Abstract: The present invention relates to an organolithium compound, and a method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer using the same. A modified conjugated diene-based polymer having good compatibility with an inorganic filler and improved processability may be provided, and by using a rubber composition including such modified conjugated diene-based polymer, a tire having excellent exothermic properties, tensile strength, abrasion resistance, low fuel consumption and wet traction, and low rolling resistance may be provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a triple fusion imaging device for sentinel lymphadenectomy for laparoscopic surgery including: a composite laparoscope for near infrared ray/gamma ray/visible ray acquisition configured to acquire triple images of a gamma ray from a gamma ray radioactive material injected to a diseased part, a visible ray, and a near infrared ray; an optical fiber configured to transmit the triple images acquired from the composite laparoscope; an optical source configured to generate a white light for acquiring a visible image through the optical fiber and a near infrared ray excitation light for acquiring a near infrared ray image by exciting a near infrared ray emitting fluorescence material at the disease part; an optical-to-electrical conversion module configured to separate individual images of the visible ray, near infrared ray and gamma ray from the triple images delivered through the optical fiber and then respectively convert the individual images to electrical signals; a matching uni

Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile apparatus to display an end effect is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a first layer on a touch screen, converting the at least one object in response to a first gesture that converts the at least one object, detecting that the conversion for the at least one object is ended, and displaying an end effect, which represents a message saying that the at least one object to be converted does not exist anymore or represents additional information, on the touch screen.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device and a method for providing differentiated transition effects based on the attributes of an object recognized in next contents when a screen switches in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display; a memory; and a processor configured to be operably coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: display first contents; analyze the attributes of second contents to be displayed subsequent to the first contents while displaying the first contents; determine a transition effect corresponding to the attributes of the second contents; determine to switch a screen from the first contents to the second contents; and display the second contents using the determined transition effect based on the determination of screen transition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modifier including a silane-based compound of Formula 1, which may prevent the agglomeration of a filler in a rubber composition and increase the dispersibility of a filler, thereby improving the processability of a rubber composition, by easily introducing a functional group having affinity with a filler into a conjugated diene-based polymer chain, and a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer prepared using the same.

Abstract: An overcharge protection circuit may include a battery, a battery management system (BMS) having an overcharge sensing unit for detecting cell voltage of the battery, comparing the cell voltage with a preset overcharge voltage, and then generating either a signal indicative of normal connection of the battery or an overcharge signal depending on a result of the comparison and a switch control unit for generating a control signal depending on a result of comparing a hold-up time of the overcharge signal with a preset hold-up time of the overcharge signal, and a switch for connecting or blocking a power source for supplying charging power to the battery in response to the control signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for marine seismic refraction survey using a remotely piloted air/water drone and a method thereof for acquiring refracted wave by providing a receiver on the air/water drone among marine seismic methods, being configured to include: a surveyvessel provided with a seismicsource generating a sound; and the air/water drone moving tethered to the surveyvessel while floating on the sea or operating under water and being capable of moving to a desired location by generating a lift force and a turning force through remote control. In addition, the system is to be used for marine seismic refraction survey by providing a hydrophone and streamer and a recording system which may record the seismic wave on an air/water drone, a remotely piloted marine observation system, whereby an effect is given to be able to acquire data of seismic refraction.

Abstract: Provided is a light emission device. When the size of an input voltage exceeds a minimum light emission voltage, all light emission elements emit light always irrespective of the size of a voltage, and as the size of the voltage decreases, the light emission device has a configuration in which the light emission elements are connected in parallel with each other, and as the size of the voltage increases, the light emission device has a configuration in which the light emission elements are connected in series with each other.

Abstract: A clutch control method for a vehicle includes steps of: calculating, by a controller, an estimated clutch torque by substituting a plurality of parameters, and a sensed stroke of a clutch actuator into a predetermined characteristic function; updating, by the controller, the parameters as new values by a prediction error method using a torque error, which is a difference between a reference clutch torque and the estimated clutch torque; calculating a desired stroke by substituting a desired clutch torque and the updated parameters into a predetermined characteristic inverse function; and driving the clutch actuator based on the calculated desired stroke to control the clutch by the controller. The plurality parameters represent physical properties of a clutch, and the predetermined characteristic function represents characteristics of a clutch transmission torque to a clutch actuator stroke.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch point learning apparatus for a clutch including: a clutch plate connected to an input shaft; a clutch disc connected to an output shaft; a hydraulic pressure chamber to which a working hydraulic pressure is applied, wherein the working hydraulic pressure is capable of engaging or disengaging the clutch plate and the clutch disc; and a controller configured to determine the engaging or disengaging of the clutch plate and the clutch disc based on a change in the working hydraulic pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for filtering a reference pixel. A method of smoothing a reference pixel may include determining whether or not to perform smoothing on a reference pixel based on the size of a transform block and information about an intra-prediction mode for the transform block and determining a smoothing method by comparing the size of the transform block with the size of a maximum transform block. Accordingly, image coding efficiency can be increased, and picture quality can be improved.

Abstract: A developer cartridge includes: a housing including a developer outlet; a conveying member configured to convey a developer to the developer outlet and including a spiral member rotatably installed in the housing; and a developer bag configured to accommodate the developer, be installed in the housing, and rotate in connection with the conveying member, the developer bag including an opening for discharging the developer into the housing.

Abstract: A method for interacting with a flexible device and a user terminal thereof includes detecting a physical transformation of the flexible device, and performing an interaction, in association with the flexible device, corresponding to the physical transformation.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for displaying an execution screen of an application using icons are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen that displays one or more application execution icons; and a processor that is electrically connected with the touch screen, and is configured, when a first icon is selected from among the one or more application execution icons, to display an execution screen of a first application corresponding to the first icon, wherein the execution screen of the first application is configured to display at least one second object corresponding to at least one of first object among a plurality of icon objects included in the first icon.

Abstract: Provided is a method of first arrival picking of multi-channel seismic survey data considering sound source-receiver array that can increase the reliability of a first arrival selected from land seismic survey data or marine seismic survey data that includes background noise. Further, provided is a method of first arrival picking of multi-channel seismic survey data considering source-receiver array, which can improve the reliability of a first arrival or a micro earthquake occurrence location selected from measurement data of a micro earthquake seismic survey.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting lung diseases in smokers and non-smokers by blocking growth factor signaling using an antihypertensive drug, and more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing lung cancer or emphysema, which contains an antihypertensive drug as an active ingredient. The present invention suggests a novel use of an antihypertensive drug which is being used in clinics, to prevent lung diseases, and therefore, may be readily applied to early lung cancer or a lung cancer high-risk group, and particularly may exclude safety concerns accompanying clinical application of novel drugs, thereby increasing clinical applicability. In addition, enormous costs and time needed from development to clinical use of new drugs may be dramatically reduced.

Abstract: A multilayer display apparatus for outputting a single integrated image includes a plurality of layer displays to represent an image, and an image control unit to control a single integrated image to be output through overlapping images represented by the plurality of layer displays.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerization initiator represented by Formula 1, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, methods for preparing them, a rubber composition comprising the modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and a tire prepared from the rubber composition. (In Formula 1, the definition of each substituent is the same as defined in the description.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, a panel driver configured to drive the display panel, a storage configured to store information regarding a color gamut of each of the plurality of pixels, and a processor configured to determine a target color gamut of each of the plurality of pixels so that a difference in color gamut from at least one adjacent pixel is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, and to drive the panel driver for each of the plurality of pixels to have a grayscale value based on the target color gamut.

Abstract: A method of preventing a vehicle clutch from sticking includes a wear compensation actuation step of actuating a wear compensation device in conjunction with engagement actuation of a clutch actuator after an ignition is turned off when an actuation condition of the wear compensation device is satisfied, and a clutch control step of controlling a clutch position so that the clutch position returns to a disengaged state of the clutch actuator by reactuating the wear compensation device, when a clutch position based on an amount of variation in an actuation length of the actuation rod fails to return to the disengaged state of the clutch actuator during returning of the engaged clutch actuator.