Abstract: An electric vehicle and a cruise control method therefore are capable of improving ride comfort by reducing a pitch caused by a road surface deceleration factor. A method of controlling a smart cruise control function includes determining a target speed of a vehicle that is traveling when a road surface deceleration factor in front of the vehicle is detected, entering the road surface deceleration factor while traveling at a constant speed corresponding to the determined target speed, and performing pitch reduction control upon entering the road surface deceleration factor.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of a target molecule using nitrocellulose membrane (NCM). In particular, the present invention provides a porous nitrocellulose membrane that includes a surface and an organic nanostructured molecule that is non-covalently attached to the surface of NCM. The organic nanostructured molecule has a branched region that includes a plurality of terminal region (e.g., terminal end) moieties that are non-covalently attached or bound to a surface of the porous NCM. The organic nanostructured molecule also comprises a linear region that includes a covalently attached capture molecule that is adapted to selectively bind to a target molecule. The NCM of the invention provides an improved reproducibility, reliability, and selectivity compared an NCM in the absence of the organic nanostructured molecule.

Abstract: A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.

Abstract: A battery module includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked; a module housing including a base plate supporting the cell stack and a pair of side plates covering both side portions of the cell stack; a bus bar frame assembly covering an opening portion formed on a side of the module housing in a longitudinal direction of the module housing; and a plurality of spark delay portions protruding from an inner surface of each of the pair of side plates and spaced apart from one another in a height direction of the side plate.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device simulation system and method. The simulation system includes; a device structure file input module configured to receive a plurality of device structure files for a plurality of sub-devices obtained by dividing a semiconductor device to be simulated; a connection relationship extraction module configured to extract connection relationships between the device structure files for the sub-devices; an interface condition application module configured to apply interface conditions to interface points of the device structure files according to the extracted connection relationships; and a simulation module configured to simulate an operation of the semiconductor device using the device structure files for the sub-devices and the interface conditions at interface points of adjacent sub-devices. The simulation system can simulate the semiconductor device using a plurality of device structure files for the sub-devices.

Abstract: A method of forming a FinFET is disclosed. The method includes depositing a conductive material across each of a number of adjacent fins, depositing a sacrificial mask over the conductive material, patterning the conductive material with the sacrificial mask to form a plurality of conductive material segments, depositing a sacrificial layer over the sacrificial mask, and patterning the sacrificial layer, where a portion of the patterned sacrificial layer remains over the sacrificial mask, where a portion of the sacrificial mask is exposed, and where the exposed portion of the sacrificial mask extends across each of the adjacent fins. The method also includes removing the portion of the sacrificial layer over the sacrificial mask, after removing the portion of the sacrificial layer over the sacrificial mask, removing the sacrificial mask, epitaxially growing a plurality of source/drain regions from the semiconductor substrate, and electrically connecting the source/drain regions to other devices.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with another display apparatus, a display configured to display contents being shared with the other display apparatus and a video call user interface (UI) for a video call with a user of the other display apparatus, and a processor, in response to at least one of a gesture and a voice of the user included in video call data received from the other display apparatus satisfying a predetermined condition, configured to control the display to change a size of the video call UI displayed on the display.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are spaced apart from and facing each other; a light-blocking layer disposed above the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least one light-emitting element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light-blocking layer includes a light-blocking portion absorbing light and an opening pattern. The light-blocking portion includes an area partially overlapping the first electrode and the second electrode. The at least one opening pattern exposes portions of the first and second electrodes facing each other and at least a portion of an area between the first and second electrodes facing each other. The at least one light-emitting element overlaps the at least one opening pattern.

Abstract: A sacrificial passivation film deposition method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include: depositing a primary sacrificial passivation film on an entire surface of a substrate using a thermal ALD (T-ALD) process; and additionally depositing a secondary sacrificial passivation film on an upper surface and at least a portion of a side surface of an upper portion of the primary sacrificial passivation film using a plasma-ALD (P-ALD) process.

Abstract: A scan driver for driving a plurality of pixels, the scan driver including: stages connected to each other through carry lines, a first stage among the stages includes: a first scan circuit configured to generate a first scan signal in response to a stage select signal, and apply the first scan signal to pixels of the same row among the plurality of pixels; and a second scan circuit electrically connected to the first scan circuit to generate a carry signal overlapping the first scan signal, and configured to provide a second scan signal to the pixels of the same row in response to the carry signal, and the carry signal is output as the stage select signal to a second stage among the stages through one of the carry lines.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising: a first semiconductor chip including an upper input/output pad, a second semiconductor chip including a lower input/output pad, and a substrate attachment film attaching the first and second semiconductor chips. The first and second semiconductor chips each include a first substrate including a first side facing the substrate attachment film and a second side, a mold structure including gate electrodes, a channel structure penetrating the mold structure and intersecting the gate electrodes, a second substrate including a third side facing the first side and a fourth side, a first circuit element on the third side of the second substrate, and a contact via penetrating the first substrate and connected to the first circuit element. The upper and lower input/output pads are on the second sides of the first and second semiconductor chip, respectively, and contact the contact vias of the first and second semiconductor chips.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral circuit region, a stacked structure on the cell region, the stacked structure including a plurality of gate patterns separated from each other and stacked sequentially, a semiconductor pattern connected to the substrate through the stacked structure, a peripheral circuit element on the peripheral circuit region, a first interlayer insulating film on the cell region and the peripheral circuit region, the first interlayer insulating film covering the peripheral circuit element, and a lower contact connected to the peripheral circuit element through the first interlayer insulating film, a height of a top surface of the lower contact being lower than or equal to a height of a bottom surface of a lowermost gate pattern of the plurality of gate patterns on the first interlayer insulating film.

Abstract: Disclosed are a positive electrode additive material for a lithium secondary battery having an enhancement in atmospheric stability, a method for preparing the same, and a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the same. The positive electrode material includes an core including a lithium component, and a coating layer formed on a surface of the core and including a compound having a formula of LiM?O3 wherein M? is Ta or Nb.

Abstract: A steel for a gear includes, based on a total weight of the steel: C: 0.10-0.30 wt %, Si: 0.60-0.80 wt %, Mn: 0.25-0.75 wt %, Cr: 1.80-2.20 wt %, Ni: 0.50-1.50 wt %, Mo: 0.20-0.40 wt %, Nb: 0.025-0.050 wt %, V: 0.030-0.050 wt %, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein contents of Nb and V satisfy the following <Relationship Formula 1>: 0.055<[Nb]+[V]<0.100??<Relationship Formula 1>, wherein [Nb] represents a content of Nb and [V] represents a content of V.

Abstract: An optical system disclosed to an embodiment includes first to fifth lenses sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power, the second lens has a positive refractive power, each of the first to fifth lenses includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface, at least one of an image-side surface of the first lens, and the object-side surfaces and the image-side surfaces of the second to fifth lenses may have a larger clear aperture than a clear aperture of the object-side surface of the first lens.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma-resistant ceramic substrate including a bulk of an oxide composition; and a surface layer in which an oxide composition component constituting the bulk was modified to a composition including one or more anions selected from the group consisting of F? and Cl?, wherein the surface layer is a layer in which a raw material containing one or more anions selected from the group consisting of F? and Cl? is vaporized by heating and adsorbed on the surface of the ceramic substrate to be modified to a composition including one or more anions selected from the group consisting of F? and Cl?, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, the plasma resistance and durability of the ceramic substrate can be improved at low cost.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel heterocyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device comprising same. The heterocyclic compound according to the present invention is a polycyclic compound which has, as a core skeleton, a spiro structure in which a 9H-quinolino[3,2,1-kl]phenoxazine moiety and a 9H-fluorene moiety share a single carbon atom, and into which at least one amino substituent is introduced, and can be used as a material for an organic material layer of an organic light-emitting device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel spirofluorene compound and an organic light-emitting device including same. The spirofluorene compound according to the present invention is a polycyclic compound to which at least one amino substituent is introduced and which has a structure in which indene, indole, benzofuran, benzothiophene, or benzosilole is fused to a 9,9?-spirobifluorene moiety.