Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for cleaning implements for firearms. In one embodiment, a cleaning implement may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a shaft extending between the distal end and the proximal end, the shaft configured to be coupled to a cleaning rod. A cleaning surface may be disposed along a length of the shaft and configured to be received within a barrel of a firearm. The proximal end of the shaft may be sized to create a friction fit with the cleaning rod and the cleaning implement such that engagement between the cleaning implement and cleaning rod is maintained while the cleaning rod is pushed through the barrel from the proximal end, and the cleaning implement and the cleaning rod disengage when the cleaning rod is pulled away from the proximal end.

Abstract: Items of content may be organized into branched portions. From a current portion of an item of content, a branch may be selected, and the portion of the item of content connected by the selected branch to the current portion of the item of content may be conveyed. In this respect, multiple paths through the item of content may be achieved, each path including one or more portions connected to each other by one or more branches.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite is disclosed. The method includes steps of (a) providing a powder in a first weight ratio, a graphene oxide in a second weight ratio, a first modifying agent having a first electric charge, and a second modifying agent having a second electric charge; (b) reacting the first modifying agent with the powder so that a surface of the powder has the first electric charge; (c) reacting the second modifying agent with the graphene oxide so that a surface of the graphene oxide has the second electric charge; and (d) mixing the powder having the first electric charge and the graphene oxide having the second electric charge to form a composite, wherein the first and the second electric charges are of opposite electrical polarities.

Abstract: Provided are a pressure sensitive adhesive composition, a protective film, an optical film and a display device. The pressure sensitive adhesive composition shows appropriate low-speed and high-speed peel strengths after formation of a cross-linked structure, and has a superior balance between the two. Accordingly, when the pressure sensitive adhesive composition is applied to a protective film, for example, a superior protection effect as well as easy peel-off upon high-speed peeling, which is advantageous for a high-speed process, are shown, and in addition, a superior antistatic property may be obtained during the process.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and fabricating method thereof. The liquid crystal display device, including a liquid crystal panel, includes: a first substrate, including: a pixel electrode, and a common electrode separated from the pixel electrode, a ratio of a width of the pixel electrode to a distance between the pixel electrode and the common electrode being in a range of about 1:1 to 1:7, and a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer formed on the first substrate, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including: a buffer material, and nanocapsules, each filled with liquid crystal molecules.

Abstract: Disclosed is an active hood hinge device for vehicles. The active hood hinge device includes an actuator bracket rotatably coupled to a mounting bracket of a vehicle body at one side, a locking lever rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket and driven by an operating force of an actuator, a long link rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket, and unfolded and rotated from the actuator bracket by a rotating force of the locking lever, and a hood bracket rotatably coupled with the long link and fixedly coupled to a hood panel at opposite sides.

Abstract: A method embodiment includes forming a sacrificial film layer over a top surface of a die, the die having a contact pad at the top surface. The die is attached to a carrier, and a molding compound is formed over the die and the sacrificial film layer. The molding compound extends along sidewalls of the die. The sacrificial film layer is exposed. The contact pad is exposed by removing at least a portion of the sacrificial film layer. A first polymer layer is formed over the die, and a redistribution layer (RDL) is formed over the die and electrically connects to the contact pad.

Abstract: A skin cosmetic container includes an opening/closing unit capable of discharging contents introduced into a cylinder provided within a first body in which the contents are stored to the outside of the first body as a pressure is applied to a push button provided on a pump body mounted to an upper portion of the first, body and including a discharge hole for discharging the contents flowing along a guide passage in the pump body to the outside of the first body to selectively open and close a content passage, the skin cosmetic container including: a second body mounted to a lower portion of the first body and having a temperature controller therein; a power source mounted within the second body; and a heater mounted to an end of the second body to emit heat by using electric power applied from the power source and including a heat emitting portion whose heat emitting temperature is controlled by the temperature controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures which comprise, as components K1), one or more merocyanines selected from the group of the compounds of the general formulae Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, IIa and IIb, as defined in more detail in the description, as an electron donor or electron acceptor, and, as component K2), one or more compounds which, with respect to component K1), act correspondingly as an electron acceptor or electron donor, for producing photoactive layers for organic solar cells and organic photodetectors, to a process for producing photoactive layers, corresponding solar cells and organic photodetectors, and to mixtures which comprise, as components, one or more compounds of the general formulae Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, IIa and/or IIb of component K1, as defined in more detail in the description, and one or more compounds of component K2.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array, a word line driver, and source drivers. The memory array includes memory units. The memory units arranged in the same column are coupled to corresponding bit line. The memory units arranged in the same row are coupled to corresponding word line. The memory units arranged in the rows are divided into N groups, in which N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The word line driver is configured to selectively enable the word lines. Source drivers are coupled to the memory units in the groups respectively and configured to output N source control signals. When any word line in a first group is enabled, the source control signals corresponding to the first group and a second group of which the sequence for read-write operation is next to the first group are controlled at a select level by corresponding source drivers.

Abstract: There is provided a peripheral circuit region including a plurality of circuit elements disposed on a first substrate; and a cell region including at least one channel region extending from an upper surface of a second substrate disposed on the first substrate in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the second substrate, and a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked on the second substrate to be adjacent to the at least one channel region, wherein at least a portion of the first substrate contacts the second substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate provide a single substrate.

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound are provided: Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and X in Formula 1 are defined as in the specification.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter includes a gain amplification unit configured to receive a pixel signal at a first node and to amplify a gain of the pixel signal, a first capacitor connected between the first node and a second node, an amplifier configured to receive and amplify a signal output from the gain amplification unit and the first capacitor, and a conversion circuit configured to convert an output signal of the amplifier to a digital signal based on a reference signal and output the digital signal as a first output signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for an electronic device. The method may include: acquiring a galvanic skin response; generating a first parameter for a first interval and a second parameter for a second interval based on the galvanic skin response, the second interval being an interval before the first interval; determining a first threshold corresponding to the first interval based on the second parameter; and determining an activity state of the first interval based on the first threshold and the first parameter corresponding to the first interval.

Abstract: A fusion polynucleotide including a murine CMV promoter and an intron, a recombinant vector including the fusion polynucleotide and a gene encoding a polypeptide of interest, a recombinant cell including the recombinant vector, and a method of producing a polypeptide of interest using the recombinant vector and/or the recombinant cell.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate having a display area and a non-display area, an organic light emitting element and a sealing layer sequentially stacked on one side of the substrate in the display area, a support layer on the one side of the substrate in the non-display area, and a polarizing plate on the support layer in the non-display area and on the sealing layer in the display area, the polarizing plate covering an entirety of the support layer.

Abstract: A latch circuit includes a first PMOS transistor suitable for pull-up driving a second node based on a voltage of a first node, a first NMOS transistor suitable for pull-down driving the second node based on a voltage of the first node, a second PMOS transistor suitable for pull-up driving the first node based on a voltage of the second node, a second NMOS transistor suitable for pull-down driving the first node based on a voltage of the second node, a first separation element suitable for electrically separating the first NMOS transistor from the second node when the first PMOS transistor is turned on, and a second separation element suitable for electrically separating the second NMOS transistor from the first node when the second PMOS transistor is turned on.