Abstract: Disclosed is video encoding/decoding method and apparatus using a correlation of YCbCr. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the video decoding method for predictively decoding a target block includes, receiving a bitstream and generating a residual block for a chroma block, generating reconstructed information in a luma block corresponding to the chroma block and reconstructed neighboring information about the luma block, generating reconstructed neighboring information about the chroma block, determining a scaling value and an offset value based on the reconstructed neighboring information about the chroma block and the reconstructed neighboring information about the luma block, generating a prediction block for the chroma block by applying the determined scaling value and offset value to the reconstructed information in the luma block, and generating a reconstructed block for the chroma block based on the residual block for the chroma block and the prediction block for the chroma block.

Abstract: Disclosed are a recombinant acid-resistant yeast having lactic acid-producing ability and suppressed glycerol production and a method of preparing lactic acid using the same. More particularly, disclosed are a recombinant acid-resistant yeast into which a gene involved in lactic acid production is introduced and in which a gene involved in glycerol production is deleted or attenuated, and a method of preparing lactic acid using the same. When producing lactic acid using the recombinant acid-resistant yeast, the production of lactic acid is maintained while the production of glycerol is reduced, so crosslinking by glycerol can be suppressed in the oligomerization reaction for conversion to lactide, and thus the conversion yield of lactic acid to lactide can be increased.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a semiconductor die includes a substrate, an interlayer insulating layer under a front-side surface the substrate, a horizontal metal interconnection in the interlayer insulating layer, a front-side pad under a lower surface of the interlayer insulating layer, a front-side bump structure under a lower surface of the front-side pad, a through-electrode vertically passing through the substrate, a back-side insulating layer over the back-side surface of the substrate, a first back-side metal plate layer over the back-side insulating layer, a back-side passivation layer over the back-side insulating layer and covering the first back-side metal plate layer, and a back-side bump structure over the through-electrode and the back-side passivation layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a source layer, a channel structure, gate electrodes on the source layer and spaced apart on a sidewall of the channel structure, and a common source line. The gate electrodes include a first word line group including first and second gate electrodes and a second word line group including third and fourth gate electrodes. The semiconductor memory device, in response to a voltage of the common source line reaching a target voltage, causes an inhibition voltage to be applied to the second word line group and an erase voltage to be applied to the first word line group in a first erase operation interval, and causes the inhibition voltage to be applied to the first word line group and the erase voltage to be applied to the second word line group in a second erase operation interval.

Abstract: A bioreactor for suspension cells is provided. The bioreactor for suspension cells may comprise: a frame unit; a driving unit mounted on the frame unit, and a cell culture unit including a housing having an inner space filled with a medium containing suspension cells, and a plurality of supports disposed in multiple stages in the inner space to be spaced at intervals from each other, the cell culture unit having one end axially coupled to the driving unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical cross-linking based porous material for tissue regeneration and hemostasis, including an extracellular matrix of decellularized kidney tissue, and a method for production thereof. The porous material including an extracellular matrix of decellularized kidney tissues according to the present invention forms a chemical cross-linking bond, while the final product does not contain any existing cross-linking agent component, whereby the porous material can be utilized in biocompatible substances. Further, the porous material of the present invention does not only have rapid hemostasis but also delays degradation in a long term to thus exhibit tissue regeneration effects, so that the porous material is expected to be usefully applicable for treatment of different diseases due to tissue damage in a variety of tissues, or for hemostasis and tissue regeneration at removal of tissues or incision operation.

Abstract: An embodiment is a sealing assembly for a twin swing gate of a vehicle, the sealing assembly including a first gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to a vehicle, a second gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to the vehicle and configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to rotation of the first gate, and a center bar unit along a height direction of the vehicle on an inside end portion of the first gate, the center bar being configured to rotate in conjunction with opening or closing the first gate.

Abstract: A clock distribution circuit includes a global distribution circuit, a first local distribution circuit and a second local distribution circuit. The global distribution circuit receives external clock signals and generates internal clock signals and primary reference clock signal set according to the external clock signals. The first local distribution circuit receives the internal clock signals and the primary reference clock signal set and generates a secondary reference clock signal set according to the internal clock signals and the primary reference clock signal set. The second local distribution circuit receives the internal clock signals and the secondary reference clock signal set and generates a thirdly reference clock signal set according to the internal clock signals and the secondary reference clock signal set.

Abstract: A display device includes a display layer comprising pixels, each of the pixels having at least one thin-film transistor, a connection line electrically connected to the at least one thin-film transistor, the connection line being exposed on a lower surface of the display layer through a first contact hole formed in the display layer, a barrier layer disposed on the lower surface of the display layer and including a second contact hole connected to the first contact hole, a lead line disposed on a lower surface of the barrier layer and electrically connected to the connection line through the second contact hole, a pad part disposed on the lower surface of the barrier layer and electrically connected to the lead line, and a lower film overlapping the lower surface of the barrier layer and the lead line.

Abstract: A data driving circuit is disclosed that includes an amplifier and an offset control circuit. The amplifier has an offset voltage and is configured to output a data voltage reflecting the offset voltage. The offset control circuit is configured to control, in response to an input control signal, the amplifier to output the data voltage reflecting the offset voltage in a positive direction or a negative direction. The data driving circuit may enhance the display quality of a low grayscale image.

Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes an air conditioner unit and a chiller. The air conditioner unit includes a compressor, first through third heat-exchangers, a first expansion valve, and an evaporator interconnected by a refrigerant line for circulating a refrigerant through the refrigerant line, and the chiller is connected to the refrigerant line through a first connection line for adjusting a temperature of a coolant by heat-exchanging the refrigerant with the coolant. The air conditioner unit further includes a second expansion valve on the first connection line upstream of the chiller, a first valve on the refrigerant line between the first and second heat-exchangers, a third expansion valve on the refrigerant line between the first valve and the second heat-exchanger, a second valve on the refrigerant line between the evaporator and the compressor, and a fourth expansion valve on a second connection line.

Abstract: A method of generating an image according to the present invention includes receiving a specific content selected from a user terminal among a plurality of contents provided from a content providing service, specifying a source image based on the selected specific content, generating a resulting image using the source image and a drawing style of the specific content, and providing the resulting image to the user terminal.

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: A catalyst ink for plating and a method for electrochemically manufacturing an electronic device by using same are disclosed. The present invention provides a catalyst ink for plating, comprising: a polymer binder; a metal ion as a catalyst; a silane coupling agent for coupling the metal ion and the polymer; and a solvent, wherein the polymer has a lower critical solution temperature in the temperature-composition phase diagram for a solvent-polymer binary system, and the lower critical solution temperature is 30° C. or higher. According to the present invention, a high resolution plated pattern having a line width and a width between lines can be manufactured.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.

Abstract: Provided are an optical member and an optical display device comprising same, the optical member comprising a support layer and an optically functional layer laminated on one surface of the support layer, wherein: the optically functional layer includes a groove having inclined surfaces; at least one convex portion extending from the flat portion of the optically functional layer is formed at each of the inclined surfaces; the convex portion is a curved surface with a radius of curvature of 1 mm or greater, and each of the inclined surfaces satisfies expression 1.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is provided. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise restoring an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block, deriving at least one representative value based on a neighboring sample of the current chroma block and a neighboring sample of a corresponding luma block corresponding to the current chroma block in case the intra-prediction mode is a CCLM (Cross-Component Linear Model) mode, deriving a parameter of CCLM by using the at least one representative value, and generating a prediction block of the current chroma block by using the parameter of CCLM.

Abstract: Disclosed are an all-solid-state battery including a negative electrode layer in a thick-film form with a plurality of lithiophilic layers and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery according to the present disclosure includes a cathode layer comprising a cathode active material, an anode layer comprising an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a core layer part comprising a first solid electrolyte, a surface layer part disposed on at least one surface of the core layer part, and a second solid electrolyte. An average particle diameter (D50) of the first solid electrolyte is greater than an average particle diameter (D50) of the second solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A micro probe array device and method of manufacturing are disclosed. In the micro probe array device, a plurality of working electrodes are arranged in an array form, so that an individual electric signal can be applied to an object for each working electrode. In the micro probe array device, the height of the working electrode may be different, the working electrode and the counter electrode may constitute a double electrode, or the substrate may be made of a flexible material.