Abstract: Disclosed is a method of decoding an image and a method of encoding an image. The method of decoding an image includes: obtaining motion-constrained tile set information; determining, on the basis of the motion-constrained tile set information, a first boundary region of a collocated tile set within a reference picture, which corresponds to a motion-constrained tile set; padding a second boundary region corresponding to the first boundary region; and performing inter prediction on the motion-constrained tile set by using a collocated tile set that includes the padded second boundary region.

Abstract: A ferroelectric memory includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, a ferroelectric composite layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a first insulating layer disposed on one side of the ferroelectric composite layer. The ferroelectric composite layer includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a ferroelectric layer and an antiferroelectric layer. The first electrode layer is opposite to the second electrode layer, and the ferroelectric layer and the antiferroelectric layer are disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

Abstract: A concrete mixture is provided. The mixture includes cement powder, a plant biomaterial in a solid form, wherein the plant biomaterial does not comprise ash, and concrete aggregate, wherein a ratio of cement powder to the biomaterial ranges from 10:1 to 100:1. Methods of controlling concrete setting by adding a plant biomaterial in a solid form to a concrete mixture are also provided.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to electrophoretic mass spectrometry probes and systems and methods of uses thereof. In certain aspects, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe having a hollow body with a distal tip, an electrically conductive hollow conduit, and an electrode. The electrically conductive hollow conduit may be operably coupled to a reservoir and a power source, and the electrically conductive hollow conduit may be configured to transport a liquid sample into the hollow body and polarize the liquid sample as it flows through the electrically conductive hollow conduit and into in the hollow body. The electrode and the electrically conductive hollow conduit are disposed within the hollow body (e.g., at different heights within the hollow body).

Abstract: Provided is a portable simulated flood discharge culvert for surveying and mapping, including a supporting device, where the supporting device includes a plurality of telescopic support rods, and the telescopic support rods; a tarpaulin, where the tarpaulin is cover on outer walls of the telescopic support rods; connecting devices, where each of the connecting devices is installed between any two adjacent telescopic support rods; floors, where the floors are respectively arranged between the plurality of telescopic support rods, and top surfaces of the floors are provided with a plurality of protrusions; adjusting devices, where each of the adjusting devices includes angle adjusting mechanisms and a height adjusting mechanism, and the angle adjusting mechanisms and the height adjusting mechanism are respectively fixed on a bottom surface of each of the floors; a fog generating device, a lighting part, and additional blocks.

Abstract: A tactile display device including a nodule having variable stiffness under a surface to provide a near-real feeling of palpation for a physician. The device utilizes granular jamming technology using pneumatic actuation to control a nodule that maintains its shape while allowing the modulation in stiffness. The nodule includes two hemispheres, a contact portion and an actuation portion, forming a sphere. The contact portion and the actuation portion include different thicknesses and/or materials, while the dimensions of the dimensions of the nodule are maintained. As such, a physician can utilize the device to identify the difference between a normal lump and an affected lump even if the shape of each lump appears to be the same. With the tactile display device, due to the different levels of stiffness, a physician can detect the severity of the lump.

Abstract: Systems and methods of chemical process simulation providing improved methods and systems for expressing the composition of a stream in a chemical process model in a manner that is not immediately indicative of the underlying composition, providing for improved accuracy of allocation of a process output stream to the appropriate source(s), avoiding duplication of components or other inaccurate component representations in relation to critical calculations, and improving the operation of a computer or other computing system for performing chemical process modeling and simulation. The systems or methods provide for three distinct layers of interaction, separating mixed species displayed to the user from individual species used in calculations, while providing transformation objects between dataset layers to provide for accurate modeling, calculation, and display.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present invention provides a modified transfer RNA (tRNA) comprising a T-arm, a D-arm, an anticodon-arm and an acceptor arm, wherein the T-arm comprises nucleotides that interact with the elongation factor 1 alpha protein, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: A system for harvesting bone material from a bone may include a rotary cutter defining a rotary cutter longitudinal axis extending between a rotary cutter proximal end and a rotary cutter distal end. The rotary cutter may have a drive shaft configured to receive input torque, and an osteochondral cutter configured to cut the tissue and receive the tissue material in response to rotation of the osteochondral cutter under pressure against the tissue. The system may further include a bone port defining a bone port longitudinal axis extending between a bone port proximal end and a bone port distal end. The bone port may have a bone port cannulation sized to closely fit over the osteochondral cutter. At least one of the bone port proximal end and the bone port distal end may be securable to the tissue. A stratiform tissue graft may be delivered through the bone port.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control method which can perform, although a line-to-ground fault occurs in phase 1, coordinate transformation to separate the line-to-ground fault of phase 1 without unnecessary power outage by utilizing remaining normal phases, and apply transformed space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) to the converted coordinates, and the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of controlling space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM), which applies zero voltage to ground-faulted phase 1 and makes an inverter operate normally with only the remaining sound phases in order to prevent unnecessary loss generated as even other sound phases are blocked when a single line-to-ground fault occurs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a PCR diagnosis apparatus. This apparatus includes a PCR chip configured to store a PCR sample, a light source part configured to generate laser light to be provided to the PCR sample, an optical modulator provided between the light source part and the PCR chip and configured to selectively provide the laser light to the PCR sample according to a code, a sensor configured to detect fluorescent light generated in the PCR sample by the laser light, and a code generator connected between the optical modulator and the sensor and configured to transmit an orthogonal code to the optical modulator and the sensor.

Abstract: A dehumidifying system and method for reducing humidity in ambient air is disclosed. The system includes a circulation unit, a refrigeration unit, a condensate receptacle for receiving condensate generated by the refrigeration unit, a controller to control both the circulation and refrigeration units, and wherein the controller receives input from one or more ambient sensors configured to sense ambient conditions, and a user interface configured to receive input from a user. The system implements variable speed control within the circulation and/or refrigeration unit to maximize efficiency or capacity under a current threshold, and enables the system to delay the need for defrost cycling during low temperature operation.

Abstract: An electrode lead comprises a lead body, connector contacts affixed to the proximal end of the lead body, and a cuff body affixed to the distal end of the lead body. The cuff body is pre-shaped to transition from an unfurled state to a furled state, wherein the cuff body, when in the furled state has an inner surface for contacting a nerve and an overlapping inner cuff region and an outer cuff region. The electrode lead further comprise electrode contacts circumferentially disposed along the cuff body when in the furled state, such that at least one of the electrode contacts is located on the inner surface of the cuff body, and at least another of the electrode contacts is located between the overlapping inner and outer cuff regions. The electrode lead further comprises electrical conductors extending through the lead body respectively between the connector contacts and the electrode contacts.

Abstract: A penetrating base oil emulsion and a method of using the penetrating base oil emulsion to fill voids below the surface of an asphalt pavement. The penetrating emulation further being water resistant so as not to be washed off a pavement surface by water after being applied to the pavement. The penetrating base oil emulsion can also rejuvenate the surface of the asphalt.

Abstract: The present application generally relates to natural killer cells (NK) and genetically modified NK cells, methods of transformation, and methods of use in combination with other molecules for targeting cells of interest.

Abstract: Provided is a method performed by a user device to control a movement of a mobile robot between user regions. The method includes setting user boundaries, transmitting data about the set user boundaries to the mobile robot, transmitting a movement control request to the mobile robot in response to an input of a user service request, identifying a region where the mobile robot is located by performing positioning on the mobile robot, and allowing the movement control of the mobile robot to be stopped by transmitting a confirmation signal to the mobile robot when the identified region where the mobile robot is located is the same as the target region.

Abstract: An inverse design system is configured to design a pattern of a structure in an image sensor. The inverse design system may include; a CPU, a RAM loading a controllable Generative Adversarial Network (cGAN), wherein the cGAN is executable by the CPU to generate an image of the structure corresponding to a target characteristic, and an I/O interface receiving a training data set used to train the cGAN, communicating the training data set to the CPU, and outputting the image generated by the cGAN. The cGAN includes a generator generating a fake image of the structure, a discriminator determining whether the fake image is fake or real, and a classifier classifying a class label associated with the fake image and corresponding to the target characteristic.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a composition matter and a method for cancer treatment. In particular, a composition of soft, non-cationic nanocapsules, termed Nanosac, for systemic delivery of siRNA. Nanosac is produced by sequential attachment of siRNA and polydopamine on a sacrificial MSN core, followed by removal of the MSN. Encapsulating siRNA in the capsules, Nanosac avoids the issues common to cationic gene carriers, such as toxicity and non-specific protein binding while protecting siRNA from RNase. Nanosac entered tumor cells by caveolae-mediated endocytosis, likely via albumin recruited from serum, trafficked to the cytosol, and silenced target genes.

Abstract: This invention provides a catalytic process wherein alternating current is used for catalytic coupling (such as C—C, C—N, C—O, C—S, C—P, C—Si and/or C—B couplings) using a transition-metal catalysis.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for deconvolving feature data using convolution hardware. The method includes: reading a feature map and deconvolution kernel into on-chip memory, and padding zeroes to the feature map; determining convolution kernels based on the deconvolution kernel; removing a row and/or column of each convolution kernel whose elements all are invalid weights, to obtain an optimized convolution kernel, and removing a corresponding row and/or column in the zero-padded feature map to obtain an corresponding optimized feature map; convolving each optimized convolution kernel with corresponding optimized feature map using the multiply-add array, to obtain convolutional outputs; and interleaving and synthesizing the convolutional outputs to obtain an interleaving synthetic output including at least a deconvolutional output corresponding to the feature map and deconvolution kernel.