Abstract: Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition for animals containing 5-hydroxy-1-methylimidazolidine-2,4-dione as an active ingredient, more specifically, a composition for preventing or treating kidney disease in animals containing 5-hydroxy-1-methylimidazolidine-2,4-dione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, a method of treating kidney disease in animals using the compound, and a functional feed for preventing or ameliorating kidney disease in animals containing the compound as an active ingredient. The 5-hydroxy-1-methylimidazolidine-2,4-dione can effectively ameliorate and treat symptoms of kidney disease when administered to companion animals such as dogs or cats with kidney disease. Therefore, there are provided a novel agent and method for treating kidney disease of animals that can effectively treat kidney disease, which is the cause of high mortality in companion animals.

Abstract: A method includes: sensing a first container on an electric range by using at least one loop coil; sensing removal of the first container by using at least one of working coils; sensing a second container on the electric range by using at least one of loop coils; and determining an identity of the first container and the second container. The determining the identity is on the basis of at least one of: a first similarity determined based on damping vibration in each of at least one loop coil having sensed the first container and damping vibration in each of at least one loop coil having sensed the second container; and a second similarity determined based on the number of loop coils having sensed the first container and the number of loop coils having sensed the second container.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery including an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator wound about an axis, and each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material, a housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly, a terminal electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the housing through the first opening of the housing at the first end, a cap at the second end of the housing, and an insulating gasket having an extended shape to cover the outer circumferential surface of the terminal.

Abstract: An airbag chute-integrated crash pad assembly includes: a main core that includes a door portion expanding when an airbag expands, and a cover portion mounted on a dash board. In particular, the main core is formed with a reinforcement portion extending downward from a lower surface of the cover portion, and the door portion and the cover portion are separated by a hinge groove that is formed in a lower surface of the main core and forms an expansion line. The reinforcement portion is combined with an airbag accommodation body that accommodates a passenger airbag (PAB). Thus, process optimization can be realized by omitting a process of machining a score and fusing a PAB chute, and also a problem of damage to the PAB chute can be solved.

Abstract: Provided are a cartridge including a liquid storage including an aerosol generating material, and an atomizer configured to generate an aerosol from the aerosol generating material, in which the aerosol generating material includes menthol, a flavoring agent, propylene glycol (PG), and vegetable glycerin (VG), and an aerosol generating system including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination therapy using an insulinotropic peptide and GLP-2 for the prevention, improvement, or treatment of short bowel syndrome.

Abstract: A system for replacing a battery of a mobility is proposed and includes: a battery mounting part provided on an outer surface of a mobility and having a mounting space defined therein, the mounting space being open to an outside, with a battery mounted in the mounting space, and a battery replacement module having a new battery provided therein and mounting the new battery in the mounting space of the battery mounting part after removing the existing battery to be replaced by rotating the new battery and the existing battery together when the battery replacement module approaches the battery mounting part of the mobility.

Abstract: An adhesive film formed of an adhesive composition including a (meth)acrylic copolymer including an alkylene glycol group and a cyclic functional group while satisfying Equation 3 and Equation 4 herein, an optical member including the same, and an optical display including the same, are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image decoding method. The method of decoding an image comprises obtaining prediction information and residual signal information for a current block from a bitstream and reconstructing, based on the obtained prediction information and the residual signal information, the current block, wherein the prediction information is obtained through entropy decoding, and wherein a context model used for the entropy decoding of the prediction information is determined based on a prediction mode of a neighboring block of the current block.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes: a first lens having refractive power, a second lens having refractive power, a third lens having refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, and a fifth lens having refractive power. Here, the first lens, the third lens, and the fifth lens may have refractive indices of about 1.6 or more, and an entire field of view of the optical imaging system may be about 120° or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual slot die and a coating method using the same, wherein there is the advantage that electrode slurry coating and insulating solution coating simultaneously proceed through a dual slot die to prevent the occurrence of electrode slurry sliding at the edge of the electrode slurry layer. An electrode slurry layer and an insulating layer can be formed on a current collector sheet in a multi-line manner by including a shim having a structure formed with multiple discharge lines capable of discharging the electrode slurry or insulating solution in multiple lines, thereby increasing process efficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video decoding method including determining a zero-out width threshold and a zero-out height threshold for distinguishing between a transform coefficient coding region and a zero-out region of a current block according to a size of the current block, determining the transform coefficient coding region and the zero-out region of the current block according to the zero-out width threshold and the zero-out height threshold, acquiring transform coefficient information of the transform coefficient coding region from a bitstream and determining a level of a transform coefficient of the transform coefficient coding region according to the transform coefficient information, determining a level of a transform coefficient of the zero-out region as 0 without acquiring transform coefficient information, and reconstructing the current block by inversely transforming the transform coefficient of the current block.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method of the present disclosure may include obtaining maximum transform block size information, deriving a maximum transform block size on the basis of the maximum transform block size information, and, determining ether or not a secondary inverse transform is applied to the current block on the basis of the maximum transform block size and a horizontal size and a vertical size of a current block.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface-modified alginate micro-capsule having a core-shell structure in which a core is fluidizable phase alginate, and a shell is alginate hydrogel crosslinked with epigallocatechin gallate dimer, a preparation method thereof, and a cell encapsulation method using the same.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a gate structure disposed over the substrate, a dielectric structure disposed to contact a sidewall surface of the gate structure over the substrate, and a channel layer disposed on a sidewall surface of the dielectric structure over the substrate. The gate structure includes a gate electrode layer and an interlayer insulation structure which are alternately stacked. The interlayer insulation structure includes a metal-organic framework layer.

Abstract: A substrate transfer robot for transferring a substrate in a vacuum chamber, includes: a transfer arm platform having coupling holes, each compartmentalized into a lower and an upper space, wherein a link connecting member with blades is engaged at a front area of the transfer arm platform and a support shaft of a lower support is inserted into the lower space of one of the coupling holes; and a first and a second transfer arm part each including an end effector for supporting the substrate, multiple transfer link arms and subordinate link arms, and a common link arm that are connected to each other or to the transfer arm platform, wherein, for each transfer arm part, drive shafts, interlocked with transfer driving motors or speed reducers installed on one of the transfer link arms, and output shafts interlocked with the drive shafts are installed on the transfer link arms.

Abstract: There is provided an video encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The video decoding method comprises acquiring a bitstream including a predetermined context element, performing at least one of a context model determination, a probability update, and a probability interval determination on the predetermined syntax element, and arithmetically decoding the predetermined syntax element on the basis of a result of the performance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for detecting vertical misalignment of a vehicle radar device and vehicle radar device with the same. A radar device according to an embodiment determines a monitoring range including the ground in front by using the radar signal, determines an error of vertical angles for a number of ground distances within the monitoring range, and detects the vertical mounting misalignment of the radar device by using the error. According to embodiments, it is possible to accurately determine the vertical mounting misalignment of the radar device even if there is a road surface non-uniformity, road slope, or radar beam width change.

Abstract: A battery module includes a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells; a bus bar frame assembly including a bus bar frame configured to cover one longitudinal end and the other longitudinal end of the cell stack and a plurality of bus bars fixed on the bus bar frame and electrically connected to the battery cells; and a FPCB assembly including a first FPCB extending along a longitudinal direction of the cell stack to cover at least a portion of an upper surface of the cell stack, a second FPCB extending from both longitudinal ends of the first FPCB and electrically connected to the bus bars, and a pair of temperature sensors mounted to both longitudinal ends of the first FPCB.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are disclosed. The method of decoding an image according to the present invention, comprises, generating a first prediction block of a current block, generating a second prediction block of the current block and generating a final prediction sample of the current block using a sample unit weighted sum of the first prediction block and the second prediction block, wherein a weight used for the sample unit weighted sum is determined based on a location of a current luma sample and a geometric prediction mode (GPM) boundary line for partitioning the current block.