Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a furan dicarboxylic acid compound, which includes preparing a hydroxyl furfural compound from a hydroxyl-free furfural compound; and preparing a furan dicarboxylic acid compound by an oxidation reaction of the hydroxyl furfural compound in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the non-folding areas, a lower protective film disposed below the display panel, an external light reflective member disposed below the lower protective film, a lower member disposed below the external light reflective member, and cushion members disposed below the lower member. The display panel is foldable along a folding axis. The cushion members are spaced apart from each other and define a cushion hole in the folding area.

Abstract: A display device that includes a light emitting element layer disposed on a substrate, the light emitting element layer including a plurality of light emitting elements; and an encapsulation layer comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer sequentially stacked on the organic encapsulation layer, the second inorganic encapsulation layer including a first inorganic layer; a second inorganic layer; and a third inorganic layer disposed on the organic encapsulation layer, a thickness of the second inorganic layer is greater than a thickness of the third inorganic layer, the thickness of the third inorganic layer is greater than a thickness of the first inorganic layer, and a refractive index of the second inorganic layer is about 1.9 or more.

Abstract: Disclosed is a speech synthesis method including acquiring second speech data and a target text, acquiring first information includes embedding information corresponding to the second speech data, acquiring second information including embedding information of the second speech data, the embedding information in relation with components generated based on a sequence of the target text, and acquiring audio data corresponding to the target text and reflecting characteristics of speech of a speaker based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smoking article filter including lyocell tow including a plurality of lyocell fibers, a phenolic functional material, and a binder and a method of producing the smoking article filter and provides a smoking article including the smoking article filter.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an adhesion strength measurement system for a wet electrode specimen that can evaluate the adhesion strength of an electrode specimen impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and an adhesion strength measurement method for a wet electrode specimen using the same. The adhesion strength measurement system includes: a test substrate; an electrode specimen attached to the test substrate; a fixing jig configured to fix the test substrate so that the electrode specimen attached to the test substrate is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and an adhesion strength measurement unit configured to measure a force at which a mixture layer of the electrode specimen is peeled off by applying a tensile force to the gripped electrode specimen, the adhesion strength measurement unit including a grip part configured to grip one region of the electrode specimen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia into a decomposition gas including hydrogen and supplies the decomposition gas as fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies the decomposition gas to a combustor of the gas turbine.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a manufacturing method for an electrode binder, comprising a step of dissolving pelletized polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in a solvent; and an electrode assembly comprising the electrode binder. The present invention may provide an electrode assembly which has a low content of impurities in a binder solution, is capable of increasing dispersibility of an electrode active material, and exhibits excellent binding force.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of predicting a brain tissue lesion distribution, the method including: a model learning operation of learning a prediction model for predicting a brain tissue lesion distribution of a subject by using brain image data of a plurality of previous patients; an input obtaining operation of obtaining input data from brain image data of the subject; and an output operation of generating output image data including information on the lesion distribution after recanalization treatment for the subject, by using the prediction model. The prediction model includes a success prediction model that is learned by using data of patients in which recanalization treatment is successful among the plurality of previous patients, and a failure prediction model that is learned by using data of patients in which recanalization treatment fails among the plurality of previous patients.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. The battery pack includes a plurality of pouch-type battery cells, a pack case having an inner space in which the plurality of pouch-type battery cells are accommodated, and a cell cover at least partially surrounding and supporting at least some of the plurality of pouch-type battery cells. The cell cover includes a first cover portion covering one side surface of at least one of the plurality of battery cells, a second cover portion covering the other side surface of at least one of the plurality of battery cells, and a third cover portion connecting the first cover portion to the second cover portion and covering an upper end portion of the at least one battery cell. A first venting hole through which gas or flame is discharged is formed in at least one portion of the third cover portion.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a light emitting element layer on the substrate and including light emitting elements in a display area, and an encapsulation layer including a first inorganic encapsulation layer on the light emitting element layer, an organic encapsulation layer on the first inorganic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer on the organic encapsulation layer, where the first inorganic encapsulation layer or the second inorganic encapsulation layer includes a first inorganic layer, a second inorganic layer on the first inorganic layer and a third inorganic layer on the second inorganic layer, a thickness of each of the first and third inorganic layers is less than a thickness of the second inorganic layer and is about 50 ? or less, and a ratio of the thickness of the first inorganic layer to the thickness of the second inorganic layer is about 0.03 or less.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of pouch-type battery cells; a pack case accommodating the pouch-type battery cells in the internal space; and a cell cover. The cell cover includes two unit covers at least partially spaced apart, provided to at least partially surround at least some of the pouch-type battery cells among the plurality of pouch-type battery cells in the internal space of the pack case. The cell cover is configured to allow venting gas to be discharged into the separation space between the two unit covers, thereby ensuring excellent safety when a thermal event occurs. Moreover, the present application discloses a battery module and a vehicle including the same.

Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a lens including a first surface and a plurality of side surfaces, a display device disposed on a first side surface among the plurality of side surfaces of the lens and providing light to the first side surface of the lens, an optical path control device disposed between the first side surface of the lens and the display device and selectively changing an optical path of a virtual image of the display device, and a plurality of reflecting members disposed in the lens and reflecting light of the display device to the first surface.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a transistor on the first substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the transistor and connected to the transistor, a pixel defining layer on the pixel electrode, a spacer on the pixel defining layer, and a second substrate on the spacer. The spacer includes a first spacer disposed at a center of the first substrate and a second spacer disposed at an edge of the first substrate in a plan view, and the second spacer has a width that gradually increases in a direction from the first substrate toward the second substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises a first active pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate, a second active pattern which extends in the first direction and is adjacent to the first active pattern in a second direction different from the first direction, a field insulating film placed between the first active pattern and the second active pattern, a first gate structure which crosses the first active pattern, extends in the second direction, and includes a first gate electrode and a first gate spacer, a second gate structure which crosses the second active pattern, extends in the second direction, and includes a second gate electrode and a second gate spacer, a gate separation structure placed on the field insulating film between the first gate structure and the second gate structure.

Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus includes an array of pixels disposed on a chip, stimulator circuitry disposed on the chip and configured to provide electrical input signals to cause stimulation of the pixels of the array, and sensor circuitry disposed on the chip and configured to read electrical output signals from the pixels of the array. The stimulator circuitry is configured to provide the input signals to cause stimulation of the pixels individually, and the sensor circuitry is configured to selectively read the output signals from the pixels while the pixels are being stimulated. The sensor circuitry is configured to measure an open-circuit voltage at each of the pixels and a current flow at each of the pixels while the pixels are being stimulated by the stimulator circuitry. The open-circuit voltage may be measured while the current flow is being measured.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave absorption device. The electromagnetic wave absorption device includes a substrate and an electromagnetic wave absorption layer on the substrate. The electromagnetic wave absorption layer contains a chalcogenide material. The electromagnetic wave absorption layer contains Bi, Sb, Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3, Sb2Te3, Bi1-xSbx, Bi1.1Sb0.9Te2S, or (Bi,Sb)2(Se,Te,S)3. The electromagnetic wave absorption layer is on an entire surface of an upper surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A cell assembly according to the present disclosure includes a cell stack including one pouch-type battery cell or two or more pouch-type battery cells stacked; and a cell cover covering two side portions of the cell stack along a widthwise direction of the cell stack and a top portion of the cell stack, wherein the cell cover is configured to adjust a width of the cell cover according to a width of the cell stack.

Abstract: A battery pack of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pouch-type battery cells; a pack case accommodating the plurality of pouch-type battery cells in an inner space; and a cell cover configured to partially surround the outer side of at least one pouch-type battery cell among the plurality of pouch-type battery cells to form an opening, wherein the pack case includes a flame-retardant portion on the side where the opening is located.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes, and including first to sixth surfaces; a first external electrode including a first connection portion on the third surface and a first band portion on the first surface; a second external electrode including a second connection portion on the fourth surface and a second band portion on the first surface; an insulating layer on the second surface and the first and second connection portions; and a plating layer on the first and second band portions. The plating layer extends onto the first and second connection portions and is in contact with the insulating layer. A thickness of an end of the insulating layer decreases toward the plating layer. An end of the plating layer includes a first region between the insulating layer and the first or second connection portion and a second region covering the insulating layer.