Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-L1CAM antibody specifically binding to L1CAM antigen or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, a chimeric antigen receptor comprising same, and uses thereof. The anti-L1CAM antibody or the antigen-binding fragment of the present invention is excellent in specificity and affinity to L1CAM and thus may be used in the treatment and diagnosis of cancers related to high expression of L1CAM and diseases related to inflammatory disorders. In particular, when the chimeric antigen receptor comprising the anti-L1CAM antibody of the present invention is expressed in effector cells such as T lymphocytes, the chimeric antigen receptor may be effectively used as immunotherapy for cancers related to L1CAM and inflammatory disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the detection of a target nucleic acid sequence by a PTOCE-E (PTO Cleavage and Extension-dependent Extension) assay. The PTOCE-E assay of the present invention can reduce the non-target signal and increase the target signal as compared with the conventional PTOCE and PCE-SH methods, thereby enabling more accurate detection of the target nucleic acid sequence.

Abstract: A battery pack is capable of maximizing or increasing a cooling effect of a module by concurrently performing conduction-type heat dissipation by a heat dissipation member extended from the inside to the outside of the module, and convection-type heat dissipation by a duct and a cooling fan. A battery pack includes: at least one module including a plurality of unit cells, a plurality of spacers between the unit cells, and a module case accommodating the unit cells and the spacers; a plurality of heat dissipation members inserted into the module and extended from the inside to the outside of the module; a duct including an opening and provided at one side of the module; and a cooling fan connected to the opening of the duct.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a secondary battery, and the technical problem to be solved is to provide a secondary battery having a cathode terminal-integrated cap plate, which prevents the occurrence of weld defects during welding of a bus bar. To this end, the present disclosure provides a secondary battery comprising: a case; an electrode assembly received in the case; and a cap plate coupled to the case so as to protect the electrode assembly, wherein the cap plate includes a terminal part to which the electrode assembly is electrically connected and which is formed integrally with the cap plate, and the terminal part is thicker than the cap plate.

Abstract: A driver state determining method may include: obtaining a touch sensing value corresponding to a touch input by a driver of a vehicle, and a steering torque sensing value corresponding to a steering torque input from the driver; determining a state of the driver as one of a hand-off state, a normal grip state, an abnormal grip state, or a hand-off determination pending state based on at least one of the touch sensing value or the steering torque sensing value, and outputting a guide message according to the determination result.

Abstract: A device for controlling travel of a vehicle includes: a storage that stores at least one of a first seat location before an autonomous driving, a second seat location set by a driver, or a third seat location in a current state; and a controller that controls a seat of the vehicle based on the seat location stored in the storage when a driving state of the vehicle is switched from an autonomous driving state to a manual driving state by transferring a control right of the vehicle to the driver. The device may allow the driver to immediately receive the control right when the control right of the vehicle is transferred to the driver, so that the transfer of the control right may be performed safely.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a backlight unit with improved wrinkled phenomenon of optical sheet due to external factors such as temperature or humidity, and a display apparatus including the same. The display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a backlight unit comprising an optical sheet; and an image forming unit configured to generate an image by transmitting or blocking light emitted from the backlight unit, and the optical sheet includes a plurality of sheets, and comprises a shape memory material in at least one of the plurality of sheets.

Abstract: There is provided a method of processing uplink Ethernet packets of an aggregation node included in a distributed antenna system, the method includes: receiving a plurality of uplink Ethernet packets; summing the plurality of received uplink Ethernet packets; and transmitting the summed uplink Ethernet packets in an uplink direction.

Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a processor to determine activation of an autonomous driving function depending on whether a current driving situation satisfies an activation condition of the autonomous driving function during autonomous driving control; and a storage configured to store a set of instructions and data for determination and performance by the processor. In particular, the processor controls a vehicle to satisfy the activation condition and then determines activation of the autonomous driving function when the activation condition is not satisfied and a request to activate the autonomous driving function is inputted from a user.

Abstract: A vehicle controller and a headway distance control method are provided. The vehicle controller includes an object information obtaining device that obtains information about an object around a vehicle, a forward gazing detecting device that detects whether a driver in the vehicle keeps his or her eyes on the road, and a headway distance controller that controls a headway distance between the vehicle and a forward vehicle which is traveling in front of the vehicle depending on whether the driver keeps his or her eyes on the road.

Abstract: Disclosed is a ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus an a method of controlling the same, capable of allowing a sonographer to take an appropriate rest by measuring the usage time and the angle of bend of the probe and assigning weights to the usage time and the angle of bend of the probe such that the wrist fatigue of a sonographer is determined, and warning the sonographer about the determined wrist fatigue, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including a probe configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to a target object and receive a ultrasonic signal reflected from the target object; a storage configured to store a weight that is determined on the basis of a type of the probe and an application of the probe; and a controller configured to determine a wrist fatigue of a user who uses the probe on the basis of the stored weight and a usage time of the probe.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a backlight unit with improved wrinkled phenomenon of optical sheet due to external factors such as temperature or humidity, and a display apparatus including the same. The display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a backlight unit comprising an optical sheet; and an image forming unit configured to generate an image by transmitting or blocking light emitted from the backlight unit, and the optical sheet includes a plurality of sheets, and comprises a shape memory material in at least one of the plurality of sheets.

Abstract: A case for an electronic device wherein the electronic device has a receiver coil for wireless charging and the receiver coil is formed in between an inner circle and an outer circle, includes: a hard protective frame constructed to receive the electronic device therein wherein the hard protective frame faces the electronic device; and a metal plate constructed to be received in the recess. The metal plate is constructed to enable magnetic retention or attachment of the case to a support having a magnet. The metal plate has a rounded concave edge, and the metal plate does not overlap with the inner circle. Preferably, the rounded concave edge, the inner circle, and the outer circle are substantially symmetrical with respect to a same line.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous carbon material doped with a heterogeneous element and a porous carbon material doped with a heterogeneous element manufactured using the method are proposed. The method includes melting carbon precursor powder that contains one or more kinds of heterogeneous elements selected from metal and nonmetal to prepare a precursor melt; disposing a pair of metal wires in the precursor melt; and applying power to the metal wires to perform plasma-discharge, thus forming and aggregating carbon nanoparticles doped with the heterogeneous element while having a micropore and thereby forming a porous carbon material having a meso-macro hierarchical pore structure. As the heterogeneous element is bound to carbon of the carbon precursor, the carbon nanoparticles are formed in an amorphous structure while being doped with the heterogeneous element, thus increasing an active site.

Abstract: A MEMS microphone includes a substrate defining a cavity including a first sidewall extending a vertical direction, a back plate disposed over the substrate and defining a plurality of acoustic holes, a diaphragm disposed between the substrate and the back plate, the diaphragm having at least one vent hole, an anchor extending from a circumference of the diaphragm to connect an end portion of the diaphragm to an upper surface of the substrate, and at least one path member communicating with the vent hole, the path member providing a flow path for the acoustic pressure to flow downwardly toward the cavity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an autonomous driving control apparatus and an autonomous driving control method, and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides the autonomous driving control apparatus including: a driver seating sensor configured to recognize whether or not the driver is seated; a driver monitoring device configured to recognize whether a driver is looking ahead; and a processor configured to determine whether control authority is switchable for activating an autonomous driving control function based on sensing results of the driver seating sensor and the driver monitoring device.

Abstract: There is provided a method of processing uplink Ethernet packets of an aggregation node included in a distributed antenna system, the method includes: receiving a plurality of uplink Ethernet packets; summing the plurality of received uplink Ethernet packets; and transmitting the summed uplink Ethernet packets in an uplink direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an energy supply system using hot waste water that controls a supply of energy required according to a situation of agricultural facilities. The energy supply system includes a hot waste water pipe connecting a power plant and at least one facility so as to supply thermal energy to the at least one facility through hot waste water discharged from the power plant; a ground heat exchanger buried under a ground and connected to the at least one facility so as to supply geothermal energy to the at least one facility; at least one solar cell module disposed in the at least one facility and supplying electric energy to the at least one facility; and a server configured to individually control the thermal energy, the geothermal energy and the electrical energy supplied to the at least one facility according to an environmental state of the at least one facility.

Abstract: A reprogramming method of a vehicle includes authenticating a diagnostor; receiving integrated firmware comprising a plurality of firmwares that correspond to a plurality of target controllers, respectively, from the diagnostor that is completely authenticated; authenticating the integrated firmware; encrypting and storing the plurality of firmwares included in the integrated firmware; and generating encryption keys that corresponds the plurality of target controllers, respectively apparatus. The encrypting and storing comprises encrypting and storing the plurality of firmwares to the encryption keys that correspond to the plurality of firmwares, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a warning about the driving of a vehicle is provided and includes a sensor that obtains a state of a driver and a state of the vehicle. An input device receives, from the driver, risk criteria information including critical speed and holding time of a driving assistance function that are defined based on a tendency of the driver. A storage stores at least one program instruction executed by a controller. The controller sets at least one additional warning output condition based on the risk criteria information, determines whether the additional warning output condition is satisfied, based on the state of the driver and the state of the vehicle, and outputs a driving warning based on an outcome of the determination.