Abstract: Provided are a device and method for evaluating performance of a wearable muscle enhancement device.

Abstract: Provided are a monomer composition for producing a superabsorbent polymer film, the monomer composition comprising an acrylic acid-based monomer having acidic groups, at least part of which is neutralized, a crosslinking agent, a cellulose-based thickener, a moisturizer, a polymerization initiator, a polyvalent metal salt, and a solvent, and being capable of producing a superabsorbent polymer film showing excellent absorption performances, particularly, an improved initial absorption rate while having a thin thickness, a method of producing a superabsorbent polymer film using the same, and a superabsorbent polymer film produced therefrom.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack that may include at least one battery module including at least one battery cell; a case tray configured to support the at least one battery module; a tray cover coupled to the case tray; and at least one bushing gasket configured to connect the case tray and the tray cover and to support the case tray on a plurality of points.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor devices, electronic systems including the same, and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device comprises a first gate stack structure including a first dielectric pattern and a first conductive pattern that are alternately stacked with each other, a memory channel structure including a first memory portion that penetrates the first gate stack structure, a through contact including a first through portion at a level the same as a level of the first memory portion, and a connection contact including a first connection portion at a level the same as the level of the first memory portion and the level of the first through portion. A minimum width of the first memory portion is less than a minimum width of the first through portion and a minimum width of the first connection portion.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method. The substrate treating method includes pre-treating a substrate by cleaning the substrate; etching the substrate by supplying an etchant and heating a substrate supplied with the etchant; and post-treating the substrate after the etching the substrate, and wherein the pre-treating the substrate, the etching the substrate, and the post-treating the substrate are each performed in different chambers, a substrate on which the pre-treating the substrate is completed is transferred in a dry state to a chamber at which the etching the substrate is performed, and a substrate on which the etching the substrate is completed is transferred in a wetted state with a liquid to a chamber at which the post-treating the substrate is performed.

Abstract: A video encoding method and a video decoding method are provided for adaptively determining a chroma intra-directional prediction mode. When a DM mode is applied for intra prediction of a chroma signal, the video encoding method and the video decoding method adaptively modify the directional mode of a luma block to conform to the characteristics of a chroma block by considering the position and size of the chroma block, the presence of reference samples, and the size of the luma block. The video encoding method and the video decoding method use the modified directional mode for intra prediction of the chroma signal.

Abstract: A color conversion panel includes a first color filter and a second color filter that are disposed on a substrate, a low refractive index layer disposed on the substrate, the first color filter, and the second color filter, the low refractive index layer including at least one of a first blue pigment and a first blue dye, a first color conversion layer overlapping the first color filter and including a semiconductor nanocrystal, a second color conversion layer overlapping the second color filter and including a semiconductor nanocrystal, and a transmissive layer that overlaps the low refractive index layer.

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 quantum dot includes a core including InP, a first shell around (e.g., surrounding) the core and including ZnTeSe, a second shell around (e.g., surrounding) the first shell and including ZnSe, and a third shell around (e.g., surrounding) the second shell and including ZnS, wherein the ratio of the number of moles of the Te in the first shell to the number of moles of the P in the core is about 0.02 to about 0.90.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: A method of reducing a concentration of a nitrogen oxide, the method comprising: contacting a microorganism with a nitrogen oxide-containing sample to reduce the concentration of the nitrogen oxide in the sample, wherein the contacting comprises contacting the microorganism with Fe(II)(L)-NOx in a bioreactor, wherein the Fe(II)(L)-NOx is a complex in which a chelating agent, Fe2+, and NOx are chelated, wherein L is the chelating agent, and wherein NOx is a nitrogen oxide ligand.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes providing an encapsulation layer on a display panel, providing an uncured resin layer on the encapsulation layer and forming a protective layer by curing the uncured resin layer in a nitrogen atmosphere having an oxygen concentration in a range of about 300 ppm to about 10000 ppm.

Abstract: An actuator for driving a reflector includes a movement frame including a reflector configured to reflect or refract light to a lens and a first magnet, a first support frame configured to provide a space of the movement frame to move, a first drive coil configured to generate an electromagnetic force in the first magnet to rotationally move the movement frame in a first direction based on the first support frame, a first rotation guide between the movement frame and the first support frame and having an arc shape so that the movement frame rotates in the first direction, and a first ball inside the first rotation guide, in which a center of curvature of the first rotation guide corresponds to a center of rotation of the reflector.

Abstract: An air supply control method of a fuel cell controls an amount of air supplied to the fuel cell according to an output of power required to be generated by the fuel cell. The method includes steps of: monitoring a charging level of a power storage device that stores power output from the fuel cell; modifying the amount of air supplied to the fuel cell on the basis of the monitored charging level of the power storage device; and controlling an air supply system that supplies air to the fuel cell on the basis of the modified amount of air supplied.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first photomask including N mask chip regions and a first mask scribe lane region surrounding each of the N mask chip regions, forming a second photomask including M mask chip regions and a second mask scribe lane region surrounding each of the M mask chip regions, performing a first semiconductor process including a first photolithography process using the first photomask on a semiconductor wafer; and performing a second semiconductor process including a second photolithography process using the second photomask on the semiconductor wafer. The first photolithography process is an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography process, the first photomask is an EUV photomask, N is a natural number of 2 or more, and M is two times N.

Abstract: An apparatus of tilting a seat cushion of a vehicle, includes a tilting motor, a pinion gear, a sector gear, and a tilting link which perform the tilting operation of the seat cushion and exert a binding force in a tilted state of the seat cushion and are provided to be connected to both of one side and the other side of a seat cushion frame, and has two sector gears positioned on left and right sides and connected to each other by a connection bar so that, by strengthening a binding force of the front portion of the seat cushion, it is possible to secure the safety of passengers in the event of a collision.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes: forming an encapsulation layer on a display panel, forming an uncured resin layer on the encapsulation layer, applying beads on a surface of the uncured resin layer and forming a protective layer by curing the uncured resin layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for encoding/decoding using a transform-based feature map. An optimal basis vector is extracted from one or more feature maps, and a transform coefficient is acquired through a transform using the basis vector. The basis vector and the transform coefficient may be transmitted through a bitstream. In an embodiment, one or more feature maps are reconstructed using the basis vector and the transform coefficient, which are decoded from the bitstream.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing a user interface for video retrieval performed by a computing device, the method including: receiving a search query, providing a search result interface displaying at least one search video content and search section searched by the search query, wherein the search video content and the search section are related with at least one of a plurality of video semantic search attributes corresponding to the search query, and providing a timeline view interface for the search video content when it is determined to display the search result interface according to a timeline view mode, wherein the timeline view interface has a visual characteristic indicating the degree of relevance to at least one of the plurality of video semantic search attributes corresponding to the search query.

Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes: a source structure including a cell region and an extension region; a gate stacking structure disposed on the source structure, the gate stacking structure including insulating patterns and conductive patterns, which are alternately stacked on each other; an insulating structure disposed on the gate stacking structure, the insulating structure including a plurality of insulating layers; a memory channel structure penetrating the gate stacking structure and electrically connected to the cell region; a separation structure penetrating the gate stacking structure and extending from the cell region to the extension region; and a penetration plug penetrating the gate stacking structure and the extension region, wherein the penetration plug includes: a first plug portion penetrating the gate stacking structure; and a second plug portion on the first plug portion, wherein the separation structure includes: a first separation portion penetrating the gate stacking str