Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart remotely controlled contact lens for diagnosing and treating diseases by using a micro-LED. The present invention can diagnose and treat diseases by using a micro-LED or-OLED disposed in a contact lens. Further, the present invention can treat various diseases by using signals according to light wavelengths detected through a photodetector to control drug release from a drug delivery system in the contact lens. The drug delivery system that is a small-sized ocular insert can be electrically controlled. Accordingly, drug can be released from the drug delivery system at a desired time, and thus the drug delivery system can be applied to treatment of various diseases. Further, the photodetector can detect the therapeutic effect in real time through light reflected from a treated target cell, and thus the disease progression in a patient can be easily and quickly checked.

Abstract: Disclosed is an energy harvesting method of an energy harvesting apparatus configured to convert input power coming from an energy source using a switching frequency, which is generated by monitoring an input voltage, and a first time and a second time, which are on-times of a first switch and a second switch, respectively, and generated based on the switching frequency, and deliver the converted input power to a battery.

Abstract: A bearing steel has improved insulation performance by forming a continuous insulating film. The bearing steel includes 0.65 to 1.0 mass % of carbon (C), 1.6 to 2.0 mass % of chromium (Cr), 1.5 to 3.0 mass % of aluminum (Al), 0.8 to 1.2 mass % of manganese (Mn), 0.7 to 1.0 mass % of silicon (Si), 0.1 to 0.3 mass % of nickel (Ni), 0.08 to 0.12 mass % of molybdenum (Mo), and a balance of iron (Fe), in which an oxynitride layer including a nitride layer and an oxide layer is formed on the surface of a material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a filler composition for reducing skin wrinkles, comprising stem cell-derived exosomes, hyaluronic acid, and BDDE; and a method for preparing same. The filler composition for reducing skin wrinkles according to the present invention not only overcome limitations of low in-vivo engraftment rate and survival rate of cells, which are the biggest problems of treatment using stem cells, but also suppresses side effects caused by tumorigenesis of stem cells and the like and exhibits an excellent collagen production effect, and it has been confirmed that the filler composition increases the proliferation of fibroblasts and collagen production by activating anti-inflammatory macrophages. Thus, the filler composition is expected to be effectively used in treatments for anti-aging, filler injections for cosmetic purposes, or the like.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel and a sensor disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of sensing units disposed on an active area. Each of the sensing units includes a first sensing pattern, second sensing patterns, a bridge pattern, and a plurality of patterns. Among the sensing units, the patterns of the sensing unit making contact with a first boundary portion having a curvature in the active area and a peripheral area include a plurality of outer patterns, and at least one of the outer patterns is electrically connected to the first sensing pattern or the second sensing patterns.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for re-registering pre-registered identity information in a new identity recognition system. A method of re-registering identity feature information in an identity recognition system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: identifying one or more first identity feature information calculated by the first feature calculation device and stored in a database; generating one or more latent space information by inputting the one or more first identity feature information into a specific model for latent space estimation; generating one or more second identity feature information by inputting the one or more latent space information into a second feature calculation device; and storing the one or more second identity feature information in a new database.

Abstract: Proposed are a gas supplying apparatus, a gas supply control method, and a substrate processing apparatus. The device that supplies a gas to a chamber adapted to perform a processing operation on a substrate includes a gas supply line connected from a gas source to the chamber and providing a flow path for the gas, a circulation line branching off from a branch point of the gas supply line and connected to an upstream side of the branch point, an ejector having an internal space that sucks a gas provided from the circulation line using a pressure of the gas introduced from the gas source, and injecting the gas in the internal space into the gas supply line, and a flow control module configured to regulate a flow rate of the gas supplied to the chamber by controlling the pressure of the gas in the gas supply line.

Abstract: A storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of memory blocks. The storage device performs an alignment operation in response to receipt of an align command. The alignment operation converts a received logical address of a logical segment into a physical address and allocates the physical address to a physical block address corresponding to a free block. The storage device is further configured to performs a garbage collection in units of the physical block address that indicates one memory block.

Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a cosmetic composition containing high amounts of lactone polyols and to methods for treating skin with the compositions. The cosmetic compositions include: (a) poly C10-30 alkyl acrylate; (b) at least 5 wt. % of one or more lactone polyols; (c) one or more nonionic emulsifiers; (d) one or more fatty compounds; and (e) water. In addition, the amount of the one or more lactone polyols in the composition is typically at least 10-fold higher than the amount of the poly C10-30 alkyl acrylate in the composition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-plunger lift control device for increasing device durability and production efficiency by synchronizing and controlling operating states of a plurality of plunger lifts sharing some production lines. The multi-plunger lift control device according to the present disclosure includes a plunger lift synchronization setting unit configured to set an operation priority of the plurality of plunger lifts so that production stages of the plurality of plunger lifts do not collide, a stage monitoring unit for each plunger lift configured to monitor current production stages of the plurality of plunger lifts, and a plunger lift logic control unit configured to synchronize and control production operations of the plurality of plunger lifts based on the operation priority set by the plunger lift synchronization setting unit and stage monitoring information received from the stage monitoring unit for each plunger lift.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-based compounds, for a molecular electronic device, enabling molecular rectification, and molecular electronic devices comprising a molecular layer formed by means of the compounds self-assembled on an electrode. The compounds according to the present invention can realize rectifying properties by being introduced between electrodes and thus enable a high rectification ratio by means of low voltage driving, and thus can be substituted for a silicon-based diode device and, more particularly, can be utilized for a wearable device, Bluetooth, an IoT enabling device and the like which require low voltage driving.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanophore structure of a mechanical force selectively responsive aziridine derivative and a polymer comprising same, wherein, when an aziridine derivative compound is used as a mechanophore to react to mechanical force and thermal stimulus, respectively, a covalent bond of aziridine is selectively broken by mechanical force, and thus, it has been revealed that mechanical force-only selectively responsive aziridine exists. According to the present invention, a polymer containing a mechanical force-only selectively responsive mechanophore can be manufactured, and thus can be widely used in various industrial fields such as new material fields.

Abstract: An image signal processor and an image signal processing method are disclosed. The image signal processor includes a stripe pattern determiner configured to calculate a gradient index for each of a plurality of directions in a target kernel and determine whether the target kernel corresponds to a stripe pattern based on the gradient index for each of the plurality of directions, a pattern direction determiner configured to determine a pattern direction of the target kernel when the target kernel corresponds to the stripe pattern, and a demosaicing component configured to perform an interpolation operation based on the pattern direction of the target kernel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte and a secondary battery containing the same. According to the present disclosure, charging efficiency and output may be improved due to low discharge resistance, and gas generation and thickness increase may be suppressed to provide a secondary battery with long-term lifespan and excellent high temperature capacity retention.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stable cosmetic compositions containing high amounts of ceramide NP. The cosmetic compositions further include high amounts of hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol, a plurality of emulsifiers, fatty alcohols, fatty compounds, and water. Methods for stabilizing the cosmetic compositions containing high amounts of ceramide NP and methods for treating the skin with the cosmetic compositions is also described.

Abstract: An electroluminescent display apparatus may include a pixel including a driving element having a gate electrode connected to a data line and a source electrode connected to a reference voltage line and a pixel driving circuit applying a sensing data voltage to the gate electrode of the driving element through the data line, detecting a source electrode voltage of the driving element, shifted from a sensing reference voltage based on the sensing data voltage, through the reference voltage line to obtain a detection voltage, calculating an offset voltage based on the detection voltage, and lowering a level of the sensing data voltage based on the offset voltage, in a plurality of vertical blank periods.

Abstract: Provided is pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating degenerative brain disease, containing regulatory T cells as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition inhibits M1 microglial activation or transformation into DAM, promotes M2 polarization, inhibits tau protein phosphorylation, and increases the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines, thereby protecting nerve cells, and thus it may be useful for the prevention or treatment of degenerative brain diseases.

Abstract: A battery cell according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a stacked body including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, an electrode tab extending from the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the stacked body, and an electrode lead coupled with the electrode tab, wherein the electrode tabs are formed with a pre-welding portion connecting respective electrode tabs and a main welding portion coupling the electrode tab and the electrode lead, wherein the pre-welding portion includes an inner side edge and an outer side edge, wherein at least one of the welding spots of the main welding portion overlaps an inner side edge of the pre-welding portion, and wherein an inner side edge of the pre-welding portion is disposed closer to the stacked body than an outer side edge of the pre-welding portion in the longitudinal direction of the electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed an oscillator circuit device includes: a resistor circuit comprising a first resistor disposed between a first supply voltage level and an output node; a resistor-capacitor circuit comprising a second resistor and at least one capacitor disposed between the output node and a second supply voltage level and connected in series, and a switch capable of discharging electric charges accumulated in the at least one capacitor; and a comparator configured to compare a voltage level to be compared obtained from the resistor circuit with a predetermined reference to allow the switch to be opened and closed according to a comparison result.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stable cosmetic compositions containing high amounts of acetyl trifluoromethylphenyl valylglycine. The cosmetic compositions further include high amounts of hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol, taurate copolymers, fatty alcohols, fatty compounds (other than the fatty alcohols), nonionic emulsifiers, and water. Methods for stabilizing cosmetic compositions containing high amounts of acetyl trifluoromethylphenyl valylglycine and methods for treating the skin with the cosmetic compositions is also described.