Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating article, which includes a first medium portion including first aerosol generating materials, and a second medium portion arranged adjacent to one end of the first medium portion and including second aerosol generating materials, and an aerosol generating device, which includes a housing including an accommodation space configured to accommodate the aerosol generating article, and a heating element arranged to surround at least a part of the aerosol generating article accommodated in the accommodation space to heat the aerosol generating article, wherein an area of the heating element surrounding the first medium portion is different from an area of the heating element surrounding the second medium portion.

Abstract: The application provides a signal delay setting circuit, an isolation integrated circuit and a power conversion circuitry. The isolation integrated circuit receives a first power voltage, receives a first input signal and a second input signal via two signal input terminals respectively, and outputs an output signal generated according to the first input signal and the second input signal. When the first power voltage is within a predetermined voltage range, the signal delay setting circuit generates a voltage difference across the two signal input terminals and calculates a delay time according to the voltage difference. When the first power voltage is greater than an upper limit of the predetermined voltage range, the signal delay setting circuit delays the first input signal or the second input signal according to the delay time to control the duty ratio of the output signal.

Abstract: A nuclear power plant virtualization system and an operation method thereof are provided. A nuclear power plant virtualization system includes: virtual machine control parts; virtual machine network parts linked to the virtual machine control parts; and a virtualization platform switch linked with the virtual machine control parts and the virtual machine network parts, wherein the virtual machine control parts include a first MMI linked driver module, the virtual machine network parts include a second MMI linked driver module, and the virtual machine control parts and the virtual machine network parts modify an IP/MAC address in data communicated with the outside and allow the data communicated with the outside from the virtual machine control parts to pass through the virtual machine network parts, via the first MMI linked driver module and the second MMI linked driver module.

Abstract: A system includes a computing device having one or more processors and memory configured to store instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps including receiving a first named entity dataset associated with a first named entity, receiving a second named entity dataset associated with a second named entity who is a potential named entity linked to the first named entity, identifying a plurality of data matches, each data match being a named entity whose data segments match the first named entity dataset, the second named entity dataset, or both, extracting features from the plurality of data matches, and inputting the extracted features into a machine learning model to determine a data-origin link between the first named entity and the second named entity.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a memory that stores program instructions and a processor that executes the program instructions. The processor may obtain at least one of sunlight amount information, temperature information, location information, or time information, and in response, may provide a reward to a user of the vehicle control device in the form of mileage in response to the user transmitting at least one of the obtained sunlight amount information, the obtained temperature information, the obtained location information, or the obtained time information to a server. The mileage may be used as payment for a good, information, or a service, which is identified based on an input of the user of the vehicle control device.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon dioxide capturing apparatus comprising: a reaction tower including a carbon dioxide adsorption unit or a carbon dioxide absorption unit which adsorbs or absorbs carbon dioxide from exhaust gas; desorption tower connected to the reaction tower and including an adsorbent heating unit for heating an adsorbent circulating inside or an absorbent heating unit for heating an absorbent circulating inside; an adsorbent or absorbent which circulates in the reaction tower and the desorption tower and alternately adsorbs and desorbs carbon dioxide or alternately absorbs and desorbs carbon dioxide; and a heat exchange unit which desorbs carbon dioxide from the adsorbent on which carbon dioxide is adsorbed or the absorbent in which carbon dioxide is absorbed, through heat exchange between the adsorbent on which carbon dioxide is adsorbed and the heated adsorbent, or between the absorbent in which carbon dioxide is absorbed and the heated absorbent, wherein the adsorbent on which carbon dioxide is adsor

Abstract: A method of detecting active liveness using a facial image includes generating, by an authentication device, a command for user authentication, outputting, by the authentication device, the command to a screen and capturing a facial image of a user pronouncing the output command, and extracting, by the authentication device, feature points for a change in mouth shape from the facial image and determining whether the user pronounces the command.

Abstract: Provided is a process of manufacturing light olefins, which is a fluidized bed catalytic naphtha cracking process having improved economic feasibility and decreased greenhouse gas emissions. The process of manufacturing light olefins according to the present invention has a decreased hot spot occurring when supplying an additional fuel oil and decreased tendency of catalyst deactivation by water, thereby improving economic feasibility of the process and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to allow construction of an environmentally friendly process.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed in a first direction while having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on opposite surfaces of the body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the body includes a main portion in which the first and second internal electrodes are alternately disposed in the first direction, a first cover portion disposed on one surface of the main portion in the first direction, and a second cover portion disposed on the other surface of the main portion in the first direction, one of the first and second cover portions includes a cover electrode whose average size in the second direction is larger than that of the first or second internal electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide having anti-inflammatory activity and an anti-inflammatory composition comprising same. A peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, according to the present invention has anti-inflammatory activity, and thus can be used as a raw material of medicines for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of inflammatory diseases or cosmetics for preventing or ameliorating skin inflammation.

Abstract: A recombinant microorganism including a genetic modification that increases expression of a gene encoding a ferric enterobactin transporter-associated protein or a gene encoding a TonB-dependent transporter-associated protein, or a genetic modification that decreases expression of a fur gene encoding a ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein, wherein the recombinant microorganism removes greater amounts of nitric oxide from a sample comprising nitric oxide than a same microorganism without the genetic modification

Abstract: A method for automated driving minimum risk maneuver and a device therefor are provided. The method includes performing a dynamic driving task (DDT) by an automated driving system (ADS), determining, by the ADS, whether a minimum risk maneuver (MRM) is needed, based on a trigger condition for the MRM, and controlling a subject vehicle (SV) to a minimum risk condition (MRC) by the ADS.

Abstract: In order to efficiently perform heating of a vehicle interior in a state in which the external temperature is low and heat generated by a heating element is not sufficient in an early stage of driving the vehicle, a heat pump system for a vehicle is provided. The heat pump system utilizes various heat sources in a general heating mode of the vehicle interior, and at the same time, maximizes the system performance by increasing flow of the refrigerant. The heat pump system may include: a compressor, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) module; a heat-exchanger; a first expansion valve; a first connection line; a chiller; a second expansion valve; a second connection line; a third connection line; and a fourth connection line.

Abstract: A control system for a power tool, comprising: a sensing unit configured to sense an operating characteristic of the power tool; a first control unit configured to determine whether the operating characteristic is within a safe operational range, and to output a first control signal at least partially based on said determination; a second control unit configured to determine whether the operating characteristic is within a safe operational range independently of the first control unit, and to output a second control signal at least partially based on said determination; and an output unit configured to receive the first and second control signals and to activate the power tool when the first and second control signals are received.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a control method for autonomously berthing a ship including obtaining ship state information and berth information, setting a DP point; an approaching operation of controlling the ship to approach the DP point; and a dynamic positioning operation of adjusting a location and posture of the ship based on an error rate between the DP point and a current location of the ship.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating cancer using molecules having an antigen binding fragment that immunospecifically binds to BTN1A1, such as anti-BTN1A1 antibodies. These molecules include those having an antigen binding fragment that immunospecifically binds to glycosylated BTN1A1, such as anti-glycosylated BTN1A1 antibodies. Also included are molecules having an antigen binding fragment that immunospecifically bind to BTN1A1 dimers, such as anti-BTN1A1 dimer antibodies. Also provided are methods for treating anti-PD-1 therapy or anti-PD-L1 therapy resistant or refractory cancers.

Abstract: A micromanipulator comprising: a first frame portion defining an axial direction extending from a first proximal end to a first distal end; a second frame portion; a tool holder coupled to the second frame portion; a first connecting portion coupling the second frame portion and the first frame portion at the first distal end in resilient pivotable coupling; and a second connecting portion coupling the second frame portion and the first frame portion at the first proximal end in resilient pivotable coupling. The first frame portion, the second frame portion, the first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion form a flexural frame. The flexural frame is resiliently biased to a first frame state in which the tool holder is in a retracted position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding an image. For this, a method for decoding an image may include: entropy-decoding a bitstream; determining a scanning unit and a scanning order of the transform coefficients of the current block; scanning and aligning the transform coefficients of the current block based on the determined scanning unit and scanning order; and performing inverse-transform for the aligned transform coefficients.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for recognizing a coded marker including: obtaining a marker image including a coded marker from an input image and normalizing the marker image to obtain a normalized image detecting a region of interest in the normalized image; generating a first binarized image by performing binarization to classify each pixel of the normalized image into one of a foreground and a background; generating a second binarized image by dividing the normalized image into a plurality of partitions, performing binarization for pixel values for each partition to generate a binarized image for the each partition, and combining the binarized images for the each partition; generating an integrated binarized image according to a result of comparing pixel values at the same location in the first binarized image and the second binarized image; and obtaining identification data of the coded marker from the integrated binarized image.

Abstract: Proposed are an apparatus and a method for simulating charge and discharge energy in an intermittent computing system. Specifically, an operation method for simulating power instability in intermittent computing includes receiving at least one selected from a group of energy storage and SBC standard information of an intermittent computing system, energy consumption information for an application program of the intermittent computing system, and illuminance information, and generating an intermittent computing charge and discharge energy scenario model on the basis of the received information, and performing intermittent computing energy simulation on the basis of the generated model, and identifying whether a result of the simulation is appropriate.