Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium battery, thermo-electromechanical activation of Li2S in sulfide based solid state electrolyte with transition metal sulfides, and electromechanical evolution of a bulk-type all-solid-state iron sulfur cathode, are disclosed. An example all-solid-state lithium battery includes a cathode having a transition metal sulfide mixed with elemental sulfur to increase electrical conductivity. In one example method of in-situ electromechanically synthesis of Pyrite (FeS2) from Sulfide (FeS) and elemental sulfur (S) precursors for operation of a solid-state lithium battery, FeS+S composite electrodes are cycled at moderately elevated temperatures.

Abstract: An example embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a nanofiber scaffold including polycaprolactone (poly(?-caprolactone; PCL), decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) and usnic acid (UA), and a preparation method thereof. The nanofiber scaffold of an example embodiment of the present disclosure has a uniform nanofiber structure, good fluid absorption and retention, moderate release rate, high mechanical stability, thermal stability, and semi-crystalline structure, and exhibits excellent antibacterial efficacy against fungi/bacteria such as Candida albicans, and good compatibility with human-derived fibroblasts.

Abstract: A refrigerant module includes a compressor configured to discharge the refrigerant after compressing the refrigerant, a condensation core configured to discharge the refrigerant discharged from the compressor after the refrigerant exchanges heat with a coolant, an evaporation core configured to discharge the refrigerant discharged from an expansion valve after the refrigerant exchanges heat with a coolant, and a refrigerant multi-channel plate formed to have a plate shape.

Abstract: Provided are an electrolyte solution for a redox flow battery including an organic active material having improved solubility and potential and a redox flow battery using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an intra prediction method including: deriving neighbor prediction mode information from a left neighbor prediction mode and an upper neighbor prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for a decoding target unit by using the derived neighbor prediction mode information; and performing intra prediction on the decoding target unit based on the intra prediction mode. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to image processing, and more particularly, to a video coding/decoding method using a clipped motion vector and an apparatus thereof. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of decoding an image. The method includes clipping a motion vector of a reference picture in a predetermined dynamic range to generate a clipped motion vector, storing the clipped motion vector in a buffer, deriving a motion vector of a coding treeblock using the motion vector stored in the buffer, and performing inter prediction decoding process using the motion vector of the coding treeblock. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a size of a memory required for storing motion vectors may be reduced.

Abstract: A refrigerant module of an integrated thermal management system of a vehicle is provided in which components of the module may be compactified by modularizing the components related to a refrigerant. In the refrigerant module of the integrated thermal management system for the vehicle in which the refrigerant module is configured such that a refrigerant circulates through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and an accumulator, the refrigerant module includes the compressor having a first suction port and a first discharge port, the condenser having a second suction port and a second discharge port, the expansion valve having a third suction port and a third discharge port, the evaporator having a fourth suction port and a fourth discharge port, the accumulator having a fifth suction port and a fifth discharge port, and a connection passage enabling the refrigerant discharged from the accumulator to flow to the compressor.

Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for a vehicle may make refrigerant-related components compact by modularizing the refrigerant-related components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 6-(isooxazolidin-2-yl)-N-phenylpyrimidin-4-amine derivative, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising the compound as an effective component. The compound exhibits high inhibitory activity against an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) variant, or wild-type or variants of one or more of ERBB2 and ERBB4, and thus may be usefully used in the treatment of cancers in which same are expressed. In particular, the compound exhibits excellent inhibitory activity on proliferation of lung cancer cell lines, and thus can be usefully used in the treatment of lung cancer.

Abstract: In order to detect medical indices in a medical image, a method of obtaining information from a medical image may include performing segmentation on regions of a heart in the medical image, generating at least one reference line based on the segmentation and determining at least one medical index based on the at least one reference line.

Abstract: Proposed is a method of selectively leaching lithium (Li) and aluminum (Al) from a mixed carbonate precipitate (MCP) and, more specifically, a method of selectively leaching Li and Al from an MCP, by which a high-purity MCP can be prepared through selective leaching of Li and Al contained in an MCP used as a raw material for recovering valuable metals including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn).

Abstract: A PUF apparatus comprises: a PUF cell array in which a plurality of PUF cells are arranged each including a FeFET pair whose gates are commonly connected to a corresponding word line among a plurality of word lines, and whose drains and sources are connected to a corresponding bit line pair and a corresponding source line pair among a plurality of bit line pairs and a plurality of source line pairs running in a direction crossing the plurality of word lines; and a read-write-back block which is activated according to a read enable signal, and senses and amplifies a voltage difference occurring in a corresponding bit line pair among the plurality of bit line pairs according to the difference in driving strength due to a deviation in a manufacturing process of the FeFET pair in the PUF cell selected by a selected word line among the plurality of word lines.

Abstract: A pouch-type battery case includes a cup portion, which accommodates therein an electrode assembly formed by stacking an electrode and a separator, and a plurality of die edges connecting an outer wall of the cup portion to a side extending from the outer wall. The die edges include a first region, which is rounded at a first radius (r1) of curvature and at which an electrode tab extending from the electrode is positioned, and a second region which is other than the first region and rounded at one or more second radii (r2, r3, r4) of curvature less than or equal to the first radius (r1) of curvature. The second region is divided into an inner region and an outer region with respect to the first region, and the radius (r2) of curvature in the inner region differs from the radii (r3, r4) of curvature in the outer region.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device according to the embodiment includes: a first inverter; and a second inverter cross-coupled to the first inverter, wherein the second inverter includes a pull-up transistor, a pull-down transistor, and a ferroelectric field effect transistor having gate nodes connected to each other, and a restore transistor having one electrode connected to the ferroelectric field effect transistor, and the second inverter stores data in a nonvolatile manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for culturing a 3-dimensional lung cancer organoid and a method for preparing a patient-derived xenograft animal model using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for culturing a 3-dimensional lung cancer organoid, a lung cancer organoid prepared by the method, a medium composition for culturing the lung cancer organoid, a method for preparing a xenograft animal model using the lung cancer organoid, a patient-derived lung cancer organoid xenograft animal model prepared by the method, and a method for analyzing therapeutic efficacy of an anticancer agent and a method for screening an anticancer agent, using the animal model.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer doped to have a first polarity, a second semiconductor layer doped to have a second polarity different from the first polarity, a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers, a shell layer formed on side surfaces of the first semiconductor layer, the light-emitting layer, and the second semiconductor layer, the shell layer including a divalent metal element, and an insulating film covering an outer surface of the shell layer and surrounding the side surface of the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: A vacuum blender having a foreign body catching member mounted thereon, the foreign body catching member disposed outside a container cover such that one end is communicatably coupled to a discharge hole formed in the container cover, and the other end is communicatably coupled to a communication path enabling a vacuum pump to communicate with the container cover. When the vacuum pump is operated in a state where the two ends of the foreign body catching member are communicating with the discharge hole and the communication path, respectively, air inside a crushing container is discharged to the outside by passing through the vacuum pump via the discharge hole, the foreign body catching member, and the communication path, and, by means of moving relative to the container cover, the foreign body catching member disposed outside the container cover has the one end communicate with or be blocked from the discharge hole.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, apparatus, and storage medium for image encoding/decoding. Selective compression learning of latent representations for variable-rate image compression is used for the method, apparatus, and storage medium. A selective compression method that partially encodes latent representations in a completely generalized manner for deep-learning-based variable-rate image compression is disclosed in embodiments. The methods of the embodiments adaptively determine essential representation elements for compression at different target quality levels.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for encoding/decoding using a transform-based feature map. An optimal basis vector is extracted from one or more feature maps, and a transform coefficient is acquired through a transform using the basis vector. The basis vector and the transform coefficient may be transmitted through a bitstream. In an embodiment, one or more feature maps are reconstructed using the basis vector and the transform coefficient, which are decoded from the bitstream.