz signal that passed the target are generated using a digitally modulated optical signal based on a transmission speed determined based on kinematics of the predetermined biomolecule.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, apparatus, and storage medium for image encoding/decoding. Selective compression learning of latent representations for variable-rate image compression is used for the method, apparatus, and storage medium. A selective compression method that partially encodes latent representations in a completely generalized manner for deep-learning-based variable-rate image compression is disclosed in embodiments. The methods of the embodiments adaptively determine essential representation elements for compression at different target quality levels.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a phase change material layer on a substrate, a gate electrode disposed on the phase change material layer and inducing accumulation of charges in the phase change material layer, and a pair of source/drain electrodes spaced apart from each other with the gate electrode therebetween on the phase change material layer. The phase change material layer includes a phase change region having a crystal structure that changes due to the accumulation of the charges as a voltage is applied to the gate electrode.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention described herein relate to methods of making and using inducible promoters for transgene expression. The inducible promoters are derived from the NFAT-RE inducible system and are used to improve or enhance T cell survival and proliferation.