Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a CYP4A-inhibiting compound as an active ingredient for preventing or treating metabolic diseases, more specifically to a composition comprising the compound expressed by chemical formula 1 of the present invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient for preventing, ameliorating or treating metabolic diseases.

Abstract: A liquid metal ion source device for using bismuth and an alloy of the bismuth is provided. The liquid metal ion source device includes a base formed of an electrically insulating material, two electrodes connected to the base and configured to supply current, a needle mounted on the base and configured to pass through the base, a filament including a pair of connection rods connected to the two electrodes, respectively, a pair of support rods formed to be extended from the pair of connection rods, respectively, and provided in a direction away from the base and towards the needle, and a filament head connecting the pair of support rods to one another and having a shape curved toward the base, and a reservoir configured to accommodate at least a portion of the filament head inside the reservoir and store a liquid metal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anode active material for a sodium secondary battery, which has a layered crystal structure and is formed of nanoplatelets containing iron oxide having organic anions, and in which the nanoplatelets are provided in plural numbers and formed in a stacking structure spaced apart at a first interval.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a biomarker for diagnosis of oral cancer, using metabolite profiling and, more specifically, to a biomarker composition containing an acyl carnitine metabolite which varies in quantity upon the onset of oral cancer, and a diagnostic method for oral cancer, using same. The present disclosure allows for the early diagnosis of oral cancer which has been conventionally difficult to diagnose due to the impossible tissue biopsy thereof, and can reduce the pain and risk burden of patients because it uses a liquid biopsy method in which a blood sample is collected and analyzed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a neovascular-targeting contrast medium composition and a method for preparing same. The neovascular-targeting contrast medium composition according to the present invention exhibits high binding force to neovascularization-associated ?v?3 integrin, excellent tissue permeability and biostability, enables simple measurement in vitro, in vivo, or ex vivo, and thus is effective in the detection of neovascularization and in diagnosing diseases associated therewith, and therefore may be usefully employed in the relevant industries.

Abstract: Disclosed are a helium gas liquefier and a method for liquefying a helium gas. The disclosed helium gas liquefier includes: a first cooling part including a first cooling column; a first cold head installed on the first cooling column, and a first cylinder in which the first cooling column and the first cold head are built; a second cooling part including a second cooling column, a second cold head installed on the second cooling column, and a second cylinder in which the second cooling column and the second cold head are built; and a liquid helium storage disposed under the second cooling part.

Abstract: A spiral phase plate, according to one embodiment, for generating a Laguerre Gaussian beam by reflecting an incident beam emitted from a light source, may comprise: a first quadrant area in which the step height increase rate per unit angle decreases progressively in one direction from the point with the lowest step height to the point with the highest step height; and a second quadrant area in which the step height increase rate per unit angle increases progressively in the one direction.

Abstract: A battery cell measurement module includes a lower housing having a connection part and a fixing part connected to the lower housing. An upper portion of the fixing part has a battery cell accommodation space accommodating a battery cell. The fixing part includes a connection hole that is in communication with the battery cell accommodation space and has the connection part arranged therein. Module includes a height control part that extends from the battery cell accommodation space to the connection part via the connection hole. Module includes an upper housing detachably attached to the lower housing, arranged to surround the fixing part and the height control part, and provided with a transparent window. The battery cell has an opening in an upper surface of the battery cell and is accommodated in the battery cell accommodation space such that the opening is located at a position vertically overlapping the transparent window.

Abstract: Method of increasing platelet counts in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that inhibits Biliverdin reductase B (BLVRB) activity by blocking a binding site of BLVRB or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound does not contain xanthene or acridine moiety is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomarker for diagnosis of overactive bladder (OAB) disease, and a method for screening a drug using the biomarker. The markers described in the present invention can effectively detect or diagnose the onset of OAB by distinguishing them from normal populations. In particular, OAB-specific protein markers released into urine enable simple and rapid OAB diagnosis in a non-invasive manner. In addition, by selecting an agent that changes, particularly normalizes the expression and activity of the markers selected in the present invention, more effective preventative or therapeutic agents of OAB disease can be screened.

Abstract: Provided are an anode active material for secondary battery which includes porous iron oxide nanoparticles, a manufacturing method thereof, and a secondary battery including the same. The anode active material for secondary battery of the present disclosure minimizes a volume change of iron oxide caused by intercalation and deintercalation of lithium even during consecutive charges and discharges and thus can improve the capacity and lifespan characteristics of a secondary battery employing the anode active material. Further, the manufacturing method of an anode active material for secondary battery makes it possible to manufacture an anode active material for secondary battery including iron oxide nanoparticles in an environmentally friendly and simple manner and thus makes it possible to mass-produce the anode active material.

Abstract: A mass spectrometry system includes a sample holder provided in a vacuum changer and on which a sample is disposed, an irradiator configured to perform sputtering or ionization on the sample, an analyzer configured to analyze an ionized sample generated from the sample by the irradiator, and a controller configured to control the irradiator or the analyzer and perform a first process and a second process. The first process is to determine position information of materials in the sample by irradiating a laser or ion beam to a portion of the sample, and the second process is to irradiate a laser or ion beam of a first output value to another portion of the sample in a section in which the materials in the sample change and irradiate a laser or ion beam of a second output value in other sections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a neovascular-targeting contrast medium composition and a method for preparing same. The neovascular-targeting contrast medium composition according to the present invention exhibits high binding force to neovascularization-associated ?v?3 integrin, excellent tissue permeability and biostability, enables simple measurement in vitro, in vivo, or ex vivo, and thus is effective in the detection of neovascularization and in diagnosing diseases associated therewith, and therefore may be usefully employed in the relevant industries.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ?v?3 integrin targeting single-domain antibody and various applications thereof. The ?v?3 integrin targeting single-domain antibody exhibits high binding ability to ?v?3 integrin related to angiogenesis, excellent tissue permeability, and biostability compared to conventional antibodies. Further, the single-domain antibody may be combined with fluorescent particles and thus may be easily measured in vitro, in vivo or ex vivo, and may be effective in detecting angiogenesis and diagnosing angiogenesis related diseases, therefore it may be usefully used in related industries.

Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-mode thermal imaging device and an operation method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a first mode, a first sample is scanned with an optical signal from a light source, signals reflected from the first sample by the scanning are detected separately for each wavelength, a reflectance change spectrum according to the wavelength is derived on the basis of the signals detected separately for each wavelength, a wavelength is selected on the basis of the derived reflectance change spectrum, and a thermal image of the first sample is obtained, through a filter, by detecting an optical signal limited to the selected wavelength from among the signals reflected from the first sample. In a second mode, thermal radiation of a second sample is detected to obtain a thermal image of the second sample.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a diamond knife for an ultra-microtome, including determining a shape and size of a knife, performing a multiphase flow analysis on movement of a droplet at a fore-end of the knife with the determined shape and size, processing a fine pattern to ensure hydrophobic property according to a result of the flow analysis, and grinding a blade of the knife after the processing of the fine pattern to minimize an interval between the pattern and the blade and, thus, a knife blade is always maintained in a wet state due to a droplet movement between a hydrophobic fine pattern and a hydrophilic surface to continuously generate ultrathin slices.

Abstract: The preset invention relates to a high resolution mass spectrometry based novel bioinformatics platform for the identification of glycation proteins and advanced glycation end-product. Particularly, the bioinformatics platform of the present invention facilitates an efficient and accurate investigation of quantitative changes of glycation proteins and advanced glycation end-products which are included in various types of samples but had not been informed yet, and uses a high resolution mass spectrometry, and thereby can be effectively used for the prediction or diagnosis of a disease including cancer by examining a disease marker in a sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bioinformation processing analysis method for the identification and quantification of O-linked glycopeptide using high resolution mass spectrum. Particularly, according to the bioinformation processing analysis method of the present invention, the quantitative changes of O-linked glycopeptide containing non-informed sugar chains included in various samples can be efficiently and accurately analyzed; the prediction or diagnosis of disease including cancer can be made easy by using a high resolution mass spectrometer; or the investigation of O-linked glycopeptide structure of a therapeutic glycoprotein can be efficiently achieved.

Abstract: A battery cell measurement module includes a lower housing having a connection part and a fixing part connected to the lower housing. An upper portion of the fixing part has a battery cell accommodation space accommodating a battery cell. The fixing part includes a connection hole that is in communication with the battery cell accommodation space and has the connection part arranged therein. Module includes a height control part that extends from the battery cell accommodation space to the connection part via the connection hole. Module includes an upper housing detachably attached to the lower housing, arranged to surround the fixing part and the height control part, and provided with a transparent window. The battery cell has an opening in an upper surface of the battery cell and is accommodated in the battery cell accommodation space such that the opening is located at a position vertically overlapping the transparent window.

Abstract: A battery cell measurement module for in-situ optical and electrochemical analysis includes a lower housing including a battery cell accommodation space therein, an upper cover that is detachably attached to the lower housing and provided with a transparent window, and a battery cell block that is arranged in the battery cell accommodation space. The battery cell block includes a first electrode base portion, a second electrode base portion, and a battery stack arranged between the first electrode base portion and the second electrode base portion. The first electrode base portion, the battery stack, and the second electrode base portion are sequentially arranged in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the transparent window such that a thickness direction of the battery stack is arranged parallel to the upper surface of the transparent window.