Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a health functional food composition, which include phloroglucinol active ingredient, for preventing, treating, or ameliorating somnipathy and suppressing intolerance to, alleviating, or ameliorating side effects of an agonist at the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABA-A receptor. The pharmaceutical composition and the food composition rapidly and reliably induce and maintain sleep, prevent repeated awakenings, unalter physiological sleep architecture, are particularly devoid of residual sedative effects, which could impair daytime functioning and cognitive performance, and neither cause side effects nor intolerance to a conventional agonist at the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABA-A receptor despite long-term administration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for exhausting high concentrations of toxic gases generated during chemical stripping for high-temperature parts of a gas turbine, the method including the steps of: allowing a pair of openable/closable doors mounted on top of a tank whose top is open to accommodate a chemical substance therein to be closed during the chemical stripping so as to close top of the tank; collecting the toxic gases generated from the interior of the tank through hoods located at the inside of the tank; and exhausting the toxic gases to the outside through exhaust pipes mounted on the hoods or collecting the toxic gases to a separate storage tank.

Abstract: Methods are provided herein for deposition of oxide films. Oxide films may be deposited, including selective deposition of oxide thin films on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second, different surface of the same substrate. For example, an oxide thin film such as an insulating metal oxide thin film may be selectively deposited on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second, different surface of the same substrate. The second, different surface may be an organic passivation layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-signals is provided. According to an example embodiment, the apparatus for measuring bio-signals includes: a light source configured to emit light onto an object; an image sensor including: a pixel array configured to detect the light emitted by the light source and reacted by the object and a pixel binning unit configured to bin data of the light, detected by the pixel array, by using at least two different binning sizes; and a processor configured to acquire a plurality of bio-signals respectively based on data of the at least two different binning sizes, which are output from the image sensor.

Abstract: An induction heating apparatus may receive a power level input for a heating area, determine a required power value corresponding to the power level, determine a heating frequency corresponding to the required power value, and set a driving frequency of the working coil to an initial frequency determined based on the heating frequency and then drive the working coil. The driving frequency may be changed from a current driving frequency to a target frequency based on a predetermined frequency change cycle.

Abstract: A pixel includes a first bank pattern and a second bank pattern disposed on a base layer; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the first bank pattern and the second bank pattern, and spaced apart from each other; a light emitting element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including a first end electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second end electrically connected to the second electrode; and at least one insulating layer overlapping the light emitting element and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode. The at least one insulating layer includes at least one of a first opening adjacent to the first end of the light emitting element and a second opening adjacent to the second end of the light emitting element.

Abstract: Provided is a body composition analyzing apparatus by using an impedance of a half of an upper body. According to an example embodiment, the body composition analyzing apparatus includes a first electrode part which comes into contact with a half of an upper body of an object, a second electrode part which comes into contact with the half of the upper body, a measurer configured to apply a current to each of the electrode parts, and to measure an impedance of the half of the upper body of the object by measuring a voltage of each of the electrode parts, and an analyzer configured to analyze body composition of the object based on the measured impedance of the half of the upper body.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes a display including unit pixels, each of the unit pixels including light sources configured to emit light having different wavelengths, and detectors configured to detect light having the different wavelengths. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to determine source pixels configured to emit light onto an object, among the unit pixels, determine detector pixels configured to detect light that is scattered or reflected from the object, among the unit pixels, control the determined source pixels and the determined detector pixels to obtain a spectrum based on the light having multiple wavelengths that is detected by the detector pixels, and estimate bio-information, based on the obtained spectrum.

Abstract: Provided is a phthalazinone compound, or a racemate, steroisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of Sirt6-associated diseases, including as an active ingredient, a phthalazinone compound, or a racemate, steroisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a method for treating Sirt6-associated diseases including administering a phthalazinone compound, or a racemate, steroisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need.

Abstract: An induction heating device includes a first resonance circuit comprising a first working coil and a first resonance capacitor, a first inverter electrically connected to the first resonance circuit and configured to perform a first switching operation to thereby apply a first resonance current to the first working coil, a first group of snubber capacitors that are configured to be electrically connected to the first inverter, the first group of snubber capacitors comprising a first snubber capacitor and a second snubber capacitor, and a first relay configured to selectively connect the first group of snubber capacitors to the first inverter.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a temperature sensor; a door sensor; a compressor sensor; an ice sensor; a water sensor; and a defrost sensor. The refrigerator also includes a communication unit; a display unit; at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, perform operations including: sensing, through the plurality of sensors, sensing information related to the refrigerator; storing, in the at least one computer memory, (i) the sensing information, and (ii) time information; transmitting to at least one server, (i) the sensing information and the time information, and (ii) setting information for the refrigerating compartment or the freezer compartment; receiving information regarding an abnormal state of the refrigerator that is generated by a cloud server or a monitoring server based on the sensing information; and outputting display information related to the received information regarding the abnormal state.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device comprises the steps of: spraying, on a target substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode formed thereon, an element ink comprising a first element solvent and light-emitting elements dispersed in the first element solvent; forming a second element solvent in which at least some bonds of the first element solvent are decomposed by irradiating light to the first element solvent and mounting the light-emitting elements on the first electrode and the second electrode; and removing the second element solvent.

Abstract: Proposed are a machine translation apparatus and a machine translation method for displaying a translation result through a user interface. The machine translation method may include: display an initial machine translation result for a first translation target sentence; correcting the initial machine translation result according to a manipulation result of a user on the user interface unit, and displaying the corrected machine translation result; and analyzing a difference between the corrected machine translation result and the initial machine translation result, and reflecting the analysis result to perform machine translation on a second translation target sentence. The machine translation apparatus and the method can be used to efficiently acquire a high-quality translation within a short time while minimizing time, cost and effort of a user, which used to be required for a conventional machine translation process.

Abstract: An actuator according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a driving body including a plurality of conductive grains, a chamber configured to confine the plurality of conductive grains, and two or more electrodes disposed on a surface of the chamber; and a controller configured to obtain, through the two or more electrodes, a change in an electric signal, in response to a load applied to the chamber, and to adjust the load applied to the chamber based on the change in the electric signal.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a technology of detecting a stationary object in a static video, i.e., a video which is generated by a camera with a fixed view, such as a CCTV video. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technology of identifying a stationary object by use of inference information (Tensor, Activation Map) of Deep Learning object detector among objects which have been detected in a static video such as a CCTV video. According to the present invention, it is possible to lower the priority of stationary objects (e.g., parked vehicles) in processing a static video so that computing resource of the video analysis system can be effectively utilized in the process after object detection so as to enhance the performance of image analysis.

Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to forming a titanium nitride-based thin films, and more particularly to a conformal and smooth titanium nitride-based thin films and methods of forming the same. In one aspect, a method of forming a thin film comprising one or both of TiSiN or TiAlN comprises exposing a semiconductor substrate to one or more vapor deposition cycles at a pressure in a reaction chamber greater than 1 torr, wherein a plurality of the vapor deposition cycles comprises an exposure to a titanium (Ti) precursor, an exposure to a nitrogen (N) precursor and an exposure to one or both of a silicon (Si) precursor or an aluminum (Al) precursor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for non-invasively estimating a target component value based on a light spectrum. The apparatus for estimating the target component value may include a sensor configured to obtain a spectrum of light scattered or reflected from an object, and a processor configured to correct a first reflectance value of the spectrum based on a melanin index; obtain a second reflectance value based on correcting the first reflectance value; convert the second reflectance value into an absorbance value; estimate the target component value based on the absorbance value; and correct the target component value based on a hemoglobin index.

Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to forming a thin film comprising titanium nitride (TiN), and more particularly to forming by a cyclical vapor deposition process the thin film comprising (TiN). In one aspect, a method a method of forming a thin film comprising titanium nitride (TiN) by a cyclical vapor deposition process comprises forming on a semiconductor substrate a TiN thin film by exposing the semiconductor substrate to one or more cyclical vapor deposition cycles each comprising an exposure to a Ti precursor at a Ti precursor flow rate and an exposure to a N precursor at a N precursor flow rate, wherein a ratio of the N precursor flow rate to the Ti precursor flow rate exceeds 3.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a component of an analyte may include a sensor including a light source configured to emit light to the analyte, and a detector configured to measure a spectrum of light reflected from the analyte; and a processor configured to: based on an initial amount of received light being obtained from the analyte by operating the sensor under initial operating conditions, determine optimal operating conditions based on the initial amount of received light and the initial operating conditions; and based on a spectrum being measured from the analyte by operating the sensor under the optimal operating conditions, estimate the component of the analyte based on the spectrum.

Abstract: Disclosed is an unmanned goods supply system using a drone. The unmanned goods supply system includes a landing unit to which delivery goods are mailed by a drone; a transfer unit for transferring the delivery goods mailed to the landing unit; a loading unit that is located under the landing unit and stores the delivery goods transported by the transfer unit; and an interface unit for delivering the delivery goods stored in the loading unit to a customer. The transfer unit includes a first transfer unit that is installed on the landing unit and horizontally transports the delivery goods to a predetermined region on the landing unit, and a second transfer unit for transferring the delivery goods collected in the predetermined region to the loading unit.