Abstract: A method of activating a secondary battery includes an operation of deriving a reduction reaction voltage according to an electrolyte additive, a pre-charging operation of pre-charging the secondary battery into which an electrolyte containing the electrolyte additive is injected, and a pre-aging operation of wetting an electrode assembly accommodated in the secondary battery with the injected electrolyte and aging the electrode assembly. A charging termination voltage in the pre-charging operation is less than the reduction reaction voltage.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a dry electrode sheet for a secondary battery includes providing a dry electrode composition comprising an electrode active material and a binder, a calendering operation of preparing an electrode sheet by passing the dry electrode composition through a calender roll including three or more rolls. The calendering operation includes a first electrode sheet manufacturing operation of manufacturing a first electrode sheet by injecting the dry electrode composition between two adjacent rolls spaced apart from each other by a first interval W1, and an electrode sheet manufacturing operation of manufacturing a dry electrode sheet by inserting the first electrode sheet between two adjacent rolls spaced apart from each other by a second interval W2. The first interval W1 and the second interval W2 have a compression rate of 0.10 or more and 0.65 or less, represented by the equation (1) compression rate=(W1?W2)/W1.

Abstract: There is provided an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise reconstructing a most frequent mode (MFM) indicator indicating whether or not an intra prediction mode of a current block is a predetermined intra prediction mode, deriving, on the basis of the MFM indicator, the intra prediction mode of the current block, and generating a prediction block of the current block by performing intra prediction on the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode.

Abstract: An embodiment water supply module includes a reservoir tank partitioned to accommodate a first coolant and a second coolant having different temperatures. A heat exchanger is coupled to the reservoir tank and includes a first coolant passage and a second coolant passage through which the first coolant and the second coolant flow and a refrigerant passage capable of exchanging heat with the first coolant passage and the second coolant passage. A controller is coupled to the reservoir tank and includes a directional control valve configured to control a flow of the first coolant and the second coolant in a plurality of directions.

Abstract: In a method for coating on a surface of a medical PEEK material with titanium to have a microporous structure, titanium is coated on a surface of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) via magnetron sputtering. The surface of the titanium coated on the surface of PEEK is polished via an electromagnetic polishing apparatus. A thin-film with titanium dioxide (TiO2) having a microporous structure is formed on the polished surface of the titanium via an anodic oxidation treatment.

Abstract: A bio-signal measurement apparatus may include a first substrate and a second substrate, an optical sensor mounted in the first substrate, a force sensor disposed on or below the first substrate, and a separation structure interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to prevent transmission of a force between the first substrate and the second substrate. An upper surface of the first substrate and an upper surface of the second substrate may be provided at the same level.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all solid-state battery cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The gaps between the electrode active material particles forming the electrode active material layer are filled with a mixture of a polymeric solid electrolyte with a conductive material, and an organic solid electrolyte membrane is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The method comprises a solvent annealing process to improve the contact between the electrode active material particles and the conductive material and to improve the contact between the electrode active material layer and the organic solid electrolyte membrane, thereby providing an all solid-state battery cell with improved ion conductivity and capacity realization.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gel polymer electrolyte battery, the method comprising two steps of pressurization carried out before and after a formation step, is provided. The method provides a gel polymer electrolyte battery having a small gap between a separator and an electrode, high binding force, reduced thickness, improved shape stability and stiffness, and thus provides the gel polymer electrolyte battery having increased initial capacity, reduced initial resistance, and improved characteristics, such as cycle characteristics, high-temperature safety, overcharge safety and penetration safety.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a fusion protein in which a tissue-penetrating peptide is fused to an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agent, methods of treating eye diseases with the pharmaceutical composition, and a method for preparing an anti-VEGF agent with an improved efficacy and ability to overcome resistance.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), racemates, enantiomers, diastereomers thereof or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, racemates, enantiomers, diastereomers thereof are disclosed. These compounds have GPR40 agonist activity and are capable of modulating blood glucose levels and glucose-dependent insulin secretion mechanism, and, thus, exhibit excellent glucose lowering efficacy without the risk of hypoglycemia. These compounds could be used in preventing and/or treating type 2 diabetes through adequate control of blood glucose.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes: a print head device including an inkjet head to spray a composition for ink including a plurality of bipolar elements; an ink circulation device including an ink storage to store the composition for ink, and transfer the composition for ink to the print head device; an ink injection device to inject the composition for ink into the ink storage; and a temperature adjusting device to adjust a temperature of the composition for ink. The temperature adjusting device includes: a first temperature adjusting device to adjust a temperature to be included in a first reference temperature range; a second temperature adjusting device to adjust a temperature to be included in a second reference temperature range; and a third temperature adjusting device to adjust a temperature to be included in a third reference temperature range.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a polymerization initiator and a crosslinking agent, a gel polymer electrolyte formed by polymerizing the composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to inhibit the evaporation of a non-aqueous organic solvent by using a crosslinking agent, and to inhibit ignition propagation upon the ignition of a cell.

Abstract: An energy storage system includes a rack having a space inside, a plurality of modules in the space of the rack, each of the plurality of modules including a plurality of battery cells arranged in one direction therein, and a sensing line along one side of the plurality of modules.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a display panel including a pixel electrically coupled to a gate line and a data line; a gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the gate line; and a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the data line, wherein the gate driver is configured to sequentially provide a first gate signal and a second gate signal to the gate line during a first frame period, wherein the data driver is configured to provide a first data signal to the data line in response to the first gate signal, and to provide a second data signal to the data line in response to the second gate signal, and wherein the second data signal is different from the first data signal and varies dependent on the first data signal.

Abstract: A battery cell assembly includes a plurality of cylindrical cell blocks, each of the plurality of cylindrical cell blocks including a plurality of cylindrical cells, a block cover configured to cover an upper side of the plurality of cylindrical cell blocks and electrically connect the plurality of cylindrical cell blocks, a cooling plate located opposite to the block cover and disposed at a lower side of the plurality of cylindrical cell blocks and a heat transfer member disposed between the cooling plate and the plurality of cylindrical cell blocks and having a plurality of thermal interface materials corresponding to bottom portions of the plurality of cylindrical cells.

Abstract: A clock distribution circuit includes a global distribution circuit, a first local distribution circuit and a second local distribution circuit. The global distribution circuit receives external clock signals and generates internal clock signals and primary reference clock signal set according to the external clock signals. The first local distribution circuit receives the internal clock signals and the primary reference clock signal set and generates a secondary reference clock signal set according to the internal clock signals and the primary reference clock signal set. The second local distribution circuit receives the internal clock signals and the secondary reference clock signal set and generates a thirdly reference clock signal set according to the internal clock signals and the secondary reference clock signal set.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating blood pressure includes: a sensor, and a processor configured to estimate blood pressure based on a PPG signal and a contact pressure signal measured by the sensor. The sensor includes: a transparent elastic body; a first polarizing film provided on a surface of the transparent elastic body and configured to come into contact with the object; a light source provided under the transparent elastic body and configured to emit light toward the object; a first detector and a second detector provided under the transparent elastic body and configured to detect light, passing through the first polarizing film after being emitted by the light source and scattered or reflected from the object, to measure the PPG signal; and a second detector provided under the transparent elastic body and configured to detect light, not passing through the first polarizing film, to measure the contact pressure signal.

Abstract: A lens module includes a lens barrel in which a plurality of lenses are disposed, and a lens holder to which the lens barrel is coupled, wherein the lens holder includes a fastening portion fastening the lens barrel, the lens barrel includes a fastening blade coupled to the fastening portion of the lens holder, and the fastening portion includes a stepped portion preventing rotation in a direction, opposite to a direction in which the fastening blade rotates for fastening.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a main body, a force sensor disposed on one surface of the main body and configured to measure a force, and a processor configured to control the force sensor to measure a first force when the one surface of the main body faces upwards, control the force sensor to measure a second force sensor when the one surface of the main body faces downward, and calibrate the force sensor based on at least one of the measured first force and the measured second force.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a secondary battery including a gel polymer electrolyte and a secondary battery obtained thereby. The method can inhibit thermal crosslinking of a gel polymer electrolyte during the wetting with an electrolyte, and facilitate thermal crosslinking after the wetting with an electrolyte is finished. In addition, the method can increase uniformity of thermal crosslinking by controlling the oxygen content in a cell.