Abstract: In a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery (10) as an example embodiment, a positive electrode (11) includes a positive electrode core (30) and a positive electrode mixture layer (31) formed on the positive electrode core (30). The positive electrode mixture layer (31) contains a positive electrode active material, a polyacrylate, and a sulfated polysaccharide. Carrageenan is a preferable example of the sulfated polysaccharide.

Abstract: A method of producing an oligonucleotide is provided. By using a complementary strand into which a moiety that lowers the stability of a hybrid formed between a complementary strand and a ligation product is introduced, a single-stranded oligonucleotide which is a substrate is enzymatically ligated to produce an oligonucleotide which is the ligation product.

Abstract: A motor controller generates first and second signals indicative of a motor back electromotive force (back emf) based on motor drive signals. The controller compares the first and second signals and detects a motor locked-rotor condition based on the comparison. The control circuitry may include a state observer, which, in operation, maintains a set of state variables based on the received signals, wherein the first signal indicative of the motor back emf is generated based on variables of the set of state variables. The controller may include a phase-locked-loop coupled to the state observer, wherein the phase-locked-loop, in operation, estimates a motor speed based on the variables of the set of state variables, wherein the second signal indicative of the motor back emf is generated based on the estimated motor speed. The motor may be a PMSM motor.

Abstract: A rope inspection device is capable of accurately detecting deterioration of a rope used in a work machine. The rope inspection device is attached to a crane having a machine body that includes a backstop, a boom capable of rising/lowering relative to the machine body, a winch, and a rope that is led out from the winch. The rope inspection device includes a rope inspection unit capable of inspecting the deterioration state of the rope, and a support unit attached to the machine body, the support unit supporting the rope inspection unit so that the rope inspection unit is able to follow the movement of the rope.

Abstract: An antenna module includes: a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface facing each other; a second substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface facing each other and disposed such that the third surface faces the second surface of the first substrate; a radiation element provided on a first surface side of the first substrate; a first ground electrode provided in the first substrate and facing the radiation element in a normal direction of the first substrate; a power inductor provided closer to the second substrate than the first ground electrode in plan view in a normal direction of the first substrate; and an electronic component provided on a fourth surface side of the second substrate and connected to the power inductor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a compound as represented by general formula (I) or a stereoisomer, deuterated compound, solvate, prodrug, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or co-crystal thereof and an intermediate thereof; and the use thereof m AR-related diseases such as cancer.

Abstract: An oxide semiconductor film includes indium (In) and a first metal element selected from a group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), and lanthanoid elements. The oxide semiconductor film includes a plurality of crystal grains and a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference greater than 5 degrees between two adjacent measurement points obtained by an EBSD (electron backscatter diffraction) method. An average KAM value calculated by the EBSD method is greater than or equal to 1.0 degree.

Abstract: The optical stack, a manufacturing method for the same, a smart window including the same, and vehicles or building windows using the same are proposed. The optical stack includes a first polarizing plate, a transparent substrate laminated on one surface of the first polarizing plate, a first transparent conductive layer formed on the transparent substrate, an alignment film formed on the first transparent conductive layer, a second polarizing plate opposite to the first polarizing plate, a second transparent conductive layer formed on one surface of the second polarizing plate, and opposite to the first transparent conductive layer, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the alignment film and the second transparent conductive layer. The second transparent conductive layer includes a conductive polymer, the liquid crystal layer includes a polymer network and a liquid crystal compound, and the liquid crystal compound is aligned with a uniform initial alignment.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for image analysis for obtaining an absolute distance of each pixel for an entirety of a depth map. The apparatus for image analysis includes: an imaging unit configured to generate a captured image; an object detection unit configured to detect at least one object from the captured image; a depth map generation unit configured to generate a depth map for the captured image; and a map analysis unit configured to obtain an absolute distance of each pixel for an entire area of the depth map by selecting a standard object among the detected at least one object and referring to an absolute distance obtained for a standard map object corresponding to the standard object among map objects included in the depth map.

Abstract: A substrate treating method for removing a dielectric by-product produced by etching a dielectric film formed on a substrate, includes: providing a gaseous boron compound into a reaction chamber to remove the dielectric by-product; and purging an inside of the reaction chamber. The boron compound is represented by BnX3n, where X is hydrogen, alkyl, amino, or halogen, and n is a natural number greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate; and a pixel separation structure in the substrate, the pixel separation structure separating pixels of the image sensor from each other. The pixels include first and second pixels spaced apart from each other along a first direction. The pixel separation structure includes: first silicon-containing patterns surrounding each of the first and second pixels when viewed in a plan view and being spaced apart from each other; and a second silicon-containing pattern extending between the first and second pixels and connecting the first silicon-containing patterns to each other. The second silicon-containing pattern includes side portions adjoining the first silicon-containing patterns, and a connecting portion spaced apart from the first silicon-containing patterns and connecting the side portions.

Abstract: A printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes a first insulating layer, a pad portion disposed on the first insulating layer, a connection portion disposed on the pad portion and including a protruding portion and a first recess portion disposed inside the protruding portion, and a second insulating layer disposed on a part of the connection portion and exposing a part of the connection portion, wherein a height of the first recess portion of the connection portion from the first insulating layer is higher than a second height of the second insulating layer disposed on a side of the connection portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for image processing. The system obtains an image, multiple historical images captured before the image, and multiple scene categories. For each scene category, the system generates a confidence level of the image belonging to the scene category. The system obtains an initial scene category of each historical image. The system determines a target scene category to which the multiple historical images belong based on initial scene categories of the multiple historical images. The system determines multiple updated confidence level thresholds by updating, based on the target scene category, at least a portion of multiple confidence level thresholds corresponding to the multiple scene categories. The system determines, based on the multiple updated confidence level thresholds and confidence levels of the image corresponding to the multiple scene categories, a final scene category of the image, and processes the image based on the final scene category.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a base layer, a driving element layer disposed on the base layer and including circuits, a light-emitting element layer disposed on the driving element layer and including a plurality of light-emitting elements respectively electrically connected to the circuits of the driving element layer, a plurality of pads disposed on the base layer, and a plurality of openings passing through the base layer, the driving element layer, and the plurality of pads, a circuit board disposed below the display panel, a plurality of conductive members disposed on the base layer and overlapping the plurality of pads, and a thermosetting member covering the plurality of conductive members, wherein the plurality of conductive members are respectively disposed in the plurality of openings and electrically connect the driving element layer and the circuit board.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a QTL allele in maize associated with drought resistance and carbon isotope composition as well as specific marker alleles associated with the QTL allele. The present invention further relates methods for identifying maize plants based on screening for the presence of the QTL allele or marker alleles. The invention also relates to methods for modifying drought resistance and carbon isotope composition in maize plants.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer robot provided in a semiconductor manufacturing facility including a first transfer module and a second transfer module detachably coupled to the first transfer module. The transfer robot transfers a substrate while moving along the first and second transfer modules. The transfer robot includes a moving body moving along first and second tracks respectively mounted to the first and second transfer modules, an encoder module detecting a first scale mounted along the first track and a second scale mounted along the second track to generate a position signal, a controller detecting the position of the transfer robot based on the position signal, and a servo system controlling driving of the moving body in accordance with the detected position. The encoder module includes a first encoder and a second encoder mounted with an interval therebetween along the first track and in the longitudinal direction of the second track.

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a sensor substrate comprising a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel, and a nano-photonic lens array comprising a first meta-region, a second meta-region, a third meta-region, and a fourth meta-region, wherein each of the first to fourth meta-regions includes a plurality of nano-structures, the first meta-region includes a plurality of pairs of two nano-structures symmetrical in a first direction at different distances in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction from a horizontal center line, the horizontal center line passing through a center of the first meta-region along the first direction, and in a direction toward the horizontal center line in the second direction, an interval between two symmetrical nano-structures in the first direction increases, and in a direction away from the horizontal center line in the second direction, the interval between two symmetrical nano-structures in the first direction decreases.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a secondary battery, a heat exchange plate, a compressor, a vehicle interior condenser capable of exchanging heat with air in a vehicle interior, and a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant is movable between the compressor and the vehicle interior condenser. The refrigerant is capable of exchanging heat with a coolant in the heat exchange plate, and the heat exchange plate is capable of exchanging heat with the secondary battery. The coolant that has exited from the heat exchange plate can circulate and enter the heat exchange plate. The refrigerant moves through the refrigerant circuit and circulates through the compressor, the vehicle interior condenser, the heat exchange plate, and the compressor to warm the air in the vehicle interior using heat generated by the secondary battery.

Abstract: The laminated structure has a base insulating layer, a metal oxide layer arranged on the base insulating layer, and an oxide semiconductor layer arranged in contact with the metal oxide layer, and the oxide semiconductor layer has a first region in which the same metal element as the metal element contained in the metal oxide layer has the concentration gradient, and the concentration gradient of the metal element increases as it approaches the interface between the metal oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determination of n noised codes corresponding to n video frames of an original video. A text code corresponding to a description text guiding video editing is determined. Denoising processing, using n Unet models obtained by using the text code and copying a Unet model, is performed on the n noised codes, where a pre-trained text-to-image model includes the Unet model, which includes a self-attention layer connected after a target network layer, and where the denoising processing includes performing, in a self-attention layer of any ith Unet model, attention calculation based on an output of a target network layer of the ith Unet model and an output of a target network layer in a predetermined target Unet model. Decoding processing is separately performed on the n denoised codes by an image decoder to obtain n target images to form an edited target video.