Abstract: A method of detecting a lamination defect of an electrode assembly in the initial stage, including: forming an insulating member having a predetermined width and a predetermined height in an overhang region of one end or two ends of one surface of a negative electrode; manufacturing an electrode assembly by sequentially laminating a separator and a positive electrode on one surface of the negative electrode; and determining whether there is a lamination defect in the electrode assembly by measuring a thickness of the electrode assembly. Also provided are an electrode assembly including an insulating member, and a battery cell including the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A biocompatible magnetic material containing an iron oxide nanoparticle and one or more biocompatible polymers, each having formula (I) below, covalently bonded to the iron oxide nanoparticle: in which each of variables R, L, x, and y is defined herein, the biocompatible magnetic material contains 4-15% Fe(II) ions relative to the total iron ions. Also disclosed in a method of preparing the biocompatible magnetic material.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a lower pack housing having a plurality of module regions; a plurality of thermally conductive resin layers disposed in respective ones of the plurality of module regions; and a plurality of cell blocks mounted on respective ones of the plurality of module regions at an upper side of the respective thermally conductive resin layer, wherein each of the plurality of cell blocks includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and an insulator that surrounds the battery cell stack.

Abstract: A composite panel for a battery pack including a composite panel for a battery pack provided on at least one side of a battery cell, and implemented by comprising: a heat dissipation sheet part; a heating sheet part including a heating circuit pattern formed in a predetermined area; and a sensor unit for detecting any one or more of external temperature and swelling of the battery cell. According to this, the composite panel for the battery pack and the battery pack comprising same can simultaneously express the effects of detecting the temperature and swelling of the battery cell by including the sensor unit, and very easily controlling the temperature of the battery cell by having excellent heat dissipation characteristics by including the heat dissipation sheet part, and predetermined heat generation due to the heating sheet part.

Abstract: A temperature control apparatus and a temperature control system include at least one liquid storage device for storing liquid, at least two liquid supply devices, and a controller. Each liquid supply device is connected to the at least one liquid storage device through a first multiport valve to obtain liquid and is connected to a temperature regulating device through a second multiport valve. The controller is configured to control the first multiport valve and the second multiport valve that are connected to the controller to be conducted or not to be conducted. When the first multiport valve and the second multiport valve are conducted, each liquid supply device outputs the obtained liquid to the temperature regulating device. The temperature regulating device regulates a temperature of the liquid injected by each liquid storage device, and then supplies the liquid to at least one battery system.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery electrode includes a powder supply step, a vibration step, a sorting step, a moving step, and a deposition step, in the powder supply step, a powder 60 composed of granulated particles is supplied, in the vibration step, vibration is applied to the powder, in the sorting step, the powder is caused to pass through at least one opening H1, H2 to adjust a particle diameter of the granulated particles to a particle diameter that allows passing through the opening, in the moving step, the powder that has passed through the opening is moved from an outlet position P1 of the opening to a supply position P2 where the powder is supplied to the surface of a current collector 31, and in the deposition step, the powder is deposited on the surface of the current collector.

Abstract: The invention provides an anisotropic rare earth sintered magnet having an Nd2Fe14B-type compound crystal as a main phase and containing Ce, and exhibiting good magnetic characteristics, and a method for producing the same. The anisotropic rare earth sintered magnet has a composition of a formula Rx(Fe1?aCoa)100?x?y?zByMz (where R is two or more kinds of elements selected from rare earth elements and indispensably including Nd and Ce), in which the main phase is formed of an Nd2Fe14B-type compound crystal, main phase grains such that the Ce/R? ratio in the center part of the grains (where R? is one or more kinds of elements selected from rare earth elements and indispensably including Nd) is lower than the Ce/R? ratio in the outer shell part thereof exist, and a Ce-containing R?-rich phase and a Ce-containing R?(Fe,Co)2 phase exist in the grain boundary part. The production method is for producing the anisotropic rare earth sintered magnet.

Abstract: Discussed is an electrode assembly manufacturing method including an operation of stacking an electrode and separator to form an electrode stack and an operation of laminating the electrode stack while heating the electrode stack in order to manufacture an electrode assembly having increased force of coupling between the electrode and the separator while preventing damage to the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed are a test routes planning method and apparatus of a vehicle on actual roads, a medium and a device. The method includes the following steps: dividing road traffic scenes; calculating traffic scene characteristics based on the divided road traffic scenes; constructing a preliminary road selection database for test routes; and completing a planning of the test routes of the vehicle on the actual roads at different speeds in different traffic scenes by leveraging a genetic algorithm based on the preliminary road selection database for the test routes. The present disclosure provides a solution for planning the test routes of the vehicle on the actual roads. In the solution, the travel speed distribution of a user is obtained through calculation based on traffic flow big data, and the planning of the test routes on the actual roads in different traffic scenes is completed by leveraging the genetic algorithm.

Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The positive electrode active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium nickel-based composite oxide, wherein the positive electrode active material is in a form of a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated together and at least a portion of the primary particles are radially arranged, the secondary particle includes an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion of the secondary particle is a region from a center of the secondary particle to 50±5 length % of the total distance from the center to the surface of the secondary particle, and is a region in which primary particles and pores are irregularly arranged.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mannuronic diacid oligosaccharide composition, comprising a mannuronic diacid of Formula (III) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein n is an integer from 1 to 9, m is 0, 1 or 2, and m? is 0 or 1, and wherein the total weight of mannuronic diacids wherein n=1-5 is 80-95% of the total weight of the composition, and the ratio of the total weight of mannuronic diacids wherein n=1-3 to the total weight of mannuronic diacids wherein n=4-7 is between 1.0 and 3.5.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining an input image that contains blur. The method also includes providing the input image to a trained machine learning model, where the trained machine learning model includes (i) a shallow feature extractor configured to extract one or more feature maps from the input image and (ii) a deep feature extractor configured to extract deep features from the one or more feature maps. The method further includes using the trained machine learning model to generate a sharpened output image. The trained machine learning model is trained using ground truth training images and input training images, where the input training images include versions of the ground truth training images with blur created using demosaic and noise filtering operations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel interleukin-2 (IL-2) mutant protein and use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to an IL-2 mutant protein with reduced IL-2R? receptor binding ability and/or increased IL-2R? receptor binding ability compared with the wild-type IL-2. The present invention further provides a fusion protein and an immunoconjugate comprising the IL-2 mutant protein, a nucleic acid encoding the IL-2 mutant protein, and a vector and a host cell comprising the nucleic acid. The present invention further provides a method for preparing the IL-2 mutant protein, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the IL-2 mutant protein, and therapeutic use of the mutant protein.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for topography simulation of a physical structure under a topography-changing process. The method includes initializing a voxel mesh as a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the physical structure, generating a batch of particles, simulating a flight path of at least one of the particles with a ray-tracing method, identifying a voxel unit in the voxel mesh that intersects the flight path, determining a surface reaction between the one of the particles and the voxel unit, and adding an extra voxel unit adjacent to the voxel unit based on the determining of the surface reaction.

Abstract: Antibodies 9-10.2 and 8-4.1 that recognize YFGKLESK, which is 8 amino acids present in a neoepitope formed as a result of a precursor pro-IL-18 being cleaved by caspase-1 or caspase-4 are prepared. Accordingly, an antibody that recognizes only activated IL-18 can be provided.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, for estimating a movement amount of a moving object to which the information processing apparatus is attached, captures an image taken of an exterior view seen from the moving object. The apparatus estimates the movement amount of the moving object based on a first taken image taken at a first time and a second taken image taken at a second time earlier than the first time. The apparatus estimates the movement amount of the moving object based on a difference between image information on a predetermined region of each manipulated image obtained by manipulating the second taken image based on mutually different predicted movement amounts and image information on a predetermined region cut out from the first taken image.

Abstract: A method of transferring vehicle communication content. The apparatus includes a surrounding-environment detection unit configured to detect a surrounding-environment information of a vehicle, a communication content transfer unit provided on at least one of a front side, a rear side, and a lateral side of the vehicle and configured to output sound or light; and a controller configured to recognize an object on the basis of the surrounding-environment information of the vehicle, to rotate the communication content transfer unit in a direction toward the object, depending on whether or not communication content needs to be transferred to the recognized object, and to output the communication content containing warning information or guide information through the communication content transfer unit.