Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a support film, and a polymer layer. The display panel includes a display area comprising a first area that is bendable, and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The support film is coupled to a bottom surface of the display panel. The support film includes a first groove overlapping with the first area. The polymer layer is disposed in the first groove. The polymer layer includes a material with higher flexibility than the support film. Angles formed by the top surface of the support film and inner sides of the support film defining the first groove are acute angles.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a grid fixing apparatus including a spacer-integrated retaining clip and a grid fixing method using the same capable of integrally forming a retaining clip and a spacer, forming a grid fixing apparatus to be tacked into an object through an anchor pin to firmly fix a grid reinforcement material to a surface or an outer side of the object, and fixing the grid reinforcement material in vertical and horizontal directions to precisely construct the grid reinforcement material and capable of being applied to all grid reinforcement materials manufactured in a lattice shape, such as a metallic mesh, a geogrid, and a textile grid made of a high-strength fiber, and being utilized in construction of a grid reinforcement material to which various binders such as concrete, mortar, a pavement material, and a finishing material are applied.

Abstract: A smoking product includes: a smoking material portion which is wrapped by a smoking material wrapper; a filter portion whose upstream end portion is combined with the smoking material portion, which includes a capsule containing a flavoring, and which is wrapped by a filter wrapper; and a tipping wrapper which surrounds at least a partial region of the smoking material portion and the filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined, wherein the tipping wrapper includes a first perforation region including a plurality of perforations formed along an outer circumferential surface of the tipping wrapper and a second perforation region including a plurality of perforations formed downstream of the first perforation region and along the outer circumferential surface of the tipping wrapper, and the capsule is disposed downstream of the first perforation region and upstream of the second perforation region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including an interlayer insulating layer on a substrate; a conductive line on the interlayer insulating layer; and a contact plug penetrating the interlayer insulating layer, the contact plug being connected to the conductive line, wherein the contact plug includes an upper pattern penetrating an upper region of the interlayer insulating layer, the upper pattern protruding upwardly from a top surface of the interlayer insulating layer, the upper pattern includes a first portion penetrating the upper region of the interlayer insulating layer; and a second portion protruding upwardly from the top surface of the interlayer insulating layer, and a width of a lower region of the second portion in a direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate is greater than a width of an upper region of the second portion in the direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided herein is a smoking article from which sound is generated. The smoking article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a filter portion and a smoking material portion, and a sound-generating material including a carbohydrate material may be added to the smoking material portion. The sound-generating material may generate sound as the material burns, and the sound may further provide an auditory effect during smoking. In this way, an improved smoking experience may be provided to the smoker.

Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node may comprise: receiving one or more polarized radio signals transmitted from a second communication node included in the communication system through one or more receive polarized antennas included in the first communication node; performing a receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation so that a detection result for a magnitude of an electric field excited by the one or more polarized radio signals is maximized; and receiving a first polarized signal transmitted from the second communication node through at least part of the one or more receive polarized antennas based on a result of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, and more specifically, to a positive electrode active material including a lithium composite oxide containing at least nickel and titanium, wherein the titanium is present in an oxide form in at least a portion of the surface of the lithium composite oxide at the same time as being doped in the lithium composite oxide, and thus it is possible to simultaneously improve the output efficiency and high-temperature lifetime characteristics (high-temperature cycle capacity retention rate) of a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus is provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber comprising a support, the support configured to have mounted thereon a substrate; at least one channel disposed in the chamber and into which a conductive fluid or a non-conductive fluid is configured to be injected; and a control unit. The control unit includes a first pump and a second pump configured to respectively supply the conductive fluid and the non-conductive fluid to the at least one channel; and a first valve configured to receive the conductive fluid and the non-conductive fluid from the first pump and the second pump, respectively, and control proportions at which the conductive fluid and the non-conductive fluid are injected into the at least one channel.

Abstract: A touch display device has an inspection process and a repair process that may be easily performed. The touch display device includes first and second touch electrodes spaced apart from each other and a dummy conductive layer spaced apart from at least one of the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes, and is characterized in that the shape of at least one of the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes arranged in first boundary areas is different from the shape of at least one of the first touch electrodes, the second touch electrodes and the dummy conductive layer arranged in second boundary areas, thereby rapidly detecting the position of a defect and improving efficiency of inspection and repair processes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cigarette filter including: natural plant based granules composed of a natural plant material and a binder; and a filter portion to accommodate therein the natural plant based granules, in which the binder is hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), and a weight ratio of the natural plant material and the binder is in a range of 95 to 99%:5 to 1%. Further, disclosed are a preparation method of the cigarette filter, and a cigarette including the cigarette filter.

Abstract: A composition for preventing or treating an infection or disease caused by a pathogenic Escherichia coli includes a Myoviridae bacteriophage Esc-COP-18 having an ability to lyse the pathogenic Escherichia coli and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A method for preventing or treating an infection or disease caused by a pathogenic Escherichia coli includes administering to a subject a Myoviridae bacteriophage and lysing the pathogenic Escherichia coli by the Myoviridae bacteriophage.

Abstract: A display device including: a display panel including a first area, a second area spaced apart from the first area, and a bent third area between the first and second areas; a first support film coupled to a bottom surface of the display panel and overlapping the first area; and a second support film coupled to the bottom surface of the display panel, overlapping the second area, and spaced apart from the first support film by a gap, the gap overlapping the third area, a top surface of the first support film facing the display panel and an inner side of the first support film form a first angle, a top surface of the second support film facing the display panel and an inner side of the second support film form a second angle, which is greater than the first angle, and the first support film includes a protruding pattern.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrical characteristics by adjusting an aspect ratio gradient of primary particles included in a secondary particle, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments provide a hybrid sensor, a Lidar sensor, and a moving object which generate composite data by mapping distance information on an obstacle obtained through the Lidar sensor to image information on an obstacle obtained through an image sensor and predict distance information of composite data based on intensity information of a pixel, to generate precise composite data.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including an interlayer insulating layer on a substrate; a conductive line on the interlayer insulating layer; and a contact plug penetrating the interlayer insulating layer, the contact plug being connected to the conductive line, wherein the contact plug includes an upper pattern penetrating an upper region of the interlayer insulating layer, the upper pattern protruding upwardly from a top surface of the interlayer insulating layer, the upper pattern includes a first portion penetrating the upper region of the interlayer insulating layer; and a second portion protruding upwardly from the top surface of the interlayer insulating layer, and a width of a lower region of the second portion in a direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate is greater than a width of an upper region of the second portion in the direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode on a substrate and extending in a first direction, source/drain patterns spaced apart from each other, in a second direction, with the gate electrode interposed therebetween, a gate contact electrically connected to the gate electrode, and an active contact electrically connected to at least one of the source/drain patterns. The active contact includes a lower contact pattern electrically connected to the at least one of the source/drain patterns, the lower contact pattern having a first width in the first direction, and an upper contact pattern electrically connected to a top surface of the lower contact pattern, the upper contact pattern having a second width in the first direction that is smaller than the first width. The upper contact pattern and the gate contact horizontally overlap each other.

Abstract: Provided are a textile reinforced cement composite for suppressing occurrence of slipping and a crack and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus and a control method thereof. A motor includes a first motor providing power to move a rack and a second motor providing power to move the rack in synchronization with the first motor. A sensor includes a torque angle sensor detecting a torque value and a steering angle in response to manipulation of a steering wheel and an angle sensor detecting an angle of rotation of a sector shaft. A controller controls the motor in response to the manipulation of the steering wheel, calculates an amount of compensation rotation of the motor by comparing the steering angle and the angle of rotation, and controls an amount of rotation of the motor in accordance with an amount of compensation rotation. The amount of rotation of a vehicle's wheel is controlled, so that actual intention of the driver in steering is accurately reflected.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wrapper for an aerosol generating article includes applying an adhesive to one surface of a metal layer and attaching a first paper layer thereto, applying the adhesive to the other surface of the metal layer and attaching thereto a second paper layer different from the first paper layer, and drying the adhesive applied between the metal layer and the first paper layer and the adhesive applied between the metal layer and the second paper layer.