Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound showing an excellent agonistic activity for a melanocortin receptor and, more specifically, to the compound of chemical formula 1, a pharmaceutical composition containing same as an active ingredient, and a use thereof. In detail, the compound of the present invention exhibits an excellent agonistic activity for melanocortin-4 receptor and thus, can be advantageously used especially for preventing or treating obesity, diabetes, inflammation, and impotence.

Abstract: A glass article includes, as a glass composition, about 73 mol % to about 83 mol % of SiO2, greater than about 0 mol % to about 5 mol % of Al2O3, about 10 mol % to about 20 mol % of Na2O and about 3 mol % to about 8 mol % of MgO based on the total weight, satisfying Inequality (1) below: 0<Al2O3/Na2O (R ratio)?0.5, ??(1), where Al2O3 and Na2O are contents (mol %) of the components in the glass composition, and wherein the cover window has a thickness of about 100 micrometers (?m) or less.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a determination unit configured to determine an off-grid state of a battery pack and a power controller configured to control a discharging power with a peak power that is greater than a maximum power of the battery pack in the off-grid state of the battery pack.

Abstract: Provided are a recovery control system of a fuel cell and a method thereof. The recovery control system includes the fuel cell, a hydrogen supplier configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell, an air supplier configured to supply air to the fuel cell, an abnormality sensing unit configured to calculate a difference between a reference cell voltage predetermined depending on an output current of the fuel cell and a measured cell voltage of unit cells and to sense abnormality of air supply to a fuel cell stack based on the calculated difference between the reference cell voltage and the measured cell voltage or change in the difference, and a recovery controller configured to control the air supplier so as to increase a flow rate of air supplied to the fuel cell stack based on the change in the difference, when the abnormality sensing unit senses abnormality of air supply.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: an opening configured to receive a cigarette, an accommodation space configured to accommodate the cigarette inserted through the opening, a coil surrounding the accommodation space and configured to generate an induced magnetic field, a susceptor configured to generate heat due to the induced magnetic field generated from the coil, a heat dissipating structure surrounding the coil and having a double wall structure including a vacuum inner space, a shielding portion configured to block the induced magnetic field generated from the coil and disposed between the coil and the heat dissipating structure, a cigarette recognition sensor configured to detect changes in inductance of the cigarette recognition sensor which is generated by insertion or extraction of the cigarette, and a controller configured to determine whether the cigarette is inserted or extracted, based on the changes in inductance.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an aerosol generating device may include a battery, a first control circuit configured to convert power received from the battery into a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article based on the PWM signal received from the first control circuit, and a second control circuit configured to transmit an instruction for causing the first control circuit to generate the PWM signal, in response to a user input to the first control circuit. The first control circuit may determine abnormal operation of the second control circuit, and the second control circuit may determine abnormal operation of the aerosol generating device. Accordingly, the aerosol generating device may determine a more specific operation state and prevent abnormal operation of the heater.

Abstract: An adaptive batch processing and apparatus is proposed. The adaptive batch processing method may be performed by a system including a server which saves a model trained by machine learning and a client which transmits input data by connecting to the server while requesting an analysis result based on the model for the corresponding input data. The method may include measuring an amount of available resources of the server in the server, calculating a batch size using the amount of the available resources measured by the server, and transmitting information about the calculated batch size to the client. The method may further include generating batch data of a size reflecting the transmitted information by generating a queue of a plurality of input data at the client, transmitting the generated batch data to the server, and performing an analysis based on the model on the batch data received from the server.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material. More particularly, the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material that is able to solve a problem of increased resistance according to an increase in Ni content by forming a charge transport channel in a lithium composite oxide and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: An image sensing device including an image sensor configured to output a raw image by capturing an image of a subject and an image signal processor configured to perform a bad pixel correction process on the raw image on an image patch-by-image patch unit, compare pixels of an image patch of the raw image with a local saturation threshold value, determine a state of local saturation of the image patch based on a number of saturated pixels whose pixel values exceed the local saturation threshold value, and output a corrected image patch, which is obtained by correcting a pixel of the image patch with a corrected pixel value, with a replacement pixel value, or with a raw pixel value depending on the state of local saturation of the image patch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding/decoding a video. To this end, the method for decoding a video may include: generating a merge candidate list of a current block including at least one merge candidate corresponding to each of a plurality of reference picture lists; determining at least one piece of motion information by using the merge candidate list; and generating a prediction block of the current block by using the determined at least one piece of motion information.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an accommodation space in a cylindrical shape for accommodating a cigarette, an induction coil wound along an outer surface of the accommodation space, a power supply for supplying electric power to the induction coil, a controller for controlling electric power supplied to the induction coil, and a shield film including a ferromagnetic material for shielding electromagnetic interference from electromagnetic waves emitted from the induction coil. The shield film surrounds only a portion of an outer surface of the induction coil to shield the electromagnetic interference from the electromagnetic waves having a frequency that does not exceed 500 kHz.

Abstract: A method of controlling, by using a mobile terminal, at least one Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device is provided. The method includes searching for at least one BLE device, displaying a BLE device list, including the at least one searched for BLE device, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, receiving an input of selection of a BLE device from the BLE device list, receiving an input of user added information from a user regarding the selected BLE device, and mapping and storing property information and the user added information regarding the selected BLE device.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article inserted into an accommodation space of the aerosol generating apparatus; a sensing module including at least one of an inductive sensor configured to detect a change in an inductance of the accommodation space or a temperature sensor configured to detect a change in a temperature of the heater; and a processor configured to: detect, via the sensing module, whether the aerosol generating article that is inserted into the accommodation space is at least partially moved from the accommodation space; and based on detecting that the aerosol generating article is at least partially moved from the accommodation space, control a power supply to the heater, based on at least one of the change in the inductance or the change in the temperature acquired via the sensing module.

Abstract: A method and device for controlling coding tools are provided. The video decoding method includes decoding, from a high level of a bitstream, an enable flag indicating whether one or more coding tools are enabled. The coding tools includes a first coding tool that encodes sample values using luma component mapping based on a piecewise linear model. The method includes acquiring a value of an application flag depending on a value of the enable flag, by setting the application flag indicating whether to apply the coding tools to a predetermined value, or by decoding the application flag from a low level of the bitstream, the application flag including a first application flag indicating whether to apply the first coding tool. The coding tools are operated when the value of the application flag is a value indicating that the coding tools are applied.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having an opening configured to receive an aerosol-generating article; an accommodating space configured to accommodate the aerosol-generating article inserted through the opening; a heat-dissipating structure comprising an inner wall forming the accommodating space, and an outer wall surrounding the inner wall such that an inner space is formed between the inner wall and the outer wall; and a coil arranged between the outer wall and the housing, and configured to generate an induced magnetic field, wherein the inner wall is configured to generate heat by the induced magnetic field generated from the coil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent for improving aftertaste of alcoholic beverages comprising allulose-containing saccharides, and a method for improving aftertaste of alcoholic beverages using allulose.

Abstract: A method for preparing a quantum dot includes supplying a first mixture including a first precursor material including a silver precursor, an indium precursor, a first gallium precursor, and a first solvent including oleylamine, trioctylphosphine oxide, and trioctylamine, adding a first sulfur precursor to the first mixture to form cores including silver, indium, gallium, and sulfur, reacting the cores with a second precursor material including a second sulfur precursor and a second gallium precursor to form a first shell around each of the cores, wherein the cores including the first shells comprise first particles, and adding a first element precursor and a second element precursor to a second mixture, the second mixture including the first particles and a second solvent, to form a second shell around each of the first shells.

Abstract: A pouch unit and a battery cell including the same are disclosed. The pouch unit comprises a pouch sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, an accommodation portion formed on the pouch sheet, the accommodation portion forming an accommodation space that is open in a direction in which the inner surface faces, a perimeter portion formed on the pouch sheet, the perimeter portion being positioned between a perimeter of the pouch sheet and the accommodation portion, and a notch portion formed alongside a side of the accommodation portion at the perimeter portion, the notch portion being concave on the inner surface.

Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus may include: a housing including a first chamber into which an aerosol generating article is inserted, a second chamber spaced apart from the first chamber, and an air path provided between the first chamber and the second chamber; a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the second chamber; and a processor configured to obtain pressure sensing data from the pressure sensor, detect a pressure change inside the second chamber based on the pressure sensing data, and output a notification indicating that a user's puff operation has occurred when a pressure change inside the second chamber is greater than or equal to a designated value.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heterojunction semiconductor flexible substrate in which an epitaxial oxide thin film layer is hetero-bonded to a thinned silicon substrate using a metal layer, a manufacturing method thereof, and the heterojunction semiconductor flexible substrate can be applied to sensor, actuator, transducer, or micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) device using high functionality of the epitaxial oxide thin film layer of high quality as well as an electronic and/or optical device.