Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first fin-type active region and a second fin-type active region, a device isolation film adjacent to each of the first and second fin-type active regions, a first gate line on the first fin-type active region, a second gate line on the second fin-type active region, and a gate cut insulating pattern separating the first and second gate lines, wherein the device isolation film includes a first local isolation portion and a second local isolation portion, which are separating the first fin-type active region from the second fin-type active region to be apart from each other with the gate cut insulating pattern therebetween.

Abstract: According to embodiments, modeling through evaluation of thermal-hydraulic analysis of a unique containment facility may be provided. Also, orders for nuclear power plants in other countries may be obtained, and a relative technological advantage may be achieved among nuclear power plant developing countries. In addition, a power plant may be designed through conservative and realistic modeling, and costs required for power plant design may be reduced by optimizing a design margin of a containment facility.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a radar apparatus having a plurality of antenna elements and enabling to reduce a number of ADCs as long as being allowable according to a bandwidth of the ADC, reduce a chip area occupied by the ADC and interconnections in an integrated circuit, and prevent a synchronization problem between the ADCs by sampling receive signals of multiple channels at once. Frequencies of local oscillation signals used for downconverting receive signals are set to be different from each other by an amount of an offset frequency, so that each of band-limited receive signals obtained through respective RF paths may occupy a different position on a frequency axis of a frequency domain. Downconverted receive signals are combined into a single signal and converted into a single digital signal stream, and a signal processing of the digital signal stream in a digital domain enables to obtain target data.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region including a first fin portion and a second fin portion apart from each other in a first lateral direction with a contact space therebetween, a first source/drain region on the fin-type active region at a position overlapping the contact space in a vertical direction, a gate line on the first fin portion, a device isolation film covering both sidewalls of each of the first and second fin portions and defining a width of the contact space, a back side source/drain contact electrically connected to the first source/drain region, filling the contact space, and having a sidewall facing each of the first and second fin portions and the device isolation film, and an etch stop layer contacting a top surface of each of the first and second fin portions between the first fin portion and the gate line.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material that contains lithium metal oxide particles, an anode facing the cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent that contains a fluorine-based organic solvent and a lithium salt. A ratio of the number of moles of lithium contained in each of the lithium metal oxide particles to the total number of moles of metals excluding lithium contained in each of the lithium metal oxide particles is 1.05 or more. A content of the fluorine-based organic solvent is in a range from 5 vol % to 60 vol % based on a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent.

Abstract: A composition containing Gardenia jasminoides-derived exosomes as an active ingredient is provided for skin elasticity improvement, skin wrinkle reduction, skin regeneration, skin tone improvement, skin brightness improvement, skin whitening, wound healing and/or wound healing acceleration.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes: extracting feature maps respectively corresponding to a plurality of channels based on a convolutional network with respect to two images; generating a matching point map from the feature maps; refining the matching point map by using attention between matching points comprised in the matching point map; and extracting a matching point between the two images from the refined matching point map.

Abstract: A photovoltaic power generation module installation support system according to the present invention comprises: a conveyer device, which assembles a plurality of photovoltaic power generation modules into one string and moves same in one direction; and a loading cart including an accommodation space in which the string moved from the conveyer device is loaded in the direction that is horizontal to the ground, wherein the conveyer device includes one or more end stoppers for providing a vertical alignment line of the photovoltaic power generation module first arranged at one end of a conveyor.

Abstract: A resonant coil coupled with an electromagnetic field is disclosed. A Fraunhofer resonant coil includes an upper spiral element and a lower spiral element, an upper conical element connected to the upper spiral element and including one or more layers formed of a plurality of plies, a lower conical element connected to the lower spiral element and including one or more layers formed of a plurality of plies, and a feeding device connected to a gap between the upper conical element and the lower conical element and configured to supply power.

Abstract: A propulsion module of an air mobility vehicle may include a door provided in the housing and opening or closing the opening portion of the housing by a sliding motion of the door; a propeller for providing propulsion to the air mobility vehicle; a link assembly having a first end portion connected to the housing and a second end portion connected to the propeller to pull the propeller into the internal space of the housing through the opening portion or pull the propeller outside the internal space through the opening portion; and a door opening and closing portion coupled to the door and configured for providing an opening and closing force to the door according to an inward-pulling motion or an outward-pulling motion of the propeller.

Abstract: An audio signal encoding/decoding method and an apparatus for performing the same are disclosed. The audio signal encoding method includes obtaining a full-band input signal, extracting a first feature vector corresponding to a first sub-band signal and a second feature vector corresponding to a second sub-band signal using an encoder neural network including a plurality of encoding layers, generating a first code vector corresponding to the first feature vector and a second code vector corresponding to the second feature vector by compressing the first feature vector and the second feature vector, and generating a bitstream by quantizing the first code vector and the second code vector.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microfluidic device capable of mimicking a biological microenvironment thereby achieving control of a microenvironment with time through control of the diffusion of target elements between chambers by interrupting or generating fluid flow inside a channel, and a method for manufacturing the same, and the microfluidic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure can mimic the biological microenvironment which changes constantly with time via a simple temporary operation of generating or interrupting fluid flow in the channel mechanically and can control diffusion via a simple method, and accordingly, a complicated microenvironment can be reproduced since the number and arrangement of diffusion chambers and channels can be designed variously.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated connector and a heat exchanger including the same, in which a connector main body is formed by pressing one pipe, a cap is press-fitted into the connector main body, such that the integrated connector is formed so that an interior of the connector main body is blocked by the cap. Therefore, the number of components used to manufacture a connector, which connects and securely couples a header tank and a gas-liquid separator, may be reduced, the integrated connector may be easily manufactured, and a brazing defect may be reduced at portions where the integrated connector is joined to the header tank and the gas-liquid separator of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, an electrode manufactured therefrom, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the electrode are provided. The method includes preparing an electrode active material layer slurry including an electrode active material and a polymer binder, coating the electrode active material layer slurry on a current collector and drying it while applying an electric field to form an active material layer, wherein the polymer binder includes a water-soluble binder and an ionic polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, and an electrode manufactured therefrom, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the electrode, the method of manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including mixing together an electrode active material and a first ionic polymer to prepare a first slurry; mixing together the first slurry and a second ionic polymer to prepare a second slurry; mixing together the second slurry and a water-soluble binder to prepare an electrode active material layer slurry; coating the electrode active material layer slurry on a current collector, drying and compressing the electrode active material layer slurry to manufacture an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, wherein an amount of the first ionic polymer is about 20 to about 90 wt % based on a total amount of 100 wt % of the first ionic polymer and the second ionic polymer.

Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus including a memory configured to store instructions and a processor electrically connected to the memory and configured to execute the instructions, wherein the processor may be configured to perform a plurality of operations, when the instructions are executed by the processor, wherein the plurality of operations may include obtaining an input audio signal, generating an embedded audio signal by embedding signal components of a second frequency band of the input audio signal in a first frequency band of the input audio signal, generating additional information associated with the first frequency band and the second frequency band, generating an encoded audio signal by encoding the embedded audio signal, and formatting the encoded audio signal and the additional information into a bitstream.

Abstract: Provided is a method of improving skin condition by applying to the skin of a subject a cosmetic composition comprising black yeast-derived exosomes as an active ingredient and thereby improving the skin condition, particularly skin elasticity improvement, skin wrinkle reduction, skin texture improvement, skin tone improvement, skin brightness improvement, skin regeneration, skin moisturization, and/or whitening.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a wet master batch elastomer composition, comprising a first step of feeding silica particles and an organic silane coupling agent into an SSBR polymer solution; and a second step of grinding the silica particles, while stirring the SSBR polymer solution into which the silica particles and the organic silane coupling agent are fed, wherein a ratio of an average particle size of the ground silica particles to an average particle size of the silica particles is less than or equal to 0.8, and wherein the wet master batch elastomer composition has a bound rubber content of 30 to 80 wt. %.

Abstract: A simulation method and a simulation apparatus of roll press for secondary battery production are provided.

Abstract: This application relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, a method for manufacturing a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including same. The separator includes a porous substrate, a heat resistant layer positioned on at least one surface of the porous substrate and including inorganic particles, and a first adhesive layer positioned on the heat resistant layer and including a first organic polymer. The heat resistant layer includes the inorganic particles of 90 wt % to 99 wt % on the basis of total weight, the thickness of the heat resistant layer is 3.5 ?m to 7 ?m, and the thickness of the first adhesive layer is 0.5 ?m to 3.0 ?m.