Abstract: A method for preparing a positive electrode active material includes: a step for adding a reaction mixture containing a lithium-raw material and a nickel-manganese-cobalt precursor into a first crucible and performing a first heat treatment at a temperature of 500-800° C. to form a pre-sintered mixture; a step for extracting the pre-sintered mixture from the first crucible and pulverizing or classifying the same; and a step for adding the pulverized or classified pre-sintered mixture into a second crucible and performing a second heat treatment at a temperature of 700-1000° C. under an atmosphere in which an oxygen partial pressure is 20% or less to form a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt-based positive electrode active material, wherein a volume of the pre-sintered mixture formed after the first heat treatment is reduced to a volume that is 20-50% of a volume of the reaction mixture added into the first crucible.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for predicting efficacy of oxaliplatin drug, and the use thereof. Using composition for predicting efficacy of oxaliplatin drug, it is possible to predict the responsiveness of a colorectal cancer patient to oxaliplatin treatment so that the patient may be treated with selected drugs suitable for the patient, thus increasing the treatment success rate.

Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery includes preparing a positive electrode active material precursor by a co-precipitation reaction while adding a transition metal-containing solution containing transition metal cations, a basic solution, and an ammonium solution to a batch-type reactor, wherein a molar ratio of ammonium ions contained in the ammonium solution to the transition metal cations contained in the transition metal-containing solution added to the batch-type reactor is 0.5 or less, and a pH in the batch-type reactor is maintained at 11.2 or less.

Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery includes preparing a positive electrode active material precursor by a co-precipitation reaction while adding a transition metal-containing solution containing transition metal cations, a basic solution, and an ammonium solution to a batch-type reactor, wherein a molar ratio of ammonium ions contained in the ammonium solution to the transition metal cations contained in the transition metal-containing solution added to the batch-type reactor is 0.5 or less, and a pH in the batch-type reactor is maintained at 11.2 or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a food composition or health functional food containing prune. Consumption of the food composition or health functional food has the effect of preventing and alleviating low anterior resection syndrome.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a riveting apparatus capable of preventing fastening omission and a riveting method using the same, and more particularly to a riveting apparatus including a riveting unit, a moving unit connected to the riveting unit, the moving unit being configured to move the riveting unit, a first moving guide unit configured to guide the longitudinal movement of the moving unit, a pair of second moving guide units located at longitudinal opposite ends of the first moving guide unit, the pair of second moving guide units being configured to guide the transverse movement of the first moving guide unit, a first position sensor provided under one end of the first moving guide unit, and a second position sensor provided under one end of one of the pair of second moving guide units and a riveting method using the same.

Abstract: The invention discloses a loading optimization device and method for artificial intelligence models in an embedded environment. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the loading optimization method for artificial intelligence models in an embedded environment includes steps such as acquiring model information for the target model based on artificial intelligence, defining multiple partition scenarios for splitting the target model into multiple blocks based on the model information, and considering memory information of a computing device for executing the target model and computational workload information associated with the target model to explore the optimal scenario among the multiple partition scenarios through a reinforcement learning-based loading optimization model.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells having an electrode assembly and an electrolyte accommodated therein; a cell frame in which the plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed; and a bus bar coupled to each of a plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells and having a plurality of welding portions thereon. Among the plurality of welding portions, the welding portions spaced apart at larger intervals are welded to each other.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells having an electrode assembly and an electrolyte accommodated therein; a cell frame in which the plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed; and a bus bar coupled to each of a plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells and having a plurality of welding portions thereon. Among the plurality of welding portions, the welding portions spaced apart at larger intervals are welded to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved capacity characteristic and life cycle characteristic, and a method of preparing the same, and specifically, to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a compound represented by Formula 1 above and allowing reversible intercalation/deintercalation of lithium, and from a crystal structure analysis of the positive electrode active material by a Rietveld method in which space group R-3m is used in a crystal structure model on the basis of an X-ray diffraction analysis, the thickness of MO slab is 2.1275 ? or less, the thickness of inter slab is 2.59 ? or greater, and the cation mixing ratio between Li and Ni is 0.5% or less, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: A precursor for a positive electrode active material and a method of making the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments a method includes forming precursor seeds for a positive electrode active material by a co-precipitation reaction while supplying a transition metal aqueous solution, an ammonium cationic complexing agent, and a basic compound to a reaction solution, and growing precursor particles for a positive electrode active material by a co-precipitation reaction while supplying a transition metal aqueous solution, an ammonium cationic complexing agent, and a basic compound to the reaction solution containing the precursor seeds, wherein the co-precipitation reaction to grow the precursor particles proceeds while continuously increasing feed rates of the transition metal aqueous solution and the ammonium cationic complexing agent.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide, in which a cobalt content in the lithium transition metal oxide is less than a manganese content, wherein at least one of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in the lithium transition metal oxide has a concentration gradient that gradually changes from a center of a particle to a surface thereof, the positive electrode active material is in the form of a secondary particle formed by agglomeration of primary particles, and a ratio in which angles between c-axis directions, which are measured at at least 8 points on a surface of the positive electrode active material by TEM analysis, and a growth direction of the particle at the measuring point satisfy 85° to 95° is 60% or more.

Abstract: Provided is a colorectal cancer-specific methylation biomarker for diagnosing colorectal cancer. Since a gene marker according to an embodiment exhibits a specific methylation pattern in colorectal cancer tissue, it can be usefully used as a methylation marker for diagnosing colorectal cancer, thereby increasing the cure rate of colorectal cancer by early diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide, in which a cobalt content in the lithium transition metal oxide is less than a manganese content, wherein at least one of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in the lithium transition metal oxide has a concentration gradient that gradually changes from a center of a particle to a surface thereof, the positive electrode active material is in the form of a secondary particle formed by agglomeration of primary particles, and a ratio in which angles between c-axis directions, which are measured at at least 8 points on a surface of the positive electrode active material by TEM analysis, and a growth direction of the particle at the measuring point satisfy 85° to 95° is 60% or more.

Abstract: A processing apparatus for a neural network calculation and an operating method thereof are proposed. The processing apparatus for a neural network calculation according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of processor units which performs the learning of a neural network, a plurality of weight memories provided to store a weight corresponding to each of a plurality of layers which forms the neural network, and a main memory which acquires and stores the weight updated from the plurality of weight memories when the learning is completed.

Abstract: Discussed is a bolting device including an operation part disposed on a table; a jig disposed on the table to contact an object to be bolted in which a bolt hole is defined, the jig including a through-hole for guiding a bolt to the bolt hole; a guide inserted to the through-hole, the guide having a hollow shape to accommodate the bolt therein, the guide having an inclined inner surface with a shape having an internal diameter that gradually decreases in a downward direction to maintain verticality of the bolt, and the guide further having a portion cut in a movement direction of the bolt so that the inner surface is elastically opened when the bolt is moved downward; and an elastic part in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the guide to elastically support a surrounding portion of a cut portion of the guide.

Abstract: The present disclosure relate to a base material assembly including a first base material made of a conductive material, a second base material made of a conductive material, spaced apart from the first base material to face the first base material, and coupled with the first base material by riveting, a plurality of emboss members each protruding from an inside surface of the second base material to point-contact a plane of an inside surface of the first member, and the first base material and the second base material are mechanically and electrically connected through the plurality of emboss members.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels which are connected to a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines and display a plurality of consecutive frames of images, a data driver driving the data lines, a gate driver driving the gate lines, a clock generator outputting a gate clock signal, which drives the gate driver and swings between a gate-on voltage and a gate-off voltage, and a signal controller outputting a gate pulse signal which drives the clock generator and a data control signal which controls the data driver. The clock generator includes a voltage maintainer maintaining the gate clock signal at a reference voltage that has a fixed value between the gate-on voltage and the gate-off voltage for a predetermined time.

Abstract: Provided are face recognition apparatus and method using a user terminal. The face recognition method using a user terminal includes acquiring image data including a facial region of a subject, acquiring face information which is encrypted to be stored in a user terminal of the subject, and determining whether an image of the facial region and the face information match each other.

Abstract: A photon detection device having a high light detection efficiency. The photon detection device includes a first light reception part which receives a gate signal and outputs a first signal; a second light reception part which receives a gate signal and outputs a second signal; and a determination part which determines whether or not a photon is received, on the basis of the first signal from the first light reception part and the second signal from the second light reception part. The photon is incident on the first light reception part among the first light reception part and the second light reception part, and the breakdown voltage of the second light reception part is higher than the breakdown voltage of the first light reception part.