Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a first conductive structure over a substrate; forming a multi-layer spacer including a non-conformal sacrificial spacer on both sidewalls of the first conductive structure; forming a second conductive structure adjacent to the first conductive structure with the multi-layer spacer therebetween; forming an air gap by removing the non-conformal sacrificial spacer; forming a capping layer covering the second conductive structure and the air gap; forming an opening that exposes a top surface of the second conductive structure by etching the capping layer; and forming a conductive pad coupled to the second conductive structure in the opening.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pouch-shaped secondary battery including a micro-perforated electrode lead having adhesive properties that is capable of enabling a short circuit to occur in the pouch-shaped secondary battery using the adhesive properties of the micro-perforated electrode lead with respect to a pouch-shaped battery case in order to secure the safety of the pouch-shaped secondary battery when the pouch-shaped secondary battery swells due to gas generated in the pouch-shaped secondary battery while the pouch-shaped secondary battery is in an abnormal state or when the pouch-shaped secondary battery is overcharged. Current is prevented from flowing in the pouch-shaped secondary battery when the pouch-shaped secondary battery is overcharged or when the pouch-shaped secondary battery is in an abnormal state.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an insulation member, a method of manufacturing the insulation member, and a method of manufacturing a cylindrical battery including the insulation member, and more particularly an insulation member including an insulation plate substrate configured as a reticular structure formed by glass fiber strands and a binder applied to the insulation plate substrate, a method of manufacturing the insulation member, and a method of manufacturing a cylindrical battery including the insulation member.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell includes a jelly-roll type electrode assembly, configured to have a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound in a state in which a separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a cylindrical battery case having no beading part; a cap assembly located at the open upper end of the cylindrical battery case, the cap assembly including a safety vent configured to rupture in order to exhaust gas when pressure in the battery case increases; a gasket mounted so as to surround the outer circumference of the safety vent in order to maintain insulation between the cap assembly and the cylindrical battery case; and a washer for fixing the cap assembly to the cylindrical battery case, the washer coupled to an upper surface of an outer circumferential portion of the open upper end of the cylindrical battery case.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cylindrical battery using an anti-corrosive gasket including a volatile corrosion inhibitor and a base resin. Consequently, the cylindrical battery achieves remarkable anti-corrosion effects under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions. This effect cannot be achieved by various conventional anti-corrosion technologies, such as those of a conventional anti-corrosive washer and a conventional anti-corrosive tube, in the field of cylindrical batteries.

Abstract: A heating assembly for a massage chair, wherein a heating element is separately operated. The heating assembly according to an embodiment having a first bracket with a plurality of massage balls rotatably mounted to the first bracket. A massage assembly is fixed to the first bracket and can perform at least one of up-and-down and left-and-right motions. A second bracket is mounted to the massage assembly or the first bracket A support part inserted at one end thereof into the second bracket. A heating element is mounted to the support part and an airbag is fixed to the support part so as to be opposite to the heating element. Wherein the heating assembly is mounted inside the backrest of a massage chair.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for screening an activator of mitochondrial activity by using gypenoside-treated cells, to a composition for screening an activator of mitochondrial activity, comprising the gypenoside, and to a kit comprising the composition. By using the method for screening an activator of mitochondrial activity of the present invention, it is possible to effectively discover a preparation which can substantially promote the mitochondrial activity, and thus the method is expected to be widely used in developing a therapeutic agent for diseases caused by mitochondrial activity inhibition.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a sleep mode of a massage chair, which is capable of implementing a sleep mode according to progressive muscle relaxation, and a massage chair for the method is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel benzimidazole compound having excellent hole injection and transport capabilities, light-emitting capabilities, and the like, and an organic electroluminescent device which comprises the benzimidazole compound in one or more organic material layers thereof so as to thereby achieve enhanced characteristics, such as light-emitting efficiency, driving voltage, and lifespan.

Abstract: Provided are a metal oxide-carbon nanomaterial composite, a method of preparing the metal oxide-carbon nanomaterial composite, a catalyst, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a catalyst layer that includes the catalyst and that is used for fuel cell electrodes. The metal oxide-carbon nanomaterial composite includes a metal oxide particle having a specific surface area of 5 square meters per gram (m2/g) or less, and a carbon nanomaterial formed on a surface of the metal oxide particle. The catalyst includes a metal oxide-carbon nanomaterial composite in which a carbon nanomaterial is formed on a metal oxide particle, and an active metal particle formed on a surface of the carbon nanomaterial.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pouch-shaped secondary battery including a micro-perforated electrode lead having adhesive properties that is capable of enabling a short circuit to occur in the pouch-shaped secondary battery using the adhesive properties of the micro-perforated electrode lead with respect to a pouch-shaped battery case in order to secure the safety of the pouch-shaped secondary battery when the pouch-shaped secondary battery swells due to gas generated in the pouch-shaped secondary battery while the pouch-shaped secondary battery is in an abnormal state or when the pouch-shaped secondary battery is overcharged. Current is prevented from flowing in the pouch-shaped secondary battery when the pouch-shaped secondary battery is overcharged or when the pouch-shaped secondary battery is in an abnormal state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving, or treating diabetes mellitus, and more specifically, relates to pharmaceutical, food, and feed compositions comprising gypenoside 75 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method for preventing or treating diabetes mellitus using the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nail lacquer composition containing at least one antifungal agent as a pharmacologically active ingredient. The present invention has an excellent penetrating effect of a drug in skin areas where the drug is applied because of needing treatment and, specifically, in fingernails by containing a polymer material which forms a specific film, and a penetration enhance, is convenient for management after locally applying the drug to a treatment site, and has excellent storage stability of the drug.

Abstract: An automatic transmission fluid (ATF) warmer coolant circulation system may include an ATF warmer connected to an engine oil cooler, in which engine coolant is circulated to the ATF warmer to preheat automatic transmission fluid of a transmission below an operation temperature of the ATF warmer.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a memory, a display that detects a force input based on an external pressure, and a processor electrically coupled with the memory and the display. The processor executes an application that is operable corresponding to the force input, controls to store history information in the memory on use of the electronic device, the history information being related to a forcing point, to which the force input is applied, on an execution screen of the application, and controls to output via the display the history information to an area adjacent to the forcing point if the force input to the forcing point occurs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel indole-based compound having excellent hole injection and transport capabilities, light-emitting capabilities, and the like, and an organic electroluminescence device which includes the indole-based compound in one or more organic material layers thereof so as to improve characteristics such as light-emitting efficiency, driving voltage, and lifespan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for screening an activator of mitochondrial activity by using gypenoside-treated cells, to a composition for screening an activator of mitochondrial activity, comprising the gypenoside, and to a kit comprising the composition. By using the method for screening an activator of mitochondrial activity of the present invention, it is possible to effectively discover a preparation which can substantially promote the mitochondrial activity, and thus the method is expected to be widely used in developing a therapeutic agent for diseases caused by mitochondrial activity inhibition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a paste composition for forming a solar cell front electrode, a solar cell front electrode formed by using the composition, and a solar cell including the front electrode. Specifically, the paste composition includes conductive powder; an inorganic additive; and an organic vehicle, wherein the conductive powder is a metal powder including a mixture of silver (Ag) powder and aluminum (Al) powder, and the inorganic additive includes a lead (Pb)-zinc (Zn)-boron (B)-silicon (Si)-tungsten (W)-based glass frit.

Abstract: Provided are a metal oxide-carbon nanomaterial composite, a method of preparing the metal oxide-carbon nanomaterial composite, a catalyst, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a catalyst layer that includes the catalyst and that is used for fuel cell electrodes. The metal oxide-carbon nanomaterial composite includes a metal oxide particle having a specific surface area of 5 square meters per gram (m2/g) or less, and a carbon nanomaterial formed on a surface of the metal oxide particle. The catalyst includes a metal oxide-carbon nanomaterial composite in which a carbon nanomaterial is formed on a metal oxide particle, and an active metal particle formed on a surface of the carbon nanomaterial.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for managing a fuel cell vehicle system, and more particularly, an apparatus and a method for managing a fuel cell vehicle system capable of optimally maintaining a driving method based on environmental information and product information.