Abstract: A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries includes a Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide in the form of secondary particles formed by the aggregation of primary particles of the oxide, the proportion of Ni in the lithium transition metal oxide being not less than 80 mol % relative to the total number of moles of metal element(s) except Li, the average particle size of the primary particles being not less than 0.5 ?m, the average particle size of the secondary particles being not less than 8 ?m, the lithium transition metal oxide having a Ni disorder of not more than 3% and a crystallite size in the range of 100 to 200 nm according to X-ray diffractometry.

Abstract: A method for measuring a distance of diffusion of a curing catalyst for a thermosetting silicon-containing material includes the steps of: forming a silicon-containing film from a composition containing a thermosetting silicon-containing material, a curing catalyst and a solvent; coating the silicon-containing film with a photosensitive resin composition containing a resin whose solubility in alkaline developer is increased by the action of an acid, an acid generator and a solvent, and subsequently heating to prepare a substrate on which the silicon-containing film and a resin film are formed; irradiating the substrate with a high energy beam or an electron beam to generate an acid and heat-treating the substrate to increase the solubility of the resin in an alkaline developer by the action of the acid in the resin film; dissolving the resin film in an alkaline developer; and measuring a film thickness of the remaining resin.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multipurpose endoscopic surgical instrument. The instrument adopts a technical feature in which an interchangeable tool and a tool holder are connected to each other by inserting the mounting key into the opening mounting groove, and adopts a technical feature that the driving member includes an inserting block at the front part. It realizes the technical solution that by moving the inserting block to insert into the interchangeable tool to prevent the mounting key from moving out of the opening of the mounting groove, the interchangeable tool can be mounted on the tool holder. It realizes the technical solution that by moving the inserting block to exit the interchangeable tool, the interchangeable tool can be moved out of the tool holder.

Abstract: A three-way device for anti-backflow infusion and dosing, comprising a three-way valve body (1), the two ends of the three-way valve body (1) acting as liquid inlets, and an interface of the middle of the three-way valve body (1) acting as a liquid outlet; and a non-return mechanism is installed inside the three-way valve body (1). The non-return mechanism comprises a reverse-stop elastic tube (3) and a connecting piece (4), the connecting piece (4) being mounted with a sliding fit in the middle in the three-way valve body (1), the two ends of the connecting piece (4) respectively being connected to one end of the reverse-stop elastic tube (3), and the other end of each reverse-stop elastic tube (3) being closed, and abutting the inner end of a connecting base (2). A gap is kept between the reverse-stop elastic tube (3) and the inner wall of the three-way valve body (1).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a device and method for detecting fluid transparency. The detection device comprises: a detection pipeline, which allows a beam to be incident on and emergent from a fluid therein; a laser tube, used for outputting the incident beam; and a photoelectric detector, used for detecting the emergent beam from the fluid, wherein the photoelectric detector comprises a scatter detector and a transmission detector; and the detection method comprises obtaining a scattered background noise value and a transmission background noise value of a device, obtaining the scattered light intensity Iscatter obtained by the scatter detector and the transmission light intensity Itransmission obtained by the transmission detector, and calculating the particle-absorbed light intensity Iabsorb; obtaining the total light intensity Itotal of a laser; and obtaining a fluid transparency T.

Abstract: A terminal is provided with a flexible screen. The terminal includes a first display screen, a second display screen and a screen spreading and housing device. The first display screen and the screen spreading and housing device are respectively disposed on a front side and a back side of the terminal. The second display screen is the flexible screen. The screen spreading and housing device has different structural forms respectively configured to house and spread the second display screen.

Abstract: An electronic device includes first, second and third substrates positioned in this order when viewed in an observation direction, antenna units including first, second, third, and fourth antenna units formed such that the first and second antenna units are positioned on opposite sides of the second substrate and superposed on each other in the plan view, and that the third and fourth antenna units are positioned on the opposite sides of the second substrate and superposed on each other in the plan view, a display functional layer formed between the first and second substrates, a touch sensing functional layer formed between the first and second substrates, and including a capacitive touch sensing wiring unit and the first antenna unit, and a controller which is formed on the third substrate and controls a touch sensing function, a display function, a communication function, and a wireless charging function of the device.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided to allocate a time and frequency resource of a resource request indicator (RRI) and to transmit an RRI. Codes are allocated for an RRI and other (such as non-RRI) uplink control signaling. The RRI and other uplink control signaling can be multiplexed in the same time and frequency resource, such as through multiplexing in a code division manner.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function, containing Bifidobacterium breve as an active ingredient. The composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function is capable of reducing blood creatinine levels. The composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function can also be used in a pharmaceutical composition or a food or beverage product composition.

Abstract: A trigger-type liquid sprayer in which a spring member urging an operation lever is less likely to be fatigued. A trigger-type liquid sprayer includes a sprayer main body attached to a container, an operation lever held to be swingable in a front-back direction with respect to the sprayer main body, and a spring member urging the operation lever forward. The spring member includes a fixed part that is located in front of a swing center of the operation lever and is fixed and held to the sprayer main body, and a projection that is located below the fixed part. The operation lever includes an inclined surface that is inclined upward from downward and frontward from backward and is urged by the projection abutting against the inclined surface.

Abstract: A gardening tool may include an outer tube, at least a middle tube, and an inner tube which are sleeved and connected in sequence. Each of a first end of the outer tube and a first end of the middle tube is connected to a pressing member, and through the pressing members, the middle tube and the inner tube are adapted to be firmly positioned after the middle tube is pulled out from the outer tube and the inner tube is pulled out from the middle tube to adjust the length of the gardening tool.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control method for controlling a vehicle that executes self-driving by which the vehicle is at least started and stopped without requiring an operation by a driver. With the vehicle control method, when an own vehicle enters an intersection while the self-driving is executed, it is determined whether or not there is another vehicle approaching the intersection in a lane that is opposite to or intersects with a lane in which the own vehicle travels based on how light from a headlamp of the another vehicle is seen, and the own vehicle is started or stopped based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (200, 300, 400, 700, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500) can include a central body (202, 302, 402, 702, 802, 1002, 1202, 1502), a plurality of rotors, and a plurality of arms (204, 306, 406, 706, 806, 1006, 1206, 1506) extending from the central body (202, 302, 402, 702, 802, 1002, 1202, 1502), where each arm of the plurality of arms (204, 306, 406, 706, 806, 1006, 1206, 1506) is configured to support one or more of the plurality of rotors.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.

Abstract: A packet processing method including a traffic classifier receives a first packet; the traffic classifier determines, in policy information in the traffic classifier and according to a first filtering rule that matches the first packet, a first service identifier that matches the first filtering rule, and an address, which matches the first filtering rule, of a first service routing trigger. The traffic classifier sends a second packet to the first service routing trigger. The policy information includes a filtering rule, an address of a service routing trigger, and a service identifier corresponding to the filtering rule. The filtering rule is used to identify a packet, and the service identifier is used to represent a sequence of a service node that processes the packet. The second packet is formed by adding the first service identifier to the first packet.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for updating an HD map. The system may include a communication interface configured to receive sensor data acquired of a target region by at least one sensor equipped on a vehicle as the vehicle travels along a trajectory via a network. The system may further include a storage configured to store the HD map. The system may also include at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify a plurality of data frames associated with a landmark, each data frame corresponding to one of a plurality of local HD map on the trajectory. The at least one processor may be further configured to jointly optimize pose information of the plurality of local HD maps and pose information of the landmark. The at least one processor may be further configured to construct the HD map based on the based on the pose information of the plurality of local HD maps.

Abstract: A photomask including a photomask body having a surface on which a mask pattern is formed and to be scanned and subjected to pattern transfer to a resist through a lens assembly including a connecting portion and a non-connecting portion. The mask pattern has a first region subjected to the pattern transfer at the connecting portion of the lens assembly and a second region subjected to the pattern transfer at the non-connecting portion. The mask pattern has, in at least one of the first and second regions, a corrected line width which is adjusted by calculation such that the resist is to have a target line width as designed. The corrected line width has a stepwise change in at least one of a scanning direction and a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction. The stepwise change is made by including a correction component based on a random number.

Abstract: An image processing service system includes an operation request accepting unit, a setting accepting unit, a payment control unit, and an operation execution control unit. The operation request accepting unit accepts an operation request for an image processing apparatus through a chat between a user and a chatbot participating in a chat service on a chat board provided by the service. The setting accepting unit accepts a setting for an operation of the image processing apparatus requested by the operation request. The payment control unit makes a payment for the operation of the image processing apparatus requested by the operation request through an electronic payment system available on the chat service. The operation execution control unit controls the image processing apparatus to execute the operation requested by the operation request after the setting is accepted by the setting accepting unit and the payment is made by the payment control unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) process on a designed layout based on a final model signal obtained according to an OPC modeling process to generate a corrected layout, the OPC modeling process including, selecting a transmittance value of a sub-layout pattern of a sub-layout included in a target layout, the transmittance value being a parameter of an OPC model and representing an intensity of light that transmits through a photomask, and generating a final model signal based on the transmittance value of the sub-layout pattern, and forming a photoresist pattern on a substrate using the photomask generated based on the corrected layout.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for analyzing a component of an object are provided. The apparatus includes an image sensor including an optical module, and the optical module includes a light source configured to emit a source light, a first detector configured to detect a first light that is scattered or reflected from the object on which the emitted source light is incident, and a second detector configured to detect a second light that is emitted by the light source but is not incident on the object. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to calculate a scattering coefficient and an absorption coefficient, based on the detected first light and the detected second light, and analyze the component of the object, based on the calculated scattering coefficient and the calculated absorption coefficient.