Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a display panel includes: a fixing frame for fixing an outer circumference of a transfer film on which a plurality of light-emitting elements is arranged; an optical inspection member including a light source for irradiating light toward the transfer film and a light-receiving sensor in an optical path of the light source; and an elongation processing member for elongating a width of the transfer film toward an outer circumference thereof and for controlling a degree of elongation based on detection results by the optical inspection member. The light-emitting elements include first light-emitting elements and second light-emitting elements, and the second light-emitting elements include alignment keys on one side.

Abstract: One or more synchronization procedures in wireless communications are provided. A wireless user device may determine a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) as a synchronization reference source associated with a sidelink synchronization. The wireless user device may determine, based on the GNSS being the synchronization reference source associated with a sidelink synchronization and a subcarrier spacing index for sidelink, a slot number for sidelink communication. The wireless user device may transmit, based on the slot number, a sidelink synchronization signal from the wireless user device to a second wireless user device.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrically conductive contact pin formed by stacking a plurality of metal layers, and a manufacturing method therefor, the electrically conductive contact pin being pressed by pressing force concentrated at a tip part with a relatively small cross-sectional area, so that unintentional deformation is prevented.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for transmitting and receiving a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) are provided. A base station may perform a first scrambling process on PBCHs in a time period before a channel coding, and perform a second scrambling process after the channel coding. PHCH payloads and PBCH DMRS may provide information bits to be used in the scrambling processes. A wireless user device may receive one or more PBCHs transmitted from the base station.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for receiving a reference signal. A wireless user device may determine, based on a synchronization signal (SS) block index and based on an index associated with a time interval, an initialization value associated with a reference signal for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). The wireless user device may receive, based on the initialization value and based on a frequency domain shift value, the reference signal via at least one resource element (RE). The reference signal may be mapped, based on the frequency domain shift value, to the at least one RE. The wireless user device may receive the PBCH.

Abstract: Provided is a biodegradable polyester polymer comprising a polymerization reaction product of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, an C6-30 aromatic dicarboxylic acid, an aliphatic diol, and a branching agent, and wherein the biodegradable polyester polymer has a ratio of z-average molecular weight (Mz) to weight average molecular weight (Mw) (“Mz/Mw”) greater than 2 and an easy-tear film including the same. The biodegradable film has excellent mechanical properties to effectively protect a product inside the packaging but also be easily opened in a controlled manner without excessive force and at the same time, provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to non-degradable plastics.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is provided. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current luma block, deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current luma block, generating a prediction block of the current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current chroma block, and the deriving of an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block may comprise determining whether or not CCLM (Cross-Component Linear Mode) can be performed for the current chroma block.

Abstract: A washing machine of the present disclosure includes a rotating tub configured to receive laundry, a motor configured to apply a driving force to the rotating tub, a detector configured to detect electrical signal of the motor; a controller configured to receive the electrical signal detected by the detector for a predetermined time when the speed of the motor during a dehydration stroke is a predetermined speed, obtain an average value of the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, check a ripple value in the received electrical signal, obtain an eccentric value corresponding to the obtained average value and the ripple value, and control an operation of the motor to stop or maintain the dehydration stroke based on the obtained eccentric value and a driver configured to drive the motor in respond to a control command of the controller.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing positioning reference signal are disclosed. A method may include receiving, by a narrow-band (NB) user equipment (UE), positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration information, determining, by the NB UE, narrowband PRS (NB PRS) configuration information for the NB UE, the NB PRS configuration information comprising information of an NB PRS reference cell that generates an NB PRS for the NB UE, determining, by the NB UE, PRS configuration information for a UE, the UE being assigned to use a frequency band unavailable for the NB UE, and the PRS configuration information comprising information of a PRS reference cell that generates a PRS for the UE, generating, based on the NB PRS configuration information and the PRS configuration information, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement, and transmitting, by the NB UE, the RSTD measurement.

Abstract: Provided are a silicon nitride film etching composition, a method of etching a silicon nitride film using the same, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device. Specifically, a silicon nitride film may be highly selectively etched as compared with a silicon oxide film, and when the composition is applied to an etching process at a high temperature and a semiconductor manufacturing process, not only no precipitate occurs but also anomalous growth in which the thickness of the silicon oxide film is rather increased does not occur, thereby minimizing defects and reliability reduction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a catalyst which can produce carbon nanotubes having a higher bulk density by supporting a catalyst component under pressurized conditions, and to a method for producing carbon nanotubes using the catalyst so produced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. Coding decision information of a representative channel of a target block is shared as coding decision information of a target channel of the target block, and decoding of the target block is performed using the coding decision information of the target channel. Since the coding decision information of the representative channel is shared with an additional channel, repeated signaling of identical coding decision information may be prevented. By means of this prevention, the efficiency of encoding and decoding of the target block or the like may be improved.

Abstract: Provided are: an optical laminate comprising a second adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer laminated on the second adhesive layer, and a light shield part laminated between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer; an optical member comprising same; and an optical display device including same.

Abstract: A method of calibrating an optical sensor may include acquiring a first characteristic for an external light source through a detector of an optical sensor while an internal light source of the optical sensor is turned off; driving the internal light source; acquiring a second characteristic for the internal light source and the external light source through the detector, based on driving the internal light source; and acquiring a reference characteristic of the internal light source, for calculation of an absorbance of an object, based on the first characteristic and the second characteristic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nucleic acid based self-assembled complex for Raman detection of a target nucleic acid, and use thereof. The present invention provides a nucleic acid based self-assembled complex of turn-off based way for detecting a target nucleic acid, which has a structural stability so as produce a reproducible scattering light signal regardless of Brownian motion in liquid and relates to a method of detecting a target nucleic acid as an optical signal such as a Raman signal through a nucleic acid based self-assembled complex performing Brownian motion in a liquid phase.

Abstract: A power conversion system of a battery for a vehicle includes a bidirectional charger configured to output a first active line voltage between a first active line and a neutral line and a second active line voltage between a second active line and the neutral line at different levels by converting a voltage of a battery into an AC voltage in a battery discharge mode, and a wiring swap device configured to electrically connect the first active line to a load-side first active line and to cross and electrically connect the second active line and the neutral line to a load-side neutral line and a load-side second active line, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a small animal intraventricular injection compensator for injecting a drug into a desired location through a syringe, the compensator including: a guide part provided with a guide hole into which a needle of a syringe is inserted; a body comprising an upper cavity provided inside thereof and a cradle provided to seat the guide part on an upper side thereof; and a fixation part integrally provided with the body or separately provided, and comprising a lower cavity provided to allow a head accommodation space, which a head of a small animal may enter into or exit from, to be provided inside thereof by corresponding to the upper cavity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) wherein a plurality of active agents are conjugated to an antibody through at least one branched linker. The branched linker may comprise a branching unit, and two active agents are coupled to the branching unit through a secondary linker and the branching unit is coupled to the antibody by a primary linker. The active agents may be the same or different. In certain such embodiments, two or more such branched linkers are conjugated to the antibody, e.g., 2-4 branched linkers, which may each be coupled to a different C-terminal cysteine of a heavy or light chain of the antibody. The branched linker may comprise one active agent coupled to the branching unit by a first branch and a second branch that comprises a polyethylene glycol moiety coupled to the branching unit. In certain such embodiments, two or more such branched linkers are conjugated to the antibody, e.g.