Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module assembly having at least one battery cell, a pack case configured to accommodate the battery module assembly, and a barrier unit provided on at least one side of the pack case, configured to discharge a vent gas in the pack case to the outside of the pack case and having at least one blocking baffle disposed obliquely to have a predetermined inclination angle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable pressure ulcer detection sensor, and the wearable pressure ulcer detection sensor according to the present invention includes a pressure sensor measuring pressure based on a change in capacitance caused by physical force, a temperature sensor measuring temperature based on a change in electrical conductivity due to electron hopping, and an impedance sensor including two electrodes spaced apart from each other and in contact with skin.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crystallization method of branched-chain amino acids capable of sustainably cycling ammonia, and branched-chain amino acid crystal produced by the method.

Abstract: A method of preparing a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex is provided. The method of preparing a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer later includes emulsion-polymerizing a monomer mixture including a conjugated diene-based monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile-based monomer, and an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer in the presence of a cross-linking agent including glyoxal.

Abstract: An ionic wind generator and an electronic device having a heat dissipation function using the same are proposed. The ionic wind generator includes a power module; a first electrode configured to receive power from the power module by being connected to the power module to become an emitter electrode; and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode and grounded and at the same time connected to the power module to become a counter electrode. In addition, the first electrode is configured as a carbon brush including multiple carbon fibers. Accordingly, in the ionic wind generator, the emitter electrode is configured as the carbon brush having multiple carbon fibers.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for classification using a neural network. A classification apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store a classifier and a preprocessor including a defensive noise generator. The at least one processor generates defensive noise from an input image through the defensive noise generator in the preprocessor, generates a combined image by combining the input image and the defensive noise, and outputs a classification result by inputting the combined image to the classifier.

Abstract: A depth sensor includes a substrate that includes a first face and a second face opposite to each other in a first direction; a photoelectric conversion element disposed in the substrate; and first and second taps connected to the photoelectric conversion element. Each of the first and second taps includes: a floating diffusion area disposed in the substrate; a transfer transistor connected to the floating diffusion area; a photo transistor connected to the photoelectric conversion element; a tap transfer transistor connected to the photo transistor; and a storage transistor connected to the tap transfer transistor and the transfer transistor. The storage transistor includes a storage gate electrode. The storage gate electrode includes a first extension and a second extension that extend from the first face of the substrate toward the second face, and the first extension and the second extension are spaced apart from each other in a second direction.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules each including one or more battery cells to store and release energy, each battery module further including an intake portion and an exhaust portion, an intake duct including an intake channel and communicating with the intake portion of each of the plurality of battery modules, and an exhaust duct including an exhaust channel and communicating with the exhaust portion of each of the plurality of battery modules. Each of the plurality of battery modules further includes an opening/closing member configured to close the intake portion when internal pressure increases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel use of NCKAP1 gene in neurodegenerative diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to a marker composition for predicting the prognosis of a neurodegenerative disease, comprising a NCKAP1 protein or a gene encoding same, a composition and a kit for predicting the prognosis of a neurodegenerative disease, which comprises a formulation for measuring the level of the protein or an mRNA of the gene encoding same, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative disease, comprising the protein or the gene encoding same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Provided is a strain sensor. The strain sensor according to embodiments of the inventive concept includes a flexible substrate, rigid patterns on the flexible substrate, the rigid patterns including a first pattern and a second pattern spaced apart from the first pattern in a first direction, a first electrode on the first pattern, a second electrode on the second pattern, the second electrode being spaced apart from the first electrode, and a piezoresistive layer connecting the first electrode and the second electrode. Here, each of the rigid patterns may have a stiffness greater than that of the flexible substrate.

Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of bit lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction; and a cell region including a plane which is coupled to the plurality of bit lines, wherein the plane is divided into a plurality of memory groups each including a plurality of partial pages to be disposed in a plurality of rows in the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the compound according to the present disclosure, it is possible to produce an organic electroluminescent device having improved driving voltage, power efficiency, and/or lifetime properties compared to the conventional organic electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: A unit page buffer block includes first to fourth page buffer pairs. Each of the page buffer pairs includes a common column decoder block; and an upper page buffer stage and a lower page buffer stage electrically and commonly connected to the common column decoder block. Each of the upper page buffer stages includes an upper selection block; an upper latch block; and an upper cache block. Each of the lower page buffer stage includes a lower selection block; a lower latch block; and a lower cache block. Each of the upper selection blocks includes first to fourth sub-selection blocks. Each of the upper and lower latch blocks includes first to twelfth upper sub-latch blocks. Each of the upper and lower cache blocks includes first to twelfth upper sub-cache blocks. Each of the common column decoder block includes first to third sub-common column decoder blocks arranged in a row direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disinfection robot. The disinfection robot includes a body provided with an outlet, a fan provided inside the body, a fan motor configured to rotate the fan, a wheel provided under the body, a wheel motor configured to rotate the wheel, a three-dimensional camera having a forward field of view of the body and configured to capture a three-dimensional image, and a processor configured to control the fan motor to rotate the fan to discharge air through the outlet and control the wheel motor to rotate the wheel to move the body based on the three-dimensional image.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for electing a committee node in a blockchain. The apparatus for electing a committee node in a blockchain is configured to transmit a staking transaction including validator information to a blockchain system to register a validator node, generate a draw pool for electing a committee node based on the validator information, change entries of the draw pool using a predefined shuffling algorithm, select a preset number of top entries as votes of a committee member from among the entries of the shuffled draw pool, and elect, as the committee node, the validator node that has acquired votes of a committee.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for synchronizing a block in a blockchain network. The apparatus synchronizes node information of existing participating nodes connected to a blockchain network by joining the blockchain network, determines synchronization target blocks by calculating the current section of a blockchain using an agreed-upon block received from the existing participating nodes, receives a block header of each section and the segment hash table of a snapshot that are verification data for verifying synchronization target data for the synchronization target blocks from participating nodes that are not connected as peers, among the existing participating nodes, generates a snapshot by receiving snapshot segments and the blocks of the current section, which are the synchronization target data, from participating nodes connected as peers, among the existing participating nodes, verifies the snapshot generated from the snapshot segments, and synchronizes the verified snapshot.

Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate including a display area and a transmission area; a metal blocking layer disposed in the display area of the substrate; an inorganic insulating layer disposed on the metal blocking film; a transistor disposed on the inorganic insulating layer; an emission layer connected to the transistor; and a light blocking layer and a color filter disposed on the emission layer of the display area, wherein the edge of the light blocking layer is protruded toward the transmission area more than the edge of the metal blocking layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adding an additional chain to a blockchain. The method includes depositing, by a node of the blockchain, an asset corresponding to the additional chain; selecting the node as one of consensus nodes for connecting an additional block to the additional chain based on a share value corresponding to the asset; and performing, by the node, distributed consensus for connecting the additional block. Here, nodes constituting the blockchain include major shareholder nodes for processing transactions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the diagnosis of a degenerative brain disease, comprising hpmA, which is a substance derived from Proteus, Shigella, Klebsiella pneumoniae, or Citrobacter, preferably a Proteus mirabilis strain, from a biological sample of a subject. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for providing information for the diagnosis of a degenerative brain disease such as Parkinson's disease, brain neuritis (neuroinflammation), or Alzheimer's disease, by measuring the amount of hpmA.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disinfection robot. The disinfection robot includes a body provided with an outlet, a fan provided inside the body, a fan motor configured to rotate the fan, a wheel provided under the body, a wheel motor configured to rotate the wheel, and a processor including geographical map data corresponding to a disinfection space including a plurality of zones and air quality map data indicating air quality of the plurality of zones, and configured to control the fan motor to rotate the fan to discharge air through the outlet and control the wheel motor to rotate the wheel to move the body based on the geographical map data and the air quality map data.