Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid derivative having an anticancer activity, and the compound of the present invention is useful as a drug for treating and preventing tumor diseases.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus is provided, which includes a communicator configured to perform communication with a display apparatus, a first input including a plurality of direction keys, a second input disposed on an edge of the first input and including a plurality of keys corresponding to the plurality of direction keys, and a processor configured to transmit to the display apparatus a first control command to perform a function corresponding to a first direction and a first unit in response to selection of a first direction key among the plurality of direction keys of the first input, and transmit to the display apparatus a second control command to perform a function corresponding to the first direction and a second unit greater than the first unit in response to selection of a key corresponding to the first direction key among the plurality of keys of the second input.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel 2,3,5-substituted thiophene compound having inhibitory activity against kinases, an anticancer agent including the compound as an active ingredient, and a method for preparing the compound.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth, the method including administering an effective amount of a PDE 3 inhibitor. More particularly, when the method of the present disclosure is used, an excellent hair loss prevention or hair growth promotion effect is obtained by inhibiting the activity of PDE 3.

Abstract: A method of searching for and providing information about a natural language query having a simple or complex sentence structure, includes: generating a mashup query language having a tree structure in a plurality of levels based on at least one query entity included in a natural language query language via a semantic analysis of the natural language query language; determining whether the plurality of levels are linked through a query entity forming each of the plurality of levels based on attribute information of the mashup query language; searching for data corresponding to the query entity forming each of the plurality of levels from a knowledge database based on a result of the determining, and deriving main information and at least one piece of entity information corresponding to the natural language query language from found data; and laying out a search result screen including the main information and the at least one piece of entity information.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor (TFT) array substrate is provided. The TFT array substrate includes a base substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the base substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode disposed on the insulating layer. A top surface of a portion of the insulating layer overlapping the semiconductor layer in a plan view of the base substrate and a top surface of the gate electrode are placed on the same level.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a start sequence of an engine for a vehicle may include an engine, a motor configured to start the engine, a main switch configured to connect power to the motor or interrupt the power to be supplied to the motor, a main battery configured to supply the power to the motor through the main switch, a converter configured to step up a voltage of the motor by boosting reverse power through a reverse control operation, an auxiliary battery configured to supply the reverse power, and a converter controller configured to perform a pre-charging operation for a predetermined time through the reverse control operation when an ignition-ON signal is inputted, and close the main switch when the pre-charging operation is completed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition for anionic drug delivery, and a preparation method therefor, the pharmaceutical composition for anionic drug delivery containing: an anionic drug as an active ingredient; a cationic compound; an amphiphilic block copolymer; and a polylactate, wherein the anionic drug formed a complex with the cationic lipid, and the complex is encapsulated within a micelle structure formed by the amphiphilic block copolymer and the polylactate.

Abstract: Operating an NFC device to communicate with an NFC tag may include converting the NFC device between operating in a standby mode or an active mode, based on whether communication between the NFC device and an NFC tag is failed while the NFC device is operating in an active mode, detecting an NFC tag based on a tag detection sensitivity associated with the NFC device operating in the standby mode, converting the NFC device to operating in the active mode when an NFC tag is detected in the standby mode and adaptively controlling the tag detection sensitivity based on one or more user environment parameters associated with the NFC device. Power consumption and the tag detection sensitivity may be optimized based on adaptively controlling the tag detection sensitivity based on the one or more user environment parameters.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a gamma controller configured to determine whether the target pixel unit is driven in both time division method and space division method based on a plurality of comparison values and a reference condition, and an output controller configured to generate normal gamma-data of the target pixel unit using a normal gamma curve if the plurality of comparison values satisfy the reference condition and to generate high gamma-data and low gamma-data of the target pixel unit using a high gamma curve and a low gamma curve in both time division method and space division method if the plurality of comparison values do not satisfy the reference condition.

Abstract: Operating an NFC device to communicate with an NFC tag may include converting the NFC device between operating in a standby mode or an active mode, based on whether communication between the NFC device and an NFC tag is failed while the NFC device is operating in an active mode, detecting an NFC tag based on a tag detection sensitivity associated with the NFC device operating in the standby mode, converting the NFC device to operating in the active mode when an NFC tag is detected in the standby mode and adaptively controlling the tag detection sensitivity based on one or more user environment parameters associated with the NFC device. Power consumption and the tag detection sensitivity may be optimized based on adaptively controlling the tag detection sensitivity based on the one or more user environment parameters.

Abstract: A substrate polishing system includes: a polishing machine and a substrate transporter. The polishing machine includes: a lower surface plate to which a substrate is mounted, and an upper surface plate which faces the lower surface plate and polishes the substrate in cooperation with the lower surface plate, the upper surface plate having a larger area than the substrate mounted on the lower surface plate. The substrate transporter is adjacent to the polishing machine and commonly transports the substrate to and from the polishing machine in a first direction, attaches the substrate to the lower surface plate before polishing thereof, and separates from the lower surface plate the substrate after polishing thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a base substrate, a first silicon germanium layer on the base substrate and a second silicon germanium layer on the first silicon germanium layer. A germanium fraction of the second silicon germanium layer decreases in the direction away from the base substrate, and a germanium fraction of a lowermost part of the second silicon germanium layer is greater than a germanium fraction of an uppermost part of the first silicon germanium layer.

Abstract: Provided are an image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image. The image display apparatus may include a display that displays a plurality of items and displays an item selected from among the plurality of items with a highlight, a detector that detects a user input for moving the highlight, and a controller that, in response to the user input, determines candidate items to which the highlight is to be moved, selects one of the candidate items based on distances between a reference coordinate and the candidate items, and moves the highlight to the selected item.

Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display configured to display a plurality of items and display an item selected from among the plurality of items with a highlight, a detector configured to detect a user input for moving the highlight, and a controller configured to determine candidate items to which the highlight is to be moved in response to the user input, select one of the candidate items based on information about a moving path of the highlight, and move the highlight to a selected candidate item.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus is provided, which includes a communicator configured to perform communication with a display apparatus, a first input including a plurality of direction keys, a second input disposed on an edge of the first input and including a plurality of keys corresponding to the plurality of direction keys, and a processor configured to transmit to the display apparatus a first control command to perform a function corresponding to a first direction and a first unit in response to selection of a first direction key among the plurality of direction keys of the first input, and transmit to the display apparatus a second control command to perform a function corresponding to the first direction and a second unit greater than the first unit in response to selection of a key corresponding to the first direction key among the plurality of keys of the second input.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a design-printed mask sheet and a mask sheet manufactured thereby. The present inventors developed a particular pattern-printed mask sheet by first applying the flexo printing to the manufacturing of mask sheets. The manufacturing method of the present invention makes it possible to print a mask with colors obtained from the mixing of various inks, and thus the mask has an aesthetic sense, unlike existing color or pattern-free mask sheets, and employs an eco-friendly aqueous or alcoholic solvent, thereby allowing the application to processing beauty products in various ways.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus, a method of providing a vibration feedback thereof, and a display system are provided. The remote control apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive a user input, a communicator configured to perform transmissions and receptions with an external apparatus that is an object to be controlled, a vibrator configured to generate vibrations, and a controller configured to, in response to a signal for notifying that a preset operation is performed in the external apparatus, being received through the communicator, generate vibrations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing Puerariae Flos extracts as active ingredients for preventing or treating endometriosis and the complications thereof. More particularly, Puerariae Flos extracts exhibit the activity of inhibiting the migration and adhesion of endometriosis cells, inhibiting the expressions of MMP-2 and MMP-9, which are factors associated with migration and adhesion, inhibiting the expression of COX-2, which is a factor associated with pain, and inhibiting the expression of MCP-1, which is a cytokine associated with inflammation, and RANTES. Therefore, the Puerariae Flos extracts of the present invention can be effectively used as active ingredients for a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating endometriosis and the complications thereof, and for a health food.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a gamma controller configured to determine whether the target pixel unit is driven in both time division method and space division method based on a plurality of comparison values and a reference condition, and an output controller configured to generate normal gamma-data of the target pixel unit using a normal gamma curve if the plurality of comparison values satisfy the reference condition and to generate high gamma-data and low gamma-data of the target pixel unit using a high gamma curve and a low gamma curve in both time division method and space division method if the plurality of comparison values do not satisfy the reference condition.