Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. An inner peripheral surface of the cooling portion may include a nicotine component.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a microorganism with excellent deacetoxycephalosporin C (DAOC) productivity and a use thereof. A mutant microorganism with improved DAOC productivity and a use thereof for producing 7-aminodeacetoxycephalosporanic acid (7-ADCA) are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing haptic stimulation includes an ultrasonic actuator configured to provide haptic stimulation to a part of a body located at a target location by generating an ultrasonic signal, and forming sound pressure at the target location via the generated ultrasonic signal; an object sensor provided around the ultrasonic actuator and configured to detect an object within a region between the ultrasonic actuator and the target location; and a control module configured to stop operation of the ultrasonic actuator based on detecting the object within the region is sensed.

Abstract: A luggage board for a vehicle includes a core layer; a first layer covering a portion of the core layer; and a second layer covering a remaining portion of the core layer except for a region covered by the first layer. End portions of the first layer and the second layer disposed on a side surface of the core layer are bonded to each other.

Abstract: A convertible seat for a vehicle includes a base frame having a predetermined dimension of storage space, a plurality of individual blocks disposed to be ascendable and descendable in the storage space of the base frame and configured to serve as a seatback and a seat cushion, and a raising and lowering drive device installed in each of the individual blocks and configured to raise or lower a corresponding one of the individual blocks so that a seat position can be changed into various forms.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a light unit. The light unit includes a substrate, a circuit layer disposed on the substrate and including a line, an insulation layer covering the circuit layer, light emitting elements including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emitting layer, and a conductive layer electrically connected to one of the first electrode and the second electrode to cover at least a portion of the line.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a battery pack capable of reducing heat propagation to neighboring cells when an event occurs in a specific battery cell. In an example embodiment, a battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells; a first heat shielding member arranged to cover a side of a battery cell where a vent is formed; and a rigid member coupled to an outer surface of the first heat shielding member, and the rigid member includes a metal plate and an insulating member covering the metal plate.

Abstract: To process a user input when an electronic device is being charged, an electronic device receives a user input from a user, determines whether the user input is a heating command to heat an aerosol-generating substrate of a cigarette, when the user input is the heating command, determines whether the electronic device is being charged, when the electronic device is being charged, invalidate the user input, and when the user input is not the heating command, performs an operation corresponding to the user input.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an accommodation space in which an aerosol generating article is accommodated and an air flow path through which fluid moves inside the housing, wherein a volume of the air flow path is variable.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including an opening hole, a first barrier insulating layer on the substrate, a plurality of first pad portions on the first barrier insulating layer and in a first contact hole partially penetrating the first barrier insulating layer, a second barrier insulating layer on the first barrier insulating layer and the plurality of first pad portions, a plurality of second pad portions on the second barrier insulating layer and in a second contact hole partially penetrating the first barrier insulating layer and the second barrier insulating layer, a third barrier insulating layer on the second barrier insulating layer and the plurality of second pad portions, a display layer on the third barrier insulating layer, and a flexible film under the substrate, and inserted into the opening hole to be electrically connected to the plurality of first and second pad portions.

Abstract: A display device of a tiled display includes a first substrate including an opening hole, a laser absorption layer disposed on the first substrate, including amorphous silicon, and multiple first contact holes, a first barrier insulating layer disposed on the laser absorption layer and including multiple second contact holes overlapping the first contact holes, multiple pad portions disposed on the first barrier insulating layer and partially disposed in the second contact holes, a second barrier insulating layer disposed on the first barrier insulating layer and the pad portions, a display layer disposed on the second barrier insulating layer, and a flexible film disposed under the first substrate, inserted into the opening hole, and electrically connected to the pad portions. A portion of the first barrier insulating layer is disposed in each of the first contact holes. The pad portions are electrically insulated from the laser absorption layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a temperature of a heater included in an aerosol generation device according to a type of cigarette. The method includes receiving temperature profiles of different types of cigarette from a user terminal; sensing a cigarette coupled to the heater after receiving the temperature profiles; identifying a type of the sensed cigarette; selecting a temperature profile corresponding to the identified type from among the temperature profiles; and controlling power supplied from a battery to the heater according to the selected temperature profile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional reconstructing method of a 2D medical image. A three-dimensional reconstructing device includes: a communicator for receiving sequential 2D images with an arbitrary slice gap; a sliced image generator for generating at least one sliced image positioned between the 2D images based on a feature point of the adjacent 2D images; and a controller for reconstructing the 2D image into a 3D image by use of the generated sliced image and providing the 3D image.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a housing including a hole for receiving an aerosol generating article and a guide apart from the hole; and a cover configured to move along the guide between a first position and a second position to open or close the hole, wherein the hole is open when the cover is located in the first position, and the hole is closed when the cover is located in the second position.

Abstract: An embodiment composition for solid electrolyte membranes of all-solid-state batteries includes a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a cross-linking agent including two or more acrylate functionalities. An embodiment method of manufacturing a solid electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery includes forming a composition including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a cross-linking agent including two or more acrylate functionalities and cross-linking the composition.

Abstract: A cover assembly includes a mouthpiece including one end, that is configured to come into contact with a mouth of a user, and another end opposite to the one end, the mouthpiece configured to move to an open position and a closed position by rotation of the mouthpiece around the other end; and an accommodation unit for accommodating the one end of the mouthpiece in the closed position. The accommodation unit includes a button unit including a body, the button unit configured to contact the one end of the mouthpiece and to be displaced in a longitudinal direction based on the one end being pressed; and a locking unit including a body, the body of the locking unit including a first portion that is configured to contact the one end of the mouthpiece and a second portion that is configured to contact the button unit.

Abstract: An active sound design (ASD) tuning device and a method thereof may include an ASD device that generates a virtual engine sound for each vehicle situation and a control device that outputs a composite sound by correcting and synthesizing the virtual engine sound and an internal sound measured for each vehicle situation based on a binaural vehicle impulse response (BVIR).

Abstract: A degassing apparatus for a secondary battery, and a degassing method using same, is provided. The degassing apparatus includes a drive motor and a jig arm configured to pressurize a first surface of a gas pocket of a battery cell and a second surface opposite the first surface by controlling a separation distance by the operation of a driving motor. The degassing apparatus is capable of performing an effective degassing and sealing process for the battery cell without positional movement of the battery cell during cell activation or after cell activation.

Abstract: Proposed is a precursor composition for forming a metal film including a zirconium compound represented by any one of Chemical Formulas 1 to 3 and a hafnium compound represented by any one of Chemical Formulas 4 to 6.

Abstract: The display device includes a display panel and a pixel. A compensator configured to calculate a degradation rate of the pixel based on an input gray level of first image data, and compensates the first image data based on the degradation rate to generate second image data. A data driver configured to generate a data signal based on the second image data and configured to supply the data signal to the pixel. The pixel includes a first element group and a second element group connected in series to each other, the first element group includes at least one first light emitting element, and the second element group includes at least one second light emitting element. The compensator is to calculate the degradation rate by applying first information on the number of the first light emitting elements and second information on the number of the second light emitting elements.