Abstract: Lithium secondary batteries are disclosed. In an embodiment, a lithium secondary battery includes an anode including an anode active material that includes carbon-based active material particles including carbon, the carbon-based active material particles having a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of 3.0 m2/g to 5.0 m2/g and an average particle diameter (D50) of 5?m to 7.5 ?m, a cathode facing the anode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent that includes a propionate-based organic solvent including propionate and a lithium salt. A content of the propionate-based organic solvent relative to a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent is 55 vol % or more.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the separator includes no polyolefin substrate, and includes inorganic particles, a binder for coupling between the inorganic particles, and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel polypeptide having an activity of exporting 5?-inosine monophosphate, a microorganism comprising the same, a method for preparing 5?-inosine monophosphate using the same, and a method for increasing export of 5?-inosine monophosphate.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a capacitance forming portion including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer in a first direction and a cover portion disposed on one surface and the other surface of the capacitance forming portion in the first direction, and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein a secondary phase including Al is disposed at an interface between the internal electrode and the dielectric layer, and the ratio of an area occupied by the secondary phase to an area of the capacitance forming portion is 0.03% or more and 0.40% or less.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component including: a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes; and external electrodes disposed outside the body and connected to the internal electrodes, wherein 1.5?Hfs/Hfc?5.0 when the internal electrode includes hafnium (Hf), Hfc indicates an average Hf content (at %) in a center of the internal electrode, and Hfs indicates an average Hf content (at %) in the internal electrode, measured from the center of the internal electrode to an interface thereof in contact with the dielectric layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a polymer electrolyte which includes a polymerizable oligomer capable of forming an excellent crosslink during a polymerization reaction. Also, the present invention relates to a polymer electrolyte, which may ensure high oxidation stability and ionic conductivity by using the composition for a polymer electrolyte, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technology for converting, into digital data, a sensing signal sensed from each pixel of a display panel and compensating for differences between LED elements.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an adhesive protective film, an optical member including the same, and an optical display including the same. An adhesive protective film is formed of a composition including a (meth)acrylic binder derived from a monomer mixture including: an alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer; and at least one selected from among a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, a carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, and a polysiloxane (meth)acrylate, the adhesive protective film having an initial peel strength of about 100 gf/inch or less and a peel strength decrease rate of about 50% or less, as calculated according to Equation 1.

Abstract: A method of activating a secondary battery includes an operation of deriving a reduction reaction voltage according to an electrolyte additive, a pre-charging operation of pre-charging the secondary battery into which an electrolyte containing the electrolyte additive is injected, and a pre-aging operation of wetting an electrode assembly accommodated in the secondary battery with the injected electrolyte and aging the electrode assembly. A charging termination voltage in the pre-charging operation is less than the reduction reaction voltage.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are described herein. Specifically, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium salt, a first solvent including a non-fluorine-based solvent, a second solvent including a fluorine-based carbonate solvent, and a third solvent including a fluorine-based acetate solvent, wherein the fluorine-based carbonate solvent and the fluorine-based acetate solvent are included in a weight ratio of 1:0.5 to 1:1, and a mixed amount of the fluorine-based carbonate solvent and the fluorine-based acetate solvent may be in a range of 3.0 wt % to 30 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for skin improvement and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating an inflammatory skin disease, the compositions including an umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell culture medium as an active ingredient. The compositions exhibit a wound relief, wrinkle improvement, regeneration, elasticity increase, moisturizing, barrier strengthening, anti-inflammatory or antioxidant effect, and thus can be effectively used as a cosmetic composition for skin improvement or a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating an inflammatory skin disease.

Abstract: A display apparatus having a mura compensation function includes a mura memory in which compensation data corresponding to coefficient values of a mura compensation equation is stored; and a mura compensation circuit configured to perform mura compensations on display data by using the mura compensation equation to which the compensation data has been applied, wherein the coefficient values are set so that the mura compensation equation has been fit to have a curve that satisfies known difference values of selected gray levels, a first estimation difference value of a first estimation gray level higher than the selected gray levels, and a second estimation difference value of a second estimation gray level lower than the selected gray levels, and wherein the compensation data comprises the coefficient values of the mura compensation equation in which all of the known difference values of the selected gray levels, the first estimation difference value, and the second estimation difference value have a differen

Abstract: A cable asset management system comprises: a manufacturer control part for managing data generated in a cable manufacturing process; a distributor control part for managing data generated by the manufacturer control part and data generated in a cable distributing process and a cable constructing process; a user control part for managing data generated by the manufacturer control part and the distributor control part and data generated in a constructed cable; a cable which has a pattern corresponding to a binary code printed on the surface of an outer sheath layer thereof and at which a sensor part for sensing the state of a cable is disposed; and a management server for storing data generated by the manufacturer control part, the distributor control part, and the user control part, and data sensed by the sensor, and generating data about the inventory and lifespan of a cable on the basis of the stored data.

Abstract: A cable comprises: a cable core; and a cable sheath layer formed on the outside of the cable core, wherein the cable sheath layer has, on the outer surface thereof, a pattern corresponding to a binary code. A recognition rate is improved, and a problem of the productivity of the cable being reduced may be prevented by adjusting the widths of the pattern, corresponding to the binary code printed on the cable, in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and a plurality of patterns corresponding to the binary code printed on the cable are provided to prevent, even when the cable is buried in the ground or contacts a facility and a pattern corresponding to some binary patterns is not exposed, a pattern corresponding to the other binary patterns from being exposed and unrecognizable.

Abstract: A novel Deinococcus radiodurans strain, an exopolysaccharide derived therefrom and a composition comprising the same are provided. In detail, a Deinococcus radiodurans BRD125 strain characterized in being deposited with accession number KCTC 13955BP, an exopolysaccharide derived therefrom and a composition comprising the same, and a method of extracting a Deinococcus radiodurans-derived exopolysaccharide are provided.

Abstract: Provided herein are devices, kits, systems, and methods for collecting samples for analytical analysis and the safe disposal of sample collection devices after their use. The devices, kits, systems, and methods find use, for example, for disposing of biohazard materials by users in settings that may not be equipped with the professional biohazard disposal systems of laboratories, hospitals, and medical clinics.

Abstract: A cable comprises: a cable core; and a cable sheath layer formed on the outside of the cable core, wherein the cable sheath layer has, on the outer surface thereof, a pattern corresponding to a binary code. A recognition rate is improved, and a problem of the productivity of the cable being reduced may be prevented by adjusting the widths of the pattern, corresponding to the binary code printed on the cable, in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and a plurality of patterns corresponding to the binary code printed on the cable are provided to prevent, even when the cable is buried in the ground or contacts a facility and a pattern corresponding to some binary patterns is not exposed, a pattern corresponding to the other binary patterns from being exposed and unrecognizable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of directly detecting, using a mass-spectrometry method, whether a microorganism contained in a sample is resistant to antibiotics, and a kit for detection used therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and kit for directly detecting an antibiotic hydrolase secreted by a microorganism resistant to antibiotics, thereby directly determining whether the microorganism is resistant to antibiotics. According to the present invention, it is possible to very simply and immediately confirm whether a specific strain is resistant to antibiotics in the field. In particular, a complicated pretreatment process such as proteolysis is not performed, and a complicated identification process of calibrating and then combining the obtained results is not performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of directly detecting, using a mass-spectrometry method, whether a microorganism contained in a sample is resistant to antibiotics, and a kit for detection used therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and kit for directly detecting an antibiotic hydrolase secreted by a microorganism resistant to antibiotics, thereby directly determining whether the microorganism is resistant to antibiotics. According to the present invention, it is possible to very simply and immediately confirm whether a specific strain is resistant to antibiotics in the field. In particular, a complicated pretreatment process such as proteolysis is not performed, and a complicated identification process of calibrating and then combining the obtained results is not performed.

Abstract: A sensor module according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to a connector module, which transfers water quality information to an electronic device such that the same is displayed on the electronic device, and thereby acquires water quality characteristics for calculating the information. The sensor module is separably connected to the connector module and can be connected to any connector module. The connector module comprises an electronic device communication portion for transferring the water quality information to the electronic device, a body-proximate communication portion capable of wirelessly communicating with the sensor module, and a wireless power transmitting portion for wirelessly supplying the sensor module with power.