Abstract: A video decoding apparatus decodes a sequence of one or more pictures in the unit of blocks which are split from each picture. The apparatus comprising a decoder configured to reconstruct, from a bitstream, a current motion vector difference of the current block among the blocks which belong to the sequence of one or more pictures, and an image decoder configured to predict and decode the current block using the motion vector of the current block. When the current motion vector difference of the current block is zero, the resolution of the current motion vector difference of the current block is set to the ¼ pixel precision without the information on the motion vector resolution extracted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial intelligence air conditioning control system and method using interpolation. The present invention provides an artificial intelligence air conditioning control system and method using interpolation that is capable of driving an optimal control value by estimating the desired air conditioning target value through interpolation on the output values resulted from training on only minimal air conditioning data.

Abstract: Provided is a method for synthesizing bipyridine that includes performing a dimerization reaction of a reactant including a piperidine-based compound, a pyridine-based compound, or a mixture thereof in the presence of a catalyst in which an active metal is supported on a composite metal oxide support including silica (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3).

Abstract: The quantum dot comprises a ligand which is a copolymer comprising a first repeating unit comprising at least one or more hole transporting functional groups and a second repeating unit comprising at least one or more photocrosslinking functional groups.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first transistor which include a first gate stack on a substrate; and a second transistor which includes a second gate stack on the substrate, wherein the first gate stack includes a first ferroelectric material layer disposed on the substrate, a first work function layer disposed on the first ferroelectric material layer and a first upper gate electrode disposed on the first work function layer, wherein the second gate stack includes a second ferroelectric material layer disposed on the substrate, a second work function layer disposed on the second ferroelectric material layer and a second upper gate electrode disposed on the second work function layer, wherein the first work function layer includes the same material as the second work function layer, and wherein an effective work function of the first gate stack is different from an effective work function of the second gate stack.

Abstract: A blender includes a container body in which food is accommodated, a main body to support the container body, and an air guide provided in the main body to guide discharging of air flowing through a motor assembly to below the main body.

Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes cathode active material particles. The cathode active material particles include a lithium metal oxide particle containing nickel and having a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less among all elements except lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a sensor including one or more light sources configured to emit light to an object and a plurality of detectors configured to detect light reflected from the object; and a processor configured to transform a plurality of light quantities obtained from respective detectors of the plurality of detectors to a distance domain, to combine the plurality of transformed light quantities in the distance domain, to correct the combined light quantity based on a reference light quantity for correcting a deviation of a distance between the one or more light sources and the plurality of detectors, and to estimate bio-information based on a light quantity resulting from the correction.

Abstract: A display device includes a first display substrate including a light emitting element which emits light of a first color or light of a second color different from the first color, a second display substrate including in order toward the first display substrate, a layer including both a bank layer defining an opening and a wavelength control pattern in the opening, a capping layer covering the wavelength control pattern and the bank layer, and a color absorbing layer which corresponds to the bank layer and blocks the light of the first color and the light of the second color. The capping layer includes a first area corresponding to the color absorbing layer, the bank layer includes a second area corresponding to the color absorbing layer, and the first area of the capping layer is between the color absorbing layer and the second area of the bank layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an exoskeleton-type rehabilitation robot system, including: a body part provided on a chair in which a user sits and provided with a robot arm capable of moving left or right based on the user seated on the chair; a conversion part configured to convert a position of the robot arm with respect to the body part; a driving part configured to articulate the robot arm with respect to the body part; and a controller configured to detect a change in a position of the robot arm and control a left or right driving mode of the driving part according to the position of the robot arm. In accordance with such a configuration, the exoskeleton-type rehabilitation robot system of the present invention is provided integrally with a chair, thereby having excellent space utilization. In addition, the user's initial preparation for rehabilitation training is simple, which can improve efficiency.

Abstract: A method of reinforcement learning of a neural network device for generating a verification vector for verifying a circuit design comprising a circuit block includes inputting a test vector to the circuit block, generating one or more rewards based on a coverage corresponding to the test vector, the coverage being determined based on a state transition of the circuit block based on the test vector, and applying the one or more rewards to a reinforcement learning.

Abstract: Provided is a process proximity effect correction method capable of efficiently improving the dispersion of patterns. There is a process proximity effect correction method according to some embodiments, the process proximity effect correction method of a process proximity effect correction device for performing process proximity effect correction (PPC) of a plurality of patterns using a machine learning module executed by a processor, comprising: training a sensitivity model by inputting a layout image of the plurality of patterns and a layout critical dimension (CD) of the plurality of patterns into the machine learning module; estimating an after cleaning inspection critical dimension (ACI-CD) sensitivity prediction value of the plurality of patterns by inferring an ACI-CD prediction value of the plurality of patterns; and determining a correction rate of the layout CD of the plurality of patterns using the estimated sensitivity prediction value.

Abstract: A display device includes a glass substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface between the first and second surfaces, an outermost structure disposed on the first surface and adjacent to an edge of the glass substrate, and a display area including a plurality of emission areas spaced apart from the edge on the first surface of the glass substrate. The side surface has a curved shape with the edge protruding to an outermost side of the glass substrate, the side surface includes a first side surface between the edge and the first surface, and a second side surface between the edge and the second surface and having a different curvature from the first side surface, and the glass substrate includes an edge area on the first surface, adjacent to the edge, and, in which processing traces are left.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for decoding a video including determining a coding unit to be decoded by block partitioning, decoding prediction syntaxes for the coding unit, the prediction syntaxes including a skip flag indicating whether the coding unit is encoded in a skip mode, after the decoding of the prediction syntaxes, decoding transform syntaxes including a transformation/quantization skip flag and a coding unit cbf, wherein the transformation/quantization skip flag indicates whether inverse transformation, inverse quantization, and at least part of in-loop filterings are skipped, and the coding unit cbf indicates whether all coefficients in a luma block and two chroma blocks constituting the coding unit are zero, and reconstructing the coding unit based on the prediction syntaxes and the transform syntaxes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device of the present disclosure shows high luminous efficiency and good lifespan by comprising a specific combination of the plural kinds of host compounds and a specific hole transport compound.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of a chemical structure having the ability of inhibiting or disintegrating an androgen receptor (AR), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound. The present disclosure also provides a composition comprising such a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical use of a compound according to the present disclosure, a salt thereof, and a composition comprising same for the treatment or prevention of AR-related diseases. The present disclosure also provides a method for treating or preventing AR-related diseases, comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment an effective amount of a compound according to the present disclosure, a salt thereof, or a composition comprising same.

Abstract: A composition for preventing or treating a TNF-?-related disease is disclosed. The composition includes hydroflumethiazide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition can effectively inhibit the expression or activity of TNF-? and exhibits an excellent treatment effect compared to methotrexate (MTX) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which are rheumatoid arthritis treatment agents currently on the market, and, thus, can be effectively used for prevention or treatment of a TNF-?-related disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a BCDA-based semi-alicyclic homo- or co-polyimide membrane material for gas separation and a preparation method thereof. The polyimide material prepared according to the present invention has high solubility in casting solvents, particularly in polar organic solvents, by interrupting asymmetry in the polyimide chain structure and formation of polyimide complexes compared with aromatic polyimides, and has higher heat resistance than the conventional aromatic polyimides and aliphatic polyimides, so that it is useful for the process of a high-selective permeable composite membrane or a asymmetric hollow fiber membrane used for commercial purposes, suggesting that it can be effectively used as a membrane for gas separation in various fields. In addition, the polyimide material membrane for gas separation of the present invention is useful because it has superior gas separation properties to the conventional commercialized aromatic polyimides or semi-alicyclic polyimides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetorheological fluid and a manufacturing method thereof. The magnetorheological fluid according to the present invention includes: a dispersion medium; magnetic particles; and a thixotropic agent, in which the magnetorheological fluid has viscoelasticity, and when shear stress ? of the viscoelasticity of the magnetorheological fluid is ? = ?0sin(wt) and shear strain ? is ? = ?0sin(wt + ?) = G?sin(wt) + G?cos [G? is referred to storage modulus and G? is referred to as loss modulus], when a magnetic field is applied, the slope of G? is equal to or less than 0 for the range from 0.01% shear strain applied to the magnetorheological fluid to the shear strain value satisfying tan ? = G? / G?= 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising an antiviral agent and an antidepressant as an active ingredient and to which a biguanide-based compound can be added, and more specifically, efavirenz, etravirine, rilpivirine, lopinavir, atazanavir, darunavir, and ritonavir as an antiviral agent, and fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, duloxetine, amitriptyline, clomipramine, nortriptyline, desipramine, amoxapine, maprotilline, trimipramine, protriptyline, and melithracene as an antidepressant, in complex, mixture, or combination administration, or efavirenz and fluoxetine with metformin, a biguanide compound, in complex, mixture, or combination administration, shows the significant synergistic anti-cancer activity than when each was administered alone, and so, finally the antiviral agent and antidepressant according to the present invention can be effectively used as an active ingredient in a composition for preventing or treating cancer.