Abstract: The present invention relates to: a substituted thiazolidinedione derivative compound having a novel structure acting as a sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 (SREBP1) inhibitor, a hydrate thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, comprising same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Provided are a separator and an electrochemical device using the same, in particular, a separator having significantly low heat shrinkage even at a high temperature and also significantly improved adhesive strength by including inorganic particles having specific fluorescence properties in the separator, and an electrochemical device using the same.

Abstract: A storage device includes a non-volatile memory device configured to store fast cell information obtained from a threshold voltage distribution formed through a one-shot program for memory cells; and a storage controller configured to read the fast cell information from the non-volatile memory device during booting or initialization to perform mapping a fast cell area based on a fast cell management policy, wherein the fast cell information is acquired through the one-shot program performed in a test stage or a mass production evaluation stage, and is stored in the non-volatile memory device before a firmware of the storage controller is executed.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to image sensors and electronic apparatuses including the same. An image sensor including: a pixel area including shared pixels, wherein each of the shared pixels includes at least two photodiodes that form a group and share a floating diffusion (FD) area; and a transistor (TR) area adjacent to the pixel area, wherein the TR area includes transistor sets corresponding to the shared pixels, wherein, when a first shared pixel and a second shared pixel are arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction, a first TR set corresponding to the first shared pixel and a second TR set corresponding to the second shared pixel share a source region of a first selection TR.

Abstract: The camera module disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes a lens barrel having an opening; and a lens portion disposed within the opening and having a plurality of lenses which an optical axis is aligned from an object side toward a sensor side, wherein the lens barrel includes a lens fixing portion to which the plurality of lenses is fixed; a holder coupling portion spaced apart from the lens fixing portion; a connection frame connected between the lens fixing portion and the holder coupling portion; and a buffer space disposed between the lens fixing portion and the holder coupling portion and disposed at a lower portion of the connection frame, wherein the buffer space overlaps a flange portion of one or two lenses adjacent to the sensor side among the plurality of lenses in a horizontal direction, and the horizontal direction may be a direction orthogonal to the optical axis.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for image encoding and image decoding using region segmentation. A picture is divided into multiple sub-pictures, and encoding and/or decoding are performed on the multiple sub-pictures resulting from division. Encoding operations and/or decoding operations on the sub-pictures may be independently performed. Merging and filtering are applied to reconstructed sub-pictures generated by decoding, and a reconstructed picture is generated after processing of merging and filtering.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning an oxide film using a direct current reverse polarity are provided. The apparatus for cleaning an oxide film formed on a workpiece may include a power supply configured to apply direct current power and to include a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal, the workpiece configured to be electrically connected to the negative electrode terminal to act as a negative electrode to which a current is applied, and a torch having a positive electrode, which is spaced apart from the oxide film by a predetermined distance and is electrically connected to the positive electrode terminal, the torch being installed to be movable relative to the workpiece. The oxide film formed on the workpiece may be removed by applying a reverse polarity direct current between the workpiece, serving as the negative electrode, and the positive electrode to generate an arc.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery electrode, an all-solid-state battery electrode manufactured by the method, and an all-solid-state battery including the electrode are disclosed. In the method, a specific type of binder included in the electrode is prepared in a fiber form by applying pressure to the binder under specific conditions, so that the fiber-form binder thus prepared has an average fineness that satisfies a specific range. Therefore, the all-solid-state battery including the electrode has an advantage of having high capacity even in the case of electrode thickening for high loading.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices includes a landing pad on a substrate, a lower electrode on the landing pad and connected to the landing pad, a capacitor dielectric film that is on the lower electrode and includes both a tetragonal crystal system and an orthorhombic crystal system, a first doping layer that is between the lower electrode and the capacitor dielectric film and includes a first metal, and an upper electrode on the capacitor dielectric film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a switching element on a substrate, a pad isolation layer on the switching element, a conductive pad passing through the pad isolation layer and connected to the switching element, an insulating pattern on the pad isolation layer and having a height greater than a horizontal width, a lower electrode on side surfaces of the insulating pattern on side surfaces of the insulating pattern and in contact with the conductive pad, a capacitor dielectric layer on the lower electrode and having a monocrystalline dielectric layer and a polycrystalline dielectric layer, the monocrystalline dielectric layer being relatively close to side surfaces of the insulating pattern compared to the polycrystalline dielectric layer an upper electrode on the capacitor dielectric layer may be provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for isolating, maintaining, proliferating and differentiating monoclonal cells derived from human salivary gland epithelial stem cells or progenitor cells, and a production method for extracellular vesicles for treating salivary gland diseases. More specifically, conditions for isolating monoclonal salivary gland epithelial cells through an optimized subfractionation culturing method from a small amount of major salivary gland or minor salivary gland tissue obtained during surgery or biopsy processes have been established, and culture medium conditions for enabling long-term culture of salivary gland epithelial stem cells or progenitor cells in 2D have been established.

Abstract: A decoding apparatus for image decoding includes: a memory and at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to: obtain a transform skip flag of a current block from a bitstream, obtain residual information of the current block from the bitstream based on the transform skip flag, wherein the residual information is residual information on transform skip, derive a specific number of context-coded bins for context syntax elements for the current block, decode the context syntax elements for a current sub-block of the current block included in the residual information based on the specific number, derive transform coefficients for the current sub-block based on the decoded context syntax elements, derive residual samples for the current block based on the transform coefficients, and generate a reconstructed picture based on the residual samples.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for designing and testing an audio codec using quantization based on white noise modeling. A neural network-based audio encoder design method includes generating a quantized latent vector and a reconstructed signal corresponding to an input signal by using a white noise modeling-based quantization process, computing a total loss for training a neural network-based audio codec, based on the input signal, the reconstruction signal, and the quantized latent vector, training the neural network-based audio codec by using the total loss, and validating the trained neural network-based audio codec to select the best neural network-based audio codec.

Abstract: An image decoding method comprises the steps of: obtaining a current coding tree unit (CTU) of a first size configuring a current picture; determining whether to implicitly divide the current coding tree unit; dividing the current coding tree unit into one or more coding units (CUs) based on the determination; obtaining, from a bitstream, division information for a current coding unit among the one or more coding units; and dividing and decoding the current coding unit..

Abstract: An encoding method, a decoding method, an encoder for performing the encoding method, and a decoder for performing the decoding method are provided. The encoding method includes outputting LP coefficients bitstream and a residual signal by performing an LP analysis on an input signal, outputting a first latent signal obtained by encoding a periodic component of the residual signal, a second latent signal obtained by encoding a non-periodic component of the residual signal, and a weight vector for each of the first latent signal and the second latent signal, using a first neural network module, and outputting a first bitstream obtained by quantizing the first latent signal, a second bitstream obtained by quantizing the second latent signal, and a weight bitstream obtained by quantizing the weight vector, using a quantization module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel benzopyran derivative useful for preparing a drug for treating cancer, and more specifically, to a novel benzopyran derivative which is a micromolecule having a macrophage inhibitory effect and is useful for preparing a drug for cancer treatment. The drug particularly inhibits the differentiation of immune macrophages to stimulate the immune system, and thus is useful for treating immune-related cancers.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring a transform skip available flag; acquiring a TSRC available flag on the basis of the transform skip available flag; acquiring prediction-related information regarding a current block; deriving a prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the prediction-related information; acquiring residual information of a residual coding syntax for the current block, derived on the basis of the TSRC available flag; deriving a residual sample of the current block on the basis of the residual information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the prediction sample and the residual sample.

Abstract: To generate a charging path for a battery, a method includes generating simulation data for charging currents based on a battery model indicating an internal state of a battery, generating an initial look-up table (LUT) for the charging currents and preset battery voltage limits based on the simulation data, the initial LUT representing initial charging limit conditions of the battery for stages corresponding to the charging currents, generating a modified LUT by adjusting at least one of the initial charging limit conditions of the initial LUT, in response to the initial LUT failing to satisfy a threshold, determining a final LUT based on the modified LUT, in response to the modified LUT satisfying the threshold, and generating a charging path for the battery based on the final LUT.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, in which a cell array region and an extension region are arranged along a first direction, and in which contact regions and through regions are alternately arranged along the first direction in the extension region, including: a mold structure including a plurality of first insulating patterns and a plurality of gate electrodes, which are alternately stacked on a first substrate; a channel structure penetrating the mold structure in the cell array region to intersect the plurality of gate electrodes; respective gate contacts that are on the mold structure in the contact regions and are connected to each of the gate electrodes; and a plurality of second insulating patterns, the second insulating patterns being stacked alternately with the first insulating patterns in the mold structure in the through regions, the plurality of second insulating patterns including a different material from the plurality of first insulating patterns.