Abstract: One aspect of the present invention discloses a license authentication method in a wireless access point (AP). The method comprises receiving a license authentication request including license information from a client; calculating a distance of the client from the wireless access point in response to the received license authentication request; based on the calculated distance, determining whether the client exists within a range of allowed positions for license authentication related to license location information for allowing authentication of a license included in the license information; and determining whether to authenticate in response to the license authentication request based on the determination result.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a Lonicera Japonica flower water extract composition for preventing or treating Helicobacter pylori infection, the composition containing secoxyloganin as an active ingredient. The extract contains a specific amount of secoxyloganin, and thus exhibited excellent antibacterial effects when used on Helicobacter pylori bacteria, and exhibited excellent effects in terms of reducing Helicobacter pylori IgG antibody expression in the blood, alleviating histopathological lesions, and reducing cytokine expression when used on Helicobacter pylori-infected mice. Thus, the Lonicera Japonica flower water extract of the present invention can be usefully used as a composition for preventing or treating Helicobacter pylori infection.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current block by using an intra-prediction mode of a neighbor block adjacent to the current block, configuring a reference sample of the current block, and performing intra-prediction on the current block by using the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample, wherein when the intra-prediction mode of the neighbor block is unavailable, the intra-prediction mode of the neighbor block may be replaced with a planar mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intra prediction method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise decoding information on intra prediction; and generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction for a current block based on the information on intra prediction. The information on intra prediction may include information on an intra prediction mode, and the intra prediction mode may include a curved intra prediction mode.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for setting a duty cycler adjuster for improving clock duty cycle are disclosed. The duty cycle adjuster may be adjusted by different amounts, at least one smaller than another. Determining when to use the smaller adjustment may be based on duty cycle results. A duty cycle monitor may have an offset. A duty cycle code for the duty cycle adjuster may be set to an intermediate value of a duty cycle monitor offset. The duty cycle monitor offset may be determined by identifying duty cycle codes for an upper and for a lower boundary of the duty cycle monitor offset.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multiple-input and multiple-output antenna apparatus, and particularly, includes a housing, a ray dome which is coupled to the top of one side of the housing in a longitudinal direction, and has an antenna assembly disposed between the ray dome and the housing, a PCB assembly which is disposed at the bottom of the antenna assembly, a top cooling part which is coupled to the top of the other side of the housing in the longitudinal direction, has a battery and an FPGA assembly disposed between the top cooling part and the housing, and dissipates upward the heat discharged from the FPGA assembly, and a side cooling part which is coupled to protrude to one side in a width direction between the housing and the top cooling part and the other side in the width direction therebetween, and moves and dissipates the heat generated from the FPGA assembly to one side and the other side of the housing in the width direction, thereby improving cooling performance.

Abstract: Techniques and systems for determining locations of devices using location data sources are provided. For example, a network device, method, and computer-program product may be provided. In one example, a method may include receiving, on a computing device, a request to locate a device, wherein the request includes an identifier of the device. The method may further include receiving a communication from the device, wherein the communication includes the identifier of the device, and obtaining a location of the device. The method may further include transmitting the location of the device and the identifier of the device to a server, wherein the server is configured to use the location of the device and the identifier of the device to send a response to the requestor of the request.

Abstract: A display device includes a panel unit including a display unit, a first circuit board connected to the display unit, and a first connecting member connected to the first circuit board, an input unit including a connection member configured to attach to the first connecting member, and to provide an image signal to the panel unit, a master configured to output a transmitting signal for diagnosing an electrical connection between the first connecting member and the connection member, a transmitting line connected to the master, an inspecting line configured to connect to the transmitting line through the connection member, and a slave configured to connect to the master through the inspecting line, to receive the transmitting signal as a receiving signal, and to enable determination of on-time duty and off-time duty of the receiving signal to determine whether a connection error between the panel unit and the input unit exists.

Abstract: The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining the availability of a block adjacent to a current block; configuring a merge candidate list for the current block on the basis of the result of the determined availability; and performing motion compensation for the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list, wherein the step of determining availability comprises the steps of inducing block availability information on the adjacent block and inducing the availability of motion information on the adjacent block, and the step of determining the availability of the adjacent block is such that when there is more than one adjacent block, the availability of adjacent blocks can be determined in accordance with a predetermined order restriction.

Abstract: Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other; a display element and a signal line on the first surface; a first wire on the second surface and electrically connected to the signal line; a cover portion on the second surface; and a first driving unit on the second surface and electrically connected to the first wire. The first wire includes a portion exposed outside the cover portion, and the first driving unit is connected to the first wire at the portion of the first wire which is exposed outside the cover portion.

Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention includes reconstructing a residual block by inverse-quantizing and inverse-transforming an entropy-decoded residual block, generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction on a current block, and reconstructing an picture by adding the reconstructed residual block to the prediction block, wherein generating the prediction block includes generating a final prediction value of a prediction target pixel included in the current block based on a first prediction value of the prediction target pixel and a final correction value calculated by performing an arithmetic right shift on a two's complementary integer representation for an initial correction value of the prediction target pixel by a binary digit of 1. Accordingly, upon image encoding/decoding, computation complexity may be reduced.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display area; a non-display area around the display area; a substrate; and a first terminal in the non-display area on the substrate, the first terminal including: a plurality of first conductive patterns spaced apart from each other, an insulating layer covering each of the plurality of first conductive patterns, and a second conductive pattern on the insulating layer, covering the plurality of first conductive patterns, and including concave and convex portions on a surface thereof.

Abstract: The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining the availability of a block adjacent to a current block; configuring a merge candidate list for the current block on the basis of the result of the determined availability; and performing motion compensation for the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list, wherein the step of determining availability comprises the steps of inducing block availability information on the adjacent block and inducing the availability of motion information on the adjacent block, and the step of determining the availability of the adjacent block is such that when there is more than one adjacent block, the availability of adjacent blocks can be determined in accordance with a predetermined order restriction.

Abstract: Disclosed are region-based image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The method of decoding an image includes: determining a projection format of a 360-degree video image; determining, on the basis of the determined projection format, a spatial correlation degree between a current block and a neighboring block; and determining, on the basis of the determined spatial correlation degree, a candidate block for predicting the current block.

Abstract: Novel intron fragments are provided. The intron fragments can increase gene expression to levels equal to or higher than those achieved by the full-length intron while maintaining their ability to increase gene expression even when combined with various types of promoters and splicing donors. Particularly, the intron fragments enable loading of larger transgenes when used in genetic information delivery systems whose size is limited, for example, adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) and rhabdoviruses. Therefore, the use of the intron fragments is expected to extend the range of therapeutic genes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for memory wear management are described. A device may include an interface controller and a non-volatile memory. The interface controller may manage wear-leveling procedures for memory banks in the non-volatile memory. For example, the interface controller may select a row in a memory bank for the wear-leveling procedure. The interface controller may store data from the row in a buffer in the interface controller. The interface controller may then transfer the data to the non-volatile memory so that the non-volatile memory can write the data to a second row of the memory bank.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus according to the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current block, and performing intra-prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode. The deriving of the intra-prediction mode may comprise decoding a predetermined mode sameness indicator.

Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. A method of decoding an image, the method may comprises determining whether to perform a context update for a first syntax element of a current block, updating, on the basis of the determination, a context for entropy decoding of the first syntax element and generating, on the basis of the updated context, a bin for the first syntax element, and wherein whether to perform the context update is determined on the basis of the number of pre-decoded predetermined syntax elements for the current block.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Faecalibacterium spp. microorganism. In addition, it provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, or a food composition for preventing or improving cancer, comprising one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of a microbial cell of a Faecalibacterium cancerinhibens microorganism having an anti-cancer activity, a culture of the microorganism, a lysate of the microorganism and an extract of the microorganism.