Abstract: Disclosed are a coupling agent for a rubber composition and a rubber composition for a tire containing the same. The rubber composition according to the present disclosure contains a coupling agent that may induce interactions between a rubber as a raw material and carbon black, thereby improving dispersibility of the carbon black in the rubber composition. Thus, a tire with low rolling-resistance and excellent wear resistance may be realized.

Abstract: The present application relates to a detection kit for genotypes capable of confirming cross contamination that may occur in a banking process of a patient-derived xenograft model or cell-derived xenograft model and a method for determining cross contamination using the same. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to determine all of cross contamination of mouse related genes, have high detection sensitivity and specificity to be close to 100%, rapidly examine the contamination, and be very useful in predicting mouse contamination. Therefore, according to the present disclosure, cross contamination of genes related with the human and the mouse is predicted in advance to be applied to evaluation of anticancer drug efficacy using a patient-derived xenograft model or cell-derived xenograft model and contribute to cell banks using the patient-derived xenograft model or cell-derived xenograft model, and as a result, the present disclosure is very useful in a medical industry.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first interconnection line having a first end and extending in a first direction; a first blocking pattern at the first end of the first interconnection line and adjacent to the first interconnection line in the first direction; a second interconnection line spaced apart from the first interconnection line in a second direction crossing the first direction and extending in the first direction, the second interconnection line having a second end; and a second blocking pattern at the second end of the second interconnection line and adjacent to the second interconnection line in the first direction, wherein a width of the first blocking pattern in the first direction is different from a width of the second blocking pattern in the first direction.

Abstract: Beam steering devices and optical apparatuses including the beam steering devices are provided. A beam steering device includes a light source configured to generate input lights having first different wavelengths, a multiplexer configured to simultaneously receive the generated input lights, and multiplex the received input lights into a multiplexed light, and an optical splitter configured to split the multiplexed light. The beam steering device further includes an optical modulator configured to modulate the split light, and an emitter configured to simultaneously emit output lights having second different wavelengths to different points arranged in a first direction, based on the modulated light.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body in which dielectric layers and internal electrodes are alternately stacked. The dielectric layers contain at least one dielectric grain having a ratio of a long axis to a short axis that is 3.5 or more. The internal electrodes contain a ceramic component containing a grain growth adjusting ingredient for dielectric grains. Each dielectric layer includes interfacial portions adjacent to the internal electrodes and a central portion disposed between the interfacial portions, and concentrations of the grain growth adjusting ingredient in the interfacial portions and the central portion are different from each other.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels over the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes an OLED layer comprising an OLED, wherein the OLED comprises a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emitting layer therebetween, an encapsulation layer over the OLED layer and comprising at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer, a refractive layer comprising a first refractive index layer that is located over the encapsulation layer and has a recess and a second refractive index layer that is located over the first refractive index layer, wherein the second refractive index is greater than the first refractive index, and wherein an upper surface of the refractive layer is flat.

Abstract: A motion information storing method and a TMVP deriving method using the motion information storing method are provided. The motion information storing method includes a step of determining a representative block out of blocks of a motion data storage unit in a co-located picture with a current picture and a step of storing motion information of the representative block as motion information of the motion data storage unit, wherein the motion information of the representative block is used as motion information of the blocks included in the motion data storage unit.

Abstract: A Synchronous Rectifier (SR) controller circuit includes a dead time evaluation circuit, an offset voltage controller circuit, an off threshold control circuit, and a comparator circuit. The dead time evaluation circuit produces an indication of whether a measured dead time of an SR switching device is less than a target dead time. The offset voltage controller circuit determines an offset count using the indication, an offset voltage using the offset count, and high and low saturation indicators according to the offset count. The off threshold control circuit determines a threshold count using the high and low saturation indicators and an off threshold voltage using the threshold count. The comparator circuit determines whether a measured voltage of the SR switching device is greater than a virtual off threshold voltage, the virtual off threshold voltage corresponding to the off threshold voltage minus the offset voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for displaying a 360 degree image, capable of performing encoding in tile unit defined as a part of the 360 degree image according to the position occupied within the 360 degree image, the method comprising: an operation for requesting at least one tile corresponding to a view region to be displayed so as to correspond to the viewpoint of a user; an operation for receiving at least one tile corresponding to the view region and decoding the at least one tile received; and an operation for rendering the at least one tile decoded.

Abstract: Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving a frame for a multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication in an access point (AP), the method including determining at least one transmission station (STA), transmitting, to the transmission STA, an uplink multi-user poll (UL MU poll) frame requesting a data frame, receiving the data frame from the at least one transmission STA simultaneously, and transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) frame to the at least one transmission STA in response to the receiving.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a storage medium; a buffer memory configured to temporarily store data to be inputted to, or outputted from, the storage medium; and a controller configured to control data exchange with the storage medium, allocate a write tag to a write command, and change an attribute of the write tag according to a processing status of the write command.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a head-up display for a vehicle configured to change display positions of a plurality of virtual images displayed through a windshield of the vehicle or the like to implement augmented reality and a control method thereof, and a head-up display for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a mirror unit comprising a first mirror for reflecting first and second image lights toward a windshield of the vehicle; a display layer located at the windshield of the vehicle to display a first virtual image corresponding to the first image light in a first region, and display a second virtual image corresponding to the second image light in a second region; and a controller configured to change an inclination of the first mirror to change a display position of the first and the second virtual image.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a thermoelectric module to which a bonding technique for stably driving the thermoelectric module at high temperatures is applied and a method of manufacturing the thermoelectric module. The thermoelectric module according to the present disclosure includes thermoelectric elements including a thermoelectric semiconductor, an electrode which includes a metal material and is connected between the thermoelectric elements, and a bonding layer which is interposed between the thermoelectric element and the electrode to bond the thermoelectric element with the electrode and includes a metal compound including metals of two or more classes as a sintered body of a paste including metal powders of two or more classes.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensing pattern which includes a first mesh pattern formed in a first direction and a second mesh pattern formed in a second direction, the second mesh pattern including isolated unit patterns, a bridge electrode connecting the neighboring isolated unit patterns of the second mesh patterns, an insulation layer disposed between the sensing pattern and the bridge electrodes, and an auxiliary mesh pattern disposed on or below at least one of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern, the auxiliary mesh pattern being connected to at least one of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for management of data transmitted between computing devices in a communication network. An administrative component can configure one or more devices in the communication path of messages to be exchanged by devices to interpret codes embedded in the communication messages. A receiving device can review incoming messages for one or more processing codes or instructions that are embedded in the portion of the communication typically utilized solely to identify the subject matter of the communication, generally referred to as the topic portion of the communication. The receiving devices can then process the embedded codes to determine how the communication message will be routed or otherwise processed.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device and a glass plate forming at least half of one side of an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a camera disposed below the glass plate. The glass plate includes an outer surface facing a first direction. The glass plate also includes an inner surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction. The least one of the outer surface and the inner surface includes a first portion where at least a part of a lens of the camera is exposed, and the first portion includes a different curvature from a peripheral portion around the first portion.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method performed by one or more computing devices comprises storing, for one or more marketplace associated applications, interaction information that identifies, for each particular application of said one or more marketplace associated applications, a list of devices that interacted with an instance of the particular application; receiving, from a requesting device, a request for a list of offer eligible applications; determining, based on said interaction information, a set of applications associated with the requesting device; based on said determination of the set of applications associated with the requesting device, sending a list of one or more selected eligible applications to the requesting device.

Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller, a driver, and a display panel. The timing controller outputs a first clock signal having first rising time during an active section and a second clock signal having second rising time during a blank section adjacent to the active section. The driver generates a data signal based on the first clock signal and the second clock signal and to output the data signal. The display panel displays an image based on the data signal. The first rising time is shorter than the second rising time.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for generating an online advertising campaign based on one or more advertising campaign parameters and selecting an advertisement of the advertising campaign for presentation in an available advertising slot. The advertising campaign parameter(s) may include one or more product identifiers. Advertisements of the advertising campaign may be presented in advertising slots available on network resources such as product detail pages associated with the product identifiers.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel electrolytes, and techniques for making and devices using such electrolytes, which are based on compressed gas solvents. Unlike conventional electrolytes, disclosed electrolytes are based on “compressed gas solvents” mixed with various salts, referred to as “compressed gas electrolytes.” Various embodiments of a compressed gas solvent includes a material that is in a gas phase and has a vapor pressure above an atmospheric pressure at a room temperature. The disclosed compressed gas electrolytes can have wide electrochemical potential windows, high conductivity, low temperature capability and/or high pressure solvent properties.