Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a semiconductor device, the manufacturing apparatus including a spin chuck configured to fix and rotate a wafer; a nozzle configured to spray a chemical toward the wafer; a lateral displacement sensor configured to measure a displacement variation to a lateral surface of the wafer while the spin chuck is rotating; and a controller configured to control a position of the nozzle by using the displacement variation while the spin chuck is rotating.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a unit commitment method considering security region of wind turbine generators with frequency response control, and the main steps are: 1) determining security region of wind turbine generators when provides frequency response; 2) based on the security region of the wind turbine generators when provides frequency response, establishing a unit commitment model considering security region of wind turbine generators; and 3) calculating the unit commitment model considering the security region of the wind turbine generators by using mixed-integer linear programming method, and obtaining the operation result of the unit commitment considering the security region of the wind turbine generators with frequency response control. The present invention can be widely used in the setting of frequency response parameters of wind turbine generators dispatched in the prior art and the start-stop and output plans of synchronous generator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium-carbon composite having cavities formed therein and a method of manufacturing the same, the method including adding and mixing an organic solvent having an aromatic ring with a lithium precursor, arranging a pair of metal wires in the organic solvent, forming a lithium-carbon composite in which a carbon body is doped with lithium through plasma discharge in a solution, and annealing the lithium-carbon composite in order to remove hydrogen from the lithium-carbon composite and form cavities in the lithium-carbon composite. Accordingly, a lithium-carbon composite can be simply synthesized using plasma discharge in a solution, and the synthesized lithium-carbon composite can be annealed to thus form cavities therein, thereby increasing the lithium charge and discharge performance of a lithium secondary battery using the lithium-carbon composite.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an experienced difficulty analysis method and apparatus. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the experienced difficulty analysis method and apparatus are provided for acquiring biometric information of a learner to obtain micro-vibration information of face region of the learner, and determining experienced difficulty of the learner for learning content by using the micro-vibration information.

Abstract: A method for providing a coaching service based on a handwriting input and a server therefor are disclosed. The method includes receiving handwriting input information of a learner from a learner interface, detecting a behavioral pattern of the learner based on the handwriting input information and information on a learning item which the learner performs learning, determining whether there is an abnormality in the behavioral pattern, and obtaining a feedback based on a determination result about the abnormality.

Abstract: A camera module includes: a housing; a first lens module movably disposed in the housing in an optical axis direction; a folded module including a reflective member configured to change a direction of light incident into the housing toward the first lens module; and a first damper coupled to the first lens module, and configured to alleviate impacts between the housing and the first lens module.

Abstract: A method for batch processing for a plurality of individual transactions includes generating a batch transaction by aggregating at least some of the plurality of individual transactions according to a setting value of a batch size, and processing the batch transaction via a blockchain network. The generation of the batch transaction includes adjusting the setting value of the batch size based on a monitoring result for a transaction processing status, and generating the batch transaction according to the adjusted setting value.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing learning content. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the experienced difficulty analysis method and apparatus are provided for determining at least one current item parceling for providing learning to the learner using the learner knowledge map; generating a learning set based on all or part of items included in the current item parceling; and providing an item to a learner interface based on the learning set.

Abstract: A method and system for automatic scoring of reading fluency. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method and system for automatic scoring of reading fluency by recording a user's voice reading the passage in a reading fluency question and calculating a reading fluency score indicating how quickly and accurately the user reads texts.

Abstract: A method for managing transaction is performed in a blockchain-based computing system and includes receiving a request for processing a first individual transaction from a client terminal, generating a batch transaction by aggregating a plurality of individual transactions including the first individual transaction, processing the generated batch transaction via a blockchain network, such that a status record associated with the batch transaction is recorded in the blockchain, and providing the client terminal with an identifier of the batch transaction and index information on the first individual transaction, wherein the status record associated with the batch transaction includes a first status record associated with the first individual transaction, and wherein the index information on the first individual transaction is determined based on a location of the first status record in the status record.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a human Lefty A protein variant with improved productivity and stability, a fusion protein comprising the protein variant, and a composition for preventing and/or treating neuromuscular disease comprising the protein variant or the fusion protein. According to the present invention, a human Lefty A protein variant and a fusion protein comprising the variant are constructed, which have better stability than naturally occurring human Lefty A protein, and thus are expressed at high levels and produced in high yield in animal cells. In addition, administration of the constructed human Lefty A protein variant or fusion protein can restore the nerve and motor functions of nerve disease model animals. Accordingly, the use of the human Lefty A protein variant or fusion protein can effectively prevent or treat various nerve diseases and muscle diseases.

Abstract: An electrochemical electrode according to the present invention may prevent agglomeration and desorption of a catalyst even when a catalyst in a particle form is used, because a protective layer containing hydrogel is used, such that stability may be secured, thereby implementing an electrode having a long duration.

Abstract: A method for constructing a prediction model of an auto trips quantity and a prediction method and system are disclosed. The prediction model construction method designs a deep neural network Multitask GCN-LSTM based on GCN and LSTM for predicting the auto trips quantity. The deep neural network comprises three modules, wherein the three modules are respectively used for extracting a spatial correlation, a temporal correlation and a feature fusion. The prediction method and system predict the auto trips quantity based on a model constructed. By considering a road segment local relationship and a road segment global relationship and taking an auto arrival quantity as a related task in constructing the model, the prediction model construction method uses a multi-task learning method to avoid overfitting of the deep neural network and reduce a prediction error of the auto trips quantity effectively.

Abstract: A camera module includes a first lens module, including a first lens group, configured to move along an optical axis; a first driver configured to drive the first lens module; a second lens module including a second lens group, disposed on the first lens module, configured to move along the optical axis when the first lens module is driven by the first driver; a second driver configured to drive the second lens module independent of the first lens module; and a housing configured to accommodate the first lens module and the second lens module. The first lens group and the second lens group are sequentially arranged in a direction toward an image sensor along the optical axis.

Abstract: An actuator for a camera includes a housing having an inner space, a base and a carrier, disposed in the housing in one direction, a first drive unit generating driving forces in a first direction perpendicular to the one direction and a second direction perpendicular to both the one direction and the first direction, and including a plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils, and a second drive unit generating a driving force in the one direction, and including a magnet and a coil, wherein an optical member is disposed on the carrier, wherein the carrier and the base are configured to be moved together in the first direction and the second direction, and wherein the carrier is configured to be moved relative to the base in the one direction.

Abstract: A transparent display device includes a flexible circuit board, a plurality of lamps, and a plurality of IC components. The flexible circuit board includes lamp fixing portions, a first bending portion, and second bending portions. The lamp fixing portions are spaced apart from each other and arranged in X-axis columns. Each lamp fixing portion extends as a strip along a Y axis. The X axis is perpendicular to the Y axis. Each lamp fixing portion includes an X-axis end edge and a Y-axis side edge. The first bending portion is bent from the end edge of each lamp fixing portion. Each second bending portion is bent from the side edge of one lamp fixing portion.

Abstract: The invention disclosures a method for improving modeling speed of digital slide scanner, relates to the technical field of microscopes, the modeling speed is slow for image quality; and the focusing plane positions of the modeling points in modeling and in scanning imaging are different, which causes decrease of image quality, that is the question that higher requirement on motion repetition precision of the stage. The invention adopts modeling and scanning imaging in units of scanning lines, modeling and scanning the current line and modeling and scanning imaging the next line thereafter, wherein the modeling of the next line takes advantage of the time from the end of the current line to line feeding and returning to the beginning of the next line, during which the modeling is completed, which may parallel the modeling time with scanning and line feeding process, and effectively reduce the equivalent modeling time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for inducing direct reprogramming of urine cells into renal progenitor cells and a pharmaceutical composition including the renal progenitor cells reprogrammed by the method for preventing or treating renal cell injury disease. The method can make the mass production of customized reprogrammed renal progenitor cells by using urine cells, which are somatic cells easily and repeatedly obtainable without inconvenience and pain and as such, can be applied to incurable disease fields expandable to the renal injury therapy and kidney regeneration fields and to the production of cell therapy products.

Abstract: A system for generating a plasma discharge in liquid utilizes first and second electrodes spaced apart in an interior space of a vessel holding the liquid. A channel can be defined in certain embodiments at least partially by at least one of the first and second electrodes, and an inlet in fluid communication with the interior space is configured to generate a vortical fluid flow in the vessel. A method for generating a plasma discharge in liquid is also provided. A high voltage electrode for generating a plasma discharge in liquid that includes a central solid cylindrical rod is also provided.

Abstract: A camera module includes: an optical image stabilization (OIS) base; an OIS holder movably coupled to the OIS base in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis, and fixedly coupled to an image sensor; and a first OIS actuator configured to shift the image sensor in the first direction. The first OIS actuator includes a first coil and a first magnet opposing each other in one of the first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis and intersecting the first direction. The first coil is disposed at one of the OIS holder and the OIS base, and the first magnet is disposed at the other of the OIS holder and the OIS base.