Abstract: A cell thawer is provided. The cell thawer comprises: a thawing part comprising a heating block, which includes a first heating block and a second heating block that form a heating space for heating a container storing a predetermined amount of a biological material including cells, a heater, which is provided in the heating block so that the heating block can be provided with heat, an insulating block, which is coupled to the heating block so as to encompass the heater, and a support, which is for supporting the lower portion of the container in the heating space; a driving part for providing driving force that linearly moves each of the first heating block and the second heating block in the left and right directions; and a control part for controlling the operations of the thawing part and the driving part.

Abstract: A cell thawing device is provided. A cell thawing device according to one embodiment of the present invention is a cell thawing device for thawing biological material comprising cells, the cell thawing device comprising: a housing; a body part which is disposed inside the housing and may form an accommodation space so as to surround at least a portion of a container in which the biological material is stored; a moving part for moving the body part toward the container so that the body part forms the accommodation space; a heating part which is installed in the body part and transfers heat to the container disposed in the accommodation space; and a sensing part for detecting a physical quantity of the body part or the container, wherein a heat transfer space is formed between the body part and the container such that heat can be transferred from the body part to the container in a non-contact manner.

Abstract: A cell thawing machine is provided.

Abstract: A cell thawing machine is provided. The cell thawing machine comprises: a thawing unit that includes heating blocks including a first heating block and a second heating block forming a heating space for heating a container in which a predetermined amount of biological material including cells is stored, heaters installed in the heating blocks to provide heat to the heating blocks, and insulation blocks coupled to the heating blocks so as to surround the heaters; a driving unit that provides driving force for raising and lowering support pins so that the pins can support a lower portion of the container, and moving the first heating block and the second heating block in a straight line to the left and right; and a control unit that controls the thawing unit and the driving unit.

Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor structure comprises a frontside substrate comprising a conductive structure, a backside substrate comprising a base substrate and a cavity substrate contacting the base substrate, wherein the backside substrate is over a top side of the frontside substrate and has a cavity and an internal interconnect contacting the frontside substrate, and a first electronic component over the top side of the frontside substrate and in the cavity. The first electronic component is coupled with the conductive structure, and an encapsulant is in the cavity and on the top side of the frontside substrate, contacting a lateral side of the first electronic component, a lateral side of the cavity, and a lateral side of the internal interconnect. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A respiratory mask includes a frame and a cushion module. The frame can include a front wall having a vent and/or a gas inlet opening and a collar extending away from the front wall. The collar surrounds the vent and/or the gas inlet opening. The cushion module comprises a cushion and a housing, which is made of a material more rigid than the cushion. The housing defines a connection opening. A friction coupling selectively couples the cushion module to the frame and comprises an elastomeric friction member coupled to a portion of the housing that defines the connection opening. In some arrangements, an outer surface of the friction member is exposed when the cushion module is coupled to the frame. In some arrangements, the housing extends through the peripheral surface.

Abstract: Cathodes and lithium secondary batteries including the cathodes are disclosed. In some implementations, a cathode may include a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer disposed on the cathode current collector and including cathode active material particles such that the cathode active material layer satisfies a specific equation. The cathode active material particles may include lithium metal oxide particles that include nickel, and may have a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less with respect to all elements except for lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: A vehicle to building (V2B) charge/discharge scheduling method can include inputting input data including at least one of electric vehicle information related to battery charging and discharging of electric vehicles, building information related to power use of a building, and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) information related to EVSEs connected to the electric vehicles and charging and discharging a battery; setting a scheduling model using the input data and an objective function; outputting optimization data using the scheduling model; and performing charge/discharge scheduling of the electric vehicles using the optimization data, wherein the setting a scheduling model includes setting the scheduling model using mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) if a number of electric vehicles is not greater than a number of EVSEs; and setting the scheduling model using mixed-integer quadratic programming (MIQP) if the number of electric vehicles is greater than the number of EVSEs.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging and discharging scheduling method can include setting a scheduling model based on a constraint function and an objective function considering a contract for difference, smart charging, a plus demand response (DR), and a national DR, optimizing the set scheduling model, and performing electric vehicle charging and discharging scheduling using the optimized scheduling model. The constraint function can include a function for at least one of restrictions on charging/discharging for each electric vehicle. The objective function can include a regular scheduling function considering the contract for difference and the plus DR market, and an irregular scheduling function considering the contract for difference, the plus DR market, and a national DR market.

Abstract: A method of providing distance-to-empty information of a vehicle includes determining, by a controller, based on an initial distance to empty (DTE), which is a distance to empty at the beginning of vehicle driving, an initial predicted DTE, which is a predicted distance to empty that changes as the vehicle is driven, determining, by the controller, a current DTE, which is an actual distance to empty, in real time for each set distance during vehicle driving, and controlling, by the controller, the operation of the display device to display actual DTE history information representing a history of change in the determined current DTE as an actual driving distance increases during vehicle driving along with the initial predicted DTE information, and an information provision apparatus configured to perform the method.

Abstract: A fire extinguishing agent composition includes an amphiphilic solvent and water. The composition is capable of effectively extinguishing a fire in an electric vehicle by reducing the vapor pressure of a volatile organic solvent by including an amphiphilic solvent and water. For example, the amphiphilic solvent may be ethyl 3-hydroxypropanoate.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other on a substrate, a light-emitting element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode on the substrate, a third electrode disposed on the first electrode and an end of the light-emitting element, a fourth electrode disposed on the second electrode and another end of the light-emitting element, a first insulation pattern disposed on the third electrode, and a second insulation pattern disposed on the first insulation pattern. An end of the first insulation pattern corresponding to the end of the light-emitting element protrudes toward the another end of the light-emitting element further than an end of the third electrode, and the second insulation pattern fills a space adjacent to the end of the third electrode and formed under the first insulation pattern.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array configured to store first and second setting data, a page buffer circuit configured to store data of the memory cell array, and a control logic circuit. The control logic circuit is configured to control a sensing operation based on setting data stored in a setting buffer, perform first sensing of the first setting data stored in the memory cell array in a first sensing scheme, and store the sensed first setting data in the page buffer circuit, dump down the first setting data stored in the page buffer circuit into the setting buffer, and perform second sensing of the second setting data stored in the memory cell array in a second sensing scheme based on the first setting data dumped down into the setting buffer, and store the sensed second setting data in the page buffer circuit.

Abstract: A headgear assembly for a full-face under-nose respiratory mask can include a flexible headgear connector element. A free end of each of upper straps of the headgear is coupled to the headgear connector element, which is configured to extend laterally across and be removably fastened to a frame of the respiratory mask below a tip of a user's nose. A respiratory mask assembly can include a bias vent in communication with a cushion module and configured to allow air to be exhausted from the cushion module through the bias vent. The bias vent can be provided with a diffuser including a diffuser material configured to extend over the bias vent. The diffuser material provides a tortuous air path from the bias vent through the diffuser. The bias vent and/or the diffuser can be provided on various components of the assembly.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a pixel area; and a pixel in the pixel area, the pixel including a first sub-light emitting area, a second sub-light emitting area, and a peripheral area surrounding the first and second sub-light emitting areas. The pixel may include: a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode that are spaced from each other; a plurality of light emitting elements in the first and second sub-light emitting areas; a bank in the peripheral area and including a first opening corresponding to the first sub-light emitting area and a second opening corresponding to the second sub-light emitting area; and an intermediate bank between the first sub-light emitting area and the second sub-light emitting area and partially overlapping the second and third electrodes in a plan view.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of subpixels arranged along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, where each of the subpixels includes an emission area, a plurality of electrodes located in the emission area, extending in the first direction and spaced from one another in the second direction, and a plurality of light-emitting elements located on electrodes spaced from one another in the second direction, and where the subpixels include a plurality of first-type subpixels and a plurality of second-type subpixels, the second-type subpixels having a different number of electrodes in the emission area from the first-type subpixels.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning an oxide film using a direct current reverse polarity are provided. The apparatus for cleaning an oxide film formed on a workpiece may include a power supply configured to apply direct current power and to include a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal, the workpiece configured to be electrically connected to the negative electrode terminal to act as a negative electrode to which a current is applied, and a torch having a positive electrode, which is spaced apart from the oxide film by a predetermined distance and is electrically connected to the positive electrode terminal, the torch being installed to be movable relative to the workpiece. The oxide film formed on the workpiece may be removed by applying a reverse polarity direct current between the workpiece, serving as the negative electrode, and the positive electrode to generate an arc.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high energy density lithium secondary battery having significantly improved high-temperature storage characteristics and lifespan characteristics, which are problematic when a silicon-based negative electrode active material is applied. Specifically, a lithium secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode facing the positive electrode and including a silicon-based negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a non-aqueous organic solvent including a di-fluoro-based organic solvent and a lithium salt, wherein a content of the di-fluoro-based organic solvent is 5 to 20 vol % with respect to a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent.

Abstract: A secondary battery comprising a positive electrode current collector, a first positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector and including a first positive electrode active material and a binder, and a second positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the first positive electrode mixture layer and including a second positive electrode active material and a binder. A nickel content of the second positive electrode active material is 80% by weight or less of a nickel content of the first positive electrode active material. By providing a secondary battery including a positive electrode of a multi-layer structure that includes positive electrode active materials having different contents of nickel, a secondary battery capable of improving high-temperature characteristics while maintaining energy density may be provided.

Abstract: In some embodiments there is provided a headgear assembly for a full-face under-nose respiratory mask comprising a strap assembly including a rear panel, a crown strap, a pair of opposing upper side straps, and a pair of opposing lower side straps. The assembly further comprises a flexible headgear connector element, wherein a free end of each of the upper straps is coupled to the headgear connector element, and wherein the headgear connector element is configured to extend laterally across and be removably fastened to a frame of the respiratory mask below a tip of a user's nose. There is also provided a respiratory mask assembly comprising a mask frame and a cushion module, the mask frame comprising a breathing gas inlet configured to receive a supply of breathable gas and to deliver the breathable gas to the cushion module, the cushion module being configured to form a seal with a user's face.