Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for uplink transmission in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal includes: receiving, from a base station, first SFI information indicating n flexible symbol(s); receiving, from the base station, second SFI information re-indicating m symbol(s) of the n flexible symbol(s) as uplink (UL) symbol(s); and transmitting an SRS to the base station through the m symbol(s) re-indicated as a UL symbol among the n flexible symbol(s) indicated as a flexible symbol. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, a first SSB; determining a RACH occasion associated with the first SSB; transmitting, to the base station, a PRACH preamble in the RACH occasion within a first radio resource to which a first SCS is applied; determining a slot to which the RACH occasion belongs based on a reference radio resource to which a reference SCS is applied instead of the first SCS; determining an RNTI for a random access procedure based on a slot index for the slot; and performing a reception operation of a response for the PRACH preamble by using the RNTI in the first radio resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a machine learning model for generating a predicted executable command for an image. The learning model includes an interface configured to obtain an utterance indicating a request associated with the image, an utterance sub-model, a visual sub-model, an attention network, and a selection gate. The machine learning model generates a segment of the predicted executable command from weighted probabilities of each candidate token in a predetermined vocabulary determined based on the visual features, the concept features, current command features, and the utterance features extracted from the utterance or the image.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery case accommodating therein an electrode assembly with an electrode lead protruding therefrom and including a sealing portion in which an outer perimeter is sealed. The sealing portion includes a first sealing portion on the electrode lead side of the battery case; and a second sealing portion on the electrode lead side of the battery case.

Abstract: Disclosed are various methods for transmitting or receiving data or control information having high reliability conditions. A method for operating a terminal which transmits uplink control information (UCI) includes: a step of generating UCI; a step of comparing the priority of an uplink (UL) control channel for the transmission of the UCI with the priority of a UL data channel when some symbols of the UL control channel and the UL data channel overlap; and a step of selecting the UL channel having a higher priority among the UL control channel and the UL data channel, and transmitting the UCI to a base station through the selected UL channel.

Abstract: An image sensing device capable of detecting a distance to a target object according to a time-of-flight (TOF) method is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a plurality of light receiving elements each configured to generate a sensing voltage corresponding to a current pulse based on a photon reflected from a target object; a plurality of quenching circuits corresponding to the respective light receiving elements and each configured to output a pixel signal by controlling the sensing voltage from a corresponding light receiving element of the light receiving elements, and a readout circuit shared by the plurality of quenching circuits and configured to generate a readout signal by controlling a delay time of the pixel signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a CYP4A-inhibiting compound as an active ingredient for preventing or treating metabolic diseases, more specifically to a composition comprising the compound expressed by chemical formula 1 of the present invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient for preventing, ameliorating or treating metabolic diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular heat management system capable of inducing an increase in refrigerant superheat degree without unconditionally turning off a compressor when the refrigerant superheat degree on the discharge side of a chiller is less than or equal to a lower limit value. The vehicular heat management system includes: a compressor; a condensing heat exchanger; an expansion valve; an evaporation heat exchanger; and a control part configured to, when a refrigerant superheat degree on a discharge side of the evaporation heat exchanger is lowered to a predetermined lower limit value or less, control, step by step, at least two devices directly involved in the increase and decrease of the refrigerant superheat degree to increase the refrigerant superheat degree until the refrigerant superheat degree exceeds the lower limit value.

Abstract: A method of regenerating sodium borohydride includes: pretreating reactants including sodium tetraborate hydrate (Na2B4O7·xH2O, 0<x?10), a metal salt, and a reducing agent; and reacting the pretreated reactants by a ball-milling method, wherein the metal salt includes NaHCO2, KHCO2, LiHCO2, NaHCO3, Na2CO3, NaOH, KHCO3, K2CO3, LiHCO3, Li2CO3, Na2O2, NaH, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The resin composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application comprises: an epoxy-based resin; a curing agent comprising a cyanate ester-based resin and a phenolic resin; inorganic particles comprising silica particles; and a curing accelerator, the weight ratio of the cyanate ester-based resin:the phenolic resin is 95:5 to 40:60, and the curing accelerator comprises both an imidazole-based compound and a metal-based compound.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory device, includes a first source layer, a second source layer on the first source layer, a stack on the second source layer, a channel structure passing through the stack and the second source layer, and a common source line passing through the stack and the second source layer. The second source layer includes an air gap and a conductive layer surrounding the air gap.

Abstract: A method for controlling an LLC resonance converter controls a converter through the steps of detecting parameter values related to operation of the converter, determining a switching duty of the converter on the basis of the detected parameter values, and controlling the converter with the determined switching duty to improve nonlinearity of a gain curve of the converter, thereby reducing output current ripples and achieving low-gain output.

Abstract: A measurement pad includes a pattern part including a plurality of groove portions arranged at pitch intervals corresponding to pitch intervals of a plurality of head nozzles, and a wall portion formed between the groove portions, a first electrode part extending in the longitudinal direction of the groove portions at the center of the groove portions, a second electrode part spaced apart from the first electrode part in the width direction and extending in the longitudinal direction of the groove portions. The length of the groove portions is formed to have a size that can include all heads existing on the same extension line which are measurement targets, and is uniformly formed in the same cross-sectional shape throughout the longitudinal direction of the groove portions.

Abstract: A catalyst structure for preparing synthetic gas includes a substrate including flow paths partitioned by partition walls, and catalytic material disposed on the surface of the partition walls of the substrate and including a metal oxide carrier and metal active particles supported on the metal oxide carrier, wherein the substrate includes silicon carbide (SIC), silicon nitride (Si3N4), a metallic silicon (Si)-silicon carbide (SIC) composite, a metallic silicon (Si)-silicon nitride (Si3N4) composite, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method for reporting sidelink HARQ response information, performed by a terminal, includes the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information on allocation of a PSSCH resource for PSSCH transmission; determining a PSFCH resource for PSFCH reception corresponding to the PSSCH transmission; determining a transmission time point of HARQ response information corresponding to the PSSCH transmission; and transmitting the HARQ response information, corresponding to the PSSCH transmission, to the base station at the determined time point, wherein the transmission time point of the HARQ response information is expressed as a time offset, L, from a time point of the PSFCH resource, and information on the transmission time point of the HARQ response information is transmitted from the base station to the terminal.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, a first SSB having an SSB candidate #n at a first frequency position during a first time period; receiving, from the base station, first mapping relationship information between SSB candidate indexes and SSB indexes; identifying an SSB #k mapped to the SSB candidate #n based on the first mapping relationship information for the first frequency position; acquiring time synchronization with respect to the base station based on the SSB candidate #n; and obtaining beam information for the first frequency position based on the SSB #k, wherein each of n and k is an integer equal to or greater than 0.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, at least one SSB belonging to a first layer; receiving, from the base station, at least one SSB belonging to a second layer; determining valid SSB(s) from among the at least one SSB belonging to the first layer and the at least one SSB belonging to the second layer; selecting at least one first SSB belonging to a layer having a higher priority among the first layer and the second layer from among the valid SSB(s); and reporting the selected first SSB to the base station, and using a beam used for receiving the first SSB to perform an initial access procedure for communications with the base station, wherein each SSB includes at least one of a synchronization signal or a broadcast channel.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving data channels in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise receiving, from a base station, resource allocation information of a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) used for repetitive transmission of a same transport block (TB); identifying a position of each of the plurality of PUSCHs in a time domain based on the resource allocation information; and repeatedly transmitting the same TB to the base station at the position of each of the plurality of PUSCHs. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: In a method for forming a thick layer of a thickness on a substrate by using an inkjet printing apparatus comprising a head module for ejecting an ink, a dot print layer is formed such that dot-shaped arrays are formed at predetermined intervals in order to prevent ink droplets, which are deposited on the substrate, from pulling each other, ink is ejected in an amount enabling a thick coating of uniform thickness to be overlapped and printed on the dot print layer, thereby forming a thick print layer with the thickness.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for uplink transmission in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal includes: receiving, from a base station, first SFI information indicating n flexible symbol(s); receiving, from the base station, second SFI information re-indicating m symbol(s) of the n flexible symbol(s) as uplink (UL) symbol(s); and transmitting an SRS to the base station through the m symbol(s) re-indicated as a UL symbol among the n flexible symbol(s) indicated as a flexible symbol. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.