Abstract: A contact inspection device includes a support; a contact inspection module including an inspection terminal which contacts and inspects an target; a crank module coupling the contact inspection module with the support and having a double crank structure; and a driving cylinder coupled to the support and the contact inspection module and moving the contact inspection module, where the driving cylinder applies a force to the contact inspection module to move, the force being oblique to the contact inspection module.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same: wherein X, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The compound of Chemical Formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof acts as a positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5), thereby being useful in the prevention or treatment of disorder mediated by glutamate dysfunction and mGluR5.

Abstract: Provided is a method of diagnosing the degradation of a lithium secondary battery in a non-destructive manner without disassembling the battery, which includes: obtaining, from X-ray diffraction (XRD) data obtained during first charging of the lithium secondary battery, a first graph showing the change of the c-axis d-spacing value of the layered positive electrode active material according to the number of moles of lithium ions deintercalated from the layered positive electrode active material during the charging; obtaining, from XRD data obtained during second charging of the lithium secondary battery, a second graph showing the change of the c-axis d-spacing value of the layered positive electrode active material according to the number of moles of lithium ions deintercalated from the layered positive electrode active material during the charging; and classifying a cause of degradation of the secondary battery by comparing the first graph and the second graph.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly in which a negative electrode coated with a negative electrode active material on a surface of a negative electrode collector, a separator, and a positive electrode coated with a positive electrode active material on a surface of a positive electrode collector are repeatedly laminated, the electrode assembly comprising: monocells in which the positive electrode, the separator, the negative electrode, and the separator are laminated, wherein at least two or more monocells are laminated, wherein, in any one of the monocells, an expansion part extending lengthily to one side is formed on the separators, and the expansion part of the separator surrounds the monocells laminated to be disposed at the outermost layers to fix the laminated monocells.

Abstract: A negative electrode including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer positioned on at least one surface of the current collector for a negative electrode and containing a first carbonaceous active material; and a second negative electrode active material layer positioned on a surface of the first negative electrode active material layer and containing a silicon-based active material and carbon nanotubes. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode is also disclosed.

Abstract: A substrate transfer unit is provided. The substrate transfer unit includes: a rail part having a length in a horizontal direction; a vertical part moving along the rail part, guiding the vertical movement of a robot, which transfers a substrate, and having, formed therein, first flow paths that a fluid is introduced into and passes through; main duct parts having, formed therein, second flow paths which communicate with the first flow paths, having first end portions connected to the vertical part, and including outlets, which are formed at second end portions of the main duct parts and face a bottom surface of the index module, and through holes, which are formed on one or both sides of each of the second end portions; and auxiliary duct parts surrounding the through holes at the second end portions of the main duct parts and having, formed therein, expansion spaces which communicate with the second flow paths.

Abstract: A pouch and a secondary battery including the pouch, and a method for manufacturing the same are described. The method for manufacturing the secondary battery includes: a hole formation process of forming a degassing hole in an aluminum sheet; and a lamination process of laminating a polymer layer on the aluminum sheet to manufacture a pouch; an accommodation process of accommodating an electrode assembly in the pouch; and a sealing process of sealing an outer circumferential surface of the pouch.

Abstract: Provided are an imidazoquinoline or benzoindazolone compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer or precursor drug thereof; a use thereof for preventing and treating an inflammatory disease; and an intermediate for preparing same, where the compound is used as a substrate of NQO1 to activate the oxidation-reduction of NQO1, thus making it possible to prevent the expression and activity of inflammatory cytokines, and as such, can be used for preventing or treating diseases associated with NQO1 activity.

Abstract: A method for reinjecting an electrolyte, and a secondary battery capable of being reinjected with an electrolyte are described. The method for reinjecting an electrolyte is a method for reinjecting an electrolyte into a secondary battery in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated in a pouch. The pouch includes an aluminum sheet, in which a functional hole is formed, and a polymer layer stacked on the aluminum sheet. The method includes a reinjection process of injecting an additional electrolyte into the pouch through the functional hole by opening the functional hole, and a sealing process of sealing the functional hole after the reinjection process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode including: a positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer has a lower layer region facing the positive electrode current collector and containing a first positive electrode active material and a first binder polymer, and an upper layer region facing the lower layer region and containing a second positive electrode active material and a second binder polymer, and the Ni content of the second positive electrode active material in the upper layer region is larger than the Ni content of the first positive electrode active material in the lower layer region. Also disclosed is a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode.

Abstract: A battery management system according to the present disclosure includes a swelling detector including at least one sensor configured to detect a swelling status of a battery cell; and a control circuit configured to generate first time-series data of the swelling status repeatedly detected during a charging procedure included in a charge/discharge cycle of the battery cell. The control circuit is configured to determine a first change amount of the swelling status in the charging procedure from the first time-series data. The control circuit is configured to determine whether the battery cell is shorted internally based on the first change amount.

Abstract: Provided are a protein complex in which estrogen receptor 2 (-ERT2) is fused to CRISPR associated protein 9 (Cas9), and a recombinant vector carrying a gene coding the protein complex, wherein ERT2 is bonded to the N-terminus and C-terminus of nuclear localization sequence (NLS)-removed Cas9 and the complex has the advantage of translocating from the cytosol into the nucleus at a certain time point upon treatment with tamoxifen and modifying a specific DNA with the aid of guide RNA (gRNA), ultimately enabling a more elaborate DNA modification operation in a desired part at a desired time point.

Abstract: Provided is a polynucleotide in which an N-terminal region of TIF1y gene is codon-optimized, a recombinant vector including the polynucleotide, and a use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly in which a negative electrode coated with a negative electrode active material on a surface of a negative electrode collector, a separator, and a positive electrode coated with a positive electrode active material on a surface of a positive electrode collector are repeatedly laminated, the electrode assembly comprising: monocells in which the positive electrode, the separator, the negative electrode, and the separator are laminated, wherein at least two or more monocells are laminated, wherein, in any one of the monocells, an expansion part extending lengthily to one side is formed on the separators, and the expansion part of the separator surrounds the monocells laminated to be disposed at the outermost layers to fix the laminated monocells.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery case configured to receive an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution therein, the electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the battery case including a layer structure and a gas adsorption layer formed on the inner surface of the layer structure, the gas adsorption layer including a gas adsorption material layer configured to adsorb a reaction gas that may be generated within the battery case during abnormal functioning of the electrode assembly, and a blocking layer formed on an exposed surface of the gas adsorption material layer, the blocking layer configured to prevent the gas adsorption material layer from being exposed to an ambient gas during assembly of the battery case.

Abstract: A semipermanent menstrual pad may include: a genital area cover configured to cover a female genital area and having a storage space recessed at a center of the genital area cover to store menstrual blood, and a lid part configured to cover an upper portion of the storage space to prevent the menstrual blood introduced into the storage space from leaking to the outside, in which the lid part is coupled to or separated from the genital area cover in an attachable/detachable manner and includes a through-hole through which the menstrual blood is introduced, and a first menstrual blood leak prevention projection formed along a boundary line of the through-hole and provided at a position spaced apart from the through-hole by a preset distance to primarily prevent the leak of the menstrual blood.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly in which a negative electrode coated with a negative electrode active material on a surface of a negative electrode collector, a separator, and a positive electrode coated with a positive electrode active material on a surface of a positive electrode collector are repeatedly laminated, the electrode assembly comprising: monocells in which the positive electrode, the separator, the negative electrode, and the separator are laminated, wherein at least two or more monocells are laminated, wherein, in any one of the monocells, an expansion part extending lengthily to one side is formed on the separators, and the expansion part of the separator surrounds the monocells laminated to be disposed at the outermost layers to fix the laminated monocells.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an electrode assembly and a pouch-type batter. The battery case may include a cup part to accommodate electrode assembly. A sealing part may extend outward from an edge of the cup part and may be sealed. A venting device may be inserted into the sealing part through which a gas inside the cup part may be discharged to the outside. The sealing part may include a vent sealing portion into which the venting device may be inserted, and a weak sealing portion which may be positioned between the vent sealing portion and the cup part and sealed more weakly than the periphery thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a method of diagnosing the degradation of a lithium secondary battery in a non-destructive manner without disassembling the battery, which includes: obtaining, from X-ray diffraction (XRD) data obtained during first charging of the lithium secondary battery, a first graph showing the change of the c-axis d-spacing value of the layered positive electrode active material according to the number of moles of lithium ions deintercalated from the layered positive electrode active material during the charging; obtaining, from XRD data obtained during second charging of the lithium secondary battery, a second graph showing the change of the c-axis d-spacing value of the layered positive electrode active material according to the number of moles of lithium ions deintercalated from the layered positive electrode active material during the charging; and classifying a cause of degradation of the secondary battery by comparing the first graph and the second graph.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for predicting susceptibility to sorafenib treatment by using an SULF2 gene, and a composition for treatment of sorafenib-resistant cancer using the SULF2 expression inhibition. The method for predicting susceptibility to sorafenib treatment by using the SULF2 gene according to the present invention can enable achievement of an optimal therapeutic effect by administering a drug suitable for cancer patients, and the composition for treatment of sorafenib-resistant cancer using the SULF2 inhibition has a very excellent anticancer treatment effect.