Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and device according to the present disclosure may configure a reference sample for a cross component prediction of a chroma component block, derive a cross component prediction parameter by using the reference sample, and make a cross component prediction of the chroma component block on the basis of the cross component prediction parameter and a luma component block corresponding to the chroma component block.

Abstract: A conditioning disk replacement apparatus includes; a detacher configured to separate a conditioning disk from to a holder, a transfer part configured to transfer the conditioning disk, and a container configured to store the conditioning disk. The detacher includes a detachment body and a rotary part coupled to the detachment body, the rotary part includes a key protruding outward from the rotary part in a first horizontal direction, and the rotary part is configured to rotate about a central axis extending in the first horizontal direction.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface. The second lens has negative refractive power. The third lens has negative refractive power. The fourth lens has negative refractive power and an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The fifth lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface.

Abstract: Provided are a piperidine derivative compound, a hydrate thereof, a solvate thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of diseases related to autotaxin activity, comprising same as an active ingredient, in which the piperidine derivative compound exhibits excellent inhibitory activity against autotaxin, and thus can be effectively used in the treatment and prevention of diseases related to autotaxin inhibition, such as fibrotic diseases, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, cancer and cancer metastasis, ocular diseases, cholestatic form and other forms of chronic pruritus, and acute or chronic organ transplant rejection.

Abstract: A data transmission method includes: sending, by a network device, a fixed-length downlink control information (DCI), wherein the fixed-length DCI comprises a detection parameter corresponding to a variable-length DCI.

Abstract: An information handling system peripheral display monitor presents visual images at a liquid crystal display panel with illumination distributed across the display panel by a backlight. A light bar of plural light emitting diodes (LEDs) at a bottom side surface of the backlight directs illumination into the backlight from an upper surface and includes plural downlight LEDs on a bottom surface to direct illumination out a downlight opening formed in a housing of the display monitor.

Abstract: Corn fiber gum (CFG) production via a path without a starch removal step, using sodium hydroxide during the extraction, eliminating the use of hydrogen peroxide throughout the process, and recovering CFG by spray drying is provided. Calcium hydroxide may also be used during the alkaline extraction to improve the color of the extracted CFG.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a large-area blank wherein no crystal-phase peak exists in the range of 2? 10-70, and the degree of crystallinity of 0.00% in an X-ray diffraction analysis pattern using CuK? rays, but crystalline particles having an average particle size of 10-70 nm are confirmed to be distributed in an amorphous SiO2—Li2O—Al2O3-series glass matrix from an SEM-based analysis, and the blank has a long-axis length of at least 60 mm and a thickness of at least 6 mm. The present disclosure has the following advantages: the blank is a workpiece having a large area and excellent processability such that processability can be improved during cutting, thereby reducing tool resistance and wear ratio, and increasing the tool lifespan; edge chipping can be reduced during processing; when fabricating multiple dental restorations successively by using a single blank, the blank use efficiency can be improved, and dental restoration productivity can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack that may reduce risks caused by a large amount of gas. In addition, the present invention may provide a battery pack that discharges a gas but prevents internally generated flames from being exposed to the outside. In addition, the present invention may provide an electric device including one or more battery packs.

Abstract: An overlay measurement device includes a light source configured to direct an illumination to an overlay measurement target in which a first overlay key in a first layer and a second overlay key in a second layer are positioned, the second layer being stacked on an upper portion or a lower portion of the first layer, a lens assembly including an objective lens configured to condense the illumination on a measurement position of at least one point in the overlay measurement target and a lens focus actuator configured to control a distance between the objective lens and the overlay measurement target, and a detector configured to acquire a focus image at the measurement position based on a beam reflected on the measurement position.

Abstract: In order to perform a wireless power procedure using a coordinator device in a wireless communication system, a method of operating the coordinator device may comprise a coordinator device (virtual coordinator) performing initial configuration for wireless power sharing, the coordinator device collecting power information from a demander device and a supplier device, the coordinator device performing calculation for power sharing based on the collected power information, the coordinator device sharing power based on a result of calculation for power sharing and the coordinator storing surplus power after the power sharing.

Abstract: Systems and methods herein are directed to a bracket assembly. The bracket assembly can include a first bracket portion, a second bracket portion, or a sliding mechanism. The first bracket portion can include a first end with a first protruding portion, a second protruding portion, and an opening that extends between the first and second protruding portions, or a second end. The opening can receive a portion of a flexible hose assembly. The second end can receive a portion of a lateral support bar. The second bracket portion can be slidably coupled with the first bracket portion through the sliding mechanism by a pin. The sliding mechanism can include an aperture to receive the pin. The sliding mechanism can move in a lateral direction between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion of the first end of the first bracket portion about the pin within the aperture.

Abstract: A method for cloud gaming. The method including generating a video frame when executing a video game at a server. The method including scanning-in the video frame to an encoder at the server scanline-by-scanline. The method including encoding one or more encoder slices as one or more encoded slices at the encoder, wherein each encoded slice is delivered to a buffer at an encoder fill rate. The method including draining a first encoded slice from the buffer to stream the first encoded slice at a buffer drain rate over a network to a client, wherein the first encoded slice is streamed over the network before fully encoding the one or more slices of the video frame.

Abstract: A method for screening a solvent for extracting acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) from waste using the following Equation 1: ABS solubility score=x1 Log10Molecular Weight+x2IAC_Mean where Molecular Weight is the molecular weight of the solvent, IAC_Mean is the average information by an atomic number, and x1 and x2 are each a real number from 0 to 5. A method for recycling waste having ABS including screening the solvent using Equation 1 and extracting the ABS from the waste using the screened solvent is also provided. Additionally, a recycled acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer and a recycled acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer composition are provided.

Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure is a communication method for a third network element. The communication method includes: receiving a downlink control information format (DCI Format); and relaying a signal between a first network element and a second network element according to information carried in the DCI Format. Further provided in the present disclosure are a communication method for a first network element, an electronic device and a computer-readable medium.

Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel electrode; a pixel defining layer defining a first opening overlapping the pixel electrode; a bank structure disposed on the pixel defining layer and defining a second opening overlapping the first opening; a light emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode; a common electrode disposed on the light emitting layer and in contact with the bank structure; and an encapsulation layer disposed on the common electrode and the bank structure. The bank structure includes: a first bank layer disposed on the pixel defining layer and including a conductive material; and a second bank layer disposed on the first bank layer and including a tip protruding toward the first opening more than a side surface of the first bank layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric layer. The gate electrode includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer. The second layer includes metal and oxygen. The first layer is first layer over the gate dielectric layer and may include one of titanium nitride (TiN), titanium silicon nitride (TiSiN), or tantalum carbide (TaC). Minimization of equivalent oxide thickness may result.

Abstract: Provided are an inspection method, and an inspection system including: at least one ray source; a detector assembly and a conveying device. At least one ray source and the detector assembly may move in a traveling direction relative to the conveying device, so that the to-be-inspected object may enter an inspection region. When viewed along a central axis of the inspection region, at least one ray source may translate between scanning positions, and a translation distance of at least one ray source between two adjacent scanning positions is greater than a spacing between adjacent target spots of each ray source. When at least one ray source is located at one scanning position, at least one ray source and the detector assembly move in the traveling direction and at least one ray source emits X-rays. After moving a predetermined distance, at least one ray source translates to another scanning position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thin film forming method, and more particularly, to a thin film forming method for forming a gallium nitride thin film. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a thin film forming method includes: loading a substrate into a process space of a chamber; and forming a gallium nitride thin film on the substrate, and the forming of the gallium nitride thin film includes: supplying a source gas containing gallium onto the substrate; supplying a reactant gas containing nitrogen onto the substrate; and activating and supplying a post-treatment gas containing hydrogen onto the substrate.

Abstract: A nucleic acid molecule including a translation control element having a translation initiation activity and a coding region operably linked to the translation control element and encoding an immunogen of an influenza virus or a severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) or fragments thereof is disclosed. The nucleic acid molecule or an expression system where the nucleic acid molecule is inserted can be used in a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing influenza or SFTS, for example, that an mRNA vaccine or a gene therapy platform.