Abstract: The present invention relates to a modification polymerization initiator and a method for preparing the same, and the modification polymerization initiator includes a derived unit from a compound represented by Formula 1 and may include various functional groups in a molecule, and thus, may initiate polymerization reaction and introduce a functional group into a polymer chain at the same time.

Abstract: A laser machining nozzle includes: a nozzle body coupled to a machining head; and a flow path formed through the nozzle body in a longitudinal axis of the nozzle body to allow a machining-assist gas to be injected toward a workpiece therethrough while a laser beam is emitted toward the workpiece, wherein the flow path comprises a first flow path formed in a flow direction of the machining-assist gas and generating a supersonic flow of the machining-assist gas; a second flow path connected to the first flow path in the flow direction of the machining-assist gas and expanding a volume of the machining-assist gas having passed through the first flow path; and a flow path boundary defining a boundary between the first flow path and the second flow path.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coffee drip-brewer capable of extracting drip coffee anywhere while carrying the coffee drip-brewer in a bag or the like. To this end, the coffee drip-brewer of the present invention, as a coffee drip-brewer for extracting coffee by pouring water into coffee powder, includes a water container configured to contain the water and have one or more drain portions formed on a lower end thereof; a coffee powder container provided detachably at a lower portion of the water container and configured to contain the coffee powder and form a moving path of the water drained by the drain portions; and a coffee receiving container provided detachably at a lower portion of the coffee powder container and configured to pass through the coffee powder and receive the extracted coffee.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube fiber and methods for preparing the same. In one embodiment, a method for preparing a carbon nanotube fiber comprises reacting a carbon source in the presence of a catalyst and a catalytic activator to form carbon nanotube aggregates, contacting the carbon nanotube aggregates with graphene oxide, and forming the carbon nanotube aggregates in contact with the graphene oxide into a carbon nanotube fiber.

Abstract: An electronic device and an audio system comprising the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a microphone; a communicator performing communication with an external electronic device, and a processor configured to, based on receiving, via the microphone, an audio signal generated in a surroundings of the microphone and an audio signal of an inaudible frequency band which the external electronic device outputs through a speaker connected to the external electronic device, remove audio signals of remaining frequency bands except for the inaudible frequency band from the received audio signals and control the communicator to transmit an audio signal of the inaudible frequency band to the external electronic device.

Abstract: A method of controlling a photoacoustic imaging diagnosis apparatus includes irradiating to an object an optical signal having a wavelength corresponding to an optical energy absorption wavelength of a contrast medium that is injected to the object; receiving a photoacoustic signal generated from the object in response to the optical signal; generating scan information representing an intensity of the photoacoustic signal based on the photoacoustic signal; determining a damage degree of the object by using a variation in the intensity of the photoacoustic signal during a preset time period included in the scan information; and displaying the damage degree of the object.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing a circuit board included in a battery management system. The circuit board includes a first test point connected in common to one end of a first resistor, one end of a first capacitor and one end of a second resistor; a second test point connected in common to the other end of the second resistor and one end of a second capacitor; a third test point connected to the other end of the first resistor; and a fourth test point connected in common to the other end of the first capacitor and the other end of the second capacitor. The apparatus determines an open-circuit fault of at least one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor based on a first diagnosis voltage between the first and fourth test points and a second diagnosis voltage between the second and fourth test points.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modification polymerization initiator and a method for preparing the same, and the modification polymerization initiator includes a derived unit from a compound represented by Formula 1 and may include various functional groups in a molecule, and thus, may initiate polymerization reaction and introduce a functional group into a polymer chain at the same time.

Abstract: A laser machining nozzle includes: a nozzle body coupled to a machining head; and a flow path formed through the nozzle body in a longitudinal axis of the nozzle body to allow a machining-assist gas to be injected toward a workpiece therethrough while a laser beam is emitted toward the workpiece, wherein the flow path comprises a first flow path formed in a flow direction of the machining-assist gas and generating a supersonic flow of the machining-assist gas; a second flow path connected to the first flow path in the flow direction of the machining-assist gas and expanding a volume of the machining-assist gas having passed through the first flow path; and a flow path boundary defining a boundary between the first flow path and the second flow path.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a MRI contrast agent for a liver cancer-specific imaging diagnosis including manganese silicate which releases manganese ion (Mn2+) under acidic conditions, and a method of characterizing liver tissue using the MRI contrast agent. In a relatively short time, T1-weighted images show different patterns depending on the tissue-specificity such as vascularity, cell density, mitochondrial activity, hepatocellular affinity and the like in normal liver tissues and lesion liver tissues (especially hepatic tumors), and thus, the disease-specific characteristics of liver cancers can be analyzed at appropriate times by analyzing the T1-weighted images. It is expected to be very useful for differentiating the liver cancer types or evaluating the therapeutic effect. Furthermore, it is expected to be useful for diagnosing the diseases occurring in organs other than liver based on the tissue-specificity.

Abstract: An encryption security protocol-based communication method of supporting integrity verification between a client and a server includes receiving, by the server, a first message from the client, the first message including a request for a first integrity verification of the client so as to start a handshake of a transport layer security (TLS) connection, transmitting, by the server, a second message to the client, the second message including a request for first verification information for the first integrity verification, receiving, by the server, the first verification information from the client, and performing the first integrity verification by using the first verification information, and finishing the handshake and performing data communication between the client and the server based on a result of the first integrity verification.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes a memory; a processor comprising arithmetic logic units (ALUs); and a hardware accelerator configured to perform an arithmetic logic operation by using shared ALUs that are not used by the processor among the ALUs.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal element. The liquid crystal element includes a first substrate, a first electrode provided on the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided on the first electrode and including a liquid crystal portion and a hydrophobic portion, and a second electrode on the liquid crystal layer, wherein the hydrophobic portion is phase-separated from the liquid crystal portion, wherein the liquid crystal portion includes polymer materials, a first dye, and liquid crystal molecules dispersed in the polymer materials, wherein the hydrophobic portion is spaced apart from the first electrode, wherein the hydrophobic portion includes hydrophobic materials and a second dye, wherein the first dye is dissolved in the polymer materials, wherein the second dye is dissolved in the hydrophobic portion, wherein the polymer materials include photo-curable polymer materials.

Abstract: Provided is an adenosine-high production. Paecilomyces hepiali Cs4 strain isolated from Cordyceps sinensis [accession number: KCTC 13285BP].

Abstract: A control method of an optical connector and a display apparatus is provided. More particularly, a control method of an optical connector and a display apparatus for changing output of audio according to combination of an optical cable and the optical connector may be provided. Some of the example embodiments provide a control method of an optical connector and a display apparatus which may output audio through one of an internal speaker and an external apparatus connected via an optical cable according to combination of an optical cable and an optical connector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the strength of a carbon nanotube fiber aggregate, wherein the strength of the carbon nanotube fiber aggregate can be improved by controlling the molar ratio of the carbon source to reducing gas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt, including a step of dissolving bis(chlorosulfonyl)imide in an organic solvent in a non-glass vessel to prepare a first reaction solution; a step of injecting lithium fluoride (LiF) to the first reaction solution in the non-glass vessel and refluxing while heating to prepare a second reaction solution; a step of separating a product including a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt and the organic solvent from the second reaction solution; and a step of obtaining the lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt in a solid phase from the product, wherein the organic solvent is at least one or more selected from the group consisting of ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, chloroform, dichloromethane, dichloroethane, benzene, xylene and acetonitrile.

Abstract: A contrast composition for photoacoustic imaging includes a photoacoustic contrast agent and a gelling agent.

Abstract: An electronic device and an audio system comprising the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a microphone; a communicator performing communication with an external electronic device, and a processor configured to, based on receiving, via the microphone, an audio signal generated in a surroundings of the microphone and an audio signal of an inaudible frequency band which the external electronic device outputs through a speaker connected to the external electronic device, remove audio signals of remaining frequency bands except for the inaudible frequency band from the received audio signals and control the communicator to transmit an audio signal of the inaudible frequency band to the external electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modification polymerization initiator and a method for preparing the same, and the modification polymerization initiator includes a derived unit from a compound represented by Formula 1 and may include various functional groups in a molecule, and thus, may initiate polymerization reaction and introduce a functional group into a polymer chain at the same time. In addition, the preparation method according to the present invention may prepare the modification polymerization initiator with high purity in high yield.