Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a bit line on a substrate and extending in a first direction, first and second active pillars on the bit line, the first active pillar including a first horizontal portion coupled to the bit line and a first vertical portion extending from the first horizontal portion, the second active pillar including a second horizontal portion coupled to the bit line and a second vertical portion extending from the second horizontal portion. First and second word lines are on the first and second horizontal portions of the first and second active pillars, respectively, and extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. A first insulating layer is between the first and second word lines. A first and second side surfaces of the first and second horizontal portions face each other. The first insulating layer includes an air gap between the first and second side surfaces.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a lithium secondary battery. The separator for the lithium secondary battery may include a separator substrate, a first coating layer on the separator substrate, and a second coating layer on the first coating layer, wherein the first coating layer includes a solid electrolyte, and the second coating layer includes a lithium compound.

Abstract: The simulation system for predicting heating and cooling loads of a building comprises the collection unit collecting measurement data of a target building from a BEMS, the identification unit identifying indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, and insolation measured in the building in real time based on RTS method, the correlation derivation unit deriving a correlation between energy usage based on the BEMS measurement data collected by the collection unit and the cooling and heating loads according to indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, and insolation identified by the identification unit, the simulation unit predicting a change in cooling and heating loads according to a change in at least one of pieces of measurement data based on the correlation derived from the correlation derivation unit to perform a simulation, and the information provision unit providing a simulation result from the simulation unit in a visible form to a user terminal.

Abstract: An automated method for generating a prosthesis from a 3D scan data, the method includes extracting prep information of a prepared tooth from the 3D scan data, generating a two dimensional (“2D”) projection images by projecting the 3D scan data based on the prep information and generating a 3D prosthesis based on the 2D projection images using a generative adversarial network including a 2D encoder and a 3D decoder.

Abstract: A conductive material dispersion liquid, and an electrode and a lithium secondary battery manufactured using the same. The conductive material dispersion liquid includes a carbon-based conductive material, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium. The dispersant is a copolymer including a first repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, a second repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a third repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3, and the dispersion medium is a non-aqueous solvent.

Abstract: A user access control method for an information system is proposed. The method may include processing login of a user using the information system, and acquiring a reference image obtained by capturing the logged-in user on the basis of a login time. The method may also include extracting reference feature information from the reference image and storing the reference feature information, and acquiring target images obtained by capturing a user using the information system at predetermined intervals. The method may further include extracting each target feature information from each target image; comparing each target feature information with the reference feature information to confirm whether or not each user using the information system at predetermined intervals is the same as the logged-in user, and controlling an access for the each user using the information system when the each user using the information system is not the same as the logged-in user.

Abstract: The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of pyridazinone compounds as thyroid hormone analogs and their prodrugs. Preferred methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of pyridazinone compounds having high purity. In some embodiments, preferred methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of pyridazinone compounds in better yield than previously used methods for preparing such compounds. Also disclosed are morphic forms of a pyridazinone compound. Further disclosed is a method for treating resistance to thyroid hormone in a subject having at least one TR? mutation.

Abstract: Provided are a method for generating a summary and a system therefor. The method according to some embodiments may include calculating a likelihood loss for a summary model using a first text sample and a first summary sentence corresponding to the first text sample, calculating an unlikelihood loss for the summary model using a second text sample and the first summary sentence, the second text sample being a negative sample generated from the first text sample, and updating the summary model based on the likelihood loss and the unlikelihood loss.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate with a conductive pattern. A semiconductor die is electrically connected to the substrate and both the semiconductor die and the substrate are at least partially covered by a package body. In some examples, through-mold vias are formed in the package body to provide electrical signal paths from an exterior surface thereof to the conductive pattern of the substrate. In some examples, through-mold vias are included in the package body to provide electrical signal paths between the semiconductor die and an exterior surface of the package body. In some examples, an interposer is electrically connected to the through-mold vias and may be covered by the package body and/or disposed in spaced relation thereto. In some examples, the interposer may not be electrically connected to the through-mold vias but may have one or more semiconductor dies of the semiconductor device electrically connected thereto.

Abstract: Provided are a binder composition for a secondary battery electrode, and an electrode mixture including the same, and more particularly, a binder composition for a secondary battery electrode capable of providing excellent binding strength for an active material and an electrode while having excellent latex stability, thereby improving performance of a secondary battery, and an electrode mixture including the same.

Abstract: The battery diagnosis method includes calculating, by a battery management system (BMS), a plurality of direct current internal resistances (DCIRs) respectively with respect to a plurality of battery cells based on a plurality of cell voltages and a plurality of cell currents, deriving, by the BMS, an entire representative value of the plurality of DCIRs, calculating, by the BMS, a multi-parallel ideality factor based on a parallel connection number, calculating, by the BMS, a dispersion of the plurality of DCIRs based on the plurality of DCIRs and the entire representative values of the plurality of DCIRs, calculating, by the BMS, an upper limit threshold value of a normal range, and deriving, by the BMS, the normal range based on the upper limit threshold value, and diagnosing a state of a battery pack including the plurality of battery cells according to the normal range.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; and a filling layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate comprises a support substrate comprising a display area in which emission areas associated with sub-pixels, are arranged; a light-emitting element layer disposed on one surface of the support substrate; and an encapsulation layer disposed on the light-emitting element layer. The encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic layer covering the light-emitting element layer; an organic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer and overlapping the light-emitting element layer; and a second inorganic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer and covering the organic layer. A thickness of the first inorganic layer is smaller than a thickness of the second inorganic layer.

Abstract: The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of pyridazinone compounds as thyroid hormone analogs and their prodrugs. Preferred methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of pyridazinone compounds having high purity. In some embodiments, preferred methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of pyridazinone compounds in better yield than previously used methods for preparing such compounds. Also disclosed are morphic forms of a pyridazinone compound. Further disclosed is a method for treating resistance to thyroid hormone in a subject having at least one TR? mutation.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a grilled seaweed includes the apparatus comprising a grilling unit having a first housing with a first inlet opening and a first outlet opening which communicate with each other; a first conveyor for transferring a sheet of seaweed from the first inlet opening to the first outlet opening; a first heating source installed over the first conveyor to discharge a flame onto a top surface of the seaweed being transferred by the first conveyor; and a second heating source installed on both sides of a lower portion of the first conveyor to apply a flame onto a bottom surface of the seaweed being transferred by the first conveyor.

Abstract: A water purifier or other liquid dispenser may sense a height of the inlet of a container accurately through an infrared transmitter and an infrared receiver that are disposed at different positions of a water discharge module moving vertically. Additionally, in the water purifier, the water discharge module may discharge purified water at a point spaced a certain distance apart from the inlet of the container, based on infrared sensing, thereby preventing the inlet of the container from contacting the lower surface of the water discharge module.

Abstract: A laser apparatus includes a laser generator configured to generate a first laser beam proceeding along a first direction, and an inversion module configured to convert the first laser beam to a second laser beam proceeding along the first direction, the inversion module including a splitter configured to form a reflected laser beam by partially reflecting the first laser beam, and a transmitted laser beam by partially transmitting the first laser beam, and a prism configured to reflect the reflected laser beam.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of identifying dementia by at least one processor of a device. The method includes performing a first task that causes a first object to be displayed on a first region of a screen displayed on a user terminal; and when a preset condition is satisfied, performing a second task that causes at least one object, which induces the user's gaze, to be displayed instead of the first object on the screen of the user terminal.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a curved secondary battery having a target radius of curvature includes incorporating an electrode assembly including a cathode, an anode, and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode into a battery case together with an electrolyte to manufacture a secondary battery, subjecting the secondary battery to a first activation, degassing the secondary battery after the first activation, subjecting the secondary battery to a first hot press after degassing the secondary battery so that the secondary battery has a first radius of curvature, subjecting the secondary battery to a second activation after the first hot press, and subjecting the secondary battery to a second hot press after the second activation so that the secondary battery has a second radius of curvature.

Abstract: An electrode insulating coating composition according to the present invention includes boehmite particles, a dispersant, a binder, and a solvent, wherein the dispersant includes two or more fatty acid compounds, and is included in an amount of 1.2 to 8.8 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the boehmite particles.

Abstract: A light emitting device may include a first electrode, a first light emitting stack disposed on the first electrode, a charge generation layer disposed on the first light emitting stack, a second light emitting stack disposed on the charge generation layer, and a second electrode disposed on the second light emitting stack. Each of the first light emitting stack and the second light emitting stack includes a hole transport layer. A hole mobility of the charge generation layer is lower than a hole mobility of the hole transport layer.