Abstract: Provided is a heater for an aerosol-generating device including a first electrically conductive pattern configured to perform heating and a second electrically conductive pattern arranged in parallel with the first electrically conductive pattern. The first electrically conductive pattern and/or the second electrically conductive pattern may include a material having a relatively small resistance temperature coefficient. Accordingly, a temperature increase rate of the heater may be greatly improved.

Abstract: A light device including a substrate, and first and second light emitters spaced apart from each other, and a power source to control the first light emitter and the second light emitter, in which the first and second light emitters include a light emitting region, a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitting region, and a lateral reflection layer covering a region of a side of the light emitting region and the wavelength conversion layer, the first light emitter and the second light emitter are configured to output the same or different magnitudes of power by receiving the same or different magnitudes of current, the first and second light emitters are respectively configured to emit first light and second light, the first light emitter is electrically connected to the second light emitter through a common electrode.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a conductive structure body, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrode and an electronic device including the conductive structure body.

Abstract: Integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include forming a sacrificial layer in a preliminary substrate by adding an element into the preliminary substrate, forming a transistor structure on the preliminary substrate, the transistor structure including a source/drain region, replacing the sacrificial layer with a power contact that comprises an upper surface contacting the source/drain region, and forming a power rail that contacts a lower surface of the power contact.

Abstract: Provided is a jetting driver that can be used for various types of heads with minimal changes. The jetting driver includes: an image board receiving raw image data and generating image data by transforming the raw image data into a form suitable for a type of heads used; and an interface board physically separated from the image board, receiving the image data, and transmitting the image data to the heads through a plurality of channels.

Abstract: Stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a stainless base material; and a passive film formed on the stainless base material, wherein a Cr/Fe atomic weight ratio in a 1 nm or less thickness region of the stainless base material, which is adjacent to an interface between the stainless and the passive film, is 0.45 or more. Therefore, by modifying the surface of the stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate, a low interface contact resistance and a good corrosion resistance can be obtained, and a separate additional process such as precious metal coating can be removed, such that manufacturing costs are reduced and productivity can be improved.

Abstract: A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.

Abstract: In various embodiments, an antenna array may comprise a dielectric; a first patch antenna disposed on a first region of the dielectric; a second patch antenna disposed on a second region of the dielectric; and a ground layer including a first sub-ground layer in contact with a lower portion of the first region of the dielectric, a third sub-ground layer in contact with a lower portion of the second region of the dielectric, and a second sub-ground layer spaced apart from a lower portion between the first region and the second region of the dielectric.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of a target molecule using nitrocellulose membrane (NCM). In particular, the present invention provides a porous nitrocellulose membrane that includes a surface and an organic nanostructured molecule that is non-covalently attached to the surface of NCM. The organic nanostructured molecule has a branched region that includes a plurality of terminal region (e.g., terminal end) moieties that are non-covalently attached or bound to a surface of the porous NCM. The organic nanostructured molecule also comprises a linear region that includes a covalently attached capture molecule that is adapted to selectively bind to a target molecule. The NCM of the invention provides an improved reproducibility, reliability, and selectivity compared an NCM in the absence of the organic nanostructured molecule.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a security service of end device profiles is provided. The service may include obtaining a profile for a card of an end device from a third party device in which the profile includes first and second executables. For example, the first and second executables may each include a subscriber identification module. The first executable may initialize and subsequently perform a switching procedure that enables the second executable to replace the use of the first executable. The first executable may also generate a key that can be used to provision the second executable on the end device.

Abstract: Provided is a density clad steel sheet having excellent strength and plateability, the clad steel sheet including a base metal, and a clad material provided at both sides of the base metal, wherein the base metal is a ferrite-austenitic duplex lightweight steel sheet comprising, by wt %, 0.3-0.7% of C, 2.0-9.0% of Mn, 4.5-8.0% of Al and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and the clad material is a ferrite carbon steel comprising, by wt %, 0.0005-0.2% of C, 0.05-2.5% of Mn and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: An electronic device including a memory device with improved reliability is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a data pin configured to transmit a data signal, a command/address pin configured to transmit a command and an address, a command/address receiver connected to the command/address pin, and a computing unit connected to the command/address receiver, wherein the command/address receiver receives a first command and a first address from the outside through the command/address pin and generates a first instruction on the basis of the first command and the first address, and the computing unit receives the first instruction and performs computation based on the first instruction.

Abstract: A method of recycling a positive electrode active material and a recycled positive electrode active material prepared by the method. The method includes the steps of recovering a positive electrode active material by heat-treating a waste positive electrode comprising a current collector and a positive electrode active material layer coated thereon at 300 to 650° C. in air, washing the recovered positive electrode active material with water containing an ionic solid salt, and adding a lithium precursor to the washed recovered positive electrode active material and performing annealing at 400 to 1,000° C. in air.

Abstract: There is provided a method for collecting and reusing an active material from positive electrode scrap. The method for reusing a positive electrode active material of the present disclosure includes (a) thermally treating positive electrode scrap comprising an active material layer on a current collector in air for thermal decomposition of a binder and a conductive material in the active material layer, to separate the current collector from the active material layer, and collecting an active material in the active material layer, (b-1) washing the active material collected from the step (a) with a lithium compound solution which is basic in an aqueous solution, (b-2) mixing the active material washed from the step (b-1) with a lithium precursor aqueous solution and spray drying, and (c) annealing the active material spray dried from the step (b-2) to obtain a reusable active material.

Abstract: A method for determining an action of a bot automatically playing a champion within a battlefield of League of Legends (LoL), and a computing system for performing same. The computing system comprising: an acquisition module for periodically acquiring observation data observable in the computer game at each predetermined observation unit time while a game is in progress in a battlefield of the computer game; an agent module for, when the acquisition module acquires observation data, determining an action that the bot is to execute, by using the acquired observation data and a predetermined policy network, wherein the policy network is a deep neural network that outputs a probability of each of multiple executable actions that the bot is able to execute; and a learning module for periodically learning the policy network at each predetermined learning unit time while a game is in progress in the battlefield.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an immune reaction analysis device. The analysis device of the present invention comprises: an incubation chamber which has a plurality of slits for accommodating cartridges, and in which an incubation for an immunodiagnostic reaction is performed; a cartridge input driving unit for inputting the cartridge into the slit of the incubation chamber; a determination unit for determining the result of the reaction in the cartridge; a cartridge withdrawal driving unit for withdrawing the cartridge accommodated in the slit of the incubation chamber; a cartridge transfer driving unit for transferring the withdrawn cartridge to the determination unit; and a control unit for controlling the cartridge input driving unit, the cartridge withdrawal driving unit, and the cartridge transfer driving unit. The immune reaction analysis device of the present invention provides excellent ease of use and can accurately perform a good number of incubations.

Abstract: Provided are surgical instrument including a base body, a shaft unit extending in a direction from the base body and having an end at which an end effector is mounted, a gear unit including a first gear mounted on the base body and a second gear mounted on another end of the shaft unit and engaged with the first gear, and a bearing unit positioned between the base body and the first gear.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of recycling a positive electrode active material and a recycled positive electrode active material prepared by the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of recycling a positive electrode active material, the method including step A of recovering a positive electrode active material by heat-treating a waste positive electrode including a current collector and a positive electrode active material layer coated thereon at 300 to 650° C. in air; step B of precipitating the recovered positive electrode active material in a basic aqueous lithium compound solution for 10 to 40 minutes; step C of removing a supernatant after the precipitation step and obtaining a precipitate; and step D of adding a lithium precursor to the obtained precipitate and performing annealing at 400 to 1,000° C. in air and a recycled positive electrode active material prepared by the method.

Abstract: An apparatus and method configure a diversity antenna in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first communication unit for processing a first communication scheme signal communicated through the first antenna, a second communication unit for processing a second communication scheme signal communicated through the second antenna, and a control unit for configuring the first antenna as a diversity antenna for the second communication unit when the first communication unit is not driven.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode comprises an emitting material layer implementing a delayed fluorescence and another emitting material layer disposed adjacently to the emitting material layer and implementing fluorescence or phosphorescence and an organic light emitting device including the diode. As exciton generated in the plural emitting material layer drops to a ground state through the luminous materials each of which has a controlled energy level, it is possible to implement excellent luminous efficiency derived from a delayed fluorescent material and improved color purity derived from a fluorescent or phosphorescent material having narrow FWHM.