Abstract: A steroid sulfatase inhibitor provided by the present invention is a safe substance without toxicity and adverse effects, has inhibitory activity against various viruses, and thus is capable of effectively preventing, ameliorating, or treating viral infections or diseases caused by viral infections.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hybrid electric vehicle and a method of controlling an engine stop for the vehicle. The method includes: determining whether a first condition and a second condition is satisfied; applying a negative torque to the motor when the first condition and the second condition are satisfied; predicting occurrence of reverse rotation of the engine; and applying a feedback torque for satisfying the target behavior of the engine to the motor when the occurrence of the reverse rotation is predicted.

Abstract: A display device includes first and second initialization voltage sources and first and second pixel circuits. The first initialization voltage source provides a first initialization voltage. The second initialization voltage source provides a second initialization voltage less than the first initialization voltage. The first pixel circuit includes a first organic light emitting diode. The second pixel circuit includes a second organic light emitting diode with an organic material having a band gap different from a band gap of an organic material in the first organic light emitting diode. The first pixel circuit is coupled to the first initialization voltage source and the second initialization voltage source. The second pixel circuit is coupled to a single initialization voltage source.

Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel. The first pixel includes a first light emitting unit electrically connected between a first power line and a second power line. A first driving transistor is electrically connected between the first power line and the first light emitting unit, and controls a current flowing into the first light emitting unit, based on a first data signal from a first data line to a gate electrode. A first initialization transistor is electrically connected between the gate electrode of the first driving transistor and a third power line. A first switching transistor is electrically connected between a first electrode of the first light emitting unit and a first sub-power line. The first light emitting unit includes light emitting elements. The first driving transistor includes a first semiconductor material, and the first initialization transistor includes a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material.

Abstract: An atomic layer etching method using a ligand exchange reaction may include a substrate providing step of putting a substrate with a thin film formed thereon into a reaction chamber, a halogenated thin film forming step of forming a halogenated thin film on a surface of the thin film by infusing a halogenated gas into the reaction chamber, and an etching step of etching the halogenated thin film by infusing a ligand without a metal or metal precursor into the reaction chamber with the substrate with the halogenated thin film.

Abstract: A preparation process of 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene, including: introducing dicyclopentadiene into a dicyclopentadiene decomposition reactor to thermally decompose the dicyclopentadiene; introducing a product of the above step into a cyclopentadiene purification tower; introducing 1,3-butadiene, a solvent, and cyclopentadiene separated from the top of the cyclopentadiene purification tower into a Diels-Alder reactor to react the same; introducing a product of the immediate above step into a 1,3-butadiene removal tower to recover 1,3-butadiene from the top; introducing a mixture at the bottom of the 1,3-butadiene removal tower into a desolvation tower, and recycling a solvent and unreacted raw materials recovered from the top of the desolvation tower to the dicyclopentadiene decomposition reactor; introducing a mixture at the bottom of the desolvation tower into a 5-vinyl-2-norbornene separation tower to separate 5-vinyl-2-norbornene; and introducing the 5-vinyl-2-norbornene into an isomerization reactor to rea

Abstract: Proposed is an all-solid-state battery including a self-standing sheet layer positioned on a negative electrode current collector. The all-solid-state battery may include the negative electrode current collector, the self-standing sheet layer positioned on the negative electrode current collector, a solid electrolyte layer positioned on the sheet layer, a positive electrode active material layer positioned on the solid electrolyte layer, and a positive electrode current collector positioned on the positive electrode active material layer. The sheet layer contains carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A hybrid communication device, an operation method thereof, and a communication system including the same are provided. The hybrid communication device includes a contact unit that includes an antenna for receiving a first communication signal and an electrode for receiving a second signal, a switch controller that includes a first switch and a second switch and controls the first switch and the second switch based on a change in capacitance of the electrode, and a signal processing unit that receives at least one of the first communication signal and the second communication signal from the contact unit via the first switch and processes the received signal. The first switch is connected to the contact unit, and the signal processing unit is connected to the first switch.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dissimilar metal-supported catalyst for the production of aromatics by methane dehydroaromatization. In the dissimilar metal-supported catalyst, a noble metal such as gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), and/or rhodium (Rh) is introduced into a catalyst supported with iron (Fe) on a zeolite support to promote the dehydrogenation of methane and the formation of iron carbide (Fe3C) as an active species for dehydroaromatization, achieving a greatly improved yield of aromatics. Also disclosed is a method for producing aromatics using the dissimilar metal-supported catalyst.

Abstract: A display device may include a first conductive layer disposed on a substrate, and including an auxiliary bottom line and an additional conductive pattern; a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate and the first conductive layer; a semiconductor pattern disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and the semiconductor pattern; a second conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer, and including a conductive pattern and a gate electrode; a third insulating layer disposed on the second insulating layer and the second conductive layer; a connection pattern disposed on the third insulating layer and electrically connected to the conductive pattern; a first electrode disposed on the connection pattern and electrically connected to the connection pattern; and at least one light emitting element disposed on the first electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device of the disclosure comprises a frequency detection circuit that detects the frequency of an input clock signal generated during a measurement time and generates a frequency confirmation data having the information on the frequency of the input clock signal; a status register that receives the frequency confirmation data and generates 1-st to m-th driving control signals; and a 1-st to an m-th operating circuit. In the semiconductor memory device of the disclosure, the operating state can be changed by detecting a frequency change of an input clock signal without an external mode register setting command. As a result, according to the semiconductor memory device of the disclosure, the time required to change the operating mode is reduced.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion composition according embodiments of the present invention includes an ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, an anti-blocking agent including a polymer wax included in a content of 5 wt % or more based on a weight of the ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, and an aqueous dispersion medium. A peak area corresponding to a melting point of 80° C. or less in a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) graph is 50% or more. Blocking phenomenon is suppressed using the anti-blocking agent while achieving desired heat seal properties.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device of the present disclosure shows high luminous efficiency and good lifespan by comprising a specific combination of the plural kinds of host compounds and a specific hole transport compound.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a pixel area and a peripheral area, a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate in the pixel area, a plurality of data lines that supply a plurality of data signals to the pixels, a plurality of scan lines that supply a plurality of scan signals to the pixels, a plurality of power supply lines that supply a first voltage to the pixels, and first through third insulating layers. The first insulating layer is disposed on the substrate, the second insulating layer is disposed on the first insulating layer, and the third insulating layer is disposed on the second insulating layer. The scan lines are disposed below the third insulating layer on the substrate in the pixel area, and are disposed on the third insulating layer in the peripheral area.

Abstract: A data transmission/reception device comprises a data bus; a data transmission circuit that recognizes standard data, receives a transmission data, loads a code data into the data bus, and generates a flag signal; and a data reception circuit that receives the flag signal and the code data transmitted through the data bus, and recovers the code data into a reception data according to the activation of the flag signal. According to the data transmission/reception device of the disclosure, current consumption may be reduced during data transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed is an SoC including a CPU that generates a first function signal including a first command for a first soft float function while not having a floating point operation function, a system bus, and a soft float function circuit that receives the first function signal from the CPU through the system bus, and performs a first floating point operation corresponding to the first soft float function based on the first command.

Abstract: In the semiconductor memory device of the disclosure, a half of the 1-st dummy memory cells of the 1-st dummy memory array and a half of the 2-nd dummy cells of the 2-nd dummy memory array can store data. In the semiconductor memory device of the disclosure, dummy memory cells corresponding to one normal memory array may be used to store data. As a result, according to the semiconductor memory device of the disclosure, the degree of integration may be greatly improved.

Abstract: An aging monitoring circuit of a semiconductor memory device includes a threshold voltage sensing part including an aging monitoring transistor, enabled in response to activation of an aging monitoring signal, and generating a sensing threshold signal, a level of the sensing threshold signal depending on a threshold voltage of the aging monitoring transistor, a reference threshold storage part receiving the sensing threshold signal generated in response to activation of a reference sensing signal and storing a reference threshold voltage, a level of the reference threshold voltage depending on the level of the sensing threshold signal, and a level comparing part enabled in response to the activation of the aging monitoring signal and generating an aging flag signal, a logic state of the aging flag signal depending on a comparison result between the level of the sensing threshold signal and the level of the reference threshold voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a spike neural network circuit including a synapse configured to generate an operation signal based on an input spike signal and a weight, and a neuron configured to generate an output spike signal using a comparator configured to compare a voltage of a membrane signal generated based on the operation signal with a voltage of a threshold signal, wherein the comparator includes a bias circuit configured to conditionally supply a bias current of the comparator depending on the membrane signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spike neural network circuit including a synaptic circuit including synapses arranged in rows and columns, an axon circuit that generates a first input spike signal to be provided to a first row among the rows, and a second input spike signal to be provided to a second row among the rows, an input spike detecting circuit that generates an enable signal when detecting a pulse from at least one of the first input spike signal and the second input spike signal, and a first neuron circuit that compares a voltage level of a first accumulated signal, which is output from a first column among the columns, with a threshold voltage level in response to the enable signal, and outputs a first output spike signal when the voltage level of the first accumulated signal exceeds the threshold voltage level.