Abstract: Provided are a binder for an electrode, a negative electrode for a secondary battery including the binder, and a secondary battery, in which an active material layer is prevented from lifting from a negative electrode base material. A binder forming an electrode of a secondary battery includes a binder particle and a temperature-sensitive polymer grafted on a surface of the binder particle.

Abstract: There are provided isotope-enriched compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of use thereof for prevention and treatment of amyloid-? related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: A power-on control method, a power-on control apparatus and an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The power-on control method includes, in response to receiving a power-on command, switching an enable signal of a power control chip from a low level to a high level, and monitoring an output voltage of the power control chip; and performing pulse-width modulation on the enable signal according to an increasing trend of the output voltage to control an increasing rate of the output voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed are example embodiments of systems and methods for virtual try-on of articles of clothing. An example method of virtual try-on of articles of clothing includes selecting a garment from a pre-existing database. The method also includes loading a photo of a source model wearing the selected garment. Additionally, the method includes generating a semantic segmentation of the model image. The method also includes extracting the selected garment from the photo of the model. Additionally, the method includes determining a correspondence between a target model and the source model by performing a feature point detection and description of the target model and the source model, and performing feature matching and correspondence validation. The method also includes performing garment warping and alignment of the extracted garment. Additionally, the method includes overlaying and rendering the garment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions useful for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The methods and compositions include combination therapy with probiotics and oxytocin (OXT), resulting in a therapeutic synergy that exerts beneficial effects on ASD symptoms. The methods and compositions provide improvements in several measurable parameters including but not limited to: measured clinical index for ASD core symptoms, gut microbiome profile, and levels of OXT and inflammatory markers in the blood.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions useful for the treatment of subjects suffering from Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). The methods include administering compositions comprising probiotics, such as Lactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri) and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (B. lactis) to subjects in need thereof.

Abstract: In the electrochromic device according to an embodiment of the present application, when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic device in a state that the electrochromic element has the first state, the electrochromic device becomes the second state, and when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic element in a state that the electrochromic element has the fourth state, the electrochromic element becomes the third state.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layer, wherein the body further includes a withstand voltage layer disposed in a region spaced apart by more than 0 to 30 nm or less in a direction from a boundary of the internal electrode layer toward the dielectric layer, and having ionic mobility, lower than ionic mobility of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: In a described example, an electrical apparatus includes: a metal layer formed over a non-device side of a semiconductor device die, the semiconductor device die having devices formed on a device side of the semiconductor device die opposite the non-device side; a first side of the metal layer bonded to a die mount pad on a package substrate; a second side of the metal layer formed over a roughened surface on the non-device side of the semiconductor device die, the roughened surface having an average surface roughness (Ra) between 40 nm and 500 nm; bond pads on the semiconductor device die electrically coupled to conductive leads on the package substrate; and mold compound covering at least a portion of the semiconductor device die and at least a portion of the conductive leads.

Abstract: In the electrochromic device according to an embodiment of the present application, when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic device in a state that the electrochromic element has the first state, the electrochromic device becomes the second state, and when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic element in a state that the electrochromic element has the fourth state, the electrochromic element becomes the third state.

Abstract: This application relates to an electrochromic lens. In one aspect, the lens includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first electrode layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer. The lens may also include an electrochromic layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and adjusting transmittance of light incident on the second surface of the substrate. The lens may further include a first conductor electrically connected to the first electrode layer, and having higher conductivity than at least one of the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer. The lens may further include a second conductor electrically connected to the second electrode layer, and having higher conductivity than at least one of the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer.

Abstract: In the electrochromic device according to an embodiment of the present application, when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic device in a state that the electrochromic element has the first state, the electrochromic device becomes the second state, and when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic element in a state that the electrochromic element has the fourth state, the electrochromic element becomes the third state.

Abstract: In a described example, an electrical apparatus includes: a metal layer formed over a non-device side of a semiconductor device die, the semiconductor device die having devices formed on a device side of the semiconductor device die opposite the non-device side; a first side of the metal layer bonded to a die mount pad on a package substrate; a second side of the metal layer formed over a roughened surface on the non-device side of the semiconductor device die, the roughened surface having an average surface roughness (Ra) between 40 nm and 500 nm; bond pads on the semiconductor device die electrically coupled to conductive leads on the package substrate; and mold compound covering at least a portion of the semiconductor device die and at least a portion of the conductive leads.

Abstract: A fly reel exclusively used for fly fishing is proposed. In the fly reel, a spool having a -shape (bobbin shape) to be able to wind a fishing line thereon is composed of two left and right body sections, the body sections are formed and manufactured using a carbon sheet material, a metallic spool cover having a ring frame shape is integrally coupled to the outer surface of the body section disposed opposite a reel body of the left and right body sections, and a reel body disposed on a first side of the spool and supporting rotation of the spool in cooperation with a shaft member is also divided into a main body covering the first side of the spool and a body cover having a ring frame shape and coupled to the outer surface of the main body.

Abstract: For an air conditioner, a quick release mechanism to expose a filter includes a body, a front panel, and a locking mechanism. The front panel is pivotally mounted on the body. The locking mechanism has a guide member, a slider, a compressible spring as a biasing member, and a push block. The slider is slidably disposed in the guide member. The slider has a hook portion. The biasing member provides a force to the slider. The push block is held in the guide member when the push block engages the hook portion, and the push block is ejected from the guide member by the biasing member when the push block disengages from the hook portion.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of forming an integrated circuit includes providing a semiconductor substrate having an electronic circuit formed on a front side, and having a first material layer located over a second side of the substrate and a second material layer located between the first material layer and the second side. At least a portion of the first material layer is removed using a first chemical etching process, thereby exposing the second material layer. At least a portion of the second material layer is removed using a second chemical etching process. A portion of the substrate is then mechanically removed from the second side.

Abstract: In the electrochromic device according to an embodiment of the present application, when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic device in a state that the electrochromic element has the first state, the electrochromic device becomes the second state, and when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic element in a state that the electrochromic element has the fourth state, the electrochromic element becomes the third state.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of forming an integrated circuit includes providing a semiconductor substrate having an electronic circuit formed on a front side, and having a first material layer located over a second side of the substrate and a second material layer located between the first material layer and the second side. At least a portion of the first material layer is removed using a first chemical etching process, thereby exposing the second material layer. At least a portion of the second material layer is removed using a second chemical etching process. A portion of the substrate is then mechanically removed from the second side.