Abstract: Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is one of the main obstacles to successful transplantation, including ABO blood group-incompatible (ABOi) transplantation. C4d deposition is a marker of ABMR and is also found in most ABOi allograft tissues. Described herein are anti-C4d CAR Tregs that suppress ABMR in ABOi allografts. Anti-C4d CAR Tregs prepared by retroviral transduction of CAR into CD62L +CD4 +CD25 +Tregs, expressed Foxp3, CD25, CTLA-4, LAP, and GITR to similar extents as non-transduced Tregs. Anti-C4d CAR Tregs were activated by specific binding to C4d and suppressed in vitro T cell proliferation as well as non-transduced Tregs. Furthermore, adoptive transfer of anti-C4d CAR Tregs significantly prolonged mouse ABOi heart allograft survival (P<0.05).

Abstract: The present invention relates to stem cell-derived mature cardiomyocytes and a cardiovascular disease model using same and, more specifically, to differentiation into mature ventricular cardiomyocytes by culturing stem cells in a medium containing FGF4 and ascorbic acid, and use of the differentiated mature ventricular cardiomyocytes as a cardiovascular disease cell model. The mature ventricular cardiomyocytes, obtained by culturing stem cells in a medium containing FGF4 and ascorbic acid and inducing the differentiation thereof, and cardiovascular disease cell model using same according to the present invention are very useful for screening for cardiovascular disease therapeutic agents and evaluation of the toxicity of new drugs.

Abstract: According to an example of the present disclosure, a neural processing unit (NPU) capable of encoding is provided. The NPU comprises one or more processing elements (PEs) which perform operations for a plurality of layers of an artificial neural network and generate a plurality of output feature maps. The NPU also comprises an encoder which encodes at least one particular output feature map among a plurality of output feature maps into a bitstream and then transmits thereof.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a photoresist coater applying a photoresist film on a substrate, a humidifier increasing an amount of moisture in an ambient to which the photoresist film on the substrate is exposed, and an exposer irradiating the photoresist film exposed to the ambient having the increased amount of moisture with light. The humidifier is disposed between the photoresist coater and the exposer.

Abstract: A method of processing of a sparsity-aware neural processing unit includes receiving a plurality of input activations (IA); obtaining a weight having a non-zero value in each weight output channel; storing the weight and the IA in a memory, and obtaining an input channel index comprising a memory address location in which the weight and the IA are stored; and arranging the non-zero weight of each weight output channel according to a row size of an index matching unit (IMU) and matching the IA to the weight in the IMU comprising a buffer memory storing the input channel index.

Abstract: A powertrain for an electric vehicle includes: a planetary gear having a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element, wherein a first rotating element is connected to a first shaft and the second rotating element is connected to a second shaft; a first motor configured to selectively supply power to the first shaft at two or more gear ratios; a first shift assembly configured to transfer power of the first motor to the first shaft through one of two or more external engagement gear trains having different gear ratios; and a second motor configured to selectively supply power to the first shaft and the second shaft. The third shaft is fixedly disposed on a transmission housing, and any two shafts among the first, second and third shafts restrain each other.

Abstract: Controlling a speed limit includes determining a virtual vehicle speed as being a lower one of a vehicle speed and a target limit speed, determining a virtual APS value as being a larger one of a first APS value and a second APS value, transitioning to a second mode at a point in time at which an actual APS value and the second APS value become different, when it is expected to transition to the second mode, among a first mode for sustaining a SOC of a battery at the target limit speed and the second mode for depleting the SOC, and determining a transmission gear position by applying the determined virtual vehicle speed and the determined virtual APS value to one of a first shifting pattern and a second shifting pattern.

Abstract: An electronic device mounted on a fixed or a movable apparatus is provided. The electronic device may comprise a neural processing unit (NPU), including a plurality of processing elements (PEs), configured to process an operation of an artificial neural network model trained to detect or track at least one object and output an inference result based on at least one image acquired from at least one camera; and a signal generator generating a signal applicable to the at least one camera.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes: determining an accelerator position sensor/brake pedal position sensor (APS/BPS) command value based on a state variable and a reward variable including a prediction value for a future velocity of the vehicle predicted based on a past APS/BPS command value of the vehicle; and learning for a reward value according to the reward variable to satisfy a predetermined goal based on a change that the determined APS/BPS command value causes to at least one state variable under given environment information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electrode slurry coating apparatus and method, the present invention ultimately allowing the process efficiency to be increased and rate of errors to be reduced when double-layer structured active material layers are formed by temporally adjusting the height of first and second discharge outlets through which active material is discharged.

Abstract: A storage device, including: a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller configured to perform a write operation on at least one write unit included in the plurality of memory cells, and to perform an erase operation on at least one erase unit included in the plurality of memory cells, wherein the controller is further configured to: allocate a plurality of zones to a storage space of the nonvolatile memory device based on a request received from an external host device, select two or more erase units from among a plurality of erase units included in the plurality of memory cells to be allocated to each of the plurality of zones based on a zone map table, fixedly and sequentially manage logical addresses of data written in the plurality of zones, wherein the nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of memory chips, wherein each memory chip of the plurality of memory chips includes a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each memory block of the plurality of memory b

Abstract: An emissive display device includes a display area which includes a plurality of pixels, and a driver disposed at a side of the display area, where the driver includes at least two emission signal stages disposed in one row, and an input signal line connected to the emission signal stages, and the at least two emission signal stages are connected to the same input signal line.

Abstract: An electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement device for a vehicle is provided. The ECG measurement device includes an impedance compensator that corresponds to an electrode in contact with a body of a driver and configured to compensate an impedance of each of electrode signals received from the electrode. An electrode selector sequentially selects the electrode signals in response to receiving the electrode signals from the electrode. A differential amplifier differentially amplifies the electrode signals. In particular, each electrode signal has the compensated impedance. Additionally, a signal quality evaluator evaluates quality of an ECG signal output from the differential amplifier and a compensation controller then adjusts an impedance compensation value of each of the impedance compensators as a result of evaluating the quality of the ECG signal.

Abstract: A differential mode converter that includes an input mode converter configured to convert an input voltage in a single-ended mode into a first differential voltage and a second differential voltage to be output, the first differential voltage and the second differential voltage being symmetric with respect to a reference voltage and having a form of a square wave; and a chopper configured to receive the first differential voltage and the second differential voltage and determine a first chopping voltage and a second chopping voltage based on the first differential voltage and the second differential voltage to output the first chopping voltage and the second chopping voltage, the first chopping voltage and the second chopping voltage being symmetric with respect to the reference voltage and having a form of a DC voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air cleaner. The air cleaner includes a main body, a panel configured to be movable with respect to the main body, a power transmission device connected to the panel, a vibration-preventing member connected to the power transmission device and including a vibration-preventing portion in contact with the power transmission device and a slip-preventing portion having a thickness thinner than the vibration-preventing portion, and a driving source connected to the vibration-preventing member.

Abstract: The present application can provide a preparation method that can effectively produce a polymer having desired molecular weight characteristics and solubility in a solvent, and having a monomer composition, which is designed freely and variously according to the purpose, without unnecessary components with excellent polymerization efficiency and conversion rates, and a dispersion comprising the polymer formed by the preparation method.

Abstract: A display device includes an electronic panel including a first non-folding region, a folding region, and a second non-folding region arranged in a first direction, a support plate disposed under the electronic panel, and a hinge member that defines biaxial rotational axes that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction and that extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The electronic panel is folded inward or outward about the biaxial rotational axes, and the biaxial rotational axes are defined over or under the support plate depending on a folding direction of the electronic panel.

Abstract: A drive axle assembly capable of reducing drag torque by eliminating an inner bearing seal from a wheel bearing and capable of reducing the generation of frictional noise at corrugations of a boot. The drive axle assembly includes a wheel bearing assembled with a wheel housing, an outer ring having a ring shape and including an outer-diameter portion secured to an outer wheel of a wheel bearing, a boot including a large-diameter portion formed at one end thereof and assembled with an inner-diameter portion of the outer ring, and a bearing seal unit disposed between a small-diameter portion formed at the other end of the boot and a drive shaft to restrict rotation of the boot and to prevent introduction of foreign substances.

Abstract: A storage device, including a nonvolatile memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells; and a controller configured to: allocate a plurality of zones to a storage space of the nonvolatile memory device based on a request received from an external host device, fixedly and sequentially manage logical addresses of data written in the plurality of zones, generate a first page map table corresponding to a first zone based on performing the write operation on the first zone, the first page map table comprising a logical address and a physical address of the first zone, based on the first zone being full, activate a read service, which is based on the zone map table, and based on the read service being activated, process read requests for the first zone from the external host device using the zone map table.

Abstract: A storage device, including: a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller including an internal buffer including zone buffers, and configured to: allocate a plurality of zones to a storage space, select two or more erase units to be allocated to each zone based on a zone map table, fixedly and sequentially manage logical addresses of data written in the plurality of zones, based on reads for sequential logical addresses being requested by the external host device, read first data corresponding to the sequential logical addresses from the nonvolatile memory device, and output the first data to the external host device, and based on the reads being requested, perform a prefetch operation by reading second data corresponding to next sequential logical addresses, and storing the second data in the internal buffer, without receiving a next read request from the external host device.