Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing or treating fibrosis including an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 17 (CDK17) expression or activity. According to the present disclosure, the inhibitor of CDK17 expression or activity significantly reduces collagen production and cell activity and viability in activated hepatic stellate cells (liver fibrosis cell model), renal tubular epithelial cells (renal fibrosis cell model) in which fibrosis is induced by TGF-? treatment, and alveolar epithelial cells (lung fibrosis cell model) in which fibrosis is induced by TGF-? treatment, indicating that the composition of the present disclosure has an excellent effect in preventing or treating fibrosis.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure including a plurality of first insulating patterns and a plurality of first semiconductor patterns alternately stacked on a substrate, the first stacked structure extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, a first conductive pattern on one side surface of the first stacked structure, the first conductive pattern extending in a second direction crossing the upper surface of the substrate, and a first ferroelectric layer between the first stacked structure and the first conductive pattern, the first ferroelectric layer extending in the second direction, wherein each of the first semiconductor patterns includes a first impurity region, a first channel region and a second impurity region which are sequentially arranged along the first direction.

Abstract: An electronic pedal apparatus includes a pad that rectilinearly moves and rotates along a pad guide while being kept in line contact with the pad guide including a shape of an arc when a driver operates the pad, an acceleration signal or a braking signal for a vehicle is generated by operation of the single pad, and a movement direction of the pad at the time of generating the acceleration signal is different from a movement direction of the pad at the time of generating the braking signal.

Abstract: A method of a first terminal may include: identifying first RB set(s) to be used for SL communication among consecutive RB sets through an LBT procedure; identifying a first subchannel group included in the first RB set(s) and a second subchannel group including a first PRB in the first RB set(s), the first PRB being not included in the first subchannel group; configuring the first PRB within the second subchannel group as an SL communication resource; and transmitting, to a second terminal, control information indicating that the first PRB is configured as the SL communication resource.

Abstract: Proposed are a seat side bolster apparatus and a control method thereof. The seat side bolster apparatus of the disclosure includes a driving unit, which is provided under a foam pad of a seat cushion, is moved upwards and downwards by operation of an actuator, and presses the foam pad upwards when moving upwards, and a covering bracket, which is connected to the driving unit so as to be moved upwards and downwards together with the driving unit and to which an end of a covering enveloping the foam pad of the seat cushion is fixed.

Abstract: An embodiment electronic pedal apparatus includes a pedal housing and an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly coupled to the pedal housing and configured to move along different movement trajectories when the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly are operated. In an embodiment, the accelerator pedal assembly is compressed and moved upward when the accelerator pedal assembly is operated, and the brake pedal assembly is compressed and moved downward when the brake pedal assembly is operated.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for forming a magnetic pigment pattern on an article. The apparatus includes: a magnetic pattern mold having nonmagnetic pattern grooves engraved in a predetermined pattern and providing predetermined magnetic field lines on a pattern-forming object surface of an article by generating magnetism in areas outside the nonmagnetic pattern grooves; and a spray unit spraying an adhesive resin composite containing a ferromagnetic pigment onto the pattern-forming object surface of the article. A predetermined magnetic pigment pattern is formed while the magnetic pigment of the adhesive resin composite that is applied to the pattern-forming object surface of the article is rearranged along magnetic field lines generated by the magnetic pattern mold.

Abstract: A method for decoding an image based on an intra prediction, comprising: obtaining a first prediction pixel of a first region in a current block by using a neighboring pixel adjacent to the current block; obtaining a second prediction pixel of a second region in the current block by using the first prediction pixel of the first region; and decoding the current block based on the first and the second prediction pixels.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle, includes a second row center seat and a second row side seat provided on a partition wall positioned rearward of a driver seat, the second row center seat may move leftward or rightward, and an interval between the seats may be increased in a state in which the second row center seat is moved in a right direction away from the second row side seat, which makes it possible to maximally prevent body contact between a passenger in the second row center seat and a passenger in the second row side seat.

Abstract: Disclosed is an intelligent display board capable of increasing visibility by responding to external environmental factors in real time. The intelligent display board aims to improve a displayed image by minimizing differences in the characteristics of a display element (LED) according to the influence of external sunlight and artificial lighting and temperature. The white color of the display board is moved to be closed to a reference if deviating the reference so that low-level colors that are ignored by sunlight, etc. are darkened and the variance of recognizable colors is increased to make it easy to distinguish, thereby increasing the visibility of the display board. In addition, luminance varying according to temperature is adjusted to compensate for and adjust an image while automatically being applicable to a surrounding environment even with respect to temperature, thereby increasing the quality of an image displayed on the display board.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle rear seat including: a center seat; and side seats located on the left and right of the center seat, wherein, the center seat is capable of protruding by moving the center seat forward with respect to the side seats, and in the state in which the center seat protrudes forward, it is possible to increase an inter-passenger distance so that physical contact between the passenger of the center seat and the passenger of each of the side seats can be prevented as much as possible.

Abstract: An electronic price indicator according to an embodiment includes a display displaying product information, an NFC module configured to communicate with a user terminal, a Bluetooth module configured to communicate with the user terminal, and a processor configured to control the display to display the product information received from the user terminal through the Bluetooth module. The processor is further configured to release a sleep mode when receiving an interrupt from the user terminal through the NFC module, and perform Bluetooth communication with the user terminal by initiating a scan for a predetermined period of time to receive an advertising signal from the user terminal.

Abstract: A method and an electronic device for translating a speech signal between a first language and a second language with minimized translation delay by translating fewer than all words of the speech signal according to a level of understanding of the second language by a user that receives the translation.

Abstract: A method of setting an operational authority for an electric motorcycle is proposed, the method including a product registration step of pre-registering mapping information of an ID of an electric motorcycle and manager information in a management server; a manager registration step of completing manager registration with the electric motorcycle using the mapping information when the management server receives the ID from the electric motorcycle; a driver registration step of performing driver registration in the electric motorcycle through pairing with the electric motorcycle, when the management server receives driver information from a driver terminal; and an operational authority registration step of completing, when the management server receives a registration request for operational authority information from a manager terminal, a registration of the operational authority information for the electric motorcycle through pairing with the electric motorcycle, by the driver terminal, using the operational

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypeptide having a phase transition behavior, wherein the polypeptide consists of a Val-Pro-Gly-Xaa-Gly pentapeptide repeat or a Val-Pro-Ala-Xaa-Gly) pentapeptide repeat, and the polypeptide includes a [Val-Pro-Gly-Xaa-Gly]n or a [Val-Pro-Ala-Xaa-Gly]n (SEQ ID NO:2) pentapeptide repeat. In addition, the present invention provides a multi-stimuli polypeptide composed of polypeptide-calmodulin-polypeptide having a phase transition behavior and a hydrogel prepared using the same. A dynamic protein hydrogel according to the present invention may be used as a drug carrier, as a scaffold for tissue engineering or as a kit for tissue or organ regeneration.

Abstract: A polymer composite includes a polymer substrate, activated carbon, and a carbonate salt. The activated carbon is infused with the carbonate salt. A hybrid composite includes a fibrous mat with activated carbon and potassium carbonate crystals adhered to the fibrous mat. Making a polymer composite includes combining activated carbon with a polymer to yield a mixture, and electrospinning the mixture to yield nanofibers, wherein the carbonate salt is adhered to or embedded in the nanofibers. Capturing carbon dioxide from a quantity of air includes contacting the polymer composite with the quantity of air in the presence of water vapor to yield potassium bicarbonate sorbed on the polymer composite.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a self-assembled nanostructure of an elastin- and resilin-based block copolypeptide with stimuli responsiveness and resilience for drug delivery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, a method for preparing the same and application thereof. The diblock polypeptide reversibly forms a self-assembled micelle structure in response to temperature stimuli and a hydrogel prepared using the triblock polypeptide undergoes reversible sol-gel or gel-sol transition in response to temperature stimuli and exhibits enhanced mechanical strength due to chemical crosslinkages between tyrosine residues. With such superior properties, the diblock/triblock polypeptide of the present disclosure can be used for drug delivery systems, scaffolds for tissue engineering and kits for tissue or organ regeneration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a method for manufacturing a GaN-based power device, the method comprising a step of irradiating particle beams onto a silicon substrate of a GaN-based power device, in which the silicon substrate is included; and a GaN-based power device manufactured by the method for manufacturing a GaN-based power device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a betavoltaic battery comprising: a substrate; an intrinsic semiconductor unit disposed on the substrate; an N-type semiconductor unit and a P-type semiconductor unit that are disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the intrinsic semiconductor unit and arranged alternately; and beta ray sources that are disposed on the N-type semiconductor unit and the P-type semiconductor unit. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a betavoltaic battery, comprising the steps of: (A) forming an intrinsic semiconductor unit on a substrate; (B) forming an N-type semiconductor unit and a P-type semiconductor unit alternately by irradiating at least a portion of the surface of the intrinsic semiconductor unit with an ion beam; and (C) disposing a beta ray source on the N-type semiconductor unit and the P-type semiconductor unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a method for forming an ohmic contact of a GaN-based electronic device, comprising the steps of (A) irradiating an ion beam at a GaN-based electronic device to form an ion region in one part of the inside of the GaN-based electronic device, (B) forming an electrode layer on a part, corresponding to the ion region, of the surface of the GaN-based electronic, device, and (C) thermally treating the GaN-based electronic device on which the electrode layer is formed; and an ohmic contact of a GaN-based electronic device manufactured by the method for forming an ohmic contact of a GaN-based electronic device.