Abstract: Provided herein is an orthodontic aligning appliance for moving tooth or teeth of a patient and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: Provided are a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer having excellent hydrolysis resistance and high viscosity which has a carboxyl end group (CEG) content of 15 mg KOH/g or less, a ratio (Mz/Mn) of a z-average molecular weight (Mz) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 3 to 15, and a melt index (MI) of 5 g/10 min or less as measured under conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D 1238. A method of preparing a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester copolymer is provided, including adding a chain extender and an anti-hydrolysis agent to an aliphatic-aromatic polyester pre-copolymer over time, whereby a significant viscosity rise and improvement of hydrolysis resistance may be implemented simultaneously.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for refining waste plastic pyrolysis oil, the method including (S1) subjecting a waste plastic pyrolysis oil feedstock to a heat treatment by charging the waste plastic pyrolysis oil feedstock into a rotary kiln reactor and increasing a temperature of the rotary kiln reactor to form a product; (S2) recovering a gas component from the product of step (S1); (S3) separating a high boiling point wax component from the recovered gas component and re-supplying the separated high boiling point wax component to the rotary kiln reactor in step (S1); and (S4) recovering refined oil from the gas component from which the high boiling point wax component is removed.

Abstract: Disclosed is fucosyllactose having antiviral activity and inhibitory activity against viral infection, and a method for preventing or treating a viral infection by administering a composition including fucosyllactose as an active ingredient to a subject in need thereof. It was found that 2?-fucosyllactose and 3-fucosyllactose, which are human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), have antiviral activity, and in particular, 3-fucosyllactose in vitro and in vivo exhibits much higher antiviral activity and inhibitory activity against viral infection compared to 2?-fucosyllactose and is thus useful as an antiviral agent.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an emergency core cooling system (ECCS) valve provided between a reactor vessel of a system-integrated modular advanced reactor (SMART) and a small containment vessel formed to surround the reactor vessel so that a coolant is filled in a space between the reactor vessel and the small containment vessel in the event of a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) includes an outer shell connected to the reactor vessel and formed to protrude toward the small containment vessel and having a connector formed therein so as to communicatively connect an inside of the reactor vessel to an inside of the small containment vessel, an inner shell provided inside the outer shell at a preset distance from an inner wall of the outer shell, a piston movably constrained and inserted through a piston opening formed in the inner shell at a position facing the connector of the outer shell to open and close the connector, and a spring provided on an outer circumferential surface of the p

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: The present invention relates to a surface energy measurement instrument configured to apply a measurement reagent to a surface of metal foil to measure surface energy of the metal foil, the surface energy measurement instrument including a main body unit configured to store and discharge the measurement reagent and an application unit configured to apply the measurement reagent to the surface of the metal foil, wherein the main body unit includes a reagent storage portion configured to store the measurement reagent, a reagent injection port located at an upper part of the reagent storage portion, a reagent discharge port located at a lower part of the reagent storage portion, and a discharge amount adjustment portion connected to the reagent discharge port, the discharge amount adjustment portion being configured to adjust the discharge amount of the measurement reagent to be discharged from the reagent storage portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for simulating thermal wrinkles of an electrode sheet and a simulation method using the same, and more particularly to an apparatus for simulating thermal wrinkles of an electrode sheet having an active material applied thereto generated during drying of the electrode sheet, the apparatus including an electrode sheet fixing unit configured to applying tensile load to the electrode sheet (S) so as to be stretched by a predetermined length in the state in which opposite ends of the electrode sheet are fixed, a temperature adjustment unit configured to heat the electrode sheet fixing unit to a predetermined temperature while wrapping the electrode sheet fixing unit, and a rail configured to move the temperature adjustment unit, and a simulation method using the same.

Abstract: A display panel includes an amorphous silicon gate driver in which a lower voltage than the gate-off voltage output from the gate driver is applied to an adjacent stage as a low voltage transmission signal.

Abstract: Provided are a device and method for tagging training data. The method includes detecting and tracking one or more objects included in a video using artificial intelligence (AI), when there is an object to be split in a result of tracking the detected objects, splitting the object in object units, and when there are identical objects to be merged among split objects, merging the objects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water treatment device, and more specifically to a water purifier capable of removing scale in a simple manner.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to: a radiation detector including a bendable radiation detecting panel and a radiation inspection apparatus including same. The radiation detector includes: a radiation detecting panel which is flexible, extending in a first direction, and detecting radiation incident to a first face; and a bending support unit which is plate-shaped, provided on a second face of the radiation detecting panel opposite to the first face to support the radiation detecting panel, and having a flexibility. The flexibility of the bending support unit is less than a flexibility of the radiation detecting panel.

Abstract: A display device includes a compensation value determiner which generates final compensation values for an input image, a timing controller which receives input grayscales of the input image and generate output grayscales by applying the final compensation values to the input grayscales, and a pixel unit which displays an output image corresponding to the output grayscales using pixels. The compensation value determiner determines weights based on display frequencies, display brightnesses, and the input grayscales, the compensation value determiner determines compensation values based on the display frequencies and positions of the pixels, and the compensation value determiner generates the final compensation values by applying the weights to the compensation values.

Abstract: Provided is a reflector/scatterer arranged around a side lobe beam which is generated from a transmission antenna, in a radiation direction of the side lobe beam, for use in expanding a communication service coverage area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plurality of host materials, organic electroluminescent compounds, and organic electroluminescent devices comprising the same. By comprising specific combinations of compounds according to the present disclosure as the plurality of host materials or by comprising a compound according to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide organic electroluminescent devices having improved lifespan characteristics compared to conventional organic electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: A method for decoding an image signal according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: determining whether there is a brightness change between a current image including a current block and a reference image of the current image; if it is determined that there is a brightness change between the current image and the reference image, determining weight prediction parameter candidates for the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter for the current block on the basis of index information which specifies any one of the weight prediction parameter candidates; and performing a prediction on the current block on the basis of the weight prediction parameter.

Abstract: A hydrogen storage system is disclosed and includes a storage unit including a plurality of unit storage containers, in which metal hydride materials are respectively provided in an interior thereof and which are connected to each other in parallel, and a thermal fluid line defining a thermal fluid passage, which passes via the plurality of unit storage containers continuously and through which a thermal fluid flows for heating or cooling the unit storage containers, thereby enhancing a storage performance and an efficiency of the hydrogen.

Abstract: Silicon oxide-based negative electrode active materials and negative electrodes for a secondary battery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a silicon oxide particle including a metal silicate; and a hydrocarbon coating layer on the silicon oxide particle, wherein a peak Pa in a Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectral analysis of the negative electrode active material is detected in a range from 2880 cm?1 to 2950 cm?1 and a peak Pb in a FT-IR spectral analysis of the negative electrode active material is detected in a range from 2800 cm?1 to 2865 cm?1.

Abstract: A hydrogen storage device includes a storage container having an accommodation space in an interior thereof, a first metal hydride material provided in the interior of the storage container and that stores hydrogen, and a second metal hydride material provided in the interior of the storage container and that stores the hydrogen at a pressure that is different from that of the first metal hydride material. An advantageous effect of restraining an excessive rise of a pressure of the storage container and enhancing safety and reliability may be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides an unloading valve assembly that configures a compression area divided for each control input and opens a valve seat by a pressurizing rod of a piston that performs pressurization by a control input, thereby quickly and accurately exhausting compressed air through the unloading valve assembly and improving durability when closing the valve.