Abstract: An optical cable including a rollable optical fiber ribbon is provided. The optical cable includes a plurality of loose tubes, and a plurality of rollable optical fiber ribbons are disposed inside each loose tube. A plurality of loose tubes are disposed at the periphery of the central strength member. The length of each rollable optical fiber ribbon disposed inside the loose tube is 1% or more longer than the length of the corresponding loose tube. Compared to an optical cable including a conventional ribbon, the optical fiber has a higher density and preferred transmission performance.

Abstract: A heat conversion device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a frame comprising multiple unit modules arranged in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, respectively, and a first cooling water inflow tube and a first cooling water discharge tube formed along the first direction so as to support the multiple unit modules; multiple second cooling water inflow tubes connected to the first cooling water inflow tube and arranged on one side of the multiple unit modules along the second direction; and multiple second cooling water discharge tubes connected to the first cooling water discharge tube and arranged on the other side of the multiple unit modules along the second direction. Each unit module comprises a cooling water passage chamber, a first thermoelectric module arranged on a first surface of the cooling water passage chamber, and a second thermoelectric module arranged on a second surface of the cooling water passage chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition and a treatment method to be combined with radiotherapy, for treatment of triple negative breast cancer. More specifically, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a PD-1 blockade and a PI3K? ? inhibitor, and it has excellent effects of inhibiting tumor and enhancing immunity by combining the PD-1 blockade and PI3K? ? inhibitor with radiotherapy, compared to single therapy of each therapeutic agent.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure for reinforcing a pop-up seat mounting part includes a pair of rear side members engaged with a floor panel of a vehicle body, the pair of rear side members being spaced apart from each other by a spacing distance, a transverse member having a length corresponding to the spacing distance between the pair of rear side members, the transverse member being connected at opposite ends thereof to ends of upper surfaces of the pair of rear side members, and a back panel in contact with one surface of the transverse member.

Abstract: A display device including a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area positioned at a side of the display area; at least one transistor in the display area of the base substrate and conductive lines in the non-display area of the base substrate; at least one light-emitting element in the display area that is coupled to the at least one transistor; an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting element; a sensing electrode on the encapsulation layer and a sensing line on the encapsulation layer coupled to the sensing electrode; and an align mark on the encapsulation layer at least partially overlapping some of the conductive lines in the non-display area, in a plan view.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor nanocrystal particle including indium (In), zinc (Zn), and phosphorus (P), wherein a mole ratio of the zinc relative to the indium is greater than or equal to about 25:1, and the semiconductor nanocrystal particle includes a core including a first semiconductor material including indium, zinc, and phosphorus and a shell disposed on the core and including a second semiconductor material including zinc and sulfur, a method of producing the same, and an electronic device including the same. The semiconductor nanocrystal particle emits blue light having a maximum peak emission at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nanometers.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first portion coated with an active material and a second portion at a first side and adjacent the first portion, the second portion being exposed beyond the separator along a first axial direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the second portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly forming a first surface region including stacked layers of the second portion, and in a partial region of the first surface region, a number of the stacked layers of the second portion is 10 or more in the in the first axial direction.

Abstract: The riveting structure of an electrode terminal for a battery includes a battery housing having a bottom; an electrode terminal riveted through a hole formed in the bottom of the battery housing; and a gasket between the electrode terminal and the battery housing. Also, the electrode terminal includes a body portion inserted into the hole; an outer flange portion extending along an outer surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a first side of the body portion exposed through the outer surface; an inner flange portion extending toward an inner surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a second side of the body portion exposed through the inner surface; and a flat portion on the second side of the body portion.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery for testing an internal short, and a method and apparatus for testing an internal short of a secondary battery using the same. The secondary battery for testing an internal short according to the present disclosure includes a positive electrode side metal terminal having one end disposed between a positive electrode plate and a separator of the secondary battery, and a negative electrode side metal terminal having one end disposed between a negative electrode plate and the separator of the secondary battery, and is used to cause an internal short by contact between the other end of the positive electrode side metal terminal and the other end of the negative electrode side metal terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a microorganism of the genus Epidermidibacterium belonging to the family Sporichthyaceae, or a culture thereof, or a composition for preventing, improving, or treating skin conditions or inflammatory diseases including the same.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a separator, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator wound about an axis defining a core and an outer circumference of the electrode assembly. The first electrode has a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides, a first portion extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides, the first portion being coated with an active material, and at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab. The second portion includes a first part adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second part adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third part between the first part and the second part. The first or second part has a smaller height than the third part.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a relative position between arrays of a flexible array device. The flexible array device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of arrays arranged at a predetermined interval in a deformable substrate, and the method includes measuring the first capacitance between adjacent arrays, measuring the second capacitance between the adjacent arrays after deformation of the substrate, and determining a relative position between the adjacent arrays based on the first capacitance measurement value and the second capacitance measurement value. According to an embodiment, the relative position between the arrays may be determined by measuring the capacitance between the adjacent arrays of the plurality of arrays arranged in the deformable substrate and measuring a change in capacitance caused by the deformation (contraction, relaxation, bending) of the substrate.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes; a first external electrode including a first base electrode disposed to be in contact with the ceramic body and a first conductive layer disposed on the first base electrode; and a second external electrode including a second base electrode disposed to be in contact with the ceramic body and a second conductive layer disposed on the second base electrode, wherein the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer include silver (Ag) and palladium (Pd) and distribution positions of silver (Ag) and palladium (Pd) in central portions of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer match at 95% or more according to a result of TEM mapping.

Abstract: The microfluidic device capable of initiating sequential flow according to the present invention includes: a main flow path in which a suction port for sucking the fluid with a negative pressure is formed at one end; a plurality of reservoirs that supply a fluid stored therein to the main flow path through an outlet by the negative pressure applied to the suction port, and are connected to a plurality of different points of the main flow path; and a blocking element that blocks the inflow of external air to the main flow path through the outlet when all the fluid in the reservoir flows out, wherein the fluid stored in a plurality of the reservoirs may flow sequentially.

Abstract: A method of enabling a user to play a game with a virtual friend includes determining a virtual friend having first feature information on the basis of user information, determining a message from the virtual friend to be transmitted to the user on a basis of the user information and the first feature information, transmitting the message to the user; and when the user who has received the message accesses a game, transmitting an invitation message from the virtual friend to the user within the game.

Abstract: Methods for activating a secondary battery are provided, as well as methods for manufacturing a secondary battery, which include: providing a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution in a battery case, pre-aging the secondary battery at room temperature to provide a pre-aged secondary battery; initially charging the pre-aged secondary battery to provide an initially-charged secondary battery; aging the initially-charged secondary battery at room temperature to provide a room-temperature-aged secondary battery; fully charging the room-temperature-aged secondary battery to a voltage of 4.4V or more to provide a fully-charged secondary battery; and degassing the charged secondary battery to remove gas inside the fully-charged secondary battery. According to these methods, it is possible to increase the remaining amount of an electrolyte solution inside an electrode by fully charging a secondary battery.

Abstract: The disclosed technology for distributing a portion of a sales profit to purchasers if a product selling event is successful, thereby promoting product sales, wherein the sales profit distribution system may include a product payment unit adapted to allow a payment for the product to be made through a terminal of the purchaser; and a profit distribution unit adapted to calculate an individual distribution profit to be distributed to the purchaser from the distribution profit, and the sales profit distribution method may include the steps of: (a) performing a payment for the product by a terminal of the purchaser through a product payment unit; and (b) calculating an individual distribution profit to be distributed to the purchaser from the distribution profit through a profit distribution unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising a gold nanoparticle superlattice embedded in hierarchical porous silica and a method for manufacturing the same. The catalyst composition comprising a gold nanoparticle superlattice embedded in hierarchical porous silica according to the present invention comprises micropores and mesopores in the superlattice, so that these pores are channelized to allow the rapid access of reactants to surfaces of gold nanoparticles, and the catalyst composition is very structurally stable and has excellent catalytic activity, and thus has an effect of exhibiting a CO conversion rate of 100% at room temperature.

Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device, the backlight unit including: an light emitting diode (“LED”) light source; a light conversion layer disposed separate from the LED light source to convert light emitted from the LED light source to white light and to provide the white light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light guide panel disposed between the LED light source and the light conversion layer, wherein the light conversion layer includes a semiconductor nanocrystal and a polymer matrix, and wherein the polymer matrix includes a first polymerized polymer of a first monomer including at least two thiol (—SH) groups, each located at a terminal end of the first monomer, and a second monomer including at least two unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds, each located at a terminal end of the second monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises one or more compounds each of formulae I and II in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings given in claim 1.