Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing equipment may include a process chamber for treating a substrate; a front-end module including a first transfer robot, wherein the first transfer robot may be configured to transport the substrate received in a container; a transfer chamber between the front-end module and the process chamber, wherein the transfer chamber may be configured to load or unload the substrate into or out of the process chamber; and a cassette capable of receiving a replaceable component capable of being used in the process chamber. The front-end module may include a seat plate configured to move in a sliding manner so as to retract or extend into or from the front-end module. The cassette may be configured to be loaded into the front-end module while the cassette is seated on the seat plate.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including an element separation film and an active region defined by the element separation film, a bit line structure on the substrate, a trench in the element separation film and the active region, the trench on at least one side of the bit line structure and including a first portion in the element separation film and a second portion in the active region, a bottom face of the first portion placed above a bottom face of the second portion, a single crystal storage contact filling the trench, and an information storage element electrically connected to the single crystal storage contact.

Abstract: An image processing device including: a decision pixel manager for setting a decision area for a defect candidate pixel, and determining a first decision pixel and a second decision pixel, based on first phase information of pixels included in the decision area with respect to a first modulation frequency of a sensing light source among the pixels; a target pixel determiner for calculating a phase difference between the first decision pixel and the second decision pixel, based on second phase information of the pixels with respect to a second modulation frequency of the sensing light source, and determining the defect candidate pixel as a target pixel, corresponding to that the phase difference exceeds a predetermined reference value; and a phase corrector for changing a phase of the target pixel, based on the phase difference.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photo-curable composition, a cured product thereof, and an optical member and a display device comprising same. The photo-curable composition has excellent low refractive index, light transmittance, and low haze characteristics by comprising a first olefinic monomer containing fluorine, a second olefinic monomer having an absolute viscosity of 7 cP or less at 25° C., a photo-polymerization initiator, and an amine compound.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a protein binding agent, or an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, which binds to a programmed death-1 (PD-1) protein. The present disclosure further provides a polynucleotide sequence encoding the protein binding agent, the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof, a vector comprising the polynucleotide sequence, or a host cell comprising the vector. Also, the present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition or a kit, which comprises the protein binding agent, the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof.

Abstract: A method for augmenting data according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes obtaining a score prediction model learned using a first noisy sample of a first class, generating a second noisy sample by adding the noise with the specified distribution to a sample of a second class, and generating a fake sample of the first class from the second noisy sample using a score for the second noisy sample predicted through the score prediction model.

Abstract: A catheter-type ultrasound endoscope according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an ultrasound module for acquiring an ultrasound image, and a biopsy needle, wherein the ultrasound module includes a pMUT module and an ASIC signal processing circuit, and the ASIC signal processing circuit uses CMOS-MEMS technology. This steerable catheter-type ultrasound endoscope capable of performing tissue biopsies according to the present invention obtains ultrasound images from representative digestive organs, such as the bile duct and the pancreatic duct, through the miniaturization of the ultrasound module, and performs a biopsy while the ultrasound images are observed in real time, and thus can improve the accuracy of diagnosis.

Abstract: Provided is a monopolar skin treatment apparatus using electrical energy in a high frequency wavelength band in which a retaining ligament, a blood vessel, and a fibrous tissue of a deep part is utilized as an electricity passage to actively prevent the skin from sagging due to the aging.

Abstract: An embodiment provides an epitaxial water evaluation method comprising the steps of: cutting a wafer into a first specimen and a second specimen; growing and thermally treating epitaxial layers of the first and second specimens under different conditions; and measuring the diffusion distance of a dopant in each of the epitaxial layers of the first and second specimens.

Abstract: A neural ODE-based conditional tabular generative adversarial network apparatus includes: a tabular data preprocessing unit for preprocessing tabular data composed of a discrete column and a continuous column; a Neural Ordinary Differential Equation (NODE)-based generation unit for generating a fake sample by reading a condition vector and a noisy vector generated based on the preprocessed tabular data; and a NODE-based discrimination unit for receiving a sample composed of a real sample or the fake sample of the preprocessed tabular data and performing continuous trajectory-based classification.

Abstract: An apparatus for data augmentation includes a mode separating unit generating minor class fake data from a latent vector, an embedding vector generating unit generating embedding vectors for major class original data, minor class original data, and the minor class fake data through a metric network, an auxiliary classifying unit classifying a class of the embedding vectors from the embedding vector generating unit, and feedbacking the classified result in the mode separating unit, and a classifying unit determining whether the input data is authentic by receiving the embedding vector of the minor class original data and the embedding vector of the minor class fake data from the embedding vector generating unit, and feedbacking the determined result in the mode separating unit.

Abstract: Provided is a monopolar skin treatment apparatus using electrical energy in a high frequency wavelength band in which a retaining ligament, a blood vessel, and a fibrous tissue of a deep part is utilized as an electricity passage to actively prevent the skin from sagging due to the aging. The mouthpiece for skin treatment includes a frame, and a ground electrode unit on the frame. The frame includes a first frame disposed in front, a second frame extending rearward from one end portion of the first frame, and a third frame extending rearward from an opposite end portion of the first frame. The ground electrode unit is integrally formed with the first frame, the second frame, and the third frame while continuously extending.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pacemaker module including a case unit, a vertical movement guide, an atrial sensor, and a pacemaker. The pacemaker module according to the present disclosure has an excellent effect in that it is capable of accurately measuring the flow of current in the entire heart and capable of being accurately and consistently operated with a simple operation, which makes it possible to accurately implant the pacemaker module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dual hybrid electromagnet module for controlling a microrobot. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic field system in which a dual hybrid electromagnet module including a permanent magnet and an electromagnet is used for controlling a microrobot so that it is possible to reduce the number of used electromagnets so as to reduce power consumption and the amount of heat generated from the electromagnet module. The electromagnetic field system is capable of being used for various medical procedures and surgeries using a microrobot.

Abstract: An embodiment provides an epitaxial water evaluation method comprising the steps of: cutting a wafer into a first specimen and a second specimen; growing and thermally treating epitaxial layers of the first and second specimens under different conditions; and measuring the diffusion distance of a dopant in each of the epitaxial layers of the first and second specimens.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a mouthpiece for treating skin, in which a retaining ligament, a blood vessel, and a fiber tissue of a deep skin portion may be used as electrical passages, and which is manufactured in accordance with an oral cavity structure of a patient, and a skin treating apparatus including the mouthpiece for treating skin. The mouthpiece for treating skin includes an impression body disposed in an oral cavity of a user, and a first electrode unit disposed in the impression body, wherein the first electrode unit electrically interacts with a second electrode unit disposed outside the oral cavity of the user, and the impression body has a shape corresponding to a structure of the oral cavity of the user.

Abstract: Provided is a monopolar skin treatment apparatus using electrical energy in a high frequency wavelength band in which a retaining ligament, a blood vessel, and a fibrous tissue of a deep part is utilized as an electricity passage to actively prevent the skin from sagging due to the aging. The mouthpiece for skin treatment includes a frame, and a ground electrode unit on the frame. The frame includes a first frame disposed in front, a second frame extending rearward from one end portion of the first frame, and a third frame extending rearward from an opposite end portion of the first frame. The ground electrode unit is integrally formed with the first frame, the second frame, and the third frame while continuously extending.

Abstract: A delay cell includes: a plurality of delay elements coupled in series; and at least one three-phase inverter that is coupled in parallel to at least one of the delay elements, and that receives through a first control terminal a first bias voltage for compensating for a variation of a power source voltage, and receives through a second control terminal a second bias voltage for compensating for a variation of a ground voltage.

Abstract: Methods are provided for obtaining a sample of ? cells from an isolated donor pancreas or isolated pancreatic islets and analyzing the sample using flow cytometry to determine the percentage of ? cells in the sample that express detectable levels of ALDH1 A3. If the percentage of ALDH1 A3-expressing ? cells in the sample is about 3% or lower, then it is possible to determine that the pancreas or islets are healthy enough for implantation into a subject, and implanting the pancreas or islets. If the percentage of ALDH1 A3-expressing cells is above about 5%, then it is determined that the pancreas or islets are not suitable for implantation into the subject and discarding the pancreas or islets. Isolated non-insulin-producing or low-insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells are also provided.

Abstract: A delay cell includes: a plurality of delay elements coupled in series; and at least one three-phase inverter that is coupled in parallel to at least one of the delay elements, and that receives through a first control terminal a first bias voltage for compensating for a variation of a power source voltage, and receives through a second control terminal a second bias voltage for compensating for a variation of a ground voltage.