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: A thin-film thermoelectric generator including flexible base film substrate having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Thermoelectric (TE) elements are located on the base film substrate. The TE elements arranged in columns oriented along the longitudinal direction of the base film substrate and rows oriented along the transverse direction of the base film substrate. Line grooves are located between at least portion of the rows of the TE elements and extending across the base film substrate in the transverse direction to provide flexibility to the thin-film thermoelectric generator.

Abstract: An optical element is positioned in a holder over a laser light source. The optical element includes an electrical trace that is coupled between first and second pads. A sensing circuit that is also coupled to the first and second pads performs a voltage/current sensing operation to detect displacement of the optical element and control enablement of the laser light source.

Abstract: Provided are methods for one or more of the following: preventing, inhibiting, disrupting, dispersing or treating a polymicrobial biofilm comprising a Haemophilus bacteria in vitro and/or in vivo, such as in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises or consists essentially of, or yet further consists of contacting the polymicrobial biofilm with: (i) an anti DNA binding and bending protein (DNABII) antibody or a biologically active fragment thereof; and (ii) an anti majority subunit (PilA) of type IV pilus (T4P) antibody or a biologically active fragment thereof. Additionally, the methods may further comprise contacting the polymicrobial biofilm with an antibiotic optionally comprising a ?-lactam antibiotic or a sulfonamide antibiotic. Also provided are compositions and kits suitable for use in the methods.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of improving rAAV production in mammalian cells via the manipulation of a concentration of potassium chloride present in the media in which the mammalian cells are cultured and/or in which the rAAV particles are produced. The concentration of potassium chloride present in such media may be manipulated by, for example, supplementing a base medium with additional potassium chloride either before, at the same time as, or after the cells are contacted (e.g., infected) with one or more viral vectors (e.g., recombinant Herpes Simplex Virus (rHSV) vectors). Some embodiments of the present invention further contemplate supplementing the base medium with additional potassium chloride and sodium chloride in combination.

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: An optical digital to analog converter (oDAC) that may include (a) multiple optical paths that are parallel to each other; (b) a combiner, (c) a splitter that is configured to receive an optical signal at a splitter input and split the optical signal between multiple splitter outputs to provide multiple path input signals to the multiple optical paths. The multiple optical paths are configured to optically process, in parallel, path input signals to provide path output signals. Each optical path is configured to apply an optical process that comprises applying optical modulation, by an optical gate of the optical path and under a control of an electrical modulator, to provide an optical signal having a value selected out of multiple constellation levels. The combiner is configured to add the multiple path output signals to provide an oDAC output signal having a value selected from values of a single quadrature constellation.

Abstract: An encoding, a decoding method, a system for encoding and decoding, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoding method includes the following. In a palette mode, if colors of pixels of a coding unit block are all represented by one or more major colors of the coding unit block, a flag is set as a first state value, and if the color of at least one pixel of the coding unit block is not represented by the one or more major colors of the coding unit block, the flag is set as a second state value. The encoding method further includes establishing a palette table corresponding to the coding unit block according to a state value of the flag and the one or more major colors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a pharmaceutical combined formulation, and a combined formulation kit, each comprising, as active ingredients, an oral antiviral agent and a therapeutic vaccine including a lipopeptide and a poly(I:C) adjuvant. When the pharmaceutical composition, the pharmaceutical combined agent, and the combined formulation kit are administered/used in hepatitis B patients, a remarkable synergy occurs in terms of therapeutic index for chronic hepatitis B, compared to patients who have undergone standard therapy including the administration of conventional antiviral agents, exhibiting the possibility of completely curing the disease.

Abstract: A shared-dielectric MOSFET device with a resistive-field-plate and a preparation method are provided. In the shared-dielectric MOSFET device, the semi-insulating resistive-field-plate electrically connected to the trench gate structure and the drain structure is introduced in the drift region of the existing trench gate MOS devices, and when the trench gate structure controls the MOS channel to be turned on or turned off, the semi-insulating resistive-field-plate can adjust the doping concentration of the drift region, to modulate the conductance of the on-state drift region and the distribution of a off-state high-voltage blocking electric field, thereby obtaining a lower on-resistance. Meanwhile, in the preparation method of the present disclosure, the modern 2.

Abstract: There are disclosed methods and apparatus for remotely measuring atmospheric pressure using a satellite (10). Measurements of reflections of a plurality of different frequencies of radio waves received back at the satellite are made, following transmission from the satellite into the atmosphere of radio waves at each of the different frequencies. Atmospheric pressure is then estimated by comparing the measurements of reflections of each of the different frequencies.

Abstract: A delivery/deployment system having a control handle configured to control delivery and/or deployment of a medical device with arms configured to grasp tissue therebetween. The system may include a device spreader with arms engaging the medical device arms and controlled by an actuator operably coupled with the control handle. The control handle may include a lever pivotable to similarly pivot the device spreader and medical device arms open or closed. A device retention assembly may be provided to retain the medical device with respect to the device spreader. The control handle may include a release element movable to shift the retention assembly into a disengaged configuration allowing release of the medical device from the device spreader. The control handle may axially translate and/or rotate the device spreader into a desired position, and may be fixable in position by a handle lock once in a desired position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a seamless network service based on multiple heterogeneous networks. The method for providing a seamless network service based on multiple heterogeneous networks includes providing, by a multi-network management apparatus, a service transmitted from a server to a terminal over a primary network, synchronizing, by the multi-network management apparatus, service data transmitted over the primary network with a secondary network maintained in a standby state, changing, by the multi-network management apparatus, the secondary network to the primary network as a communication failure between the primary network and the terminal occurs, and providing, by the multi-network management apparatus, the service transmitted from the server to the terminal over the changed primary network.

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: 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: 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: A deformable hybrid inflatable boom includes an inflatable tube of a first material having an inflatable tube surface and an inflatable tube longitudinal boom direction in a hybrid inflatable boom inflated state. Each longeron of a plurality of longerons is disposed on the inflatable tube surface and spaced apart from each other and held in place by the inflatable tube, and in the hybrid inflatable boom inflated state the each longeron is extended in a direction of the inflatable tube longitudinal boom direction. A method for deploying a deformable hybrid inflatable boom is also described.

Abstract: A stretchable encapsulant according to the present invention includes a wrinkle part having a stretchable wrinkle structure; and a packaging part being in close contact with the wrinkle part and configured to wrap the wrinkle part, wherein the wrinkle part has a multi-layered structure wherein an organic material and an inorganic material are mutually laminated. According to such a configuration, high stretchability and low gas and moisture permeability due to the composite structure of the organic and inorganic materials of the multi-layered structure together with high stretchability due to the hierarchical structure can be provided.

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: Data transmission and reception is provided by configuring control channels in a wireless communication system using a plurality of carriers. User equipment (UE) may monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates within common search spaces (CSSs) and User Equipment-specific search spaces (USSs). If the UE is configured with cross-carrier scheduling, when two PDCCH candidates originating from a CSS and a USS, respectively, have cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by the same Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) and have a common payload size and the same first control channel element (CCE) index, the UE may interpret that only the PDCCH originating from the CSS is transmitted, thereby solving ambiguity of downlink control information (DCI) detection.