Abstract: The present invention relates to: a negative electrode active material including silicon-based composite particles containing SiOx (0<x<2) and a MgSiO3 phase, wherein the MgSiO3 phase includes a first MgSiO3 phase having an enstatite structure and a second MgSiO3 phase having a clinoenstatite structure at a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:5; a negative electrode including the same; and a secondary battery including the negative electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery in which an abnormal voltage drop phenomenon is improved. The lithium secondary battery comprises a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprises a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a compound represented by Formula 2 as a first additive, and lithium difluorophosphate as a second additive: LiaNixCOyM1zM2wO2??[Formula 1] wherein all the variables are described herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases caused by vascular aging, including a Salvia miltiorrhiza extract or a Paeonia lactiflora extract as an active ingredient, wherein it was found that a single extract of each of Salvia miltiorrhiza and Paeonia lactiflora or a mixed extract of both mixed in a specific weight ratio showed effects of improving symptoms by vascular aging such as cytoprotection against cytotoxicity due to vascular aging, promotion of nitric oxide production, inhibition of collagen fiber production, suppression of vascular thickness increase, and inhibitory activities on fibrosis by collagen deposition, thereby being useful as a composition for preventing, treating, or ameliorating diseases or symptoms caused by vascular aging.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a third electrode on an outer side of the first substrate or the second substrate, the third electrode including an organic material and a carbon nano-tube; a plurality of first conductive lines extending along a first direction; a plurality of second conductive lines extending along the first direction; a plurality of third conductive lines extending along a second direction; and a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. A sheet resistance of the third electrode may be greater than a sheet resistance of each of the plurality of first electrodes and a sheet resistance of each of the plurality of second electrodes.

Abstract: A method of decoding an image can include constructing an amvp candidate list using available motion vector candidates of a left, an above and a temporal motion vector candidate, selecting a motion vector predictor among motion vector candidates of the amvp candidates list using the amvp index, and generating a motion vector using the motion vector predictor and a differential motion vector. The method further includes generating a prediction block using the motion vector and a reference picture index, inversely quantizing a quantized block using a quantization parameter to generate a transformed block and inversely transforming the transformed block to generate a residual block, and generating a reconstructed block. Also, the quantization parameter is generated per quantization unit, a minimum size of the quantization unit is adjusted per picture, and the quantization parameter is generated using a differential quantization parameter and a quantization parameter predictor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte including an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte represented by Formula 1 below: wherein, R1 to R5 may each independently be any one selected from the group consisting of H, an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and a nitrile group.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a display element layer disposed on the substrate, where the display element layer includes a light emitting element which emits light; a polarizing film disposed on the display element layer, where the polarizing film includes a first polarizer having a first absorption axis extending to a first direction and a first transmission axis extending to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a first layer disposed on one surface of the polarizing film, where the first layer has a first phase difference. Light emitted from the display element layer has a polarizing axis, and an angle between the polarizing axis and one of the first absorption axis and the first transmission axis is in a range of about 25 degrees to about 65 degrees.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of a stress disease and depression, the pharmaceutical composition be safely useable without toxicity and side effects by using an extract of leaves of Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb., which is natural resource of Korea, so that the reduction of manufacturing and production costs and the import substitution and export effects can be expected through the replacement of a raw material for preparation with a plant inhabiting in nature.

Abstract: A display device comprises a first substrate comprising a first contact hole, a laser absorption layer disposed on the first substrate and containing amorphous silicon, a first barrier insulating layer disposed on the laser absorption layer, fan-out lines disposed in a metal layer on the first barrier insulating layer and comprising pad portions inserted into second contact holes provided in the first barrier insulating layer and the laser absorption layer, a second barrier insulating layer disposed on the metal layer, a second substrate disposed on the second barrier insulating layer, and a display layer disposed on the second substrate. The second substrate is inserted into a third contact hole provided in the second barrier insulating layer, the first barrier insulating layer, and the laser absorption layer disposed between the pad portions.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are described herein. Specifically, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium salt, a first solvent including a non-fluorine-based solvent, a second solvent including a fluorine-based carbonate solvent, and a third solvent including a fluorine-based acetate solvent, wherein the fluorine-based carbonate solvent and the fluorine-based acetate solvent are included in a weight ratio of 1:0.5 to 1:1, and a mixed amount of the fluorine-based carbonate solvent and the fluorine-based acetate solvent may be in a range of 3.0 wt % to 30 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preparing hexanol or butanol and a method for preparing hexanol or butanol using ethanol and synthesis gas, wherein the composition according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a medium composition containing ethanol as an active ingredient, and by culturing a strain producing hexanol or butanol after inoculating with a medium containing the composition and supplying synthesis gas, hexanol or butanol can be prepared economically using inexpensive synthesis gas, and hexanol or butanol can be prepared with high efficiency by focusing the flow of a carbon source consumed in a fermentation process to the production of hexanol or butanol.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an openable/closable vertebral endoscopic device. The openable/closable vertebral endoscopic device includes an endoscope body including a working channel for providing an access route of a surgical instrument to a diseased area of a human body, the working channel having an open channel formed by opening a portion of the working channel such that a portion of the surgical instrument inserted into the working channel is exposed to the outside; and a cover member provided on the endoscope body to selectively open or close the open channel of the endoscope body.

Abstract: A quantization device includes: a trellis-structured vector quantizer which quantizes a first error vector between an N-dimensional (here, “N” is two or more) subvector and a first predictive vector; and an inter-frame predictor which generates a first predictive vector from the quantized N-dimensional subvector, wherein the inter-frame predictor uses a predictive coefficient comprising an N×N matrix and performs an inter-frame prediction using the quantized N-dimensional subvector of a previous stage.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate comprises a TFT located on a substrate and including a gate electrode, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the second semiconductor layer vertically stacked, and the first and second semiconductor layers are made of polycrystalline silicon, and wherein the first and second semiconductor layers are electrically connected to each other in series and respectively include first and second channel portions, and at least one of the first and second channel portions has a bent structure in a plan view.

Abstract: A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate includes a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including an organic material and a carbon nano-tube; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate.

Abstract: A refrigerator provides visual information indicating a map of the refrigerator and technical operations of the corresponding regions. The refrigerator includes a voice recognition function using a proximity sensor. The refrigerator has input/output (I/O) management functions for foods stored therein. The refrigerator communicates with a peripheral device over a network.

Abstract: A method for encoding an image using intra prediction can include determining an intra prediction mode of a current block, generating a mode group indicator and a prediction mode index specifying the intra prediction mode of the current block, constructing a most probable mode (MPM) group including three intra prediction modes determined using a left and an above intra prediction mode of the current block. The method can further include generating a prediction block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block specified by the mode group indicator and the prediction mode index, generating a residual block of the current block, generating a quantization block by transforming and quantizing the residual block. The method can include scanning the quantized block using a scan pattern determined based on the intra prediction mode and the size of a transform unit, and entropy-encoding the scanned information of the quantized block.

Abstract: A method of decoding an image can includes constructing an advanced motion vector predication (AMVP) candidate list using available motion vector candidates of a left motion vector candidate, an above motion vector candidate and a temporal motion vector candidate; selecting a motion vector predictor among motion vector candidates of the AMVP candidates list using an AMVP index, and generating a motion vector using the motion vector predictor and a differential motion vector, generating a prediction block using the motion vector and a reference picture index; inversely quantizing a quantized block using a quantization parameter to generate a transformed block and inversely transforming the transformed block to generate a residual block; and generating a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block, in which the quantization parameter is generated per quantization unit, and a minimum size of the quantization unit is adjusted per picture.

Abstract: A user interface device which receives a user instruction for controlling at least one electronic device, includes a camera configured to obtain an image of a user; and at least one processor configured to divide the obtained image into a plurality of regions, determine an area occupied by the user's hand in each of the divided regions, and recognize gesture of the user based on the area occupied by the user's hand, wherein the at least one processor may be further configured to determine a direction in which the user's wrist faces based on the obtained image, and divide the obtained image into the plurality of regions based on the direction of the user's wrist.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of thin film transistors disposed on the substrate, a planarization layer disposed on the plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the planarization layer and electrically connected to the plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the planarization layer and spaced apart from the plurality of first electrodes, a bank covering a part of each of the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes and disposed to define an emission area, a plurality of LEDs disposed in the emission area and electrically connected to the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of first conductive patterns disposed on the bank. Therefore, self-alignment of the LEDs can be easily achieved.