Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a capacitance forming portion in which dielectric layers and internal electrodes are alternately disposed in a first direction, and cover portions disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the capacitance forming portion, respectively, in the first direction; and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein the cover portion includes a plurality of dielectric grains and a plurality of pores, and Gn/Pn is more than 10 and less than 30, in which Gn is the number of dielectric grains included in the cover portion and Pn is the number of pores included in the cover portion.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a coding unit on an outline of a picture. An image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment determine whether a current coding unit extends across an outline of a picture, by comparing a location of the current coding unit in the picture to at least one of a width and a height of the picture, split the current coding unit in at least one direction into a plurality of coding units based on a shape of the current coding unit upon determining that the current coding unit extends across the outline of the picture, obtain block shape information and split type information of the current coding unit from a bitstream and split the current coding unit into a plurality of coding units based on the block shape information and the split type information upon determining that the current coding unit does not extend across the outline of the picture, and decode a coding unit that is no longer split among the plurality of coding units.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin having the reduced cyclic carbonate content, which is a by-product, and an increased ratio of a repeating unit including carbon dioxide, by increasing catalyst activity.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting rain using a wire mesh sensor including: a wire mesh which is configured to include a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers; and a fixing part for fixing the wire mesh; wherein the plurality of transmitters supply electricity to the wire mesh, and wherein, in response to rain being positioned between a specific transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a specific receiver among the plurality of receivers, the specific receiver is configured to receive the electricity from the specific transmitter and then transmit the electricity to a measuring part, to thereby allow the measuring part to measure conductivity. This hemispherical apparatus can detect rain accurately by making the incident angles of the rain to be vertical regardless of the directions of the rain.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting the contamination on the glass dome of the solar radiation observing sensor. The apparatus includes: the solar radiation observing sensor; the glass dome; a light source, wherein artificial light emitted from the light source is allowed to be incident on the medium of the glass dome at a predetermined angle and thus the artificial light incident on the medium of the glass dome is allowed to undergo total internal reflection; a light-collecting lens configured to collect natural light and a diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light; and a contamination-detecting sensor configured to detect contamination, wherein the contamination-detecting sensor measures the natural light and the diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light collected by the light-collecting lens.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light emitting diode, in which the light emitting diode includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer located on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer located on the active layer. The light emitting diode emits light that varies from yellow light to white light depending on a driving current.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having simplicity in design and improved performance and methods for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a frontside and a backside opposite the frontside, an electronic device on the frontside of the substrate, an interlayer insulating layer covering the electronic device, a frontside wiring structure on the interlayer insulating layer, a backside wiring structure on the backside of the substrate, and at least one unit chain connecting the electronic device with the backside wiring structure, the unit chain including a through plug passing through the substrate, a connection contact on the interlayer insulating layer, a first chain plug passing through the interlayer insulating layer to connect the through plug with the connection contact, and a second chain plug passing through the interlayer insulating layer to be connected to the through plug.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel, an optical sensor, a timing controller, a scan driver, a data driver, and an image controller. The timing controller controls an image refresh rate of the display panel based on a refresh rate control signal. Thus, the display device provides improved visibility.

Abstract: An image processing device including: a gain value manager for generating white gain values corresponding to a plurality of positions, based on a sensing result of a predetermined white image; a target pixel manager for detecting saturated pixels, based on pixel values received from an external device, and determining target pixels as saturated white pixels of which each have a pixel value that indicates that the saturated white pixel is saturated, based on peripheral pixels of the saturated white pixels among the detected saturated pixels; and a target pixel corrector for changing pixel values of the target pixels, based on the white gain values and pixel values of the peripheral pixels.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a waveguide display apparatus. The waveguide waveguide display apparatus of the present disclosure is a waveguide display apparatus for correcting curved surface reflection distortion, the waveguide display apparatus including a waveguide for guiding light inputted from the outside; a first diffractive optical element disposed at the waveguide, and diffracting the light inputted from the outside to the inside of the waveguide; and a second diffractive optical element disposed at the waveguide, and diffracting the light guided by the waveguide to output a plurality of diffracted lights in a direction of a curved surface reflector located outside, wherein the second diffractive optical element has a structure of a diffraction grating corresponding to a curvature of the curved surface reflector such that the diffracted lights are reflected at different locations of the curved surface reflector in directions parallel to each other.

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

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating hypertrophic scars. The present inventors have found that the inhibition of expression of TXNDC5, PRRC1, S100A11, Galectin 1, Filamin A, eIF-5A, Annexin A2, and FABP5 can be a new target for improving and treating hypertrophic scars. In the present invention, TXNDC5-, PRRC1-, S100A11-, Galectin 1-, Filamin A-, eIF-5A-, Annexin A2-, and FABP5-specific siRNAs were constructed to determine the probability of treating the hypertrophic scars. As a result, the knockdown of the protein or a gene encoding the protein induces apoptosis in the hypertrophic scars and reduces collagen expression, which can be very useful in treating wounds.

Abstract: Various embodiments generally relate to a power distribution network and a semiconductor device, which may include: a plurality of chip pads; a first distribution layer in which a plurality of first conductive lines having rectangular shapes of different sizes, respectively, are disposed; a second distribution layer in which a plurality of second conductive lines including a central cross-shaped conductive line and L-shaped conductive lines open toward respective corners of the second distribution layer are disposed; and a redistribution layer electrically coupling chip pads to which power is applied among the plurality of chip pads and the first conductive lines of the first distribution layer.

Abstract: Described are anti-doppel antibody-drug conjugates, compositions comprising them, and related methods of treating doppel-associated diseases and conditions, including cancer.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode collector, a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and includes a first positive electrode active material, and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer and includes a second positive electrode active material. The first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material include a lithium nickel-cobalt-based oxide in which an amount of nickel among total metallic components excluding lithium is 80 atm % or more, the first positive electrode active material has a molar ratio of nickel to cobalt of 18 or more, and the second positive electrode active material has a molar ratio of nickel to cobalt of less than 18.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), comprising a GDF15 (growth differentiation factor-15) variant, a long-acting GDF15 fusion protein, or a long-acting GDF15 fusion protein dimer as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a folding axis extending in a first direction; and a panel supporter disposed on a surface of the display panel. The panel supporter includes a first layer including a first base resin and first fiber yarns extending in the first direction and dispersed in the first base resin, a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer including a second base resin and second fiber yarns extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and dispersed in the second base resin, and a third layer disposed on the second layer, the third layer including a third base resin and third fiber yarns extending in the first direction and dispersed in the third base resin.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a coding unit on an outline of a picture. An image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment determine whether a current coding unit extends across an outline of a picture, by comparing a location of the current coding unit in the picture to at least one of a width and a height of the picture, split the current coding unit in at least one direction into a plurality of coding units based on a shape of the current coding unit upon determining that the current coding unit extends across the outline of the picture, obtain block shape information and split type information of the current coding unit from a bitstream and split the current coding unit into a plurality of coding units based on the block shape information and the split type information upon determining that the current coding unit does not extend across the outline of the picture, and decode a coding unit that is no longer split among the plurality of coding units.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprising lithium transition metal oxide particles having a core-shell structure which includes a core portion and a shell portion disposed on a surface of the core portion. Wherein, the average crystallite size of the core portion is smaller than an average crystallite size of the shell portion and an amount of nickel among total transition metals included in the core portion and the shell portion is 80 atm % or more. A positive electrode active material, which suppresses decomposition of an electrolyte solution and occurrence of micro cracks of the positive electrode active material during charge and discharge by forming an average crystallite size of a core portion of the high-nickel positive electrode active material smaller than an average crystallite size of a shell portion, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed according to various embodiments is a thermoelectric material for colossal Seebeck coefficients comprising an Mg-poor Mg2Sn crystal and Secondary Sn phase.