Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an aspect comprises a main body that comprises a battery and a controller, a cartridge which is coupled to the main body and comprises a liquid storage that contains liquid composition and an atomization portion that generates an aerosol by heating the liquid composition contained in the liquid storage, and a cover that forms an inner space by being coupled to the main body such that the cartridge is arranged in the inner space, wherein the main body further comprises a light source that emits light toward an inside of the liquid storage, and the cover comprises a window hole through which light entitled from the light source toward the inside of the liquid storage is transmitted to the outside of the cover.

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: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, the uncoated portion of an electrode includes a segment region divided into a plurality of segments, and the segment region includes a plurality of segment groups separated by a group separation pitch along a winding direction. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments. In winding turns corresponding to the plurality of segment alignments, group separation pitches of segment groups disposed in a same winding turn are substantially identical, and separation pitches of the segment groups is greater in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly than in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A low-noise amplifier in a receiver supporting a beam forming function may selectively change a phase shift for beam steering. The low-noise amplifier may include first and second transistors and a variable capacitance circuit connected to a gate of the second transistor. The variable capacitance circuit may selectively change capacitance thereof based on a capacitance control signal applied thereto according to beam-forming information, where the changed capacitance correspondingly causes a phase change in an output signal of the low-noise amplifier. A similar scheme may be employed for amplifiers in transmit signal paths to steer a transmit beam.

Abstract: An optical sensor includes a substrate, a photoelectric element disposed on the substrate and that includes a first electrode, an intermediate layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer, a barrier layer disposed on the second electrode, an insulating layer that covers the photoelectric element and the barrier layer, and a bias electrode disposed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the second electrode. The barrier layer is spaced apart from the first electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for selecting an airborne position reference node. A weight center coordinate of the repeaters is calculated by using position coordinates of repeaters, a plane having a vector connecting the weight center coordinate and a position coordinate of a user as a normal vector is determined, and the position coordinates of the repeaters are orthographically projected onto the plane. A certain number of repeaters located farthest from the weight center coordinate of the repeaters are selected to be airborne position reference nodes, on the basis of the orthographically projected coordinates of the repeaters and the weight center coordinate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flagellin fusion proteins and a use thereof and, more specifically, to a fusion protein comprising flagellin, a fragment thereof; or a variant thereof; and an immunoglobulin Fc region and use in which a toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) stimulating activity thereof is used. The fusion protein provided by the present invention has remarkably excellent toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) pathway activation ability compared to wild-type flagellin, a fragment thereof, or a variant thereof, and therefore can be greatly utilized to develop a therapeutic agent and/or a vaccine adjuvant for a disease that can be prevented, improved, or treated through activation of the TLR5 pathway.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting, improving, or preventing aging, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a recombinant protein of flagellin, which is the constituent of Vibrio vulnificus flagella, fused with a pathogenic protein antigen, which is pneumococcal surface protein A (PsaA) of Streptococcus pneumonia. According to the present invention, the recombinant protein of the present invention can improve external and internal aging-related malfunctions and enhance immunity. Also, the composition of the present invention can easily perform immunization through mucosal administration.

Abstract: A time division multiple access frame structure includes a signal transmission section allocated for transmitting reference signals from a plurality of ground reference stations; a relay section for relaying the transmitted reference signals by a plurality of aeronautical satellite relay stations selected by a central station; and a data transmission section for data transmission of the central station, the plurality of ground reference stations, or the plurality of aeronautical satellite relay stations, wherein the signal transmission section, the relay section, and the data transmission section are time division multiplexed with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for selecting an airborne position reference node. A weight center coordinate of the repeaters is calculated by using position coordinates of repeaters, a plane having a vector connecting the weight center coordinate and a position coordinate of a user as a normal vector is determined, and the position coordinates of the repeaters are orthographically projected onto the plane. A certain number of repeaters located farthest from the weight center coordinate of the repeaters are selected to be airborne position reference nodes, on the basis of the orthographically projected coordinates of the repeaters and the weight center coordinate.

Abstract: A time division multiple access frame structure includes a signal transmission section allocated for transmitting reference signals from a plurality of ground reference stations; a relay section for relaying the transmitted reference signals by a plurality of aeronautical satellite relay stations selected by a central station; and a data transmission section for data transmission of the central station, the plurality of ground reference stations, or the plurality of aeronautical satellite relay stations, wherein the signal transmission section, the relay section, and the data transmission section are time division multiplexed with each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving, or treating aging, wherein the composition comprises a recombinant protein of flagellin, which is the constituent of Vibrio vulnificus flagella, fused with a pathogenic protein antigen, as an active component. According to the present invention, the recombinant protein of the present invention can improve external and internal aging-related malfunctions and enhance immunity. Also, the composition of the present invention can easily perform immunization through mucosal administration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving, or treating aging, wherein the composition comprises a recombinant protein of flagellin, which is the constituent of Vibrio vulnificus flagella, fused with a pathogenic protein antigen, as an active component. According to the present invention, the recombinant protein of the present invention can improve external and internal aging-related malfunctions and enhance immunity. Also, the composition of the present invention can easily perform immunization through mucosal administration.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a random access method and apparatus based on analog network coding for a satellite network and, more particularly, to technology that combines analog network coding with random access, thus guaranteeing high channel usage efficiency upon utilizing the technology for a satellite positioning/communications convergence system. For this, a random access apparatus based on analog network coding for a satellite network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a received signal determination unit, a data packet transmission unit, a reserved slot decision unit, a response message reception unit, and a data packet decoding unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting, improving, or preventing aging, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a recombinant protein of flagellin, which is the constituent of Vibrio vulnificus flagella, fused with a pathogenic protein antigen, which is pneumococcal surface protein A (PsaA) of Streptococcus pneumonia. According to the present invention, the recombinant protein of the present invention can improve external and internal aging-related malfunctions and enhance immunity. Also, the composition of the present invention can easily perform immunization through mucosal administration.

Abstract: Provided is a prefabricated pallet including a vertical member having a first coupling part formed in a longitudinal direction in which first side holding plates are formed on an upper or lower surface of the vertical member so as to be directed toward the center thereof and provide a first insertion space and a first holding space; a horizontal member having a second coupling part formed in a longitudinal direction in which second side holding plates are formed on a lower surface of the horizontal member so as to be directed toward the center thereof and provide a second insertion space and a second holding space; and a bracket that includes upper and lower insertion plates inserted into the first insertion space and the second insertion space and column plates inserted into the first holding space and the second holding space and formed between the upper and lower insertion plates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, improving, or treating aging, wherein the composition comprises a recombinant protein of flagellin, which is the constituent of Vibrio vulnificus flagella, fused with a pathogenic protein antigen, as an active component. According to the present invention, the recombinant protein of the present invention can improve external and internal aging-related malfunctions and enhance immunity. Also, the composition of the present invention can easily perform immunization through mucosal administration.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for communicating with satellite based on analog network coding. A method for satellite communication, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is a method for satellite communication of a satellite terminal and comprises the steps of: receiving transmission data from a feeder that directly transmits the transmission data to a satellite; receiving a superposed signal, in which the transmission data and reception data corresponding to the transmission data have been analog network coded, from the satellite; and extracting the reception data from the superposed signal using the superposed signal and the received transmission data.