Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving, or treating inflammatory disease containing isookanin or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition containing the isookanin or salt thereof as an active ingredient according to the present invention has no skin irritation and cytotoxicity, and thus has excellent safety for the human body. In addition, it has excellent effects on the inhibition of JAK1 activity, kallikrein-5 activity, TLR-2 activation, COX-2 expression and activity, prostaglandin PGE2 production, and PGE2-induced angiogenesis, and thus is very effective in preventing, alleviating and treating inflammatory disease. Accordingly, the composition containing the isookanin or salt thereof as an active ingredient according to the present invention may be useful as an active ingredient in a cosmetic composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a composition for skin application and a quasi-drug composition for preventing, alleviating or treating inflammatory disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving, or treating inflammatory disease containing isookanin or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition containing the isookanin or salt thereof as an active ingredient according to the present invention has no skin irritation and cytotoxicity, and thus has excellent safety for the human body. In addition, it has excellent effects on the inhibition of JAK1 activity, kallikrein-5 activity, TLR-2 activation, COX-2 expression and activity, prostaglandin PGE2 production, and PGE2-induced angiogenesis, and thus is very effective in preventing, alleviating and treating inflammatory disease. Accordingly, the composition containing the isookanin or salt thereof as an active ingredient according to the present invention may be useful as an active ingredient in a cosmetic composition, a pharmaceutical composition, a composition for skin application and a quasi-drug composition for preventing, alleviating or treating inflammatory disease.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode for water electrolysis having high catalytic activity for a hydrogen evolution reaction by forming a catalyst layer in which molybdenum oxide and a Ni-Mo-based alloy are mixed and an electrode for water electrolysis manufactured thereby are described. The method includes preparing catalyst materials including a solvent, a nickel (Ni) precursor, a molybdenum (Mo) precursor, and sodium citrate, preparing an electrode base material, obtaining a plating solution by dissolving the nickel (Ni) precursor, the molybdenum (Mo) precursor, and the sodium citrate in the solvent, and forming a catalyst layer on the surface of the electrode base material by immersing the electrode base material in the plating solution and applying an electric current.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus includes: a display outputting an image; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to detect an object in an image including a plurality of frames, provide a plurality of candidate boundaries for masking the detected object, identify an optimal boundary by assessing the provided plurality of candidate boundaries, and generate a partial moving image with the object moving by using the optimal boundary.

Abstract: An apparatus for constructing a library for deriving a material composition using empirical result, which enables acceleration of research on the material-properties relationship. By applying the empirical results of the material composition, missing data of the material compositions can be statistically calculated by using supervised non-linear imputation techniques. The completed composition information of the materials is passed as an input of machine learning material-properties relationship prediction.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus includes: a display outputting an image; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to detect an object in an image including a plurality of frames, provide a plurality of candidate boundaries for masking the detected object, identify an optimal boundary by assessing the provided plurality of candidate boundaries, and generate a partial moving image with the object moving by using the optimal boundary.

Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to recognize one or more objects from an image, determine one or more recommended applications respectively corresponding to the one or more objects through a learning model using one or more neural networks, and display the determined one or more recommended applications on the display so that the determined one or more recommended applications operate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nanocatalyst for a fuel cell electrode, capable of carrying metal catalyst nanoparticles on a polymer carrier without using a carbon carrier, includes steps of impregnating a conductive polymer carrier with a metal catalyst precursor solution; vacuum-drying the conductive polymer carrier; and heat-treating the conductive polymer carrier at a temperature of 160 to 300° C.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is provided. The polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell includes a phosphoric acid-doped polyimidazole electrolyte membrane and a complex catalyst. In the complex catalyst, an alloy or mixture of a metal and a chalcogen element is supported on a carbon carrier. The polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell exhibits further improved long-term operation, power generation efficiency, and operational stability at high temperature. The complex catalyst can be produced by a simple method.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a PtAu nanoparticle catalyst heat-treated in the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) and a method for preparing same. Since the PtxAuy nanoparticle catalyst heat-treated under CO atmosphere has high Pt surface area and superior oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity, a high-efficiency, high-quality fuel cell can be achieved by applying the catalyst to a fuel cell.

Abstract: Provided are a perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymer membrane having a porous surface layer, which includes a surface layer and a bottom layer present at the bottom of the surface layer, wherein the surface layer is a porous layer, and the bottom layer is non-porous dense layer, and a method for preparing the same through a solvent evaporation process.

Abstract: A polybenzimidazole based polymer in which substituted or non-substituted benzyl groups are introduced to the two nitrogen atoms of benzimidazole ring. The benzimidazole ring is not decomposed by the attack of hydroxide ions but shows excellent alkali resistance, and thus maintains high ion conductivity. The polybenzimidazole based polymers are particularly useful for not only solid alkali exchange membrane fuel cells (SAEMFC) but also various industrial fields in which polybenzimidazole based polymers are used.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for an intact evaluation of the unit cells in a fuel cell stack. Since the degradation of the unit cells can be detected intactly, i.e. without disassembly of the stack, the time required for the detection and analysis thereof can be greatly reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for preparing nanosized metal or alloy nanoparticles by depositing metal or alloy nanoparticles with superior size uniformity on the surface of a powder as a base material by vacuum deposition and then dissolving or melting the base material using a solvent or heat. The method solves the problems of the existing expensive multi-step synthesis method based on chemical reduction and allows effective synthesis of metal or alloy nanoparticles with very uniform size and metal or alloy catalyst nanoparticles supported on carbon at low cost.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a core-shell structured electrocatalyst for a fuel cell. The method includes uniformly supporting nano-sized core particles on a support to obtain a core support, and selectively forming a shell layer only on the surface of the core particles of the core support. According to the method, the core and the shell layer can be formed without the need for a post-treatment process, such as chemical treatment and heat treatment. Further disclosed is a core-shell structured electrocatalyst for a fuel cell produced by the method. The core-shell structured electrocatalyst has a large amount of supported catalyst and exhibits superior catalytic activity and excellent electrochemical properties. Further disclosed is a fuel cell including the core-shell structured electrocatalyst.

Abstract: Provided are a ceria-based composition having an undoped or metal-doped ceria and an undoped or metal-doped bismuth oxide, wherein the undoped or metal-doped bismuth oxide is present in an amount equal to or more than about 10 wt % and less than about 50 wt % based on the total weight of the ceria-based composition, and at least one selected from the ceria and the bismuth oxide is metal-doped. The ceria-based composition may ensure high sintering density even at a temperature significantly lower than the known sintering temperature of about 1400° C., i.e., for example at a temperature of about 1000° C. or lower, and increase ion conductivity as well.

Abstract: Provided is poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) having polybenzimidazole to which benzoxazole units are introduced, as a polymer electrolyte material. The polymer electrolyte material has both high proton conductivity and excellent mechanical properties even when it is obtained by in-situ phosphoric acid doping. The polymer electrolyte material may substitute for the conventional phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, particularly in a high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.

Abstract: A polybenzimidazole based polymer in which substituted or non-substituted benzyl groups are introduced to the two nitrogen atoms of benzimidazole ring. The benzimidazole ring is not decomposed by the attack of hydroxide ions but shows excellent alkali resistance, and thus maintains high ion conductivity. The polybenzimidazole based polymers are particularly useful for not only solid alkali exchange membrane fuel cells (SAEMFC) but also various industrial fields in which polybenzimidazole based polymers are used.

Abstract: Provided are cardo copolybenzimidazoles, a gas separation membrane using the same and a method for preparing the same. More particularly, provided are cardo copolybenzimidazoles obtained by introducing cardo groups and aromatic ether groups to a polybenzimidazole backbone, a gas separation membrane having significantly improved oxygen permeability by using the same, and a method for preparing the same. The cardo copolybenzimidazoles have improved solubility as compared to the polybenzimidazole polymers according to the related art, show excellent mechanical properties while maintaining thermal stability so as to be formed into a film shape, and provide a gas separation membrane having significantly improved gas permeability, particularly, oxygen permeability.

Abstract: In a complex system including a desalination plant and a reverse electrodialysis equipment, a concentrated sea water discharged from the desalination plant having a salt concentration of about 50 to 75 g/L or about 50 to 60 g/L is provided as a high-concentration salt solution of the reverse electrodialysis equipment while low salinity water having a salt concentration of about 0.01 to 2 g/L, most preferably about 0.01 to 1 g/L, is provided as a low-concentration salt solution of the reverse electrodialysis equipment. Thereby, a recycling degree of a concentrated sea water may be enhanced as well as a power density produced by the complex system is significantly improved.