Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a susceptor configured to heat an aerosol generating article inserted into an accommodation space of the aerosol generating apparatus; an induction coil arranged around the susceptor and configured to heat the susceptor by induction heating; a switching module configured to switch an electrical path of the induction coil; and a controller electrically connected to the switching module and configured to detect insertion of the aerosol generating article on the basis of a change in an inductance of the induction coil by setting a control mode for the induction coil to a reception mode, and when the insertion of the aerosol generating article is detected, switch the control mode to a transmission mode for activating the induction heating, via the switching module.

Abstract: A method, performed by an aerosol generating device, of performing a self-diagnosis, includes: when the aerosol generating device does not normally operate by an error, determining whether to activate the self-diagnosis for analyzing the error of the aerosol generating device; when the self-diagnosis is activated, performing a function self-test by checking whether each of functions required for a normal heating operation of the aerosol generating device is operative; determining a faulty component of the aerosol generating device based on a result of the function self-test; determining a faulty function of the faulty component based on an error log recorded in the aerosol generating device; determining a severity of the determined faulty function; and outputting a final diagnosis result with respect to the self-diagnosis based on the faulty component, the faulty function, and the severity.

Abstract: A latex composition for dip molding includes a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex having pKa of 9.5 to 10.2 and satisfying General Formulas 1 and 2. 0.85?P?1.0, P=CVD/CV0??[General Formula 1] 5?M?20, M=m1×m2??[General Formula 2] wherein CV0 represents a capillary viscosity which is measured in a swollen in a methyl ethyl ketone solvent, CVD represents a capillary viscosity in a deswollen state, m1 represents an insolubility of a dried film in the methyl ethyl ketone solvent, and m2 represents a swelling index of the dried film in the methyl ethyl ketone solvent, wherein a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer of carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex includes: a conjugated diene-based monomer-derived unit, an ethylenic unsaturated nitrile-based monomer-derived unit, and an ethylenic unsaturated acid monomer-derived unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a passenger airbag. The passenger airbag according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main panel, and side panels arranged on both sides of the main panel, wherein the main panel includes a contact part to be in contact with a head of a passenger when the passenger airbag is deployed, and a folded portion partitioning the contact part such that both sides of the contact part protrudes as the contact parts is toward both sides.

Abstract: A laser irradiation device for performing treatment on human skin includes a main body including a barrel part; a laser oscillator that is accommodated in the main body and configured to generate a laser beam to be irradiated through the barrel part; and a skin treatment unit including a lens unit detachably connected to the main body and including a multi-lens that processes the laser beam generated by the laser oscillator into a plurality of laser beams and a functional unit detachably connected to the lens unit.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater; and a processor configured to: obtain an initial temperature of the heater which is measured by the temperature sensor when a user input for starting an heating operation of the heater is received, compare the initial temperature of the heater with a first temperature; based on the initial temperature being lower than the first temperature, control the heater to perform the heating operation according to a preset temperature profile; and when the temperature of the heater reaches a second temperature higher than the first temperature, control the heater to stop the heating operation for a first delay time.

Abstract: The method for estimating mental health and providing solution for mental health by learning psychological data and biological data based on machine learning includes: (a) acquiring, by mental health estimating device, psychological data for testing and biological data for testing of test subject from terminal of the test subject in state in which first estimated model is learned by referring to estimated mental health data for learning output from the first estimated model and ground truth mental health data corresponding to the estimated mental health data after psychological data for learning and biological data for learning of learning subjects are input to the first estimated model; and (b) inputting, by the mental health estimating device, the psychological data for testing and the biological data for testing to the first estimated model to allow the first estimated model to output estimated mental health data for testing.

Abstract: The method for estimating mental health and providing solution for mental health by learning psychological data and biological data based on machine learning includes: (a) acquiring, by mental health estimating device, psychological data for testing and biological data for testing of test subject from terminal of the test subject in state in which first estimated model is learned by referring to estimated mental health data for learning output from the first estimated model and ground truth mental health data corresponding to the estimated mental health data after psychological data for learning and biological data for learning of learning subjects are input to the first estimated model; and (b) inputting, by the mental health estimating device, the psychological data for testing and the biological data for testing to the first estimated model to allow the first estimated model to output estimated mental health data for testing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating robot interaction behavior. The method for generating robot interaction behavior includes generating co-speech gesture of a robot corresponding to utterance input of a user, generating a nonverbal behavior of the robot, that is a sequence of next joint positions of the robot, which are estimated from joint positions of the user and current joint positions of the robot based on a pre-trained neural network model for robot pose estimation, and generating a final behavior using at least one of the co-speech gesture and the nonverbal behavior.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising an antiviral agent and an antidepressant as an active ingredient and to which a biguanide-based compound can be added, and more specifically, efavirenz, etravirine, rilpivirine, lopinavir, atazanavir, darunavir, and ritonavir as an antiviral agent, and fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, duloxetine, amitriptyline, clomipramine, nortriptyline, desipramine, amoxapine, maprotilline, trimipramine, protriptyline, and melithracene as an antidepressant, in complex, mixture, or combination administration, or efavirenz and fluoxetine with metformin, a biguanide compound, in complex, mixture, or combination administration, shows the significant synergistic anti-cancer activity than when each was administered alone, and so, finally the antiviral agent and antidepressant according to the present invention can be effectively used as an active ingredient in a composition for preventing or treating cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heater assembly for accommodating and heating an aerosol generating article, the heater assembly including: an accommodation portion configured to accommodate an end portion of an aerosol generating article; a heating portion arranged to surround another portion of the aerosol generating article; and a combining portion configured to combine the accommodation portion and the heating portion and including engineering plastic, wherein the accommodation portion, the combining portion, and the heating portion are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article and form an accommodation space in which the aerosol generating article is accommodated.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device may include: a heater; a wetting detection module configured to generate a wetting signal by being electrically shorted as the wetting detection module comes into contact with a liquid introduced from outside the aerosol generating device or a liquid leaked from inside the aerosol generating device; and a control circuit configured to determine whether the wetting signal indicating an electrical short has been received from the wetting detection module, and control the heater based on a determination that the wetting signal has been received.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating article including a first portion comprising an aerosol generating element, a second portion comprising a tobacco element, a third portion comprising a cooling element, and a fourth portion comprising a filter element, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion are sequentially provided in a length direction of the aerosol generating article, and wherein the second portion comprises a porous tobacco solid that comprises the tobacco element.

Abstract: Disclosed herein a method and apparatus for recommending a table service based on image recognition. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for recommending a table service, including: receiving a table image that is captured in real time; acquiring, by using an artificial intelligence of a pre-learned learning model, table information that includes object information and food information of at least one table in the table image; and recommending, based on the table information, a service for each of the at least one table.

Abstract: Disclosed herein a method and apparatus for learning a locally-adaptive local device task based on cloud simulation. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for learning a locally-adaptive local device task. The method comprising: receiving observation data about a surrounding environment recognized by a local device; performing a domain randomization based on the observation data and a failure type of a task assigned to the local device and relearning a policy network of the assigned task based on the domain randomization; and updating a policy network of the local device for the assigned task by transmitting the relearned policy network to the local device.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating apparatus includes a heater assembly configured to heat a cigarette inserted into the aerosol-generating apparatus, a battery configured to supply power to the heater assembly, and a system-in-package (SIP) including a microcontroller unit (MCU); a sensor module; and a heating integrated circuit (IC) configured to control a heating operation of the heater assembly.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery which includes an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate are wound in one direction, a battery can in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, and a sealing body which seals an open end of the battery can. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode active material layer, and the positive electrode active material layer includes scaly graphite and positive electrode active material powder including single particles, quasi-single particles, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device may include: a heater configured to apply heat to an aerosol generating substrate; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater to obtain a measured temperature value; and a processor configured to: control power supplied to the heater; add a first calibration value to the measured temperature value to obtain a first calibrated temperature value; add a second calibration value to the first calibrated temperature value to obtain a second calibrated temperature value; and determine the second calibrated temperature value as the temperature of the heater.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating a foot pain disease, including botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid, and a foot pain disease treatment method using the same. More specifically, the composition according to the present invention can exhibit a synergistic action of increasing both anti-inflammatory and anti-pain activity through an inflammation-inhibiting effect on a foot pain disease such as pain arising from plantar fasciitis, foot fasciitis, Achilles tendon damage, flat feet, diabetes, and gout. Thus, the composition according to the present invention is expected to be able to be usefully used subcutaneously in the foot as a liquid injection agent that exhibits an effect of treating or alleviating a foot pain disease.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an aerosol-generating device includes: an inductive sensor that detects a change in inductance; an induction coil configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field by a current; a susceptor configured to heat an aerosol-generating article inserted into an accommodation space of the aerosol-generating device according to the time-varying magnetic field; a controller configured to: determine whether the aerosol-generating article is inserted into the accommodation space based on the change in inductance detected by the inductive sensor, start heating the susceptor by applying the current to the induction coil based on determining that the aerosol-generating article is inserted into the accommodation space, measure a frequency response of a coupling circuit formed in response to the current being applied to the induction coil, and determine whether to continue to heat the susceptor based on the measured frequency response.