Abstract: Disclosed is a display device and a method of manufacturing the same having improved reliability. In the display device, at least one of a plurality of dielectric films disposed between an oxide semiconductor layer and a light-emitting device includes a lower region disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer and an upper region disposed on the lower region, the upper region including a trap element configured to trap hydrogen, whereby reliability of a thin film transistor including the oxide semiconductor layer is improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anode for a lithium-metal battery, a manufacturing method of the same, and a lithium-metal battery including the anode. The anode for a lithium-metal battery includes a complex hierarchical structure current collector which includes an inverted pyramid-shaped micro hole pattern and nanostructures provided within the inverted pyramid-shaped micro hole pattern; and a lithium metal which is electrodeposited on the nanostructure of the current collector. As a result, it is possible to increase the life stability of the battery and increase the coulombic efficiency.

Abstract: A rendering method of an object-based audio signal and an apparatus for performing the same are provided. The rendering method of an object-based audio signal includes obtaining a rendered audio signal, performing clipping prevention on the rendered audio signal using a first limiter, mixing a signal output by the first limiter using a mixer, and performing clipping prevention on the mixed signal using a second limiter.

Abstract: An embodiment of a display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, a second gate insulating layer, a first storage electrode, a first interlayer insulating layer, a second interlayer insulating layer, a data line, and a driving voltage line. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The first gate insulating layer is disposed on the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is positioned on the first insulating layer. The second gate insulating layer is disposed on the gate electrode. The first storage electrode is positioned on the second gate insulating layer. The first interlayer insulating layer is disposed on the first storage electrode and has an opening surrounding the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode, and the first storage electrode. The second interlayer insulating layer is disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer and fills the opening.

Abstract: Provided are a font generating system and a font generating method. The font generating system and the font generating method of the present disclosure are provided to include a component decomposer which has at least one character input thereto and decomposes the input character into at least one component, a component converter which converts the at least one component into a component with a predetermined font to generate at least one imaging component, and a component recomposer which recomposes the at least one imaging component to generate a fonted character.

Abstract: A method of rendering object-based audio and an electronic device performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a bitstream, determining a reference distance of an object sound source based on the bitstream, determining a minimum distance for applying distance-dependent attenuation, based on the reference distance, and determining a gain of object-based audio included in the bitstream based on the reference distance and the minimum distance.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: A sterilizing device includes a pipe having an inlet and an outlet and allowing fluid to move therethrough and a light source provided on one side of the pipe and providing light to the fluid. At least a portion of the pipe is provided in a spiral shape and the inlet and/or the outlet are arranged in a light emitting region.

Abstract: A sterilization module including a light source configured to irradiate ultraviolet light, a board on which the light source is mounted, a protective tube accommodating the board therein and configured to transmit ultraviolet light irradiated from the light source, a first base coupled to one side of the protective tube, and a second base coupled to the other side of the protective tube, in which at least one of the first base and the second base includes an insertion part to be inserted into the protective tube, the insertion part having a first diameter when viewed in a first cross-section perpendicular to a length direction of the protective tube, and a cover part integrally formed on the insertion part and having a second diameter greater than the first diameter in the first cross-section.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isolated anti-FcRN antibody, which is an antibody binding to FcRN (stands for neonatal Fc receptor, also called FcRP, FcRB or Brambell receptor) that is a receptor with a high affinity for IgG or a fragment thereof, a method of preparing thereof, a composition for treating autoimmune disease, which comprises the antibody, and a method of treating and diagnosing autoimmunre diseases using the antibody. The FcRn-specific antibody according to the present disclosure binds to FcRn non-competitively with IgG to reduce serum pathogenic auto-antibody levels, and thus can be used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

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 apparatus for detecting and removing a dynamic obstacle of a robot and the operating method thereof according to a predetermined exemplary embodiment detect and remove the dynamic obstacle while simultaneously performing the mapping and the localizing using the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technique to efficiently detect and remove a dynamic obstacle even in a situation in which a dynamic change of surrounding environment is severe and an environment to be localized is large.

Abstract: Provided are a method for preparing a polyetherketoneketone and a polyetherketoneketone prepared thereby, wherein, at the time of a polymerization reaction, nitrogen gas is blown into a liquid reaction medium while stirring, thereby quickly removing hydrochloric acid, which is a by-product generated during the reaction, and preventing aggregation of resin particles, thus suppressing the generation of scales.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus for verifying a radiation dose using a patient-specific tumor-shaped scintillator including a probe adapter to which a 3D tumor-shaped scintillator having a guide is attached; a receiving portion to which the probe adapter is detachably coupled; a light guide which extends from the receiving portion and includes optical fiber transmitting visible light generated by irradiating radiation in the 3D tumor-shaped scintillator; a photomultiplier tube converting the visible light transmitted from the light guide into an electric signal and amplifying the converted electric signal; and a current electrometer measuring an output current by inputting the electric signal of the photomultiplier tube.

Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus for verifying a radiation dose using a patient-specific tumor-shaped scintillator including a probe adapter to which a 3D tumor-shaped scintillator having a guide is attached; a receiving portion to which the probe adapter is detachably coupled; a light guide which extends from the receiving portion and includes optical fiber transmitting visible light generated by irradiating radiation in the 3D tumor-shaped scintillator; a photomultiplier tube converting the visible light transmitted from the light guide into an electric signal and amplifying the converted electric signal; and a current electrometer measuring an output current by inputting the electric signal of the photomultiplier tube.

Abstract: A swirl chamber-type diesel engine includes a secondary combustion chamber assembly coupled to a cylinder head to define a secondary combustion chamber having, on an inner wall surface thereof, a curved swirl induction part, and a connecting passage formed at a lower end of the swirl induction part; and a piston defining a primary combustion chamber and including a trench part being in communication with the connecting passage, and clover parts formed at both sides of the trench part, in which a bottom surface of the clover part has a stereoscopic structure in which a height of a bottom surface in a second region, which is distant in a direction of a flow of the combustion gas at a predetermined distance from a first region into which the combustion gas is introduced from the trench part is greater than a height of a bottom surface in the first region.

Abstract: A swirl chamber-type diesel engine includes a secondary combustion chamber assembly coupled to a cylinder head to define a secondary combustion chamber having, on an inner wall surface thereof, a curved swirl induction part, and a connecting passage formed at a lower end of the swirl induction part, and a piston defining a primary combustion chamber and including a trench part being in communication with the connecting passage, and clover parts formed at both sides of the trench part, in which a guide structure is provided in the connecting passage, and the guide structure divides combustion gas, discharged from the secondary combustion chamber to the primary combustion chamber, into three portions and guides the combustion gas.

Abstract: A swirl chamber-type diesel engine includes a secondary combustion chamber assembly coupled to a cylinder head to define a secondary combustion chamber having, on an inner wall surface thereof, a curved swirl induction part, and a connecting passage formed at a lower end of the swirl induction part, and a piston defining a primary combustion chamber and including a trench part being in communication with the connecting passage, and clover parts formed at both sides of the trench part, in which a guide structure is provided in the connecting passage, and the guide structure divides combustion gas, discharged from the secondary combustion chamber to the primary combustion chamber, into three portions and guides the combustion gas.

Abstract: A swirl chamber-type diesel engine includes a secondary combustion chamber assembly coupled to a cylinder head to define a secondary combustion chamber having, on an inner wall surface thereof, a curved swirl induction part, and a connecting passage formed at a lower end of the swirl induction part; and a piston defining a primary combustion chamber and including a trench part being in communication with the connecting passage, and clover parts formed at both sides of the trench part, in which a bottom surface of the clover part has a stereoscopic structure in which a height of a bottom surface in a second region, which is distant in a direction of a flow of the combustion gas at a predetermined distance from a first region into which the combustion gas is introduced from the trench part is greater than a height of a bottom surface in the first region.