Abstract: Provided is a method of generating direction vectors of particles. The method includes calculating, by a processor, a center of gravity of the particles on the basis of characteristic values of one or more particles in a cluster including the particles, and generating, by the processor, direction vectors of the particles on the basis of the center of gravity.

Abstract: A polypropylene composite resin composition and a molded article including the polypropylene composite resin composition are disclosed. In certain examples, the polypropylene composite resin composition includes an improved elongation and impact strength. The polypropylene composite resin composition may include a first polypropylene copolymer having a melt flow index in a range of 30 g/10 min to 150 g/10 min (230° C., 2.16 kg), a second polypropylene copolymer having a melt flow index in a range of 1 g/10 min to 20 g/10 min (230° C., 2.16 kg), an impact modifier having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 125° C.) in a range of 10 to 70, a dye, and an additive in appropriate amounts.

Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes: a refrigerant circulation line including first and second evaporators through which refrigerant can flow in a cooling mode, and first and second expansion valves configured to depressurize and expand the refrigerant introduced into each of the first and second evaporators; and refrigerant flow control part provided in front of the first evaporator and the first expansion valve and configured to control refrigerant flow. The first evaporator is used for cooling rear seat region of a passenger room and the refrigerant flow control part is configured to supply and block the refrigerant with respect to the first evaporator and the first expansion valve and is configured to block the refrigerant when the cooling governed by the first evaporator is controlled in a turn-off mode and supply the refrigerant to the first evaporator and the first expansion valve depending on the on/off condition of the cooling governed by the second evaporator.

Abstract: A method of estimating a state of health (SoH) of a lithium-sulfur battery is provided. The method includes a) maintaining a target battery for estimating the state of health in a rest state for 0.01 seconds or more in a state in which the target battery is fully charged; b) measuring OCV(det) in a state in which a voltage drop is made during the rest state; c) calculating ?OCV by subtracting OCV(det) from OCV(ini) previously measured in the same manner as in steps a) and b) at an initial stage of use of the target battery; and d) estimating a state of health (%) of the battery from a magnitude of the ?OCV.

Abstract: The present invention provides a component for a semiconductor device fabrication apparatus, a semiconductor device fabrication apparatus including the same, and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, wherein the component includes single-crystal silicon, wherein, on at least one surface thereof, a water contact angle is 45° to 74° and a diiodomethane contact angle is 41° to 57°.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a remote work environment. The apparatus includes one or more processors and executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors. The at least one program performs Virtual Private Network (VPN) authentication in response to a request for remote access to a work network from a user terminal, performs user authentication in order to connect the user terminal that succeeds in VPN authentication to the work network, decrypts the encrypted user data area of the user terminal that is connected to the work network, and provides the remote work environment to the user terminal based on the user data area through the work network.

Abstract: A cartridge for mounting on a main body of an aerosol generating device includes: a liquid storage extending in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge to form an outer wall of the cartridge, the liquid storage including a space accommodating a liquid composition therein; a heater that heats the liquid composition accommodated in the liquid storage to generate an aerosol; and a coupling protrusion including an elastic material, the coupling protrusion protruding from an outer surface of the liquid storage and coupling the main body to the cartridge.

Abstract: A knee joint rehabilitation apparatus for a wheelchair includes a rehabilitation apparatus frame having a height corresponding to a length of each of legs of a patient sitting on the wheelchair; an upper leg support disposed at an upper end of the rehabilitation apparatus frame and supporting upper legs of the patient thereon while the patient is sitting on the wheelchair; a lower leg support pivotably connected to the upper leg support, wherein the lower legs of the patient are seated and supported on the lower leg support; and an exercise control unit disposed on the rehabilitation apparatus frame and configured to allow the lower leg support to pivot around a connection portion between the lower leg support and the upper leg support such that the patient performs rehabilitation exercise of the knee joint thereof while sitting on the wheelchair.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interior material for a vehicle and a method for molding the interior material for the vehicle, and more specifically the method for molding an interior material for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes heating a skin inserted into an upper end heater and a lower end heater spaced apart from each other; preforming the heated skin using an upper mold having a mold temperature set to have a set shape and a lower mold having a second mold temperature; and pressing the preformed skin and a core using a 1-1 mold and a 1-2 mold having set mold temperatures.

Abstract: A method of pruning nets in a circuit design includes, in part, receiving data representative of net layers associated with the circuit design, and accessing a connect database associated with the circuit design. The connect database includes data representative of electrical connections associated with the circuit design. The method further includes, in part, determining whether a marker layer exists in the net layers, and pruning nets that are not connected to the marker layer if the marker layer is determined to exist. The marker layer, which is not stored in the connect database, designates a connection between at least a pair of nets in the circuit design.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane composition for injection molding and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic polyurethane composition includes 0.5% by weight to 10.0% by weight of a sulfonate diol, 13% by weight to 60% by weight of an isocyanate, 30% by weight to 70% by weight of an ether-containing polyester polyol, and 5% by weight to 40% by weight of a chain extender.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-alcoholic fatty liver artificial tissue model. As compared to a conventional technology by which tissues are cultured only in Matrigel including a device composed of a decellularized liver tissue-derived extracellular matrix and a plurality of microchannels or a decellularized liver tissue-derived extracellular matrix, the present disclosure enables better mimicking of an actual non-alcoholic fatty liver disease due to the presence of Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells. Also, according to the present disclosure, the growth of liver organoids can be improved and fat accumulation and inflammation in the liver organoids can be caused to occur well through free fatty acid treatment, and the phenotypes of non-alcoholic fatty liver can be better expressed.

Abstract: A surface plasmon resonance imaging apparatus is provided. The surface plasmon resonance imaging apparatus includes a light irradiation unit configured to irradiate polarized light onto a metal coating film provided on one surface of a prism, a light modulator configured to spatially pattern-encode light reflected by the metal coating film and the prism, a light detector configured to detect a pattern-encoded light signal, obtained through pattern-encoding by the light modulator, as a spectral signal, a signal processor configured to spatially decode the spectral signal and analyze a decoded spectral signal to generate characteristic data of a sample provided on the metal coating film, and an output unit configured to output the characteristic data of the sample as a two-dimensional (2D) image.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes: disposing a member having a first alignment mark and a second alignment mark spaced apart from the first alignment mark on a stage; adsorbing the member to an upper surface of the stage; capturing an image of the member with a camera disposed on the stage; comparing a captured phase of the second alignment mark with a first preset phase of the second alignment mark; adsorbing the member to a bending part disposed apart from the stage; and bending the member with the bending part.

Abstract: Provided is a tribenzazole amine derivative represented by Formula 1 that effectively absorbs high energy UV light from an external light source to minimize damage to organic materials present in an organic electroluminescent device, contributing to a substantial improvement in the lifetime of the organic electroluminescent device. Also provided is an organic electroluminescent device using the tribenzazole amine derivative. The organic electroluminescent device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer arranged between the first and second electrodes. The organic layer includes the tribenzazole amine derivative.

Abstract: The electrode comprises: a plurality of unit electrodes formed by connecting a plurality of electrodes made of an electrode mixture having a solid shape to each other; a separator interposed between the plurality of unit electrodes; and an electrode tab attached to the unit electrode, wherein the electrode tab comprises first and second electrode tabs, which are respectively attached to the unit electrodes and have different specific resistance.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell wherein carbon nanotubes are impregnated into Korean paper, thereby enhancing electroconductivity, and a gas diffusion layer manufactured thereby. The method for manufacturing a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell which is to manufacture a gas diffusion layer as a constituent member of a unit cell in a fuel cell, includes a support preparation step of preparing a support with Korean paper; a dispersion preparation step of dispersing a carbon substance in a solvent to form a dispersion, a coating step of coating the support with the dispersion, and a thermal treatment step of thermally treating the dispersion-coated support to fix the carbon substance to the support.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus including a vacuum cleaner and a docking station is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting chamber in which foreign substances are collected, and a docking station configured to be connected to the dust collecting chamber to remove the foreign substances collected in the dust collecting chamber. The dust collecting chamber is configured to collect foreign substances through centrifugation, and configured to be docked to the docking station, and the docking station includes a suction device configured to suction the foreign substances and air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station.

Abstract: A display device includes a display area, a peripheral area disposed outside the display area, and a sealing area disposed outside the peripheral area, a first base substrate, a second base substrate facing the first base substrate, a color filter layer disposed under the first base substrate, a bank layer disposed under the color filter layer, and a sealing member disposed between the bank layer and the second base substrate in the sealing area. The bank layer includes bank patterns defining an opening disposed at least in the sealing area, and the sealing member fills the opening. Each of the bank patterns includes a first surface adjacent to the color filter layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface and adjacent to the sealing member. A width of the second surface is greater than a width of the first surface.