Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plasticizer composition characterized in having alkyl groups derived from an isomer mixture of hexyl alcohol with the degree of branching of less than 2.0 as a cyclohexane triester. When the plasticizer composition is applied to a resin, stress resistance and mechanical properties may be maintained to equal or better levels, migration and loss properties and plasticization efficiency may keep balance, and light resistance and heat resistance may be markedly improved.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst for an upgrading reaction of biomass pyrolysis oil, a method for preparing the same, and a method for upgrading biomass pyrolysis oil using the same. The catalyst is a composite inorganic oxide, and the composite inorganic oxide includes lanthanum, nickel, titanium, and cerium. When a metal catalyst supported on carbon is used as a catalyst for a first step reaction, by using the catalyst as a catalyst for a second step reaction, the efficiency of the upgrading reaction of bio-oil is increased and a continuous reaction is possible without clogging of a continuous reactor.

Abstract: An electronic device for image processing using an image conversion network comprises: a communication unit communicating with a user terminal to receive a nighttime image having an illuminance lower than a threshold level from the user terminal and a daytime image captured by a camera of the user terminal; and a control unit for inputting the nighttime image into an image conversion network to generate a daytime image having an illuminance equal to or higher than the threshold level, wherein the image conversion network includes: a pre-processing unit for generating an input image by reducing the size of the nighttime image at a predetermined ratio; a day/night conversion network for generating a first daytime image by converting an illuminance on the basis of the input image; and a resolution conversion network for generating a final image by converting a resolution on the basis of the first daytime image.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion and a filter portion coupled to a side of the tobacco medium portion and cooling and filtering an aerosol delivered from the tobacco medium portion. The filter portion may include a first filter segment disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion and filtering the aerosol, an inner wrapper surrounding the first filter segment and extending toward the tobacco medium portion, and a second filter segment surrounded by the tobacco medium portion, the first filter segment, and the inner wrapper so as to have a space therein.

Abstract: A communication system retrieves profile data corresponding to a user profile of a second user, identifies a status message in the profile data, display, via a user interface of the instant messenger application, the status message; in response to receiving, via the user interface, a user input associated with the status message: query, based on the status message, a database to identify one or more items, and display, via the user interface of the instant messenger application, item data corresponding to the one or more items, receive, via the user interface, a user input associated with the one or more items, instantiate a transaction authentication of the one or more items by causing transmission of transaction information data associated with the first user, and cause, based on the transaction authentication of the one or more items, delivery of the one or more items to an account of the second user.

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, a wrapper surrounding the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion, and a cooling portion surrounded by the tobacco medium portion, the filter portion, and the wrapper so as to have a space therein.

Abstract: A quick connector coupling for making a severable connection with a male member and a female tube in a fluid line includes a connector body having a through bore for receiving the male member having a tubular shape sized to extend into the through bore of the connector body and having an upset, a retainer releasably securing the male member within the connector body, and a verifier including a conductor and moving between a verified position and an unverified position inside the connector body. The connector body includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip and an antenna electrically connected to the RFID chip to form a first circuit. In the unverified position of the verifier, the RFID chip electrically connected to the antenna sends an unverified signal through the antenna, and when the verifier is moved in the verified position, the RFID chip sends a verified signal through the antenna.

Abstract: A display device includes a metal layer disposed on a substrate; a transistor disposed on the metal layer; and a light emitting element electrically connected to the transistor, wherein the transistor includes a semiconductor layer at least partially overlapping the metal layer, the semiconductor layer includes a first region, a second region, and a channel region disposed between the first region and the second region, and the metal layer overlaps the second region and the channel region and is spaced apart from the first region in a plan view.

Abstract: A pseudo dual port memory device in which an operating speed is improved and stability is increased is provided. The pseudo dual port memory device may include a memory cell, a pair of bit lines connected to the memory cell, a write driver, a sense amp, and a column multiplexer which is connected to the bit lines, receives a write multiplexer control signal and a read multiplexer control signal, connects the bit lines to the write driver in response to the write multiplexer control signal, and connects the bit lines to the sense amp in response to the read multiplexer control signal. A precharge control signal generation circuit which is connected to the column multiplexer may generate a precharge control signal on the basis of the read and write multiplexer control signals, and a bit line precharge circuit may precharge the bit lines based on the precharge control signal.

Abstract: A computing device may obtain one or more raw images captured from sensors of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The computing device may apply one or more signal processing parameters to one or more raw images, resulting in one or more processed images. The computing device may apply an object detection algorithm of the ADV to the one or more processed images. The computing device may determine a score of the object detection algorithm as applied to the one or more processed images. One or more optimized signal processing parameters may be determined based on the score of the object detection algorithm and the signal processing parameter. The one or more optimized signal processing parameters may be used to configure the ADV for use during autonomous driving.

Abstract: A current collector and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a current collector includes a complex polymer film layer, wherein the complex polymer film layer includes: a polymer matrix; and a metal material dispersed in the polymer matrix, wherein the metal material is fiber-shaped or plate-shaped, and the metal material is oriented in one direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphine precursor for the preparation of a quantum dot, and a quantum dot prepared therefrom. Using the phosphine precursor for the preparation of a quantum dot of the present invention, a quantum dot with improved luminous efficiency and higher luminous color purity can be provided.

Abstract: Provided are a system for business process automation and a method thereof. The system according to some embodiments may include a connect manager configured to register and manage application programming interface (API) information for services, a process execution engine configured to execute a target business process comprising a particular service task, which is a task using a particular service provided by a service module, and a connect broker configured to acquire API information for the particular service, registered through the connect manager, during execution of the target business process in response to a request from the process execution engine, and process the particular service task by sending a request for the particular service to the service module using the acquired API information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power cable system with a different conductor connecting part that secures sufficient bending strength to prevent damage thereto and ensure durability even when both a tensile force and bending are applied to connect power cables with different types of conductors, and a method of connecting power cables with different types of conductors.

Abstract: An embodiment electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, a solvent, and a functional additive, wherein the functional additive includes 4-((tert-butoxydimethylsilyl)methyl)-5-methyl-1,3-dioxol-2-one represented by as an electrode film additive. An embodiment lithium secondary battery includes the above-described electrolyte solution, a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material including Ni, Co, and Mn, a negative electrode including a carbon-based negative electrode active material or a silicon-based negative electrode active material, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a magnetic fluid seal including a rotating shaft, a pole piece disposed to surround the rotating shaft, a plurality of trenches formed on any one of the rotating shaft and the pole piece, a magnetic fluid provided between the other one of the rotating shaft and the pole piece and at least one of ends of the plurality of trenches, a blocking member provided in a space between the plurality of trenches, and a permanent magnet configured to apply a magnetic force to the magnetic fluid.

Abstract: A percutaneous absorption preparation is disclosed. The percutaneous absorption preparation contains donepezil for treatment of dementia, wherein the preparation includes: (a) donepezil or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as active component, (b) propylene glycol monocaprylate as solubilizer, and (c) styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (“SIS”) as adhesive. The percutaneous absorption preparation has low skin irritation and high skin penetration.

Abstract: A diffractive light guide plate and a display device including the same, the diffractive light guide plate including a light guide unit; a first diffractive optical element including a linear grating repeatedly formed at a predetermined pitch; and a second diffractive optical element disposed in a region distinct from a region where the first diffractive optical element is disposed and including a two-dimensional pattern provided in a region where a virtual first linear pattern repeatedly arranged at a predetermined pitch along a first direction and a virtual second linear pattern repeatedly arranged at a predetermined pitch along a second direction intersect each other, where a horizontal section of the two-dimensional pattern has an elliptical shape and an angle between the long axis of the elliptical shape and a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the linear grating in the first diffractive optical element is less than 20°.

Abstract: The disclosure describes an autotuning framework for tuning an image signal processing (ISP) module of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The autotuning framework can generate different sets of parameter values using a variety of optimization algorithms to configure the ISP module. Each processed image generated by the ISP module configured with the different sets of parameter values is compared by an ISP module testing device with a reference image stored therein to generate an objective core measuring one or more differences between each of the processed images and the reference image. The objective scores and the corresponding sets of parameter values are stored in a database. Different sets of optimal parameter values for different environments can be selected from the database, and uploaded to a cloud database for use by an ADV, which can select a different set of ISP parameter values based on an environment that the ADV is travelling in.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst for an upgrading reaction of biomass pyrolysis oil, a method for preparing the same, and a method for upgrading biomass pyrolysis oil using the same. The catalyst is a composite inorganic oxide, and the composite inorganic oxide includes lanthanum, nickel, titanium, and cerium. When a metal catalyst supported on carbon is used as a catalyst for a first step reaction, by using the catalyst as a catalyst for a second step reaction, the efficiency of the upgrading reaction of bio-oil is increased and a continuous reaction is possible without clogging of a continuous reactor.