Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibacterial peptide and an antibacterial compound targeting the Klebsiella pneumoniae VapBC toxin-antitoxin system, or their use.

Abstract: A transportation head for a microchip transfer device capable of minimizing mechanical and chemical damage to a microchip, a microchip transfer device having same, and a transfer method thereby, and the transportation head includes a head body having a pickup area and a dummy area; a first protruding pin disposed in the pickup area of the head body; and a liquid droplet attached to the first protruding pin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester resin. The polyester resin is useful for bottles, sheets, multilayer sheets, stretched films and fiber applications due to excellent heat resistance and transparency, and in particular, the polyester resin has little deterioration of physical properties such as yellowing, etc., during processing. A process for making the polyester resin includes an esterification reaction between a dicarboxylic acid that includes terephthalic acid and a diol that includes isosorbide in the presence of a catalyst, followed by a polycondensation reaction on a product of the esterification reaction. In some embodiments, an initial mixing ratio of the dicarboxylic acid and the diol is between 1:1.02 and 1:1.04.

Abstract: Vehicular air conditioning system improving the ease of assembly and the maintainability of a photocatalyst module by structural improvement of an intake case and suppressing an air vortex generated at the air intake side during air intake process in a blower and a rumbling noise caused by the air vortex. The vehicular air conditioning system includes an intake part configured to suck indoor or outdoor air and blow air into a vehicle interior, a photocatalyst module purifying the air by emitting superoxide radicals toward the air blown into the vehicle interior from the intake part, which is installed on a downstream outer surface portion of a blower casing of the intake part, and an interference avoidance groove for avoiding interference with the photocatalyst module is formed on an outer surface portion of the intake case corresponding to the periphery of the photocatalyst module installed in the blower casing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an untact DC electric-field sensor having improved sensitivity. The untact DC electric-field sensor has a circuit composed of a variable capacitor and an RF generator and improves sensitivity through resonance of the circuit by connecting an inductor to the sensor.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept, there is provided a nonvolatile memory device comprising: a memory cell region including a first metal pad, a peripheral circuit region including a second metal pad and vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad, a memory cell array, in the memory cell region, comprising a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines and a bit line connected to the memory cells, wherein each memory cell is connected to one of the word lines, a voltage generator, in the peripheral circuit region, supplying a plurality of supply voltages to the memory cell array, a control logic circuit, in the peripheral circuit region, programming a selected one of the memory cells connected to a selected one of the word lines into a first program state by controlling the voltage generator, and a verify circuit, in the peripheral circuit region, controlling a verify operation on the memory cell array by controlling the vo

Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The display device according to an embodiment includes a transistor that is disposed on a substrate, a first electrode that is disposed on the substrate, a pixel defining layer that is disposed on the first electrode, a separator pattern that is disposed on the pixel defining layer, auxiliary wiring that is disposed between the pixel defining layer and the separator pattern, a second electrode that is disposed on the first electrode, the pixel defining layer, and the separator pattern, connection wiring that connects the transistor to the second electrode, and an intermediate layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. A portion of the second electrode disposed on the separator pattern and a portion of the second electrode disposed around the separator pattern are separated from each other.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method by which a device provides a service so as to enable cognitive function rehabilitation by using a virtual object model comprises the steps of: generating a virtual object model in a virtual space matched to correspond to a real space where a subject is located; generating a plurality of first preliminary stimuli for identifying egocentric neglect in the visual range of the subject on the basis of the virtual object model; obtaining and collecting first reaction information about whether the subject has recognized the first preliminary stimuli; determining an egocentric cognition range in which the subject can egocentrically recognize visual stimuli on the basis of the first reaction information; sequentially generating a plurality of second preliminary stimuli for identifying allocentric neglect in the egocentric cognition range on the basis of the virtual object model; obtaining and collecting second reaction information about whether the subject has recognized the secon

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a transistor disposed on the substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a pixel definition layer disposed on the first electrode; a separator pattern layer disposed on the pixel definition layer; a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, the pixel definition layer, and the separator pattern layer; a connection layer connected between the transistor and the second electrode; an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a conductive pattern layer; and a capping member covering a side end portion of the conductive pattern layer, wherein the conductive pattern layer and the connection layer are disposed on a same layer, and a part of the second electrode disposed on the separator pattern layer and a part of the second electrode disposed around the separator pattern layer are separated from each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery which, when an upper end of a cylindrical can is clamped, can prevent deformation of a cap assembly so as to improve safety. For an example, a cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery is disclosed, the battery comprising: a cylindrical can; an electrode assembly received in the cylindrical can; and a cap assembly for sealing the cylindrical can, wherein: the cap assembly comprises a top plate having a notch formed thereon, a support plate disposed in close contact with a lower surface of the top plate and including a first through-hole formed through the center thereof, and a bottom plate electrically connected with the electrode assembly and connected to the lower surface of the top plate through the first through-hole; and the support plate has a strength greater than a strength of the top plate.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding an image according to the present invention may determine a reference area that is a pre-reconstructed area spatially adjacent to a current block on the basis of reference information for specifying the position of a reference area used for predicting a current block and may predict the current block on the basis of the reference area.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate stack structure including insulating patterns and conductive patterns which are alternately stacked, a first separation structure penetrating the gate stack structure, a second separation structure penetrating the gate stack structure and being adjacent to the first separation structure, first and second memory channel structures penetrating the gate stack structure and disposed between the first separation structure and the second separation structure, a first bit line overlapping with the first and second memory channel structures and electrically connected to the first memory channel structure, and a second bit line overlapping with the first and second memory channel structures and the first bit line and electrically connected to the second memory channel structure.

Abstract: A display device may include: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; and pixels in the display area, and each including sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel may include a pixel circuit layer, and a display element layer including at least one light emitting element. The display element layer may include: a first electrode on the pixel circuit layer; a second electrode on the first electrode and electrically insulated from the first electrode; the light emitting element including a first end portion coupled to the first electrode and a second end portion coupled to the second electrode, and between the first electrode and the second electrode; an intermediate layer enclosing at least one area of the light emitting element, and on the first electrode; a connection line electrically connected to the second electrode. The second electrode may be on the intermediate layer.

Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes an electroluminescent display device includes a substrate; a first pixel row on the substrate including a first plurality of pixels arranged along a first direction; a second pixel row on the substrate including a second plurality of pixels arranged along the first direction, the second pixel row being spaced apart from the first pixel row in a second direction; a first groove between the first and second pixel rows; and a light emitting diode in each pixel of the first and second pixel rows, wherein the first groove includes a first portion at one end of the first pixel row, a second portion at the other end of the first pixel row and a third portion between the first and second portions, and wherein third portion is smaller than the first portion and greater than the second portion.

Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-doped tin oxide support, a platinum catalyst for a fuel cell having the same, and a method for producing the same. Also described is a high electrical conductivity and electrochemical durability by doping fluorine to the tin oxide-based support through an electrospinning process. Thus, while resolving a degradation issue of the carbon support in the conventional commercially available platinum/carbon (Pt/C) catalyst, what is designed is to minimize an electrochemical elution of dopant or tin, which is a limitation of the tin oxide support itself and has excellent performance as a catalyst for a fuel cell.

Abstract: A vehicle for autonomous driving is capable of performing a minimum risk maneuver. The vehicle includes: at least one sensor, a processor and a controller, where the processor may detect whether a minimum risk maneuver (MRM) is required based on at least one of surrounding environment information and vehicle state information during autonomous driving of the vehicle, determine an MRM type based on a possibility of colliding with a neighboring vehicle when the MRM is required, and control to stop the vehicle based on the determined MRM type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and particularly, to a refrigerator characterized by comprising: a main body which includes an outer casing and an inner casing, wherein the outer casing has an opening formed in a back panel thereof, and the inner casing is provided within the outer casing and provides, in an upper part thereof, an ice-making compartment and a refrigerator compartment, and a freezer compartment in a lower part thereof; an evaporator casing which is provided between the outer casing and the inner casing and forms an installation space in communication with the ice-making compartment and the opening; an evaporator which is installed in the installation space via the opening and provides cold air to the ice-making compartment; and an insulating cover which opens and closes the opening. Accordingly, the evaporator can be installed from the outside of the back panel of the main body, thus allowing the installation space of the evaporator casing to remain securely sealed.

Abstract: The liquefied gas storage tank includes a primary barrier, a primary insulation wall, a secondary barrier, and a secondary insulation wall. In a state where unit elements are arranged adjacent to each other, each of the unit elements being formed by stacking the secondary insulation wall, the secondary barrier, and a fixed insulation wall which is a part of the primary insulation wall, the primary insulation wall may comprise: a connection insulation wall provided in the space between the adjacent fixed insulation walls; first slits formed between the fixed insulation walls and the connection insulation wall when the connection insulation wall is inserted and installed between the adjacent fixed insulation walls; a plurality of second slits formed in a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction of the fixed insulation walls; and a first insulating filler material for filling the first slits.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a gate stack structure including insulating layers, a lower selection line and word lines, the word lines including a first word line adjacent to the lower selection line and a second word line on the first word line, a memory channel structure penetrating the gate stack structure, a plurality of first contact plugs electrically connected to the first word line, a plurality of second contact plugs electrically connected to the second word line, a first conductive line connected to the plurality of first contact plugs, and a second conductive line connected to one of the plurality of second contact plugs.

Abstract: A display device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode disposed to be spaced apart from the first electrode and face the first electrode, a first insulating layer disposed to cover the first electrode and the second electrode, a second insulating layer disposed on at least a part of the first insulating layer and exposing at a part of a region where the first electrode and the second electrode overlaps the first insulating layer and at least one light emitting element on the exposed first insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the second insulating layer includes at least one opening exposing the first insulating layer and disposed to be spaced apart from each other on a region where the first electrode and the second electrode face each other, and a bridge portion between the openings, and the light emitting element is disposed on the opening.