Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating apparatus including a cigarette insertion portion into which a cigarette is insertable; and a vaporizer configured to heat a liquid composition to generate aerosol and discharge the generated aerosol toward the inserted cigarette such that the generated aerosol passes through the cigarette inserted into the cigarette insertion portion, and a cradle for receiving the aerosol generating apparatus.

Abstract: A method for forming a tandem sub for a perforating gun system includes forming a tubular housing including a longitudinal first end, a longitudinal second end opposite the first end, a central passage defined by an inner surface that forms a seal bore defining a minimum inner diameter of the central passage and an annular receptacle, wherein the housing is connectable to an outer housing of a perforating gun, and installing a pass-thru assembly including an electrically conductive signal bar and a surrounding electrical insulator in the central passage of the housing whereby a radial gap is formed between an outer surface of the insulator of the pass-thru assembly at a longitudinal end of the pass-thru assembly and a portion of the inner surface of the housing defining the receptacle.

Abstract: An electronic device according to one embodiment comprises: a cartridge accommodation unit for accommodating a cartridge in which an emulsion is contained; a crushing circuit including a crushing element capable of crushing at least a part of the cartridge arranged in the cartridge accommodation unit; a microneedle for discharging, to the outside of the electronic device, the emulsion to be exposed by the crushing of at least the part of the cartridge; a processor for generating a crushing signal; and a transmission circuit for transmitting the crushing signal to the crushing circuit, wherein the crushing circuit further comprises an infrared (IR) lamp emitting IR rays, and the processor can generate a lamp signal that controls the infrared lamp.

Abstract: According to an example, to generate an aerosol, microwaves of a preset frequency are generated by using an oscillator the generated microwaves supplied to a resonator formed by a cavity between an outer conductor and a central conductor via a microwave coupler, the microwaves are resonated through the resonator to generated an amplified electromagnetic field, and an aerosol-generating substrate inserted such that the electromagnetic field is adjacent to the central conductor is heated to generate an aerosol.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a liquid storage configured to store an aerosol generating material; a first residual amount detection sensor and a second residual amount detection sensor respectively arranged on a first inner surface and a second inner surface that face each other among inner surfaces of the liquid storage; a third residual amount detection sensor and a fourth residual amount detection sensor respectively arranged on a third inner surface and a fourth inner surface of the liquid storage that face each other and are different from the first inner surface and the second inner surface of the liquid storage; and a controller configured to measure a remaining amount of the aerosol generating material based on a first detected value output by the first residual amount detection sensor and a second detected value output by the second residual amount detection sensor.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a smoking article including a tube filter includes preparing a smoking material portion, a first tube filter flavored by a first flavoring liquid, and a mouthpiece flavored by a second flavoring liquid; and combining and packaging the smoking material portion, the first tube filter, and the mouthpiece with a wrapper, wherein the preparing comprises applying the first flavoring liquid inside the first tube filter through a hollow of the first tube filter.

Abstract: An inhaler according to an embodiment comprises: a housing provided with one surface, the other surface facing the surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting one surface to the other surface; a canister which is attached in the housing to be replaceable and accommodates an inhalable composition; a storage to which the canister is connected to be opened/closed and which stores the inhalable composition; a lever which controls the opening/closing operations of the canister; and a counter arranged between the canister and the lever to be rotatable, wherein the counter is rotated by a certain angle according to the operation of the lever so as to provide notification of the remaining amount of the inhalable composition in the canister.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a packaging for accommodating an aerosol delivering article. The packaging includes a base paper; a first coating layer on a top of the base paper; and a second coating layer on a bottom of the base paper, the second coating layer includes a water resistant agent, and the aerosol delivering article includes tobacco granules having a pH of 8 or greater.

Abstract: An inhaler according to an embodiment comprises: a housing provided with one surface, the opposite surface facing the one surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the one surface and the opposite surface; a canister that is mounted inside the housing so as to be replaceable and accommodates an inhalable composition; a reservoir that is connected to the canister and stores the inhalable composition supplied from the canister; a relief valve that is installed in the reservoir and operates to open and close off the reservoir with respect to the outside; and a cover, one side of which is rotatably coupled to the housing and the other side of which is detachably coupled to a location corresponding to the bottom surface of the canister. The cover can be opened to remove the canister from the housing after opening the relief valve.

Abstract: An inhaler according to an embodiment comprises: a housing provided with one surface, the other surface facing the surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting one surface to the other surface; a mouthpiece arranged on one surface of the housing; a storage which is in communication with the mouthpiece and stores an inhalable composition; and a canister which accommodates the inhalable composition which is to be stored in the storage and is connected to the storage to be opened/closed, wherein the canister can be coupled to the storage to be attachable/detachable in the housing.

Abstract: This high-pressure cleaning device comprises: a main body; a cover covering the upper portion of the main body; a cleaning tank formed between the main body and the cover; and a cleaning assembly disposed in the cleaning tank, wherein the cleaning assembly comprises a base in which an object to be cleaned is disposed and a first cleaning module for cleaning the object to be cleaned. The first cleaning module comprises: a cleaning liquid supply pipe; a rotating disc comprising a first surface that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the cleaning liquid supply pipe, a second surface formed at the opposite side to the first surface, and a side surface formed between the first surface and the second surface; a plurality of cleaning nozzles formed in parallel to the rotary shaft of the rotating disc; and a plurality of propulsion nozzles formed to be inclined with respect to the rotary shaft of the rotating disc, wherein the rotating disc can be rotated due to the injection from the propulsion nozzles.

Abstract: A carbon-based aerogel doped or enriched with nitrogen and phosphorus is provided. Further, kits comprising the aerogel and oil-degrading bacteria are provided. Use of the kits for at least partially degrading a crude oil or a crude oil fraction is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device of the disclosure includes a housing having an insertion space defined therein, a capacitance sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to the insertion space, a memory storing a plurality of temperature profiles, a heater configured to heat a stick inserted into the insertion space, and a controller. The controller determines the amount of moisture contained in the stick based on a signal received from the capacitance sensor, and determines a target temperature of the heater based on a temperature profile corresponding to the determined amount of moisture. In at least part of a predetermined initial heating period, a first target temperature based on a first temperature profile corresponding to a first moisture amount exceeds a second target temperature based on a second temperature profile corresponding to a second moisture amount, which is larger than the first moisture amount.

Abstract: As an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is disclosed an aerosol generating device including: a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substrate; a storage unit configured to store information regarding a first time period and a second time period for controlling a temperature of the heater; and a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater, wherein the controller, when the first time period time elapses after the temperature of the heater reaches the first target temperature, changes the temperature of the heater to a second target temperature for the second time period, and the sum of the first time period and the second time period is a time period in a preset change.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device includes a cartridge having an inlet formed at a lower portion thereof; a housing, which has a reception space into which the cartridge is inserted; a base having a bottom surface and an inner circumferential surface, which surround a lower portion of the reception space, wherein the inner circumferential surface has a sensing hole; a flow sensor, which is disposed inside the housing, and is connected to the reception space through the sensing hole to detect air that flows toward the inlet from the base; and a flow guide, which projects upwards from the bottom surface of the base to surround the inlet, and is open toward the sensing hole.

Abstract: Embodiments pertain to systems configured to and methods for analyzing a scene comprising one or more objects. The system may be configured to perform the following: obtaining a set of optically encrypted image data describing a scene, including applying an optical manipulation to light incoming to an image acquisition device, whereby the image acquisition device outputs the set of optically encrypted image data, and wherein the optical manipulation is based on an encryption key; providing the set of optically encrypted image data to a machine learning model trained in accordance with the encryption key; and receiving from the machine learning model a prediction related to the scene.

Abstract: One embodiment monitors the temperature of a space in which an aerosol-forming substrate is located, in order to heat the aerosol-forming substrate and, when the heating of a second aerosol-forming substrate newly inserted in the space begins, a current compensation value is calculated on the basis of a change in the temperature of the space, a compensation current profile is generated by adjusting an initial current profile on the basis of the current compensation value, and a current supplied to a heating part may be controlled on the basis of the compensation current profile.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing tobacco granules includes manufacturing ground tobacco by grinding raw tobacco, manufacturing a mixture including the ground tobacco and a solvent, manufacturing tobacco granules by using the mixture, and freeze-drying the tobacco granules.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating article, which includes a first medium portion including first aerosol generating materials, and a second medium portion arranged adjacent to one end of the first medium portion and including second aerosol generating materials, and an aerosol generating device, which includes a housing including an accommodation space configured to accommodate the aerosol generating article, and a heating element arranged to surround at least a part of the aerosol generating article accommodated in the accommodation space to heat the aerosol generating article, wherein an area of the heating element surrounding the first medium portion is different from an area of the heating element surrounding the second medium portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for increasing the expression of a growth factor gene, which contains core-shell structured microparticles as an active ingredient. When administered in vivo along with a growth factor gene, the composition for increasing the expression of a growth factor gene of the present disclosure can increase the expression of the co-administered gene by at least 30%. Especially, when administered along with at least one gene selected from a human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene, an isoform gene of the human hepatocyte growth factor and a variant gene thereof, or at least one gene selected from a human insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) gene, an isoform gene of the human insulin-like growth factor 1 and a variant gene thereof, which are appropriate for the present disclosure, the composition can increase the expression of the gene by at least 30%.