Abstract: Embodiments provide a quantum dot, a method of preparing the quantum dot, and a display device including the quantum dot. The quantum dot includes a core including zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), and phosphorous (P), and a shell surrounding the core, wherein a molar ratio of the number of moles of zinc to a number of moles of tin is in a range of about 0.1 to about 0.2.

Abstract: Provided is an artificial intelligence-based object identification and monitoring system using IoT sensors, the system including: an IoT sensing device configured to acquire sensor data and IR image data of a target space or a target object by using a plurality of the sensors; integrated IoT middleware; an IoT control server configured to use the integrated IoT middleware to process the data acquired by the IoT sensing device, and perform an AI analysis of the processed data; and an IoT monitoring server configured to monitor the IoT sensing device according to a result of the AI analysis, and perform control such that an external electronic device outputs a result of monitoring. Various other embodiments may be possible.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device including: a housing including an air flow passage; a sensor deformable by an air flow in the air flow passage, and including a resistor having a resistance value that varies according to a degree of deformation of the sensor; and a processor electrically connected to the sensor, and configured to: measure the resistance value of the resistor; and detect a puff based on the measured resistance value being maintained at or above a first threshold value during a first time interval.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tobacco material including a flavor material and a method of preparing the tobacco material. The tobacco material may have a core-shell structure in which a core includes a first tobacco mixture and a flavor material and is surrounded by a shell including a second tobacco mixture, such that the aerosol generating article including the tobacco material generates a characteristic flavor.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for image encoding, the apparatus including: a transmitter memory configured to store a program for encoding a stereoscopic 3D image; and an encoding processor configured to execute the program stored in the transmitter memory, wherein the encoding processor is configured to: generate a first stream and a second stream from a left image and a down-converted right image, decode the first stream and the second stream to generate a decoded left image and a first decoded right image; generate a third stream from the decoded left image, the first decoded right image, and an original right image, and decode the third stream to generate a second decoded right image; and generate a fourth stream from the second decoded right image and the original right image.

Abstract: A substrate supporting plate that may prevent deposition on a rear surface of a substrate and may easily unload the substrate. The substrate supporting plate may include a substrate mounting portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the substrate mounting portion. An edge portion of a top surface of the substrate mounting portion may be anodized. A central portion of the top surface of the substrate mounting portion may not be anodized.

Abstract: A home port for a semiconductor manufacturing nozzle head includes a body having a discharge space configured to receive treatment liquid discharged from a plurality of nozzles, discharge flow passages connected to be in communication with the discharge space and penetrating through the body so as to face the plurality of nozzles, and a cleaning liquid distribution system, which is formed to penetrate through the body, and is connected to transfer a cleaning liquid to the discharge flow passages. The cleaning liquid distribution system includes supply flow passages connected to supply the cleaning liquid to the discharge flow passages, and a lead-in passage connected to and which joins the supply flow passages, and connected to receive the cleaning liquid injected from the outside.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. An inner peripheral surface of the cooling portion may include a nicotine component.

Abstract: A motor mount device for an electric vehicle includes an inner pipe disposed along a front-rear direction of the vehicle, an outer pipe disposed coaxially with and around an outside of the inner pipe, and a main damper with a bridge. The bridge defines an upper chamber and a lower chamber between the inner pipe and the outer pipe along the front-rear direction and the main damper is elastically deformable according to a load transmitted through the inner pipe. The device also includes a middle plate disposed between the main damper and the outer pipe and configured to support a load in the front-rear direction transmitted through the inner pipe by compressing the bridge.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a microorganism with excellent deacetoxycephalosporin C (DAOC) productivity and a use thereof. A mutant microorganism with improved DAOC productivity and a use thereof for producing 7-aminodeacetoxycephalosporanic acid (7-ADCA) are provided.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating device including an induction coil that performs a heating operation for heating a susceptor arranged in a cigarette insertion portion and a charging operation for receiving electric power from the outside to charge a power supply, and a charging device including a transmission coil that transmits electric power to the induction coil.

Abstract: This application provides methods and compositions related to constructing nucleic acid hydrogels (e.g., RNA hydrogels) having repetitive monomer units, each monomer unit includes one or more G-quadruplex sequences. These G-quadruplex sequences cross-link the nucleic acid concatemer such that it self-assembles into a hydrogel under appropriate conditions. In some embodiments, each monomeric unit of the nucleic acid concatemer comprises a coding sequence for polypeptide of interest; and the nucleic acid hydrogel formed by the nucleic acid concatemer can be used for expressing the polypeptide in high quantities. In some embodiments, at least two RNA concatemers comprising G-quadruplex sequences are produced, one further comprising a spacer and the other further comprising a sequence encoding a polypeptide of interest. These two RNA concatemers are combined and self assembled to form a single, wideband RNA hydrogel.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a pouch-type rechargeable battery includes a preforming portion forming a folding groove in a portion of a protrusion of the pouch-type rechargeable battery, a folding portion disposed on a rear end of the preforming portion and folding the protrusion along the folding groove, a rolling portion disposed on a rear end of the folding portion and pressing the folded protrusion, and a pressing portion disposed on a rear end of the rolling portion and fixing the folded protrusion.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding for refining predicted signals of intra prediction based on deep learning. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a refined intra predicted signal to improve video coding efficiency and video quality. The video coding method and the apparatus adaptively input a prediction block according to intra prediction of a current block, block information related to the current block, and neighboring reconstructed reference samples into a deep learning network.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a quantum dot that includes a core including zinc (Zn), tin (Sn) and phosphorus (P), and a shell surrounding the core, wherein a molar ratio of a number of moles of zinc to a number of moles of tin is in a range of about 0.1 to about 2. The quantum dots have high luminous efficiency and color purity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding an image. The method for decoding an image includes: deriving an initial motion vector from a merge candidate list of a current block; deriving a refined motion vector using the initial motion vector; and generating a prediction block of the current block using the refined motion vector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of coding units, constructing a coding unit group including at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units, obtaining coding information in units of one coding unit group, and decoding at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units included in the coding unit group by using the obtained coding information.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiment provides an apparatus and method for measuring eye movement, that can accurately measure eye movement by determining the eye position at high speed and high resolution even with a low-cost camera by using a phase mask and rolling shutter method instead of a lens, and can perform early diagnosis of neurological diseases, etc. based on the measured eye movement.

Abstract: A resonant coil coupled with an electromagnetic field is disclosed. A Fraunhofer resonant coil includes an upper spiral element and a lower spiral element, an upper conical element connected to the upper spiral element and including one or more layers formed of a plurality of plies, a lower conical element connected to the lower spiral element and including one or more layers formed of a plurality of plies, and a feeding device connected to a gap between the upper conical element and the lower conical element and configured to supply power.