Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A user equipment in a communication system, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: a controller that determines at least one communication service to deactivate among communication services that are able to be provided and a transmitter that transmits, to a server, a message for identifying the at least one communication service to deactivate.

Abstract: Present invention relates to a semiconductor device including a buried gate structure. A semiconductor device comprises a substrate; a first fluorine-containing layer over the substrate; a trench formed in the first fluorine-containing layer and extended into the substrate; a gate dielectric layer formed over the trench; a gate electrode formed over the gate dielectric layer and filling a portion of the trench; a second fluorine-containing layer formed over the gate electrode; and a fluorine-containing passivation layer between the gate dielectric layer and the gate electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium-sulfur battery, and the positive electrode active material of the present disclosure includes a sulfur-carbon composite, wherein the sulfur-carbon composite includes a porous carbon material and a sulfur-based material disposed on at least a portion of an inside of pores and a surface of the porous carbon material, wherein the sulfur-based material includes at least one of sulfur (S8) or a sulfur compound, and wherein the porous carbon material satisfies one or more of the following conditions: (1) a sum of particle size D10 and particle size D90 is 60 ?m or less; and (2) a broadness factor (BF) satisfying Equation 1 is 7 or less: Broadness factor (BF)=(particle size D90 of the porous carbon material)/(particle size D10 of the porous carbon material)??[Equation 1].

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method of fabricating a device includes forming, on a substrate, a layer stack of alternating layers of a first spin-on material and a second spin-on material. Each layer of the first spin-on material and the second spin-on material is formed by spin-on deposition. The method includes etching first openings through the layer stack and filling the first openings with a third material. The method includes etching second openings through the layer stack, removing the first spin-on material from the layer stack, and replacing the first spin-on material with a fourth material. The fourth material is a first metal-containing material.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block, selecting at least one reconstructed sample line neighboring to the current block, constructing a reference sample using at least one reconstructed sample included in the at least one reconstructed sample line, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: A storage device and an operating method of the storage device are provided. The storage device comprises a first non-volatile memory device, a second non-volatile memory device, a third non-volatile memory device a storage controller configured to control the first non-volatile memory device, the second non-volatile memory device, and the third non-volatile memory device, control the first non-volatile memory device to extract a first on-cell count value after a first soft erase operation, set first to third read level offsets of the respective first to third non-volatile memory devices based on the respective first to third on-cell count values, select the first to third defense code parameter sets each corresponding to the respective first to third read level offsets, and transmits first to third read commands based on the selected respective first to third defense code parameter sets to the respective first to third non-volatile memory devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is a machine learning-based air handler and a control method thereof, the control method including collecting first data on an air quality of air flowing into the air handler, controlling a purification part based on the first data, collecting second data on an air quality of air passing through the purification part, and controlling the purification part according to a machine-learning model generated based on a setting value related to a control of the purification part, the first data, and the second data.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus, method, system, and recording medium for performing selective encoding/decoding on feature information. An encoding apparatus generates residual feature information. The encoding apparatus transmits the residual feature information to a decoding apparatus through a residual feature map bitstream. The residual feature information is the difference between feature information extracted from an original image and feature information extracted from a reconstructed image. Feature information of the reconstructed image is generated using the reconstructed image. Reconstructed feature information is generated using the feature information of the reconstructed image and reconstructed residual feature information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a terahertz wave generating apparatus. The terahertz wave generating apparatus includes a dual mode laser including a first single mode laser that generates a first beating signal, a gain adjustment region that modulates the first beating signal, and a second single mode laser that generates a second beating signal, and a photomixer that mixes the modulated first beating signal and the second beating signal, and that modulates a current supplied based on a beating frequency of the mixed beating signals to generate a terahertz wave signal, and the gain adjustment region is formed between the first single mode laser and the second single mode laser, and the first beating signal is output from the first single mode laser to the gain adjustment region and is modulated based on a reverse bias voltage supplied to the gain adjustment region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an expression cassette for a target protein, comprising a promoter, a polynucleotide coding for the target protein, an intron sequence, and a poly A sequence, an expression vector, and a transformant. The expression cassette for a target protein according to the present invention can simultaneously perform the expression of the intron sequence and the target protein through one transduction and exhibits the effect of inducing the high expression and high functionality of the target protein by regulating the expression of an endogenous gene.

Abstract: A method and a device for managing a tab window indicating a group including heterogeneous applications. The method includes outputting a display window comprising at least one or more objects for executing one or more applications on a terminal window, receiving a user input that selects the at least one or more objects and moves the selected at least one or more objects to a region excluding the display window, generating an application group comprising at least one or more applications corresponding to the selected at least one or more objects according to the received user input, and outputting a tab window indicating the generated application group to the terminal window.

Abstract: A tiled display device includes a first display device including a first pixel, and a second display device coupled to the first display device in a bonding area, including a second pixel, and overlapping the first display device in the bonding area in a plane view.

Abstract: A non-painted thermoplastic resin composition including viscose rayon so as to embody a marble pattern and a method for making it are disclosed. The viscose rayon is included in the thermoplastic resin composition to minimize the deterioration of physical properties while minimizing weld lines and flow marks during an extrusion process, and a luxurious outer appearance of a marble pattern is embodied without additional post-processing or painting process. The non-painted thermoplastic resin composition includes 80-90 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin composition, 0.1-5 parts by weight of a carbon fiber, and 0.1-3 parts by weight of viscose rayon based on 100 parts by weight of the entire resin composition. The viscose rayon provides an effect of minimizing weld lines and flow marks during injection, improving physical properties, and providing the luxurious appearance of the marble pattern.

Abstract: A cigarette filter comprises a first filter portion comprising an irregularly folded and packed polymer sheet, and a first cigarette filter wrapping paper surrounding the polymer sheet, wherein the polymer sheet comprises a first polymer layer containing polyolefin or polyester and a second polymer layer positioned on the first polymer layer and containing polyolefin.

Abstract: An adaptive bio-signal feature combining apparatus includes: a feature extractor configured to extract first feature values and second feature values from a bio-signal of an object; a stable interval determiner configured to determine at least one stable interval in the bio-signal; a statistical variable calculator configured to calculate a statistical variable value of a first feature and a statistical variable value of a second feature for each of the at least one stable interval based on the first and second feature values extracted from the at least one stable interval; and a feature combiner configured to calculate an integrated combining coefficient that is used to combine the first feature and the second feature, based on the statistical variable value of the first feature and the statistical variable value of the second feature.

Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing including a first corner portion, a second corner portion, a third corner portion, and a fourth corner portion; a bobbin disposed within the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet disposed in the housing while being arranged opposite to the coil; a circuit board disposed on one side of the housing and including a position sensor; and a sensing magnet disposed on the bobbin while being arranged opposite to the position sensor, wherein: the magnet comprises a first magnet disposed in the first corner portion of the housing, and a second magnet disposed in the second corner portion opposite to the first corner portion of the housing; the position sensor is disposed closer to the third corner portion than to the first corner portion; and no magnet is disposed in the third corner portion of the housing.

Abstract: A pixel may include: a first transistor including a second electrode, a first electrode electrically connected to a first power line, and a gate electrode connected to a first node; a second transistor including a second electrode, a first electrode electrically connected to a data line, and a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line; a third transistor connected between the first node and the data line, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a second scan line; a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the second transistor, and a second electrode connected to the first node; a second capacitor connected between the first power line and the first node; and a light emitting element between a second power line and the first transistor, and including a second electrode electrically connected to the second power line.

Abstract: A method and apparatus use a geometric modified image for video encoding/decoding. The encoding method may include: generating a geometric modified reference picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; generating a prediction block of a current block within an encoding target picture by performing inter prediction by referencing the reference picture or the geometrically modified reference picture; and encoding inter-prediction information of the current block.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plated steel sheet having excellent in corrosion resistance and surface appearance and a method for manufacturing the same. And more specifically, the present invention provides a Zn-Mg-Al-based plated steel sheet having excellent in corrosion resistance, surface appearance and image clarity after painting, and a method for manufacturing the same.