Abstract: A method for controlling an electric heater of a vehicular heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes turning on the electric heater; determining whether an ambient air temperature of a vehicle is higher than or equal to a threshold ambient air temperature, and a battery temperature is lower than or equal to a threshold battery temperature; determining whether battery efficiency is lower than or equal to threshold efficiency when the ambient air temperature of the vehicle is higher than or equal to the threshold ambient air temperature, and the battery temperature is lower than or equal to the threshold battery temperature; and turning off the electric heater when the battery efficiency is lower than or equal to the threshold efficiency, wherein the electric heater is configured to receive electric energy from the battery.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for reusing wastewater. The method for reusing wastewater disclosed herein includes: generating a mixed wastewater by mixing multiple types of wastewater (S20); performing a first purification by passing the mixed wastewater through a flocculation-sedimentation unit (S40); performing a second purification by passing an effluent of the flocculation-sedimentation unit through a membrane bioreactor (MBR) (S60); performing a third purification by passing an effluent of the MBR through a reverse-osmosis membrane unit (S80); and reusing an effluent of the reverse-osmosis membrane unit as cooling water or industrial water (S100).

Abstract: A mold structure includes gate electrodes stacked on a first substrate, a channel structure penetrating a first region of the mold structure to cross the gate electrodes, a first through structure penetrating a second region of the mold structure, and a second through structure penetrating a third region of the mold structure. The mold structure includes memory cell blocks extending in a first direction and spaced apart in a second direction, and a dummy block extending in the first direction and disposed between the memory cell blocks. Each of the memory cell and dummy blocks includes a cell region and an extension region arranged in the first direction. The first region is the cell region of one of the memory cell blocks, the second region is the extension region of the one of the memory cell blocks, and the third region is the extension region of the dummy block.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell, which includes a battery case having an accommodation portion in which an electrode assembly is mounted, and a sealing portion formed by sealing an outer periphery thereof; an electrode lead electrically connected to an electrode tab included in the electrode assembly and protruding out of the battery case via the sealing portion; and a lead film located at a portion corresponding to the sealing portion in at least one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the electrode lead, wherein a gas discharge guiding unit is inserted in the lead film, the battery case includes a cover portion extending from the sealing portion, and the cover portion is located on the lead film and protrudes in an outer direction of the battery case.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly having an electrode lead attached thereto, a case comprising a receiving portion in which the electrode assembly is received and a sealing portion comprising a sealant resin and configured to seal the electrode assembly, a lead film configured to cover a portion of an outer surface of the electrode lead and interposed between the electrode lead and the case, a vent area disposed in at least a portion of the case, and a vent member comprising a first layer comprising a resin having lower melting point than the sealant resin, and a second layer disposed on at least one surface of the first layer and comprising an adhesive material. The vent member may be inserted into the vent area. A thickness of the second layer may be equal to or smaller than 5 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel having a plurality of pixels, the display panel comprising a first display area having first resolution and a second display area having second resolution, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution, and a controller configured to generate display area information of each of the plurality of pixels, to blur an image that is displayed in the second display area based on the display area information, and to perform control such that the blurred image is displayed on the display panel.

Abstract: An yttrium-based powder for thermal spraying and an yttrium-based thermal spray coating formed from the yttrium-based powder are proposed. The yttrium-based powder includes an yttrium-based compound and an optimally controlled amount of an oxide additive, SiO2. The yttrium-based powder inhibits formation of black spots or prevents the yttrium-based compound from turning black through plasma spray coating. The yttrium-based powder enables formation of a thermal spray coating with a desired color and improved mechanical properties.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a frozen block by mixing meat, salts, vegetables, and alpha starch.

Abstract: Proposed are a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method capable of efficiently preventing contamination of a substrate and a processing space caused by a reverse flow of purge gas.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a housing having a treating space; a support unit configured to support a substrate in the treating space; and a brush unit configured to clean the substrate supported on the support unit, and wherein the brush unit includes: a body having a circular-shaped cross-section; and a plurality of contact pads protruding from the body and defining a plurality of groove portions for discharging foreign substances dropped from a substrate, each groove portion defined between adjacent contact pads, and wherein a width of the groove portion near a center of the body is different from a width of the groove portion near an edge of the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanoemulsion ophthalmic composition and a preparation method thereof, wherein the nanoemulsion ophthalmic composition is obtained by mixing cyclosporine, castor oil, hydrophilic and hydrophobic emulsifiers, menthol, and an aqueous solvent, and thus exhibits excellent stability as well as ameliorating ocular irritation such as a feeling of grittiness, blurry vision, and the like.

Abstract: An embodiment discloses a sterilization module comprising: a frame including a support part that includes one surface and one end, and a fastening part connected to the one end; a first circuit board disposed in the fastening part; and an ultraviolet irradiation device disposed on the first circuit board, wherein the support part comprises: the other end facing the one end; and a side end facing the other end. The frame comprises: a protrusion connected to the side end of the support part; and a guide part connected to the other end of the support part. The fastening part and the guide part extend in a first direction perpendicular to one surface of the support part, and the protrusion extends in a direction opposite to the first direction. The guide part comprises: a first guide part and a second guide part that are spaced apart from each other in a second direction parallel to the one end.

Abstract: Provided herein are a fabric-based substrate and an organic electronic device including the same. The fabric-based substrate includes a fabric layer having an upper surface and a lower surface. A plurality of electrodes are disposed on the upper surface of the fabric layer. An adhesive layer is provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of the fabric layer and filled at least some empty regions between the electrodes and the fabric layer, between the electrodes, and at least some pores in the fabric layer. A self-healing polymer layer is disposed on the adhesive layer located on the lower surface of the fabric layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a wiring structure including a first insulating layer and a first wiring pad. The first wiring pad is in the first insulating layer. The package includes a semiconductor chip on the wiring structure, and an interposer on the semiconductor chip. The interposer includes a second insulating layer and a second wiring pad, and the second wiring pad is in the second insulating layer. The package includes a first connecting structure including a first metal layer and a second metal layer surrounding the first metal layer. The first metal layer includes a lower metal layer adjacent to the wiring structure and an upper metal layer adjacent to the interposer, and the first connecting structure connects the first wiring pad and the second wiring pad. The package includes a mold layer between the wiring structure and the interposer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a three-dimensional semiconductor memory device, a method of fabricating the same, and an electronic system including the same. The semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including a first region and a second region, a plurality of stacks including first and second stacks, each of which includes interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes stacked alternately with the interlayer insulating layers on the substrate and has a stepped structure on the second region, an insulating layer on stepped structure of the first stack, a plurality of vertical channel structures provided on the first region to penetrate the first stack, and a separation structure separating the first and second stacks from each other. The insulating layer may include one or more dopants, and a dopant concentration of the insulating layer may decrease as a distance from the substrate increases.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a substrate having a cell array region and an extension region. A mold structure includes a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of mold insulating layers alternately stacked on the substrate such that the mold structure has a step shape that steps downwardly in the extension region in a direction away from the cell array region. A channel structure penetrates through the mold structure in the cell array region, and a cell contact structure penetrates through the mold structure in the extension region. A portion of the cell contact structure is in contact with a portion of an uppermost one of the gate electrodes. The cell contact structure includes a first portion in contact with a side surface of the uppermost one of the gate electrodes and a second portion in contact with a top surface of the uppermost one of the gate electrodes. A width of the first portion is smaller than a width of the second portion.

Abstract: A light source module including a fixing plate configured to extend in a first direction; a circuit board disposed on the fixing plate; a plurality of ultraviolet light emitting elements disposed on the circuit board in the first direction; a first reflection plate disposed at one side of the fixing plate; and a second reflection plate disposed at the other side of the fixing plate. Further, the plurality of ultraviolet light emitting elements are disposed between the first reflection plate and the second reflection plate in the first direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a highly conductive polymer thin film is proposed. The method includes a step of coating a substrate with a first dopant solution including a polymer material and a first dopant to form a conductive polymer thin film subjected to first conductive treatment; and a step of performing second conductive treatment using a second dopant solution including pyronin B on the conductive polymer thin film to form a highly conductive polymer thin film.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method, a server and a computer-readable medium for recommending nodes of an interactive content, in which, when receiving recommendation request information for requesting a recommendation node for a specific node included in an interactive content from a user generating the interactive content, a first embedding value for a first set including the specific node is calculated, and a second embedding value for each second set including each of a plurality of nodes of each of one or more other interactive contents included in the service server is calculated, so as to calculate a similarity between the first embedding value and the second embedding value and provide the user with a next node, as a recommendation node, of a node corresponding to the second embedding value determined based on the similarity.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate of the present invention includes a buffer unit, an inversion unit, a first transfer chamber, a second transfer chamber, a first cleaning chamber, and a second cleaning chamber. The first transfer chamber, the inversion unit, and the second transfer chamber are sequentially arranged in one direction. The first cleaning chamber is disposed at one side of the first transfer chamber, and the second cleaning chamber is disposed at one side of the second transfer chamber. A first main transfer robot provided in the first transfer chamber directly transfers the substrate between the buffer unit, the inversion unit, and the first cleaning chamber. The second main transfer robot provided in the second transfer chamber directly transfers the substrate between the buffer unit, the inversion unit, and the second cleaning chamber.