Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving muscle strength, and/or muscle mass by administering a composition containing as an active ingredient at least one selected from the group consisting of Akkermansia muciniphila cells, a culture thereof and a lysate thereof, and a method for preventing or treating muscle diseases where muscle strength and/or mass is weakened by sarcopenia, cachexia or muscle wasting.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for image quality enhancement based on a super-resolution neural network. The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides an image quality enhancement method optimized for distortion characteristics of a target image, including generating one or more training datasets with one or more distortions, obtaining training distortion characteristic values respectively by inputting the one or more training datasets into a degradation encoder neural network (DEN), obtaining a service distortion characteristic value by inputting a service dataset comprising image patches of the target image into the degradation encoder neural network, computing a similarity between each of the training distortion characteristic values and the service distortion characteristic value, and selecting the training dataset having the highest similarity to the service distortion characteristic value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by chemical formula I, a stereoisomer thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate or solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising same.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device including a mold structure including a plurality of gate electrodes on a substrate, the plurality of gate electrodes including first, second, and third string selection lines sequentially stacked on the substrate; a channel structure that penetrates the mold structure and intersects each of the gate electrodes; a first cutting region that cuts each of the gate electrodes; a second cutting region that is spaced apart from the first cutting region in a first direction and cuts each of the gate electrodes; a first cutting line that cuts the first string selection line between the first cutting region and the second cutting region; a second cutting line that cuts the second string selection line between the first cutting region and the second cutting region; and a third cutting line that cuts the third string selection line between the first cutting region and the second cutting region.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for predicting a friction coefficient of a road surface are disclosed. The apparatus includes a microphone that obtains a sound signal around a tire mounted on a vehicle, and a controller that estimates a state and a type of the road surface and a degree of tire wear corresponding to the sound signal around the tire based on a first deep learning model, estimates a peak adjustment factor and an initial inclination adjustment factor of a friction coefficient curve corresponding to the state and the type of the road surface and the degree of tire wear based on a second deep learning model, and predicts the friction coefficient based on the peak adjustment factor and the initial inclination adjustment factor of the friction coefficient curve.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing natural language according to an embodiment includes a collection module that collects documents having tags, a parsing module that extracts text from the collected documents and extracts tag-related information on the tag surrounding each extracted text, and a preprocessing module that generates tokens of a preset unit by tokenizing each extracted text, generates token position information for each token in full text of the document, and sets the token and the token position information as training data in matching with the tag-related information.

Abstract: A hybrid motor includes a rotor, a radial stator facing the circumference of the rotor, and first and second axial stators facing both sides of the rotor. The rotor includes conduction bars arranged in radial and axial directions, corresponding to the radial stator and the axial stators, and end-rings electrically connecting the conduction bars.

Abstract: A rotor for an induction motor includes a rotor core having a hollow portion on a central portion wherein a shaft is coupled to the rotor core by being inserted through the hollow portion, a plurality of slots radially formed in the rotor core around a central axis of the shaft, a plurality of conductor bars coupled to the plurality of slots, and an end ring electrically connecting the plurality of conductor bars to each other, wherein the rotor core is thermally treated above Curie temperature to form a predetermined pattern on an outer circumference of the rotor core.

Abstract: A fixing device for a vehicle configured to connect the vehicle's cabin unit and loading unit of loading cargo at the rear of the cabin unit includes a coil transmitting an electromagnetic force to a drive pulley, an assembly module including a drive pulley and mechanically fixing the cabin unit and the loading unit together through a driving force of the drive pulley via the coil when the loading unit moves and aligns with the cabin unit, and a magnetic module enclosing the assembly module on an external side of the assembly module and magnetically fixing the cabin unit and the loading unit together by changing a magnetic circuit through a rotation force of a magnetic body while the cabin unit and the loading unit are mechanically connected to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-performance adhesive roll cleaner including: an adhesive tape roll formed by winding an adhesive tape, having an adhesive layer formed on one surface of a warp-knitted fabric base layer, so that the adhesive layer faces outward; and a support body configured to rotatably support the adhesive tape roll; wherein the warp-knitted fabric base layer may be continuously cut at intervals of 2 mm. The present invention may provide remarkable advantages in that the adhesive tape may be easily cut at a desired position during use, and may be used repeatedly due to the excellent initial tack thereof, so that the economic efficiency thereof may be maximized while the waste thereof is prevented.

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus that drives a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases, may include a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements, and connected to a first end of each of the windings; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements, and connected to a second end of each of the windings; and a controller including a current controller to produce, based on a predetermined current command of the motor, a voltage command for determining a switching duty of the first switching elements and the second switching elements, wherein the current controller is configured to produce a zero-phase component voltage command among the voltage commands by applying 3rd harmonic feedforward compensation.

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus of driving a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is disclosed The motor driving apparatus includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the windings, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and connected to a second end of each of the windings, and a controller connected to the first switching elements and the second switching elements and configured to determine an effective vector closest to a voltage vector corresponding to a preset voltage command of the motor as a duty of the plurality of second switching elements and to control pulse width modulation of the first switching elements using a value obtained by adding the effective vector corresponding to the duty of the second switching elements to the voltage command of the motor as a voltage command of the first inverter.

Abstract: A charging system and method using a motor driving system which can charge a vehicle battery using charging equipment providing various voltages using a motor driving system provided in a vehicle and improve charging efficiency by selectively determining a charging mode in response to an actual voltage state of the vehicle battery.

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus that drives a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases, may include a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements, and connected to a first end of each of the windings; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements, and connected to a second end of each of the windings; and a controller including a current controller to produce, based on a predetermined current command of the motor, a voltage command for determining a switching duty of the first switching elements and the second switching elements, wherein the current controller is configured to produce a zero-phase component voltage command among the voltage commands by applying 3rd harmonic feedforward compensation.

Abstract: A nanostructure including a metal core, a metal shell surrounding the metal core, and a dielectric layer disposed between the metal core and the metal shell and including a quantum dot, a composite including the nanostructure, a display panel including the composite, and an electronic device including the display panel.

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus of driving a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is disclosed The motor driving apparatus includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the windings, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and connected to a second end of each of the windings, and a controller connected to the first switching elements and the second switching elements and configured to determine an effective vector closest to a voltage vector corresponding to a preset voltage command of the motor as a duty of the plurality of second switching elements and to control pulse width modulation of the first switching elements using a value obtained by adding the effective vector corresponding to the duty of the second switching elements to the voltage command of the motor as a voltage command of the first inverter.

Abstract: A battery heating system and method using a motor driving system are provided. A temperature of a battery is increased by injecting an alternating current into the battery so that charging and discharging of the battery is repeated using the motor driving system including an inverter and a motor provided in a vehicle.

Abstract: A battery-heating system and method using a motor-driving system is provided. The battery-heating system includes an inverter having legs respectively including a pair of switching elements connected in series between the ends of a battery and corresponding to a plurality of phases. A motor of the system includes coils each having one end connected to a connection end between a pair of switching elements of the legs, other ends of the plurality of coils being connected together. A controller determines one of the plurality of phases as a reference phase, and alternately controls the on-off states of the switching elements so that the on-off state of the switching element included in the leg corresponding to the reference phase and the switching element included in the other leg are mutually complementary, thereby generating AC current to be injected into the battery.

Abstract: A system for increasing a temperature of a battery includes: an inverter comprising a plurality of legs corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, wherein each of the legs comprises a pair of switching elements connected in series to both terminals of the battery, respectively; a motor comprising a plurality of coils corresponding to the plurality of phases, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of coils has one end connected to a connection node between the pair of switching elements included in each leg of the inverter, each leg corresponding to each of the plurality of coils, and other ends of plurality of coils are connected to each other; and a controller generating a battery application AC current applied to the battery by controlling on and off states of the pair of switching elements included in the legs of the inverter.

Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter includes a first capacitor, first to fourth switches connected in series between first and second electrodes of the first capacitor, a second capacitor connected to a connection node of the first switch and the second switch and a connection node of the third switch and the fourth switch, an inductor connected to a connection node of the second switch and the third switch, and a controller that performs PWM control. In a case where a failure occurs in the second capacitor, the DC-to-DC converter performs PWM control such that the first switch and the second switch enter the same state and the third switch and the fourth switch enter the same state on the basis of a result of comparison between a first detection voltage that is a measured output voltage and a target output voltage of the DC-to-DC converter.