Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating inflammatory diseases comprising germanium telluride nanosheets coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the nanosheets have excellent anti-inflammatory and thus are excellent in treating inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.

Abstract: Provided is a device for upscaling resolution based on a slice image, in which a low-resolution image is divided into a plurality of slice images so that a high-resolution image is generated. The device includes a convolution operation unit configured to convert a low-resolution input slice image into a high-resolution output slice image using a convolutional neural network. The convolutional neural network includes a cascading block configured to perform a convolution operation using a convolution filter having a predetermined size and a residual operation on an input feature map generated from the low-resolution input slice image to generate an output feature map, and an upscaling block configured to upscale the output feature map to generate the high-resolution output slice image.

Abstract: A differential signaling circuit is provided. The differential signaling circuit includes: a differential amplifier configured to generate differential signals; a first signal path circuit; a second signal path circuit; a phase control circuit configured to receive the differential signals having a common phase, output DC signals having a common level in a first operating period, and transmit the differential signals to the first signal path circuit and the second signal path circuit, respectively, in a second operating period; and a duty ratio correction circuit connected between the first signal path circuit and the second signal path circuit, and configured to control duty ratios of the differential signals to be equal to each other in the second operating period.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body comprising dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes laminatedly disposed in a third direction with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and first electrode and second external electrodes disposed on both surfaces of the ceramic body in the first direction and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes. When an absolute value of a horizontal angle in the second direction of the first internal electrode with respect to the first surface of the ceramic body is referred to a first angle of the internal electrode, a total sum of the first angles is less than 10°.

Abstract: Provided are a polyamideimide film, a window cover film, and a display panel including the same. More specifically, a polyamideimide film including an amideimide structure derived from a dianhydride, a diamine, and an aromatic diacid dichloride is provided, wherein a chlorine content in the film is 5 to 33 ppm and a yellow index change amount ?YI is 5 or less, the yellow index change amount being measured in accordance with ASTM E313 after repeating a process of irradiating 0.55 W/m2 of UVA at 340 nm at 40° C. for 20 hours and then blocking UVA for 4 hours three times.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a can having an accommodation space therein; an electrode assembly accommodated in the accommodation space in the can; and a cap assembly sealed with the can. The can has a beading part recessed into a side wall of the can at a region below where the cap assembly is accommodated, and the beading part has an acute angle with respect to the side wall of the can.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method. The substrate treating method includes pre-treating a substrate by cleaning the substrate; etching the substrate by supplying an etchant and heating a substrate supplied with the etchant; and post-treating the substrate after the etching the substrate, and wherein the pre-treating the substrate, the etching the substrate, and the post-treating the substrate are each performed in different chambers, a substrate on which the pre-treating the substrate is completed is transferred in a dry state to a chamber at which the etching the substrate is performed, and a substrate on which the etching the substrate is completed is transferred in a wetted state with a liquid to a chamber at which the post-treating the substrate is performed.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a light emitting element layer disposed on the substrate; and a sensor electrode layer disposed on an encapsulation layer and including: a plurality of first touch electrode groups extending along a first direction; a plurality of first touch electrodes, of the plurality of first touch electrode groups, arranged along the first direction; a plurality of second touch electrode groups extending along the second direction and arranged along the first direction; a first contact electrode connected to any one of the plurality of first touch electrodes of any one of the plurality of first touch electrode groups; and a second contact electrode connected to any one of the plurality of first touch electrodes of another of the plurality of first touch electrode groups, and wherein an area of the first contact electrode is greater than an area of the second contact electrode.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material including a three-dimensional composite. The three-dimensional composite includes secondary particles containing a silicon carbide-based (SiCx, 0<x?1) nanosheet having a bent portion and amorphous carbon. Also provided are a method of producing the same, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: As inputs of a controller of a direct current (DC)-DC converter are sampled for a predetermined time and thus two-dimensional state information in which one axis is an input physical quantity and the other axis is a time is generated, the two-dimensional state information is processed by a convolutional neural network to determine and output one of a plurality of control signals. An artificial intelligence control part may operate in accordance with a plurality of operation conditions or dynamically determined operation conditions by applying different artificial intelligence engines according to operation modes.

Abstract: Provided is an information output apparatus and method. The information output apparatus includes a plurality of expression members configured to protrude or retract by moving in at least one direction and being sensed by a user when protruding or retracting; an activation area calculator configured to calculate a series of braille letters as an activation area on the plurality of expression members; a non-activation area calculator configured to calculate a space between the braille letters as a non-activation area in the activation area; and a plurality of actuation controllers configured to actuate expression members corresponding to the activation area to protrude or retract and configured to actuate expression members corresponding to the non-activation area to retract.

Abstract: Provided are a disability information estimation apparatus and method, and the disability information estimation method based on disability information includes obtaining first image data of a user, extracting user characteristic information including at least one of appearance characteristics, behavior characteristics, and object characteristics associated with the user from the first image data, and inferring disability information including a disability type and a disability degree of the user on the basis of the user characteristic information.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for providing customized interaction based on disability information, and the method of providing customized interaction based on disability information includes obtaining disability information including a disability type and a disability degree of a user, setting at least one of a first element associated with a user input application method of a target device and a second element associated with an information output method of the target device on the basis of the disability information, obtaining a user input, which is applied to the target device by the user on the basis of the first element, and outputting information corresponding to the user input through the target device on the basis of the second element.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for guiding customized route based on disability information, and the method of guiding customized route based on disability information includes selecting candidate routes from a departure position to a destination position from or to which a user intends to move, obtaining disability information including a disability type and a disability degree of the user, evaluating movement convenience of the user for each of the candidate routes in consideration of the disability information, and determining guidance route information from the candidate routes in consideration of an evaluation result.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of providing complex information including braille information and voice information, the method of method of providing complex information including braille information and voice information includes deriving analysis data associated with a reading pattern of a user for braille information, and outputting voice information corresponding to the braille information on the basis of the analysis data.

Abstract: A video encoding method and a video decoding method are provided for adaptively determining a chroma intra-directional prediction mode. When a DM mode is applied for intra prediction of a chroma signal, the video encoding method and the video decoding method adaptively modify the directional mode of a luma block to conform to the characteristics of a chroma block by considering the position and size of the chroma block, the presence of reference samples, and the size of the luma block. The video encoding method and the video decoding method use the modified directional mode for intra prediction of the chroma signal.

Abstract: In one example, an electronic device includes a substrate including a substrate first side, a conductive structure, and a substrate sidewall on the substrate first side. The substrate sidewall forms a perimeter, the substrate first side within the perimeter defines a substrate base, and the substrate sidewall and the substrate base form a substrate cavity. An electronic component includes a component first side, a component second side, and a component lateral side. The electronic component is disposed over a first portion of the substrate base within the substrate cavity and is coupled to the conductive structure. An encapsulant encapsulates at least a portion of the component lateral side, and a lid is over at least a portion of the component first side. At least a portion of the component first side is devoid of the encapsulant. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention can bind to lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) including a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region and inhibit the activity thereof. Thus it is expected to be useful for the development of immunotherapeutic agents for various disorders that are associated with LAG-3.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling an intelligent barrier-free kiosk including: recognizing a moving object, which is within a preset distance from the kiosk and is approaching the kiosk; learning characteristic information of the recognized moving object; determining, based on a result of the learning, whether a user related to the moving object intends to use the kiosk; and, based on determining that the user intends to use the kiosk, changing a height of the kiosk.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of a stress disease and depression, the pharmaceutical composition be safely useable without toxicity and side effects by using an extract of leaves of Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb., which is natural resource of Korea, so that the reduction of manufacturing and production costs and the import substitution and export effects can be expected through the replacement of a raw material for preparation with a plant inhabiting in nature.