Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having first and second regions with the second region having a higher resolution than the first region and an electronic module under the first region. The display panel includes first and second emission layers in a first sub-region of the first region with the second emission layer being spaced apart from the first emission layer. The first emission layer has a first light-emitting portion and a second light-emitting portion adjacent to the first light-emitting portion in a first direction, and the second emission layer has a third light-emitting portion and a fourth light-emitting portion adjacent to the third light-emitting portion in the first direction. The first light-emitting portion is inclined from the second light-emitting portion toward a lower surface of the display panel, and the fourth light-emitting portion is inclined from the third light-emitting portion toward an upper surface of the display panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).

Abstract: A method of treating post-surgical edema includes a step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject identified a risk of post-surgical edema. The pharmaceutic composition include a retinoic acid component selected from the group consisting of 9-cis retinoic acid, geometric isomers of 9-cis retinoic acid, metabolites of 9-cis retinoic acid, substituted derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. An implantable pellet including the retinoic acid component is also provided.

Abstract: A method of treating post-surgical edema includes a step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject identified a risk of post-surgical edema. The pharmaceutic composition include a retinoic acid component selected from the group consisting of 9-cis retinoic acid, geometric isomers of 9-cis retinoic acid, metabolites of 9-cis retinoic acid, substituted derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. An implantable pellet including the retinoic acid component is also provided.

Abstract: A pressure sensing element may include: an intermediate layer having a structure in which at least two functional layers are stacked on each other; a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrode patterns; and a second electrode layer to overlap the first electrode layer with the intermediate layer between the first and second electrode layers. Among the two functional layers, the first functional layer has a thickness linearly varying in a first pressure section, and the second functional layer has a thickness linearly varying in a second pressure section. The maximum pressure in the first pressure section is lower than that in the second pressure section, and the minimum pressure in the second pressure section is included in the first pressure section.

Abstract: A method of treating post-surgical edema includes a step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject identified a risk of post-surgical edema. The pharmaceutic composition include a retinoic acid component selected from the group consisting of 9-cis retinoic acid, geometric isomers of 9-cis retinoic acid, metabolites of 9-cis retinoic acid, substituted derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. An implantable pellet including the retinoic acid component is also provided.

Abstract: A direction detecting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes; a structure having at least two through-holes passing through an upper surface and a lower surface thereof; and at least two electrode units inserted into the at least two through-holes and each including a dielectric layer, a first electrode layer disposed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer and exposed at the upper surface of the structure, and a second electrode layer disposed on a lower surface of the dielectric layer and exposed at the lower surface of the structure.

Abstract: A semi-submersible marine structure is described. The structure includes a hull including a pontoon, a deck disposed above the pontoon, and a plurality of columns supporting the deck from the pontoon. The structure also includes a plurality of tendons supporting the hull from a seabed. The pontoon has the shape of a circular ring, and the plurality of tendons are arranged at regular intervals along an external circumferential surface of the pontoon.

Abstract: A direction detection device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a dielectric layer; a first electrode layer which is arranged on a first surface of the dielectric layer, and which comprises a plurality of first electrode patterns arranged in a first direction; a second direction arranged on a second surface of the dielectric layer, which faces the first surface; a capacitance detection unit which detects changes in capacitance due to time difference between a first region and a second region, wherein in the first region, at least one selected among the plurality of first electrode patterns overlaps the second electrode layer, and in the second region, at least one selected from the plurality of the remaining first electrode patterns overlaps the second electrode layer; and a direction detection unit which connects to the capacitance detection unit, and detects a movement direction on the basis of the time difference between the first region and the second region.

Abstract: A wasted carpet and felt scrap recycling apparatus is provided. The waste carpet and felt scrap recycling apparatus includes a feeding unit that feeds a cut scrap while forming a feeding path and a supply unit that is connected to the feeding path and supplies the scrap that passed the feeding unit along the feeding path while pressing the scrap. A separation unit is spaced apart from the supply unit, and provides a frictional force to one surface of the scrap supplied from the supply unit through rotation of the supply unit and separates the scrap into fiber and recycled material.

Abstract: A light source circuit unit and a lighting device including the light source circuit unit that are configured such that a bent-type metal substrate is formed on an upper surface of the printed circuit board so that the occurrence of a defect due to circuit damage at a bent part upon bending the substrate can be prevented, and slimness and a heat-dissipation property of a device can be improved. The light source circuit board includes: a substrate having a first part with at least one opening portion, and a second part bent from the first part; a printed circuit board on one surface of the substrate; and a light source element mounted to the printed circuit board and inserted into the opening portion, the light source element emitting light to an opposing side of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure sensing element having an expanded pressure sensing section and a safety apparatus including the same.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer on the light emitting structure and including first and second through-holes. The insulating layer includes a first lower insulating layer and a second lower insulating layer. The first insulating layer is disposed on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and is surrounded by the second lower insulating layer with the first through-hole interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A direction detecting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes; a structure having at least two through-holes passing through an upper surface and a lower surface thereof; and at least two electrode units inserted into the at least two through-holes and each including a dielectric layer, a first electrode layer disposed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer and exposed at the upper surface of the structure, and a second electrode layer disposed on a lower surface of the dielectric layer and exposed at the lower surface of the structure.

Abstract: A direction detection device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a dielectric layer; a first electrode layer which is arranged on a first surface of the dielectric layer, and which comprises a plurality of first electrode patterns arranged in a first direction; a second direction arranged on a second surface of the dielectric layer, which faces the first surface; a capacitance detection unit which detects changes in capacitance due to time difference between a first region and a second region, wherein in the first region, at least one selected among the plurality of first electrode patterns overlaps the second electrode layer, and in the second region, at least one selected from the plurality of the remaining first electrode patterns overlaps the second electrode layer; and a direction detection unit which connects to the capacitance detection unit, and detects a movement direction on the basis of the time difference between the first region and the second region

Abstract: A circuit board, and a lighting device and board housing module having the circuit board. The circuit board includes a support substrate having a first region and a second region bent from the first region, light emitting devices disposed on the first region, and a protective support portion protruding more than the light emitting devices from the support substrate of the first region.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer on the light emitting structure and including first and second through-holes. The insulating layer includes a first lower insulating layer and a second lower insulating layer. The first insulating layer is disposed on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and is surrounded by the second lower insulating layer with the first through-hole interposed therebetween.

Abstract: An electrode material according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a silicon carbide powder including mesopores having a diameter of 2 to 50 nm and micropores having a diameter of 2 nm or less.