Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second substrates connected to each other. The second substrate includes a plate layer having first and second faces. Gate electrode layers are disposed on the first face of the plate layer. Channel structures extend through the gate electrode layers. Word-line cutting structures extend through the gate electrode layers and are spaced apart from each other. Via structures are disposed on the second face of the plate layer. Via connecting structures are disposed on the top face of the via structures. A width of the bottom face of each of the via structures is greater than a width of the top face of each of the via structures. A width of the bottom face of each of the via connecting structures is less than a width of the top face of each of the via connecting structures.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a simulation apparatus for secondary battery production.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include a lower structure, a first semiconductor chip on the lower structure, the first semiconductor chip including a hot spot, a second semiconductor chip horizontally spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip on the lower structure, and a connection chip in the lower structure and connecting the first and second semiconductor chips to each other. The hot spot may vertically overlap the connection chip.

Abstract: A processor-implemented communication method includes: sequentially transmitting scan packets comprising information of current transmission frequencies to a target device while changing a transmission frequency of a control device within a scan frequency range; and receiving, from the target device, a return packet comprising information of a reception frequency of the target device corresponding to any one of the current transmission frequencies included in the scan packets.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for performing leveling of a person image and an operating method thereof. The method includes: receiving an original person image; selecting an arbitrary latent vector in a latent space; generating a virtual person image based on the latent vector; optimizing the latent vector such that identity similarity between the original person image and the virtual person image increases; manipulating the optimized latent vector; and generating a levelled person image corresponding to the original person image, by using the manipulated latent vector.

Abstract: Provided are an intrusion prevention system and a method for detecting and responding to a vehicle intrusion by means of an SDN support switch installed in an in-vehicle network (IVN) and an SDN controller communicating with the SDN-enabled switch, the method in which the SDN controller receives a flow table from the SDN-enabled switch, enables an intrusion detection system (IDS) to perform intrusion detection, and updates the flow table on the basis of the intrusion detection execution result.

Abstract: [SUMMARY] A method of detecting a sequence-based intrusion by using a Database CAN (DBC) file, the method being performed by a computing device including a processor according to some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: obtaining a first Controller Area Network (CAN) message generated from a CAN; determining the first CAN message as a first category among a plurality of categories based on a pre-stored DBC file; obtaining first predictive data from the first CAN message by using a pre-trained first neural network model, the pre-trained first neural network model corresponding to the first category and including a first hidden layer; and comparing the first predictive data and first actual data obtained based on the first CAN message to determine whether the first CAN message has an anomaly.

Abstract: Disclosed are stack structures and their fabrication methods. The method comprises providing a growth chamber with a first two-dimensional material layer, forming a defect on a surface the first two-dimensional material layer, and forming a second two-dimensional material layer on the first two-dimensional material layer. The step of forming the second two-dimensional material layer includes supplying the growth chamber with a transition metal precursor and a chalcogen precursor, and reacting the first two-dimensional material layer and the transition metal precursor with each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for synthesizing a single crystal transition metal dichalcogenide thin film. The method includes processing a surface of a metal substrate such that a high index surface having a Miller index of (hkl) is exposed; and synthesizing a single crystal transition metal dichalcogenide on the high index surface using a chemical vapor deposition, wherein each of h, k, and l is independently an integer, and at least one of h, k, and l is an integer greater than or equal to +2 or smaller than or equal to ?2.

Abstract: Provided is a method for deciphering obfuscated text for cyber security and an apparatus for the same. The method according to some embodiments includes: converting text including a target character string into an image; recognizing a character string in the image using a text recognition model; and determining that the target character string is an obfuscated character string, based on a similarity between the target character string and the recognized character string being equal to or less than a first reference value.

Abstract: The systems and methods provided herein relate to the performance of inverse reconstruction algorithms from ultrasound radiofrequency data and stress-strain data. These systems and methods can be applied to any soft tissue mechanical measurements, providing information about both mechanical properties and fiber orientation, and the relationships between them.

Abstract: Proposed are a machine translation apparatus and a machine translation method for displaying a translation result through a user interface. The machine translation method may include: display an initial machine translation result for a first translation target sentence; correcting the initial machine translation result according to a manipulation result of a user on the user interface unit, and displaying the corrected machine translation result; and analyzing a difference between the corrected machine translation result and the initial machine translation result, and reflecting the analysis result to perform machine translation on a second translation target sentence. The machine translation apparatus and the method can be used to efficiently acquire a high-quality translation within a short time while minimizing time, cost and effort of a user, which used to be required for a conventional machine translation process.

Abstract: A structure (140) for adhering to a surface so as to support a desired weight includes a substrate (110) and a polymer layer (120). The polymer layer (120) is mounted on the substrate (110). A plurality of flaps (142) are drawn from the polymer layer (120). Each of the plurality of flaps (142) have dimensions and a density so that when the plurality of flaps (142) are placed against the surface (400) and when a coherent shear force is applied thereto, the plurality of flaps (142) will adhere to the surface (400) with a strength sufficient to support the desired weight. Each of the plurality of flaps (142) includes a first side (210) and an opposite second side (212). At least one of the first side or the second side is meniscus shaped.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preventing an attack on an IoT network. The method may further include: generating attack situation information of an attack on a network by inputting one or more packet data for the IoT network into an attack discrimination unit; generating, by an attack analysis unit, main feature information for the attack based on the attack situation information; and generating, by an attack prevention unit, attack prevention information based on the main feature information, in which the attack discrimination unit may be an artificial neural network model of a modified autoencoder structure including a softmax layer.

Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.

Abstract: A method of evaluating tissue stiffness of a target area includes positioning an ultrasound elasticity imaging apparatus adjacent a surface of an area of tissue where the target area is located and applying a dynamic range of force to the tissue. A plurality of ultrasound beams can be directed at the tissue and a plurality of ultrasound echoes can be acquired from the strained tissue in the target area to calculate an amount of developed strain within the target area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a large-scale production method of plant exosomes. The method of the present disclosure can isolate high purity plant exosomes from a large amount of raw plants, using centrifugation and TFF, which can process a large amount of plant raw materials at once. This improves a conventional isolation process of plant exosomes stayed at the laboratory level, and thereby, suggests an easy process for large-scale production.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for performing lane instance recognition. Lane instances are difficult to recognize since they are long and elongated, and they also look different from view to view. An approach is proposed in which local mask segmentation lane estimation and global control points lane estimation are combined.

Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.

Abstract: The present disclosure an intrusion prevention (or response) system and method for detecting and preventing a vehicle intrusion by means of an SDN-enabled switch installed in an in-vehicle network (IVN) and an SDN controller communicating with the SDN-enabled switch, the method in which the SDN support switch transmits a packet-in message to the SDN controller, enables an intrusion detection system (IDS) to determine whether a particular packet is an intrusion packet, receives an action according to a result of the determination, and transmits a packet-out message to the SDN-enabled switch so as to control a flow of a particular packet.