Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a first housing part including a first cover portion and a first coupling portion, a second housing part including a second cover portion and a second coupling portion, a third housing part a third coupling portion configured to be coupled to the first coupling portion and a fourth coupling portion configured to be coupled to the second coupling portion, and a fourth housing part including an article insertion portion configured to accommodate at least a portion of an aerosol generating article.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a 1,4-sulfur-bridged polycyclic compound containing dihydrobenzofuran structure which has a structural formula (I). A preparation method is also disclosed which includes the steps of: dissolving 2-nitrobenzofuran (II) and 5H-thiazolone (III) in an organic solvent; then adding molecular sieve and chiral catalyst, stirring and allowing reaction at room temperature under argon protection until the reaction is completed; and carrying out separation and purification to obtain a 1,4-sulfur-bridged polycyclic compound (I) containing dihydrobenzofuran structure. The polycyclic compounds of the present invention have a substructure of dihydrobenzofuran and 1,4-thiopiperidinone. The application of the compound for the preparation of antitumor drugs is also disclosed, which has a good potential value in antitumor drug research. The preparation method has the advantages of novelty, simplicity, simple operation, mild reaction conditions, high yield and high stereoselectivity, and etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a trolox-peptide conjugate which exhibits activity that relieves muscle contraction and increases the extracellular matrix, and which can be used as an active ingredient of a drug, a quasi-drug or a cosmetic product for muscle relaxation, neuromuscular disorder prevention or treatment, or the improvement of skin conditions including skin wrinkles.

Abstract: Provided are genetically modified NK cells and uses thereof. The modified NK cells can be used in adoptive cellular therapy of CAR-NK cells for cancers.

Abstract: A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device includes a common function performing operations associated with a PCIe interface according to a function type, the common function being programmable to be a function type selected from a plurality function types, an access identification information controller generating first access identification information for allowing an access to the common function, and providing the first access identification information to an assigned system image to which the common function has been assigned, a data packet receiver receiving a data packet including target identification information indicating a target system image from the target system image, and an access allowance determiner determining whether or not to allow the target system image to access the common function based on the first access identification information and the target identification information.

Abstract: Provided are an information transmission method, a device and a storage medium. The information transmission method applied to a first communication node includes: receiving configuration information of a second communication node and reporting channel state information to the second communication node according to the configuration information. The channel state information includes a precoding matrix indicator, and the precoding matrix indicator includes a strongest coefficient indicator. A precoding matrix corresponding to the precoding matrix indicator is formed by combining first coefficients with a first group of vectors, or a precoding matrix corresponding to the precoding matrix indicator is formed by combining first coefficients with a first group of vectors and a second group of vectors. The strongest coefficient indicator is used to indicate index of a strongest coefficient in the first coefficients.

Abstract: The invention, in some aspects, include methods and systems for temporally multiplexed imaging (TMI).

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a concave image-side surface; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power and an image-side surface having an inflection point. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an air inlet through which air is introduced, and a heater module arranged inside the housing and configured to heat an aerosol generating article, wherein the heater module includes a receiving portion having a receiving space for accommodating the aerosol generating article, one or more coils configured to generate a magnetic field, a passage structure arranged on one side of the receiving portion and including one airflow passage configured to receive external air through the air inlet and transfer the received external air to the receiving portion, and a pressure sensor configured to generate a signal about a pressure inside the airflow passage.

Abstract: A method, system, and medium for gas monitoring and assessment based on Internet of Things. The method is executed by a processor in a smart gas safety management platform of a system for gas monitoring and assessment based on Internet of Things. The method includes: obtaining industrial gas data of a workshop to be monitored based on a smart gas indoor device object platform and uploading the industrial gas data to a smart gas data center through a smart gas indoor device sensor network platform; obtaining regional data of the workshop to be monitored based on a smart gas service platform and uploading the regional data to the smart gas data center through the smart gas indoor device sensor network platform; determining a key sub-region based on the regional data and the industrial gas data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electroplating bath comprising (A) an alkane sulfonic acid or alkanol sulfonic acid; (B) a soluble metal salt of alkane sulfonic acid or alkanol sulfonic acid; and (C) at least one additive selected from—polyether derivatives of formula (I),—sulfonated or sulfated polyether derivatives of formula (II) or—any combinations thereof, wherein the groups in formulae (I) and (II) are as defined in the description and claims. The present invention also relates to a process for refining metal and a process for controlling morphology of metal deposited on cathode in electrolytic refining of the metal, which comprise using the electroplating bath according to the present invention.

Abstract: A method and a device for encoding/decoding images are disclosed. The method for encoding images comprises the steps of: deriving a scan type of a residual signal for a current block according to whether or not the current block is a transform skip block; and applying the scan type to the residual signal for the current block, wherein the transform skip block is a block to which transform for the current block is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether or not transform for the current block is to be applied.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for constructing a time-varying constitutive model of a seawater-aged GINA gasket for an immersed tube tunnel and relates to the technical field of research of immersed tube waterproof equipment. The method includes the following steps: obtaining stress relaxation curves at different aging temperatures; determining an aging performance change value P of rubber used for a GINA gasket; determining a stress-strain relation curve of the GINA gasket; obtaining a stress-strain relation curve of a full aging cycle; and constructing a constitutive model of stress relaxation and seawater aging of the GINA gasket. According to the present disclosure, a service state of the GINA gasket can be dynamically monitored, which provides a basis for service life evaluation of the GINA gasket and early warning on a risk of the GINA gasket.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area having a subpixel and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a driving transistor and a light emitting diode provided at the subpixel, a gate driving unit provided in the non-display area, and a link line provided in the non-display area and connected to the gate driving unit, wherein the link line includes a first link portion of a first direction, a second link portion of a second direction, and a third link portion connecting the first link portion and the second link portion and having a substantially curved shape.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for determining the activity of an RNA polymerase, in particular, an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RDRP) of a coronavirus. Also provided herein is a kit for determining the activity of an RNA polymerase.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a stage part and an inkjet printer head disposed on the stage part and including a plurality of head parts. Each of the head parts includes a chamber plate part including a chamber part, a nozzle plate part including a nozzle part, an outer side surface, an inner side surface, and a nozzle surface, an inorganic layer disposed on the outer side surface, a first metal oxide layer including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, a second metal oxide layer including a first metal portion and a second metal portion, a first self-assembled layer disposed on the first metal portion and having a first contact angle, and a second self-assembled layer disposed on the third portion and having a second contact angle smaller than the first contact angle.

Abstract: Examples provide machine readable storage storing instructions arranged, when processed, to facilitate authentication using an authenticator, the instructions comprising instructions to generate, by an initial authenticator, authentication data associated with a further authenticator; the authentication data comprising private data and a public credential; the public credential and private data being for use in producing authentication information to authenticate the further authenticator to a relying party; and send data derived from the authentication data to network storage commonly accessible by the initial authenticator and the further authenticator.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including obtaining data for transmission to a receiver; and generating a first component physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) of a plurality of component PPDUs of a concatenated (C-PPDU), where the first component PPDU is directed to the receiver and includes at least a portion of the data.

Abstract: An embodiment mounting and demounting device for a wireless electronic device includes a pair of holder wings arranged symmetrically to each other and configured to press both sides of the wireless electronic device, a holder wing adjusting device configured to apply a force to adjust a gap between the holder wings using a driving force of a drive motor, a lifting implementing device configured to interlock with the holder wing adjusting device to lift the wireless electronic device upward in a case in which the holder wings are spread apart by a predetermined reference gap or more, a lower housing wrapped around a lower side of the holder wings, the holder wing adjusting device, and the lifting implementing device, and an upper housing coupled to an upper side of the lower housing and configured to allow the wireless electronic device to pass through in an up and down direction.

Abstract: A processing method of a brittle material is provided, which includes: cutting a contour line of a preset standard hole and a plurality of breaking guide line groups located within the contour line on a workpiece by a first laser, one end of a breaking guide line of the breaking guide line groups being connected with the contour line and the other end of the breaking guide line extending within the contour line; heating and pre-breaking the contour line and the breaking guide line on the workpiece by a second laser; processing a blanking hole within the contour line on the workpiece by a non-thermal processing, the extended end of the breaking guide line extending into the blanking hole; and breaking along the contour line and the breaking guide line on the workpiece to form a standard hole in the workpiece.