Abstract: A solvent extraction method for separation and recovery of nickel, cobalt, manganese, and zinc is proposed. More particularly, the present method relates to a solvent extraction method for separation and recovery of nickel, cobalt, manganese, and zinc, the method being capable of separately recovering four kinds of valuable metals as respective monotype metals from a starting material containing nickel, cobalt, manganese, and zinc by involving: a first solvent extraction step in which the starting material is separated into a first aqueous phase solution containing nickel and cobalt and a second aqueous phase solution containing nickel, cobalt, manganese, and zinc; a second solvent extraction step in which nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co) are separated and recovered; a third solvent extraction in which zinc (Zn) is recovered; and a fourth solvent extraction step in which manganese (Mn) and cobalt (Co) are separated and recovered.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes an electrode plate applied with a power; an ion blocker positioned at a bottom side of the electrode plate, which has a plurality of top holes formed thereon, and which is grounded; a shower head positioned at a bottom side of the ion blocker and which has a plurality of bottom holes formed thereon; and a turbulence generating unit configured to have a turbulence space therein, and which is positioned at a space between the ion blocker and the shower head, and wherein the top hole is positioned to overlap the turbulence space when seen from above, and the bottom hole is positioned at an outer side of the turbulence space, and which faces at least one of a bottom surface of the ion blocker and an outer wall of the turbulence generating unit when seen from below.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode collector, a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and includes a first positive electrode active material, and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer and includes a second positive electrode active material. The first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material include a lithium nickel-cobalt-based oxide in which an amount of nickel among total metallic components excluding lithium is 80 atm % or more, the first positive electrode active material has a molar ratio of nickel to cobalt of 18 or more, and the second positive electrode active material has a molar ratio of nickel to cobalt of less than 18.

Abstract: A smart drilling system includes a terminal configured to map a design space to an actual space and having perforation location information in the design space, a drilling machine including a drill for perforation and configured to perform perforation in the actual space under control of the terminal based on the perforation location information, and a total station configured to acquire location information of a reference point in the actual space for mapping the design space to the actual space and location information of the drilling machine in the actual space, and to transmit the location information of the reference point in the actual space and the location information of the drilling machine to the terminal, wherein the terminal recognizes and displays a perforable region or a perforable point at a current position of the drilling machine.

Abstract: A seat-interlocking leg rest control system includes: a first actuator configured to move a seat for a vehicle, the seat including a seat cushion and a seatback, in a forward-backward direction or an upward-downward direction of the vehicle; a second actuator configured to rotate a leg rest, rotatably coupled to the front end portion of the seat cushion, in the upward-downward direction; and a controller connected to the first actuator and the second actuator to control operation of the second actuator such that the rotation angle of the leg rest is limited based on the position of the seat.

Abstract: An embodiment roof assembly for a vehicle includes a roof panel including a core, an upper skin attached to a top surface of the core, and a lower skin attached to a bottom surface of the core, a face sheet disposed above the roof panel, and a foam layer interposed between the roof panel and the face sheet.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided in a wireless communication system. Packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration information that configures a PDCP entity of the terminal to use an uplink data compression (UDC) is received from a base station. The PDCP entity generates a UDC header and a UDC data block, based on the PDCP configuration information. The PDCP entity ciphers the UDC header and the UDC data block. The PDCP entity generates PDCP data including a PDCP header, the ciphered UDC header and the ciphered UDC data block. The generated PDCP data is transmitted to the base station. A header compression is not configured in case that the UDC is configured.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body in which dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes are alternately stacked; and first and second external electrodes formed on an outer surface of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. In a microstructure of the dielectric layer, dielectric grains are divided by a dielectric grain size into sections each having an interval of 50 nm, respectively, a fraction of the dielectric grains in each of the sections within a range of 50 nm to 450 nm is within a range of 0.025 to 0.20, and a thickness of the dielectric layer is 0.8 ?m or less.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for encoding/decoding using a transform-based feature map. An optimal basis vector is extracted from one or more feature maps, and a transform coefficient is acquired through a transform using the basis vector. The basis vector and the transform coefficient may be transmitted through a bitstream. In an embodiment, one or more feature maps are reconstructed using the basis vector and the transform coefficient, which are decoded from the bitstream.

Abstract: An yttrium-based powder for thermal spraying and an yttrium-based thermal spray coating formed from the yttrium-based powder are proposed. The yttrium-based powder includes an yttrium-based compound and an optimally controlled amount of an oxide additive, SiO2. The yttrium-based powder inhibits formation of black spots or prevents the yttrium-based compound from turning black through plasma spray coating. The yttrium-based powder enables formation of a thermal spray coating with a desired color and improved mechanical properties.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprising lithium transition metal oxide particles having a core-shell structure which includes a core portion and a shell portion disposed on a surface of the core portion. Wherein, the average crystallite size of the core portion is smaller than an average crystallite size of the shell portion and an amount of nickel among total transition metals included in the core portion and the shell portion is 80 atm % or more. A positive electrode active material, which suppresses decomposition of an electrolyte solution and occurrence of micro cracks of the positive electrode active material during charge and discharge by forming an average crystallite size of a core portion of the high-nickel positive electrode active material smaller than an average crystallite size of a shell portion, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating a user pose using a three-dimensional virtual space model. The method of estimating a user pose including the position and orientation information of a user for a three-dimensional space includes a step of receiving user information including an image acquired in a three-dimensional space, a step of confirming a three-dimensional virtual space model constructed based on spatial information including depth information and image information for the three-dimensional space, a step of generating corresponding information corresponding to the user information in the three-dimensional virtual space model, a step of calculating similarity between the corresponding information and the user information, and a step of estimating a user pose based on the similarity.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body in which dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes are alternately stacked; and first and second external electrodes formed on an outer surface of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. In a microstructure of the dielectric layer, dielectric grains are divided by a dielectric grain size into sections each having an interval of 50 nm, respectively, a fraction of the dielectric grains in each of the sections within a range of 50 nm to 450 nm is within a range of 0.025 to 0.20, and a thickness of the dielectric layer is 0.8 ?m or less.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a plurality of dielectric layers, and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with one of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body and connected to the internal electrodes, respectively. The plurality of dielectric layers include a dielectric expressed by empirical formula BaM1aTi1-xSnxM2bO3 (0.008?x?0.05, 0.006?a?0.03, and 0.0006?b<0.006) in which M1 includes a rare earth element, and M2 includes at least one of Mn or V.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus and method capable of maximizing plasma uniformity are provided.

Abstract: Provided are a substrate processing apparatus and method capable of improving line edge roughness (LER). The substrate processing apparatus comprises a plasma generating space disposed between an electrode and an ion blocker, a processing space disposed under the ion blocker and for processing a substrate, a first gas supply module for providing a first gas for generating plasma to the plasma generating space, and a second gas supply module for providing an unexcited second gas to the processing space, wherein the first gas is a hydrogen-containing gas, the second gas includes a nitrogen-containing gas, and the substrate includes a photoresist pattern including carbon.

Abstract: A communication cable composition, and a wire and a cable coated with same. the communication cable composition comprises 0.1-5 parts by weight of an antioxidant and 0.1-5 parts by weight of a lubricant with respect to 100 parts by weight of at least one polypropylene resin selected from among a thermoplastic olefin, a polypropylene block copolymer, and a polypropylene homopolymer. It A communication cable resin composition according to present disclosure has excellent communication performance, heat resistance, oil resistance, and chemical resistance by using a base resin and an antioxidant, wherein various polypropylene resins are used alone or, as appropriate, in combinations as the base resin. An insulated wire and a communication cable coated with such a composition improves the stability of the cable by increasing chemical resistance and oil resistance. In addition, the insulated wire and the communication cable increase heat resistance to the UL 105° C. level.

Abstract: A dielectric material includes a main component represented by (Ba1-xCax)(Ti1-yZry)O3, (Ba1-xCax)(Ti1-ySny)O3, or (Ba1-xCax)(Ti1-yHfy)O3 (0?x?1 and 0?y?0.05) and a subcomponent. When an angle corresponding to a maximum peak is referred to as ?0 and angles corresponding to a full width at half maximum (FWHM) are respectively referred to as ?1 and ?2 (?1<?2) in the peaks of (002) and (200) plane of an x-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern using Cu K?1 radiation (wavelength ?=1.5406 ?), (?2??0)/(?0??1) is greater than 0.54 to 1.0 or less.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of treating a substrate within a chamber includes performing a unit cycle at least one time, in which the unit cycle includes a substrate treatment step of supplying a reaction gas in which radicals constituting plasma of a first treatment gas are mixed with a second treatment gas onto the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a first thin film, and a second thin film having a lower reactivity to the reaction gas than the first thin film.

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a main body having a cooking chamber therein and open at a front side thereof, a door provided to the front side of the main body to open or close the cooking chamber, a door button capable of being pressed by user manipulation and to move to a pressed position to allow the door to be opened, and a locking mechanism selectively restricting movement of the door button. The locking mechanism includes a locking rod allowing change of a posture thereof to a locking posture restricting movement of the door button to the pressed position and an unlocking posture allowing movement of the door button to the pressed position; and a manipulation button capable of being pressed by user manipulation and changing the posture of the locking rod from the locking posture to the unlocking posture when pressed by user manipulation.