Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a storage chamber formed in the main body, a shelf support portion provided at a rear side of the storage chamber, a plurality of shelves coupled to the shelf support portion so that the shelves are arranged next to each other, and an adjustment member coupled to the shelves so as to remove a height difference between the plurality of shelves. Coupling grooves are respectively formed in the shelves. The adjustment member is inserted into the coupling holes of the shelves and then rotates by a predetermined angle such that the adjustment member is fixed to the shelves. The adjustment member maintains a constant interval between the shelves and prevents the shelves from moving relative to each other. The adjustment member is easily coupled to and separated from others.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator configured to compare an input signal with a reference signal and to output a comparison signal indicating a corresponding comparison result, a control logic configured to output a control signal for adjusting the reference signal based on the comparison signal, and a reference signal adjusting circuit configured to adjust the reference signal based on the control signal. The comparator includes a first pre-amplifier configured to amplify a difference between the input signal and the reference signal using a first transistor having a first size, a second pre-amplifier configured to amplify the difference between the input signal and the reference signal using a second transistor having a second size different from the first size, and a latch configured to generate the comparison signal using at least one of an output of the first and second pre-amplifiers. The first and second pre-amplifiers share the latch.

Abstract: A test apparatus includes a motherboard including a first surface. The test apparatus further includes a handler including a second surface facing the first surface of the motherboard. The test apparatus additionally includes an adapter board disposed between the first surface of the motherboard and the second surface of the handler. The test apparatus further includes a first sensor mounted on the adapter board and senses data about temperature of the adapter board. The test apparatus additionally includes a wireless transceiver mounted on the adapter board and transmits, in real time, the sensed data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device which is easy to use and in which real-time reaction product detection through nucleic acid extraction from a biospecimen, a PCR reaction, and scanning of excitation light of various wavelengths and fluorescence corresponding thereto can be automated, and thus various tests can be carried out in a single operation, and in particular, accurate results can be obtained in a short amount of time.

Abstract: A vehicle charger includes a power factor correction converter configured to correct the power factor of alternating current (AC) power is integrated with an input terminal of a DC-DC converter configured to generate a direct-current (DC) voltage having a magnitude required for an energy storage device in the vehicle, thereby reducing the size of the vehicle charger, reducing the number of required elements, and allowing the vehicle charger to have high efficiency; and a method for controlling the same.

Abstract: Human-derived probiotic strains Lactobacillus paracasei KBL382, Lactobacillus paracasei KBL384 and Lactobacillus paracasei KBL385 are described, as well as uses of the strains for improving intestinal health and treating or preventing intestinal diseases. The strains have excellent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory functions, superb strengthening effects on tight junctions of the intestinal tract wall, suppress enteritis-induced weight loss and colon length reduction, thereby exhibiting therapeutic effects for enteritis, and significantly alleviate the symptoms of atopic dermatitis. The strains can be used as probiotic material for enhancing anti-inflammatory effects, strengthening immunity, improving intestinal health functions, and alleviating allergic diseases.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide an optical film attachment system which is connected to a downstream device and includes a panel conveyance path, the optical film attachment system including: a connection unit which connects the panel conveyance path and the downstream device and conveys the panel; a first inspection unit which is positioned on the panel conveyance path and finds out whether the panel with the attached optical film has a defect; and a second inspection unit which is positioned at a position spaced apart from the panel conveyance path and re-inspects a defect-determined panel determined as a defective panel by inspection by the first inspection unit; in which the connection unit includes a main conveyance path in which a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit are sequentially arranged in a conveyance direction of the panel conveyance path, a first auxiliary conveyance path which connects the first conveyance unit and the second inspection unit and is bypassed

Abstract: The present specification relates to a block polymer and a polymer electrolyte membrane including the same, a membrane-electrode assembly including the polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly and a redox flow battery including the polymer electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: Provided are a pharmaceutical composition including geraniol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient for use in preventing or treating diabetes mellitus, and a method of preventing or treating diabetes mellitus or a complication due to diabetes mellitus of an individual, in which the method includes administering to the individual a pharmaceutical composition comprising geraniol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient and inducing an olfactory stimulation to the individual using the pharmaceutical composition. Also provided is a screening method for an antidiabetic agent that may include contacting a cell expressing an olfactory receptor with a test material; measuring a level of expression of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secreted from the cell; and determining that the test material, when the test material promotes expression of GLP-1, as a candidate material for an antidiabetic agent.

Abstract: A display unit manufacturing system including: a panel conveyance route including an optical film attaching unit configured to attach an optical film to a panel; an inspection unit which inspects whether the panel having the optical film attached thereto is defective and identifies a defective panel; a panel storing unit which stores the defective panel after the optical film is separated therefrom; and a control unit which controls whether the panel stored in the panel storing unit is supplied to the panel conveyance route.

Abstract: A device to process an audio signal representing input sound includes a user voice verifier configured to generate a first indication based on whether the audio signal represents a user's voice. The device includes a speaking target detector configured to generate a second indication based on whether the audio signal represents at least one of a command or a question. The device includes an activation signal unit configured to selectively generate an activation signal based on the first indication and the second indication. The device also includes an automatic speech recognition engine configured to be activated, responsive to the activation signal, to process the audio signal.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cooking apparatus includes a casing, a cooking chamber provided inside the casing and including a discharge plate at which a plurality of outlet holes are formed, a tray provided at a bottom surface of the cooking chamber to support food, and a hot air discharging unit configured to discharge high-temperature air into the cooking chamber through the outlet holes, wherein the plurality of outlet holes are formed at a first area facing the tray.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional oral scanner. In particular, the present invention comprises: a case which can be drawn in and out of an oral cavity and has an opening formed in a manner such that the shape of the inside of the oral cavity (hereinafter, abbreviated as “image”) is introduced to the inside in the form of light through one end thereof; a pair of lenses disposed inside the case and spaced apart from each other in the width direction of the case so as to pass light incident from one end of the case in different paths; a pair of imaging boards having an imaging sensor for imaging the respective lights transmitted through the pair of lenses and disposed in close contact with a widthwise side wall and the other widthwise side wall of the case; and a pair of light path changing units arranged to change the respective paths of the lights transmitted through the pair of lenses toward the imaging board.

Abstract: Methods of removing bubbles from a microfluidic device are described where the flow is not stopped. Methods are described that combine pressure and flow to remove bubbles from a microfluidic device. Bubbles can be removed even where the device is made of a polymer that is largely gas impermeable.

Abstract: A device to process an audio signal representing input sound includes a hand detector configured to generate a first indication responsive to detection of at least a portion of a hand over at least a portion of the device. The device also includes an automatic speech recognition system configured to be activated, responsive to the first indication, to process the audio signal.

Abstract: A banking processing method according is performed by a processing logic including an application for banking processing implemented on a user terminal and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises the steps of: when the application for banking processing is run, searching a hardware security area of the user terminal and confirming the existence of a certificate for confirming an execution history of the application for banking processing; when the existence of the certificate is confirmed, searching the security area and confirming the existence of a token key for identifying whether login information of the user has been set; when the existence of the token key is not confirmed, setting the login information of the user by providing a membership page for setting the login information of the user; and opening an account according to a request of the user whose login information has been set.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a block polymer and a polymer electrolyte membrane comprising the same, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel cell comprising the membrane-electrode assembly, and a redox flow battery comprising the polymer electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle transmission includes input and output shafts, first and second motor/generators, a first planetary gear train in which one rotary element of three rotary elements is connected to the input shaft and another thereof is connected to the first motor/generator, a second planetary gear train in which one of three rotary elements is connected to the output shaft and another thereof is connected to the second motor/generator, a first external gear pair consisting of a first gear, connected to a remaining rotary element of the first planetary gear train, and a second gear, connected to a remaining rotary element of the second planetary gear train, and a second external gear pair consisting of a third gear, connected to the input shaft, and a fourth gear directly connected to one rotary element of the second planetary gear train.

Abstract: An oven includes a main body, a cooking compartment provided in the main body and having a front surface thereof is opened, the cooking compartment having an opening, a camera provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture an inside of the cooking compartment through the opening, a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera and configured to cool the camera by suctioning external air, a first glass provided at the opening of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera, and a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass and configured to additionally block the transmission of heat to the camera.

Abstract: Provided is a light emitting diode (LED) and a multi-stacked LED including a charge generation junction (CGJ) layer, and a manufacturing method thereof. An LED including an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, and a cathode, includes a CGJ layer in a layer-by-layer structure in which an n-type oxide and a p-type oxide formed on at least one surface of the light emitting layer are sequentially stacked. Here, the n-type oxide includes zinc oxide (ZnO) and the p-type oxide is represented by the following Formula: Cu2Sn2-XS3—(GaX)2O3. Here, 0.2<x<1.5.