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: 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.

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: The present invention pertains to a polyolefin having excellent processability. A polyolefin prepared in the presence of a hybrid metallocene catalyst according to an embodiment of the present invention has a broad unimodal molecular weight distribution with a shoulder, and has excellent high-speed processability.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a semiconductor die within an extended substrate and a bottom substrate may include bonding a bottom surface of a semiconductor die to a top surface of a bottom substrate, forming an adhering member to a top surface of the semiconductor die, bonding an extended substrate to the semiconductor die and to the top surface of the bottom substrate utilizing the adhering member and a conductive bump on a bottom surface of the extended substrate and a conductive bump on the bottom substrate. The semiconductor die and the conductive bumps may be encapsulated utilizing a mold member. The conductive bump on the bottom surface of the extended substrate may be electrically connected to a terminal on the top surface of the extended substrate. The adhering member may include a laminate film, a non-conductive film adhesive, or a thermal hardening liquid adhesive.

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 anode for a secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer including a first anode active material layer and a second anode active material layer sequentially stacked from a surface of the anode current collector. Each of the first anode active material layer and the second anode active material layer includes a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material as an anode active material, and a carbon nanotube as a conductive material. A content of the silicon-based active material in the second anode active material layer is greater than a content of the silicon-based active material in the first anode active material layer. A Raman R value of the carbon nanotube included in the second anode active material layer is smaller than a Raman R value of the carbon nanotube included in the first anode active material layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a lithium secondary battery including anode active material layers which have a multi-layered structure and include carbon-based active materials having different contents from each other, thereby improving mechanical stability and battery performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical cross-linking based porous material for tissue regeneration and hemostasis, including an extracellular matrix of decellularized kidney tissue, and a method for production thereof. The porous material including an extracellular matrix of decellularized kidney tissues according to the present invention forms a chemical cross-linking bond, while the final product does not contain any existing cross-linking agent component, whereby the porous material can be utilized in biocompatible substances. Further, the porous material of the present invention does not only have rapid hemostasis but also delays degradation in a long term to thus exhibit tissue regeneration effects, so that the porous material is expected to be usefully applicable for treatment of different diseases due to tissue damage in a variety of tissues, or for hemostasis and tissue regeneration at removal of tissues or incision operation.

Abstract: An embodiment is a sealing assembly for a twin swing gate of a vehicle, the sealing assembly including a first gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to a vehicle, a second gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to the vehicle and configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to rotation of the first gate, and a center bar unit along a height direction of the vehicle on an inside end portion of the first gate, the center bar being configured to rotate in conjunction with opening or closing the first gate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device structure, for example a 3D structure, and a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various semiconductor package structures, and methods for manufacturing thereof, that comprise interposer, interlayer, and/or heat dissipater configurations that provide for low cost, increased manufacturability, and high reliability.

Abstract: A conduit connector assembly is provided for a respiratory therapy apparatus and configured to connect a patient interface to a gas delivery conduit. The assembly comprises: a conduit comprising a first flow port configured to be connected to the patient interface, and a second flow port configured to be connected to the gas delivery conduit, and a supplementary flow port; and a first valve port configured to be closed or opened by a valve flap. The conduit and the valve flap selectively provide an inspiratory flow path from the second flow port of the conduit to the first flow port of the conduit; and an expiratory flow path from the first flow port of the conduit to the supplementary flow port via the first valve port. A supplementary gas flow path is provided between the first and/or second flow ports and the supplementary flow port via a supplementary valve port.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a semiconductor die within an extended substrate and a bottom substrate may include bonding a bottom surface of a semiconductor die to a top surface of a bottom substrate, forming an adhering member to a top surface of the semiconductor die, bonding an extended substrate to the semiconductor die and to the top surface of the bottom substrate utilizing the adhering member and a conductive bump on a bottom surface of the extended substrate and a conductive bump on the bottom substrate. The semiconductor die and the conductive bumps may be encapsulated utilizing a mold member. The conductive bump on the bottom surface of the extended substrate may be electrically connected to a terminal on the top surface of the extended substrate. The adhering member may include a laminate film, a non-conductive film adhesive, or a thermal hardening liquid adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing directly reprogrammed natural killer (drNK) cells or CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) gene introduced CAR-drNK cells using substances and methods that inhibit BCL11B (B-cell leukemia 11B) gene expression and/or function. The present invention also relates to drNK cells or CAR-drNK cells prepared by a BCL11B gene-based cell reprogramming method, and a cell therapeutic and/or a composition for the prevention or treatment of cancer diseases and infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and the like, and/or inflammatory diseases, which contain the cells.

Abstract: A method for preparing a hydrogel includes forming a pre-gel comprising polymer and metal salt particles, unidirectionally-shrinking and dehydrating the pre-gel, and impregnating the unidirectionally shrunk and dehydrated pre-gel with an ion solution to crosslink and rehydrate the unidirectionally shrunk and dehydrated pre-gel to produce the hydrogel.