Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hygromorphic composite material comprising a moisture-active pollen paper substrate formed from a plurality of pollen microgel particles, and at least one moisture-inactive layer applied onto the top and/or bottom surface of the moisture-active pollen paper substrate with a pattern that causes the hygromorphic composite material to change its shape in a pre-determined manner due to a change in relative humidity of its ambient environment. Also disclosed herein is a method of forming the hygromorphic composite material.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a body, a pair of external electrodes, disposed on both ends of the body in a first direction, respectively, containing at least one of copper and nickel, while not containing a noble metal, a pair of metal frames connected to the pair of external electrodes, respectively, and a pair of conductive bonding layers, disposed between the external electrode and the metal frame, respectively, containing the same metal component as the external electrode.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from a client system associated with a user, determining that the user request corresponds to a first suspended task, retrieving a first dialog state of the first suspended task from a dialog history associated with the user, generating a summary of the first suspended task based on the first dialog state using a natural-language generating (NLG) module, and sending instructions to the client system for providing the summary of the first suspended task to the user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a shoe sole. The shoe sole includes: a shoe sole fabric having the form of a sole; a protective cover having the form corresponding to the form of the shoe sole fabric and bonded to a lower surface of the shoe sole fabric with a plurality of pillar through holes vertically penetrating the protective cover; and a plurality of pillar pieces passing through the plurality of pillar through holes, and bonded to the lower surface of the shoe sole fabric and arranged in a form of protruding downward from the protective cover.

Abstract: In a non-contact pressure measurement system of a balloon catheter and a non-contact pressure measurement method of the balloon catheter using the same, the system includes a chamber part, a balloon, a tube part, a pump part and a displacement sensor. The chamber part stores a saline solution. The balloon is disposed inside of a body and is configured to be expanded with supply of the saline solution. The tube part is configured to connect the chamber part with the balloon. The pump part is configured to control the supply of the saline solution via the tube part. The displacement sensor is configured to measure an amount of the expansion of the tube part expanded with the supply of the saline solution, in a predetermined section of the tube part.

Abstract: Provided herein are anti-infective peptides and uses thereof. Such anti-infective peptides are useful against bacteria and viruses. Also provided herein are compositions comprising said anti-infective peptides.

Abstract: Provided are a coronavirus spike (S) protein-specific antibody and use thereof.

Abstract: In alternative embodiments, provided are processes comprising the continuous isolation and purification of cannabinoids and further isomerization of the purified cannabidiol to ?8tetrahydrocannabinol (?8THC) and ?9tetrahydrocannabinol (?9THC). In alternative embodiments, provided are processes for converting ?8-THC into ?9-THC. In alternative embodiments, provided are processes for the industrial scale continuous isolation and purification of cannabinoids and further isomerization of the purified cannabidiol to ?9-THC.

Abstract: In alternative embodiments, provided are processes for obtaining or purifying a substantially pure ?8tetrahydrocannabinol (?8THC) and/or ?9tetrahydrocannabinol (?9THC) and optionally a plurality of cannabinoids or terpenes from a natural or a synthetic source, wherein the natural or the synthetic source comprises a cannabidiol (CBD) and optionally a plurality of cannabinoids or terpenes. Also provided are processes comprising the continuous isolation and purification of cannabinoids or terpenes, and further isomerization of the purified cannabidiol to ?8tetrahydrocannabinol (?8THC) and ?9tetrahydrocannabinol (?9THC). In alternative embodiments, provided are processes for converting ?8-THC into ?9-THC. In alternative embodiments, provided are processes for the industrial scale continuous isolation and purification of cannabinoids and further isomerization of the purified cannabidiol to ?9-THC.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes, and a pair of external electrodes disposed on opposing ends of the capacitor body and connected to exposed portions of the internal electrodes, wherein the external electrodes respectively include a conductive layer including a connection portion formed on one end surface of the capacitor body and connected to the internal electrode and a band portion extending from the connection portion to a portion of a neighboring surface of the capacitor body, a conductive resin layer covering a corner of the connection portion of the conductive layer and having a cutout portion so that a portion of an edge of the connection portion is exposed, and a plating layer covering the conductive layer and the conductive resin layer and contacting a portion of the conductive layer due to the cutout portion.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a multilayer capacitor including a body and an external electrode disposed externally on the body; a metal frame coupled to the multilayer capacitor; and an adhesive layer disposed between the external electrode and the metal frame and including a solder layer and a conductive resin layer.

Abstract: An efficient baseband predistortion linearization method for reducing the spectral regrowth and compensating memory effects in wideband communication systems using effective multiplexing modulation technique such as wideband code division multiple access and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing is disclosed. The present invention is based on the method of piecewise pre-equalized lookup table based predistortion, which is a cascade of a lookup table predistortion and piecewise pre-equalizers.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a poultry weight measurement and weight estimation system, which can estimate weight by considering the unique size of each poultry individual and does not interrupt the transit of poultry.

Abstract: There are provided an electronic component and a board including the same. The electronic component includes: a capacitor body; a pair of external electrodes respectively disposed on both ends of the capacitor body; and a pair of metal frames including a pair of connection portions connected to the pair of external electrodes, respectively, and a pair of mounting portions connected to the pair of connection portions, respectively. A bottom surface of one of the pair of mounting portions has roughness.

Abstract: There are provided an electronic component and a board including the same. The electronic component includes: a capacitor body; a pair of external electrodes respectively disposed on both ends of the capacitor body; and a pair of metal frames including a pair of connection portions connected to the pair of external electrodes, respectively, and a pair of mounting portions connected to the pair of connection portions, respectively. A bottom surface of one of the pair of mounting portions has roughness.

Abstract: In alternative embodiments, provided are industrial processes and methods for extracting or removing cannabinoids, flavonoids and terpenes from plant materials such as trichomes. In alternative embodiments, the cannabinoids, flavonoids and terpenes are extracted or removed from the plant materials using a non-polar, organic solvent, or a mixture of non-polar, organic solvent and polar, organic solvent.

Abstract: An electronic component, which is mounted on a substrate having an electrode pad disposed on an upper surface thereof and bonded to a metal frame of the electronic component through a solder, includes a capacitor body, an external electrode respectively disposed on one end of the capacitor body, and a metal frame connected to the external electrode and mounted on the electrode pad of the substrate. The metal frame is divided into first and second portions including different metals having different electrical conductivity.

Abstract: An electronic component includes: a body; first and second external electrodes including first and second head portions disposed on opposite end surfaces of the body; and first and second metal frames, the first metal frame including a first support portion bonded to the first head portion, and a first mounted portion extending from the first support portion, and the second metal frame including a second support portion bonded to the second head portion, and a second mounted portion extending from the second support portion. 0.2A?B?0.8A, in which an area of each of the first and second head portions is A, and an area of each of a region in which the first head portion and the first support portion are bonded to each other, and a region in which the second head portion and the second support portion are bonded to each other is B.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of encoding a division block in video encoding and a method of decoding a division block in video decoding. An input picture is divided into encoding unit blocks. The encoding unit blocks are divided into sub-blocks. The sub-blocks are encoded by selectively using at least one of intra prediction encoding and inter prediction encoding. A decoding process is performed through a reverse process of the encoding method. When pixel values of an encoding unit block are encoded in video encoding, the flexibility in selecting an encoding mode is increased and the efficiency of encoding is increased.

Abstract: There is provided a mutation complex including: a BMPR2-E376K mutant in which an amino acid at position 376 of BMPR2 gene encoding a bone morphogenetic protein type 2 receptor (BMPR2) has mutated from glutamic acid (E) to lysine (K); and an ACVR1-R206H mutant in which an amino acid at position 206 of ACVR1 gene encoding an activin A type I receptor (ACVR1) has mutated from arginine (R) to histidine (H). There are also provided induced pluripotent stem cells reprogrammed from cells including the BMPR2-E376K mutant in which an amino acid at position 376 of BMPR2 gene encoding a bone morphogenetic protein type 2 receptor (BMPR2) has mutated from glutamic acid (E) to lysine (K).