Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material including an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide, and capable of preventing the degradation in electrochemical properties of a lithium secondary battery, including rate characteristics, caused by an excess of lithium and manganese in the lithium manganese-based oxide, and particularly reducing side reactions between the lithium manganese-based oxide and a liquid electrolyte during high-voltage operation, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes cationic carrier units comprising (i) a water-soluble polymer, (ii) a positively charged carrier, (iii) a hydrophobic moiety, and (iv) a crosslinking moiety, wherein when the cationic carrier unit is mixed with an anionic payload (e.g., an antisense oligonucleotide) that electrostatically interacts with the cationic carrier unit, the resulting composition self-organizes into a micelle encapsulating the anionic payload in its core. The cationic carrier units can also comprise a tissue specific targeting moiety, which would be displayed on the surface of the micelle. The disclosure also includes micelles comprising the cationic carrier units of the disclosure, methods of manufacture of cationic carrier units and micelles, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the micelles, and also methods of treating diseases or conditions comprising administering the micelles to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor chip are provided. The methods may include providing a semiconductor substrate including integrated circuit regions and a cut region. The cut region may be between the integrated circuit regions. The methods may also include forming a modified layer by emitting a laser beam into the semiconductor substrate along the cut region, polishing an inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate to propagate a crack from the modified layer, and separating the integrated circuit regions along the crack. The cut region may include a plurality of multilayer metal patterns on an active surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is opposite to the inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of multilayer metal patterns may form a pyramid structure when viewed in cross section.

Abstract: Provided is a conjugate for photodynamic diagnosis or treatment in which a peptide binds with a photosensitizer via an intracellularly degradable linkage, and a composition for photodynamic diagnosis or treatment including the same. The conjugate generates no fluorescent signal and reactive oxygen in normal tissues or during the circulation in the blood by quenching a fluorescent signal and reactive oxygen generation ability of the photosensitizer. After the conjugate is selectively absorbed into target cells, a linker is degraded in cells to increase the distance between tryptophan included in the peptide and the photosensitizer, and the quenching action is terminated to generate a strong fluorescence signal and induce active generation of reactive oxygen. The conjugate has high tissue permeability, shows a high photodynamic therapeutic effect in only target cells while being safe in normal cells, and can obtain a good diagnostic image having a high ratio of target signal to background.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device and a control method therefor. The lighting device according to the present invention comprises: a light source unit comprising one or more light emitting elements; a first body to which the light source unit is mounted; a second body; a sensor unit for sensing at least one of a relative posture and a relative position of the first body to the second body; and a control unit for controlling the light emitting operation of the light source unit on the basis of at least one of the relative posture and the relative position of the first body.

Abstract: A water electrolysis device includes an electrolyte correction unit having a diaphragm, the device having an electrolyte correction unit, including a diaphragm, for removing a concentration difference inside an electrolyte, so as to prevent a gas composition in a gas phase area of the water electrolysis device from reaching an explosion limit and, simultaneously, prevent the occurrence of a difference in a liquid level due to a difference in the concentration of the electrolyte even if the electrolyte discharged from an anode chamber and the electrolyte discharged from a cathode chamber are each circulated independently, and thus does not require an additional device for solving same, and can resolve the problem of a reduction in processability according to electrolyte re-injection and operation stabilization.

Abstract: An autonomous controller for lateral motion includes a vehicle positioning module that calculates a lateral departure degree from the center of a virtual line after a line is lost using position information of a vehicle. The position information is derived by data obtained from the vehicle which is traveling. The controller also includes a driving route determination module that determines the virtual line connecting waypoints previously generated on a map for a section where the line is lost to connect an old line with a new line. A lateral control module then performs lateral autonomous control of the vehicle in a direction where the lateral departure degree is minimized to cause the vehicle to follow a driving route connecting waypoints set on the virtual line to travel.

Abstract: Provided are an electric appliance and a method of manufacturing the same, the electric appliance having a smaller size and a reduced overall weight by preventing a fluid from flowing into a space unrelated to a heating component in a state where the fluid fills its case. The electric appliance includes: a case including a first space and a second space communicated to each other; a first component disposed in the first space; a second component disposed in the second space; a connection portion electrically connecting the first component and the second component to each other; and a potting pattern including a resin material and formed in the first space.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of a stress disease and depression, the pharmaceutical composition be safely useable without toxicity and side effects by using an extract of leaves of Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb., which is natural resource of Korea, so that the reduction of manufacturing and production costs and the import substitution and export effects can be expected through the replacement of a raw material for preparation with a plant inhabiting in nature.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a power management system including: a power source that includes a power system for providing main power to a load and a renewable energy generation part for providing auxiliary power; a power conversion part that converts a surplus of at least one of the main power and the auxiliary power; a water electrolysis part that includes a water electrolysis device configured to be driven by the surplus converted by the power conversion part, a balance-or-plant (BOP) configured to be driven by a portion branched from the main power, and a hydrogen storage; and a control part that synchronizes power applied to the power conversion part and power applied to the water electrolysis device to exchange direct current (DC) power between the power conversion part and the water electrolysis device.

Abstract: A gripper includes a body part, a finger base part coupled to the body part, and a finger part coupled to a first side of the body part or the finger base part and coupled to the body part or the finger base part to be reciprocal, wherein the finger part comprises a first link structure and a second link structure, sides of which are coupled to the finger base part, respectively, and wherein, in the first link structure and the second link structure, a first support area of the first link structure and a second support area of the second link structure reciprocate in only one of a plurality of directions that cross a direction in which the finger part reciprocates with respect to the finger base part.

Abstract: A gripper includes a body part, a finger base part coupled to the body part to be rotatable, the finger base part including a first finger base part and a second finger base part configured such that when the first finger base part is rotated in a first direction with respect to the body part, the second finger base part is provided to be rotatable in a second direction opposite the first direction with respect to the body part, and a finger part coupled to a first side of the body part or the finger base part to be reciprocal.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes cationic carrier units comprising (i) a water soluble polymer, (ii) a positively charged carrier, (iii) a hydrophobic moiety, and (iv) a crosslinking moeity, wherein when the cationic carrier unit is mixed with an anionic payload (e.g., an RNA and/or DNA) that electrostatically interacts with the cationic carrier unit, the resulting composition self-organizes into a micelle encapsulating the anionic payload in its core. The cationic carrier units can also comprise a tissue specific targeting moiety, which would be displayed on the surface of the micelle. The disclosure also includes micelles comprising the cationic carrier units of the disclosure, methods of manufacture of cationic carrier units and micelles, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the micelles, and also methods of treating diseases or conditions comprising administering the micelles to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: An electric compressor capable of reducing a size and lightening weight of a package of an inverter unit, as a common mode choke (CM choke) is disposed radially outside of a circuit board of the inverter unit, and a high voltage connector, a CM choke, and a low voltage connector are integrated into a support body.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water electrolysis apparatus including a diaphragm for removing a dissolved gas from an electrolyte. By separating a dissolved gas present in an electrolyte through a diaphragm provided in a gas-liquid separator or an electrolyte circulation line, the water electrolysis apparatus can increase the efficiency of production of the dissolved gas in the electrolyte while preventing a gas composition from reaching an explosive limit in a gas phase region of the water electrolysis apparatus.

Abstract: An embodiment device includes an input module including a motor configured to generate a rotational force, an output module configured to receive power from the input module to be rotatable, and a connection module having a first side coupled to the input module and a second side, opposite the first side, coupled to the output module, wherein the connection module is configured to transmit the power from the input module to the output module.

Abstract: It is disclosed a blood glucose prediction system and method using saliva-based artificial intelligence deep learning technique.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a display and a supporter. The supporter being mounted on the display and configured to support the display and rotate the display module between a first position and a second position. The supporter including a drive motor, a first gear, and a detection sensor. The drive motor configured to supply a driving force to rotate the display. The first gear configured to rotate together with the display by receiving the driving force from the drive motor. The detection sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of a second gear configured to rotate in with the first gear.

Abstract: A light source includes a controller configured to turn on or off a plurality of light sources depending on a light period. The controller can be configured to turn on the light sources during each of a plurality of light periods such that the light sources emit a light having a spectrum with a plurality of peaks toward the plant. At least one light period can include a first period and a second period and the first period preceding or following the second period. The controller can adjust the spectrum of the light between the first period and the second period and/or during different light periods.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for estimating a road surface friction coefficient relate to an apparatus of estimating a road surface friction coefficient including an additional power control module that arbitrarily adds a braking force, which causes a wheel speed difference, to an axle of the vehicle to which the braking force is applied, and together adds a driving force that cancels the braking force to an axle of the vehicle to which the driving force is applied, when it is determined that a driving state of the vehicle is an inertial driving state, and a road surface friction coefficient estimation module that estimates the road surface friction coefficient by the wheel speed difference caused by a newly added braking force.