Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying N-substituted maleimide. More specifically, the present invention, without performing a water washing process, enables to remove organic-acid-impurities which are difficult to remove through distillation because of having similar boiling points to the N-substituted maleimide compound by utilizing solubility of organic-acid-impurities in an organic solvent used in the preparing process of the maleimide compound, and thereby, without producing washing wastewater, ensuring removal efficiency of the organic-acid-impurities equal to or similar to an N-substituted maleimide compound subjected to a water washing process.

Abstract: A battery diagnostic device includes a sensing unit configured to measure a current and voltage of a battery, and a processor configured to estimate a SOC of the battery based on the measured current, select a plurality of SOCs from SOC-voltage data mapping the voltage and the estimated SOC with each other, divide a preset SOC region into a plurality of sub-regions based on sizes of the selected SOCs, calculate a region change value of each of the sub-regions based on the sizes of the sub-regions and a size of a preset reference region, diagnose whether at least one of an active material area, a depth of discharge and a depth of charge of the battery changes based on the calculated change values of sub-regions, and determine whether a mode of the battery is a normal mode or a failure mode based on the diagnosis.

Abstract: A variable headlamp apparatus for a vehicle is capable of realizing various lighting functions by switching positions of the plurality of optical units only with a single drive unit. The variable headlamp apparatus includes: an optical unit having an emitter to emit light; a guide unit installed with the optical unit to guide a position of the optical unit to a fixed path; a link unit connected to the optical unit and including multiple links rotatably connected to each other to change the position of the optical unit; and a drive unit to rotate the links. In particular, the optical unit moves along the fixed path of the guide unit while switching a light irradiation direction of the emitter.

Abstract: A variable headlamp apparatus for a vehicle is capable of realizing various lighting functions by switching positions of the plurality of optical units only with a single drive unit. The variable headlamp apparatus includes: an optical unit having an emitter to emit light; a guide unit installed with the optical unit to guide a position of the optical unit to a fixed path; a link unit connected to the optical unit and including multiple links rotatably connected to each other to change the position of the optical unit; and a drive unit to rotate the links. In particular, the optical unit moves along the fixed path of the guide unit while switching a light irradiation direction of the emitter.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery which ensures reaction uniformity even though it uses a high-loading electrode, and thus has high capacity and improved cycle characteristics. The lithium secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an electrolyte including a lithium salt and an organic solvent; and a battery casing receiving the electrode assembly and the electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode has a loading amount of 3.5 mAh/cm2 or more, the separator has an air permeability of 200-1200 sec/100 mL, and the electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 11-20 mS/cm.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same: wherein X, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The compound of Chemical Formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof acts as a positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5), thereby being useful in the prevention or treatment of disorder mediated by glutamate dysfunction and mGluR5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a controlled-release fertilizer, including: a photodegradable capsule including a binder resin containing a polyolefin and an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, and a photocatalytic composite in which a (co)polymer including at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of an ethylene repeating unit and a vinyl acetate repeating unit is bonded to the surface or inside of agglomerates of inorganic fine particles; and a fertilizer contained in a space surrounded by the photodegradable capsule.

Abstract: A apparatus for diagnosing battery includes a sensing unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery and a processor configured to estimate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery, detect a plurality of inflection data from SOC-voltage data of the battery where the voltage received from the sensing unit and the estimated SOC are mapped, calculate a differential coefficient increase or decrease rate at each of the plurality of inflection data detected based on a preset reference differential coefficient, diagnose a change of an electrode reaction resistance of the battery depending on whether the plurality of calculated differential coefficient increase or decrease rates belong to a preset reference increase or decrease rate range, and adjust the magnitude of a charge or discharge current of the battery only when it is diagnosed that the electrode reaction resistance is increased.

Abstract: A protective cover and a display device including a protective cover are provided. According to one or more embodiments, a protective cover includes a cover substrate; a first anti-scattering coating layer on the cover substrate; an intermediate layer on the first anti-scattering coating layer; a second anti-scattering coating layer on the intermediate layer; and an adhesive layer on the second anti-scattering coating layer, and the first anti-scattering coating layer and the second anti-scattering coating layer cover an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least one side surface of the intermediate layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying N-substituted maleimide. More specifically, the present invention, without performing a water washing process, enables to remove organic-acid-impurities which are difficult to remove through distillation because of having similar boiling points to the N-substituted maleimide compound by utilizing solubility of organic-acid-impurities in an organic solvent used in the preparing process of the maleimide compound, and thereby, without producing washing wastewater, ensuring removal efficiency of the organic-acid-impurities equal to or similar to an N-substituted maleimide compound subjected to a water washing process.

Abstract: A protective cover includes a cover substrate, an anti-scattering coating layer on the cover substrate, and an adhesive layer on the anti-scattering coating layer, wherein the anti-scattering coating layer has a plurality of protrusions, wherein the cover substrate has a thickness of 10 ?m to 150 ?m, and wherein the cover substrate and the anti-scattering coating layer are configured to be folded with a curvature radius of 10 mm or less.

Abstract: Provided are a method of preparing retinal ganglion cells by differentiation of stem into retinal ganglion cells, retinal ganglion cells differentiated by the method, a method of screening for a death inhibitor or a proliferation promoter of retinal ganglion cells using the retinal ganglion cells differentiated by the method, a kit of screening for the death inhibitor or the proliferation promoter of retinal ganglion cells including the retinal ganglion cells differentiated by the method, a pharmaceutical composition for treating glaucoma or optic neuropathy including the retinal ganglion cells, a method of treating glaucoma or optic neuropathy including the step of administering the retinal ganglion cells to a subject suspected of having glaucoma or optic neuropathy, and a method of preparing a mature retinal ganglion cell line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel thermophile-derived keratinase having keratin decomposition ability. Further, the present invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding the keratinase, a recombinant vector containing the same, host cells transformed by using the recombinant vector, and a method for preparing a keratinase including a step of culturing the host cells. Further, the present invention relates to a composition for decomposing keratin containing the enzyme; and a method for decomposing keratin by using the same. Further, the present invention relates to a keratin decomposed product decomposed by the enzyme.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for diagnosing battery deterioration, the device comprising: a battery comprising at least one cell; a charging unit for charging the cell, and performing cut-off during a stabilization time in which the charged cell is stabilized; a sensing unit for measuring a current of the cell with respect to time; and a control unit for, by using the measured current, detecting an inflection point of the measured current, calculating a slope of the measured current in a first period after a time corresponding to the inflection point; and comparing the current slope of a reference cell, corresponding to the slope of the measured current, so as to diagnose whether the cell has deteriorated.

Abstract: A server according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include at least one processor and storage, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to receive beacon information including information on at least one website from the electronic device, collect data from a first website of the at least one website based on the beacon information, generate content having a structured document format based on at least a part of the collected data, and transmit the generated content to the electronic device. In addition, various embodiments may be possible as understood from the disclosure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for dehydration of glycerin, a preparation method thereof, and a production method of acrolein using the catalyst. Particularly, the catalyst according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is used in a dehydration reaction of glycerin to exhibit high catalytic activity, a high yield, and high selectivity to acrolein and acrylic acid, and has a longer lifetime compared to the conventional catalysts due to a characteristic that coke carbon cannot be easily deposited on the surface of the catalyst.

Abstract: Provided are a method of preparing retinal ganglion cells by differentiation of stem into retinal ganglion cells, retinal ganglion cells differentiated by the method, a method of screening for a death inhibitor or a proliferation promoter of retinal ganglion cells using the retinal ganglion cells differentiated by the method, a kit of screening for the death inhibitor or the proliferation promoter of retinal ganglion cells including the retinal ganglion cells differentiated by the method, a pharmaceutical composition for treating glaucoma or optic neuropathy including the retinal ganglion cells, a method of treating glaucoma or optic neuropathy including the step of administering the retinal ganglion cells to a subject suspected of having glaucoma or optic neuropathy, and a method of preparing a mature retinal ganglion cell line.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and control method for recommending an application based on a recognized situation of a user of an electronic device by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for the Internet of Things and a driving method thereof. The apparatus control method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes applying context information including at least one of environmental information collected through a sensor of the electronic device or a network, or usage information generated by the use of the electronic device to a machine learning based first learning model in response to a user input, and displaying, on a display, a first shortcut related to an application determined on the basis of a result of applying the context information to the first learning model and displaying, on the display, a second shortcut related to a preset application.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first connecting member having a first electrode, a second connecting member having a second electrode, and an anisotropic conductive film between the first connecting member and the second connecting member, the anisotropic conductive film electrically connecting the first and second electrodes to each other. The anisotropic conductive film includes a polymer binder resin, an epoxy resin, conductive particles, and a curing agent. The epoxy resin includes a naphthalene ring-containing epoxy resin and a dicyclopentadiene ring-containing epoxy resin. The naphthalene ring-containing epoxy resin is included in an amount of 100 parts by weight to 500 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the dicyclopentadiene ring-containing epoxy resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a synthesis method of N-substituted maleimides using a non-homogeneous solid acid catalyst, and particularly, a synthesis method of N-substituted maleimides with high synthesis yield by using a zirconium(IV) hydrogen phosphate as a catalyst, by which, the loss of the catalyst is minimized, the separation and recovering processes of the catalyst are simplified, in case when the activity of the separated and recovered catalyst is decreased, the complete regeneration of the catalyst is possible via washing or firing, and solvents that could be used during a washing process of the catalyst are not limited.