Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel citrate synthase variant, a microorganism comprising the variant, and a method for producing O-acetyl-L-homoserine and L-methionine using the microorganism.

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: The present technology may include a first storage circuit connected to a plurality of memory banks, an error correction circuit, a read path including a plurality of sub-read paths connected between the plurality of memory banks and the error correction circuit, and a control circuit configured to control data output from the plurality of memory banks to be simultaneously stored in the first storage circuit by deactivating the read path during a first sub-test section, and to control the data stored in the first storage circuit to be sequentially transmitted to the error correction circuit by sequentially activating the plurality of sub-read paths during a second sub-test section.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical filter for its use. In the present invention, it is possible to provide an optical filter that effectively blocks ultraviolet ray and infrared ray and exhibits high transmittance in visible light. Furthermore, it is possible to provide an optical filter where the transmission characteristics are stably maintained even when an incident angle is changed. Moreover, it is possible to provide an optical filter that does not exhibit problems such as ripple or petal flare.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cover window for a flexible display device including a polymer substrate including a polyamide resin; and a hard coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer substrate, wherein a yellow index of the polymer substrate measured in accordance with STM E 313 is 4.00 or less, and an elastic modulus of the polymer substrate measured at a strain rate of 12.5 mm/min in accordance with ISO 527-3 is 4 to 9 GPa.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to decoding communications with token sky maps. At least one electronic communication including emoticons having a non-original meaning is received. A candidate meaning is determined for the emoticons having the non-original meaning in the at least one electronic communication based at least in part on token neighborhood distribution structures. The candidate meaning for the emoticons having the non-original meaning is caused to be displayed on at least one device.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for syllable-based pronunciation help are provided. An input text in a first language may be received. A selection of a target language that is different from the first language may be received. From the target language, syllables with a pronunciation most closely matching a pronunciation of the input text in the first language are obtained. The obtaining is based on a comparison of one or more spectrograms for the input text with one or more spectrograms for text of the target language. The obtained syllables in the target language are presented.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, the method including a step of injecting an ionizable normal salt and polymerizing a vinyl chloride monomer in the presence of one or more emulsifiers and a polymerization initiator, wherein the ionizable normal salt includes a carbonate metal salt or a sulfite metal salt, and the ionizable normal salt is continuously injected in an amount of 70 to 1200 ppm based on the total weight of the vinyl chloride monomer when a polymerization conversion rate is in a range of 0% to 20%. The method capable of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer suitable as an eco-friendly material, while not affecting the rate of polymerization reaction and decreasing the generation amount of total volatile organic compounds by controlling the injection time, injection amount and kind of the ionizable normal salt, is provided.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate including a pixel area and a transmissive area; a thin-film transistor on the first substrate; a planarization layer on the thin-film transistor; a first light emitting electrode on the planarization layer; a bank covering a part of the first light emitting electrode; a light emitting layer on the first light emitting electrode; and a second light emitting electrode on the light emitting layer and the bank. The transmissive area includes a transmissive hole penetrating the bank and the planarization layer.

Abstract: An ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having excellent physical properties showing reduced immersion time of a crosslinking agent and a high degree of crosslinking, and a composition for an encapsulant film, comprising the same, is described herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling a multi-image display provided in a vehicle, and a method thereof. According to the present disclosure, a multi-image display device may simultaneously output two or more images separated depending on an output angle or an optical frequency, and a first reflection member provided in an indoor ceiling of the vehicle may reflect one image among the two or more images output from the multi-image display device.

Abstract: Disclosed are an oxidizing electrode, a water electrolysis device including the same and a method for manufacturing the same. According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an oxidizing electrode with improved performance at low loadings of noble metals, especially, ruthenium (Ru) and iridium oxide, in which a ruthenium (Ru) layer and an iridium oxide layer formed on a substrate by electrodeposition in a sequential order are supported by electrochemical reaction rather than physical bonding.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for skin improvement and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating an inflammatory skin disease, the compositions including an umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell culture medium as an active ingredient. The compositions exhibit a wound relief, wrinkle improvement, regeneration, elasticity increase, moisturizing, barrier strengthening, anti-inflammatory or antioxidant effect, and thus can be effectively used as a cosmetic composition for skin improvement or a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating an inflammatory skin disease.

Abstract: A shift lever apparatus is normally hidden, and provides traveling sensitivity according to a driver's preference when deployed for a specific mode. The shift lever apparatus includes a shift lever that is deployed or undeployed in a housing according to a rotating location; an operating mechanism installed on the shift lever to be rotated together with the shift lever, and provided with a stopper drawn out or drawn into the operating mechanism depending on whether an operation is performed; a guide installed in the housing to guide movement of the stopper and having a first fixing hole and a second fixing hole spaced apart from each other within a rotating radius of the stopper; and a sensing sensor sensing the rotating location of the shift lever when the stopper is located in the second fixing hole to transfer a shift signal according to the rotating location.

Abstract: Provided are an antibody that binds specifically to N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and use thereof. An antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, which binds specifically to an epitope of NT-proBNP including the amino acid sequence of HXLGXXX (SEQ ID NO: 2), may detect NT-proBNP, which is a heart disease biomarker, and heart disease can also be effectively diagnosed by using the same.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly that accommodates the rotor assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core including tooth portions corresponding to first to third phase currents, respectively, and a coil wound around the tooth portions and defining a Y connection of the first to third phase currents, a neutral point terminal defining a neutral point of the Y connection, and power terminals configured to communicate each phase current with the Y connection. The coil includes a primary winding and a secondary winding that are wound around each of the tooth portions, that are electrically connected parallel to each other, and that are connected to each of the power terminals.

Abstract: A method of training a voice recognition model to convert voice data to text data, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving the voice data input; converting the voice data into one or more grapheme data items using the voice recognition model; generating one or more word candidates corresponding to the one or more grapheme data items by using the voice recognition model; determining, on the basis of context, one of the word candidates as the text data that corresponds to the voice data, by using the voice recognition model; and adding a weight to one or more rules associated with generation of the word candidate determined as the text data, by using a back propagation value generated on the basis of the text data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling a multi-image display provided in a vehicle, and a method thereof. According to the present disclosure, a multi-image display device may simultaneously output two or more images separated depending on an output angle or an optical frequency, and a first reflection member provided in an indoor ceiling of the vehicle may reflect one image among the two or more images output from the multi-image display device.

Abstract: A dry etching method includes a first step of adsorbing first radicals into a surface of an etching target, wherein the first radicals are contained in first plasma generated from a plasma generator; and a second step of irradiating ion-beams extracted from second plasma generated from the plasma generator onto the surface of the etching target into which the radicals have been adsorbed, thereby desorbing a surface atomic layer of the etching target, wherein the first step is performed such that: a positive potential greater than a potential of the first plasma is applied to one or two selected from first to third grids, while a ground potential is applied to the rest thereof; and a negative potential equal to or lower than a potential of the third grid is applied to a substrate support structure.

Abstract: A photoelectronic device includes a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction; and a transition metal dichalcogenide thin film including at least one first region and at least one second region. Each first region includes M+N transition metal dichalcogenide molecular layers and extends along the first direction. Each second region includes N transition metal dichalcogenide molecular layers extending from lower N transition metal dichalcogenide molecular layers of the first region. Each second region extends along the first direction and is adjacent to each first region. Both end regions in the first direction among the first and the second regions are electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively.