Abstract: Disclosed are a negative electrode active material including lithium titanium oxide particles, wherein the lithium titanium oxide particles have an average particle diameter (D50) of 0.5-9 ?m, a specific surface area of 3-7 m2/g, and a pellet density of 1.7 g/cc or more under a pressure of 64 MPa, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Provided are various embodiments of a positive electrode for a secondary battery, which in one embodiment includes a first positive electrode material mixture layer formed on a positive electrode collector, and a second positive electrode material mixture layer formed on the first positive electrode material mixture layer, wherein the first positive electrode material mixture layer has an operating voltage of 4.25 V to 6.0 V and includes an active material for overcharge which generates lithium and gas during charge; a method of preparing such a positive electrode for a secondary battery; and a lithium secondary battery including such a positive electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a cellulose thin film electrode comprising a silver nano dendrite and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing a cellulose thin film electrode comprising a silver nano dendrite comprises: forming the cellulose thin film electrode comprising a silver nano dendrite by soaking a reaction metal to which a thin film comprising silver nitrate and cellulose acetate is attached, in a reaction solution; and separating the cellulose thin film electrode from the reaction metal and then removing the reaction metal from the reaction solution.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating synthetic training data for motion recognition. The method includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) human body model in real time according to motion of a human body, converting volume data of the 3D human body model into a 3D linear structure and extracting skeletal joint information, generating a data set of a human body image and skeletal joint information by rendering the 3D human body model and the skeletal joint information, and providing the data set of the image and the skeletal joint information as synthetic training data for motion recognition.

Abstract: A method for preparing an anion adsorbent may be provided, which comprises the steps of: mixing at least two metal salts with each other, thereby forming a stack structure in which cationic compound layers and anionic compound layers containing anions and water of crystallization are alternately stacked on one another; performing a first heat treatment on the stack structure to expand between the cationic compound layers, thereby preparing a preliminary anion adsorbent; and performing a second heat treatment on the preliminary anion adsorbent to remove the anions and the water of crystallization from the anionic compound layers while allowing at least one of the anions to remain, thereby preparing the anion adsorbent.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for determining a breathing status of a person using a depth camera. The method of determining a breathing status of a person using a depth camera may include acquiring a depth map by photographing one side of a person using a depth camera, extracting a region of the person by separating a background from the acquired depth map, extracting a breathing region from the extracted region of the person, obtaining a depth value for each point of the extracted breathing region for a preset time, and determining a breathing status including a volume of breathing and the number of the breathings by analyzing the obtained depth value. Therefore, it is possible to accurately determine the breathing status of the person in a non-contact manner.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material including lithium titanium oxide particles, wherein the lithium titanium oxide particles have a Na content of 50 ppm-300 ppm, a K content of 500 ppm-2400 ppm and a crystallite size of 100-200 nm, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A fluid analysis cartridge with improved test reliability and an associated fluid analysis cartridge assembly are disclosed herein. A fluid analysis cartridge assembly includes a sample collecting member having a sample collecting chamber and a fluid analysis cartridge configured to be connected to the sample collecting member. The fluid analysis cartridge includes a sample receiving chamber configured to receive a sample collected by the sample collecting member and at least one hole arranged on one side of the sample receiving chamber and opened by connection of the sample collecting member to the fluid analysis cartridge to the at least one hole. The sample receiving chamber stores a buffer solution to be mixed with the sample.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material is a secondary particle including primary particles of a lithium composite metal oxide that contains nickel, cobalt, and manganese, wherein the manganese content in the lithium composite metal oxide exceeds 50 at % with respect to the sum content of nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and the primary particle is doped with one or two or more dopant elements selected from the group consisting of Nb, Sn, Mo, and Ta, the dopant element content being higher in a surface region of the primary particle than in the interior of the primary particle, and the dopant element concentration being 500 to 5,000 ppm with respect to the total weight of the positive electrode active material. In addition, a lithium secondary battery which includes the positive electrode active material is provided.

Abstract: A probe irradiates an ultrasound wave to an object to induce a shear wave and first elasticity information is obtained according to a first calculating scheme. An internal region of interest of the object is set based on shear modulus values included in the first elasticity information. Second elasticity information is obtained based on the shear wave induced to the internal region of interest, according to a second calculating scheme. Accurate elasticity information is acquired by using the first and second elasticity information to obtain third elasticity information from which an elastography image is generated for display to a user.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating synthetic training data for motion recognition. The method includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) human body model in real time according to motion of a human body, converting volume data of the 3D human body model into a 3D linear structure and extracting skeletal joint information, generating a data set of a human body image and skeletal joint information by rendering the 3D human body model and the skeletal joint information, and providing the data set of the image and the skeletal joint information as synthetic training data for motion recognition.

Abstract: Composite particles and a negative electrode active material including such particles for an electrochemical device. The negative electrode active material is capable of lithium intercalation/deintercalation and includes composite particles including a carbon phase including a carbonaceous material, silicon (Si) and lithium fluoride (LiF). The Si and LiF may be present as Si—LiF mixed particles, which are dispersed in the carbon phase, wherein the Si—LiF mixed particles are dispersed in the carbon phase with uniform or non-uniform distribution. In addition, the composite particles include the carbon phase mixed uniformly or amorphously with the Si—LiF mixed particles.

Abstract: A stereotactic device for primate brains indicates a brain coordinate reference point of a primate using a simulator for indicating a brain coordinate reference point, thereby providing an initial setting to a zero point corresponding to the brain coordinate reference point. The brain coordinate reference point is conveniently and accurately indicated without relatively expensive equipment, such as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, to determine brain coordinates of the primate, so that a targeting procedure can be conducted on the brain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel N-acylurea derivative and the use thereof for the prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease, and more particularly to a novel N-acylurea derivative, a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease, which contains the N-acylurea derivative as an active ingredient, and a method of preparing the N-acylurea derivative. The N-acylurea derivative according to the present invention can inhibit platelet aggregation by inhibiting the activity of talin in the intracellular matrix, and thus can be useful for the prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Abstract: A method of increasing a photographing speed of a photographing device which capture an image through a combination of two or more photographing devices and generate and provide an image by using the captured image, thereby increasing a photographing speed. An RGB image obtaining device and a depth image obtaining device alternately perform photographing to obtain an image. Also, a second depth image and a second RGB image respectively corresponding to a first RGB image and a first depth image which are alternately obtained by performing alternate photographing are synthesized and output, thereby actually increasing a photographing speed by twice.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the active material including a dopant and having a crystalline structure in which metal oxide layers (MO layers) including metals and oxygen and reversible lithium layers are repeatedly stacked, wherein in a lattice configured by oxygen atoms of the MO layers adjacent to each other, the dopant time of charge, thereby forming a lithium trap and/or lithium dumbbell structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are a metal separation plate for a fuel cell stack, which includes protrusion patterns each having an air path opened in a short-side direction or protrusion patterns each having an air path of which one side is opened and the other side is closed, and can not only improve cooling performance and stack performance without a separate cooling plate mounted therein, and but also improve humidification performance of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) by blocking moisture leaking from the inside of the closed air paths, and a fuel cell stack having the same.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for analyzing a golf motion. The apparatus includes acquiring, by an image sensor of a camera unit, a 2D image of motion of a user, acquiring, by a depth sensor of the camera unit, a depth image to temporally alternate with acquisition of the 2D image, the depth image including depth values of pixels in the 2D image, increasing an image-capturing speed by generating a corresponding depth image or a corresponding 2D image, which corresponds to a reference 2D image or a reference depth image acquired at a predetermined time, outputting the reference 2D image and the corresponding depth image or the reference depth image and the corresponding 2D image as output data for motion analysis, extracting skeletal information of the user through analysis of output data, and displaying motion of the user on a display unit based on skeletal information.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided to generate an ultrasound to be transmitted from an ultrasound irradiation device. The apparatus and the method include acquiring a medical image including anatomical information about a subject, and calculating characteristics of a tissue in the subject, which may affect propagation of the ultrasound based on the medical image. The apparatus and method also determine a parameter of the ultrasound to create a focal point on the subject using the calculated characteristics, and generate the ultrasound according to the determined parameter.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for analyzing elastography of tissue using ultrasound waves, wherein elastography information of tissue in a region of interest (ROI) is analyzed by irradiating ultrasound waves for diagnosis towards the ROI to which a shear wave is induced from an ultrasound probe, receiving echo ultrasound waves, and acquiring three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound images with respect to the ROI.