Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer including a display area including an emission area and a non-emission area adjacent to the emission area, and a non-display area around the display area; a light emitting element in the emission area on the base layer; a color filter layer located above the light emitting element; and a light blocking pattern on the light emitting element and including a first light blocking pattern in the non-emission area and a second light blocking pattern in the non-display area. The first light blocking pattern and the second light blocking pattern are different in thickness from each other.

Abstract: A memory storage device that performs real-time monitoring is provided. The memory storage device comprises a memory controller, and a status indicating module/circuit, wherein the memory controller is configured to perform a first a second initialization operation, the first and second initialization operations performed in response to turning-on of the memory storage device, to generate a first status parameter regarding a status of the memory storage device in which the first initialization operation is performed, and to generate a second status parameter regarding the status of the memory storage device in which a second initialization operation is performed. The status indicating circuit includes a first transistor configured to operate on the basis of the first status parameter, a first resistor connected to the first transistor, a second transistor configured to operate on the basis of the second status parameter, and a second resistor connected to the second transistor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel use of NCKAP1 gene in neurodegenerative diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to a marker composition for predicting the prognosis of a neurodegenerative disease, comprising a NCKAP1 protein or a gene encoding same, a composition and a kit for predicting the prognosis of a neurodegenerative disease, which comprises a formulation for measuring the level of the protein or an mRNA of the gene encoding same, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative disease, comprising the protein or the gene encoding same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring a mutation rate, comprising preparing a library for next generation sequencing (NGS). Accordingly, the present invention can measure the effect of drugs, radiation, gene composition, aging, and various stresses experienced by an individual, etc. on the occurrence of mutations in a subject sample, and thus can be used for testing, diagnosis, management and evaluation related to toxicity tests, medical tests, maintenance and management of health, etc.

Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of bit lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction; and a cell region including a plane which is coupled to the plurality of bit lines, wherein the plane is divided into a plurality of memory groups each including a plurality of partial pages to be disposed in a plurality of rows in the first direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for locking a portable computer includes an apparatus body, a first clamping member rotatably coupled to the apparatus body, configured to support a first side of a computer body of the portable computer, and configured to be fitted over a first edge of a display of the portable computer, a slider coupled to the apparatus body to be reciprocally movable, a second clamping member rotatably coupled to the slider while being spaced apart from the first clamping member, configured to support a second side of the computer body of the portable computer, and configured to be fitted over a second edge of the display of the portable computer, and a locking and unlocking unit installed on the apparatus body and configured to selectively restrict or allow movement of the slider.

Abstract: Provided is a tribenzazole amine derivative represented by Formula 1 that effectively absorbs high energy UV light from an external light source to minimize damage to organic materials present in an organic electroluminescent device, contributing to a substantial improvement in the lifetime of the organic electroluminescent device. Also provided is an organic electroluminescent device using the tribenzazole amine derivative. The organic electroluminescent device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer arranged between the first and second electrodes. The organic layer includes the tribenzazole amine derivative.

Abstract: A pre-folding apparatus for a pouch-type battery includes: a main frame, a rib, a pusher support portion, and a pusher. The main frame includes a pair of columns and a horizontal bar configured to connect upper portions of the columns. The rib installed to be fixed across the pair of columns under the horizontal bar has a forming protrusion whose upper end is flat. The pusher support portion disposed above the rib includes a linear driving portion configured to move the pusher support portion in a vertical direction along the columns. Finally, the pusher installed at the pusher support portion is aligned with the forming protrusion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: An encryption key management method includes: receiving a data registration request from a supplier terminal, determining a data identifier associated with the content data, encrypting a master key with a public key of the supplier terminal, and providing the supplier terminal with the master key encrypted with the public key of the supplier terminal, the data identifier, and a key update count value; receiving a subscription application related to the data identifier from a first subscriber terminal, encrypting the master key with a public key of the first subscriber terminal, and providing the first subscriber terminal with the master key encrypted with the public key of the first subscriber terminal and the key update count value; receiving encrypted content data encrypted with the symmetric key and a hash for the content data from the supplier terminal; and transmitting the encrypted content data and the hash to the first subscriber terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip including a logic structure and a second semiconductor chip bonded to the first semiconductor chip may be provided. The first semiconductor chip may include signal lines on a first surface of a first semiconductor substrate and connected to the logic structure, a power delivery network on a second surface of the first semiconductor substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and penetration vias penetrating the first semiconductor substrate and connecting the power delivery network to the logic structure. The second semiconductor chip may include a capacitor layer that is on a second semiconductor substrate and is adjacent to the power delivery network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling a flexible thermoelectric element to provide dynamic thermal therapy, and to a dynamic thermal therapy device, wherein the flexible thermoelectric element has a plurality of thermoelectric modules, each corresponding to a plurality of regions arranged sequentially, wherein the plurality of thermoelectric modules can selectively perform either exothermic or endothermic operation on the plurality of regions by control of a current.

Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area at a periphery of the display area; a first signal wiring on the non-display area of the base substrate and including a first wiring part and a second wiring part connected to the first wiring part; and a printed circuit board including a lead wiring on the first signal wiring. The second wiring part includes an open part passing through a surface of the second wiring part in a thickness direction, the second wiring part includes a long side extending along a first direction and a short side extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a separation distance between the open part and an end of the short side of the second wiring part in the first direction is within about 0.4 times the long side of the second wiring part.

Abstract: A method for providing a subscription service in a terminal installed with an instant messaging application by interworking with an application server is provided. The method comprises displaying recommendation boards recommended by the application server or boards published in a subscription channel on an interface screen, receiving a request for subscribing to a specific channel that has published the recommendation board, from a user, and transmitting information on a channel for which a subscription is requested to the application server and requesting registering as a subscription channel. Each board displayed on the interface screen is a content distribution unit that is composed of a board title and a plurality of contents, and is exposed along with a name of a channel having published a corresponding board. The channel publishing each board is an account that has subscribed to a service providing the instant messaging application.

Abstract: A server according to an embodiment includes a processor configured to receive a friend add request for a target account from a user terminal accessed with a user account; based on one of the user account and the target account being a protected account, transmit an approval request for the friend add request to a protector account connected to the protected account; and based on receiving a reply to the approval request from the protector terminal, add the target account to a friend list of the user account.

Abstract: A wheel slip control method for a vehicle is provided, and includes estimating equivalent inertia information of a driving system based on operation information of the driving system while a vehicle travels, determining whether the slip of a drive wheel occurs from the estimated equivalent inertia information of the driving system, determining whether the drive wheel is in an uneven wheel slip state where the slip occurs only in one of a left wheel and a right wheel of the drive wheel from a left wheel speed and a right wheel speed detected by a sensor, if it is determined that the slip of the drive wheel occurs, and controlling an operation of a braking device such that a braking force is applied to the vehicle wheel in which the slip occurs, if it is determined that the vehicle wheel is in the uneven wheel slip state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.

Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a micro/nanowire having a nanometer- to micrometer-sized diameter at predetermined positions of an object. The method includes: preparing a micro/nanopipette having a tip with an inner diameter which is substantially the same as the diameter of the micro/nanowire to be formed; filling the micro/nanopipette with a solution containing a micro/nanowire-forming material; brining the solution into contact with the object through the tip of the micro/nanopipette; and pulling the micro/nanopipette from the object at a pulling speed lower than or equal to a predetermined critical speed (?c) to obtain a micro/nanowire having substantially the same diameter as the inner diameter of the micro/nanopipette tip.

Abstract: A memory may include a first wafer, and a second wafer stacked on and bonded to the first wafer. The first wafer may include a cell structure including a memory cell array; and a first logic structure disposed under the cell structure, and including a row control circuit. The second wafer may include a second logic structure including a column control circuit.

Abstract: A display device includes a display device including a substrate including a display area, on which a plurality of pixels is disposed, and a pad area positioned in a periphery of the display area, a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a pad electrode disposed on the first insulating layer in the pad area, a peeling prevention structure disposed on the first insulating layer in the pad area to be spaced apart from the pad electrode, where the peeling prevention structure includes a first side surface facing the pad electrode and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and a second insulating layer disposed on the pad electrode and the peeling prevention structure, where an end of the first insulating layer is in contact with the second side surface of the peeling prevention structure, and an end of the second insulating layer is aligned with a boundary of a top surface of the peeling prevention structure.