Abstract: A solid oxide cell includes a fuel electrode, an air electrode, and an electrolyte disposed between the fuel electrode and the air electrode. The fuel electrode may include a porous metal body having pores and a barrier portion disposed in the pores of the porous metal body, and the barrier portion has a shape of at least one of a sheet shape and a flake shape.

Abstract: A solid oxide cell stack includes first and second interconnects, a solid oxide cell disposed between the first and second interconnects, and a porous metal foam between the first interconnect and the solid oxide cell, wherein the porous metal foam includes a carbon nanostructure formed on a surface thereof.

Abstract: In one example, an electronic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a substrate first side, a substrate second side, and a first conductive structure. An inner electronic component is coupled to the first conductive structure proximate to the substrate second side. An outer electronic component is coupled to the first conductive structure proximate to the substrate first side. The outer electronic component includes a body and a groove in the body configured to couple with an external interconnect. Inner interconnects couple the first substrate to the second substrate. The first substrate, the second substrate, the inner electronic component, and the outer electronic component are in a stacked configuration. The inner electronic component is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: An inorganic composite pigment capable of elevating ultraviolet (UV) protection, and a cosmetic composition including the same, in which the inorganic composite pigment includes a core part including a white pigment; and a surface coating material, which is coated on the surface of an external part of the core part, including an inorganic solution that includes the white pigment. Additionally, the white pigment is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, cerium oxide, silica, talc, mica, and borosilicate. The inorganic composite pigment according to the present disclosure capable of elevating a UV protection undergoes surface modification of the pigment through a process of re-coating a white pigment on a white pigment with a high refractive index, thereby elevating the UV protection.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for recovering ammonia, the method comprising (a) preparing a gas containing ammonia,(b) supplying the gas containing ammonia to a mixed solution of an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and a antisolvent of ammonium sulfate, to obtain ammonium sulfate crystals, and (c) separating the ammonium sulfate crystals from the mixed solution, wherein a volume ratio of the antisolvent of ammonium sulfate to the aqueous solution of sulfuric acid is greater than 1.

Abstract: An N-value prediction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a hypothetical learning data augmentation unit, based on an actual N-value measured at an actual location according to the Standard Penetration Test through drilling investigation, generating at least one of hypothetical N-values corresponding to a preset hypothetical point based on the actual location, an N-value prediction model learning unit learning ground characteristic data corresponding to each of the actual location and the hypothetical point by artificial intelligence, the ground characteristic data including the actual N-value and the hypothetical N-values, and an N-value prediction result calculation unit predicting an N-value at an arbitrary prediction target point by using an N-value prediction model generated by artificial intelligence learning executed in the N-value prediction model learning unit.

Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise (a) an electronic device comprising a device top side, a device bottom side opposite the device top side, and a device sidewall between the device top side and the device bottom side, (b) a first conductor comprising, a first conductor side section on the device sidewall, a first conductor top section on the device top side and coupled to the first conductor side section, and a first conductor bottom section coupled to the first conductor side section, and (c) a protective material covering the first conductor and the electronic device. A lower surface of the first conductor top section can be higher than the device top side, and an upper surface of the first conductor bottom section can be lower than the device top side. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating transplantation rejection or a transplantation rejection disease, comprising a novel compound and a calcineurin inhibitor. A co-administration of the present invention 1) reduces the activity of pathogenic Th1 cells or Th17 cells, 2) increases the activity of Treg cells, 3) has an inhibitory effect against side effects, such as tissue damage, occurring in the sole administration thereof, 4) inhibits various pathogenic pathways, 5) inhibits the cell death of inflammatory cells, and 6) increases the activity of mitochondria, in an in vivo or in vitro allogenic model, a transplantation rejection disease model, a skin transplantation model, and a liver-transplanted patient, and thus inhibits transplantation rejection along with mitigating side effects possibly occurring in the administration of a conventional immunosuppressant alone.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: In one example, an electronic device comprises a lower substrate comprising a lower dielectric structure and a lower conductive structure, an electronic component coupled with a bottom side of the lower substrate and coupled with the lower conductive structure, an upper substrate over a top side of the lower substrate and comprising an upper dielectric structure and an upper conductive structure, an internal interconnect between the upper substrate and the lower substrate and coupled with the upper conductive structure and the lower conductive structure, and a first antenna component between the upper substrate and the lower substrate and coupled with the upper conductive structure. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing whitlockite, and whitlockite produced thereby. A method for producing whitlockite according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of preparing a precursor solution by mixing a first solution containing a calcium (Ca) ion source material, a second solution containing a magnesium (Mg) ion source material, and a third solution containing a phosphate (PO4) source material; a heat-treatment step of heat-treating the precursor solution; and a step of separating and purifying the precipitate formed in the solution, after the heat-treatment step.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chiral nano-structure having chirality using a magnetic field according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a magnetic field forming operation that forms a magnetic field; a particle arranging operation that arranges at least two nanoparticles in the magnetic field; and a magnetic field adjusting operation that adjusts at least one of a magnetic flux density, a magnetization direction, and a spatial range of the magnetic field, in which in the magnetic field adjusting operation, the arrangement of the nanoparticles arranged in the magnetic field is aligned to correspond to a structure of the magnetic field, and the entire structure is formed as a nano-structure having chirality.

Abstract: As a magnetoplasmonic particle that can have physical reactability, that is, arrangement variability to a magnetic field to implement an immediate self-assembly property, can be manufactured as a three-dimensional structure through a significantly simplified process compared to the conventional one based on this arrangement variability due to the application of the magnetic field, can be used in various technical fields because an additional change or adjustment of a geometrical of this three-dimensional structure is easy, there is provided the magnetoplasmonic particle including a core-shell particle including a core and a shell surrounding at least a part of a surface of the core and including a component different from a component of the core, and having the arrangement variability due to the application of the magnetic field.

Abstract: A silencer for a clutch air booster may include an exhaust retainer including a disk-shaped bottom portion seated on the upper side of an outlet body of the clutch air booster and a retainer hole formed in the center of the bottom portion, a valve seated on the exhaust retainer to cover the retainer hole, a valve housing coupled to an outer side of the exhaust retainer and forming an inner space configured to accommodate the valve, and a rubber cap coupled to an outer side of the valve housing to cover an upper side of the valve housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a superparamagnetic nanocomposite and a superparamagnetic nanocomposite manufactured using the same, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a superparamagnetic nanocomposite suitable for use in magnetic separation for the detection of a target biomaterial and a superparamagnetic nanocomposite manufactured using the same. The method of manufacturing the superparamagnetic nanocomposite according to the present invention has a higher yield and a high rate without complicated processing than a conventional method of manufacturing a magnetic nanoparticle for magnetic separation and is capable of mass production of the superparamagnetic nanocomposite having excellent properties with uniform size and particle size distribution, high aqueous solution dispersibility and high magnetization and being capable of maintaining superparamagnetism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a superparamagnetic nanocomposite and a superparamagnetic nanocomposite manufactured using the same, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a superparamagnetic nanocomposite suitable for use in magnetic separation for the detection of a target biomaterial and a superparamagnetic nanocomposite manufactured using the same. The method of manufacturing the superparamagnetic nanocomposite according to the present invention has a higher yield and a high rate without complicated processing than a conventional method of manufacturing a magnetic nanoparticle for magnetic separation and is capable of mass production of the superparamagnetic nanocomposite having excellent properties with uniform size and particle size distribution, high aqueous solution dispersibility and high magnetization and being capable of maintaining superparamagnetism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a superparamagnetic nanocomposite and a superparamagnetic nanocomposite manufactured using the same, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a superparamagnetic nanocomposite suitable for use in magnetic separation for the detection of a target biomaterial and a superparamagnetic nanocomposite manufactured using the same. The method of manufacturing the superparamagnetic nanocomposite according to the present invention has a higher yield and a high rate without complicated processing than a conventional method of manufacturing a magnetic nanoparticle for magnetic separation and is capable of mass production of the superparamagnetic nanocomposite having excellent properties with uniform size and particle size distribution, high aqueous solution dispersibility and high magnetization and being capable of maintaining superparamagnetism.

Abstract: A clutch disk for a vehicle may include a hub plate mounted on a shaft to restrict a rotation of the shaft, a sub plate rotatably mounted on the shaft, a presser mounted on the hub plate to restrict a position of the presser and protruding from the hub plate toward the sub plate, and a wave spring positioned between the hub plate and the sub plate, mounted to allow at least a part of the wave spring to adhere to the sub plate, and formed with a flexion to change a spaced distance from the hub plate depending on a rotation direction of the hub plate to thereby change a point and a level pressed by the presser depending on a relative rotation between the hub plate and the sub plate.

Abstract: A silencer for a clutch air booster may include an exhaust retainer including a disk-shaped bottom portion seated on the upper side of an outlet body of the clutch air booster and a retainer hole formed in the center of the bottom portion, a valve seated on the exhaust retainer to cover the retainer hole, a valve housing coupled to an outer side of the exhaust retainer and forming an inner space configured to accommodate the valve, and a rubber cap coupled to an outer side of the valve housing to cover an upper side of the valve housing.