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 provides a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same. Specifically, since the non-aqueous electrolyte solution forms a robust solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) by including a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented by Formula 1, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery may improve battery performance, wherein, in Formula 1, R and R1 are described herein.

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: An air conditioner includes a cabinet including an inlet port and a frame including an outlet port and coupled to the cabinet. A heat exchanger is disposed between the cabinet and the frame to exchange heat with air introduced into the inlet port and discharged to the outlet port. A blocking member is configured to connect the frame and the heat exchanger to prevent air heat-exchanged with the heat exchanger from leaking into the cabinet. This structure inhibits dew from being generated on the cabinet.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal particle, a production method thereof, and a light emitting device including the same. The semiconductor nanocrystal particle includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, a first shell surrounding the core, the first shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, a second shell surrounding the first shell, the second shell including a third semiconductor nanocrystal including a different composition from the second semiconductor nanocrystal, wherein the first semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc and sulfur; wherein the third semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc and sulfur; wherein an energy bandgap of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is less than an energy bandgap of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and less than an energy bandgap of the third semiconductor nanocrystal; and wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal particle does not include cadmium.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the surface of the core and comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, emits blue light, and may exhibit a digital diffraction pattern obtained by a Fast Fourier Transform of a transmission electron microscopic image including a (100) facet of a zinc blende structure. In an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the quantum dot, a ratio of a defect peak area with respect to a peak area of a zinc blende crystal structure is less than about 0.8:1. A method of producing the quantum dot, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot are also disclosed.

Abstract: A quantum dot including: a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal material including zinc, tellurium, and selenium; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of the sulfur with respect to the selenium is less than or equal to about 2.4:1. A production method of the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a polymer, which includes: adding an alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer to a reactor and initiating polymerization; and performing polymerization while continuously adding an alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a multifunctional initiator to the reactor, wherein the continuous addition of the alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer and the multifunctional initiator is initiated when a polymerization conversion rate is 10 to 30%, and the continuous addition of the alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer and the multifunctional initiator is terminated when a polymerization conversion rate is 70 to 80%.

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: Method of producing aromatic hydrocarbons including: supplying a raw material stream to a C6 separation column, supplying an upper discharge stream from the C6 separation column to a first gasoline hydrogenation unit, and supplying a lower discharge stream from the C6 separation column to a C7 separation column; supplying an upper discharge stream from the C7 separation column to a hydrodealkylation reaction unit and supplying a lower discharge stream from the C7 separation column to a C8 separation column; separating benzene from discharged streams from the first gasoline hydrogenation unit and the hydrodealkylation reaction unit; removing a lower discharge stream from the C8 separation column and supplying an upper discharge stream from the C8 separation column to a second extractive distillation column; and separating styrene from a lower discharge stream of the second extractive distillation column and separating xylene from an upper discharge stream of the second extractive distillation column.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte including an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte represented by Formula 1 below: wherein, R1 to R5 may each independently be any one selected from the group consisting of H, an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and a nitrile group.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte membrane for a solid-state battery and a battery comprising the same is provided. The battery may comprise lithium metal as a negative electrode active material. The solid electrolyte membrane comprises an inhibiting layer, which is preferably capable of inhibiting growth of lithium dendrite, because it includes an effective amount of a dendrite growth-inhibiting material, which is capable of ionizing lithium deposited in the form of metal. Thus, when lithium metal is used as a negative electrode for a solid-state battery comprising the solid electrolyte membrane, it is possible to delay and/or inhibit growth of lithium dendrite, and thus to effectively prevent an electrical short-circuit caused by dendrite growth.

Abstract: Provided is an atypical environment-based location recognition apparatus. The apparatus includes a sensing information acquisition unit configured to, from sensing data collected by sensor modules, detect object location information and semantic label information of a video image and detect an event in the video image; a walk navigation information provision unit configured to acquire user movement information; a metric map generation module configured to generate a video odometric map using sensing data collected through a sensing information acquisition unit and reflect the semantic label information; and a topology map generation module configured to generate a topology node using sensing data acquired through the sensing information acquisition unit and update the topology node through the collected user movement information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel naphthyridinone derivative compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof, or a stereoisomer thereof, which are each relevant to a compound for inhibiting ENPP1, a composition for inhibiting ENPP1, and a method for inhibiting ENPP1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating transplantation rejection or a transplantation rejection disease, comprising a novel compound and a calcineurin inhibitor. A co-administration of the present invention 1) reduces the activity of pathogenic Th1 cells or Th17 cells, 2) increases the activity of Treg cells, 3) has an inhibitory effect against side effects, such as tissue damage, occurring in the sole administration thereof, 4) inhibits various pathogenic pathways, 5) inhibits the cell death of inflammatory cells, and 6) increases the activity of mitochondria, in an in vivo or in vitro allogenic model, a transplantation rejection disease model, a skin transplantation model, and a liver-transplanted patient, and thus inhibits transplantation rejection along with mitigating side effects possibly occurring in the administration of a conventional immunosuppressant alone.

Abstract: A method of driving an electronic device includes displaying a plurality of fingerprint recognition icons on a display device configured to perform fingerprint recognition, and releasing a lock state of the display device through a fingerprint authentication process upon determining at least one first fingerprint recognition icon among the plurality of fingerprint recognition icons is touched. The plurality of fingerprint recognition icons include at least one first fingerprint recognition icon configured to support the fingerprint recognition and at least one second fingerprint recognition icon configured to not support the fingerprint recognition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary precursor, a thin film precursor composition, a method of forming a thin film using the thin film precursor composition, and a semiconductor substrate fabricated using the method. The present invention provides the thin film precursor composition including a thin film precursor compound and a compound having a predetermined structure that exhibits reaction stability as the auxiliary precursor. By using the thin film precursor composition in a thin film deposition process, side reactions may be suppressed, and thin film growth rate may be appropriately controlled. In addition, since process by-products are removed from a thin film, even when a thin film is formed on a substrate having a complicated structure, step coverage and the thickness uniformity and resistivity characteristics of the thin film may be greatly improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting performance of a wheel in a vehicle: includes a learning device that generates a latent space for a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) wheel images based on a convolutional autoencoder (CAE), extracts a predetermined number of the plurality of 2D wheel images from the latent space, and learns a dataset having the plurality of 2D wheel images and performance values corresponding to the plurality of 2D wheel images; and a controller that predicts performance for the plurality of 2D wheel images based on a performance prediction model obtained by the learning device.

Abstract: Disclosed are an aluminum-coated blank, a manufacturing method thereof, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same. The blank includes two or more aluminum-coated steel sheets connected together by a joint, each of the steel sheets including: a base steel sheet including 0.01-0.5 wt % of carbon, 0.01-1.0 wt % of silicon, 0.5-3.0 wt % of manganese, greater than 0 but not greater than 0.05 wt % of phosphorus, greater than 0 but not greater than 0.01 wt % of sulfur, greater than 0 but not greater than 0.1 wt % of aluminum, greater than 0 but not greater than 0.001 wt % of nitrogen, and the balance of iron and other inevitable impurities; and a coating layer including aluminum and formed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cathode active material for an all-solid-state battery with a controlled particle size and a method for preparing the same. In particular, the cathode active material includes lithium and a transition metal, wherein the cathode active material has a single peak in the range of 1 ?m to 10 ?m as a result of particle size distribution (PSD) analysis.