Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the first substrate; a third electrode and a fourth electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer injected between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where the second electrode extends substantially in a first direction, the third electrode extends substantially in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: Provided is a hard film for a cutting tool formed on a surface of a base material, the hard film being comprised of a nano multi-layered structure formed by sequentially stacking a thin layer A, a thin layer B, a thin layer C and a thin layer D or being comprised of a structure formed by repeatedly stacking the nano multi-layered structure at least twice, wherein the thin layer A is comprised of TixAl1-xN (0.5?x?1.7); the thin layer B is comprised of Al1-y-zTiyMezN (0.4?y?0.7, 0<z?0.1 where Me is at least one of Si, Cr, and Nb); the thin layer C is comprised of AlaTi1-aN (0.5?a?0.7); and the thin layer D is comprised of AlbCr1-bN (0.5?b?0.7).

Abstract: Provided is a hard film formed on a surface of a base material, the hard film being comprised of a nano multi-layered structure formed by stacking a thin layer A, a thin layer B a thin layer C in order of thin layers A-B-A-C from the base material or being comprised of a structure formed by repeatedly stacking the nano multi-layered structure at least twice, wherein the thin layer A is comprised of Ti1-xAlxN (0.3?x?0.7); the thin layer B is comprised of Al1-yCryN (0.3?y?0.7); and the thin layer C is comprised of MeN (where Me is any one of Nb, V, and Cr).

Abstract: Provided is a hard film for a cutting tool formed on a surface of a base material, the hard film being comprised of a nano multi-layered structure comprising a thin layer A, a thin layer B, a thin layer C and a thin layer D or a structure in which the nano multi-layered structure is repeatedly stacked at least twice, wherein the thin layer A is comprised of Ti1-xAlxN (0.5?x?0.7); the thin layer B is comprised of Al1-y-zTiyCrzN (0.3?y?0.6 and 0<z?0.3); the thin layer B is comprised of MeN (where Me is Nb or V); and the thin layer D is comprised of Al1-a-bTiaSibN (0.3?a?0.7 and 0<b<0.1).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a customized food life service is provided. The method includes: sensing a wireless frequency identification tag attached to food to receive data; processing and storing the received data; analyzing and modeling the stored data; and providing food management information based on the analyzing and modeling result.

Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes applying a common voltage and a bias voltage to two of a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode of the display panel to form a vertical field during a period during which the display panel displays an image, and applying a data voltage based on a grayscale of the image to one of the first and second electrodes to form an in-plane field during the period during which the display panel displays the image, where the display panel includes a first substrate including the first electrode, the second electrode which overlaps the first electrode and a transistor connected to one of the first and second electrodes, and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate and including the third electrode.

Abstract: A conductive thermoplastic resin composition includes polyethersulfone resin and a carbon nanotube (CNT)-oriented glass fiber. The conductive thermoplastic resin composition can have high electrical conductivity and remarkably improved mechanical physical properties with a small amount of CNTs.

Abstract: In a display panel and a method of manufacturing the display panel, the display panel includes a display substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and disposed on the first electrode, an opposite substrate including a third electrode facing the second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules, a reactive mesogen polymer, and nano-rods.

Abstract: A film deposition apparatus includes a chamber, at least one susceptor disposed inside the chamber and including a seating part, and at least three protrusion parts disposed on the seating part. The seating part is configured to have a wafer seated thereon. The film deposition apparatus further includes a heat source configured to supply heat to the at least one susceptor. The at least three protrusion parts are spaced a distance apart from a center of the at least one susceptor, and the distance is greater than or equal to one third (?) of a radius of the wafer seated on the at least one susceptor or greater than or equal to one third (?) of a radius of the at least one susceptor.

Abstract: The present application relates to a composition including gut flora-derived extracellular vesicles, and to an animal disease model using same. In addition, the present application relates to a method for using the gut flora-derived extracellular vesicles to efficiently search for a candidate drug which may prevent or treat diseases that occur due to gut flora-derived extracellular vesicles, and to a vaccine which can efficiently prevent or treat infections caused by gut flora or diseases that occur due to gut flora-derived extracellular vesicles. Further, the development of diagnostic technology to discover, using the gut flora-derived extracellular vesicles of the present application, the etiology of diseases that occur due to gut flora-derived extracellular vesicles, can be achieved.

Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device, a memory controller for controlling the nonvolatile memory device and a virtual data interface layer that manages reading and/or writing of patterned data from/to the nonvolatile memory device. In a read operation, the virtual data interface layer generates patterned data that is requested to be read. Accordingly, a read speed of the memory system may be improved.

Abstract: A moving robot configured to generate a map of an environment of a territory and allow a user to set a structure of the territory and information on the map used for a location-based service and to use a more intuitively intelligent service is provided. The moving robot includes an operation performer configured to move around a territory and perform a certain operation, a detector configured to collect map building information of the territory, and a controller configured to control the moving robot to move to a set particular area within the territory by referring to the map information of the territory generated based on the collected map building information and control the operation performer to perform the operation with respect to the particular area.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition of the present invention comprises (A) 30 to 40% by weight of a block terpolymer of an aromatic vinyl compound and alkene or a conjugated diene-based compound; (B) 25 to 50% by weight of a paraffin oil; (C) 1 to 5% by weight of a polyolefin-based resin; (D) 5 to 20% by weight of an inorganic additive; and (E) 5 to 15% by weight of a polyphenylene ether-based resin. The thermoplastic elastomer composition, which has a surface hardness of 0.1 to 40 A (shore A), shows excellent low hardness and has improved physical properties at high temperature, particularly, flexibility, restoring force at high temperatures, and the like.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes (A) about 50 to about 90% by weight of a crystalline thermoplastic resin having a melting point of about 200 to about 380° C.; and (B) about 10 to about 50% by weight of a filler in which a carbon nanostructure having an average length of about 1 to about 1000 ?m and an average diameter of about 1 to about 100 nm is grown on a glass fiber surface. The thermoplastic resin composition can have excellent EMI shielding property and/or fluidity.

Abstract: Provided is a disconnection detecting apparatus for detecting whether there is a disconnection between a current signal output device and an external device receives the current signal of a PLC analog current output module. The disconnection detecting apparatus according to an embodiment includes a monitoring unit generating different voltages according to whether a current signal input from the current signal output device is applied to the external device, a reference voltage generating unit generating a reference voltage, a comparing unit outputting a voltage according to a result obtained by comparing the voltage generated from the monitoring unit with the reference voltage, and a switching unit outputting a disconnection detecting signal on the basis of the voltage output from the comparing unit.

Abstract: A method for forming a display device includes forming a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate, in which the liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal composition including a reactive mesogen, applying an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, firstly curing the liquid crystal layer at a temperature from about ?20° C. to about 60° C., and secondly curing the liquid crystal layer without applying the electric field. The liquid crystal composition includes the reactive mesogen in an amount exceeding 0 percent by weight and equal to or smaller than about 30 percent by weight relative to a total weight of the liquid crystal composition.

Abstract: A deposition apparatus includes a process chamber including an observing window, a crucible disposed in the process chamber to overlap with the observing window in a first direction, a disc disposed between the observing window and the crucible to overlap with the observing window in the first direction and rotated with respect to the first direction, a rotation unit coupled to the process chamber and the disc to rotate the disc, a deposition preventing plate disposed between the disc and the crucible and provided with an opening formed therethrough and overlapped with the observing window in the first direction, and a measuring sensor disposed outside the process chamber to overlap with the observing window, the disc, and the crucible in the first direction. The measuring sensor senses a distance between the deposition material and the measuring sensor to measure a residual amount of the deposition material.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a signal such that a PLC input signal is equalized to a reference input signal. The apparatus includes an error calculation unit to calculate an error by using the PLC input signal and the reference input signal; an estimation parameter calculation unit to calculate an estimation parameter by using the reference input signal, the PLC input signal and the error; and an error correction unit to correct the error by using the estimation parameter such that the PLC input signal is equalized to the reference input signal.

Abstract: Provided is a session management method of managing a session created between a wireless universal serial bus (USB) host and a wireless USB device through a wireless network, the session management method including: receiving session status messages periodically transmitted for checking a status of the created session; counting a number of continuous reception failures representing a number of the session status messages that are not received; and if the number of the continuous reception failures of session status messages is greater than a reference number, changing the current status of the session to a suspended status if the current status of the session is a connected status, and closing the created session if the current status of the session is a suspended status.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer includes (A) a hydrogenated triblock copolymer, (B) a non-aromatic oil, (C) a polyolefin resin, (D) an inorganic filler, (E) a polyphenylene ether resin, and (F) a silicone resin. The thermoplastic elastomer can have good abrasion resistance and antimicrobial activity while possessing low hardness and high strength. Also provided is a molded article using the thermoplastic elastomer.