Abstract: Provided are a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer having excellent hydrolysis resistance and high viscosity which has a carboxyl end group (CEG) content of 15 mg KOH/g or less, a ratio (Mz/Mn) of a z-average molecular weight (Mz) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 3 to 15, and a melt index (MI) of 5 g/10 min or less as measured under conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D 1238. A method of preparing a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer is provided, including adding a chain extender and an anti-hydrolysis agent to an aliphatic-aromatic polyester pre-copolymer over time, whereby a significant viscosity rise and improvement of hydrolysis resistance may be implemented simultaneously.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle capable of preventing a situation in which an occupant's head gets hot by improving a vertical temperature difference between a defrost vent and a floor vent, includes an air conditioning case in which an air flow path is formed, and a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger provided sequentially on the air flow path of the air conditioning case in an airflow direction, wherein a defrost vent, a face vent, and a floor vent are formed on the air conditioning case, wherein a hot air duct configured to allow hot air at a downstream side of the heating heat exchanger to flow to an outlet of the floor vent is provided on the air conditioning case.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display layer that displays an image during a plurality of frame periods, a sensor layer, a sensor driving unit, and a main driving unit. When a user makes a call, the sensor driving unit switches from a first mode to a second mode and drives the sensor layer. When the sensor layer senses a large-area conductor in the second mode, the sensor driving unit switches from the second mode to a third mode and drives the sensor layer. When the main driving unit determines a proximity state in the third mode, the sensor driving unit switches from the third mode to the second mode and drives the sensor layer. When the sensor layer senses a touch in the second mode, the sensor driving unit switches from the second mode to a fourth mode and drives the sensor layer.

Abstract: An operating room allocation apparatus may be provided. The apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information about patient's entry and exit times in each operating room; a first calculation unit configured to calculate a utilization rate of the operating room for each certain time period based on the patient's entry and exit times; and a second calculation unit configured to receive certain time information from a user and calculate an average utilization rate by time period in the received time information.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of managing the productivity of fish in a land-based aquafarm through data prediction for each growth period is proposed. The method may include predicting, at a processor, a feed amount input to an aquaculture tank based on aquaculture tank sensing data. The method may also include predicting, at the processor, the growth of fish based on results of the prediction of the input feed amount.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle with an improved structure so that hot air is not directly discharged to a defrost vent in a floor mode or a mix mode, includes an air conditioning case in which an air flow path is formed, and a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger provided sequentially on the air flow path of the air conditioning case in an airflow direction, wherein a defrost vent, a face vent, and a floor vent are formed on the air conditioning case, wherein the defrost vent includes a first defogging flow path allowing air passing through the heating heat exchanger to be discharged directly, and a second defogging flow path allowing air passing through the cooling heat exchanger or the heating heat exchanger to be mixed and discharged therethrough.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display layer including a pixel within an active region and a sensor, a sensor layer, a display driving circuit, a sensor driving circuit, and a main driving circuit to operate in a first mode. In the first mode, the display driving circuit emits a first light through a light emitting element of the pixel disposed in a first region of the active region, the display driving circuit receives a second light reflected based on the first light, through a sensing element of the sensor disposed in the first region and a second region surrounding the first region, and the main driving circuit determines whether the display layer and the sensor layer are placed in a pocket of a user, based on an amount of the second light.

Abstract: Provided is a biodegradable polyester polymer comprising a polymerization reaction product of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, an C6-30 aromatic dicarboxylic acid, an aliphatic diol, and a branching agent, and wherein the biodegradable polyester polymer has a ratio of z-average molecular weight (Mz) to weight average molecular weight (Mw) (“Mz/Mw”) greater than 2 and an easy-tear film including the same. The biodegradable film has excellent mechanical properties to effectively protect a product inside the packaging but also be easily opened in a controlled manner without excessive force and at the same time, provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to non-degradable plastics.

Abstract: Provided is a method for etching an atomic layer. The method for etching the atomic layer includes providing a substrate to a process chamber, wherein the process chamber comprises a first chamber part and a second chamber part, and the substrate is provided in the second chamber part, generating adsorption gas plasma in the first chamber part, adsorbing radicals of the adsorption gas plasma to the substrate so as to form a treatment layer, generating etching gas plasma in the first chamber part, and allowing electrons and ions of the etching gas plasma to be alternately incident into the treatment layer so as to perform desorption of the treatment layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating text from an image may comprise: a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction, wherein the processor is further configured to generate encoding information for an image based on the image and extract text information related to content of the image based on a degree of association with the encoding information.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting an electrode cell according to an embodiment of the present invention may inspect an electrode cell including a plurality of electrodes stacked with a separator therebetween, a plurality of tabs connected to the plurality of electrodes, and a lead bonded to the plurality of tabs. The apparatus for inspecting the electrode cell may include a heater configured to heat the lead; and a thermal detection sensor configured to detect a temperature distribution of the plurality of tabs heated by the heat conducted from the lead. Methods for inspecting an electrode cell are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for connecting a terminal and a base station in a multi-hop network. A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving cell selection and reselection criteria information broadcast from a base station; determining candidate base stations among all base stations capable of communicating with the terminal based on the cell selection and reselection criteria information; selecting one connection scheme from a lightening backhaul load (LBL) scheme or a maximum reference signal received power (RSRP) scheme based on a tolerable gap, which is a parameter for determining the candidate base station; selecting one candidate base station from among the candidate base stations as a target base station based on the one connection scheme; and connecting to the target base station.

Abstract: A display driving IC includes first channel block to Nth channel block each including M source amplifiers, N and M being an integer, source driving pads each connected to the M source amplifiers, a multiplexer configured to alternate data outputs of the source amplifiers or selectively provide a test path so that a probe test is performed on a plurality of source amplifiers for each of the first to Nth channel blocks through a test pad selected from the source driving pads, and a control unit configured to control driving of the source amplifiers and multiplexer.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus configured to estimate an antioxidant component, the apparatus including a storage configured to store first antioxidant concentrations estimated at a first body part and second antioxidant concentrations estimated at a second body part, and a processor configured to estimate the first antioxidant concentrations at the first body part, to extract, as training data, data pairs of the first antioxidant concentrations and the second antioxidant concentrations from the storage based on learning conditions, and generate a transformation model configured to transfer the second antioxidant concentrations into a reference index based on the training data.

Abstract: A cooling plate and a plasma processing chamber are proposed. The cooling plate is configured to allow air to flow throughout the entire region of a window while reducing a region of covering the window. The cooling plate is configured to cool a window configured to seal a plasma processing space at an upper portion, and the cooling plate includes a body having a circular plate shape covering a part of a center region of the window, an inlet through which a gas is introduced into the body, and an outlet through which the gas is discharged from the body to the window. A flow path through which the gas flows and a slope formed from the flow path toward the window are formed between the inlet and the outlet.

Abstract: A polar code-based decoding method may comprise: converting a plurality of LLRs of calculation-target bits into a plurality of absolute (ABS) LLR values; sorting the plurality of ABS LLR values in order of size so that a minimum ABS LLR value is designated from among the plurality of ABS LLR values; multiplying the minimum ABS LLR value by a preset weight; and updating path metrics (PMs) of the calculation-target bits in an order in which the plurality of ABS LLR values are sorted, wherein the updating of the PMs of the calculation-target bits comprises, even when a specific ABS LLR value of a specific calculation-target bit is equal or similar to the minimum ABS LLR value, updating a PM of the specific calculation-target bit with the minimum ABS LLR value multiplied by the preset weight.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device including a first clock distributor suitable for receiving a first input clock signal through a first input terminal, and outputting a plurality of first output clock signals through a plurality of first output terminals, and a first conductive line coupled in common to the plurality of first output terminals.

Abstract: In one example, an electronic device, comprises a first substrate comprising a first conductive structure, a second substrate comprising a second conductive structure, wherein the first substrate is over the second substrate, a first electronic component between the first substrate and the second substrate, a vertical interconnect between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the vertical interconnect is coupled with the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure, and an encapsulant between the first substrate and the second substrate and covering the vertical interconnect. A vertical port on the first electronic component is exposed by an aperture of the first substrate. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Provided is a charging connector for a vehicle, which is coupled to an inlet charging part of an electric vehicle. The charging connector includes a housing configured to provide a coupling space with the inlet charging part, an outlet terminal part including an outlet terminal disposed to pass through the coupling space so as to be in contact with an inlet terminal part installed inside the inlet charging part and a cable connected to the outlet terminal, and a rear holder assembled to one side of the housing to prevent the outlet terminal part from being separated. The rear holder includes a body disposed outside the coupling space and a prevention rib extending from the body to the inside of the coupling space and elastically deformed so that the outlet terminal is hooked and fixed to facilitate assembly of the charging connector for the vehicle and improve durability and safety.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first base layer, a second base layer facing the first base layer, and in order between the first base layer and the second base layer, from the first base layer: an image display layer which provides light, a polarization layer which receives the light from the image display layer and transmits a polarized component of the light toward the second base layer, and a lens layer.