Abstract: A quantum dot-polymer composite pattern including at least one repeating section configured to emit light of a predetermined wavelength, and a production method and a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite are disclosed. The quantum dot-polymer composite includes a polymer matrix including linear polymer including a carboxylic acid group-containing repeating unit and a plurality of cadmium-free quantum dots dispersed in the polymer matrix, has an absorption rate of greater than or equal to about 85% for light at wavelength of about 450 nm, and has an area ratio of a hydroxy group peak relative to an acrylate peak of greater than or equal to about 2.6 in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

Abstract: There is provided an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise reconstructing a most frequent mode (MFM) indicator indicating whether or not an intra prediction mode of a current block is a predetermined intra prediction mode, deriving, on the basis of the MFM indicator, the intra prediction mode of the current block, and generating a prediction block of the current block by performing intra prediction on the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode.

Abstract: The invention encompasses methods and test strips for detecting the presence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a biological sample with a lateral flow device which uses lectin conjugates, anti-antigen conjugates, an immobilized serum line, and an immobilized anti-antigen line.

Abstract: A dual slot die coater according to the present disclosure is a dual slot die coater including a lower slot and an upper slot, for extrusion coating of an electrode active material slurry on a surface of a continuously moving current collector through at least one of the lower slot or the upper slot, and the dual slot die coater includes a lower plate, an intermediate plate positioned on the lower plate and an upper plate positioned on the intermediate plate, the lower slot being formed between the lower plate and the intermediate plate, and the upper slot being formed between the intermediate plate and the upper plate, wherein the lower plate, the intermediate plate and the upper plate have a lower die lip, an intermediate die lip and an upper die lip, each forming an front end with respect to the current collector, respectively, and a thickness of the lower die lip is larger than a thickness of the upper die lip and a thickness of the intermediate die lip.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transformer malfunction diagnostic device and a malfunction diagnosis method using same, wherein a rule-based learning method is combined with a deep-learning-based learning method based on artificial intelligence. The transformer malfunction diagnosis device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a data scaling unit for scaling dissolved gas analysis data acquired from a transformer, a provisionally labeled data acquisition unit for converting unlabeled data, among the scaled dissolved gas analysis data, to provisionally labeled data and acquiring same; a prelearning unit for performing prelearning for the unlabeled data, among the scaled dissolved gas analysis data, and the provisionally labeled data; and a relearning unit for performing relearning for a labeled data through the transformer of parameters optimized by performing the prelearning.

Abstract: A cadmium-free, core shell quantum dot, a quantum dot polymer composite, and electronic devices including the quantum dot polymer composite. The core shell quantum dot has an extinction coefficient per gram of greater than or equal to 0.3, an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum curve that has a positive differential coefficient value at 450 nm, wherein the core shell quantum dot includes a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium and phosphorus, and optionally zinc, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the core shell quantum dot has a quantum efficiency of greater than or equal to about 80%, and is configured to emit green light upon excitation.

Abstract: A production method of a quantum dot comprising a Group IIIA-VA compound, the quantum dot as prepared, and an electronic device including the same, and the production method includes: supplying a Group VA element precursor including a halide of a Group VA element and a first ligand of a phosphine compound or a first amine compound; and performing a reaction between the Group VA element precursor and a Group IIIA metal precursor in the presence of a reducing agent in an organic reaction medium including a second amine compound.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a core and a coating layer disposed on the core, wherein the core includes Li1+xMO2+y, wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and copper (Cu), and 1?x?5 and 0?y?2, and the coating layer includes carbon-based particles, wherein the carbon-based particle includes a structure in which a plurality of graphene sheets are connected, the carbon-based particle has an oxygen content of 1 wt % or more in the carbon-based particle, and the carbon-based particle has a D/G peak ratio of 1.55 or less during Raman spectrum measurement. A method of preparing the positive electrode active material, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery including the positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a separator including a porous substrate and a conductive layer disposed on the porous substrate, wherein the conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube structure including a plurality of single-walled carbon nanotube units bonded to each other side by side, and the carbon nanotube structure has an average diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm. Further provided is a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A dual slot die coater includes a first slot and a second slot to deliver a coating solution in an opposite direction of gravity. The dual slot die coater includes a first die block vertically installed and integrally formed with a base at a rear end of an upper surface of the base; a second die block positioned in contact with the base and alongside the first die block to form the first slot between the second die block and the first die block; and a third die block positioned in contact with the base alongside the second die block to form the second slot between the third die block and the second die block. The disclosed dual slot die coater allows for easy alignment of the die lips.

Abstract: A low-voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) includes: an N-phase power circuit configured by connection of N DC-DC converters in parallel between a high-voltage (HV) battery and a low-voltage (LV) battery; and one output capacitor commonly connected to an output of each phase DC-DC converter. Each phase of the N-phase power circuit is controlled in an interleaving manner which delays a phase by 360°/N. Here, each N-phase power circuit is controlled by switching at a frequency of [(a frequency at which the parasitic resistance (equivalent series resistance (ESR)) of the output capacitor is minimized)/N]. The parasitic resistance of the output capacitor of the LDC can be minimized. Accordingly, a lifespan of a battery can be improved and efficiency of the DC-DC converter can be increased through the reduction of the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the output capacitor.

Abstract: A lamp module includes a light source unit that generates light, an optical unit that forms a predetermined beam pattern by transmitting the light generated by the light source unit therethrough, and a reflection unit that reflects the light generated by the light source unit to be incident upon the optical unit. In particular, the light source unit includes a light source chip, which is spaced apart laterally from an optical axis of the optical unit, and the light source chip is disposed to allow a central line that passes through middle of both sides of a light-emitting surface formed by at least one light source to be tilted with respect to the optical axis of the optical unit by an angle that is different from an angle that a central axis of the reflection unit forms with respect to the optical axis of the optical unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-solid lithium secondary battery and a preparation method thereof, wherein the all-solid lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a carbon structure and silver nanoparticles, the carbon structure includes a structure in which a plurality of graphene sheets are connected to each other, and the plurality of graphene sheets include two or more graphene sheets having different plane directions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of decoding an image. The method includes generating an inter prediction block by performing inter prediction with respect to a current block, generating an intra prediction block by performing intra prediction with respect to the current block, determining a first weight and a second weight, and generating a final prediction block by respectively applying the first weight and the second weight to the inter prediction block and the intra prediction block. The generating of the intra prediction block includes generating the intra prediction block using a predefined intra prediction mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for encoding/decoding a multi-scale feature group. A multi-scale feature group encoding method according to the present disclosure includes transforming a multi-scale feature group into a multi-channel feature; adjusting the number of channels of the multi-channel feature; acquiring a plane image based on a feature that the number of channels is adjusted; and encoding the plane image.

Abstract: The bidirectional insulating DC-DC converter shares high/low voltage terminals, a cooling passage, a housing, and a control board, and two independent step-down circuit (10) and step-up circuit (20) are formed in parallel to perform a bidirectional DC power conversion. A high voltage applied from a high voltage battery HV is stepped down through the step-down circuit (10) and output to a low voltage battery LV. On the other hand, a low voltage applied from the low voltage battery LV is stepped up through the step-up circuit (20) and output to the high voltage battery HV. The step-down circuit (10) is formed as an active clamp forward converter circuit, and the step-up circuit (20) is formed as an active clamp flyback converter circuit.

Abstract: A display panel including a wavelength conversion structure that includes a base structure including partition walls that define a first space and a second space, a first quantum dot composite disposed in the first space, and a second quantum dot composite disposed in the second space. The height of the partition wall is greater than or equal to about 5 micrometers and less than or equal to about 50 micrometers, and the first quantum dot composite provides a first top surface and the second quantum dot composite provides a second top surface. A production method for making the wavelength conversion structure uses a first ink composition that includes first quantum dots and a first matrix, and a second ink composition that includes second quantum dots and a second matrix.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-V compound; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and the semiconductor nanocrystal shell has a mole ratio of tellurium to selenium of less than about 0.025:1, a composition including the quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite, a patterned layer including the composite, and an electronic device including the patterned layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern having a lower pattern, and a plurality of sheet patterns spaced apart from the lower pattern in a first direction; first and second structures disposed on the lower pattern, wherein the first and second structures are arranged and spaced apart from each other in a second direction; a source/drain recess defined between first and second gate structures; and a source/drain pattern filling the source/drain recess, wherein the source/drain pattern includes a stacking fault spaced apart from the lower pattern.