Abstract: Provided are a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer having excellent hydrolysis resistance and high viscosity which has a carboxyl end group (CEG) content of 15 mg KOH/g or less, a ratio (Mz/Mn) of a z-average molecular weight (Mz) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 3 to 15, and a melt index (MI) of 5 g/10 min or less as measured under conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D 1238. A method of preparing a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer is provided, including adding a chain extender and an anti-hydrolysis agent to an aliphatic-aromatic polyester pre-copolymer over time, whereby a significant viscosity rise and improvement of hydrolysis resistance may be implemented simultaneously.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a processor; a memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the processor; and the one or more programs include instructions for: a first determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a driving state; a first controller configured to deactivate a touch mode of the touch panel provided in the digital side mirror system when the vehicle is determined to be in the driving state; a second determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a switch mode for controlling the function of the vehicle through the operating switch; and a second controller configured to control a driver to perform a function from a menu selected through the operating switch when the vehicle is determined to be in the switch mode.

Abstract: A pixel circuit includes first to fifth transistors, a capacitor, and a light emitting element. The first transistor is coupled between first and second power lines, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a first node and a back-gate electrode coupled to a second node. The second transistor is coupled between a data line and the first node, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a first scan line. The third transistor is coupled between a third power line and the first node, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a reference scan line. The fourth transistor is coupled between a second node and a fourth power line, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a second scan line. The fifth transistor is coupled between a first power line and the one electrode of the first transistor, and includes a gate electrode coupled to a light-emitting control line.

Abstract: A torque vectoring device for a vehicle is disclosed. The torque vectoring device includes: a differential; a first planetary gear set connected, at a first rotating element thereof, to a differential case of the differential; a second planetary gear set connected, at a first rotating element thereof, to a selected drive shaft that is one of two drive shafts coupled to the differential; a motor connected to a second rotating element of the first planetary gear set; and a selective fixing mechanism configured to selectively fix a second rotating element or a third rotating element of the second planetary gear set.

Abstract: A torque vectoring device for a vehicle includes: a differential; a first planetary gear device including a first rotating element fixed to a transmission case and a second rotating element connected to a differential case of the differential; a second planetary gear device including a first rotating element connected to a motor, and a third rotating element connected to a third rotating element of the first planetary gear device; and a selective connector configured such that a second rotating element of the second planetary gear device can be selectively connected to one of the third rotating element of the second planetary gear device and a selected drive shaft which is one of two drive shafts coupled to the differential.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) wherein a plurality of active agents are conjugated to an antibody through at least one branched linker. The branched linker may comprise a branching unit, and two active agents are coupled to the branching unit through a secondary linker and the branching unit is coupled to the antibody by a primary linker. The active agents may be the same or different. In certain such embodiments, two or more such branched linkers are conjugated to the antibody, e.g., 2-4 branched linkers, which may each be coupled to a different C-terminal cysteine of a heavy or light chain of the antibody. The branched linker may comprise one active agent coupled to the branching unit by a first branch and a second branch that comprises a polyethylene glycol moiety coupled to the branching unit. In certain such embodiments, two or more such branched linkers are conjugated to the antibody, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating transplantation rejection or a transplantation rejection disease, comprising a novel compound and a calcineurin inhibitor. A co-administration of the present invention 1) reduces the activity of pathogenic Th1 cells or Th17 cells, 2) increases the activity of Treg cells, 3) has an inhibitory effect against side effects, such as tissue damage, occurring in the sole administration thereof, 4) inhibits various pathogenic pathways, 5) inhibits the cell death of inflammatory cells, and 6) increases the activity of mitochondria, in an in vivo or in vitro allogenic model, a transplantation rejection disease model, a skin transplantation model, and a liver-transplanted patient, and thus inhibits transplantation rejection along with mitigating side effects possibly occurring in the administration of a conventional immunosuppressant alone.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting performance of a wheel in a vehicle: includes a learning device that generates a latent space for a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) wheel images based on a convolutional autoencoder (CAE), extracts a predetermined number of the plurality of 2D wheel images from the latent space, and learns a dataset having the plurality of 2D wheel images and performance values corresponding to the plurality of 2D wheel images; and a controller that predicts performance for the plurality of 2D wheel images based on a performance prediction model obtained by the learning device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the device including gate structures on a substrate; source/drain layers on portions of the substrate that are adjacent the gate structures, respectively; first contact plugs contacting upper surfaces of the source/drain layers, respectively; a second contact plug contacting one of the gate structures, a sidewall of the second contact plug being covered by an insulating spacer; and a third contact plug commonly contacting an upper surface of at least one of the gate structures and at least one of the first contact plugs, at least a portion of a sidewall of the third contact plug not being covered by an insulating spacer.

Abstract: The present technology includes a memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The memory device includes a source line including a plurality of source layers and a buffer layer, the buffer layer being formed between the plurality of source layers, a stack structure formed on the source line, a cell plug contacting the source line by passing through the stack structure, a slit separating the stack structure, and a source contact formed in the slit and contacting the source line.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming a preliminary source structure including a source sacrificial layer, forming a preliminary stacked structure including insulating layers and first sacrificial layers over the preliminary source structure, forming a slit passing through the preliminary stacked structure, removing the first sacrificial layers through the slit to define first recess regions between the insulating layers, forming a second sacrificial layer in each of the first recess regions, removing the source sacrificial layer through the slit to define a second recess region, and forming a source channel coupling layer in the second recess region.

Abstract: There are provided a memory device and a manufacturing method of the memory device. The memory device includes: a source line; a stack structure formed on the source line; a cell plug penetrating the stack structure and contacting the source line; a slit separating the stack structure; a source contact formed in the slit, the source contact in contact with the source line; and a compensation plug formed below the cell plug in the source line, wherein the compensation plug contains an impurity that has a higher concentration than an impurity that is contained in the source line.

Abstract: There are provided a memory device and a manufacturing method of the memory device. The memory device includes: a source structure; and a stack structure over the source structure, the stack structure including a plug and a slit, wherein the slit includes a source contact being connected to the source structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition including a Veronicastrum sibiricum L. Pennell extract (genus Veronicastrum) for prevention or treatment of inflammation, allergies, and asthma The Veronicastrum sibiricum L. Pennell extract (genus Veronicastrum) is useful as a pharmaceutical composition, health functional food, or health supplement food for prevention and treatment of inflammation, allergies, and asthma due to the confirmation, through various animal experiments, that a Veronicastrum sibiricum L.

Abstract: A construction robot for a ceiling is provided. The construction robot includes: a robot base having an upper plate; a targeting unit on the upper plate, wherein the targeting unit moves a robotic arm assembly combined with the targeting unit, and wherein the robotic arm assembly includes: a first robotic arm where a drill is mounted, wherein a first elevating unit of the first robotic arm is elevated or lowered according to information on the ceiling, a second robotic arm where an anchor bolt inserting equipment is mounted, wherein a second elevating unit of the second robotic arm is elevated or lowered according to the information, and a third robotic arm where an impact wrench is mounted, wherein a third elevating unit of the third robotic arm is elevated or lowered likewise; and a loading unit on the upper plate or the targeting unit for providing anchor bolt assemblies.

Abstract: A construction robot for a ceiling is provided. The construction robot includes: a robot base having an upper plate; a targeting unit on the upper plate, wherein the targeting unit moves a robotic arm assembly combined with the targeting unit, and wherein the robotic arm assembly includes: a first robotic arm where a drill is mounted, wherein a first elevating unit of the first robotic arm is elevated or lowered according to information on the ceiling, a second robotic arm where an anchor bolt inserting equipment is mounted, wherein a second elevating unit of the second robotic arm is elevated or lowered according to the information, and a third robotic arm where an impact wrench is mounted, wherein a third elevating unit of the third robotic arm is elevated or lowered likewise; and a loading unit on the upper plate or the targeting unit for providing anchor bolt assemblies.

Abstract: The present invention: continuously measures pressure in real time by means of pressure detection sensors inside a vessel and inside chemical piping and quickly discharges air when abnormal pressure is generated, so as to stably supply a crude liquid through a fixed pressure-maintaining liquid supply part; checks a standard concentration after the crude liquid is mixed so as to re-transfer the mixed liquid to a mixing tank unit when the concentration thereof does not reach the reference concentration, thereby spraying the mixed liquid through a jet nozzle member; and shortens the mixing time of primarily mixed liquid so as to enable the mixed liquid to be mass-produced and a stable quality thereof to be ensured.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing method of a continuous sheet for circuit board production providing reel type laminates in a roll-to-roll continuous process without a belt press by connecting at least two or more sheet type metal laminates using an adhesion substrate which includes a reinforcement film and a conductor, the manufacturing method providing improved mechanical properties, and excellent chemical resistance and productivity, and the continuous sheet for circuit board production manufactured therefrom.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing and treating muscle atrophy, which contains a lycii radicis cortex extract as an active ingredient. The composition of the present disclosure has a remarkable effect of improving muscle atrophy and superior safety and, thus, can be used to prevent and treat muscle atrophy without side effects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for outputting a convergence index, and more particularly, to a method for outputting a convergence index by utilizing patent information. According to the method for outputting the convergence index of the present invention, the convergence index can be outputted by using time information related to a patent which is included in a patent group, a patent classification, and an industrial classification that corresponds to the patent classification. The method for outputting the convergence index of the present invention systematically outputs the convergence index by using patent data, which is an objective data, thereby outputting the convergence index which is objective and appropriate.