Abstract: Provided is a bioelectrode having excellent mechanical and chemical durability as well as excellent air permeability and flexibility, and specifically, the bioelectrode includes: a nanofiber elastic mesh sheet including a polymer nanofiber formed by electrospinning; a first metal nanowire network which is embedded on the nanofiber elastic mesh sheet, but is at least partially exposed to the outside; and an uneven layer resulting from a second metal which is placed on the first metal nanowire network exposed to the outside.

Abstract: Disclosed are a continuous-time delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter and an operation method thereof. More particularly, a continuous-time delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter, including: a linear integrator configured to generate a first output signal corresponding to a preset input voltage based on an operation of a linear Gm circuit that receives the preset input voltage; and a quantizer configured to generate a second output signal corresponding to the first output signal based on an operation of a body-driven VCO that receives the first output signal and to generate a digital output code corresponding to the second output signal based on an operation of a Frequency to Digital Converter (FDC) that receives the second output signal is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon structure, which can stably support a high content of sulfur in pores and has excellent electrical conductivity properties, wherein the carbon structure is a polyhedron, of which the center on at least one side is concave, and is a highly graphitized nitrogen-doped porous carbon structure. Therefore, the stability of lithium-sulfur batteries can be improved by effectively suppressing a s shuttle phenomenon occurring during an electrochemical reaction of lithium-sulfur batteries containing, as a cathode active material, the carbon structure supporting sulfur as well as minimizing the volume change resulting from sulfur and reduced lithium sulfide.

Abstract: Provided are an odorant receptor marker of microglia and a use thereof, and according to the odorant receptor marker of microglia and a use thereof according to one aspect, microglia may be detected by measuring an activity or expression level of a protein of an odorant receptor (OR) Olfr110 or Olfr111, and OR ligands of microglia may be selected using them, and an inhibitor or activator against the interaction between the OR and 2-pentylfuran is effectively used in treatment of a neuroinflammatory disease or meningitis.

Abstract: A magnetron sputtering device according to the present disclosure includes a chamber having a vacuum state therein, a gas supply pipe configured to supply argon (Ar) gas into the chamber, a sputtering head provided within the chamber and including a sputtering target and a magnetic body disposed on a bottom end of the sputtering target to generate a magnetic field, a power supply configured to supply current to the sputtering target to generate plasma, a cooling device including a refrigerant pipe, through which refrigerant circulating from outside the chamber to the sputtering head, flows and configured to cool the sputtering head to a low temperature, a sputtering shield surrounding an area of the refrigerant pipe located outside the chamber and including a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet communicating with the refrigerant pipe, wherein the sputtering shield including a communication hole communicating with the chamber to have a vacuum state therein and the refrigerant pipe delivers the refrigera

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of Olfr164 for the prevention or treatment of sepsis, a method for the prevention or treatment of sepsis, a use of Olfr164 as a marker for selecting sepsis therapeutic agents, a screening method for sepsis therapeutics using same, and a transgenic animal in which Olfr164 is knocked out. The composition comprising Olfr164 inhibitor can effectively prevent or treat sepsis. Additionally, sepsis therapeutics can be effectively screened by comparing the expression level or activity of Olfr164 before and after administering the candidate substance.

Abstract: Provided are a nitrogen-doped composite having a high degree of ordering and a method for producing the same. The composite includes a carbon support and a nitrogen-doped nanoparticle supported on the carbon support, wherein the nanoparticle includes an alloy including platinum and a metal other than platinum and has a coercivity of 7 kOe or more.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a lithium metal battery, the electrode including: a current collector; and a silica layer containing plate-like porous silica, wherein pores of the plate-like porous silica have a cylindrical structure, and a lithium metal battery including the same. The formation of lithium dendrites on a surface of a negative electrode is prevented, such that stability of the battery may be improved and long-term cycle performance and rate capability may be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a guidewire steering micro-robot. The guidewire steering micro-robot includes a guidewire, and a steering unit provided at an end portion of the guidewire, the steering unit including a magnetic body to control and steer a position of the guidewire by an external magnetic field.

Abstract: Memory systems and methods for operating the same. A memory system comprises a first memory, a second memory having an operating speed different from that of the first memory, a storage unit configured to store an instruction, a prefetcher configured to update prefetcher data in response to occurrence of cache hits and a processor configured to execute the instruction stored in the storage unit. When the instruction is executed, the processor is configured to generate prefetcher friendly data by filtering the prefetcher data, set a prefetcher friendly bit in a first pointer area corresponding to the first memory and a second pointer area corresponding to the second memory based on the prefetcher friendly data, and determine whether data of the first pointer area and the second pointer area are migrated, in consideration of a reference bit and the prefetcher friendly bit of the first and second pointer areas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for culturing neural stem cells into spheroids, the method including: culturing neural stem cells in a culture vessel coated with a protein containing a VGVPG pentapeptide and an RGD integrin receptor ligand; and isolating the neural stem cells that are aggregated and formed into spheroids during the culturing.

Abstract: Disclosed are a spiral curve type music sheet in which different notes are displayed at different positions on a spiral curve based on the pitches of notes, and an apparatus and method for providing a spiral curve type music sheet. The apparatus for providing a spiral curve type music sheet may include a memory configured to store a spiral curve type music sheet in which different notes are displayed at different positions on a spiral curve based on the pitch of the note and note data, and a processor configured to determine the note symbol position related to the note data on the spiral curve in the spiral curve type music sheet based on the frequency of the note data.

Abstract: Disclosed is an input impedance boosting apparatus. More particularly, an input impedance boosting apparatus including an analog-to-digital converter; an input capacitor connected to an input terminal of the analog-to-digital converter and a ground line and including a first shielding metal formed thereunder; a feedback capacitor connected onto a positive feedback loop of the analog-to-digital converter and including a second shielding metal formed thereunder; and an impedance booster connected to both ends of the feedback capacitor and configured to boost an input impedance based on a first parasitic component formed between the input capacitor and the first shielding metal and a second parasitic component formed between the feedback capacitor and the second shielding metal is provided.

Abstract: An electrode catalyst is configured such that non-noble metal particles, noble metal particles or nitride-doped noble metal particles are supported on a carbon support, wherein the carbon support has a 2D planar crystal structure or a 3D polyhedral crystal structure and is doped with nitrogen, thereby exhibiting increased catalytic activity.

Abstract: An electrode catalyst is configured such that non-noble metal particles, noble metal particles or nitride-doped noble metal particles are supported on a carbon support, wherein the carbon support has a 2D planar crystal structure or a 3D polyhedral crystal structure and is doped with nitrogen, thereby exhibiting increased catalytic activity.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell-single cell including an anode separator, a cathode separator, an integrated gasket-membrane electrode assembly (MEA) which is disposed between the anode separator and the cathode separator and in which an ion exchange process takes place, an anode hydrogen supply channel disposed between the anode separator and the integrated gasket-membrane electrode assembly to allow hydrogen to be supplied to the anode separator therethrough, and a porous separator disposed between the cathode separator and the integrated gasket-membrane electrode assembly. The airtightness of the reaction gas, the efficiency of the ion exchange reaction, and the convenience of maintenance are improved by introducing the integrated gasket-membrane electrode assembly and the porous separator into the internal structure of the fuel cell.

Abstract: A customized electrical stimulation providing system includes: an electrical stimulation request input unit receiving electrical stimulation mode selection information; an electrical stimulation control unit setting an electrical stimulation control variable according to the electrical stimulation mode selection information and generating a control signal; and an electrical stimulation providing means receiving the control signal generated by the electrical stimulation control unit and providing electrical stimulation, wherein the electrical stimulation mode selection information includes at least one of a beauty mode (muscle loss mode) and a muscle strengthening mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to enhancing the anticancer function of a natural killer (NK) cell through the regulation of an antioxidant mechanism and confirms that, in comparison to a conventional NK cell, anticancer activity is enhanced in an NK cell having increased antioxidant activity due to the removal of the keap 1 gene or due to having been cultured in a medium containing an antioxidant material, and can thus be useful as a composition for preventing, treating, or alleviating cancer.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a switching device based on spin-orbit torque; and a method for manufacturing same. A switching device based on spin-orbit torque according to an embodiment comprises: a heavy metal input terminal extending in a first direction; and an information terminal extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the heavy metal input terminal and having a ferromagnetic layer, wherein the information terminal includes a first region adjacent to the heavy metal input terminal and a second region not adjacent to the heavy metal input terminal, and magnetization reversal of the ferromagnetic layer can be controlled on the basis of a non-uniform spin Hall effect (SHE) caused by the first region and the second region.

Abstract: Provided is a store device for digital therapeutic object including a processor, a storage unit configured to store a digital therapeutic object, and a memory electrically connected to the processor, at least one piece of code executed by the processor being stored in the memory, in which the memory stores the code causing the processor to process an XML-based DPR message requesting any one of registration, update of registration, abandonment of registration, usage, and abandonment of usage of the digital therapeutic object from a first external device.