Abstract: A monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention can bind to lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) including a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region and inhibit the activity thereof. Thus it is expected to be useful for the development of immunotherapeutic agents for various disorders that are associated with LAG-3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester resin. The polyester resin is useful for bottles, sheets, multilayer sheets, stretched films and fiber applications due to excellent heat resistance and transparency, and in particular, the polyester resin has little deterioration of physical properties such as yellowing, etc., during processing. A process for making the polyester resin includes an esterification reaction between a dicarboxylic acid that includes terephthalic acid and a diol that includes isosorbide in the presence of a catalyst, followed by a polycondensation reaction on a product of the esterification reaction. In some embodiments, an initial mixing ratio of the dicarboxylic acid and the diol is between 1:1.02 and 1:1.04.

Abstract: A method of generating a map for visual localization includes specifying a virtual camera pose by using 3-dimensional (3D) model data which is based on an image of an outdoor space captured from the air; rendering the image of the outdoor space from a perspective of the virtual camera, by using the virtual camera pose and the 3D model data; and generating a feature point map by using the rendered image and the virtual camera pose.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high voltage output device having a serial-parallel stack structure of capacitors. The high voltage output device includes a substrate includes a capacitor element and a pillar structure provided on an upper surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode, which have different potentials from each other. The capacitor element is connected to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery cell for evaluating a lithium precipitation behavior includes: an electrode assembly preparation step of preparing an electrode assembly to which an overhang region, where a positive electrode protrudes from a negative electrode, is introduced; a battery cell preparation step of preparing a battery cell by accommodating the electrode assembly in a first pouch, injecting an electrolyte solution thereto, and sealing the first pouch; a secondary sealing step of accommodating the battery cell in a second pouch and secondary-sealing the second pouch; a second pouch removing step of performing formation for the secondary-sealed battery cell and removing the second pouch; a gas pocket unit removing step of degassing and re-sealing the battery cell, from which the second pouch has been removed, and removing a gas pocket unit of the first pouch; and a completion step of accommodating the battery cell.

Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a light emitting diode and a pixel driving circuit which drives the light emitting diode, the pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor which applies a driving current to the light emitting diode, a first transistor which applies a first reference voltage to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, a second transistor which applies a data voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor, a third transistor which applies a second reference voltage to a source electrode of the driving transistor, and a storage capacitor connected to the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor. According to the present disclosure, the threshold voltage Vth and the mobility of the driving transistors are internally compensated to improve an image quality.

Abstract: An ultrasonic image providing method of the present disclosure includes: receiving ultrasonic images; measuring a plurality of similarities for a plurality of measurement items for at least one of the ultrasonic images; comparing the plurality of similarities with corresponding default thresholds, respectively; when none of the plurality of similarities is greater than the corresponding default threshold, selecting a measurement item maintaining the greatest similarity among the plurality of similarities for a reference time; and providing an ultrasonic image for the selected measurement item as an ultrasonic image.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a seat cushion extension device for a fold-and-dive seat. The seat cushion extension device may include a pair of seat cushion side frames arranged at a predetermined interval, a seatback frame rotatably connected to the pair of seat cushion side frames and having a guide pin formed on an outer surface thereof, a seat cushion frame, a pair of links rotatably connected between the pair of seat cushion side frames and a front end of the seat cushion frame, and a pair of extension frames. Each of the pair of extension frames may have a front end connected to the seat cushion frame, and a rear end formed with a guide hole, into which a guide pin may be inserted. The seat cushion extension device may facilitate a forward extension of a seat cushion regardless of a position of a seatback of the fold-and-dive seat.

Abstract: An apparatus of tilting a seat cushion of a vehicle, includes a tilting motor, a pinion gear, a sector gear, and a tilting link which perform the tilting operation of the seat cushion and exert a binding force in a tilted state of the seat cushion and are provided to be connected to both of one side and the other side of a seat cushion frame, and has two sector gears positioned on left and right sides and connected to each other by a connection bar so that, by strengthening a binding force of the front portion of the seat cushion, it is possible to secure the safety of passengers in the event of a collision.

Abstract: A foldable ramp according to an embodiment is configured to assist a movement of means of transportation which may be used by disabled people, such as a wheelchair. The foldable ramp may be used as a stand for a billboard, and the foldable ramp may be unfolded to be used as a ramp.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for skin improvement and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating an inflammatory skin disease, the compositions including an umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell culture medium as an active ingredient. The compositions exhibit a wound relief, wrinkle improvement, regeneration, elasticity increase, moisturizing, barrier strengthening, anti-inflammatory or antioxidant effect, and thus can be effectively used as a cosmetic composition for skin improvement or a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating an inflammatory skin disease.

Abstract: A portable battery device for a mobility apparatus and a battery management system and a method, which are capable of securing a desired range of the mobility apparatus by selectively adding an auxiliary battery in a situation in which a battery capacity should be additionally supplemented, are disclosed. The auxiliary battery is stored in the mobility apparatus or is supplied from an external supply source when the auxiliary battery is commercially available. Accordingly, electric power supply to the mobility apparatus becomes convenient. The auxiliary battery is simply replaceable through separation or mounting thereof from or in a case at an outside of the mobility apparatus. Accordingly, handling convenience of the auxiliary battery is enhanced. When collision of the mobility apparatus occurs, the auxiliary battery is separated due to impact and, as such, generation of fire caused by damage to the auxiliary battery is prevented and stability is secured.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a diagnostic method and a device performing the same. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a diagnostic device is a diagnostic device that uses a test kit including a specimen plate having a specimen region in which a specimen is smeared and a patch plate configured to store a contact-type patch, which comes into contact with the specimen to stain the specimen, and the diagnostic device includes a body having a loading region in which the test kit is placed, a moving unit configured to move the patch plate and the specimen plate of the test kit relative to each other so that the specimen placed in the test kit is smeared in the specimen region, and a contact unit configured to move a structure of the test kit such that the contact-type patch comes into contact with the smeared specimen so that the smeared specimen is stained.

Abstract: The present technology provides a system and a method for terminal positioning.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for electric vehicle charging, which receive power from at least one of the power grid and the energy storage system (ESS) and perform an electric vehicle charging procedure through the charger, receive the power of at least one of the power grid and the energy storage system (ESS) and perform the charging procedure through the charger, and are capable of charging the energy storage system (ESS) from the power grid or switching from discharging to charging of the energy storage system (ESS) during the electric vehicle charging procedure.

Abstract: A method for electric vehicle (EV) charging includes receiving power from at least one of a power grid and an energy storage system; performing an EV charging procedure through a charger using the received power; and performing, during the EV charging procedure, one of enabling charging the energy storage system from the power grid, and switching from discharging to charging of the energy storage system. An EV charging system includes a secondary battery for charging/discharging; an input unit receiving power from a power grid in order to charge the secondary battery; an output unit providing the power grid power to a charger for charging an electric vehicle by discharging the secondary battery; and a control unit to control a state of charge of the secondary battery when EV charging starts and a state of charge of the secondary battery when EV charging ends and to perform the EV charging procedure.

Abstract: A power control apparatus includes an energy storage system that is connected to a power grid and includes a battery; a power conversion system (PCS) operatively connected to the power grid and the energy storage system; and a control unit configured to control a charging procedure and a discharging procedure for the battery by giving a priority to power conversion efficiency of the PCS. A control method of a power conversion apparatus includes using a power conversion unit to provide a control of transferring at least one of power of a power grid and power of an energy storage system to an electric vehicle charging system, and a management control to correspond to an optimal efficiency range with respect to power conversion by controlling charging/discharging of the energy storage system according to an electric vehicle charging speed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tissue diagnosis device including a plate supporter configured to support a plate on which a reaction region is placed and a sample is placed in the reaction region, a patch controller configured to support the patch which contains a labeling substance that specifically labels the target substance, and control a position of the patch relative to the reaction region so that the patch provides the labeling substance to the reaction region, and a target substance detector configured to detect the labeling substance and detect the target substance included in the tissue sample.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) patch which is provided as a gel type having a net-like structure forming micro-cavities, wherein at least a part of a plurality of reagents used in a PCR are contained in the micro-cavities, and when the patch contacts with an external region, the reagents contained in the micro-cavities move to at least a portion of the external region, and a PCR of a target DNA included in a sample located in the external region is performed.