Abstract: Disclosed are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. The image processing method performed in the image processing apparatus comprises receiving a blurred image; generating an intermediate image from the blurred image, the intermediate image including artifacts with less sensitivity to changes in a blur kernel than the blurred image; and generating a first corrected image by removing the artifacts of the intermediate image using an artifact removal model. Therefore, it is made possible to learn how to remove artifacts of the intermediate image without the image processing apparatus learning a direct deconvolution method.

Abstract: Disclosed are a power conversion device and a photovoltaic module including the same. The power conversion device includes a full-bridge switching unit including first to fourth switching elements, a first transformer having an input terminal connected between the first switching element and the second switching element in the full-bridge switching unit and an output terminal connected between the third switching element and the fourth switching element in the full-bridge switching unit, wherein the first switching element is serially connected to the second switching element, and the third switching element is serially connected to the fourth switching element, and a second transformer connected to the full-bridge switching unit as a half-bridge, wherein the full-bridge switching unit coverts a first DC power input to the first transformer into a first alternating current AC waveform, based on variable duty switching.

Abstract: Provided is a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a first film having a first Young's modulus, a second film on the first film and having a second Young's modulus, and a third film between the first film and the second film and having a third Young's modulus. The third Young's modulus is less than each of the first Young's modulus and the second Young's modulus.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nanostructure includes: heating a mixed solution to a first temperature, the mixed solution including a solvent, a compound including indium, and an octadecylphosphonic acid; heating the mixed solution to a second temperature; injecting, after heating the mixed solution to the second temperature, a phosphine precursor into the mixed solution; and heating the mixed solution including the injected phosphine precursor to a third temperature.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to record an external image, a region determiner configured to divide a recorded previous image frame and a recorded current image frame into pluralities of regions, calculate a moving direction and a distance of each of the plurality of regions in the current image frame corresponding to each of the plurality of regions in the previous image frame, and determine a background and an object by applying a preset background model and object model based on the calculated moving direction and distance, and a posture determiner configured to determine body parts of the determined object based on a body part model, and determine a posture of the object by combining the determined body parts.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a zeolite catalyst includes: manufacturing a first Linde Type A (LTA) zeolite using an LTA seed; manufacturing a second LTA zeolite including ions by substituting ions to the first LTA zeolite; and manufacturing a copper LTA zeolite by performing copper ion exchange on the second LTA zeolite.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a PST-20 zeolite having a novel skeletal structure, its preparation method, and a selective separation and adsorption method for a gas using the PST-20 zeolite. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of preparing a microporous aluminosilicate PST-20 zeolite having a novel skeletal structure totally different from the skeletal structure of known zeolites and using the PST-20 zeolite as an adsorbent/separator capable of selectively adsorbing/separating carbon dioxide to separate and collect carbon dioxide with high purity from burned gases or natural gases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans in which a glutamine tRNA 5? terminus-derived fragment (Gln 5?-tsRNA) is overexpressed; a preparation method therefor; and a method for screening for aging-associated factors by using the transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans. A transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans model provided in the present invention is an animal model in which Gln 5?-tsRNA is overexpressed such that aging is inhibited. When the model of the present invention is used, anti-aging mechanisms can be easily investigated, thereby significantly contributing to various research fields such as that of developing new anti-aging drugs and screening for age-inducing materials.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a user's motions based on sensor information and label information, a method for establishing an ONMF-based basis matrix, and a method for establishing an OSSNMF-based basis matrix are provided, where the basis matrices are used to extract motion features of the user. The apparatus for recognizing the user's motions may include a feature vector extractor configured to multiply a transposed matrix of an orthogonalized basis matrix by a sensor data matrix of frequency domain sensor data acquired from sensors to extract an ONMF-based feature vector and a multi-class classifier configured to use the extracted ONMF-based feature vector to classify the user's motion into a type from among types of a user's motions.

Abstract: An error correction device includes a low density parity check (LDPC) decoder and an adaptive decoding controller. The LDPC decoder iteratively performs LDPC decoding on data by using a decoding parameter. The adaptive decoding controller calculates an error rate depending on a result of the LDPC decoding and adjusts the decoding parameter depending on the error rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diabetes, and controlling a side effect from peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) activation, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises (a) an amodiaquine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) an antidiabetic drug as active ingredients. Specifically, the composition prevents or treats simultaneously one or more selected from the group consisting of type 2 diabetes reactive to PPAR-gamma activation, and obesity, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, and fatty cirrhosis reactive to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-alpha) activation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for differentiation into biocompatible keratocyte progenitor cells, the method including: providing human turbinate mesenchymal stem cells (hTMSCs) from a tissue source; and culturing the provided human turbinate mesenchymal stem cells (hTMSCs) in a keratocyte differentiation medium supplemented with keratocyte growth factor (KGF), so that a differentiable keratocyte precursor cell composition that is impossible in the conventional art can be implemented, and the injection of the keratocyte progenitor cell composition into patients can produce a short-term treatment effect while securing the transparency of the cornea.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling release of nitric oxide, and more particularly, to a method of selectively releasing nitric oxide depending on a change in pH using calcium phosphate. The method of selectively releasing nitric oxide according to the present invention may stably deliver nitric oxide to a desired site, and induce release of nitric oxide by a change in pH, thereby making it possible to improve a therapeutic effect while preventing a loss of nitric oxide.

Abstract: A mask manufacturing apparatus, a method of manufacturing the mask, and a mask for lithography, capable of providing a pattern having a size in nanometer unit using the photo-lithography process are provided. A mask manufacturing apparatus, a method of manufacturing the mask, and an elastic film for a photo-mask lower a critical dimension of the pattern(s) without increasing a manufacturing cost. The mask manufacturing apparatus and the method of manufacturing the mask, and the mask for lithography provide a pattern having a size in nanometer unit using the photo-lithography process.

Abstract: A method of performing operations on a plurality of inputs and a same kernel using a delay time by using a same processor, and a neural network device thereof are provided, the neural network device includes input data including a first input and a second input, and a processor configured to obtain a first result by performing operations between the first input and a plurality of kernels, to obtain a second result by performing operations between the second input, which is received at a time delayed by a first interval from a time when the first input is received, and the plurality of kernels, and to obtain output data using the first result and the second result. The neural network device may include neuromorphic hardware and may perform convolutional neural network (CNN) mapping.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium metal battery, a method for manufacturing the same, and a lithium metal battery having the same. Formation of lithium dendrite may be prevented by forming a dielectric layer on the surface of lithium metal, and thus improve lifespan characteristics and electrochemical performance when applied to a lithium metal battery.

Abstract: A method according to the present invention, it is possible to accurately measure the stretch-flangeability of sheet metal materials without size effects even when a small amount of specimen is used, compared with the stretch-flangeability established as an international standard, and to measure the stretch-flangeability in the local region.

Abstract: Disclosed are a light-emitting layer for a perovskite light-emitting device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a perovskite light-emitting device using the same. The method of manufacturing the light-emitting layer comprises a step of forming a first nanoparticle thin film by coating, on a substrate for coating a light-emitting layer, a solution comprising organic and inorganic perovskite nanoparticles. Thereby, a nanoparticle light emitter has therein an organic and inorganic hybrid perovskite having a crystalline structure in which FCC and BCC are combined, and has a lamella structure in which an organic plane and an inorganic plane are alternatively stacked. Also, high color purity is realized because excitons are confined to the inorganic plane.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system, such as long-term evolution (LTE). An operation method of a transmitter in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes applying a filter to data, mapping the data to which the filter is applied to at least one subcarrier, and transmitting the mapped data to a receiver. The filter is determined based on based on the allocated resource.

Abstract: Provided are a perovskite light emitting device containing an exciton buffer layer, and a method for manufacturing the same. A light emitting device of the present invention comprises: an exciton buffer layer in which a first electrode, a conductive layer disposed on the first electrode and comprising a conductive material, and a surface buffer layer containing fluorine-based material having lower surface energy than the conductive material are sequentially deposited; a light-emitting layer disposed on the exciton buffer layer and containing an organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite light emitting body; and a second electrode disposed on the light-emitting layer.