Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels connected to emission lines, a controller configured to receive a control signal, and to generate an emission start signal, a first emission clock signal and a second emission clock signal, and an emission driver configured to provide emission signals to the pixels through the emission lines in response to the emission start signal, the first emission clock signal and the second emission clock signal. The controller is further configured to determine an off period ratio for the pixels in units of two or more frame periods in response to the dimming signal. The control signal may be a dimming signal, a low power mode signal, or another type of signal indicative of operation of the display device.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device configured to compress first image data. The image processing device includes an encoding circuit configured to compress the first image data into second image data including prediction data and residual data, compress the second image data into third image data by performing entropy encoding on the second image data, generate a header representing a compression ratio of the third image data, and store the third image data along with the header in a memory device as compressed first image data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store compressed data; and frame buffer compressing circuitry which includes encoder circuitry configured to compress at least some of source data to generate the compressed data and transmit the compressed data to the memory, and decoder circuitry configured to read and decompress the compressed data from the memory, in which the compressed data includes a payload and a header including actual compressed data and flag, the frame buffer compressing circuitry is configured to reflect a result obtained by comparing an accumulated compressibility corresponding to the compressed data with a reference compressibility in the flag, and is configured to perform compression or decompression in a lossy mode or a lossless mode depending on the flag.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store compressed data; and frame buffer compressing circuitry which includes encoder circuitry configured to compress at least some of source data to generate the compressed data and transmit the compressed data to the memory, and decoder circuitry configured to read and decompress the compressed data from the memory, in which the compressed data includes a payload and a header including actual compressed data and flag, the frame buffer compressing circuitry is configured to reflect a result obtained by comparing an accumulated compressibility corresponding to the compressed data with a reference compressibility in the flag, and is configured to perform compression or decompression in a lossy mode or a lossless mode depending on the flag.

Abstract: In some illustrative embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method for treating or preventing an inflammatory condition of a patient comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of Next Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP), together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents, and excipients, to the patient in need of relief from said inflammatory condition. In some other embodiments, the present application relates to an animal feed supplement for improving animal health and meat production compromising Next Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP). Yet in some other embodiments, the present invention relates to method for improving animal health and/or meat production comprising the step of adding an effective amount of Next Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP) to the feed of said animal.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device configured to compress first image data. The image processing device includes an encoding circuit configured to compress the first image data into second image data including prediction data and residual data, compress the second image data into third image data by performing entropy encoding on the second image data, generate a header representing a compression ratio of the third image data, and store the third image data along with the header in a memory device as compressed first image data.

Abstract: The present application relates to an animal feed supplement for improving animal health and meat production compromising Next Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP). In some embodiments, the present application relates to a method for treating or preventing an inflammatory condition of a patient comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP), together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents, and excipients, to the patient in need of relief from said inflammatory condition. In some other embodiments, the present invention relates to method for improving animal health and/or meat production comprising the step of adding an effective amount of Next Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP) to the feed of said animal.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device configured to compress first image data. The image processing device includes an encoding circuit configured to compress the first image data into second image data including prediction data and residual data, compress the second image data into third image data by performing entropy encoding on the second image data, generate a header representing a compression ratio of the third image data, and store the third image data along with the header in a memory device as compressed first image data.

Abstract: A video decoder may perform, based on an operation mode, at least one of a first decoding operation to restore a first bin value based on a first context value, a second decoding operation to restore a second bin value based on an updated first context value or a second context value, a third decoding operation to restore a third bin value based on the updated first context value or a third context value, and a fourth decoding operation to restore at least one bypass bin value without a context value. Based on the operation mode, the video decoder may output the first bin value, the at least one bypass bin value, the first bin value and the at least one bypass bin value, the first bin value and one of the second and third bin values, or at least one of the first, second, and third bin values.

Abstract: The present application relates to an animal feed supplement for improving animal health and meat production compromising Next Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP). In some embodiments, the present application relates to a method for treating or preventing an inflammatory condition of a patient comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP), together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents, and excipients, to the patient in need of relief from said inflammatory condition. In some other embodiments, the present invention relates to method for improving animal health and/or meat production comprising the step of adding an effective amount of Next Generation Bioengineered Probiotics (NGBP) to the feed of said animal.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device configured to compress first image data. The image processing device includes an encoding circuit configured to compress the first image data into second image data including prediction data and residual data, compress the second image data into third image data by performing entropy encoding on the second image data, generate a header representing a compression ratio of the third image data, and store the third image data along with the header in a memory device as compressed first image data.

Abstract: A method for increasing throughputs of multiple services processed by multiple threads on conditions that the multiple services include at least a first, a second, and a third services and the multiple threads include at least a first and a second thread including steps of: (a) if the first service being processed by the first thread calls the second service, supporting the second thread to process the second service; and (b) while the second service is being processed, supporting the first thread to process the third service; and (c) if the processing of the second service is completed, supporting (i) the first thread or (ii) one or more other threads except the first thread to resume a processing of an unprocessed part of the first service, by using a result value acquired by the processing of the second service.

Abstract: A method for increasing throughputs of multiple services processed by multiple threads on conditions that the multiple services include at least a first, a second, and a third services and the multiple threads include at least a first and a second thread including steps of: (a) if the first service being processed by the first thread calls the second service, supporting the second thread to process the second service; and (b) while the second service is being processed, supporting the first thread to process the third service; and (c) if the processing of the second service is completed, supporting (i) the first thread or (ii) one or more other threads except the first thread to resume a processing of an unprocessed part of the first service, by using a result value acquired by the processing of the second service.

Abstract: A method for clustering objects distributed in multiple servers to allow one or more distributed objects to be used as if they were one object is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) a specific server transmitting to a client a remote controller including a particular communication object capable of supporting communications between the client and the specific server; and (b) the specific server supporting the client to include at least one communication object, capable of supporting communications between the client and at least one server, respectively, except the specific server within the cluster, in the remote controller, to thereby support the client to be communicable with all the servers in the cluster by acquiring, and providing to the client, the at least one communication object by referring to information on all the servers within the cluster.

Abstract: An application processor (AP) includes intellectual property (IP) blocks and a system bus having a first command controller and a second command controller. Each of the first command controller and the second command controller includes a command distributor, a command buffer, and a command arbiter. Each command distributor receives first through third commands from a central processing unit (CPU). Each command buffer sequentially receives a first command and a second command from the command distributor and outputs the first command and the second command at different time slots. Each command arbiter receives the first and second commands from the command buffer and a third command from the command distributor and selectively outputs the same. First data corresponding the first command, second data corresponding to the second command, and a run-marker are stored in the command buffer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for representing content information. The method and apparatus for representing content information according to embodiment of the present invention notifies the user employing a mobile environment (mobile terminal or smart terminal) in a tactile, auditory, or visual manner about existence of contents having a score larger than or equal to a particular score within a predetermined distance to represented contents in a predetermined order and enables the user to perform a search for the contents desired by the user based on the user's input, providing such an advantage that the user can find the contents of interest intuitively without examining searched contents one after another.

Abstract: A video decoder may perform, based on an operation mode, at least one of a first decoding operation to restore a first bin value based on a first context value, a second decoding operation to restore a second bin value based on an updated first context value or a second context value, a third decoding operation to restore a third bin value based on the updated first context value or a third context value, and a fourth decoding operation to restore at least one bypass bin value without a context value. Based on the operation mode, the video decoder may output the first bin value, the at least one bypass bin value, the first bin value and the at least one bypass bin value, the first bin value and one of the second and third bin values, or at least one of the first, second, and third bin values.

Abstract: A method for managing a thread pool size dynamically using elemental task throughputs is provided. The method includes steps of: a computing device (a) calculating a first representative task throughput corresponding to a first group including elemental task throughputs during the first time section, and then increasing a maximum thread value for the first time section and setting it as a maximum thread value for the second time section; (b) calculating a second representative task throughput corresponding to a second group including elemental task throughputs during the second time section; and (c) comparing the first and the second representative task throughput and then, if the latter is greater than the former by an amount equal to or greater than a preset first threshold value, increasing the maximum thread value for the second time section and setting it as a maximum thread value for a third time section.

Abstract: Provided are novel selective androgen receptor agonists, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition including the same at a pharmaceutically effective amount. The selective androgen receptor agonists according to the present invention act on androgen receptors to increase androgen activity, thereby being usefully applied as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent for diseases or conditions, of which symptoms may be improved or may respond to treatment by increased activities of androgen receptors, namely, a variety of hormone-related diseases in male and female, muscle wasting disorders, osteoporosis, etc.

Abstract: A process for preparing granular polysilicon using a fluidized bed reactor is disclosed. The upper and lower spaces of the bed are defined as a reaction zone and a heating zone, respectively, with the height of the reaction gas outlet being selected as the reference height. The invention maximizes the reactor productivity by sufficiently providing the heat required and stably maintaining the reaction temperature in the reaction zone, without impairing the mechanical stability of the fluidized bed reactor. This is achieved through electrical resistance heating in the heating zone where an internal heater is installed in a space in between the reaction gas supplying means and the inner wall of the reactor tube, thereby heating the fluidizing gas and the silicon particles in the heating zone.