Abstract: A method and system for processing an obstacle effect in a virtual acoustic space are disclosed. The method includes receiving a parameter for an obstacle candidate plane extracted from spatial information, determining, in response to the parameter, whether the obstacle candidate plane is an obstacle related to a path between a position of a virtual sound source and a position of a user, and applying a sound effect according to the obstacle to an audio signal when the obstacle candidate plane is the obstacle. The obstacle candidate plane is a plane of an object that may become the obstacle in a sound propagation path between the virtual sound source and the user.

Abstract: A battery module assembly includes a front frame and a rear frame installed on the front and rear surfaces of the cell assembly and configured to mold a bus bar for electrically connecting battery cells included in the cell assembly, a left end plate and a right end plate respectively covering both side surfaces of the cell assembly, an upper clamp and a lower clamp disposed over an upper portion and a lower portion of the cell assembly, respectively clamping an upper portion and a lower portion of each of the left end plate and the right end plate, and pressing both side surfaces of the cell assembly disposed between the left end plate and the right end plate, and a front cover and a rear cover covering the front frame and the rear frame. A long hole formed in an upper portion and a lower portion of the front cover and the rear cover, and a pipe disposed on an inner perimeter surface of the long hole.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering a volume sound source are disclosed. The method of rendering a volume sound source may include identifying information about a listener and information about the volume sound source, determining a corresponding area in which a source element is disposed in the volume sound source in consideration of the information about the listener, determining an angle between the listener and the corresponding area based on the information about the listener and the information about the volume sound source, determining a number of source elements disposed in the corresponding area according to the angle, determining a position and a gain of the source element using i) the number of source elements and ii) a distance between the listener and the volume sound source, and rendering the volume sound source according to the position and the gain of the source element.

Abstract: An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a method and device for monitoring cardiopulmonary function using electrical impedance tomography, and more specifically, to a method and system for monitoring cardiopulmonary function using electrical impedance tomography, whereby lung collapse and hyperinflation are monitored in real-time during a mechanical ventilation treatment process by using a single monitoring device, and information on a plurality of hemodynamic diagnostic parameters changing in real-time during the mechanical ventilation treatment process can be provided. According to the present inventive concept, it is possible to take selectively electrical impedance tomography of blood vessels at any part of a body such as the chest, neck, arms, legs, etc., and to monitor hemodynamic diagnostic parameters including a stroke volume, a cardiac output, a peripheral vascular resistance, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power conversion device comprising: a case; a switching unit comprising a plurality of switches which are disposed on one side of the case; a transformer disposed on one side of the case; and a clip for fixing the plurality of switches. The clip comprises: a body part which is fixed to the case; and elastic parts which extend from the body part and are for pressing the plurality of switches to the case. The body part comprises a plurality of first through holes into which screws are coupled. And the first through holes are disposed between two adjacent elastic parts.

Abstract: A user clustering and analysis method using body composition big data and a system includes analyzing, by a body composition analyzer, a user's body composition, and transmitting analyzed body composition data of the user to a user terminal, receiving, by the user terminal, the user's body composition data, and transmitting the body composition data to a service provider server providing services related to body composition analysis or executing a body composition data analysis application thereof, and analyzing, by the service provider server or the body composition data analysis application of the user terminal, the user's body composition data accumulated for a predetermined period of time, assigning a cluster that is a group of similar body composition, and providing the cluster to the user terminal or displaying the cluster on a display screen.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery module, and more particularly, to a battery module in which an inner space between a battery cell and a metal plate is filled with a heat transfer member so that conduction of heat generated in the battery cell is improved.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for improving generation efficiency of a distributed generation facility, and more specifically, to an apparatus and method for improving generation efficiency of a distributed generation facility configured to improve generation efficiency by boosting a voltage within an allowable voltage range according to a linkage capacity when the generated power of the distributed generation facility is linked and supplied to a power transmission and distribution side.

Abstract: A battery pack according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of battery cells each including electrode terminals on both end portions thereof; at least two connection plates that are electrically conductive and configured to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; and a cell frame having a plurality of hollow holes surrounding at least a portion of each of the plurality of battery cells and configured to allow the connection plates to be mounted outside the cell frame. The cell frame including at least two first fixing protrusions protruding outward to respectively pass through at least two through-holes of the connection plates. At least one of the at least two connection plates includes at least two through-holes spaced apart from one another in a current flowing direction.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for spatial audio reproduction based on D-RIRs includes: selecting measurement points around a listener based on the location of the listener; calculating a D-RIR for the location of the listener based on D-RIRs for the measurement points around the listener; and reproducing spatial audio at the location of the listener based on the D-RIR at the location of the listener.

Abstract: A method of rendering object-based audio and an electronic device performing the method are disclosed. The method includes identifying metadata of object-based audio, identifying an audio source distance between the object-based audio and a listener using the metadata, determining a minimum distance of the object-based audio to apply attenuation according to the audio source distance, based on a reference distance of the object-based audio in the metadata, and rendering the object-based audio using the audio source distance and the minimum distance.

Abstract: A peptide according to an embodiment may be used as an anti-cancer agent. The peptide has a binding activity to fibronectin and competitively binds to fibronectin with dysadherin. Therefore, the peptide may be used to prevent binding between dysadherin in a cell membrane of cancer cells and fibronectin in ECM, and may be used as an anti-cancer agent weaken survival, migration or invasion of cancer cells.

Abstract: Interface devices and systems that include interface devices are disclosed. In some implementations, a device includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data, a lane margining controller in communication with the transceiver and configured to control the transceiver to transmit, through a margin command, to an external device, a request for requesting a state of an elastic buffer of the external device, and control the transceiver to receive the state of the elastic buffer of from the external device, and a port setting controller adjust a clock frequency range of a spread spectrum clocking scheme based on the state of the elastic buffer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound having a specific chemical structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having activity of degrading androgen receptor (AR). The present disclosure also provides a composition comprising such a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure also provides a medical use of a compound according to the present disclosure, a salt thereof, and a composition comprising the same for the treatment or prophylaxis of AR-related diseases. The present disclosure also provides a method for treating or preventing an AR-related disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound according to the present disclosure, a salt thereof, or a composition comprising the same.

Abstract: A battery module assembly including a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked and formed in a horizontal direction, a pair of end plates arranged on both a first side and a second side of the cell stack in the horizontal direction, and a sensor device that is coupled to at least one end plate of the pair of end plates and measures a temperature of the cell stack, wherein the sensor device includes an upper sensor member that is disposed above the at least one end plate and measures a temperature of an upper side of the cell stack, and a lower sensor member that is disposed below the at least one end plate and measures a temperature of a lower side of the cell stack.

Abstract: Provided is a method for calculating a hemodynamic variable for a subject based on electrical impedance tomography (EIT). The method may include: obtaining EIT images at discrete time points in a cardiac cycle of a subject by targeting a chest portion of the subject; identifying, in the EIT images, values of a first pixel in a region corresponding to the heart and values of a second pixel in a region corresponding to a lung, wherein the values of the first pixel are associated with the discrete time points, respectively, and the values of the second pixel are associated with the discrete time points, respectively; and calculating at least one hemodynamic variable on the basis of a first time point associated with a minimum value among the identified values of the first pixel and a second time point associated with a maximum value among the identified values of the second pixel.

Abstract: A method of rendering object-based audio and an electronic device for performing the method are disclosed. The method includes identifying metadata of the object-based audio, determining whether the metadata includes a parameter set for an atmospheric absorption effect for each distance, and rendering the object-based audio, using a distance between the object-based audio and a listener obtained using the metadata and the atmospheric absorption effect according to an effect of a medium attenuation based on the parameter, when the metadata includes the parameter.

Abstract: A method of rendering object audio and electronic device for performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying object audio and metadata including a reference distance of the object audio and an audio source distance between the object audio and a listener, identifying a maximum distance of the object audio determined based on the reference distance, when the audio source distance is less than or equal to the maximum distance, determining a gain of the object audio based on the audio source distance and the reference distance, and rendering the object audio according to the gain of the object audio.