Abstract: Provided is a marker composition for predicting the prognosis of cancer and a method for predicting the prognosis of cancer using same and, more particularly, to a marker composition for predicting the prognosis of cancer comprising an agent for measuring an expression level of mRNA or protein thereof of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of ESR1, BEST1, ACTA2, HIPK2, IGSF9, ASCC2, JUN, PPP2R5A, SMAD3, CREBBP, EP300, and DDX5, to a method for predicting the prognosis of cancer using same, and to a method for providing information for determining a strategy for treating cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.

Abstract: A sphere-type shift control apparatus of an electronic shift system includes a spherical mechanism that includes a shift control portion on a first hemispherical portion of the spherical mechanism and a design portion on a second hemispherical portion of the spherical mechanism. The design portion is configured to provide indirect illumination and transmit images. Power is transmitted from a motor to the rotation shaft of the spherical mechanism using a timing belt or a wire.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving detection sensitivity of an object capacitance by applying driving voltages having different phases to different driving signal lines to reduce the amplitude of a second sensing signal and increasing the difference between the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal. In addition, a driving voltage of a reverse phase is applied to the CDAs that do not detect an object, thereby contributing to an additional sensitivity improvement. The detection sensitivity of object capacitance is improved by increasing a ratio of charges stolen by a driving voltage in a reverse phase applied to a plurality of driving CDA compared to charges supplied by a driving voltage applied to a pair of driving CDA.

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes forming an alternating stack that includes a lower multi-layered stack and an upper multi-layered stack by alternately stacking a dielectric layer and a sacrificial layer over a substrate, forming a vertical trench that divides the upper multi-layered stack into dummy stacks, and forming an asymmetric stepped trench that is extended downward from the vertical trench to divide the lower multi-layered stack into a pad stack and a dummy pad stack, wherein forming the asymmetric stepped trench includes forming a first stepped sidewall that is defined at an edge of the pad stack, and forming a second stepped sidewall that is defined at an edge of the dummy pad stack and occupies less area than the first stepped sidewall.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked on each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and external electrodes disposed externally on the body, and respectively including a first layer connected to the internal electrode and a second layer covering the first layer, wherein the first layer includes a metal particle including an element A, an oxide of an element Z, formed on the metal particle, and an A-Z intermetallic compound phase, and here, the element Z has a higher ionization tendency than the element A.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for measuring biological information including a sensor array, wherein the sensor array includes a plurality of sensors that are either sensors for amplifying photoreactivity or sensors forming an island network connected by a plurality of multi-channels and, in the device, the average value of biological information about the skin tissues is measured based on values output from the sensor array, and a method of measuring biological information using the device.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for estimating a target component, the apparatus including a temperature controller configured to modulate temperature of an object, a measurer configured to measure a spectrum for each temperature of the object that changes based on the modulation, and a processor configured to obtain effective optical pathlength vectors corresponding to a temperature change based on the spectrum for each temperature of the object, obtain a representative effective optical pathlength based on the obtained effective optical pathlength vectors, and obtain a target component estimation model based on the obtained representative effective optical pathlength.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. In video encoding and decoding, multiple partition blocks are generated by splitting a target block. A prediction mode is derived for at least a part of the multiple partition blocks, among the multiple partition blocks, and prediction is performed on the multiple partition blocks based on the derived prediction mode. When prediction is performed on the partition blocks, information related to the target block may be used, and information related to an additional partition block, which is predicted prior to the partition block, may be used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving detection sensitivity of an object capacitance by applying driving voltages having different phases to different driving signal lines to reduce the amplitude of a second sensing signal and increasing the difference between the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal. In addition, a driving voltage of a reverse phase is applied to the CDAs that do not detect an object, thereby contributing to an additional sensitivity improvement. The detection sensitivity of object capacitance is improved by increasing a ratio of charges stolen by a driving voltage in a reverse phase applied to a plurality of driving CDA compared to charges supplied by a driving voltage applied to a pair of driving CDA.

Abstract: In an embodiment a method for forming a unit cell of a fuel cell includes forming a membrane-electrode assembly comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane, a first catalyst layer on a first surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a second catalyst layer on a second, opposite surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane and forming a gas diffusion layer by forming a microporous layer on an outer surface of the first catalyst layer, wherein the microporous layer includes a catalyst layer neighboring region, forming a carbon substrate layer on an outer surface of the microporous layer, wherein the carbon substrate layer includes a gas channel neighboring region, injecting a binder into the gas channel neighboring region after forming the gas diffusion layer to increase a solid volume fraction in a part of the gas channel neighboring region by a preset amount and forming a separator on the gas diffusion layer.

Abstract: The present invention reconfigures the Capacitor Detect Area (CDA) constituting two columns to reduce the number of CDAs constituting one column and increase the number of CDAs constituting the other so that object separation operation is possible in the column in which the number of CDAs is increased.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyhedral complex, a cosmetic agent having the polyhedral complex formed therein, and a cosmetic composition comprising same, the polyhedral complex comprising: a thixotropic polyhedral structure formed of a plurality of flat-type substances; and a mixture of a functional substance and a solvent accommodated in the polyhedral structure. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing the cosmetic agent, the method comprising: mixing the plurality of flat-type substances, the functional substance, and the solvent; and high-pressure spraying the mixture, and to a method for stabilizing the functional substance in the cosmetic agent.

Abstract: The present invention involves driving multiple capacitors, including a shielding capacitance (Cin_sd), to minimize voltage fluctuations detected on the CDA signal line 200, thereby enhancing the resolution of the ADC. The additional capacitance (Cobj) generated between the CDA 100 and the object 20 due to the appearance of the object 20 is detected in the form of voltage. By analyzing with an ADC of improved resolution, it is possible to detect the presence of the object 20 more reliably.

Abstract: The present invention involves driving multiple capacitors, including a shielding capacitance (Cin_sd), to minimize voltage fluctuations detected on the CDA signal line (200), thereby enhancing the resolution of the ADC. The additional capacitance (Cobj) generated between the CDA (100) and the object (20) due to the appearance of the object (20) is detected in the form of voltage. By analyzing with an ADC of improved resolution, it is possible to detect the presence of the object (20) more reliably.

Abstract: The present invention operates multiple capacitors to minimize the fluctuation of voltage detected on the CDA signal line 200, thereby enhancing the resolution of the ADC. The object capacitance (Cobj) generated between the CDA 100 and the object 20 due to the appearance of the object 20 is detected in the form of voltage. By analyzing with an ADC of improved resolution, it is possible to detect the presence of the object 20 more reliably.

Abstract: The present invention applies a reset voltage to the center point prior to the progression of an event to ensure uniformity of the charge amount at the center point. It is possible to observe changes in the environment by supplying charge to the center point and detecting changes in the amount of charge. By varying the magnitude of the reset voltage for each object being measured, the observation range of the observation device is narrowed, thereby enhancing the observation resolution.

Abstract: The present invention can form a stable system by minimizing the sensitivity distribution of the system caused by the area difference of the object to be detected. This is achieved by adjusting the density of the empty holes formed in the object to be detected, thereby maintaining the effective area of the object to be detected constant.

Abstract: The present invention involves replicating the existing state in a system to store in memory for detecting variations due to added factors. Based on the stored values in the memory, changes in the system are detected. A certain electronic circuit is used to extract these replicated values, and the values output from the electronic circuit are fed back. The adjusted input variables are then extracted and stored in memory.