Abstract: A electrode and an electrochemical device comprising the same, and the electrode of the present disclosure comprises a current collector; a primer layer on all or some of at least one surface of the current collector; and an electrode active material layer on the current collector comprising the primer layer, wherein the electrode active material layer comprises granules, the primer layer comprises a binder and a conductive material, and a sum of amounts of the binder and the conductive material in the primer layer is 90 weight % or more.

Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical device has a lower layer zone and an upper layer zone, wherein different types of granules are contained in the lower layer zone and the upper layer zone. In addition, the electrode includes an intermediate layer zone disposed between the lower layer zone and the upper layer zone and having an interface formed by undulating concave and convex portions having a quadrangular shape. The electrode shows an increased ion diffusion rate and electrode capacity.

Abstract: An electrode and an electrochemical device including the same. The electrode includes a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on the current collector, wherein the electrode active material layer includes granules, and the granule shows a higher binder content ratio in the surface portion as compared to the binder content ratio in the core portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating obesity or sarcopenia, containing ATPase inhibitory factor 1 (IF1) and, more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition and a food for preventing or treating obesity or sarcopenia, containing, as an active ingredient, IF1 having an effect of suppressed appetite or effects increased muscle mass and muscle production. According to the present invention, ATPase inhibitory factor 1 (IF1) exhibits, in an obesity-induced mouse model, effects of inhibited weight gain and decreased dietary intake without side effects, and exhibits, in obesity-induced or aged mouse, effects of increased muscle mass, increased muscle protein and muscle production, and thus is very useful as an agent for preventing, alleviating or treating metabolic diseases such as obesity, an agent for suppressing appetite and an agent for preventing, alleviating or treating muscle loss-related diseases such as sarcopenia.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an adhesion strength measurement system for a wet electrode specimen that can evaluate the adhesion strength of an electrode specimen impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and an adhesion strength measurement method for a wet electrode specimen using the same. The adhesion strength measurement system includes: a test substrate; an electrode specimen attached to the test substrate; a fixing jig configured to fix the test substrate so that the electrode specimen attached to the test substrate is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and an adhesion strength measurement unit configured to measure a force at which a mixture layer of the electrode specimen is peeled off by applying a tensile force to the gripped electrode specimen, the adhesion strength measurement unit including a grip part configured to grip one region of the electrode specimen.

Abstract: Disclosed are an improved guide device capable of being easily replaced for damage, and a detector having the same. The guide device includes a first plate configured to have a plurality of grooves disposed in one surface thereof; and a second plate configured to be in contact with the first plate, wherein the second plate is in contact with the first plate to separate a plurality of channels, wherein the first plate is configured so that the plurality of microdroplets pass through any one of the plurality of channels, the fluid passes through channels facing each other among the plurality of flow channels, and the microdroplets are regularly spaced apart by the fluid that is discharged from the channels facing each other.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a hot stamping part including a steel plate that includes carbon (C) in an amount of 0.26 to 0.40 wt %, silicon (Si) in an amount of 0.02 to 2.0 wt %, manganese (Mn) in an amount of 0.3 to 1.60 wt %, phosphorus (P) in an amount of 0.03 wt % or less, sulfur(S) in an amount of 0.008 wt % or less, chromium (Cr) in an amount of 0.05 to 0.90 wt %, boron (B) in an amount of 0.0005 to 0.01 wt %, molybdenum (Mo) in an amount of 0.05 to 0.2 wt %, titanium (Ti) in an amount of 0.001 to 0.095 wt %, niobium (Nb) in an amount of 0.001 to 0.095 wt %, vanadium (V) in an amount of 0.001 to 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a method for producing hydrogel microbeads capable of magnetic actuation for the delivery of a therapeutic substance; hydrogel microbeads produced thereby; and a pharmaceutical composition for treating musculoskeletal disorders, comprising same. The method includes the steps of: (a) producing microbeads by electrospinning a mixed solution including sodium alginate, a biocompatible polymer, and magnetic particles; (b) curing the microbeads through ionic crosslinking; and (c) freeze-drying the cured microbeads.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus including a vacuum cleaner and a docking station is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting chamber in which foreign substances are collected, and a docking station configured to be connected to the dust collecting chamber to remove the foreign substances collected in the dust collecting chamber. The dust collecting chamber is configured to collect foreign substances through centrifugation, and configured to be docked to the docking station, and the docking station includes a suction device configured to suction the foreign substances and air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked structure includes forming a first metal buffer layer including crystal grains on a base substrate, forming a second metal buffer material layer on the first metal buffer layer, and crystallizing the second metal buffer material layer to form a second metal buffer layer, wherein the second metal buffer material layer includes crystal grains, and a density of the crystal grains of the second metal buffer material layer is lower than a density of the crystal grains of the first metal buffer layer.

Abstract: An anode for a secondary battery includes an anode current collector, a first anode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the anode current collector and including a first anode active material that includes a first silicon composite oxide, and a second anode active material layer disposed on the first anode active material layer and including a second anode active material that includes a second silicon composite oxide. Each of the first silicon composite oxide and the second silicon composite oxide includes a metal. A BET specific surface area of each of the first silicon composite oxide and the second silicon composite oxide is in a range from 2.0 m2/g to 6.5 m2/g.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for providing an emoticon input interface by a user terminal. The method may include displaying a first input interface for inputting an emoticon to be posted on a profile page of a user. The method may also include receiving a selection interaction of selecting a first emoticon to be posted on the profile page of the user via the first input interface, and displaying the selected first emoticon on the profile page of the user. The first input interface may include user custom information associated with emoticon historical information of the user. The user custom information may be identical to at least a part of user custom information for a second input interface for inputting an emoticon to be displayed in a chat message.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel benzopyran derivative useful for preparing a drug for treating cancer, and more specifically, to a novel benzopyran derivative which is a micromolecule having a macrophage inhibitory effect and is useful for preparing a drug for cancer treatment. The drug particularly inhibits the differentiation of immune macrophages to stimulate the immune system, and thus is useful for treating immune-related cancers.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet having excellent workability and corrosion resistance and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet includes a base sheet, and an alloy-plated layer formed on the base sheet. Interfacial roughness between the alloy-plated layer and the base steel sheet is 25 ?m or less. Such an aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet prevents microcracks generated during hot forming and has excellent seizure resistance and corrosion resistance. A method for manufacturing such an aluminum alloy-plated steel is also disclosed.

Abstract: A conductive particle to be dispersed in a resin composition of an anisotropic connection material containing binder resin and solvent, the conductive particle includes: a core, a conductive layer provided on the core and containing metal, insulating fine particles connected by a first substituent that binds to the metal of the conductive layer, provided on a first region of the conductive layer, and a hydrophobic surface treatment layer connected by a second substituent that binds to the metal of the conductive layer, provided on a second region of the conductive layer, wherein the first region and the second region do not overlap.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method. For example, an image processing apparatus for distinguishing between an area of interest and an area of non-interest in an image, the image processing apparatus comprises: a memory configured to store a second image including information on an area of non-interest, an area of interest, and a variable area; a receiver configured to receive a first image captured from at least one camera; and a processor including an artificial intelligence model trained to distinguish objects in an area of interest of the first image from a input data, consisting of the second image and the first image, wherein the processor extracts information on an area of non-interest from a resultant image, outputted by the artificial intelligence model, and updates a size of the variable area of the second image using an extracted information on the area of non-interest.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuously variable transmission, and more specifically, to a continuously variable transmission that prevents power cut-off when shifting and minimizes a load/impact due to the shifting, and that includes an eccentric disk and an output shaft which rotate in the same direction to prevent noise/vibration/impact that is generated particularly when the eccentric disk that operates a link actuator and the output shaft rotate in opposite directions.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive material dispersion comprising single-walled carbon nanotubes, a dispersant, a dispersion aid, and a dispersion medium, wherein the dispersant comprises polyvinyl butyral and hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber, and the dispersion aid comprises a compound represented by Formula 1. A-(R)n??[Formula 1] In Formula 1, A is a structure having a carbon number of 16 to 50 carbon number and comprising four or more aromatic rings and nitrogen, R is a structure comprising an anionic functional group, and n is an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an anticancer composition containing IF1 (ATPase inhibitory factor 1). The IF1 (ATPase inhibitory factor 1) according to the present invention has the effect of releasing extracellular ATP, induces cytotoxicity in various cancer cells and exhibits anticancer efficacy, and is thus very useful as an active ingredient of a powerful anticancer agent.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an anticancer composition containing IF1 (ATPase inhibitory factor 1). The IF1 (ATPase inhibitory factor 1) according to the present invention has the effect of releasing extracellular ATP, induces cytotoxicity in various cancer cells and exhibits anticancer efficacy, and is thus very useful as an active ingredient of a powerful anticancer agent.