Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for distributed image data processing. The method for distributed image data processing includes performing machine learning on an original image to produce a plurality of different task outputs, combining the plurality of task outputs to extract at least one final output, and compressing the final output and transmitting the final output to a server.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an image processing method and apparatus for machine vision. The image processing method for machine vision includes generating an image with machine-unrecognizable distortion based on an input image, and encoding the image with machine-unrecognizable distortion.

Abstract: The present invention includes: a first sealing portion which has a first entry/exit selectively opened or closed by a first opening/closing valve and a second entry/exit selectively opened or closed by a second opening/closing valve and is configured to seal one end of a housing; a second sealing portion which has a third entry/exit selectively opened or closed by a third opening/closing valve and a fourth entry/exit selectively opened or closed by a fourth opening/closing valve, and is configured to seal the other end of the housing; and a controller which is configured to control the supply of raw water through any one of the first entry/exit and the second entry/exit or control the supply of raw water through any one of the third entry/exit and the fourth entry/exit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for analyzing a melting curve using bi-functional fluorescent PNA probes, a method for diagnosing microsatellite instability (MSI) using the same, and a kit for diagnosing microsatellite instability (MSI) using the same. More particularly, disclosed are a method for analyzing a melting curve, based on the structure of fluorescent PNA probes that bind with different binding forces depending on the number of base mutations deleted using the fluorescent PNA probes capable of specifically binding to regions where the same base is repeated, and a method for rapidly and accurately detecting and analyzing microsatellite instability (MSI) by detecting gene mutation of microsatellite markers caused by base deletion in regions where the same base is repeated using the analysis method and analyzing the number of base mutations thus obtained.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure operates in response to an output of a user input unit; manages registration, modification, deletion, and display of a set value, a measured value, and a diagnostic value for each test item for the battery; matches the set value for each test item registered by the test item manager with a type of the battery and stores the set value; identifies a phase difference between an input frequency input to the battery and an output frequency corresponding to the input frequency to determine a high-frequency resonant frequency and then calculates an AC impedance corresponding to the determined high-frequency resonant frequency; and compares the calculated AC impedance with an electricity flow upper limit to diagnose that it is normal when the calculated AC impedance is lower than the electricity flow upper limit and diagnose that it is abnormal when it is higher.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnostic composition using acid sphingomyelinase (ASM), and a method for detecting diagnostic markers and, more specifically, to a method and a composition for detecting markers for ALS, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sample of a subject; (b) measuring the ASM expression level or the enzyme activation level in the sample; (c) determining that a subject, of which the ASM expression level or the enzyme activation level is increased compared to that of a normal person, has ALS. According to the investigation of the present inventors, the activity of ASM, among lipids and enzymes related to the sphingolipid metabolism, is specifically increased in a sample of an ALS patient compared to that of a normal person. ASM can be used as a marker for diagnosing ALS, thereby enabling the development of a novel and effective diagnostic reagent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for delivering a neuroprotective polypeptide to at least a portion of a central nervous system (CNS) of a subject.

Abstract: Provided is a method for diagnosing a state of reusable (SOR) of a battery and, more specifically, to a method for diagnosing an SOR of a battery, the method being capable of diagnosing the overall state of a battery during battery reuse by separately diagnosing a state of health (SOH) and a state of power (SOP) of the battery. The method for diagnosing a state of reusable (SOR) of a battery according to the present invention includes: estimating a state of charge (SOC) according to a change in an open circuit voltage (OCV); estimating a state of health (SOH) by using the SOC; calculating a state of power (SOP) in consideration of an output of a current battery; and calculating the SOR by using the SOH and the SOP.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for 360-degree video stitching. The apparatus for 360-degree video stitching includes memory for storing at least one program, and a processor for executing the program, wherein the program is configured to stitch features of multiple input images based on at least one parameter included in a 360-degree stitching function description template, and then creating a single 360-degree video, the 360-degree stitching function description template includes a configuration parameter that is an array of function parameters, the configuration parameter includes a stitching parameter, a camera parameter, a feature parameter, and a projection parameter, the feature parameter includes a method for extracting respective features from multiple input images, and the projection parameter includes a projection type that is a kind of a projection plane onto which the multiple input images are projected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel phenylsulfonyl oxazole derivative and a use thereof and specifically, to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 in the present specification or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and to a use thereof for prevention, treatment, or improvement of neurodegenerative disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified PNA oligomer for detecting gene methylation. By using a PNA probe modified by introducing a methyl group-specific substituent to the gamma position, N-terminus or C-terminus of the PNA, the present invention may be used for a method for detecting using a difference in physical properties between a gene and a non-methylated gene caused by an interaction between the probe and methyl groups of the gene.

Abstract: A deep learning-based image stitching method and apparatus are provided. The deep learning-based image stitching method includes receiving a plurality of images including a first image and a second image stitched to the first image, extracting a feature map of the plurality of images, generating a plurality of flow maps indicating movement information of pixels of the plurality of images, based on the feature map, generating a plurality of warping images in which the pixels of the plurality of images are moved, by applying the plurality of flow maps to the plurality of images, respectively, generating a plurality of weight maps for blending the plurality of warping images, based on the feature map, and generating a stitch image in which the first image and the second image are stitched, by blending the plurality of warping images based on the plurality of weight maps.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding using a segmentation map. A feature vector for an image may be extracted using a segmentation map. The image may be encoded using the segmentation map and the feature vector. An output stream from an encoding apparatus may include a video stream and a feature stream. An input stream to a decoding apparatus may include a video stream and a feature stream. The image may be reconstructed using a reconstructed segmentation map and a reconstructed feature vector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of detecting multiple targets based on a single detection probe, and more particularly to a method of detecting multiple targets by amplifying each target with primers including an SNP-containing tag sequence, hybridizing the amplification products with a single detection probe capable of binding to the tag sequences and designed such that melting temperatures are different from each other, and analyzing melting curves. A method of detecting multiple targets according to the present invention enables the detection of multiple targets using a single probe, and thus is useful for detecting multiple targets because false positives are reduced and multiple targets are detectable with high sensitivity and at a rapid rate.

Abstract: A device and method of estimating state-of-health of a battery is provided. A device of estimating a state-of-health (SOH) of a battery includes: a memory configured to load a program for calculating a state-of-balance (SOB) value by voltage of a plurality of cells constituting the battery and estimating a state-of-health balance value which is a state-of-health value of the battery to which the state-of-balance value by voltage is applied; and a processor configured to execute instructions included in the program loaded by the memory. A device and method of estimating state-of-charge of a battery is provided. A device of estimating state-of-charge (SOC) of a battery includes: a memory configured to load a program for correcting a voltage-to-remaining capacity correlation, in which a battery voltage is matched for each remaining capacity, based on a state-of-balance value by voltage of the battery; and a processor configured to execute instructions included in the program loaded in the memory.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating degenerative neurological disorders in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising an acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) activity inhibitor as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating skin diseases, comprising a skin-penetrating nucleic acid complex as an effective component, and more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition or a cosmetic composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating atopic dermatitis, comprising a skin-penetrating nucleic acid complex in which a carrier peptide nucleic acid and a bioactive nucleic acid targeting TLR2 or IL-4R? are connected by complementary binding. The skin-penetrating nucleic acid complex according to the present invention, in which the carrier peptide nucleic acid and the bioactive nucleic acid targeting TLR2 or IL-4R? are connected by complementary binding, has high skin permeation and skin retention, and thus is useful in the prevention, alleviation or treatment of skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for analyzing the presence or absence of aneuploidy of a target chromosome with high sensitivity, and a composition for detecting chromosomal aneuploidy, and more particularly to a method of identifying chromosomal aneuploidy by amplifying a control nucleotide sequence, located on a chromosome not associated with chromosomal aneuploidy, and a target nucleotide sequence located on a chromosome associated with chromosomal aneuploidy, by using the same primer, and then hybridizing the amplification products with an assay probe that differs by one or two nucleotides from the control nucleotide sequence and with an elimination probe that comprises part or all of a sequence of the assay probe, which hybridizes with the target nucleotide sequence or the control nucleotide sequence, the elimination probe having a higher binding affinity for the amplification products than the assay probe, and analyzing melting curves of the hybridization products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel peptide exhibiting an effect of releasing myelopoiesis stem cells into blood and an osteoporosis therapeutic effect and use thereof and, in particularly, to a novel peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID.NO:1 which has effects of releasing hematopoietic stem cells into a bloodstream and decreasing osteoclast cells in bone narrow, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the novel peptide as an active ingredient for preventing or treating neutropenia, anemia or osteoporosis. Because of side effects, the peptide of the present invention not only increases level of leukocytes, red blood cells and platelets in blood, but also alleviates a decrease in bone density, and therefore, can be very usefully used for the development of a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for neutropenia, anemia or osteoporosis.