Abstract: A method for discarding personal information comprises at least one among partial overwriting, SLC programming, and applying an erase pulse. The method for discarding personal information comprises a step for acquiring the program status of personal information-containing data of a memory block to be erased, generating data having a status that is equal to or higher than the program status corresponding to the personal information, and carrying out a partial overwriting operation on the personal information by using the generated data.

Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence ultrasound-medical-diagnosis apparatus and a remote medical-diagnosis method using the same. The apparatus can automatically diagnose diseases based on ultrasound medical examinations and ultrasound image processing. The ultrasound-medical-diagnosis apparatus includes a semantic segmentation artificial intelligence network configured to perform labeling on visualized organs of a patient using mutually different colors to detect a position of an organ of interest displayed on the ultrasound image.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing an electronic device using a cyclic doping process including i) an operation of forming a unit transfer thin film including a two-dimensional material on a transfer substrate, ii) an operation of doping the unit transfer thin film in a low-damage doping process, iii) an operation of transferring the unit transfer thin film doped according to the operation ii) on a transfer target substrate, and iv) an operation of repeatedly performing the operations i) to iii) several times to reach a target thickness.

Abstract: According to some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, disclosed is a method for building a vulnerability database, which is performed by a computing device. The method may include collecting a security patch from a data source based on a direct patch link; collecting the security patch from the data source based on an indirect patch link; and collecting the security patch from the data source based on an invisible patch link. The patch information of a vulnerability can be used for verifying the existence of the vulnerability, as well as fixing the vulnerability of target software.

Abstract: A driving belt inspection device and method for a wafer transfer module is disclosed. The driving belt inspection device for a wafer transfer module includes: a data receiving unit for receiving current data of a motor connected to a driving belt; a calculation unit for calculating the rate of change of instantaneous current of the motor according to the received current data and acquiring a calculated value for inspection according to the calculated rate of change of instantaneous current of the motor; and a result determination unit for determining, if the calculated value is lower than a first reference value, that the driving belt is in a normal operation state, and determining, if the calculated value is higher than a second reference value, that the driving belt is in an abnormal operation state.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a self-priming and replicating hairpin adaptor for constructing an NGS (next generation sequencing) library; and a method for constructing an NGS library using the same. Specifically, the present invention pertains to: a self-priming and replicating hairpin adaptor for constructing an NGS library, the adaptor containing a long single-stranded first oligonucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and has a hairpin structure, and a short single-stranded second oligonucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5; a method for constructing an NGS library using said adaptor; and an NGS library construction kit including said adaptor.

Abstract: A device includes a storage device to receive a first power and transfer data, a computing device to receive a second power and perform computations on the data; a storage power manager to generate a storage power demand value from previous operation of the storage device; a computing power manager to generate a computing power demand value from previous operation of the computing device; and a global power manager to generate a storage target power value indicating a next power limit for the storage device and a computing target power value indicating a next power limit for the computing device, from both of the storage and computing power demand values, wherein the storage power manager provides the first power to the storage device based on the storage target power value, and the computing power manager provides the second power to the computing device based on the computing target power value.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a flame doping method. Specifically, the present invention provides a flame doping method, which does not significantly change crystallinity, does not damage a substrate even while applying a high temperature, is usable as a doping method suitable for mass production, is advantageous in a process difficulty and a cost compared to other doping processes (thermal diffusion and ion implantation), and has high process stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical and biological integrated degradation process for PET, for recycling PET, and, more specifically, the present invention provides a PET upcycling technique for producing a high-value product via a chemical pretreatment process of PET, a TPA and EG production process using an enzyme, and a process for converting TPA and EG to PCA and GLA, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a split computing device operating in a serverless edge computing environment. The split computing device includes a transceiver configured to receive resource information of a terminal from the terminal and to measure a data transmission rate between the terminal and the split computing device in a process of receiving the resource information of the terminal; and a splitting point deriver configured to determine a splitting point of a deep neural network (DNN) model for split computing and an activation status of a container instance for each of tail models of a DNN corresponding to the respective splitting points using the resource information of the terminal, the data transmission rate, and resource information of the split computing device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a tandem catalyst for synthesizing methyl acetate from carbon dioxide, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing methyl acetate using the same. The tandem catalyst of the present invention includes a first catalyst having a core-shell structure including a composite metal oxide core and a silica shell surrounding a surface of the composite metal oxide core, and a second catalyst including nano-ferrierite (N-FER) zeolite.

Abstract: A method of learning a neural network-based image compression model according to the disclosed embodiment, may include receiving a learning target image as an input; encoding the input image through the neural network-based image compression model configured to include a weight parameter, and decoding the encoded image through the neural network-based image compression model; calculating an entropy estimation value for a network model weight of the neural network-based image compression model; calculating a reconstruction performance value by comparing qualities of the learning target image and the decoded image; and learning the neural network-based image compression model by updating the weight parameter of the neural network-based image compression model based on the entropy estimation value for the network model weight and the reconstruction performance value. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize the size of the weight of the neural network-based image compression model.

Abstract: A method for measuring blood sugar that is performed by an apparatus for measuring blood is provided. The method includes calculating color data from multiple skin regions of interest in a skin image, classifying a user's meal state into a pre-meal state or a post-meal state through analysis of acquired user information, estimating blood sugar by applying the calculated color data to a blood sugar regression linear equation corresponding to the classified user's meal state, and measuring robust blood sugar by weighted averaging the estimated blood sugar.

Abstract: A handover method, performed by a source base station in a wireless communication system, includes: receiving an indicator indicating a start of packet duplication transmission of a user plane function (UPF); and transmitting at least one redundant packet to a target base station, based on the indicator indicating the start of the packet duplication transmission of the UPF, wherein the packet duplication transmission includes transmitting, to the target base station, a packet that is identical to a packet transmitted by the UPF to the source base station, wherein the redundant packet includes a packet that was received from the UPF before the start of the packet duplication transmission but is not transmitted to a User Equipment (UE) and stored.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitter identification. A transmitter identification apparatus may include a communicator configured to receive a signal from a transmitter at least once; and a processor configured to acquire a clock offset using the received signal, to acquire a cumulative clock offset by accumulating the clock offset, and to acquire analysis data based on a variance of the cumulative clock offset over time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gingerol derivative having inhibitory activity against biofilm formation and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating infections caused by biofilms including the gingerol derivative as an active ingredient. The gingerol derivative of the present invention exhibits significantly improved binding affinity for LasR and inhibitory activity against biofilm formation. Therefore, the gingerol derivative of the present invention can act on various membrane surfaces where biofilms tend to form and can effectively inhibit the formation of the corresponding biofilms. In addition, the use of the pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention can fundamentally prevent or treat a variety of infections caused by biofilms due to the presence of the gingerol derivative in the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: There are provided a nitride-based MXene light-emitting quantum dot and a method of manufacturing the same. The nitride-based MXene light-emitting quantum dot includes a nitride-based MXene quantum dot having a diameter of 10 nm or less and absorbs ultraviolet light to emit light, and the nitride-based MXene light-emitting quantum dot has an effect of efficiently generating light emission by increasing bandgap energy of MXene by inducing a quantum confinement effect by reducing the size of the quantum dot.

Abstract: There are provided a metal carbide catalyst complex for a bifunctional zinc-air battery, containing vanadium metal and a different transition metal, and a zinc-air battery system including the same. Because a catalytic reaction region may be increased by a substituted iron ion and a substituted vanadium ion in a metal carbide catalyst complex for a zinc-air battery, high activity for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance and high activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance may be exhibited.

Abstract: An indoor wireless positioning method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes receiving initial received signal strength indicator (RSSI) information from a reception unit; searching for a fingerprint matching measured initial RSSI information in a fingerprint database; determining a first location corresponding to the retrieved fingerprint to be an initial location of the reception unit; receiving additional RSSI information from the reception unit; extracting features of variability between the additional RSSI information and the initial RSSI information; searching for variability fingerprints matching the initial location and extracted RSSI variability features in a variability fingerprint database; and updating a second location to a current location of the reception unit when the second location corresponding to the retrieved variability fingerprint is different from the initial location, wherein the second location is a location in a candidate area within a preset distance range ce

Abstract: Disclosed is a computing-in-memory device, which includes a memory cell array including an analog multiplication unit that performs a multiply-accumulate (MAC) operation on a pre-stored weight and a first analog voltage corresponding to multi-bit input data, and a driver that applies the multi-bit input data to the analog multiplication unit, and the analog multiplication unit includes a digital-to-analog converter that converts the multi-bit input data into the first analog voltage.