Abstract: There are provided an apparatus, method, system, and recording medium for performing selective encoding/decoding on feature information. An encoding apparatus generates residual feature information. The encoding apparatus transmits the residual feature information to a decoding apparatus through a residual feature map bitstream. The residual feature information is the difference between feature information extracted from an original image and feature information extracted from a reconstructed image. Feature information of the reconstructed image is generated using the reconstructed image. Reconstructed feature information is generated using the feature information of the reconstructed image and reconstructed residual feature information.

Abstract: A smoking article case with a hand care function may be provided. The smoking article case according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a body portion in which an inner space for storing a smoking article is formed and a cover which is connected to the body portion, wherein a functional care zone may be formed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the body portion and an outer surface of the cover. Microcapsules containing a functional material are applied on the functional care zone, and as the microcapsules are crushed by a smoker's rubbing motion and the functional material is discharged from the crushed microcapsules, the hand care function may be provided to the smoker.

Abstract: Provided is an organic and inorganic composite polymer electrolyte and an all-solid-state battery including the same, and provided is an organic and inorganic composite polymer electrolyte including a flame-retardant polymer and a flame-retardant inorganic salt with a shear modulus of 7 to 60 GPa, and an all-solid-state battery including the organic and inorganic composite polymer electrolyte.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery that may include: a fluorine-based solvent; a lithium salt; and a flame retardant polymer containing phosphorus and fluorine, wherein the polymer electrolyte includes a fluorine content of 35 to 60% by weight and a phosphorus content of 2.3 to 7.5% by weight. Lithium secondary batteries containing the polymer electrolyte exhibit improved flame retardancy and ionic conductivity as well as enhanced high-voltage stability.

Abstract: The series-type charging and discharging device according to the present technology for charging and discharging a plurality of battery cells in series, includes trays, a cooling fan, a power source, a charging and discharging control board, and a control unit, and the charging and discharging control algorithm includes a first to N (N is an integer from 2 to 10) charging and discharging steps, and each charging and discharging step is configured to charge and discharge in a constant current mode, but characterized in with a stepwise decrease in the value of the charging and discharging current.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel heterocyclic compound and a composition, for preventing or treating a cancer, an autoimmune disease, and an inflammatory disease, comprising same. The novel heterocyclic compound of the present invention is a bifunctional compound having a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) degradation function via a ubiquitin proteasome pathway, and may be utilized as a composition for preventing or treating a cancer, an autoimmune disease, and Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a long range wireless charging system for vehicle, and may include a wireless charging module including a power transmitting unit installed on one side of a vehicle body which transmits a wireless power signal and a seat power receiving unit installed on one side of a seat, which receives the wireless power signal from the power transmitting unit.

Abstract: A data storage device may include a memory device divided into a plurality of logical units, and a controller configured to generate a first read command sequence and a second read command sequence for a first logical unit and a second logical unit, respectively, among the plurality of logical units, in response to an external command and configured to continuously output the first and second read command sequences to the memory device.

Abstract: Provided are a smoking article including a medium portion, and a filter portion, in which the medium portion includes cigar leaf tobacco and cigar expanded cut tobacco, and a method of manufacturing a smoking article the method including step S1 of manufacturing cigar expanded cut tobacco by expanding cigar leaf tobacco, step S2 of blending leaves of the cigar expanded cut tobacco and the cigar leaf tobacco, and step S3 of wrapping the cigar expanded cut tobacco and the cigar leaf tobacco with a printed cigar wrapper, in which an expansion temperature in step S1 is 180° C. to 350° C.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a nucleation layer, a buffer layer, a first nitride-based semiconductor layer, a second nitride-based semiconductor layer, S/D electrodes, and a gate electrode. The nucleation layer includes a composition that includes a first element. The buffer layer includes a III-V compound which includes the first element. The buffer layer is disposed on and forms an interface with the nucleation layer. The buffer layer has a concentration of the first element oscillating within the buffer layer, such that the concentration of the first element varies as an oscillating function of a distance within a thickness of the buffer layer. Spacings among adjacent peaks of the oscillating function change from wide to narrow with respect to a first reference point within the buffer layer. The first and second nitride-based semiconductor layer, S/D electrodes, and a gate electrode are disposed on the buffer layer.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery that may include: a fluorine-based solvent; a lithium salt; and a flame retardant polymer containing phosphorus and fluorine, wherein the polymer electrolyte has a fluorine content of 35 to 60% by weight and a phosphorus content of 2.3 to 7.5% by weight. Lithium secondary batteries containing the polymer electrolyte exhibit improved flame retardancy and ionic conductivity as well as enhanced high-voltage stability.

Abstract: Provided is a method for areal selective forming of a thin film according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure including: a substrate preparation step of supplying and stabilizing a substrate including a growth area and a non-growth area into a chamber; a precursor supply step of supplying a metal precursor compound into the chamber and adsorbing the metal precursor compound to the substrate; a purge step of purging the inside of the chamber; and a thin film formation step of supplying a reaction material into the chamber to react with the metal precursor compound and form a thin film, in which the metal precursor compound is a Group 5 metal precursor compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below:

Abstract: Disclosed are a dual modulator of mGluR5 and 5-HT2AR (5-HT2A receptor), and use thereof. More specifically, disclosed are a compound which acts as modulator of mGluR5 and an antagonist of 5-HT2AR at the same time, and use thereof as therapeutic agent for pain.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a channel region on the substrate, first and second source/drain regions electrically connected to the channel region, a gate electrode that extends in a first direction and is on the channel region, a conductive line that extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction and is electrically connected to the second source/drain region, and a capacitor structure electrically connected to the first source/drain region on the substrate. The capacitor structure may include a plurality of first electrodes stacked and spaced apart from each other in a third direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, a plurality of trenches extending into the plurality of first electrodes, a capacitor dielectric film that extends along side walls of each of the plurality of trenches, and a plurality of second electrodes in the plurality of trenches, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed are a composition for an organic optoelectronic device including at least one kind of a first host compound represented by the Chemical Formula 1 and at least one kind of a second host compound represented by the Chemical Formula 2, and an organic optoelectronic device and a display device including the composition.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a nucleation layer, a first buffer layer, a first nitride-based semiconductor layer, and a second buffer layer. The nucleation layer includes a compound which includes a first element. The first buffer layer includes a III-V compound which includes the first element. A concentration of the first element varies with respect to a first reference point within the first buffer layer. The first nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed on the first buffer layer. The second buffer layer includes a III-V compound which includes a second element different than the first element. The second buffer layer is disposed on and forms an interface with the first nitride-based semiconductor layer. A concentration of the second element varies to cyclically oscillate as a function of a distance within a thickness of the second buffer layer, which occurs with respect to a second reference point within the second buffer layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a nucleation layer, a buffer layer, first and second nitride-based semiconductor layers, a pair of S/D electrodes, and a gate electrode. The nucleation layer includes a compound which includes a first group III element and is devoid of a second group III element. The buffer layer includes a III-V compound which includes the first and second group III elements. The buffer layer has an element ratio of the first group III element to the second group III element that decrementally decreases and then incrementally increases as a function of a distance within a thickness of the buffer layer. The first nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed on the buffer layer. The second nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed on the first nitride-based semiconductor layer. The S/D electrodes and a gate electrode are disposed over the second nitride-based semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method for forming an insulating layer pattern includes providing a substrate comprising two or more different types of dielectric layer regions; and selectively forming a blocking layer on the substrate to include a first region and a second region. On the first region, the blocking layer is formed, whereas on the second region, no blocking layer is formed or the blocking layer is formed less than in the first region. The difference in water contact angle between the first region and the second region is within the range of 7 to 50 degrees.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel heterocyclic compound and a composition, for preventing or treating a cancer, an autoimmune disease, and an inflammatory disease, comprising same. The novel heterocyclic compound of the present invention is a bifunctional compound having a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) degradation function via a ubiquitin proteasome pathway, and may be utilized as a composition for preventing or treating a cancer, an autoimmune disease, and Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: An embodiment mounting and demounting device for a wireless electronic device includes a pair of holder wings arranged symmetrically to each other and configured to press both sides of the wireless electronic device, a holder wing adjusting device configured to apply a force to adjust a gap between the holder wings using a driving force of a drive motor, a lifting implementing device configured to interlock with the holder wing adjusting device to lift the wireless electronic device upward in a case in which the holder wings are spread apart by a predetermined reference gap or more, a lower housing wrapped around a lower side of the holder wings, the holder wing adjusting device, and the lifting implementing device, and an upper housing coupled to an upper side of the lower housing and configured to allow the wireless electronic device to pass through in an up and down direction.