Abstract: A battery pack according to the present disclosure includes a battery cell including at least one unit cell, a first connector which is electrically connected to the battery cell, and a second connector which is electrically connected to the battery cell and the first connector, the second connector having a corresponding shape to the first connector to be coupled with the first connector. According to the present disclosure, a plurality of battery packs may be concurrently charged, and when needed, a battery capacity may be increased by easily connecting a plurality of battery packs, thereby ensuring a sufficient usage time of an electronic appliance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing enzyme-immobilized beads used for preparation of tagatose, and a method for preparing enzyme-immobilized beads using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing enzyme-immobilized beads, comprising a nozzle with an inside diameter of 0.1-1 mm having a cylindrical lower end and comprising a cut-type liquid outlet (cut perpendicularly to the vertical axis of the nozzle) formed at the lower end, and a method for preparing enzyme-immobilized beads using the same.

Abstract: Provided is a dry coating apparatus for coating a coating material, i.e., deposition vapor (metal vapor) on a substrate (a steel strip). The dry coating apparatus includes a coating part disposed in a vacuum to coat deposition vapor generated through heating and evaporation of a supplied coating material onto a proceeding object to be coated and a heating source disposed in an atmosphere to heat and levitate the coating material in the coating part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for muscle function improvement or exercise ability enhancement, the composition including kirenol, a Siegesbeckia herba extract, or a fraction of the Siegesbeckia herba extract as an active ingredient. Kirenol, the Siegesbeckia herba extract containing kirenol, or the Siegesbeckia herba extract fraction according to the present invention has an excellent effect of increasing muscle mass by increasing the protein expression of p-mTOR, which is a major gene concerned with muscle functions. Also, kirenol, the Siegesbeckia herba extract containing kirenol, or the Siegesbeckia herba extract fraction according to the present invention has an effect of remarkably enhancing exercise ability by increasing the protein expression of PGC-1?, which is a major gene concerned with exercise ability. In addition, the present invention is a natural product, and thus is safe for use without side effects and can be used as a medicine or food.

Abstract: A method for laser heat treatment of high tensile steel is provided to improve for improving formability. The method includes performing a heat treatment by irradiating a surface of a high tensile steel blank that includes a martensite structure and a ferrite structure with a laser to decrease a fraction of the martensite structure and increase a fraction of the ferrite structure. In addition, the method includes slowly cooling the blank to temper or anneal the heat-treated blank and subjecting the cooled blank to cold press forming.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of an L-arabinose isomerase variant from Thermotoga neapolitana DSM 5068, which is a kind of thermophile, on the basis of protein molecular modeling. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of producing D-tagatose from D-galactose by using the enzyme or a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium expressing the enzyme.

Abstract: A method of locally softening collision components of a vehicle is provided. The method of includes generating a high frequency using a high-frequency generator, and extracting a final frequency and matched output using the high frequency through a control box including a capacitor and an inductor. The heat treatment portions of the component are locally softened by heating the heat treatment portions at temperature of about 400 to 550° C., by generating induced current using the final frequency and the matched output through a high-frequency coil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of an L-arabinose isomerase variant from Thermotoga neapolitana DSM 5068, which is a kind of thermophile, on the basis of protein molecular modeling. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of producing D-tagatose from D-galactose by using the enzyme or a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium expressing the enzyme.

Abstract: Compounds useful for inhibiting the immunoproteasome have the formula of Methods and compounds for inhibiting the immunoproteasome, particularly, immunoproteasome inhibitors with non-peptide scaffolds, are described.

Abstract: A brake light sensor module includes: a retainer which is provided to move together with an operation element of a master cylinder in response to a depression of a brake pedal; an operation rod which is connected to the retainer so as to move together with the retainer; an elastic member which is installed in the master cylinder; a signal transmitting element which is installed in the master cylinder, one end of the signal transmitting element being elastically supported by the elastic member, and the other end of the signal transmitting element being supported by the operation rod; and a sensor which is installed in the master cylinder so as to be operated by the signal transmitting element.

Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes compounds including a cyclooxygenase enzyme inhibitor moiety and a moiety derived from a drug of interest. In some embodiments, the drug of interest is an opioid. In some embodiments, the compound includes a diclofenac moiety and a naltrexone or naltrexol moiety. The compounds allow for enhanced delivery rates across skin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing tagatose from residue after extracting coffee, comprising: obtaining a hydrolysate by hydrolyzing residue after extracting coffee into acid; obtaining a hydrolysate refined by decolorization and ion-refining the obtained hydrolysate; and obtaining tagatose by isomerizing the refined hydrolysate to an arabinose isomerase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel use of fucosterol and, more specifically, to a composition for skin whitening or composition for skin moisturizing, which is characterized by containing fucosterol. Fucosterol of chemical formula 1 below has an excellent whitening effect of inhibiting melanin generation and tyrosinase activity, and thus can be used as an active ingredient of a cosmetic composition for whitening, a food composition, or a pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device with a structural stability. The semiconductor device includes a stack of vertical alterations of conductive layers and insulating layers; supports passing through the stack, each of the supports having a cross-section of an equilateral polygon, the supports being equidistantly arranged in a first direction and a second direction, the first and second directions crossing each other; and contact plugs electrically coupled respectively to the conductive layers, each of the contact plugs being disposed between at least two adjacent supports of the supports.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a processed food composition containing, as an active ingredient, psicose, which is a saccharide having the function of stimulating a daidzein conversion into equol by an intestinal microorganism in the human body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal encapsulant having good heat dissipation properties, a method of manufacturing same, and a flexible electronic device encapsulated in said metal encapsulant, and particularly, to a metal encapsulant having excellent flexibility, moisture resistance, workability, and heat dissipation properties by forming a coating layer including a metal graphite composite on one surface thereof, to a method of manufacturing same, and a flexible electronic device encapsulated in said metal encapsulant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sweetener composition for preventing or treating obesity containing, as active ingredients, a glucose or D-fructose absorption inhibiting component and a sugar hydrolysis inhibiting sugar or sugar alcohol.

Abstract: A method for sterilizing microbial cells is provided. According to the method, microbial cells or a culture containing microbial cells are treated with a polyethylene glycol-based nonionic surfactant so that almost all of the microbial cells are sterilized while the enzyme activity expressed in the microbial cells is maintained at a high level. A method for sterilizing microbial cells and a material containing the sterilized microbial cells, in which the microbial cells are sterilized using a polyethylene glycol-based nonionic surfactant, can be used for foods so that the microbial cells are sterilized to be used in food production. Further, a material containing sterilized microbial cells can be used in processes for preparing tagatose, in which Corynebacterium genus microbial cells that produce Galactose and/or Arabinose isomerase are sterilized using a polyethylene glycol-based nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a processed food composition containing, as an active ingredient, psicose, which is a saccharide having the function of stimulating a daidzein conversion into equol by an intestinal microorganism in the human body.

Abstract: Compounds useful for inhibiting the immunoproteasome have the formula of Methods and compounds for inhibiting the immunoproteasome, particularly, immunoproteasome inhibitors with non-peptide scaffolds, are described.