Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a maple leaf extract or fraction thereof for preventing or treating a retinal disease, a method for preventing or treating a retinal disease using the pharmaceutical composition, and a food composition comprising a maple leaf extract or fraction thereof for ameliorating the symptoms of a retinal disease. The pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention, which is effective for the treatment of a retinal disease, can be used pharmaceutically as a composition for preventing or treating a retinal disease, and can also be used advantageously as a health functional food.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, method, infrastructure, and vehicle for performing automated valet parking. The present disclosure enables an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move to and park at an empty parking space by communicating with a parking infrastructure. The present disclosure enables an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move from a parking space to a pickup zone by communicating with a parking infrastructure.

Abstract: A haptic effect transmission method for providing real-time immersive content according to the present invention includes executing participatory content in which one or more users participate, collecting motion information of the users participating in the participatory content through a haptic device, multiplexing the motion information with video and audio files of the participatory content to obtain a multiplexed file, and demultiplexing the multiplexed file and providing the demultiplexed file to a display device and a haptic device of a client terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flagellin fusion proteins and a use thereof and, more specifically, to a fusion protein comprising flagellin, a fragment thereof; or a variant thereof; and an immunoglobulin Fc region and use in which a toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) stimulating activity thereof is used. The fusion protein provided by the present invention has remarkably excellent toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) pathway activation ability compared to wild-type flagellin, a fragment thereof, or a variant thereof, and therefore can be greatly utilized to develop a therapeutic agent and/or a vaccine adjuvant for a disease that can be prevented, improved, or treated through activation of the TLR5 pathway.

Abstract: A method of predicting a life of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a fuel cell for electric power generation includes: deriving an operating condition for accelerated degradation, which is applicable to the fuel cell; operating the fuel cell for a specific time under the derived operating condition for accelerated degradation and under a normal operating condition, and identifying the degree of degradation of the fuel cell under each of the operating conditions; calculating an acceleration multiple based on the degree of degradation identified under the operating condition for accelerated degradation and under the normal operating condition; and predicting the life of the membrane electrode assembly based on the acceleration multiple.

Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting location updates include determining a deviation distance, based on an extrapolated travel direction and an actual travel direction from a last updated location. It is determined that the deviation distance exceeds a deviation threshold. A location update is transmitted to a tracking server, responsive to the determination that the deviation distance exceeds the deviation threshold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting, improving, or preventing aging, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a recombinant protein of flagellin, which is the constituent of Vibrio vulnificus flagella, fused with a pathogenic protein antigen, which is pneumococcal surface protein A (PsaA) of Streptococcus pneumonia. According to the present invention, the recombinant protein of the present invention can improve external and internal aging-related malfunctions and enhance immunity. Also, the composition of the present invention can easily perform immunization through mucosal administration.

Abstract: Described herein is a base oil synthesis via ionic catalyst oligomerization further utilizing a hydrophobic process for removing an ionic catalyst from a reaction mixture with a silica gel composition, specifically a reaction mixture comprising an oligomerization reaction to produce PAO utilizing an ionic catalyst wherein the ionic catalyst is removed post reaction.

Abstract: A method is provided for predicting conjunct polymer concentration in spent ionic liquid during a continuous hydrocarbon conversion process.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition and a health functional food composition for preventing, treating, or improving muscular diseases have licorice extract or a fraction thereof, or a compound isolated therefrom or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient. The licorice extract or a fraction thereof, the compound or salt thereof induce the myoblasts proliferation and promote the differentiation into myotubes, and since the licorice extract or a fraction thereof, the compound or salt thereof has an excellent effect on regenerating damaged muscles, various muscle diseases are effectively prevented, improved or treated using the composition.

Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting location updates include determining a deviation distance, based on an extrapolated travel direction and an actual travel direction from a last updated location. It is determined that the deviation distance exceeds a deviation threshold. A location update is transmitted to a tracking server, responsive to the determination that the deviation distance exceeds the deviation threshold.

Abstract: We provide a process for regenerating a spent acidic ionic liquid, comprising contacting the spent acidic ionic liquid with hydrogen and without an addition of a hydrogenation catalyst; wherein a conjunct polymer content is decreased in the spent acidic ionic liquid to produce regenerated acidic ionic liquid. We also provide a process for making an alkylate gasoline blending component, comprising: a) alkylating a mixture of isoparaffins and olefins using an acidic ionic liquid and an alkyl halide or a hydrogen halide, wherein a conjunct polymer accumulates in a spent acidic ionic liquid; and b) feeding the spent acidic ionic liquid and a hydrogen, and without an addition of a hydrogenation catalyst, to a regeneration reactor operated under selected hydrogenation conditions to produce a regenerated acidic ionic liquid that is used for the alkylating, wherein the conjunct polymer in the regenerated acidic ionic liquid is decreased by at least 50 wt %.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing palladium hydride nanoparticles having a hcp crystal structure. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes: (a) preparing a liquid cell containing a palladium precursor solution; (b) applying electron beams to the palladium precursor solution contained in the liquid cell; and (c) generating palladium hydride nanoparticles having the hcp crystal structure in the palladium precursor solution.

Abstract: An apparatus for discharging water of a fuel cell is provided. The apparatus includes a separation tube that has an inlet formed to face up to be connected to a fuel cell stack and has a first outlet and a second outlet to separately discharge gas and liquid. A discharge tube is connected to the first outlet formed at a lower portion of the separation tube, extends downward, and has a bending portion that bends upward at a predetermined section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multifunctional measuring device comprising a housing (1) having an upper shell (2) and a lower shell (3), which are movable relative to one another by means of a hinge mechanism (4) and comprise cavities which correspond to one another, wherein the cavities form a chamber (9) accessible from the outside for receiving a human finger, wherein an optical measuring unit having an optical module (11), which comprises at least one light source (12) and at least one sensor, is arranged in the chamber (9), and means for data evaluation and/or data transfer are integrated in or on the housing. The aim of the invention is to develop a compact, easy-to-handle measuring device of this kind such that it is possible to determine a variety of parameters that can be determined non-invasively by means of the measuring device.

Abstract: Provided is a hydro-regeneration catalyst system, comprising: (a) a first graded bed comprising a guard bed material; and (b) a second graded bed, fluidly connected to the first graded bed, comprising a noble metal catalyst on a support having mesopores and macropores; wherein the noble metal catalyst has an average pore diameter of 20 to 1,000 nm (0.02 to 1 ?m), a total pore volume of greater than 0.80 cc/g, and a macropore volume of 0.10 to 0.50 cc/g. Also provided is a guard bed system, comprising: (a) a first guard bed comprising a first adsorbent having 10 ?m or larger pores with an average pore diameter of 100 to 1,000 ?m; and (b) a second guard bed fluidly connected to the first guard bed, comprising a second adsorbent material having mesopores and macropores with a second average pore diameter of 20 to 1,000 nm.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cathode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery having high reversible capacity and excellent cycle characteristics, and a method for preparing the same. The cathode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery shows high reversible capacity and excellent cycle characteristics, when it is applied to a secondary battery. Therefore, when the cathode active material is used for manufacturing a cathode for a sodium ion secondary battery and the cathode is applied to a sodium ion secondary battery, the battery can substitute for the conventional expensive lithium ion secondary battery and can be applied to various industrial fields.

Abstract: A process is provided for removing a heavy polynuclear aromatic (HPNA) compound from a hydrocarbon oil. The process includes contacting the hydrocarbon oil containing the HPNA compound with a lean hydrocarbon-immiscible liquid stream to produce a mixture comprising the hydrocarbon oil and a rich hydrocarbon-immiscible liquid containing the HPNA compound; and separating the mixture to produce a hydrocarbon oil effluent having a reduced level of the HPNA compound and a hydrocarbon-immiscible liquid effluent containing the HPNA compound. The hydrocarbon-immiscible liquid can be a halometallate ionic liquid, a liquid coordination complex, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method of predicting a life of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a fuel cell for electric power generation includes: deriving an operating condition for accelerated degradation, which is applicable to the fuel cell; operating the fuel cell for a specific time under the derived operating condition for accelerated degradation and under a normal operating condition, and identifying the degree of degradation of the fuel cell under each of the operating conditions; calculating an acceleration multiple based on the degree of degradation identified under the operating condition for accelerated degradation and under the normal operating condition; and predicting the life of the membrane electrode assembly based on the acceleration multiple.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic vessel. The cosmetic vessel includes a discharge unit discharging cosmetics to an outside, and a discharge plate provided at one side of the discharge unit from which the cosmetics are discharged, the discharge plate including a plurality of discharge holes, wherein the cosmetics are discharged through the plurality of discharge holes of the discharge plate, and a thin film is formed on one surface of the discharge plate exposed to the outside.