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 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: 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: 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.

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: 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: Provided is a cosmetic composition including ceramides and a sphingolipid. A composition including two or more different ceramides and a sphingolipid, according to an embodiment, has the activity of increasing a ceramide content in the skin, increasing the expression level of aquaporin 3, increasing the expression level of fillaggrin, increasing the expression level of loricrin, increasing the expression level of involucrin, and increasing the skin thickness, and thus can be effectively used for improving skin conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterojunction semiconductor substrate having excellent dielectric properties, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device using the same. The present invention provides a heterojunction semiconductor substrate with improved interlayer adhesion, low leakage current, and excellent dielectric properties that maintain strength in a ferroelectric fatigue experiment by interposing a metal layer and a conductive metal oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate to form an epitaxial oxide thin film layer composed of perovskite piezoelectric oxide. The heterojunction semiconductor substrate can be applied to sensors, actuators, transducers, or MEMS devices that use the high functionality of the high-quality epitaxial oxide thin film layer, including applications in electronic and optical devices.

Abstract: A cooling plate and a plasma processing chamber are proposed. The cooling plate is configured to allow air to flow throughout the entire region of a window while reducing a region of covering the window. The cooling plate is configured to cool a window configured to seal a plasma processing space at an upper portion, and the cooling plate includes a body having a circular plate shape covering a part of a center region of the window, an inlet through which a gas is introduced into the body, and an outlet through which the gas is discharged from the body to the window. A flow path through which the gas flows and a slope formed from the flow path toward the window are formed between the inlet and the outlet.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device including: a housing including an air flow passage; a sensor deformable by an air flow in the air flow passage, and including a resistor having a resistance value that varies according to a degree of deformation of the sensor; and a processor electrically connected to the sensor, and configured to: measure the resistance value of the resistor; and detect a puff based on the measured resistance value being maintained at or above a first threshold value during a first time interval.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. A cooling material may be included in a body constituting the cooling portion.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tobacco material including a flavor material and a method of preparing the tobacco material. The tobacco material may have a core-shell structure in which a core includes a first tobacco mixture and a flavor material and is surrounded by a shell including a second tobacco mixture, such that the aerosol generating article including the tobacco material generates a characteristic flavor.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. An inner peripheral surface of the cooling portion may include a nicotine component.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for image encoding, the apparatus including: a transmitter memory configured to store a program for encoding a stereoscopic 3D image; and an encoding processor configured to execute the program stored in the transmitter memory, wherein the encoding processor is configured to: generate a first stream and a second stream from a left image and a down-converted right image, decode the first stream and the second stream to generate a decoded left image and a first decoded right image; generate a third stream from the decoded left image, the first decoded right image, and an original right image, and decode the third stream to generate a second decoded right image; and generate a fourth stream from the second decoded right image and the original right image.

Abstract: A home port for a semiconductor manufacturing nozzle head includes a body having a discharge space configured to receive treatment liquid discharged from a plurality of nozzles, discharge flow passages connected to be in communication with the discharge space and penetrating through the body so as to face the plurality of nozzles, and a cleaning liquid distribution system, which is formed to penetrate through the body, and is connected to transfer a cleaning liquid to the discharge flow passages. The cleaning liquid distribution system includes supply flow passages connected to supply the cleaning liquid to the discharge flow passages, and a lead-in passage connected to and which joins the supply flow passages, and connected to receive the cleaning liquid injected from the outside.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a microorganism with excellent deacetoxycephalosporin C (DAOC) productivity and a use thereof. A mutant microorganism with improved DAOC productivity and a use thereof for producing 7-aminodeacetoxycephalosporanic acid (7-ADCA) are provided.

Abstract: A motor mount device for an electric vehicle includes an inner pipe disposed along a front-rear direction of the vehicle, an outer pipe disposed coaxially with and around an outside of the inner pipe, and a main damper with a bridge. The bridge defines an upper chamber and a lower chamber between the inner pipe and the outer pipe along the front-rear direction and the main damper is elastically deformable according to a load transmitted through the inner pipe. The device also includes a middle plate disposed between the main damper and the outer pipe and configured to support a load in the front-rear direction transmitted through the inner pipe by compressing the bridge.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiment provides an apparatus and method for measuring eye movement, that can accurately measure eye movement by determining the eye position at high speed and high resolution even with a low-cost camera by using a phase mask and rolling shutter method instead of a lens, and can perform early diagnosis of neurological diseases, etc. based on the measured eye movement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding an image. The method for decoding an image includes: deriving an initial motion vector from a merge candidate list of a current block; deriving a refined motion vector using the initial motion vector; and generating a prediction block of the current block using the refined motion vector.