Abstract: There is provided a battery module, in which a relatively wide contact area between an end plate and a lifting device may be secured when the battery module is elevated, the rigidity of the end plate may be sufficiently secured when the battery module is elevated, while forming a relatively thin end plate. The battery module includes a cell stack provided by stacking a plurality of battery cells, a module case accommodating the cell stack, an end plate disposed on front side and rear side of the module case, and a lifting support portion disposed on the end plate and having a support surface in surface contact with a lifting device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for measuring a plasma ion density, which includes a transceiver antenna configured to apply and receive a microwave, of which a frequency is varied, to and from plasma, and a frequency analyzer configured to analyze a frequency of the microwave received from the transceiver antenna and measure a cut-off frequency, wherein the frequency of the microwave applied to the plasma is varied in the range of 100 kHz to 500 MHz.

Abstract: A method of culturing high-purity, highly active natural killer cells of which expression of anti-cancer-related gene is regulated, and use thereof for anticancer immunotherapy are provided. In the natural killer cells, the expression of anticancer related genes is significantly increased or decreased before and after culture. The natural killer cells have the unique characteristics thereof, and remarkably high activity and proliferation fold. Therefore, the natural killer cells can be used for effective anticancer immunotherapy.

Abstract: A battery system includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a module case accommodating the cell stack therein; and at least one blocking member interposed between the plurality of battery cells, wherein the blocking member is formed of a material that does not melt at 300° C. or less, and a cross-section of the blocking member is formed to have a shape in which a curve is repeated.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for allocating a flexible transmission slot in a wireless local area network (LAN) system are disclosed. A flexible transmission slot allocation method of an access point (AP) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system according to an exemplary embodiment includes transmitting a beacon including a traffic indication map (TIM) bit to a station, receiving a power save poll (PS-Poll) from the station in a slot implicitly allocated by the TIM bit, and transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) including transmission slot allocation information on downlink data to the station.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a driving circuit that includes a storage capacitor and at least one thin film transistor, and a light-emitting device that includes a region disposed outside the driving circuit and a region overlapping with the storage capacitor, each of capacitor electrodes of the storage capacitor being a transparent electrode having a relatively higher transmittance, so that the quality of the image realized on an outer surface of a device substrate which supports the driving circuit and the light-emitting device of each pixel area can be improved.

Abstract: A method for controlling autonomous driving in a vehicle capable of the autonomous driving may include collecting vehicle travel status information and system status information during the autonomous driving, sensing a failure based on the system status information, identifying normally controllable actuators when sensing the failure, determining a risk degree corresponding to the sensed failure based on the normally controllable actuator information and the vehicle travel status information, determining a safety state based on normally controllable actuator information and the risk degree, and determining a failure safety strategy corresponding to the safety state.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a conductive aqueous ink composition for screen printing, a conductive pattern manufactured using the same, and a conductive device comprising the same, wherein the ink composition is applicable to plastic bases and the like through low-temperature firing and can serve as an aqueous ink to improve a working environment. More specifically, a conductive aqueous ink composition for screen printing, a conductive pattern manufactured using the same, and a conductive device comprising the same are disclosed wherein the ink composition comprises: metal nanoparticles (A) protected by a dispersion stabilizer and having a particle size in the range of 5 to 50 nm; and a water-soluble solvent (B), the dispersion stabilizer containing: a protective polymer composed of branched polyalkylene imine segments and polyoxyalkylene segments; and an amine acid salt composed of an amine and an inorganic acid.

Abstract: A battery module having a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a housing having an accommodation space in which the cell stack is accommodated, wherein the accommodation space comprises an open end; a flow path forming compartment covering the open end and comprising an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path forming member; and a flame blocking member installed in the flow path forming compartment, wherein a first area of a first side opposite to the cell stack among sides of the flow path forming compartment has a value greater than a second area second side opposite to the cell stack among sides of each of the sidewalls.

Abstract: A battery device includes a cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells, and a frame member having a bottom member, a cover member, and a side member connecting the bottom member and the cover member to form as accommodating space for accommodating at least one cell assembly therein. The frame member comprises a flow space therein so that the pas or flames generated in the cell assembly flow, the flow space comprises a first flow space formed in any one of the cover member and the bottom member and a second flow space formed in the side member, and the first flow space and the second flow space are connected to each other.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same are disposed. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a body including a plurality of internal electrodes and a dielectric layer interposed between the plurality of internal electrodes; and external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrodes, respectively. One of the external electrodes includes a first plating layer, and the first plating layer includes a crystal grain in which an average ratio of major and minor axes thereof is 1:1 to 3:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which can replace the conventional culture method that takes a long time of four to eight weeks to detect active tuberculosis, and which is a method for detecting active Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using isotopes on a sample of a patient's sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel ruthenium oxide, a method of preparing the same, and a catalyst for selective hydrogenation of an aromatic compound or an unsaturated compound including the ruthenium oxide.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a graft copolymer, a graft copolymer prepared therefrom, and a resin composition including the same. The method includes introducing a polymer coagulant latex including a polymer coagulant to a rubbery polymer latex including a rubbery polymer and coagulating the polymer coagulant latex to prepare an enlarged rubbery polymer latex containing an enlarged rubbery polymer, and introducing an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyan-based monomer to the prepared enlarged rubbery polymer latex and performing graft polymerization to prepare a graft copolymer latex including a graft copolymer. The polymer coagulant includes an acid group-containing copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 550,000 g/mol to 750,000 g/mol, and the content of the vinyl cyan-based monomer is 15 wt % to 24 wt % based on the total content of the aromatic vinyl-based monomer and the vinyl cyan-based monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: an apparatus and system for detecting a road surface condition, wherein the road surface condition is determined through a sound signal; and a method for detecting a road surface condition by using same. The apparatus for detecting a road surface condition according to the present invention comprises: a sensor unit which is installed on a road and measures a sound signal generated according to a moving of a moving object on the road; and a control unit which distinguishes the sound signal measured by the sensor unit into normality or abnormality and determines, in case of the abnormality, the road surface condition including at least one of rainfall (wet), frozenness (icy), slush, and snow cover (snowy) so that a quick and accurate action corresponding to the road surface condition of a specific section can be made from a distanced place.

Abstract: A camera device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a printed circuit board, a heat radiation layer disposed on a first surface of the printed circuit board, and an image sensor disposed on the heat radiation layer, a plurality of through-holes passing through the printed circuit board from the first surface to a second surface which is a surface opposite to the first surface are formed in the printed circuit board, and the plurality of through-holes are in contact with the heat radiation layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a super-absorbent polymer having excellent properties, both centrifugal retention capacity (CRC) and absorption under pressure (AUP) having been improved by introducing a surface crosslinked layer crosslinked by surface-modified inorganic particles, and to a method for preparing the same. The super-absorbent polymer comprises: a base resin powder containing a crosslinked polymer of water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomers having an at least partially neutralized acidic group; and a surface crosslinked layer formed on the base resin powder, wherein inorganic particles may be chemically bound to the crosslinked polymer contained in the surface crosslinked layer, via an oxygen-containing bond or a nitrogen-containing bond.

Abstract: A method for preparing a catalyst for use in polymerizing a conjugated diene-based monomer, the catalyst, and a method for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer using the same are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a method of preparing a catalyst comprises mixing a lanthanide rare earth element-containing compound, an alkylating agent compound and a halogen compound in the presence of a solvent to prepare a catalyst composition, adding a conjugated diene-based monomer to the catalyst composition to form a preformed catalyst composition, and aging the preformed catalyst composition at a temperature of ?1° C. to ?15° C. for 3 hours to 98 hours to prepare the catalyst. The catalyst has excellent catalyst activity and polymerization reactivity and is useful for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer which has an excellent modification ratio and improved compounding properties.

Abstract: In a method of forming patterns, first and second upper reverse patterns are formed on a lower reverse layer. A buffer layer is formed to fill first opening portions provided by the first upper reverse pattern. A shield pattern is formed to cover a second region of the buffer layer. An etching process is performed using the shield pattern and the first upper reverse pattern as an etching mask to form first lower reverse patterns providing second openings overlapping first openings, a buffer layer pattern and a second lower reverse pattern overlapping the shield pattern. A hard mask layer is formed and etched to separate hard mask layer first patterns filling the first and second openings. An etching process is performed using the hard mask layer first patterns and the second upper reverse patterns as etching masks to form third lower reverse patterns overlapping the second upper reverse pattern.