Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a first oxide layer containing a first element over a first electrode layer; forming a second oxide layer containing a second element over the first oxide layer; forming a stacked structure in which a plurality of first oxide layers and a plurality of second oxide layers are alternately stacked by repeating the forming of the first oxide layer and the forming of the second oxide layer a plurality of times; and forming a second electrode layer over the stacked structure, wherein a thickness of a lowermost first oxide layer among the plurality of first oxide layers is greater than a thickness of each of other first oxide layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water treatment device, and more specifically to a water purifier capable of removing scale in a simple manner.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. In video encoding and decoding, multiple partition blocks are generated by splitting a target block. A prediction mode is derived for at least a part of the multiple partition blocks, among the multiple partition blocks, and prediction is performed on the multiple partition blocks based on the derived prediction mode. When prediction is performed on the partition blocks, information related to the target block may be used, and information related to an additional partition block, which is predicted prior to the partition block, may be used.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for a fuel cell electrode including an active particle which includes a core comprising platinum, a transition metal excluding platinum, and an oxide of a non-transition metal; and a shell disposed on the core and including platinum, wherein the active particle includes platinum and the non-transition metal in a molar ratio of 100:1.80 to 100:4.00, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell including the same.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle, includes a second row center seat and a second row side seat provided on a partition wall positioned rearward of a driver seat, the second row center seat may move leftward or rightward, and an interval between the seats may be increased in a state in which the second row center seat is moved in a right direction away from the second row side seat, which makes it possible to maximally prevent body contact between a passenger in the second row center seat and a passenger in the second row side seat.

Abstract: In the present invention, it was confirmed that the modified protein in which the 356th serine of Runx3 is substituted with alanine has an increased activity of maintaining the complex with Brd2 by more than 10 times compared to the wild-type Runx3, and the apoptosis effect is improved in various cancer cell lines compared to the wild-type Runx3. Therefore, the modified protein in which the 356th serine of Runx3 is substituted with an amino acid that cannot be phosphorylated by a kinase of the present invention, the polynucleotide coding thereof, the vector carrying the polynucleotide, or the virus or cell transformed with the vector can be used as a therapeutic agent for various cancers.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of Chemical Formula 1, optical isomers of the compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds or the optical isomers. The compounds, isomers, and salts exhibit excellent activity as GLP-1 receptor agonists. In particular, they, as GLP-1 receptor agonists, exhibit excellent glucose tolerance, thus having a great potential to be used as therapeutic agents for metabolic diseases. Moreover, they exhibit excellent pharmacological safety for cardiovascular systems.

Abstract: It is introduced that a device of manufacturing lithium sulfate comprising: a reaction body in which a reaction of lithium phosphate and sulfuric acid is performed, the reaction body being divided into an upper space and a lower space; a pressurizer for applying pressure to the inside of the reaction body; a stirrer disposed in the upper space for stirring the lithium phosphate and sulfuric acid to produce a mixture containing lithium sulfate and phosphoric acid; and a filter disposed inside the reaction body and separating the filtrate containing the phosphoric acid into the lower space by filtering the mixture.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor and a stator, in which the rotor includes: a rotor core including a plurality of core portions disposed on a rotation shaft along an axial direction of the rotor, wherein the rotor core includes a core flow path through which a cooling fluid passes through each core portion; and a cooling plate which is inserted between the two divided core portions so that both surfaces are joined to the two neighboring core portions, and a distribution flow path that distributes the cooling fluid supplied from a cooling flow path of the rotation shaft into the core flow path of the two neighboring core portions is provided between at least one of the two neighboring core portions and the cooling plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a polymerization initiator composition, including (a) a step of mixing water and a water-soluble initiator to prepare an aqueous initiator solution having a concentration of 1 to 10%; and (b) a step of activating the aqueous initiator solution, wherein the step of activating is performed by (b-1) a step of heat treating the aqueous initiator solution for 0.5 to 4.5 hours at a temperature of 48 to 62° C.; and (b-2) a step of treating the aqueous initiator solution to achieve pH of 1 to 7, where the steps above are performed in no particular order.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle rear seat including: a center seat; and side seats located on the left and right of the center seat, wherein, the center seat is capable of protruding by moving the center seat forward with respect to the side seats, and in the state in which the center seat protrudes forward, it is possible to increase an inter-passenger distance so that physical contact between the passenger of the center seat and the passenger of each of the side seats can be prevented as much as possible.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. In video encoding and decoding, multiple partition blocks are generated by splitting a target block. A prediction mode is derived for at least a part of the multiple partition blocks, among the multiple partition blocks, and prediction is performed on the multiple partition blocks based on the derived prediction mode. When prediction is performed on the partition blocks, information related to the target block may be used, and information related to an additional partition block, which is predicted prior to the partition block, may be used.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, including a vinyl chloride-based first seed; a vinyl chloride-based second seed; an initiator composition including a water-soluble initiator and an oil-soluble initiator; a reducing agent; and a vinyl chloride-based monomer, wherein a metal catalyst is not included in the composition, and a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer using the same.

Abstract: An opening/closing module according to the present invention comprises a middle door part having a curved shape that is located at an entrance of a sterilization module to separate, from the outside, the sterilization module that provides a sterilization space for accommodating a hand truck, and selectively opens/closes the entrance of the sterilization module by including a sliding part.

Abstract: A sterilizer according to the present invention comprises: a temperature-raising module for heating a carriage introduced thereinto; a sterilization module for sterilizing the carriage transferred from the temperature-raising module; a cooling module for cooling the carriage transferred from the sterilization module; and an opening-closing module connected to the temperature-raising module, the sterilization module, or the cooling module, to selectively open or close at least one module, and the sterilizer independently heat-treats a space separated by the opening-closing module.

Abstract: A method for dicing a substrate includes setting a target height for forming a first reforming region inside a target substrate, the target height being a distance from an upper surface of the target substrate to the first reforming region; irradiating a laser beam to a first sample substrate including a first film and a second film being in contact with the first film, and setting a target condition on the basis of a sample condition that results in forming a condensing point of the laser beam on an upper surface of the first film being in contact with the second film; and irradiating the target substrate with the laser beam according to the target condition to form the first reforming region inside the target substrate, wherein a thickness of the second film is the target height.

Abstract: A sterilization module according to the present invention comprises: a sterilization housing that has an inner space capable of accommodating a cart; a sterilization heat treatment machine for heat-treating the cart accommodated in the inner space of the sterilization; a connection part that is provided in the inner space of the sterilization housing and moves the cart forward; and a rotation part that rotates the cart with respect to a cart rotary shaft, which is a predetermined rotary shaft, while gripping the cart.

Abstract: A total internal reflection prism unit may include a first prism and a second prism. The first prism may include a first total reflection surface, which totally reflect slight incident in a first horizontal direction along a second horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and a second total reflection surface, which totally reflects the totally reflected light from the first total reflection surface along the first horizontal direction to form a first beam. The second prism may include a third total reflection surface, which totally reflects the light along a third horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and a fourth total reflection surface, which totally reflects the totally reflected light from the third total reflection surface along the first horizontal direction to form a second beam. The second beam may be discrete from the first beam along the third horizontal direction.

Abstract: A composition for diamond sawn wafer solar cell electrodes, a diamond sawn wafer solar cell electrode, and method of manufacturing a diamond sawn wafer solar cell, the composition including a conductive powder; a glass frit; and an organic vehicle, wherein the glass frit includes about 10 mol % to about 30 mol % of tellurium oxide, about 10 mol % to about 20 mol % of lithium oxide, and about 5 mol % to about 15 mol % of magnesium oxide.

Abstract: An optical rearrangement device includes an optical block having a substantially hexahedral shape. The optical block includes a front face, a top face, a first side face, a bottom face, a second side face, and a back face. The top face is parallel with the bottom face. The optical block is arranged such that when an input beam is incident through the front face at a right angle thereto, the input beam is totally reflected at each of the top face, the bottom face, the first side face, and the second side face and an output beam is output through the front face or the back face at a right angle thereto.