Abstract: A plasma electrode module, an underwater plasma discharge device including the plasma electrode module, and a water treatment system are provided. The plasma electrode module includes a conductive substrate including a plurality of holes, a ceramic layer surrounding a portion of the outer surface of the conductive substrate, and a plasma electrode disposed in each of the plurality of holes, wherein the plasma electrode has a multilayer structure in which a cylindrical ground portion, a fixed portion, and a discharge portion are sequentially stacked, the ground portion is in contact with the conductive substrate and plasma is generated on the discharge portion, and each of the plurality of holes has a diameter in a range of 1 mm to 10 mm.

Abstract: A membrane separation pretreatment apparatus including a membrane separation unit and a first underwater plasma discharge unit disposed in front of the membrane separation unit is provided. The membrane separation pretreatment apparatus includes a membrane separation unit configured to remove particulate matter contained in raw water, and a first underwater plasma discharge unit disposed in front of the membrane separation unit and configured to cause a portion of the raw water to be introduced into the membrane separation unit to perform underwater plasma discharging.

Abstract: A reverse osmosis system for a seawater desalination system is provided.

Abstract: A reverse osmosis apparatus for a seawater desalination system is provided. The reverse osmosis apparatus includes a barrel in which a plurality of vessels receiving reverse osmosis membrane units are arranged, a feed tank provided in an intermediate portion of the barrel and connected to a seawater inlet, a first water tank provided inside a first end portion of the barrel and connected to a plurality of first vessels connected to a first side of the feed tank, and a second water tank provided inside a second end portion of the barrel and connected to a plurality of second vessels connected to a second side of the feed tank.

Abstract: A reverse osmosis apparatus for a seawater desalination system is provided.

Abstract: An electronic device for long-term adhesion to a mammal includes a housing with an electronic component. The electronic device may include a first wing and a second wing, each being integrally formed with the housing. An electrode is positioned on a bottom surface of each of the wings, the electrodes electrically connected to the electronic component. An adhesive layer is provided for adhesion to a surface of the mammal. The adhesive layer may cover a portion of the bottom surfaces of the wings but generally does not cover the electrode or a bottom surface of the housing. A method of applying an electronic device to a mammal includes removing first and second adhesive covers from first and second wings of the electronic device to expose an electrode and an adhesive coated on a bottom surface of each wing.

Abstract: An electronic device for long-term adhesion to a mammal includes a housing with an electronic component. The electronic device may include a first wing and a second wing, each being integrally formed with the housing. An electrode is positioned on a bottom surface of each of the wings, the electrodes electrically connected to the electronic component. An adhesive layer is provided for adhesion to a surface of the mammal. The adhesive layer may cover a portion of the bottom surfaces of the wings but generally does not cover the electrode or a bottom surface of the housing. A method of applying an electronic device to a mammal includes removing first and second adhesive covers from first and second wings of the electronic device to expose an electrode and an adhesive coated on a bottom surface of each wing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery cell monitoring unit having a fault injection terminal and a battery management system using the same. The battery management system includes: a microcontroller unit transmitting and receiving communications information through a communications input/output terminal; a fault generator unit generating fault information and transmitting the fault information through a fault information output terminal; and a battery cell monitoring unit coupled to the communications input/output terminal and the fault information output terminal, and configured to diagnose an operation of internal function based on the fault information transmitted from the fault generator unit and to output an internal diagnosis result value to the microcontroller unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.

Abstract: The prevent invention relates to a biodegradable polymer resin composition which can realize excellent mechanical properties together with biodegradability and has improved molding processability, and a molded article thereof. The biodegradable polymer resin composition may include a polycarbonate-polyester copolymer including a branched repeating unit containing a mediating functional group including a central element and five to ten alkylene or heteroalkylene functional groups bonded to the mediating functional group, an aliphatic polycarbonate repeating unit having a chain structure, and an aromatic polyester repeating unit, and a biodegradable polyester resin having a melt index (measured at 190° C., 2.16 kg) of 3 g/10 min to 20 g/10 min.

Abstract: Disclosed are a water treatment apparatus using underwater plasma discharge and a water treatment system using the same. The apparatus includes a reactor having an inlet through which raw water flows in and an outlet through which purified water flows out, a ground electrode provided at a first side of the reactor, and a plasma electrode module provided at a second side of the reactor and configured to generate plasma. With plasma generated through underwater discharge, it is possible to decompose or remove organic substances and microorganisms present in raw water.

Abstract: A water treatment apparatus including an underwater plasma discharge module is provided. The water treatment apparatus includes a dissolved air flotation device configured to remove foreign matter contained in water and an underwater plasma discharge module disposed at a preceding stage of the dissolved air flotation device and configured to cause a portion of the water to be introduced into the dissolved air flotation device to perform underwater plasma discharging, wherein the dissolved air flotation device comprises a mixing and coagulation basin configured to coagulate or flocculate the foreign matter contained in the water to form and grow flocs of the foreign matter, and a flotation basin configured to raise and remove the flocs by supplying microbubbles to the water passing through the mixing and coagulation basin.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.

Abstract: Provided is an aliphatic polycarbonate macropolyol including —OAO— and Z(O—)a as repeating units. In the aliphatic polycarbonate macropolyol, the repeating units —OAO— and Z(O—)a are linked to each other via carbonyl (—C(O)—) linkers or are bonded to hydrogen to form terminal —OH groups. The number of moles of the terminal —OH groups is from aZ to aZ+0.2Z (where Z represents the number of moles of the repeating unit Z(O—)a). Further provided is an aliphatic polycarbonate-co-aromatic polyester macropolyol including —OAO— and Z(O—)a as repeating units. In the aliphatic polycarbonate-co-aromatic polyester macropolyol, the repeating units —OAO— and Z(O—)a are linked via carbonyl (—C(O)—) and —C(O)YC(O)— as linkers or are bonded to hydrogen to form terminal —OH groups.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device includes a first polarizer which has a transmission axis extended in a first direction, a second polarizer disposed above the first polarizer and which has a transmission axis extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a liquid-crystal layer disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizers, and a linear patterned layer disposed between the liquid-crystal layer and the second polarizer, wherein the linear patterned layer comprises a pattern of linear features and the linear features of the pattern are extended in the second direction and spaced apart from one another in the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.

Abstract: A nonpowered mixing and coagulation basin is provided, which generates turbulences of at least two kinds inside the mixing and coagulation basin to which the raw water flows so that foreign matters contained in the raw water come into contact with each other while circulating by a water flow to be coagulated into a predetermined size, and a dissolved air floatation device using the same. The nonpowered mixing and coagulation basin has multiple stages with different packing materials and packing densities to form turbulent flows inside the raw water and control a flow speed, thereby uniformly mixing raw water and coagulant to enhance coagulation efficiency. The nonpowered mixing and coagulation basin simultaneously carries out mixing and coagulation at the front end part of the water treatment system, reduces equipment expenses by having no electric motor and agitator, and reduces power consumption because it does not use any power unit.

Abstract: A user body temperature assistance system associated with an air conditioning device, may include air conditioning controller configured to control an operation of an air conditioning device configured for adjusting an interior air temperature of a vehicle and determine an operation stage of a temperature adjustment unit in the vehicle according to an operation-based signal of the air conditioning device; and a temperature adjustment controller, which is configured to control an operation of the temperature adjustment unit for assisting a user body temperature according to the operation stage determined by the air conditioning controller.

Abstract: An electronic device for long-term adhesion to a mammal includes a housing with an electronic component. The electronic device may include a first wing and a second wing, each being integrally formed with the housing. An electrode is positioned on a bottom surface of each of the wings, the electrodes electrically connected to the electronic component. An adhesive layer is provided for adhesion to a surface of the mammal. The adhesive layer may cover a portion of the bottom surfaces of the wings but generally does not cover the electrode or a bottom surface of the housing. A method of applying an electronic device to a mammal includes removing first and second adhesive covers from first and second wings of the electronic device to expose an electrode and an adhesive coated on a bottom surface of each wing.