Abstract: A table device for a vehicle includes: a table mounted on a fixing unit and provided to slide forward; a first stopper mounted on the fixing unit and configured to move up and down and to restrict a movement of the table; and a second stopper rotatably mounted on the fixing unit. The second stopper can latch to and be positioned on the first stopper to restrict upward and downward movements of the first stopper. The second stopper is configured to selectively rotate by a forward acceleration or force generated in an event of a vehicle collision to be released from the latching of the first stopper.

Abstract: The operating method of a server for providing a metaverse in which a call between user terminals may be performed may include: generating a first avatar based on profile information of a first user terminal and a second avatar based on profile information of a second user terminal; providing a map space in which the first avatar and the second avatar are able to travel; mediating a call between the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on whether a plurality of avatars including the first avatar and the second avatar have entered a first audio space included in the map space; and completing matching between the first user terminal and the second user terminal when a first sign of attraction to the second avatar is transmitted from the first user terminal and a sign of attraction to the first avatar is transmitted from the second user terminal.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device according to embodiments includes a first sensor configured to measure a temperature of a heating member for heating an aerosol generating material, a second sensor configured to detect a characteristic of the aerosol generating material, a switching module connected to the first sensor and the second sensor and to a shared sensor signal line connected to the heating member, and a controller configured to control the switching module and receive a first sensor output signal from the first sensor or a second sensor output signal from the second sensor.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment including a heater configured to heat at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater, and a processor configured to control power supply to the heater according to a first temperature profile for a first smoking operation, wherein the processor is further configured to detect a second smoking operation after the first smoking operation, based on a temperature of the heater measured by the temperature sensor, and to control power supply to the heater according to a second temperature profile in which a time corresponding to a temperature drop section of the first temperature profile is corrected, when the second smoking operation is detected. In addition, various embodiments are available through the specification.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a photoresist coater applying a photoresist film on a substrate, a humidifier increasing an amount of moisture in an ambient to which the photoresist film on the substrate is exposed, and an exposer irradiating the photoresist film exposed to the ambient having the increased amount of moisture with light. The humidifier is disposed between the photoresist coater and the exposer.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol-generating device including a housing in which an aerosol-generating article is accommodated, a heater which is arranged at an external side of the aerosol-generating article to heat the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the housing, and at least one support which is arranged at an inner space of the housing, supports the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the housing, and allows air in the inner space of the housing to flow to one end of the aerosol-generating article.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including a silicon-based anode active material for a lithium secondary battery and an anode formed using the same. The silicon-based anode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments includes a surface coated with carbon and doped with lithium. A ratio of a peak area at 102.5 eV to a total area of a peak area at 100 eV, the peak area at 102.5 eV, and a peak area at 104 eV, which appear in an Si2p spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 40% or less, thereby allowing an electrode to be stably manufactured without changing physical properties of the slurry during manufacturing the electrode. In addition, the anode active material for a secondary battery may be usefully used to manufacture a lithium secondary battery having high discharge capacity and high energy density characteristics.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal oxide particle containing phosphorus introduced into the particle, and a coating formed on at least a portion of a surface of the lithium-transition metal oxide particle. The coating includes a phosphorus-containing compound. A content of phosphorus introduced into the lithium-transition metal oxide particle is in a range from 15 wt % to 30 wt % based on a sum of a weight of phosphorus introduced into the lithium-transition metal oxide particle and a weight of phosphorus contained in the coating.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbon-based particle including pores therein, a silicon-containing coating layer formed at an inside the pores of the carbon-based particle or on a surface of the carbon-based particle, and a carbon coating layer formed on the silicon-containing coating layer. A full width at half maximum (FWHM) of an O1s peak of a surface measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is 2.0 or more. A lithium secondary battery including the anode active material having improved initial discharge capacity and capacity efficiency is provided.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a preliminary lithium metal oxide particle is prepared. The preliminary lithium metal oxide particle is cleaned using a boron compound cleaning solution. A cathode active material for a lithium secondary particle includes a lithium metal oxide particle where a ratio of a B+ peak intensity relative to a sum of peak intensities of Li+, B+ and LiB+ fragments by a TOF-SIMS analysis is in a range from 0.03% to 1.5%.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a preliminary lithium metal oxide particle is prepared. The preliminary lithium metal oxide particle is cleaned using a boron compound cleaning solution. A cathode active material for a lithium secondary particle includes a lithium metal oxide particle where a ratio of a B+ peak intensity relative to a sum of peak intensities of Li+, B+ and LiB+ fragments by a TOF-SIMS analysis is in a range from 0.03% to 1.5%.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a silicon oxide which includes a carbon coating layer on a surface thereof and is doped with magnesium. A ratio of peak area at 1303 eV to a sum of a peak area at 1304.5 eV and a peak area at 1303 eV, which appear in a Mg1s spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 60% or less.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a silicon oxide which includes a carbon coating layer on a surface thereof and is doped with magnesium. A ratio of peak area at 1303 eV to a sum of a peak area at 1304.5 eV and a peak area at 1303 eV, which appear in a Mg1s spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 60% or less.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbon-based particle including pores therein, a silicon-containing coating layer formed at an inside the pores of the carbon-based particle or on a surface of the carbon-based particle, and a carbon coating layer formed on the silicon-containing coating layer. A full width at half maximum (FWHM) of an O1s peak of a surface measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is 2.0 or more. A lithium secondary battery including the anode active material having improved initial discharge capacity and capacity efficiency is provided.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a silicon oxide which includes a carbon coating layer on a surface thereof and is doped with magnesium. A ratio of peak area at 1303 eV to a sum of a peak area at 1304.5 eV and a peak area at 1303 eV, which appear in a Mg1s spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 60% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including a silicon-based anode active material for a lithium secondary battery and an anode formed using the same. The silicon-based anode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments includes a surface coated with carbon and doped with lithium. A ratio of a peak area at 102.5 eV to a total area of a peak area at 100 eV, the peak area at 102.5 eV, and a peak area at 104 eV, which appear in an Si2p spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 40% or less, thereby allowing an electrode to be stably manufactured without changing physical properties of the slurry during manufacturing the electrode. In addition, the anode active material for a secondary battery may be usefully used to manufacture a lithium secondary battery having high discharge capacity and high energy density characteristics.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a preliminary lithium metal oxide particle is prepared. The preliminary lithium metal oxide particle is cleaned using a boron compound cleaning solution. A cathode active material for a lithium secondary particle includes a lithium metal oxide particle where a ratio of a B+ peak intensity relative to a sum of peak intensities of Li+, B+ and LiB+ fragments by a TOF-SIMS analysis is in a range from 0.03% to 1.5%.

Abstract: A Lactobacillus paraplantarum CK401 having an antiviral effect, and more specifically to novel kimchi-derived microorganism Lactobacillus paraplantarum CK401 having inhibitory activity against influenza viruses, particularly avian influenza virus, and the use thereof. According to the present invention, any one or more selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus paraplantarum CK401 KCTC 13287BP, a culture fluid of the Lactobacillus paraplantarum CK401 KCTC 13287BP, and a retentate of the culture fluid on a membrane filter having a molecular weight cutoff of 10 kD, have excellent antiviral activity, and thus may be usefully used for drugs, foods, fermented products, food additives, health supplements, feeds, feed additives, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a L-ascorbic acid derivative having an improved water-in-stability, represented by a following general formula (I): ##STR1## and a method for preparation thereof, and to a skin-whitening cosmetic composition containing the same as an active ingredient.