Abstract: A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes measuring a humidity value with the humidity sensor and comparing the measured humidity value to an expected humidity value. The method also includes flagging a fault in response to the measured humidity value differing from the expected humidity value by at least a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method of commissioning a household appliance is provided. The method includes receiving an image of the household appliance, processing the image to determine the location of access point information, generating guidance to the location of the access point information, opening communication between the household appliance and a remote network using the access point information, and commissioning the household appliance to a user account.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polymeric dispersant capable of hybridizing nano-metal and nano-carbon, a polymeric dispersant being composed of a monomer capable of undergoing radical polymerization while having a disulfide functional group, 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate, and an aromatic monomer having at least one unsaturated group, a method for preparing thereof, and a method of manufacturing a hybrid film using the polymeric dispersant.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cancer cell-specific complex for targeting cancer. The complex for targeting cancer according to the present disclosure includes EGF, but is affected more by lysosomal activity rather than the EGFR signaling pathway, and thus can overcome the shortcomings of the existing EGF therapy-based diagnostic and therapeutic compositions and provide successfully personalized and improved effects of treating, preventing and alleviating cancer. A diagnostic composition according to the present disclosure enables the prediction of the anticancer performance of a therapeutic composition of the present disclosure in a subject, and thus enables anticancer treatment to be designed stably.

Abstract: A dryer appliance and a method of operating a dryer appliance are provided. The dryer includes a drum defining a drying chamber rotatably mounted within a cabinet, an additive dispensing assembly to provide a dryer additive to the drying chamber, and a controller for initiating a drying operation. The controller obtains washer operating parameters from a washing machine, determines a drying operation based on the received parameters, initiates a dry cycle, and directs a dryer additive to be dispensed based on the dryer operating schedule.

Abstract: A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes measuring a humidity value with the humidity sensor and comparing the measured humidity value to an expected humidity value. The method also includes flagging a fault in response to the measured humidity value differing from the expected humidity value by at least a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system and method for contouring a set of medical images. The system for contouring a set of medical images receives a medical image set including a plurality of medical images via the communication interface module, receives region-of-interest (ROI) information as an object for the drawing of a contour via the user interface module, checks whether a contour corresponding to the ROI information has been drawn on a target image currently displayed to a user, predicts a contour candidate based on contouring conditions if the contour corresponding to the ROI information has not been drawn on the target image, and displays the contour candidate on the target image. The contouring conditions include the relevance between at least one source image, on which the contour corresponding to the ROI information has been already drawn, and the target image, and anatomical information related to the ROI information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system and method for assisting the verification of the contouring of medical images. A system for assisting the verification of the contouring of medical images according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a medical image set including a plurality of medical images via the communication interface, receives the result information of contouring performed on a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) on the plurality of medical images in the medical image set via the communication interface, calculates the feature value of each of the plurality of ROIs, corresponding to the result information of the contouring, for each of the plurality of medical images, and displays the boundary of each of the plurality of ROIs corresponding to the result information of the contouring by projecting the boundary onto a reference plane.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel pseudoceramide compound. More specifically, the present disclosure provides: a novel pseudoceramide compound represented by Formula 1, having skin moisturizing and barrier function restoring characteristics; and a composition for an externally-applied dermal preparation, the composition containing the novel pseudoceramide compound.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a first camera module including a first liquid lens and capturing a first image; and a second camera module including a second liquid lens and capturing a second image, wherein a viewing angle of the first camera module is smaller than a viewing angle of the second camera module, at least a part of the viewing angle of the first camera module is included in the viewing angle of the second camera module such that there is an overlapping area between the first image and the second image so as to enable a composite image formed by combining the first image and the second image to be generated, and when the first camera module is focused, a focal length of the first liquid lens is varied according to the distance between the first liquid lens and a subject, and when the second camera module is focused, a focal length of the second liquid lens is varied according to the distance between the second liquid lens and the subject.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanovesicles from adult stem cells containing iron nanoparticles and its use. The nanovesicle according to the present disclosure provides effects of maximizing the efficacy of treating mesenchymal stem cells by pretreating cells with iron nanoparticles; reconstituting the cells in a nano-sized form to facilitate intravenous injection; and increasing the efficiency of targeting disease areas through magnet induction. In particular, the present disclosure can replace mesenchymal stem cells as a cell therapeutic agent, and it can be applied to various diseases as a novel biopharmaceutical drug because it can increase the function and efficiency of an exosome-based therapeutic agent.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system and method for assisting the verification of the contouring of medical images. A system for assisting the verification of the contouring of medical images according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a medical image set including a plurality of medical images via the communication interface, receives the result information of contouring performed on a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) on the plurality of medical images in the medical image set via the communication interface, calculates the feature value of each of the plurality of ROIs, corresponding to the result information of the contouring, for each of the plurality of medical images, and displays the boundary of each of the plurality of ROIs corresponding to the result information of the contouring by projecting the boundary onto a reference plane.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polymeric dispersant capable of hybridizing nano-metal and nano-carbon, a polymeric dispersant being composed of a monomer capable of undergoing radical polymerization while having a disulfide functional group, 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate, and an aromatic monomer having at least one unsaturated group, a method for preparing thereof, and a method of manufacturing a hybrid film using the polymeric dispersant.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a first camera module including a first liquid lens and capturing a first image; and a second camera module including a second liquid lens and capturing a second image, wherein a viewing angle of the first camera module is smaller than a viewing angle of the second camera module, at least a part of the viewing angle of the first camera module is included in the viewing angle of the second camera module such that there is an overlapping area between the first image and the second image so as to enable a composite image formed by combining the first image and the second image to be generated, and when the first camera module is focused, a focal length of the first liquid lens is varied according to the distance between the first liquid lens and a subject, and when the second camera module is focused, a focal length of the second liquid lens is varied according to the distance between the second liquid lens and the subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel pseudoceramide compound. More specifically, the present disclosure provides: a novel pseudoceramide compound represented by Formula 1, having skin moisturizing and barrier function restoring characteristics; and a composition for an externally-applied dermal preparation, the composition containing the novel pseudoceramide compound.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a first camera module including a first liquid lens and capturing a first image; and a second camera module including a second liquid lens and capturing a second image, wherein a viewing angle of the first camera module is smaller than a viewing angle of the second camera module, at least a part of the viewing angle of the first camera module is included in the viewing angle of the second camera module such that there is an overlapping area between the first image and the second image so as to enable a composite image formed by combining the first image and the second image to be generated, and when the first camera module is focused, a focal length of the first liquid lens is varied according to the distance between the first liquid lens and a subject, and when the second camera module is focused, a focal length of the second liquid lens is varied according to the distance between the second liquid lens and the subject.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a first camera module including a first liquid lens and capturing a first image; and a second camera module including a second liquid lens and capturing a second image, wherein a viewing angle of the first camera module is smaller than a viewing angle of the second camera module, at least a part of the viewing angle of the first camera module is included in the viewing angle of the second camera module such that there is an overlapping area between the first image and the second image so as to enable a composite image formed by combining the first image and the second image to be generated, and when the first camera module is focused, a focal length of the first liquid lens is varied according to the distance between the first liquid lens and a subject, and when the second camera module is focused, a focal length of the second liquid lens is varied according to the distance between the second liquid lens and the subject.

Abstract: Disclosed are a computing system and method for identifying and visualizing a thrombosis. The method includes: registering an acquired computer tomography (CT) image of an examinee and a computer tomography angiography (CTA) image-based average standard model to each other; identifying a candidate blood vessel region from the CT image based on the results of the registration; acquiring a volume, selected by applying a threshold value for the brightness of the CT image to the candidate blood vessel region, as a first thrombosis candidate region; acquiring at least part of the first thrombosis candidate region as a second thrombosis candidate region based on the size information of the first thrombosis candidate region; and visualizing the second thrombosis candidate region by assigning a visual effect, adapted to distinguish the second thrombosis candidate region from the remaining portion of the CT image, to the second thrombosis candidate region.

Abstract: Disclosed are a computing system and method for identifying and visualizing a thrombosis. The method includes: registering an acquired computer tomography (CT) image of an examinee and a computer tomography angiography (CTA) image-based average standard model to each other; identifying a candidate blood vessel region from the CT image based on the results of the registration; acquiring a volume, selected by applying a threshold value for the brightness of the CT image to the candidate blood vessel region, as a first thrombosis candidate region; acquiring at least part of the first thrombosis candidate region as a second thrombosis candidate region based on the size information of the first thrombosis candidate region; and visualizing the second thrombosis candidate region by assigning a visual effect, adapted to distinguish the second thrombosis candidate region from the remaining portion of the CT image, to the second thrombosis candidate region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pseudoceramide compound, and more particularly, to a novel pseudoceramide compound represented by formula 1 and having skin moisturizing and barrier function characteristics, and a skin topical composition comprising the pseudoceramide compound: wherein R1 represents a linear C12-C18 alkyl group and has at least one double bond, and R2 represents a linear C12-C22 alkyl group and has a double bond.