Abstract: There is provided a novel Lactobacillus fermentum strain (Accession No. KCTC 14105BP) and a composition for preventing or treating a metabolic disease including the same. A Lactobacillus fermentum according to the present invention may inhibit fat accumulation in white adipose tissue and increase anti-inflammatory cells. The Lactobacillus fermentum strain may exhibit excellent blood glucose improvement effect, and in particular, may reduce a fasting blood glucose level. The Lactobacillus fermentum strain may effectively ameliorate insulin resistance by improving glucose tolerance and increasing insulin sensitivity. In addition, the Lactobacillus fermentum strain may regulate a concentration of metabolic hormones and adipokines in blood. Therefore, the Lactobacillus fermentum strain may be usefully used to prevent and treat a metabolic disease such as obesity.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a multilayer structure in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked, and further including a plurality of internal electrodes having a dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body and connected to the internal electrodes. The body further includes an active portion in which the plurality of internal electrodes are located to form capacitance and a side margin portion covering a first surface and a second surface of the active portion opposing each other. An average grain size of a dielectric layer included in the active portion is different from an average grain size of a dielectric layer included in the margin portion. The side margin portion includes an extending portion extending between the external electrodes and the internal electrodes to cover a portion of the internal electrodes.

Abstract: A vehicle platooning method includes an information collection operation in which a leader vehicle in a platooning convoy platooning receives information from other vehicles in the platooning convoy and checks the other vehicles; and a determination operation in which, when a request for joining the platooning convoy is received from an external vehicle not participating in the platooning convoy, the leader vehicle receives information about the external vehicle and determines whether to approve the request for joining the platooning convoy. The external vehicle is notified of a result of and a reason for the determination.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a first area having a first pixel structure and a second area having a second pixel structure different from the first pixel structure; a camera under the display panel and corresponding to the second area of the display panel; and a luminance compensator configured to determine a luminance of the first area and a luminance of the second area using captured data captured by the camera and configured to compensate image data applied to the display panel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air supply valve having a backflow prevention function and a valve module, for preventing backflow of air or gas through an outlet. The air supply valve includes a housing that includes a motor mounted therein and in which a supply flow path and an outlet of air are formed, a driver including a gear part for transmitting driving force of the motor and a converter for converting rotation of the gear part to linear motion, and a valve module that is coupled to an end of the converter and is opened while being spaced apart from the outlet of the housing to be connected to the supply flow path or is closed while being in contact with the outlet.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector has a casing, a terminal seat and a conductive plastic element. The terminal seat is mounted in the casing and has an insulator board and a terminal set. The terminal set has a ground terminal and a high-speed signal terminal set. One side of the conductive plastic element is mounted on an inner wall of the casing and another side thereof passes through the insulator board to be close to the high-speed signal terminal set. When the casing is electrically connected to a ground, the conductive plastic element is electrically connected to the ground through the casing. Therefore, the conductive plastic element may eliminate a noise interference caused by the high-speed signal terminal set during high-speed transmission. A crosstalk and a common-mode interference are also reduced to keep the stability of signal transmission of the electrical connector.

Abstract: a fuel cell system without a high pressure line of a hydrogen supplying system, including a gas charging line formed between a gas charging station and a high pressure vessel charged with gas by the gas charging station, and a gas supplying line formed between the high pressure vessel and a stack, includes: a regulator provided in the gas supplying line; a solenoid valve provided in the gas supplying line between the regulator and the high pressure vessel; and a check valve provided in a bypass line connecting one point of the gas supplying line between the regulator and the solenoid valve and one point of the gas charging line.

Abstract: A display device invention includes a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting elements are disposed. A plurality of lines are disposed on an upper surface of the substrate. A plurality of upper pads are disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of lines. A plurality of link lines are disposed on a lower surface of the substrate. A plurality of lower pads are disposed on the lower surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of link lines. A plurality of side lines electrically connect the plurality of upper pads and the plurality of lower pads. The plurality of side lines include a plurality of first side lines and a plurality of second side lines, and the plurality of first side lines and the plurality of second side lines are disposed on different layers.

Abstract: A method of training an artificial intelligence model for estimating a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level includes collecting patient information including exercise information and bioinformation of a patient, collecting an actual HbA1c level of the patient, converting the collected patient information and actual HbA1c level into a single standardized data structure format, and training an artificial intelligence model using the converted patient information and actual HbA1c level to generate an artificial intelligence model for estimating an HbA1c level. The bioinformation includes at least one of a blood sugar level, a blood pressure, a heart rate, and a menstrual cycle, and the exercise information is generated on the basis of patient life log data acquired by a patient terminal.

Abstract: An example ventilation system for a computing device includes: a cover slidably engageable with a housing of the computing device to a closed position defining an internal space of the computing device, the cover having first ventilation holes; a system mesh slidably engaged with the cover, the system mesh having second ventilation holes; and a stopper disposed in the internal space of the computing device, the stopper to stop the system mesh at a predefined position when the cover is engaged with the housing in the closed position, wherein the first ventilation holes and the second ventilation holes overlap to define system ventilation holes for the computing device.

Abstract: Introduced is a connector assembly in which a CPA member, which assists in fastening a first connector and a second connector, securely connects the first connector and the second connector, and prevents a short circuit of an electrical signal, may be automatically inserted.

Abstract: A contactless button structure includes a frame body with indicating key surfaces on one side thereof and an isolation space on an opposite side thereof, and a driving unit installed in the isolation space. The driving unit includes a plurality of sensing devices respectively installed on the back side of each indicating key surface and a control unit that receives the electronic signal of each sensing device. The control unit includes a plurality of trigger devices corresponding to the sensing devices respectively. Each trigger device has a retractable trigger rod. The contactless button structure can be installed outside the control key surface of the equipment (such as elevators, etc.) in the building, and the user's finger can approach any indicating key surface of the frame body of the button structure to achieve the purpose of non-contact touch control buttons.

Abstract: Provided is a display device for providing a constant brightness for each area by including an area sensing part configured to determine a position value of an input image in the display device, and determine an area range according to the position value to output an area value, a gradation value determining part configured to output a first gradation value corresponding to a brightness of the input image according to the area value, a control part configured to output a corrected gradation value corresponding to the first gradation value, and a display part configured to display a corrected image having the corrected brightness corresponding to the corrected gradation value.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing a semiconductor device is described. The apparatus includes a test chamber in which a test process for a plurality of semiconductor devices is performed, a first storage disposed in the test chamber with a first semiconductor device located therein, a second storage spaced apart in a first direction from the first storage with a second semiconductor device located therein, a first nozzle extending in the first direction on a first sides of the first and second storages and including a plurality of first air outlets configured to discharge air, a second nozzle extending in the first direction on and including a plurality of second air outlets configured to discharge air, and a controller controlling temperatures of the first and second semiconductor devices within a predefined temperature range by controlling the air discharged by the first and second nozzles.

Abstract: A connector body has a body terminal passageway configured to accommodate a terminal and a block accommodating part configured to communicate with the body terminal passageway. An assembly block is detachably connected to the connector body, rotatable about the connector body while maintaining a state in which the assembly block is connected to the connector body while an external force is applied, and configured to rotate at a predetermined angle or more to be separated from the connector body and be insertable into the block accommodating part.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer electronic component includes: preparing first ceramic green sheets on which first internal electrode patterns are formed spaced apart from each other and second ceramic green sheets on which second internal electrode patterns are formed spaced apart from each other; forming a ceramic green sheet stack by stacking the first ceramic green sheets and the second ceramic green sheets for the first internal electrode patterns and the second internal electrode patterns to be cross-stacked on each other; obtaining a multilayer body by cutting the ceramic green sheet stack to have a side surface to which distal edges of the first and second internal electrode patterns are exposed; adhering an adhesive layer to the side surface to which the distal edges of the first and second internal electrode patterns of the multilayer body are exposed; and peeling the adhesive layer from the side surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: human-derived Lactobacillus fermentum MG4231 or Lactobacillus fermentum MG4244; and a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, a quasi-drug composition and a health functional food for preventing or treating obesity-related diseases, all of which include the same as an active ingredient. A Lactobacillus fermentum MG4231 strain or MG4244 strain of the present invention exhibits an anti-obesity activity for inhibiting a lipase enzyme activity, inhibiting preadipocyte differentiation and inhibiting triglyceride accumulation, has an excellent ability to form colonies on the epithelial cells of a digestive tract by means of an excellent auto-aggregation ability, and has resistance to acid and bile, thereby being variously usable as a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, a quasi-drug composition and a health functional food for the purpose of treating and preventing obesity-related diseases.

Abstract: A vehicle body assembly system defines a preset pre-buck section and a preset main-buck section along a conveying route of a floor assembly, and may include: i) pre-buck units which are installed at both sides of the conveying route in the pre-buck section, respectively, restrict lower portions of side assemblies, which vary in accordance with a type of vehicle, with respect to both sides of the floor assembly, and preassemble the lower portions of the side assemblies to the floor assembly by a first welding robot; and ii) main-buck units which are installed at both sides of the conveying route in the main-buck section, respectively, restrict upper portions of the side assemblies preassembled by the pre-buck unit, and post-assemble vehicle body components to the upper portions of the side assemblies by a second welding robot.

Abstract: A biosignal measuring apparatus for converting and transmitting biosignals, includes a sensing unit configured to sense a user's electrocardiogram data, a communication unit configured to establish a wireless channel with a data receiving device, and a processing unit configured to determine real-time transmission characteristics based on communication quality information regarding the wireless channel, to determine a data resolution corresponding to the real-time transmission characteristics, to convert the electrocardiogram data according to the data resolution, and to transmit the electrocardiogram data to the data receiving device.

Abstract: A bio-signal measuring apparatus includes a sensing apparatus configured to sense electrocardiogram data representing an electrical change according to a pulse of an object and sense heart sound data according to the pulse and a processing apparatus configured to store the electrocardiogram data in a memory. The processing apparatus is further configured to analyze the electrocardiogram data to determine whether or not an abnormal signal is generated in the electrocardiogram data, when the abnormal signal is detected to be generated in the electrocardiogram data, generate a storage control signal for heart sound data associated with the abnormal signal in an abnormal signal section including the abnormal signal, and store the associated heart sound data in the abnormal signal section of the memory in response to the storage control signal.