Abstract: Disclosed is a battery, which includes an electrode assembly; a battery housing configured to accommodate the electrode assembly through an open portion and electrically connected to the electrode assembly; a battery terminal configured to penetrate a closed portion of the battery housing and electrically connected to the electrode assembly; and a cap plate configured to cover the open portion, wherein the first electrode of the electrode assembly includes at least one insulation layer configured to simultaneously cover at least a part of the first uncoated portion and at least a part of the first coated portion, and at least a part of the first uncoated portion is used as an electrode tab by itself.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery are disclosed. The electrode assembly for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative electrode and a positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode includes a current collector; a negative electrode active material layer on the current collector and including a negative electrode material; and a first functional layer and an organic-inorganic composite layer sequentially on the negative electrode active material layer, the first functional layer being integrated with the negative electrode material layer, and wherein the positive electrode includes a second functional layer facing the organic-inorganic composite layer.

Abstract: A perovskite photoactive composite layer, a preparation method thereof, and a perovskite solar cell comprising the same are provided. The perovskite photoactive composite layer can induce smooth charge transport when applied to a solar cell by means of a two-dimensional perovskite photoactive layer grown by recrystallization in the vertical direction, and can passivate surface defects in two-dimensional perovskites and prevent the release of halogen atoms through effective passivation by means of a passivation layer consisting of an organic monomolecular compound containing zwitterions, thereby improving the photostability of the solar cell.

Abstract: The series-type charging and discharging device according to the present technology for charging and discharging a plurality of battery cells in series, includes trays, a cooling fan, a power source, a charging and discharging control board, and a control unit, and the charging and discharging control algorithm includes a first to N (N is an integer from 2 to 10) charging and discharging steps, and each charging and discharging step is configured to charge and discharge in a constant current mode, but characterized in with a stepwise decrease in the value of the charging and discharging current.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a saturated furodioxin derivative compound, and a use thereof as an additive for a secondary battery. More specifically, the present invention pertains to a novel compound and a method for preparing same, an electrolyte additive and a non-aqueous electrolyte composition containing the compound, and a secondary battery (in particular, a lithium-sulfur secondary battery) including the electrolyte composition, wherein the compound has a structure in which a substituent is bonded to a saturated furodioxin backbone. When the compound is contained as an additive in a non-aqueous electrolyte composition for a secondary battery (in a non-aqueous electrolyte composition for a lithium-sulfur secondary battery), the problem that conventional electrolyte compositions have of lithium polysulfide dissolution can be resolved, and high capacity retention rate characteristics can be achieved for various lithium salts.

Abstract: A bioreactor for suspended cells is provided. The bioreactor for suspended cells comprises: a housing which is formed in the shape of a container having a culture space with a predetermined volume, and which comprises pots for seeding; a support assembly comprising a plurality of supports arranged at intervals in multiple stages in one direction of the housing; at least one gas inlet penetrating the housing by a predetermined area; and a porous member for covering the gas inlet, wherein the culture space comprises a medium storage space filled with a predetermined amount of a medium so that all the plurality of supports are submerged therein, and the medium storage space can comprise a plurality of cell growth spaces divided through the plurality of supports arranged at intervals in multiple stages.

Abstract: A telescopic mast with built-in belt ropes is disclosed.

Abstract: An embodiment refrigerant module of an integrated thermal management system for a vehicle is configured such that a refrigerant circulates sequentially through a compressor, a condenser, a heat exchanger, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a vapor-liquid separator. The heat exchanger and the expansion valve are disposed below at least one of the condenser and the evaporator, thereby performing heat exchange between the refrigerant discharged from the condenser and the refrigerant discharged from the vapor-liquid separator.

Abstract: An embodiment device for measuring an odor includes an odor sensor chamber including a cleaning air supply port and a gas inlet port provided at a first side portion and a gas discharge port provided at a second side portion, an odor sensor mounted in the odor sensor chamber, a first valve mounted in the cleaning air supply port, a second valve mounted in the gas inlet port, a third valve mounted in the gas discharge port, a heater mounted in the odor sensor chamber, a cooler mounted in the odor sensor chamber, and a controller configured to perform control to open or close the first valve, the second valve, and the third valve and to turn on or off the heater and the cooler.

Abstract: A composition for the prevention or treatment of metabolic diseases, which includes lysophospholipid. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention promotes the PKA signaling pathway and upregulates lipolysis and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, and thus can prevent or treat a metabolic disease such as obesity or diabetes.

Abstract: An ultrasonic generator with an adjustable ultrasonic focusing depth includes a cartridge housing in which an ultrasound generation portion generating ultrasonic waves is provided, a hand piece in which the cartridge housing is detachably mounted, the hand piece having a first actuator thereinside, and a main shaft to which the ultrasound generation portion is coupled so as to reciprocate in a horizontal direction, parallel to the bottom of the cartridge housing and a vertical direction, perpendicular to the bottom of the cartridge housing. One end of the main shaft is coupled to one end of the first actuator of the hand piece, and an other end of the main shaft is located inside the cartridge housing. The hand piece includes an adjustment portion adjusting an ultrasonic focusing depth of the ultrasound generation portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first active pattern extending in a first direction on the first region, a second active pattern extending in the first direction on the second region, a wall structure extending in the first direction between the first region and the second region and separating the first active pattern and the second active pattern from each other, a first gate structure intersecting the first active pattern on the first region, a first two-dimensional (2D) channel layer including a first transition metal dichalcogenide between the first active pattern and the first gate structure, a second gate structure intersecting the second active pattern on the second region, and a second 2D channel layer including a second transition metal dichalcogenide between the second active pattern and the second gate structure may be provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel heterocyclic compound and a composition, for preventing or treating a cancer, an autoimmune disease, and an inflammatory disease, comprising same. The novel heterocyclic compound of the present invention is a bifunctional compound having a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) degradation function via a ubiquitin proteasome pathway, and may be utilized as a composition for preventing or treating a cancer, an autoimmune disease, and Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: A multi-layered knowledge base system and a processing method thereof are provided. In the system, semantic space learning of converting learning data into a semantic vector, which is a vector of semantic space, by learning a transformation function based on a plurality of learning data is performed. Then, relational knowledge learning of acquiring a relation between the semantic vectors by learning a relation function based on the semantic vectors obtained by the semantic space learning is performed. The acquired relation is converted into graph knowledge. The graph knowledge uses the relation as an edge and the semantic vector corresponding to the relation as a node.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a group account service providing server capable of converting a private account into a group account in real time through a terminal of the host of a comprises: an account management unit configured to convert a first account into a group account when a group account conversion request for the first account of a host of a group is generated; a transaction ledger management unit configured to record change information in a transaction ledger for the group account when the change information including at least one of a transaction occurrence event and an information occurrence event is generated for the group account; a virtual ledger management unit configured to generate a virtual ledger to be mapped to the transaction ledger when the first account is changed to the group account.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module that is capable of being disposed inside a secondary battery pack in various forms and being easily set in series or parallel between cells inside the secondary battery pack, thereby improving efficiency in designing the secondary battery pack. A secondary battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of cells comprising a first cell and a second cell which are facing each other, and a rotation member disposed between a surface of the first cell and a surface of the second cell facing the surface of the first cell, wherein the first cell is rotatable with respect to the second cell.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a group account service providing server capable of converting a private account into a group account in real time through a terminal of the host of a comprises: an account management unit configured to convert a first account into a group account when a group account conversion request for the first account of a host of a group is generated; a transaction ledger management unit configured to record change information in a transaction ledger for the group account when the change information including at least one of a transaction occurrence event and an information occurrence event is generated for the group account; a virtual ledger management unit configured to generate a virtual ledger to be mapped to the transaction ledger when the first account is changed to the group account.

Abstract: Techniques related to adaptive quality boosting for low latency video coding are discussed. Such techniques include segmenting each of a number of temporally adjacent video frames into unique high encode quality regions and encoding each of the video frames by applying a coding quality boost to the high encode quality regions relative to other regions of the video frames.

Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing method of a first electronic device, the data processing method including checking configuration information including information about capabilities of a second electronic device based on identification of the second electronic device connected with the first electronic device, acquiring input data through at least one device related to the first electronic device, determining whether to transmit the input data to the second electronic device based on at least one of relevance of the input data to the second electronic device and the configuration information, transmitting the input data to the second electronic device based on determination of transmission of the input data, receiving output data generated based on the input data from the second electronic device, and outputting the acquired output data through an output device related to the first electronic device.

Abstract: A display device comprises electrodes spaced apart from one another in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction, each of the electrodes having a shape extending in the second direction, a first insulating layer disposed on the electrodes, light-emitting elements disposed on the first insulating layer, each of the light-emitting elements including ends disposed on the electrodes spaced apart from one another in the first direction, and a second insulating layer at least partially disposed on the light-emitting elements. The second insulating layer comprises extended portions extending in the second direction, and at least one pattern portion connected to the extended portions. The at least one pattern portion includes a part having a width greater than a width of each of the extended portions in the first direction.