Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing syngas including the steps of (S1) heat-treating organic waste in a first reactor to produce a first mixed gas; (S2) introducing the first mixed gas to a second reactor and subjecting it to methane reforming in the presence of a catalyst to produce a second mixed gas; (S3) separating the catalyst and carbon dioxide from the second mixed gas and recovering a third mixed gas from which the catalyst and the carbon dioxide have been removed; (S4) converting the carbon dioxide separated in step (S3) into carbon monoxide through a reverse Boudouard reaction in a third reactor; and (S5) mixing the third mixed gas recovered in step (S3) and the carbon monoxide converted in step (S4) to produce syngas, and an apparatus for manufacturing syngas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a method for preparing a non-oxidized carbon nanotube dispersion through mechanical impregnation so as to apply carbon nanotubes having a hydrophobic surface and a bundle shape as a high-performance conductive material of a negative electrode or a positive electrode for a secondary battery through solvent dispersion without acid treatment; and a non-oxidized carbon nanotube dispersion for a conductive material of a secondary battery, prepared by the method.

Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a manipulation part coupled to an end tool connection part and formed to control an operation of an end tool, and a driving unit formed to be detachably attached to the manipulation part and formed to supply a driving force for the operation of the end tool through the manipulation part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a graft polymer, which includes: preparing a second diene-based rubber polymer by enlarging a first diene-based rubber polymer with an acidic group-containing acrylic polymer; preparing a first mixture comprising the second diene-based rubber polymer and a non-ionic emulsifier; and preparing a graft polymer latex by polymerizing an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer in the presence of the first mixture.

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: 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: The present invention relates to hybrid exosomes, a use of the same, and a preparation method of the same, and the hybrid exosomes provided from the present invention have excellent skin inflammation amelioration, skin wrinkle amelioration, skin moisturization efficacy, and skin regeneration efficacy compared to using hydrangea-derived exosomes and liposomes alone, and thus can be effectively utilized as a cosmetic composition containing the same as an active ingredient. In addition, the hybrid exosomes have better stability and biocompatibility compared to existing exosomes.

Abstract: An article withdrawing system for withdrawing articles held in a packing box, the upper surface of which is opened. A first stage holds the packing box carried with the opened upper surface and reverses the packing box so that the articles held in the packing box falls down. A second stage supports and holds the falling-down articles. The first stage includes a support unit supporting and moving the packing box upward and downward, a box holding frame in which the support unit is mounted, a linear movement frame to which the box holding frame is rotatably coupled, a main frame in which the linear movement frame is coupled and supported to be linearly moved and is located and supported on the ground, and a first rotation driving mechanism disposed in the linear movement frame and for rotating and driving the box holding frame.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a first non-display area around the display area; a light emitting element on the display area of the substrate in the display area; a lower inorganic encapsulation film on the substrate in the display area and the first non-display area; an organic encapsulation film on the lower inorganic encapsulation film; an upper inorganic encapsulation film on the organic encapsulation film; and a first dam between the lower inorganic encapsulation film and the upper inorganic encapsulation film in the first non-display area, wherein a first side surface of the first dam is in contact with the organic encapsulation film, and a second side surface of the first dam different from the first side surface of the first dam is in contact with the upper inorganic encapsulation film.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for refining waste plastic pyrolysis oil has an effect of converting the waste plastic pyrolysis oil into high value-added hydrocarbon oil having a high content of naphtha and kerosene, lowering a content of impurities such as chlorine, nitrogen, oxygen, and metal of the hydrocarbon oil, operating under milder process conditions, having excellent process efficiency, and having high process stability to be able to continuously produce refined oil.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides: a compound of a specific chemical structure, having excellent activity with respect to BTK degradation; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure also provides a composition comprising the compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present disclosure also provides are pharmaceutical use for treating or preventing BTK-associated diseases (for example, autoimmune diseases or cancer) of the compound, the salt thereof, and the composition comprising same according to the present disclosure. The present disclosure also provides a method for treating or preventing BTK-associated diseases (for example, autoimmune diseases or cancer), comprising administering, to a subject requiring treatment, an effective amount of the compound, the salt thereof, or the composition comprising same according to the present disclosure.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a detector that detects an external temperature of a vehicle, a vehicle speed, and a coolant temperature of an engine, an input device that receives a signal for ON or OFF operations of a heating control, and a controller configured for determining a heating load depending on the heating control when the external temperature is less than a predetermined temperature and the signal for the ON operation of the heating control is input, and controls an operation of an integrated thermal management valve, a deactivation operation of cylinders included in the engine, and an operation of an active air flap, according to at least one of the heating load and the coolant temperature.

Abstract: A power conversion device for controlling a DC voltage of a DC link may comprise a first diode, a second diode, a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a fourth switching element, wherein: a cathode terminal of the first diode is connected to a positive terminal of the DC link; an anode terminal of the first diode is connected to one end of the first switching element and one end of the third switching element; the other end of the first switching element is connected to an alternating current terminal and one end of the second switching element; the other end of the second switching element is connected to one end of the second diode and one end of the fourth switching element; the other end of the second diode is connected to a negative terminal of the DC link.

Abstract: An example electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, a memory, and at least one processor configured to, based on a signal for requesting transmission of identification information including a call word for using first mode of an artificial intelligence assistant function of the electronic device being received, from another electronic device, through the communication circuit using first communication method, control the display to display a user interface for requesting user confirmation for transmission of the identification information; control the communication circuit to transmit the identification information to the another electronic device as a result of user confirmation through the user interface; and receive information for using a second communication method from the another electronic device.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes: determining an accelerator position sensor/brake pedal position sensor (APS/BPS) command value based on a state variable and a reward variable including a prediction value for a future velocity of the vehicle predicted based on a past APS/BPS command value of the vehicle; and learning for a reward value according to the reward variable to satisfy a predetermined goal based on a change that the determined APS/BPS command value causes to at least one state variable under given environment information.

Abstract: The electronic device for diagnosing dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) or predicting morbidity to DLB according to the present invention includes a processor that measures cortical thicknesses for a plurality of regions of the brain by using brain MRI images of a normal group and a DLB patient group, generates a DLB pattern matrix by using a residual matrix according to a difference between the average cortical thickness and the cortical thickness for each region, applies a first cortical thickness matrix generated by using a brain MRI image of the subject to the DLB pattern to calculate a first DLB pattern score, and diagnoses the subject as DLB or predicting morbidity to DLB by using the first DLB pattern score.

Abstract: An electronic device and a control method therefor are disclosed. The disclosed electronic device includes an input part, a communication part, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory may include instructions for controlling the communication part such that the processor requests identification information including a call word for using an artificial intelligence assistant function to another electronic device when an event for requesting configuration of a first mode in which the artificial intelligence assistant function of the other electronic device can be used occurs, for controlling the communication part to receive the identification information from the other electronic device through the communication part in response to the request, and transmit a user command to the other electronic device based on the identification information if the user command is received during operation of the first mode of the artificial intelligence assistant.

Abstract: A power conversion device for controlling a DC voltage of a DC link may comprise a first diode, a second diode, a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a fourth switching element, wherein: a cathode terminal of the first diode is connected to a positive terminal of the DC link; an anode terminal of the first diode is connected to one end of the first switching element and one end of the third switching element; the other end of the first switching element is connected to an alternating current terminal and one end of the second switching element; the other end of the second switching element is connected to one end of the second diode and one end of the fourth switching element; the other end of the second diode is connected to a negative terminal of the DC link.

Abstract: A device for increasing a slew rate of a driving amplifier includes a driving amplifier, a slew rate improvement circuit, and a controller. The driving amplifier is configured to amplify an input voltage and output an output voltage. The slew rate improvement circuit is configured to provide or receive a current to increase the slew rate of the driving amplifier. The controller is configured to control an operation of the slew rate improvement circuit based on a difference between a first code corresponding to the input voltage of the driving amplifier during a current horizontal line time and a second code corresponding to the input voltage during a next horizontal line time.