Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including high-integrated memory cells may include forming a cell mold in which a plurality of mold layers are stacked, over a lower structure; forming a line-shape vertical opening in the cell mold, which is vertically oriented in a stack direction of the cell mold; forming a storage opening that horizontally extends from the line-shape vertical opening; and forming a data storage element in the storage opening.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module having a plurality of battery cells, and a heat dissipation member provided in contact with a bus bar at a side surface of the battery module where electrode leads of the battery cells and the bus bar coupled to the electrode leads are disposed.

Abstract: The cathode active material according to embodiments of the present invention includes a lithium composite oxide particle having a form of secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particle are aggregated, wherein the primary particles respectively include a lithium conduction pathway through which lithium ions are diffused. Wherein the primary particles include a first particle, and the first particle has an angle of 45° to 90° formed by a direction from a center of the first particle to a center of the lithium composite oxide particle and a direction of the lithium conduction pathway included in the first particle, wherein a ratio of the number of the first particles among the primary particles located on a surface of the lithium composite oxide particle is 20% or more.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatus and method for blind-spot monitoring of vehicle based on rear camera. A blind spot view monitoring apparatus, for a vehicle based on a rear camera, may include an image acquisition unit, a control unit and a display unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to obtain a rear image from a rear camera mounted on a vehicle. The control unit is configured to set a region of interest in the rear image based on a turn signal or a lane departure signal of the vehicle, to determine whether there is a risk of proximity of an object in the region of interest to the vehicle, and to generate a blind spot image based on whether there is the risk of proximity. The display unit is configured to display the blind spot image.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to an all-solid-state battery and an apparatus and method for manufacturing the all-solid-state battery. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a pressing process is performed in a state in which plate-shaped materials and die molds accommodating the plate-shape materials are accommodated in an outer punch mold, and thus it is possible to dry-press a plurality of the plate-shaped materials. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the process of dry-pressing the plate-shaped materials and shorten the required process time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the characteristics of a magnetorheological fluid. The method for evaluating the characteristics of magnetorheological fluid, according to the present invention, is for evaluating the characteristics of magnetorheological fluid comprising a dispersion medium and magnetic particles and is characterized by comprising the following steps: (a) preparing a container in which a magnetorheological fluid is filled or a flow channel in which a magnetorheological fluid flows; (b) placing a coil part such that the container or flow channel is positioned in the hollow portion of the coil part; and (c) using the coil to measure an impedance signal or inductance signal with respect to the magnetorheological fluid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for pre-treating raw parsnips into aged parsnips and extracting the aged parsnips to produce parsnip extracts having higher biological activity than raw parsnips. Also, it provides a composition containing the parsnip extracts, and a method of using the composition to promote respiratory health and/or to prevent, improve, or treat respiratory symptoms or diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating viral infectious diseases, containing efavirenz and fluoxetine as active ingredients. It has been identified that when a complex, mixture or combination of efavirenz and fluoxetine is administered or a complex, mixture or combination of efavirenz fluoxetine, to which a biguanide-based compound metformin is added, is administered, antiviral efficacy against various zoonotic viruses including SARS-CoV-2 is remarkably higher than when each is administered alone, and thus efavirenz and fluoxetine, in addition to the biguanide-based compound, can be effectively used as active ingredients of a composition for preventing or treating viral infectious diseases.

Abstract: An automatic control apparatus and a method of in-vehicle infotainment volume are proposed. The automatic control apparatus is configured to detect obstacle (people or object) around a vehicle using a parking assistance system sensor, and to adjust the playback volume of an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) to be automatically reduced when an obstacle is detected around the vehicle, and to automatically adjust the playback volume of the IVI during not only reversing but also forward moving of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetorheological fluid. The magnetorheological fluid according to the present invention is a magnetorheological fluid whose flow characteristics change in response to the application of an external magnetic field, the magnetorheological fluid including: a dispersion medium containing oil; magnetic particles; and an additive, wherein the oil has a triglyceride structure composed of ester bonds between glycerol and fatty acid.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material; a battery configured to supply power to the heater; a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device; and a processor configured to receive a result of user authorization from the external device through the communication interface and operate based on the result of the user authorization.

Abstract: This present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more ACAT inhibitors and one or more GLP-1RAs. It also provides a method for controlling body weight comprising co-administering to a subject in need one or more ACAT inhibitors and one or more GLP-1RAs.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of a chemical structure having the ability of inhibiting or disintegrating an androgen receptor (AR), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound. The present disclosure also provides a composition comprising such a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical use of a compound according to the present disclosure, a salt thereof, and a composition comprising same for the treatment or prevention of AR-related diseases. The present disclosure also provides a method for treating or preventing AR-related diseases, comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment an effective amount of a compound according to the present disclosure, a salt thereof, or a composition comprising same.

Abstract: A composition for preventing or treating a TNF-?-related disease is disclosed. The composition includes hydroflumethiazide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition can effectively inhibit the expression or activity of TNF-? and exhibits an excellent treatment effect compared to methotrexate (MTX) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which are rheumatoid arthritis treatment agents currently on the market, and, thus, can be effectively used for prevention or treatment of a TNF-?-related disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a BCDA-based semi-alicyclic homo- or co-polyimide membrane material for gas separation and a preparation method thereof. The polyimide material prepared according to the present invention has high solubility in casting solvents, particularly in polar organic solvents, by interrupting asymmetry in the polyimide chain structure and formation of polyimide complexes compared with aromatic polyimides, and has higher heat resistance than the conventional aromatic polyimides and aliphatic polyimides, so that it is useful for the process of a high-selective permeable composite membrane or a asymmetric hollow fiber membrane used for commercial purposes, suggesting that it can be effectively used as a membrane for gas separation in various fields. In addition, the polyimide material membrane for gas separation of the present invention is useful because it has superior gas separation properties to the conventional commercialized aromatic polyimides or semi-alicyclic polyimides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetorheological fluid and a manufacturing method thereof. The magnetorheological fluid according to the present invention includes: a dispersion medium; magnetic particles; and a thixotropic agent, in which the magnetorheological fluid has viscoelasticity, and when shear stress ? of the viscoelasticity of the magnetorheological fluid is ? = ?0sin(wt) and shear strain ? is ? = ?0sin(wt + ?) = G?sin(wt) + G?cos [G? is referred to storage modulus and G? is referred to as loss modulus], when a magnetic field is applied, the slope of G? is equal to or less than 0 for the range from 0.01% shear strain applied to the magnetorheological fluid to the shear strain value satisfying tan ? = G? / G?= 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising an antiviral agent and an antidepressant as an active ingredient and to which a biguanide-based compound can be added, and more specifically, efavirenz, etravirine, rilpivirine, lopinavir, atazanavir, darunavir, and ritonavir as an antiviral agent, and fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, duloxetine, amitriptyline, clomipramine, nortriptyline, desipramine, amoxapine, maprotilline, trimipramine, protriptyline, and melithracene as an antidepressant, in complex, mixture, or combination administration, or efavirenz and fluoxetine with metformin, a biguanide compound, in complex, mixture, or combination administration, shows the significant synergistic anti-cancer activity than when each was administered alone, and so, finally the antiviral agent and antidepressant according to the present invention can be effectively used as an active ingredient in a composition for preventing or treating cancer.

Abstract: Provided are a methane-selective composite membrane comprising: a UiO-66 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material, a MIL-100 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material, or a ZIF-8 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material to which a methane-selective functional group is introduced for selectively separating methane from a gas mixture containing methane/nitrogen, a use thereof, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: Flexible, insertable, transparent microelectrode arrays that allow integration of electrophysiological recordings with any optical imaging or stimulation technology are disclosed. In some embodiments of the disclosed technology, a microelectrode array includes a flexible substrate layer including a shank member extending in a first direction and a tapered tip at an end of the shank member, and a plurality of electrode wires arranged in the first direction on the flexible substrate layer, wherein the plurality of electrode wires includes adjacent electrode wires having different lengths from each other such that an electrode wire arranged closer to a centerline of the flexible substrate layer is longer than an adjacent electrode arranged further away from the centerline of the flexible substrate.

Abstract: An image sensing device includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels coupled to a plurality of row lines, wherein at least one of the unit pixels includes a photo-diode for generating photo charges corresponding to an incident light and a transfer transistor for transferring the photo charges to a floating diffusion (FD) node in response to a transfer control signal transferred through a corresponding row line; a row control circuit disposed at a first side of the pixel array and suitable for providing, to the respective row lines, the transfer control signal having a voltage level between a first voltage and a second voltage; and a bias compensation circuit disposed at a second side of the pixel array and suitable for driving the transfer control signal to the second voltage during a reset read-out section of each of the row lines.