Abstract: An embodiment of the present specification provides a method for preparing a catalyst for preparing a carbon nanotube, comprising: (a) dissolving a main catalyst precursor, a support precursor, a cocatalyst precursor and a precipitation inhibitor in a solvent to prepare a precursor solution; and (b) pyrolyzing the precursor solution by spraying the precursor solution into a reactor, wherein a mole fraction of the precipitation inhibitor to the cocatalyst precursor is 0.1 to 1.5.

Abstract: A secondary battery having weldability between a current collector plate and an electrode uncoated portion by increasing an absorption rate of a laser beam irradiated onto the current collector plate. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate having a first electrode-uncoated portion protruding to one side, a second electrode plate having a second electrode-uncoated portion protruding to an opposite side, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates; a case accommodating the electrode assembly and having a bottom surface and long and short side surfaces extending upward from the bottom surface; and a first current collector plate having a flat portion, parallel to a short side surface, that is laser-welded to the first electrode-uncoated portion, and a protrusion portion protruding from the flat portion toward the short side surface. A surface treatment part is on the flat portion.

Abstract: A display device includes a front display area (FDA), side display areas (SDAs), and a corner display area (CDA). The SDAs and the CDA are disposed outside of the FDA. The SDAs include: a first SDA disposed at a first side of the FDA; and a second SDA disposed at a second side of the FDA. The CDA is disposed at a corner of the FDA between the first SDA and the second SDA. The CDA is connected to the first SDA and the second SDA. The FDA has a flat display surface. The first SDA, the second SDA, and the CDA respectively form a bent surface. A shape of the bent surface of the CDA is different from a shape of the bent surface of the first SDA and a shape of the bent surface of the second SDA. The CDA is stretchable and/or shrinkable.

Abstract: A panel substrate includes a base substrate including a plurality of sub-pixel areas; a thin-film transistor disposed over each of the plurality of sub-pixel areas; an interlayer insulating film disposed over the thin-film transistor; a first optical functional layer disposed on the interlayer insulating film so as to prevent transmission and reflection of light; a second optical functional layer disposed on the first optical functional layer, wherein the second optical functional layer has first patterns and second patterns, wherein the first pattern has adhesiveness while the second pattern has less adhesiveness than the first pattern; and a plurality of micro-LEDs respectively disposed on the first patterns of the second optical functional layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a substrate transfer unit configured to transfer a substrate, a rail unit including a driving rail extending in a first direction that the substrate transfer unit moves and a stopper on a side of the driving rail in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a lifting unit configured to move in the first direction and a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions to remove the substrate transfer unit from the rail unit, wherein the lifting unit is configured to contact the stopper to move the stopper from a closed state to an open state.

Abstract: A gadget for retroreflected signal measurement is disclosed. The gadget for measuring the retroreflected signal includes a partitioning wall; a portable terminal receiving portion disposed on one surface of the partitioning wall; a biosensor receiving portion disposed on the other surface of the partitioning wall and constructed to receive a biosensor therein; a light exit channel defined in the partitioning wall and at one side thereof; and a light-receiving channel adjacent to the light exit channel and defined in the partitioning wall, wherein light passes through the light exit channel and then is reflected from the biosensor, and then is incident into the light-receiving channel.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; an active pattern disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and extending in a first direction; a field insulating film disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and covering a sidewall of the active pattern; a power rail disposed on the lower surface of the substrate and extending in the first direction; a trench formed in the substrate and exposing a portion of the power rail; and a metal pattern filling at least a portion of the trench and connected to the power rail, wherein a bottom surface of the trench is substantially coplanar with the lower surface of the substrate, wherein a sidewall of the trench has a convex shape, and wherein at least a portion of the field insulating film is disposed in the trench.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag apparatus for a vehicle and a method of controlling an operation of the same, in which only a first cushion 110 of a passenger seat airbag 100 is deployed and protects a passenger seat passenger 1 when the passenger seat passenger 1 is in a normal seating posture in the event of a collision accident, and the first cushion 11 and a second cushion 110 or 210 of a support airbag 200 are deployed together or the first cushion 11 and a second cushion 110 or 210 of a belt airbag 200 are deployed together and protect the passenger seat passenger 1 when the passenger seat passenger 1 is in a relaxed seating posture.

Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes cathode active material particles. The cathode active material particles include a lithium metal oxide particle containing nickel and having a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less among all elements except lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: A display device includes a front display area (FDA), side display areas (SDAs), and a corner display area (CDA). The SDAs and the CDA are disposed outside of the FDA. The SDAs include: a first SDA disposed at a first side of the FDA; and a second SDA disposed at a second side of the FDA. The CDA is disposed at a corner of the FDA between the first SDA and the second SDA. The CDA is connected to the first SDA and the second SDA. The FDA has a flat display surface. The first SDA, the second SDA, and the CDA respectively form a bent surface. A shape of the bent surface of the CDA is different from a shape of the bent surface of the first SDA and a shape of the bent surface of the second SDA. The CDA is stretchable and/or shrinkable.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a cosmetic composition comprising a fermented grape extract obtained by fermenting grape (Vitis vinifera) berries using fungus of the genus Botrytis is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a thermoplastic elastomer resin composition, and a molded article produced therefrom. The thermoplastic elastomer resin composition includes styrene-based synthetic rubber having a melt index in a range of 30 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min which is measured at a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg, a propylene-ethylene copolymer having a melt index in a range of 60 g/10 min to 150 g/10 min which is measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg, cross-linked rubber, oil, an inorganic filler, and a lubricant in appropriate amounts.

Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes a cathode active material and a conductive material ID/IG is in a range from 0.5 to 1.25 in a Raman spectrum of the cathode active material layer. The cathode active material includes lithium metal oxide particles containing nickel and manganese and having a content of cobalt of less than 2 mol % among all elements except for lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: Proposed is a system and method for segmentating brain in MRI images. According to an embodiment, it is possible to overcome limitations that gray matter is estimated to be smaller than the actual size in brain segmentation performed for quantitative analysis of a brain imaged by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner and to accurately segment brain images by distinguishing dura mater and veins around the cerebellum by removing a large amount of cranial dura mater, thereby improving accuracy of brain quantitative analysis results and fundamentally increasing diagnostic accuracy for brain lesions.

Abstract: A method and a device for compensating for sensor drift are disclosed. A method for compensating for sensor drift, according to one embodiment, comprises the steps of: confirming the suitability of sensor data; defining a transformation model for transforming the sensor data; setting a loss function on the basis of the transformation model; and optimizing the transformation model on the basis of the loss function.

Abstract: A data output buffer includes a first driver configured to drive a data input/output (I/O) pad according to an input signal and allow data drivability to be controlled according to an impedance calibration code and a second driver configured to perform a de-emphasis operation on the data I/O pad and allow de-emphasis drivability to be controlled according to the impedance calibration code.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2-Methoxyestradiol derivatives and their medical use. In particular, the novel derivatives of the present invention are useful for the treatment or prevention of liver or lung fibrosis. Accordingly, the present invention also provides medical uses of the 2-Methoxyestradiol derivatives of the present invention. The present invention also provides a method of treating or preventing liver or lung fibrosis comprising administering an effective amount of the 2-Methoxyestradiol derivatives of the present invention.

Abstract: An anode for a secondary battery includes a first anode mixture layer disposed on an anode current collector and a second anode mixture layer disposed on a surface of the anode, wherein the first and second anode mixture layers include a graphite-based anode active material of graphite secondary particles, at least the second anode mixture layer includes a graphite-based anode active material of graphite primary particles, and a content [A2] of graphite primary particles included in the second anode mixture layer is greater than a content [A1] of graphite primary particles included in the first anode mixture layer.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to embodiments of the present invention includes a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material including silicon-based active material particles having a particle size distribution in a range from 1 ?m to 19 ?m. A lithium secondary battery having improved life-span and rapid charge/discharge properties at room temperature is provided.

Abstract: A data output buffer includes a first driver configured to drive a data input/output (I/O) pad according to an input signal and allow data drivability to be controlled according to an impedance calibration code and a second driver configured to perform a de-emphasis operation on the data I/O pad and allow de-emphasis drivability to be controlled according to the impedance calibration code.