Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first structure, a first semiconductor chip on the first structure, a first conductive pad on the first structure between the first structure and the first semiconductor chip, a second conductive pad on a lower surface of the first semiconductor chip and vertically overlapping the first conductive pad, a bump connecting the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad, a first adhesive layer surrounding at least a part of side walls of the bump and side walls of the first conductive pad, and a second adhesive layer surrounding at least a part of the side walls of the bump and side walls of the second conductive pad, the second adhesive layer including a material different from the first adhesive layer, wherein a horizontal width of the first adhesive layer is smaller than a horizontal width of the second adhesive layer.

Abstract: A method includes determining one or more metrics of a surgical task being performed by a surgeon based at least partially upon a type of the surgical task being performed and a video of the surgical task being performed. The method also includes determining a surgical skill of the surgeon during the surgical task based at least partially upon the video, the one or more metrics, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A LiDAR and camera data fusion method includes generating a voxel-wise feature map based on point cloud data of a LiDAR sensor, generating a pixel-wise feature map based on image data of a camera, converting three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of point data of the voxel-wise feature map to two-dimensional (2D) coordinates, based on at least one predefined calibration parameter, and generating fused data by combining pixel data of the pixel-wise feature map and point data of the 2D coordinates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing hydrogen, carbon, and ethylene from a methane-containing feedstock even without recycling of unreacted methane by providing a single process or system in which a methane-containing feedstock is subjected to two methane conversion steps. The method includes a first conversion step of producing hydrogen and carbonaceous materials and a second conversion step of producing acetylene from unreacted methane and hydrogen discharged from the first conversion step while maintaining a good methane conversion and suppressing coke formation, followed by separating and recovering ethylene and hydrogen produced through selective hydrogenation of acetylene.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to biocide compositions, formulations and methods for using formulations. In particular the present disclosure relates to biocide compositions and their use in effecting biocidal activity in subterranean oil and gas wells being drilled, completed, worked over or produced.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display device for minimizing viewing-angle-dependent variation in color coordinates. The touch display device includes a light-emitting element disposed in each of a plurality of subpixels including emission areas having different sizes, a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on the light-emitting element, and at least one opening formed in each of the plurality of touch electrodes. The width of the opening is formed differently in each of the plurality of subpixels including the emission areas having different sizes, thereby minimizing viewing-angle-dependent variation in color coordinates.

Abstract: Antibodies that selectively bind to glycosylated PD-1 relative to unglycosylated PD-1 are provided. In some aspects, PD-1 polypeptides comprising glycosylated amino acid positions are also provided. Methods for making and using such antibodies and polypeptides (e.g., for the treatment of cancer) are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a degradation state of a battery includes a sensing unit configured to output sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery and a control unit. The control unit determines a degradation ratio of the battery and a measured Q-dV/dQ curve based on the sensing information. The measured Q-dV/dQ curve shows a relationship between a remaining capacity of the battery and a ratio of a change in voltage of the battery to a change in remaining capacity of the battery. The control unit detects a plurality of feature points from the measured Q-dV/dQ curve. The control unit determines a positive electrode degradation ratio, a negative electrode degradation ratio and a lithium ion loss ratio of the battery based on the degradation ratio, the plurality of feature points, a predetermined positive electrode Q-dV/dQ curve and a predetermined negative electrode Q-dV/dQ curve.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a capacitance forming portion in which dielectric layers and internal electrodes are alternately disposed in a first direction, and cover portions disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the capacitance forming portion, respectively, in the first direction; and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein the cover portion includes a plurality of dielectric grains and a plurality of pores, and Gn/Pn is more than 10 and less than 30, in which Gn is the number of dielectric grains included in the cover portion and Pn is the number of pores included in the cover portion.

Abstract: A knee joint rehabilitation apparatus for a wheelchair includes a rehabilitation apparatus frame having a height corresponding to a length of each of legs of a patient sitting on the wheelchair; an upper leg support disposed at an upper end of the rehabilitation apparatus frame and supporting upper legs of the patient thereon while the patient is sitting on the wheelchair; a lower leg support pivotably connected to the upper leg support, wherein the lower legs of the patient are seated and supported on the lower leg support; and an exercise control unit disposed on the rehabilitation apparatus frame and configured to allow the lower leg support to pivot around a connection portion between the lower leg support and the upper leg support such that the patient performs rehabilitation exercise of the knee joint thereof while sitting on the wheelchair.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image information decoding method. The decoding method includes receiving a bit stream including a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that includes information related to encoded image, and parsing a NAL unit header of the NAL unit. The NAL unit header may not include 1 bit flag information that represents whether a picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture in the entire bit stream during encoding.

Abstract: An embodiment is a swing armrest for a seat, the swing armrest including a fixation bracket fixed to a seatback frame or fixed to a seatback bracket that is fixed to the seatback frame, a rotation bracket rotatably fixed to the fixation bracket by a rotation pin, a return spring configured to elastically support the rotation bracket in a direction in which the rotation bracket rotates with respect to the fixation bracket, a fixing post protruding from the rotation bracket to a side of the seat, and an armrest coupled to the fixing post.

Abstract: Provided is a swivel actuator including: a cylindrical housing with a hollow cylindrical portion protruding in a center thereof; a BLDC drive motor having a rotor rotatably installed around the hollow cylindrical portion; a cylindrical first worm gear integrally formed on an outer circumference of the rotor; first and second gear trains coupled to the first worm gear to reduce a rotation speed of the drive motor to generate a torque-increased rotational output; a rotary table rotatably coupled to the hollow cylindrical portion and a ring gear integrally formed inside a side surface portion; and first and second pinion gear units having lower end portions coupled to the other side of the first and second gear trains, respectively, and having an upper end portion coupled to the ring gear to transfer an torque-increased rotation output to the rotary table.

Abstract: A light-emitting device can include a semiconductor structure including a undoped semiconductor layer, a superlattice layer, a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer; a protective layer disposed on a side surface of the semiconductor structure; a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; and a second electrode electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. Also, a recess is formed in the undoped semiconductor layer and the superlattice layer, and the recess exposes a portion of a surface of the first semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Therapeutic compounds for red blood cell-mediated delivery of an active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target cell are described. The therapeutic compounds are configured to bind CD47 on the surface of a red blood cell and to be subsequently transferred to CD47 on the surface of the target cell, the therapeutic compound ultimately being internalized by the target cell via endocytosis. The target cell may be a fibrotic cell.

Abstract: A hydrogen supply method includes a two-side heat exchange mode in which both introducing a second fluid into a hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with a first fluid in a second heat exchanger in a state in which a compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in a thermal device are performed. The method also includes a one-side heat exchange mode in which one of introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger in a state in which the compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in the thermal device is performed.

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: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an emergency core cooling system (ECCS) valve provided between a reactor vessel of a system-integrated modular advanced reactor (SMART) and a small containment vessel formed to surround the reactor vessel so that a coolant is filled in a space between the reactor vessel and the small containment vessel in the event of a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) includes an outer shell connected to the reactor vessel and formed to protrude toward the small containment vessel and having a connector formed therein so as to communicatively connect an inside of the reactor vessel to an inside of the small containment vessel, an inner shell provided inside the outer shell at a preset distance from an inner wall of the outer shell, a piston movably constrained and inserted through a piston opening formed in the inner shell at a position facing the connector of the outer shell to open and close the connector, and a spring provided on an outer circumferential surface of the p

Abstract: An embodiment armrest assembly for a vehicle includes an armrest including a main body and a lid, an armrest board to which the armrest is rotatably coupled and in which the armrest is accommodated in an erect state, and a skirt coupled to a rear bezel housing of the lid and to the armrest board and correspondingly covering a rear space of the lid when the armrest is rotated forward, wherein the skirt has a panel shape and includes a hard material.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region, and a second region, a first gate structure and a second gate structure on the substrate of the first region, a third gate structure and a fourth gate structure on the substrate of the second region, a first interlayer insulating film on the substrate of the first region and including a first lower interlayer insulating film and a first upper interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film on the substrate of the second region and including a second lower interlayer insulating film and a second upper interlayer insulating film, a first contact between the first gate structure and the second gate structure and within the first interlayer insulating film, and a second contact formed between the third gate structure and the fourth gate structure and within the second interlayer insulating film.