Abstract: An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal; a power normalizer configured to reduce power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing time-interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling start position information and size information for each of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs). In this case, the Physical Layer Pipes include a core layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the core layer signal and an enhanced layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a counseling service. A method of operating a counseling center server interworking with an instant messaging service includes providing a profile of at least one expert account for counseling linked to a channel of a second user to a terminal of a first user, identifying an initiation condition for a counseling ticket for counseling with a first expert account, creating a counseling ticket to be allocated to the first expert account, and transmitting counseling content through a chat room for counseling of the channel in which the first expert account and an account of the first user participate.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a counseling service. A method of operating a counseling center server interworking with an instant messaging service includes acquiring, based a search request for a message transmitted to a channel registered in the service, a search result of a chatbot server linked to the channel, providing an interface for inputting a value of at least one parameter included in the search result to a terminal of a counselor linked to the channel, acquiring an entity corresponding to the parameter based on the message, determining a value of the parameter based on at least one of the acquired entity and data input through the interface, and requesting, based on the determined value of the parameter, an instant messaging server configured to provide the service to transmit a response message corresponding to the search result.

Abstract: A power supply system may include a target device and an adapter. The target device may include an adapter connection switch that receives adapter recognition information to form a connection with the adapter, a voltage detection unit that receives an output voltage from an adapter, and a voltage-change-requesting unit that outputs a voltage to request a voltage change based on information on the output voltage from the adapter. The adapter may include a device information recognition unit that receives the voltage to request a voltage change, and an output-voltage-changing unit that changes the output voltage based on the voltage to request a voltage change.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second active patterns extending in a first direction, the second active pattern spaced apart from the first active pattern in a second direction different from the first direction, a gate electrode extending in the second direction, a first and second source/drain region each on one side of the gate electrode, a first and second source/drain contact each extending in the second direction on and connected to the first and second source/drain region respectively, and a contact separation layer separating the first and second source/drain contacts, the contact separation layer including a first portion and a second portion on first portion both between the first and second source/drain regions, wherein a width of the first portion of the contact separation layer in the first direction is greater than a width of the second portion of the contact separation layer in the first direction.

Abstract: A battery diagnosis device includes a voltage measurement unit for measuring a voltage of a battery cell, a fitting value calculation unit for calculating a fitting voltage of the battery cell in a rest section after charging and discharging of the battery cell, and a diagnosis unit for diagnosing an abnormality of the battery cell by comparing the measured voltage measured by the voltage measurement unit and the fitting voltage calculated by the fitting value calculation unit, with respect to the rest section of the battery cell.

Abstract: There are provided a battery management apparatus, a battery management method and a battery pack. The battery management apparatus sets at least one of a plurality of external variables as a valid external variable for each internal variable using a plurality of input data sets associated with the external variables that can be observed outside a battery cell and a plurality of desired data sets associated with the internal variables that are not observed outside the battery cell.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device housing including a casing and a seal, and an electronic device. The casing has an interior provided with an accommodating cavity configured to accommodate electronic device components, and a casing wall provided with a mounting cavity configured to mount the seal. The casing includes first and second through holes. The first and second through holes communicates the mounting cavity with the accommodating cavity and an outside, respectively. The seal includes a sealing part and a fixing part connected thereto. The fixing part is fixed to the casing wall, and the sealing part blocks the first through hole. The sealing part has elasticity. When pressure in the accommodating cavity is greater than that of the outside, at least part of the sealing part is separated from the first through hole, such that the accommodating cavity communicates with the mounting cavity to communicate with the outside.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition, an oral administration agent and an eye drop for preventing or treating retinal diseases or optic nerve diseases including the compound represented by the Chemical Formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient and the pharmaceutical composition, the oral administration agent and the eye drop can effectively prevent or treat retinal disease or optic nerve disease.

Abstract: A package for semiconductor is disclosed. The semiconductor package according to an aspect of the present invention may include a semiconductor chip; a first insulating layer for embedding the semiconductor chip and protecting the semiconductor chip; a redistribution layer disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and for embedding the redistribution layer and protecting the redistribution layer; and a conductive pad disposed on the second insulating layer.

Abstract: An ESS capable of detecting a defective battery cell, the ESS in accordance with an exemplary embodiment, may include a plurality of battery cells, and a control unit for controlling the charge/discharge of the ESS, wherein the control unit includes an SOC calculation unit for calculating the SOC of the ESS, a voltage measurement unit for measuring the voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells, and a poor battery cell detection unit for detecting a defective battery cell from the voltages measured in the voltage measurement unit.

Abstract: A power supply system may include a target device and an adapter. The target device may include an adapter connection switch that receives adapter recognition information to form a connection with the adapter, a voltage detection unit that receives an output voltage from an adapter, and a voltage-change-requesting unit that outputs a voltage to request a voltage change based on information on the output voltage from the adapter. The adapter may include a device information recognition unit that receives the voltage to request a voltage change, and an output-voltage-changing unit that changes the output voltage based on the voltage to request a voltage change.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition, an oral administration agent and an eye drop for preventing or treating retinal diseases or optic nerve diseases including the compound represented by the Chemical Formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient and the pharmaceutical composition, the oral administration agent and the eye drop can effectively prevent or treat retinal disease or optic nerve disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent water-in-oil-type lip cosmetic composition comprising 2-10 wt % of water, 28-55 wt % of glycerin, and an oil phase, with respect to the total weight of the composition, and 50 wt % or more of octyldodecanol with respect to the total weight of the oil phase. The composition of the present invention has transparent appearance, thus imparting an aesthetic effect to products and at the same time, can impart gloss when applied onto lips, and can provide moisturization through the supply of moisture, and long-lasting coloring effect.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Lactobacillus sp. isolation strain having an activity to inhibit the growth of vaginitis pathogens, and a pharmaceutical composition, a health functional food, and a cleansing product, comprising the strain as an active ingredient. Therefore, the present invention exhibits an effect of inhibiting the growth of Sneathia spp. pathogens associated with the infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) and the incidence of bacterial vaginitis, Gardnerella vaginalis as a vaginitis pathogen, and Candida albicans as a causative yeast of Candidal vaginitis, and an effect of recovering and maintaining the vaginal microflora, and thus can be used for the prevention and treatment of female vaginitis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator and a beverage supply device thereof. The beverage supply device comprises: a supporting seat, an adapting seat, a liquid outlet mechanism, and a blocking member for fitting with a mouth of a beverage container, the blocking member having a channel fitted with the liquid outlet mechanism, the blocking member being disposed on the adapting seat and rotating synchronously with the adapting seat when the blocking member is located at an initially-assembled position, the beverage container is fitted to the blocking member in a state where the mouth of the beverage container is higher than a liquid level of the beverage; when the blocking member is located at a fully-assembled position, the beverage container is vertically inverted on the blocking member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a broadcast signal transmission/reception method using multiple antennas and layered-division multiplexing and an apparatus for the same. A broadcast signal transmission apparatus includes a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation (BICM) unit for dividing enhanced layer data into two enhanced layer signals having different polarizations, a combination unit for generating a multiplexed signal corresponding to a first transmitting antenna by combining a core layer signal corresponding to core layer data with a first enhanced layer signal, and transmission signal generation units for generating a first transmission signal, corresponding to the multiplexed signal and transmitted through the first transmitting antenna, and a second transmission signal, corresponding to a second enhanced layer signal and transmitted through a second transmitting antenna.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for processing a retransmission broadcast signal using multi-antenna signals based on channel bonding and an apparatus for the same. The apparatus includes a stream multiplexing (muxing) unit for generating a single piece of input data from signals received from two or more reception channels, an input formatting unit for converting the input data into a Physical Layer Pipe (PLP), a stream partitioning unit for segmenting the physical layer pipe into pieces of data to be respectively transmitted over two or more transmission channels, and two or more retransmission-signal-processing units for retransmitting the pieces of data to the respective transmission channels corresponding thereto through multiple transmission antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a human antibody against a novel coronavirus and a variant thereof, or an immunologically active fragment of the human antibody. The human antibody against a novel coronavirus and a variant thereof, or an immunologically active fragment of the human antibody can effectively keep COVID-19 virus from infecting a host by binding with high affinity to an RBD region of a spike protein of COVID-19 virus or a variant thereof, may be utilized for preventing or treating COVID-19 virus infection by binding to a variety of all variants of COVID-19 virus with high affinity, and may be advantageously utilized in diagnosis and epidemiological surveys of highly infectious covid-19 virus by enabling rapid diagnosis (detection) of various types of COVID-19 virus.

Abstract: A battery cell pass determination apparatus and a battery cell pass determination method involving verifying, after the battery cell is manufactured, whether the capacity of the battery cell repeatedly charged and discharged for a predetermined number of times satisfies a predetermined reference capacity, that is, determining whether a battery cell is a pass without having to charge and discharge a battery for 300 times, so that it is possible to quickly determine whether the battery cell is a pass.