Abstract: Disclosed is a transmitter which includes an encoder and a transmission interface circuit. The encoder receives data bits and generates conversion bits, a number of is the conversion bits being more than a number of the data bits, based on the number of the data bits. The encoder detects a risk pattern of the conversion bits to generate detection data and converts the risk pattern into a replacement pattern based on the detection data to generate code bits, a number of is the code bits being equal to the number of the conversion bits.

Abstract: Provided are a location measurement device and a location measurement method thereof, wherein the location measurement device receives an uplink signal from at least one target terminal which is subject to measuring a location or determining existence or nonexistence, and variably sets an uplink search time window of the uplink signal received from the target terminal according to at least one or two of a location of the location measurement device, a location of a base station, a cell radius of the base station, a distance from the base station, a range of location at which the target terminal is predicted to exist, and a signal detection range in which the uplink signal is detected from the target terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first insulation layer disposed on a substrate; a lower gate pattern disposed on the first insulation layer; a second insulation layer covering at least a portion of the lower gate pattern; a first lower gate insulation layer disposed on the lower gate pattern and the second insulation layer; a source pattern and a drain pattern disposed on the first lower gate insulation layer, wherein the source pattern and the drain pattern are spaced apart from each other to include a trench facing the lower gate pattern; an oxide semiconductor layer formed along surfaces of the source and drain patterns and a bottom surface of the trench; an upper gate insulation layer disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer; and an upper gate pattern disposed on the upper gate insulation layer and filling the trench.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing or treating autoimmune disease, which is based on a CTLA4-derived, regulatory T cell-inducing peptide. The composition has an excellent effect of inhibiting differentiation into cytotoxic Th17 cells that produce and secrete inflammatory cytokines and increasing differentiation into regulatory T cells (Treg) and, thus, can be advantageously utilized as a pharmaceutical composition that can prevent or treat autoimmune disease caused by regulatory anomalies of various immune responses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stent catheter for stenting, which enables a stent to be easily and quickly inserted into the coronary artery of the heart even in a state where the autonomic nerve causes the heart to beat 60 to 80 times per minute, a patient breathes at a heart rate of 12 to 20 beats per minute, and a patient uncooperatively moves, wherein a subtube having a predetermined length and allowing a support wire to pass therethrough is integrally coupled to the outer peripheral surface of a maintube through which a guide wire passes, such that an outlet of the subtube is located at the boundary of a balloon provided on the maintube.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is a speech synthesis method based on multi-speaker training dataset of a speech synthesis apparatus including pre-training a speech synthesis model using a previously stored neural network with a single speaker training dataset with most spoken sentences, among training datasets of a plurality of speakers, fine-tuning the pre-trained speech synthesis model with a training dataset of a plurality of speakers, and applying a target speech dataset to the fine-tuned speech synthesis model to be converted into a mel spectrogram.

Abstract: A vehicle security network design device may comprise: a level assigning unit for assigning an automobile safety integrity level (ASIL) which provides a risk management standard for each of a plurality of functional elements in a vehicle that is at least temporarily implemented by a processor; a calculation unit for calculating device's controllability with respect to each of the plurality of functional elements on the basis of a connection structure between the plurality of functional elements and a difference value of the ASIL; and a management unit for generating a risk analysis model of a plurality of functional elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable probe for photoacoustic tomography, capable of performing line-by-line scanning or area-by-area scanning by using a small number of light inputs; and a real-time photoacoustic tomography device. The probe for photoacoustic tomography includes: a lens receiving light inputs from an optical fiber so as to make the same proceed as small diameter parallel light; a Powell lens receiving the small diameter parallel light and generating a line beam of a predetermined thickness, and allowing energy dispersed on a line to be uniform on the entire line; a lens making the line beam pass therethrough such that the line beam has a predetermined width and a reduced thickness so as to be line-focused at a target area; an acoustic reflection glass for separating, from a light path, an acoustic wave outputted from the target area; and an acoustic measurement unit for measuring acoustic strength.

Abstract: The in-loop filtering method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes: classifying reconstructed samples according to an absolute classification standard or relative classification standard; acquiring offset data on the basis of results of classifying the reconstructed samples; adding an offset value to the reconstructed samples by referencing the acquired offset data; and outputting the offset value-added reconstructed samples. Accordingly, W errors in the reconstructed image can be corrected.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for producing an insulating composite material for a silicone rubber socket, in which the method includes a step of producing a molded body of a mixture of liquid silicone and a heterogeneous composite powder composited from (i) metal powder and (ii) polymer or ceramic powder. An insulating composite material for a silicone rubber socket, produced by the method, is also proposed. Further proposed is a silicone rubber socket manufacturing method including the steps of producing a sheet-shaped molded body from a mixture including liquid silicone and a heterogeneous composite powder composited from (i) a metal powder and (ii) a polymer or ceramic powder and (b) forming a plurality of pores extending through the sheet-shaped molded body in a thickness direction and filling the pores with a conductive material. In addition, a silicone rubber socket manufactured by the method is also proposed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for acquiring a photoacoustic image and an ultrasonic image, which simultaneously acquires an optoacoustic image signal and an ultrasonic signal by integrally supporting a laser probe that outputs laser power to a object, a first ultrasonic probe that receives a first ultrasonic input from the object by the laser output, and a second ultrasonic probe that outputs an ultrasonic output to the object and receives a second ultrasonic input emitted from the object by the ultrasonic output, and moving together the laser probe, the first ultrasonic probe, and the second ultrasonic probe, the device comprising: an upper support block that supports the laser probe and the second ultrasonic probe on the upper surface thereof; and a lower support block that is coupled to a lower surface of the upper support block and supports the first ultrasonic probe on the side surface thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for inputting a combined photoacoustic/ultrasonic image, which generates 3D image information for a object by performing 2D scanning on the object by a first linear motion of a photoacoustic probe and an ultrasonic probe, and a second linear motion perpendicular to the first linear motion, the apparatus comprising: a transfer unit that move the photoacoustic probe and the ultrasonic probe with respect to the object in the first and/or second direction; a photoacoustic unit that outputs a laser to the object, receives a first ultrasound from the object by the laser, and generates a photoacoustic image signal; an ultrasonic unit that outputs an ultrasound to the object, receives a second ultrasound from the object by the ultrasound, and generates an ultrasonic image signal; and a main controller that combines photoacoustic image and ultrasonic image to generate a combined photoacoustic/ultrasonic image.

Abstract: Disclosed are a three-dimensional flash memory having an improved stack connection part and a method for manufacturing same. A three-dimensional flash memory according to an embodiment may comprise: multiple stack structures, each of which comprises multiple word lines alternately stacked in a vertical direction while extending in the horizontal direction, and at least one cell string extending through the multiple word lines in the vertical direction, the at least one cell string comprising a channel layer extending in the vertical direction and a charge storage layer formed to surround the channel layer; and at least one buffer layer that is disposed between the multiple stack structures stacked in the vertical direction and connects the channel layers of the multiple stack structures to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic wave transmission structure which is provided on a path of ultrasonic waves to amplify incident ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic wave transmission structure includes: multiple rings each provided with a body portion having a different radius from other body portions and spaced apart from another body portion adjacent thereto and a slit disposed between adjacent body portions; and a membrane disposed in the multiple rings, wherein the mass of the membrane is adjusted to vary a resonant frequency in multiple sub-membrane regions.

Abstract: The film structure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one active monolayer having an energy level quantized in at least one axial direction and at least one barrier alternately stacked with the at least one active monolayer. Current flows through the active monolayer, and the current flow may be limited by the quantized energy level.

Abstract: A method for preparing an adsorbent for a skin aging diagnosis based on a body odor volatile marker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: forming a graphene oxide;polyaniline (GO;PANI) compound layer through an electrochemical polymerization reaction of an electrolyte including graphene oxide and an aniline monomer; forming a graphene oxide;polyaniline/zinc oxide nanorods (GO;PANI/ZNRs) composite layer by growing zinc oxide nanorods on the GO;PANI compound layer; and forming a graphene oxide;polyaniline/zinc oxide nanorods/zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (GO;PANI/ZNRs/ZIF-8) composite layer by reacting the GO;PANI/ZNRs composite layer with a 2-methylimidazole (2-MI) solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positioning device, a position measurement server, and a position measurement system capable of estimating a relatively accurate position on the basis of a signal transmitted from a terminal in a mobile communication system. Particularly, the positioning device acquires channel configuration information of an uplink signal of a target terminal, receives the uplink signal of the target terminal through one or more uplink signal reception units on the basis of the channel configuration information, measures information on the received uplink signal, and transmits the information on the uplink signal of the target terminal to the position measurement server, and the position measurement server receives the information on the uplink signal of the target terminal from the positioning device and calculates a position of the target terminal on the basis of the information on the uplink signal of the target terminal.

Abstract: A method for producing a lead-free X-ray shielding material using a bismuth halide compound is provided, the method including a first step of producing porous PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane); a second step of producing a mixed solution of the bismuth halide compound and THF; and a third step of immersing the porous PDMS into the mixed solution such that the bismuth halide compound is loaded into the porous PDMS to produce a bismuth halide compound-PDMS composite material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrogel composition comprising a chloroplast, a chloroplast transit peptide, alginate, and a pancreatic cell, and can supply oxygen to a cell or a tissue and control carbon dioxide and exhibits excellent preventive or therapeutic effects on diseases such as diabetes, etc., and thus may be utilized in the tissue engineering field such as organ transplant.

Abstract: A light source for plant cultivation includes at least two light emitting devices supplying light to a plant. Each of the light emitting devices includes a first semiconductor layer doped with a first conductivity type dopant, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and doped with a second conductivity type dopant different from the first conductivity type dopant, and an active layer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The light emitting devices emit light towards the plant under a different condition in terms of at least one of wavelength, radiation intensity, and emission timing to control the type and content of phytochemicals in the plant.