Abstract: Disclosed is a nozzle drive device for a bidet, the device including: a nozzle cover mounted on a water supply part to which a water supply source is connected; a nozzle fixing part coupled to an inside of the nozzle cover; an extended nozzle part slidably coupled to an inside of the nozzle fixing part and simultaneously communicating with a base end of the nozzle cover and a front end of the nozzle cover; a spray nozzle part coupled to the inside of the extended nozzle part to be slidably movable toward an upper end portion, and having at least one spray hole connected to the water supply part so as to spray wash water to an outside; and a driving part having a wound member coupled to an outside of the nozzle cover, the wound member being rotated so as to draw and insert the extended nozzle part and the spray nozzle part in multiple stages.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an emergency core cooling system (ECCS) valve provided between a reactor vessel of a system-integrated modular advanced reactor (SMART) and a small containment vessel formed to surround the reactor vessel so that a coolant is filled in a space between the reactor vessel and the small containment vessel in the event of a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) includes an outer shell connected to the reactor vessel and formed to protrude toward the small containment vessel and having a connector formed therein so as to communicatively connect an inside of the reactor vessel to an inside of the small containment vessel, an inner shell provided inside the outer shell at a preset distance from an inner wall of the outer shell, a piston movably constrained and inserted through a piston opening formed in the inner shell at a position facing the connector of the outer shell to open and close the connector, and a spring provided on an outer circumferential surface of the p

Abstract: Provided are a passivation layer for forming a semiconductor bonding structure, a sputtering target making the same, a semiconductor bonding structure and a semiconductor bonding process. The passivation layer is formed on a bonding substrate by sputtering the sputtering target; the passivation layer and the sputtering target comprise a first metal, a second metal or a combination thereof. The bonding substrate comprises a third metal. Based on a total atom number of the surface of the passivation layer, O content of the surface of the passivation layer is less than 30 at %; the third metal content of the surface of the passivation layer is less than or equal to 10 at %. The passivation layer has a polycrystalline structure. The semiconductor bonding structure sequentially comprises a first bonding substrate, a bonding layer and a second bonding substrate: the bonding layer is mainly formed by the passivation layer and the third metal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-alcoholic fatty liver artificial tissue model. As compared to a conventional technology by which tissues are cultured only in Matrigel including a device composed of a decellularized liver tissue-derived extracellular matrix and a plurality of microchannels or a decellularized liver tissue-derived extracellular matrix, the present disclosure enables better mimicking of an actual non-alcoholic fatty liver disease due to the presence of Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells. Also, according to the present disclosure, the growth of liver organoids can be improved and fat accumulation and inflammation in the liver organoids can be caused to occur well through free fatty acid treatment, and the phenotypes of non-alcoholic fatty liver can be better expressed.

Abstract: A method of driving an electronic device includes displaying a plurality of fingerprint recognition icons on a display device configured to perform fingerprint recognition, and releasing a lock state of the display device through a fingerprint authentication process upon determining at least one first fingerprint recognition icon among the plurality of fingerprint recognition icons is touched. The plurality of fingerprint recognition icons include at least one first fingerprint recognition icon configured to support the fingerprint recognition and at least one second fingerprint recognition icon configured to not support the fingerprint recognition.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material may include a lithium layer doped with a first doping element and a transition metal layer doped with a second doping element. An I(003)/I(006) peak intensity ratio in X-ray diffraction measurement is equal to or less than 23.

Abstract: A system and method employs a chatbot into which a user can input an inquiry/question regarding a risk related topic is disclosed. The user can obtain an answer to the inquiry. The system and method can receive, via a chatbot interface, an inquiry. An intent of the inquiry can be determined using a natural language processing (NLP) model. The inquiry can be matched, using a classifier, to a related data set based on the determined intent. An output can be generated based on the related data set in response to the inquiry. The output can be transmitted for display on the chatbot interface.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a water-treatment membrane, the method including bringing an aqueous solution including free chlorine and a halogen ion into contact with a polyamide active layer, wherein the free chlorine is present in an amount from 150 ppm to 400 ppm and the halogen ion is present in an amount from 150 ppm to 400 ppm based on the aqueous solution, and a water-treatment membrane manufactured using the same.

Abstract: The ionic liquid-based coating is a coating for both porous and nonporous materials. As non-limiting examples, a porous substrate coated with the ionic liquid-based coating may be used to disinfect and remove microorganisms from air and water, to provide an antimicrobial surface for preventing microbial contamination, or to enhance filtration efficiency of the porous material for airborne and waterborne particulate matter without increasing flow resistance. As a further non-limiting example, a nonporous substrate coated with the ionic liquid-based coating may be used to form a surface capable of self-disinfection from microorganisms contacting surface. The ionic liquid-based coating includes at least one ionic liquid, an adhesive, and at least one additive, which may be a disinfectant, a viscosity modifier, a pH buffer, a fragrance, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor device includes a stack structure including first and second stacks stacked on a substrate. Each of the first and second stacks includes a first electrode and a second electrode on the first electrode. A sidewall of the second electrode of the first stack is horizontally spaced apart from a sidewall of the second electrode of the second stack by a first distance. A sidewall of the first electrode is horizontally spaced apart from the sidewall of the second electrode by a second distance in each of the first and second stacks. The second distance is smaller than a half of the first distance.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a first sensor configured to sense a user; a second sensor configured to sense light incident from an external light source; a mirror display; a memory; and a processor configured to: based on the first sensor sensing the user in front of the mirror display, obtain information about a first area in which a first image corresponding to a reflection of the user is located on the mirror display; determine a second area for displaying content to be provided to the user based on the information about the first area; based on information about light being obtained through the second sensor, determine luminance of the second area based on the information about the light; and control the mirror display to display the content with the determined luminance on the second area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anode for a lithium secondary battery, wherein an anode material layer is formed on at least one surface of an anode current collector, and the anode material layer includes large-particle graphite, a small-particle silicon-based material, and fine-particle graphite, and satisfies the following conditions 1 to 3: [Condition 1] Average diameter D50 of the large-particle graphite (D1): 1 to 50 ?m [Condition 2] Average diameter D50 of the small-particle silicon-based material (D2): 0.155D1 to 0.414D1 [Condition 3] Average diameter D50 of the fine-particle graphite (D3): 0.155D1 to 0.414D1, or 0.155D2 to 0.414D2.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a perfusable-type bio-dual proximal tubule cell construct and a producing method thereof capable of applying an in vitro artificial organ model configured to include a first bioink comprising a decellularized substance derived from a mammalian kidney tissue and human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) and a second bioink comprising the decellularized substance and renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (RPTECs), wherein the first bioink and the second bioink are coaxial and printed in tubular constructs having different inner diameters. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to use the renal proximal tubule-on-a-chip as a bioreactor capable of observing a biological drug reaction similar to a real drug by perfusing various drugs to the renal proximal tubule-on-a-chip.

Abstract: Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprises forming a first layer which has a first surface, does not comprise an acid, and comprises a metal material; forming, on the first layer, a second layer which comprises a trench exposing the first surface, has a second surface intersecting the first surface within the trench, and comprises an acid and an organic material; providing a first precursor comprising an alkoxy group and silicon; and forming a third layer comprising silicon oxide on the second surface within the trench. The third layer is in contact with a portion of the first surface within the trench.

Abstract: A method and apparatus that detects whether biometric information is spoofed is provided. The method receives, from a sensor, first feature information including a static feature associated with biometric information of a user, and a dynamic feature obtained based on images related to the biometric information, detects whether the biometric information is spoofed based on a first score calculated based on the first feature information, fuses the first score with a second score calculated based on second feature information extracted from the images, based on a result of the detecting that the biometric information is spoofed based on the first score, and detects that the biometric information is spoofed based on a fused score.

Abstract: A gate driving circuit including a controller for providing a first carry signal to a control node, a first pull-up portion for outputting a first clock signal as a first gate signal in accordance with a signal provided to the control node, and a second pull-up portion for outputting a second clock signal with a phase that is different from the first clock signal as a second gate signal in accordance with the signal provided to the control node.

Abstract: Proposed is a flextensional low-frequency sound projector including a piezoelectric actuator including a piezoelectric stack formed by stacking piezoelectric element and generating vibration in a lengthwise direction in response to an electrical signal that is input, and a stave mounted on the piezoelectric actuator in such a manner as to encompass an outer surface of the piezoelectric actuator and generating the vibration in the lengthwise direction, which is generated by the piezoelectric actuator, as vibration in a lateral direction perpendicular to the outer surface of the piezoelectric actuator, wherein the stave activates two vibration modes that use different resonance frequencies. The flextensional low-frequency sound projector that utilizes two vibration modes results from improving an existing flextensional low-frequency sound projector that is driven in a single vibration mode and thus has a narrow frequency bandwidth.

Abstract: Neural network systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a method of making a neural network device includes: forming a mesh layer on a substrate, the mesh layer including a matrix of randomly dispersed conductive nano-strands insulated from one another; forming an isolation trench extending into the mesh layer; forming a memristor device extending into the mesh layer, the memristor device including: an electrical conductor, and a layer of memristive material in electrical contact with individual nano-strands of a first set of conductive nano-strands in the mesh layer; forming an electrode extending into the mesh layer and spaced from the memristor device by the isolation trench, wherein the electrode is in electrical contact with individual conductive nano-strands of a second set of conductive nano-strands in the mesh layer; and forming a modulating device bridging the memristor device and the electrode.

Abstract: A tablet form of an epoxy resin composition for encapsulation of semiconductor elements, where the tablet form of the epoxy resin composition: (i) includes 97 wt % or more of tablets having a diameter of 0.1 mm to less than 2.8 mm and a height of 0.1 mm to less than 2.8 mm, as measured using an ASTM standard sieve; (ii) satisfies the following Equation 1, ? ? ? D × ? ? ? H ? ? ? D + ? ? ? H ? 1.0 , where ?D is a standard deviation of tablet diameters and ?H is a standard deviation of tablet heights, as measured with respect to 50 tablets arbitrarily selected from the tablets; and (iii) the tablets have a compression density of 1.2 g/mL to 1.7 g/mL.

Abstract: A tableted epoxy resin composition for encapsulation of semiconductor devices and a semiconductor device encapsulated using the tableted epoxy resin composition, the tableted epoxy resin composition satisfying the following conditions (i) a proportion of tablets of the tableted epoxy resin composition having a diameter of greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than 2.8 mm and a height of greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than 2.8 mm is about 97 wt % or more, as measured by sieve analysis using ASTM standard sieves; (ii) the tablets have a packed density of greater than about 1.7 g/mL; and (iii) a ratio of packed density to cured density of the tablets is about 0.6 to about 0.87.