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: The present disclosure provides autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor compounds and compositions including said compounds. The present disclosure also provides methods of using said compounds and compositions for inhibiting ATX. Also provided are methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and synthetic precursors of said compounds.

Abstract: An automated driving system of a vehicle includes a driver monitoring unit configured to perform at least one of monitoring a gaze of a driver and determining a position of a hand of the driver, an automated-driving-level switching unit configured to determine whether a transition of a driving control over the vehicle is required based on whether driving environment of the vehicle has changed during the vehicle being driven under control of the automated driving system, and determine an automated driving level to be switched based on a driver monitoring result obtained by the drive monitoring unit, and an automated driving control unit configured to control the vehicle according to the automated driving level.

Abstract: A display device includes a display area and a non-display area disposed around the display area and including a pad area. The display device includes a resistance checker disposed in the non-display area, resistance test pads disposed in the pad area, resistance test lines connecting the resistance checker with the resistance test pad, and crack test lines disposed on the outer side of the resistance checker. The resistance test lines intersect the crack test lines in a plan view.

Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise a substrate, a device stack, first and second internal interconnects, and an encapsulant. The substrate can comprise a first and second substrate sides opposite each other, a substrate outer sidewall between the first substrate side and the second substrate side, and a substrate inner sidewall defining a cavity between the first substrate side and the second substrate side. The device stack can be in the cavity and can comprise a first electronic device, and a second electronic device stacked on the first electronic device. The first internal interconnect can be coupled to the substrate and the device stack. The encapsulant can cover the substrate inner sidewall and the device stack and can fill the cavity. Other examples and related methods are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A substrate processing facility includes a cleaning device for cleaning a substrate; and a drying device for drying the substrate cleaned by the cleaning device with a supercritical gas, wherein the cleaning device includes a sulfuric acid cleaning chamber.

Abstract: As inputs of a controller of a direct current (DC)-DC converter are sampled for a predetermined time and thus two-dimensional state information in which one axis is an input physical quantity and the other axis is a time is generated, the two-dimensional state information is processed by a convolutional neural network to determine and output one of a plurality of control signals. An artificial intelligence control part may operate in accordance with a plurality of operation conditions or dynamically determined operation conditions by applying different artificial intelligence engines according to operation modes.

Abstract: An equipment for inspecting a secondary battery is provided. The equipment includes a loading device on which a secondary battery is loaded in an upright position, and a side portion inspecting device which inspects a side portion of the secondary battery loaded on the loading device, wherein the side portion inspecting device comprises an elevation unit which lifts the secondary battery loaded on the loading device so as to be withdrawn out of the loading device and allows the secondary battery to return to its original position after a first period of time elapses and a side portion inspecting unit which captures an image of the side portion of the secondary battery, which is withdrawn out of the loading device by the elevation unit, thereby inspecting the side portion of the secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spiropyran composite having improved mechano-sensitivity, a method for manufacturing the same, and a chromic article including the same. Particularly, the spiropyran composite is obtained by bonding spiropyran covalently to a polymer, an inorganic material or a mixture thereof to form spiropyran composite, and impregnating the spiropyran composite with a sensitivity-enhancing agent for a suitable time through a wet infiltration process to form non-polar environment at the inner part of the spiropyran composite, to cause pre-stretch and to increase a change in color or fluorescence in response to force, stress or strain, thereby providing significantly improved mechano-sensitivity. In addition, a wet filtration process is used and no expensive equipment is required to simplify the process. Further, the process can be performed rapidly within several minutes to reduce the processing time.

Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a light emitting diode and a pixel driving circuit which drives the light emitting diode, the pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor which applies a driving current to the light emitting diode, a first transistor which applies a first reference voltage to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, a second transistor which applies a data voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor, a third transistor which applies a second reference voltage to a source electrode of the driving transistor, and a storage capacitor connected to the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor. According to the present disclosure, the threshold voltage Vth and the mobility of the driving transistors are internally compensated to improve an image quality.

Abstract: An ultrasonic image providing method of the present disclosure includes: receiving ultrasonic images; measuring a plurality of similarities for a plurality of measurement items for at least one of the ultrasonic images; comparing the plurality of similarities with corresponding default thresholds, respectively; when none of the plurality of similarities is greater than the corresponding default threshold, selecting a measurement item maintaining the greatest similarity among the plurality of similarities for a reference time; and providing an ultrasonic image for the selected measurement item as an ultrasonic image.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component, in which an external electrode may include a base electrode layer disposed on a surface of a body of the multilayer electronic component and connected to internal electrodes of the body, an intermediate electrode layer disposed on a corner of the body and connected to the base electrode layer, a conductive resin layer disposed on the intermediate electrode layer, and a plating layer disposed on the conductive resin layer. The intermediate electrode layer may be in contact with the plating layer on the corner of the body to prevent an increase in ESR while preventing cracks due to mounting through the conductive resin layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-alkyl-5-arylidene-2-selenoxoimidazolidine-4-ons and derivatives thereof, a method for producing the same, and a composition for prevention, improvement or treatment of neurodegenerative disease containing the same. Specifically, 1-alkyl-5-arylidene-2-selenoxoimidazolidine-4-ons and derivatives thereof, which are novel compounds of the present invention, can be used as an excellent composition for prevention, improvement or treatment of neurodegenerative disease.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided, which includes a camera part for imaging an object and outputting image data; a display part for receiving an image signal corresponding to the image data of the camera part and displaying a corresponding image; and an image controller for outputting an image signal processed from the image data output from the camera part, to the display part, generating and storing a corresponding image file. When generating a first image file by processing the image data provided from the camera part, the image controller selectively generates and stores a second image file of a lower capacity and a lower resolution than the first image file at the same time.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for executing a specific function by rotating an object display dial capable of displaying at least one of a mode-based object and a function-based object are provided. The portable terminal includes a mode/function determination unit for determining a mode or function of the portable terminal, a User Interface (UI) object generation unit for generating an object corresponding to each mode or function on the object display dial, a UI object display unit for displaying the generated, a dial rotation detection unit for detecting a rotation of the object display dial, a position determining unit for determining a position of an object upon detecting the rotation of the object display dial, and an object display dial capable of displaying at least one of the mode-based object and the function-based object and including a mode/function execution unit for transitioning to a mode corresponding to an object assigned to the position or for executing the function.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided, which includes a camera part for imaging an object and outputting image data; a display part for receiving an image signal corresponding to the image data of the camera part and displaying a corresponding image; and an image controller for outputting an image signal processed from the image data output from the camera part, to the display part, generating and storing a corresponding image file. When generating a first image file by processing the image data provided from the camera part, the image controller selectively generates and stores a second image file of a lower capacity and a lower resolution than the first image file at the same time.