Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for receiving data from memory. The apparatus receives a data signal and a clock signal output from memory and includes a Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE) including two or more differential signal path units configured to determine and output an output value corresponding to the data signal. Each of the two or more differential signal path units may determine a current output value by reflecting a previous output value fed back from a different one of the two or more differential signal path units in such a way that they operate at different clocks, and may include an offset control unit configured to adjust an offset at an input stage and a feedback control unit configured to change a load of an output stage using the previous output value fed back from the different one of the two or more differential signal path units.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a battery cell includes a body portion having rigidity; and a molded groove configured to allow at least a portion of the sealing portion of the battery cell to be inserted and passed therethrough, and the molded groove penetrates through the body portion in a first direction, and a shape of the molded groove is changed in the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode for an electrochemical device comprising an electrode current collector, a conductive polymer layer that is located on at least one surface of the electrode current collector; and an electrode active material layer that is located on an upper surface of the conductive polymer layer and includes an electrode active material and a binder polymer, wherein the conductive polymer layer includes a poly(thiophene)-based polymer represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein R1 to R4, m and n are describe herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resource-circulation-type and eco-friendly livestock manure treatment method, and a system for producing algal biomass used therein, the method being capable of: preventing water pollution while allowing livestock liquid fertilizer to be treated on the basis of a biological process; producing algal biomass; and supplying the produced algal biomass to livestock feed and farms.

Abstract: Disclosed are display panels and methods of fabricating the same. The display panel includes a base substrate having a pixel area and a peripheral area adjacent to the pixel area, a light emitting element on the base substrate to generate a first light and overlapping the pixel area, a light control layer on the light emitting element to convert the first light into a white light, and a color filter layer on the light control layer and includes a first color filter that allows penetration of the first light, a second color filter that allows penetration of a second light different from the first light, and a third color filter that allows penetration of a third light different from the first light and the second light.

Abstract: A quantum dot including: a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal material including zinc, tellurium, and selenium; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of the sulfur with respect to the selenium is less than or equal to about 2.4:1. A production method of the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for classifying clothing attributes based on deep learning. The apparatus includes memory for storing at least one program and a processor for executing the program, wherein the program includes a first classification unit for outputting a first classification result for one or more attributes of clothing worn by a person included in an input image, a mask generation unit for outputting a mask tensor in which multiple mask layers respectively corresponding to principal part regions obtained by segmenting a body of the person included in the input image are stacked, a second classification unit for outputting a second classification result for the one or more attributes of the clothing by applying the mask tensor, and a final classification unit for determining and outputting a final classification result for the input image based on the first classification result and the second classification result.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the surface of the core and comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, emits blue light, and may exhibit a digital diffraction pattern obtained by a Fast Fourier Transform of a transmission electron microscopic image including a (100) facet of a zinc blende structure. In an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the quantum dot, a ratio of a defect peak area with respect to a peak area of a zinc blende crystal structure is less than about 0.8:1. A method of producing the quantum dot, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot are also disclosed.

Abstract: A display device prevents cracks from spreading to an active area. The display device includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area having a bending area, a thin-film transistor disposed in the active area, a light-emitting element disposed in the active area and connected to the thin-film transistor, an encapsulation layer disposed on the light-emitting element, a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation layer, a touch pad disposed in the non-active area, a first routing line connecting the touch sensor to the touch pad via a second routing line in the bending area, and a crack prevention layer disposed on the second routing line in the bending area. Thus, the crack prevention layer is capable of preventing the occurrence of cracks in the bending area BA, thus preventing cracks from spreading to the active area AA.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-V compound, and a shell disposed on the core and including a semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group II-VI compound, wherein the quantum dots do not include cadmium, the shell includes a first layer disposed directly on the core and including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and selenium, a second layer, the second layer being an outermost layer of the shell and including a third semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and sulfur, and a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer and including a fourth semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and optionally sulfur, and a difference between a peak emission wavelength of a colloidal solution of the quantum dot and a peak emission wavelength of a film prepared from the colloidal solution is less than or equal to about 5 nanometers (nm).

Abstract: A blower unit for a vehicle and an air conditioning device including the same, the blower unit including: a scroll casing having an inlet port; a fan rotatably disposed in the scroll casing; a motor having a shaft coupled to the fan; and a bell mouth disposed in the inlet port, in which an inner end of the scroll casing, which defines the inlet port, is disposed to be spaced apart from the fan in a radial direction to define a separation space, and the bell mouth prevents air, which flows by a rotation of the fan, from flowing reversely through the separation space. The blower unit and the air conditioning device including the same prevent air from flowing reversely to the outside of the scroll casing by means of the arrangement of the bell mouth and the scroll casing and the structural shape of the bell mouth.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a substrate can reduce the concentration of process by-products in a chemical solution.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab exposed at opposite sides of the electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly and having a side-opening at opposite sides thereof; a first cap plate sealing a one side-opening in the case; a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode tab, exposed to the outside of the first cap plate, and having a first protrusion that protrudes outwardly; a second cap plate sealing the other side-opening in the case; and a second terminal electrically connected to the second electrode tab, exposed to the outside of the second cap plate, and having a second protrusion that protrudes outwardly. A battery module includes secondary batteries having outer surfaces of the first terminal of one secondary battery and the second terminal of another secondary battery welded to each other.

Abstract: A method of producing a glass structure includes forming a green body having an inner layer of a first powder of a first glass composition in a first organic material matrix and an outer layer of a second powder of a second glass composition in a second organic material matrix, the outer layer covering at least two opposing major surfaces or all surfaces of the inner layer, the first glass composition being different from the second glass composition, the first and second powders having respective first and second sintering temperatures, the second sintering temperature being within 0 to 30° C. of the first sintering temperature; and debinding and sintering the green body to remove the organic materials and to sinter together the first and second glass powders to produce a sintered glass structure having an inner layer of the first glass composition and an outer layer of the second glass composition.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a coronavirus diagnostic kit, which includes preparing a one-component primer/probe mixture by mixing a primer set including a primer pair consisting of base sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, a primer pair consisting of base sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, a primer pair consisting of base sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6, and a primer pair consisting of base sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 8; and a probe consisting of a base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, a probe consisting of a base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10, a probe consisting of a base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, and a probe consisting of a base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12, a coronavirus diagnostic kit manufactured using the same, and a method of diagnosing coronavirus using the same.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern on a substrate. The first active pattern includes a pair of first source/drain patterns and a first channel pattern therebetween. A gate electrode is disposed on the first channel pattern, and a first gate spacer is disposed on a side surface of the gate electrode. The first gate spacer includes a first spacer and a second spacer. A top surface of the first spacer is lower than a top surface of the second spacer. A first blocking pattern is disposed on the first spacer, and a gate contact is coupled to the gate electrode. The first blocking pattern is interposed between the gate contact and the second spacer.

Abstract: A taping apparatus for a secondary battery, configured to adhere an adhesive member cut and provided as a single sheet to a secondary battery cell including an accommodating portion in which an electrode assembly is accommodated and a sealing portion folded in a direction of the accommodating portion and sealing an edge of the accommodating portion, includes a support unit supporting a portion of the adhesive member; and a roller unit continuously moving in at least one direction of the accommodating portion and the sealing portion and adhering the adhesive member supported by the support unit to the secondary battery cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating transplantation rejection or a transplantation rejection disease, comprising a novel compound and a calcineurin inhibitor. A co-administration of the present invention 1) reduces the activity of pathogenic Th1 cells or Th17 cells, 2) increases the activity of Treg cells, 3) has an inhibitory effect against side effects, such as tissue damage, occurring in the sole administration thereof, 4) inhibits various pathogenic pathways, 5) inhibits the cell death of inflammatory cells, and 6) increases the activity of mitochondria, in an in vivo or in vitro allogenic model, a transplantation rejection disease model, a skin transplantation model, and a liver-transplanted patient, and thus inhibits transplantation rejection along with mitigating side effects possibly occurring in the administration of a conventional immunosuppressant alone.

Abstract: Provided are a polyamic acid resin derived from an aromatic diamine, an aromatic dianhydride, a cycloaliphatic dianhydride and an aromatic diacid dichloride, and a polyamideimide film including polyamideimide derived from an aromatic diamine, an aromatic dianhydride, a cycloaliphatic dianhydride and an aromatic diacid dichloride.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dielectric substance-electrode assembly in which an electrode is coated with a dielectric and a method for manufacturing the same. The dielectric substance-electrode assembly is formed by forming a lower dielectric electrode constituting a lower portion of an assembly body, sealing a capsule filled with a treated powder and a lower dielectric in which an electrode is formed, and forming an upper dielectric constituting an upper portion of the assembly body using the treated powder which is diffused on and bonded to surfaces of the lower dielectric and the electrode due to sintering heat treatment which is performed by applying an isostatic pressure in a state in which the sealed capsule is placed in a pressure vessel of a heat treatment equipment.