Abstract: A touch sensor includes first touch cells disposed in a first touch sensing area, the first touch cells each including a first touch pattern and a first dummy pattern, and second touch cells disposed in a second touch sensing area, the second touch cells each including a second touch pattern and a second dummy pattern. An area of a first dummy pattern area in which the first dummy pattern is disposed is greater than an area of a second dummy pattern area in which the second dummy pattern is disposed.

Abstract: Provided is a bio-adhesive device including an adhesive material layer, an electronic device layer, and a protective film layer to have advantages of being harmless to the human body, being naturally degraded in the body without a separate removal process, and capable of observing the movement of internal organs more closely in real time from outside the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stem cell-derived mature cardiomyocytes and a cardiovascular disease model using same and, more specifically, to differentiation into mature ventricular cardiomyocytes by culturing stem cells in a medium containing FGF4 and ascorbic acid, and use of the differentiated mature ventricular cardiomyocytes as a cardiovascular disease cell model. The mature ventricular cardiomyocytes, obtained by culturing stem cells in a medium containing FGF4 and ascorbic acid and inducing the differentiation thereof, and cardiovascular disease cell model using same according to the present invention are very useful for screening for cardiovascular disease therapeutic agents and evaluation of the toxicity of new drugs.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium producing L-amino acid, a method for producing L-amino acid using the same, use of L-amino acid production, and a composition for producing L-amino acid.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus is provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a chuck member; a ceramic puck disposed on the chuck member; a focus ring disposed to surround the ceramic puck; an insulating layer disposed below the focus ring to surround the chuck member; and two electrodes formed in the insulating layer, wherein a distance between the two electrodes is adjustable to form a variable capacitance.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate supporting apparatus with improved durability. The substrate supporting apparatus includes a body configured to support a substrate and formed of a dielectric substance; a heat transfer medium supply hole installed to penetrate the body; a first electrostatic electrode disposed in the body; and a second electrostatic electrode disposed in the body, located on the first electrostatic electrode, and electrically connected to the first electrostatic electrode.

Abstract: A folding processing apparatus for battery cells includes a folding tool assembly including a first folding processing tool configured to fold a sealing portion of a first battery cell when the folding tool assembly is transferred forward in a first direction, a second folding processing tool disposed offset from the first folding processing tool and configured to fold a sealing portion of a second battery cell when the folding tool assembly is transferred in a reverse direction opposite to the first direction, and a mounting plate on which the first folding processing tool and the second folding processing tool are mounted; and an assembly transferring tool configured to transfer the folding tool assembly.

Abstract: The pressing apparatus for a battery cell includes a frame, a plurality of plates movably installed in the frame in a first direction and arranged to face each other in the first direction to form accommodating space, a lead contact member including a charge-discharge plate electrically connected to an electrode lead of a battery cell for at least one of charging and discharging of the battery cell accommodated in the accommodating space, and a moving unit connected to the lead contact member so that the lead contact member is movable in the first direction is provided. The moving unit may move between a first position in which the lead contact member is disposed inside the plurality of plates in the first direction and a second position in which the lead contact member is disposed outside the plurality of plates in the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microorganism producing L-valine and a method for producing L-valine using the microorganism.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ATP-dependent protease variant and a method of producing L-amino acids using the same.

Abstract: A vertical-type memory device includes a plurality of gate electrodes stacked on a substrate; and a vertical channel structure penetrating through the plurality of gate electrodes in a first direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate. The vertical channel structure includes a channel extending in the first direction, a first filling film that partially fills an internal space of the channel, a first liner on at least a portion of an upper surface of the first filling film and an upper internal side wall of the channel extending beyond the first filling film away from the substrate. The first liner includes n-type impurities. The vertical channel structure includes a second filling film on at least a portion of the first liner, and a pad on the second filling film and in contact with the first liner.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a method and an encoder for SSIM-based bits allocation. The encoder includes a memory and a processor utilized for allocating bits based on SSIM, wherein the processor estimates the model parameter of SSIM-based distortion model for the current picture and determines allocates bits based on the SSIM estimation.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes and having first and second surfaces opposing each other, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces, connected to the third and fourth surfaces, and opposing each other, first and second side portions disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces of the capacitor body, respectively, and first and second external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces of the capacitor body, respectively, and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The first and second internal electrodes have protrusions at one-side edge in a direction perpendicular to the fifth and sixth surfaces of the capacitor body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer coagulant including methacrylamide in a preferred range and an enlarged graft copolymer prepared using same. The polymer coagulant provided in the present invention may enlarge a conjugated diene-based polymer to a suitable particle diameter range, and there are advantages of achieving excellent impact resistance and flowability of a graft copolymer prepared from the polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an ABS graft copolymer and a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin composition including the ABS graft copolymer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of preparing an ABS graft copolymer, in which a predetermined amount of a vinyl aromatic compound and a predetermined amount of a vinyl cyanide compound are grafted to a small-diameter rubber latex before enlarging particle size of the small-diameter rubber latex is performed, and then enlarging particle size of the small-diameter rubber latex is performed by adding a certain amount of a polymer coagulant, and to a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin composition including the ABS graft copolymer. According to the present invention, latex stability may be improved, and an ABS graft copolymer having excellent impact resistance may be prepared.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell capable of preventing a meandering in a folding process and reducing non-uniformity of a folding amount by forming a pre-folding line on a pouch wing and folding the pouch wing on the basis of the pre-folding line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell capable of preventing a meandering in a folding process and reducing non-uniformity of a folding amount by forming a pre-folding line on a pouch wing and folding the pouch wing on the basis of the pre-folding line.

Abstract: A method for motion estimation is provided that includes determining a first motion vector for a first child coding unit (CU) of a parent CU and a second motion vector for a second child CU of the parent CU, wherein the first child CU, the second child CU, and the parent CU are in a CU hierarchy, wherein the first and second child CUs are smallest size CUs in the CU hierarchy, and wherein a first motion search type is used to determine the first motion vector and the second motion vector, selecting the first and second motion vectors as candidate predictors for the parent CU, selecting a predictor for a prediction unit (PU) of the first parent CU from the candidate predictors, and refining the predictor using a second motion search type to determine a motion vector for the PU.

Abstract: A method for determining coding unit (CU) partitioning of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a picture is provided that includes computing a first statistical measure and a second statistical measure for the LCU, selecting the LCU as the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure does not exceed a first threshold and the second statistical measure does not exceed a second threshold, and selecting CUs in one or more lower layers of a CU hierarchy of the LCU to form the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure exceeds the first threshold and/or the second statistical measure exceeds the second threshold.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus using a magnetic field includes a reaction chamber, a plasma generating device connected to the reaction chamber to generate plasma in the reaction chamber, a substrate support disposed in a lower portion in the reaction chamber to support a wafer to be etched by the plasma, and a magnetic module including a permanent magnet and an electromagnet disposed vertically above the reaction chamber and a DC power supply unit connected to the electromagnet to input power to the electromagnet.