Abstract: A method for elongating telomeres of cells comprises steps of: providing physical stimulation directly or indirectly to cells; and culturing a mixture of the cells and a medium for a predetermined time, wherein providing the stimulation directly to the cells comprises applying physical stimulation to the medium containing the cells, and providing the stimulation indirectly to the cells comprises applying physical stimulation to the medium not containing the cells and then mixing the medium and the cells. The method for elongating telomeres of cells is simpler than a conventional method and is superior in terms of time, cost, efficiency, and safety. In addition, the method induces cell division and provides an anti-aging effect, in addition to simply elongating telomeres. Thereby, it is expected that the method can ameliorate and prevent not only problems caused by shortening of telomeres, but also various aging-related diseases and conditions.

Abstract: In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an assembly for supporting substrate, the assembly comprising: a support frame having at least one insertion hole recessed from one surface of the support frame, the insertion hole having an inner movement hole and a screw hole positioned outside the inner movement hole; and a substrate support member including a shaft body inserted into the insertion hole with one end of the shaft body and a pin shaft connected to the shaft body to support the substrate in contact, wherein the shaft body having an inner screw body inserted into the insertion hole and positioned in the inner movement hole and a connection body disposed between the inner screw body and the pin shaft and positioned in the screw hole, wherein the inner diameter of the screw hole is smaller than the diameter of the inner movement hole and the outer diameter of the inner screw body, the inner screw body is capable of passing through the screw hole by rotation.

Abstract: A hub for supporting a voice relay between wearable terminals in a vehicle includes a reception processing device that receives a voice signal from at least one transmission terminal among two or more wearable terminals in the vehicle, a transmission processing device that transmits the voice signal to at least one reception terminal among the wearable terminals, and a controller that establishes a communication channel with each of the wearable terminals, selects a target terminal based on a voice signal obtained from a conversation attempt terminal attempting to transmit voice, and controls the reception processing device and the transmission processing device to relay bidirectional voice information transfer between the conversation attempt terminal and the target terminal.

Abstract: An article storage device includes a load port configured to load and unload a plurality of articles, a plurality of shelves configured to load the articles, a transportation robot configured to transport the articles between the load port and the shelves or between the shelves, a receiving part configured to receive operation commands of the transportation robot from an upper system, a calculating part configured to calculate a setting value of an order of priority with respect to the operation commands, and a control part configured to control the transportation robot to perform an operation command having a high setting value of an order of priority among the operation commands.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for smart gas full-cycle supervision based on IOT, the method includes: obtaining gas production data; determining base supervision data based on the gas production data; obtaining residual computing resources at a preset frequency; in response to determining that a sum of the reference resource consumption and the residual computing resources satisfying a preset requirement, performing operations including: generating and sending a control instruction to a gas company management platform; evaluating an importance degree of each of the all batches of gas in the target gas based on the target data and the gas production data of the target gas; and adjusting a gas supply volume of the at least one of all batches of gas in the target gas based on the importance degree of the each of the all batches of gas in the target gas and the target data.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having negative refractive power, a fifth lens having positive refractive power, a sixth lens having a convex image-side surface, and a seventh lens, disposed sequentially from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies ?5.0<f2/f<?2.0, where f is a focal length of the optical imaging system and f2 is a focal length of the second lens. An F No. of the optical imaging system is less than 1.7.

Abstract: A semiconductor includes an active pattern with a lower pattern and sheet patterns spaced apart from the lower pattern in a first direction, a source/drain pattern on the lower pattern, the source/drain pattern being in contact with the sheet patterns, and gate structures on opposite sides of the source/drain pattern, the gate structures being spaced apart from each other along a second direction and including gate electrodes that surround the sheet patterns, wherein the source/drain pattern includes a first epitaxial region having at least one of antimony and bismuth, the first epitaxial region having a bottom part in contact with the lower pattern, but not with the sheet patterns, and a thickness of the bottom part increasing and decreasing away from the gate structures in the second direction, and a second epitaxial region on the first epitaxial region, the second epitaxial region including phosphorus.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a stack along a stacking axis with a respective separator portion of an elongated separator sheet positioned between and winding around each of the electrodes in the stack along a serpentine path. The plurality of electrodes include a top electrode positioned at a top of the stack along the stacking axis, and the plurality of electrodes include a bottom electrode positioned at a bottom of the stack. The separator portions in the stack include a top separator portion abutting the top electrode and a bottom separator portion abutting the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode may have a thickness along the stacking axis that is from 80% to 120% of a thickness of the top electrode along the stacking axis. Moreover, a maximum thickness of each of the electrodes in the stack may be less than 8.3 mm.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling power delivery to an electronic device having default and proprietary power modes. A default power delivery protocol between the power delivery adapter and the electronic device is completed upon connecting the power delivery adapter to the electronic device. When a proprietary power mode is available, it is verified and communicated to the power delivery adapter, wherein the power delivery adapter delivers power to the electronic device according to the proprietary power mode. When a proprietary power mode is not available, the power delivery adapter continues to deliver power in the default mode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding an image. The image decoding method according to the present invention includes obtaining prediction information of a current block from a bitstream and, by performing prediction based on the prediction information, generating a prediction block of the current block. Herein, the prediction information includes split prediction information of the current block. The generating of the prediction block includes obtaining a reference sample from a neighboring block of the current block, applying an interpolation filter to the reference sample, and generating the prediction block by using the reference sample to which the interpolation filter is applied. The interpolation filter is determined based on the split prediction information of the current block.

Abstract: Various systems, devices, storage media, and methods are discussed for performing secured access service edge (SASE) processing in a network potentially having multiple SASE processing capable devices.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ionic liquid, an electrolyte including the ionic liquid, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The ionic liquid is capable of forming a film having high ionic conductivity on an anode upon reductive decomposition of cations contained therein, and delaying the decomposition of anions.

Abstract: Provided is a device for maintaining an equipment configured to maintain a to-be-maintained equipment (1). The to-be-maintained equipment (1) includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and the device includes: at least one guide rail (3) extending in a first direction, wherein the first direction is a direction pointing from the first side to the second side; a sliding mechanism (4) arranged on the guide rail (3) and configured to support the to-be-maintained equipment (1); and a driving mechanism (5) configured to drive the sliding mechanism (4) and the to-be-maintained equipment (1) to move along the guide rail (3), wherein the device is configured to allow the to-be-maintained equipment (1) to move along the guide rail (3) to change a maintenance space on the first side or the second side.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling braking to avoid groan noise in a braking system. The system has a brake actuator configured to apply a friction force to a moving member, a conduit system coupled with the brake actuator, an inlet valve in the conduit system configured to control fluid pressure delivered to the brake actuator, and an outlet valve in the conduit system configured to control fluid pressure released from the brake actuator. The system includes a controller to monitor for an upper target pressure condition in the braking system, wherein the upper target pressure condition is associated with a noise zone; and operate, when the upper target pressure is detected and in a noise zone avoidance mode, the inlet valve and the outlet valve to avoid brake pressures that generate a brake noise from the friction force.

Abstract: Proposed are a contact pheromone-containing composition, a kit composition, and a method using the same for controlling thrips. A thrip control technology using a behavior-disrupting pheromone is provided to increase opportunities for the exposure of the thrips to pesticides. Contact pheromone (7MT) induced significant behavioral changes in adult thrips. Moreover, the addition of the contact pheromone increased an insecticidal effect. The composition contains the contact pheromone as an active ingredient, and the kit composition contains the contact pheromone of the thrips and pesticides against the thrips. The contact pheromone-containing composition shows a significant control effect on thrips. The kit composition and method, which use a contact pheromone and pesticide together, show a significantly increased control effect compared to the thrips control technologies that only apply existing pesticides.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus, more particularly, a substrate processing apparatus capable of suppressing an generation of process by-products in a substrate processing process. A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber part configured to provide an inner space in which a substrate is processed, a gas supply part configured to supply a process gas to the inner space, a substrate support configured to support the substrate, a heating liner provided inside the chamber part to at least partially surround the inner space, and a heating part configured to heat the heating liner.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first tab and a second tab at opposite ends of the electrode assembly in a longitudinal direction, respectively; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly and in which a first opening and a second opening are defined at opposite ends of the case in the longitudinal direction, respectively; a first cap plate coupled to the first opening of the case and insulated from and penetrated by a first terminal that is electrically coupled to the first tab of the electrode assembly, the first cap plate including a second terminal electrically coupled to the second tab of the electrode assembly; and a second cap plate coupled to the second opening of the case and electrically coupled to the second tab of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A method for a random access channel less handover (RACH-less HO) in a non-terrestrial network is performed by a terminal device. The method includes: determining path loss change information of the terminal device before and after the RACH-less HO; and determining a transmission power of an uplink signal to a target network device according to the path loss change information.

Abstract: An mage decoding method and apparatus and an image encoding method and apparatus are discussed. The image decoding method can include deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, deriving reference samples being left or upper reference samples for an intra prediction on the current block, and generating a predicted block by performing the intra prediction on the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference samples. Based on that the intra prediction mode of the current block is a DC mode and a height of the current block is equal to a width of the current block, the intra prediction of the current block is performed by using an average value of the left reference samples adjacent to a left boundary of the current block and the upper reference samples adjacent to an upper boundary of the current block.