Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery including the same. According to the present invention, the present invention has an effect of providing a secondary battery having improved charging efficiency and output due to low discharge resistance and having a long lifespan and excellent high-temperature capacity retention by suppressing gas generation and increase in thickness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution and a secondary battery including the same. According to the present invention, the present invention has an effect of providing a secondary battery having improved charging efficiency and output due to low discharge resistance and having a long lifespan and excellent high-temperature capacity retention by suppressing gas generation and increase in thickness.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.

Abstract: A display device includes a shift controller which generates an output image by shifting an input image within a shift range; and pixels which displays the output image. The shift controller sets the shift range to a first range when the input image is a moving image, and sets the shift range to a second range smaller than the first range when the input image is a still image.

Abstract: A capacitor component includes a body including dielectric layers, first and second internal electrodes, laminated in a first direction, facing each other, and first and second cover portions, disposed on outermost portions of the first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes, respectively disposed on both external surfaces of the body in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, and respectively connected to the first and second internal electrodes. An indentation including a glass is disposed at at least one of boundaries between the first internal electrodes and the first external electrode or one of boundaries between the second internal electrodes and the second external electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus for embedding a sentence feature vector according to an embodiment includes a sentence acquisitor configured to acquire a first sentence and a second sentence, each including one or more words; a vector extractor configured to extract a first feature vector corresponding to the first sentence and a second feature vector corresponding to the second sentence by independently inputting each of the first sentence and the second sentence into a feature extraction network; and a vector compressor configured to compress the first feature vector and the second feature vector into a first compressed vector and a second compressed vector, respectively, by independently inputting each of the first feature vector and the second feature vector into a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based vector compression network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising a SARS-CoV-2-derived receptor-binding domain and a nucleocapsid protein, and the use thereof. The fusion protein comprising a coronavirus-derived receptor-binding domain and a nucleocapsid protein is highly applicable to a multivalent vaccine composition having greatly improved in-vivo half-life and remarkably superior efficacy compared to an immunogenic composition comprising only a receptor-binding domain. In particular, the fusion protein can greatly improve the titer of the coronavirus-specific antibody formation and T-cell immune response, and is thus useful for the prevention and treatment of coronaviruses comprising SARS-CoV-2.

Abstract: A vehicle seat reinforcement device includes a leg portion mounted on a floor panel, a seat cushion frame slidably mounted on the leg portion, and a load reinforcing structure connected between the leg portion and the seat cushion frame, wherein when a seat belt anchorage load is transferred to the seat cushion frame, the seat cushion frame is locked to the leg portion by the load reinforcing structure.

Abstract: A light device including a substrate, and first and second light emitters spaced apart from each other, and a power source to control the first light emitter and the second light emitter, in which the first and second light emitters include a light emitting region, a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitting region, and a lateral reflection layer covering a region of a side of the light emitting region and the wavelength conversion layer, the first light emitter and the second light emitter are configured to output the same or different magnitudes of power by receiving the same or different magnitudes of current, the first and second light emitters are respectively configured to emit first light and second light, the first light emitter is electrically connected to the second light emitter through a common electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hybrid electric vehicle and a method for controlling an engine speed of a hybrid electric vehicle. In particular, the method includes: determining, when an engine on one end and a first motor are directly connected and while driving in a state where an engine clutch is connected and a second motor is connected to the other end, a compensation value based on the difference in the rotational speed of the engine and the second motor when a control entry is caused, which induces the rotational speed mismatch of the engine and the second motor; and compensating an output torque of the first motor based on the compensation value.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter can include a driving circuit comprising a switch part and a flying capacitor configured to convert an input voltage of an input side into an output voltage of an output side, and a protection circuit configured to be connected to the output side. The protection circuit can be configured to block the fault current flowing to the switch part by lowering the output voltage step by step when a fault occurs.

Abstract: Provided are a method for evaluating performance and a system thereof. The method according to some embodiments may include obtaining a first model trained using a labeled dataset, obtaining a second model built by performing unsupervised domain adaptation on the first model, generating pseudo labels for an evaluation dataset using the second model, wherein the evaluation dataset is an unlabeled dataset, and evaluating performance of the first model using the pseudo labels.

Abstract: Provided is a peptide composition for preventing or treating Alzheimer's dementia. A peptide or a salt substituent thereof according to the presently claimed subject matter exhibits effects such as suppression of LPS-mediated cytokine production, suppression of LPS-induced neuroinflammation, amelioration of cognitive impairment, suppression of beta amyloid or tau protein aggregation, and suppression of neuronal loss. The polypeptide or the salt substituent thereof can permeate the blood-brain barrier, and thus, is expected to be usefully used for preventing or treating Alzheimer's dementia.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hybrid electric vehicle and a method of controlling an engine stop for the vehicle. The method includes: determining whether a first condition and a second condition is satisfied; applying a negative torque to the motor when the first condition and the second condition are satisfied; predicting occurrence of reverse rotation of the engine; and applying a feedback torque for satisfying the target behavior of the engine to the motor when the occurrence of the reverse rotation is predicted.

Abstract: A transmitting and receiving circuit may include a first CMOS inverter configured to receive a first power supply signal and a first input signal. The transmitting and receiving circuit may include a first calculation amplifier including a non-inverted input terminal connected to an output terminal of the first CMOS inverter, and a first resistor connected between the output terminal of the first calculation amplifier and a first node. The output terminal of the first calculation amplifier and an inverted input terminal of the first calculation amplifier may be connected to each other. A first output signal may have a level smaller than that of the first input signal and may be output to the first node.

Abstract: A powertrain for an electric vehicle includes: a planetary gear having a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element, wherein a first rotating element is connected to a first shaft and the second rotating element is connected to a second shaft; a first motor configured to selectively supply power to the first shaft at two or more gear ratios; a first shift assembly configured to transfer power of the first motor to the first shaft through one of two or more external engagement gear trains having different gear ratios; and a second motor configured to selectively supply power to the first shaft and the second shaft. The third shaft is fixedly disposed on a transmission housing, and any two shafts among the first, second and third shafts restrain each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for a secondary battery, the separator including a substrate and a coating layer formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes an organic binder and inorganic particles, and the organic binder contains an ethylenically unsaturated group, and to a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: An orthodontic wire bending device includes a providing part, a bending unit and a cutting part. The providing part is configured to provide a wire. The bending unit is disposed at a front side of the providing part, and includes a fixing part and a bending part. The fixing part is configured to fix the wire. The bending part is configured to bend the wire fixed by the fixing part. The cutting part is configured to cut the wire bent by the bending part. The bending part includes a bending module, and the bending module is rotated along a circumferential direction or moves along a direction to make contact with at least one side of the wire for bending the wire.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is provided. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current luma block, deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current luma block, generating a prediction block of the current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current chroma block, and the deriving of an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block may comprise determining whether or not CCLM (Cross-Component Linear Mode) can be performed for the current chroma block.

Abstract: A preparation process of 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene, including: introducing dicyclopentadiene into a dicyclopentadiene decomposition reactor to thermally decompose the dicyclopentadiene; introducing a product of the above step into a cyclopentadiene purification tower; introducing 1,3-butadiene, a solvent, and cyclopentadiene separated from the top of the cyclopentadiene purification tower into a Diels-Alder reactor to react the same; introducing a product of the immediate above step into a 1,3-butadiene removal tower to recover 1,3-butadiene from the top; introducing a mixture at the bottom of the 1,3-butadiene removal tower into a desolvation tower, and recycling a solvent and unreacted raw materials recovered from the top of the desolvation tower to the dicyclopentadiene decomposition reactor; introducing a mixture at the bottom of the desolvation tower into a 5-vinyl-2-norbornene separation tower to separate 5-vinyl-2-norbornene; and introducing the 5-vinyl-2-norbornene into an isomerization reactor to rea