Abstract: A starter for producing sourdough is provided. The starter includes Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y3-1 (KCTC 15070BP) and Leuconostoc mesenteroides M1-2 (KCTC 15071BP). The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y3-1 (KCTC 15070BP), Leuconostoc mesenteroides M1-2 (KCTC 15071BP), and Bacillus belezensis Kh2-2 (KCTC 14642BP) are used in a weight ratio of 6 to 7:2 to 3:1 to 2.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a touch driving device for driving a touch panel that generates an auxiliary signal using a voltage source and a resistor, and generates a touch driving signal by combining the auxiliary signal and PWM driving pulses. Such touch driving device may change the voltage level of the voltage source or change the resistance value of the resistor to compensate for the characteristic deviation between channel circuits.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosed technology, since a host device manages data stored in a storage device on the basis of a zone corresponding to a storage block of the storage device, the load of the storage device may be reduced, and the operation efficiency of the storage device may be increased by the control of the host device. Therefore, it is possible to improve the performance of a computing system including the host device and the storage device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the DNA quality of a biological sample and, more specifically, to a method for determining the DNA quality of a biological sample by performing a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers capable of amplifying a target gene, a method for preparing the primers used in the method, and a method for standardizing the amount of detected target gene mutation by using the determined DNA quality. The method of the present invention enables objective evaluation of the DNA quality of a biological sample used in gene analysis and the presentation of objective results on the expression ratio of a gene mutation, thereby providing reliable information in the fields of clinical research and companion diagnosis.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a discharge pressure of a fluid includes: a pump configured to suck the fluid through an inlet or to discharge the sucked fluid through an outlet; a distributor connected to the pump and to an injection nozzle provided by a sensor and configured to distribute the fluid discharged from the pump to the sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the pump to operate selectively in accordance with detection of contamination of the sensor and to control operation of the distributor to be forcibly delayed during operation of the pump such that the fluid distributed to the sensor, when detected as being contaminated, is controlled to reach a selected required discharge pressure of different required discharge pressures selected in accordance with water amount information and a degree of contamination of the sensor.

Abstract: A flexible battery includes an electrode group including a first electrode and a second electrode, a pair of electrode leads connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively and a housing that accommodates the electrode group.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer and a method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer using the same, and provides the composition giving excellent productivity for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer includes while maintaining excellent foaming and viscosity properties of a plastisol including the prepared vinyl chloride-based polymer, by including a pH regulator composed of a carbonate-based metal salt, and a transition metal catalyst in the composition, and controlling an amount of the transition metal catalyst, and controlling an amount of a reducing agent such that a trace amount or none of the reducing agent is included, and the method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer using the same.

Abstract: An electrode assembly according to the present disclosure includes one or more unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities with a separator interposed therebetween, an electrode mixture coated on one or both surfaces of the pair of electrodes, and electrode tabs located on the edges of the respective electrodes and not coated with the electrode mixture, and the electrode tabs include an electrode parallel connection tab and an electrode lead connection tab, and any one or more of the electrode parallel connection tab and the electrode lead connection tab are formed on the electrodes, and an outermost electrode is a negative electrode.

Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line configured to generate hot energy or cold energy depending on a flow direction of a refrigerant, a heater core side coolant circulation line configured to transfer refrigerant heat generated in the refrigerant circulation line to a heater core to heat a passenger compartment, and a battery side coolant circulation line configured to receive coolant heat of the heater core side coolant circulation line via a coolant and then circulate the coolant through a battery to preheat the battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing item sales information by an electronic apparatus including acquiring a purchase request including item information related to an item selected by a user and information related to a payment means, providing a purchase response including approval information corresponding to the purchase request before proceeding with payment through the payment means in response to the purchase request when the information related to the payment means satisfies a first condition, transmitting a release request for the item to a first server; and requesting payment for at least some of an amount corresponding to one or more purchase requests related to the payment means according to an arrival of settlement timing corresponding to the payment means.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the substrate and spaced apart from each other, a plurality of light-emitting elements on the plurality of pixel electrodes, respectively, and a common electrode layer on the plurality of light-emitting elements and to which a common voltage is applied. The plurality of light-emitting elements include a first light-emitting element that is configured to emit first light according to a first driving current and a second light-emitting element that is configured to emit second light according to a second driving current. An active layer of the first light-emitting element is the same as an active layer of the second light-emitting element.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: An optical path control member according to an embodiment comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode provided on the upper portion of the first substrate; a second substrate provided on the first substrate; a second electrode provided on the lower portion of the second substrate; and an optical conversion unit provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the optical conversion unit comprises partition wall parts and accommodation parts which are alternately arranged. The accommodation parts have a light transmission rate that varies according to the application of a voltage, and the accommodation parts comprise a plurality of unit accommodation cells spaced apart from each other, and comprises a dispersion and light-absorbing particles which are dispersed in the dispersion.

Abstract: A super-steep switching device and an inverter device using the same are disclosed. The super-steep switching device includes a semiconductor channel disposed on a substrate and made of a semiconductor material having impact ionization characteristic; a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the semiconductor channel, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are disposed on the substrate and are spaced apart from each other; and a gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor channel so as to overlap only a portion of the semiconductor channel, wherein a top surface of the semiconductor channel includes a first area overlapping the gate electrode, and a second area non-overlapping the gate electrode, wherein a ratio of a length of the first area and a length of the second area is in a range of 1:0.1 to 0.4.

Abstract: A vehicular heat management system for individually cooling and heating a plurality of air conditioning regions of a vehicle includes a plurality of refrigerant circulation lines configured to cool and heat the air conditioning regions individually shared by the refrigerant circulation lines. The refrigerant circulation lines are provided with one or more air conditioning units for individually cooling and heating the respective air conditioning regions, and are configured to supply a refrigerant to the corresponding air conditioning units to individually cool and heat the air conditioning regions corresponding to the air conditioning units.

Abstract: Proposed is a method of manufacturing a carbon precursor fiber for a gas diffusion layer having excellent tensile properties (e.g., strength and modulus) by controlling the cross-sectional shape of carbon fiber. The method includes preparing a polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer, preparing spinning products by spinning a spinning solution containing the polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer in a coagulation bath, and obtaining a carbon precursor fiber by drawing the spinning products through heat treatment. The coagulation bath includes an amount of about 60% to 90% by volume of methanol and an amount of about 10% to 40% by volume of dimethylformamide based on the total volume of the coagulation bath.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display device including an oxide semiconductor pattern. The disclosure provides a driving thin film transistor and a switching thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor pattern as an active layer. Each of the driving thin film transistor and the switching thin film transistor includes a light shielding pattern. The light shielding pattern includes a semiconductor material layer doped with P-type impurity ions. By virtue of the light shielding pattern including the semiconductor material layer, each of the driving thin film transistor and the switching thin film transistor exhibits an increase in threshold voltage and, as such, freedom of circuit design is secured.

Abstract: An apparatus for localizing a robot having robustness to a dynamic environment includes a map building unit which builds a map based on SLAM; a localizing unit which acquires first feature from sensor data acquired by a sensor mounted in a robot and localizes the robot using the first feature acquired from the sensor data based on the map built by the map building unit; and a map updating unit which reduces an error caused by the movement of the robot by correcting the first feature using an estimated position of the robot with regard to a feature obtained from a static object, among the first features acquired by the localizing unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a window film for a display device including a light transmitting substrate including a polyamide including a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a hard coating layer laminated on one surface of the light transmitting substrate: in Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2, each of A1, A2, B, and D is the same as defined in the detailed description.

Abstract: An image sensor including: a substrate which includes a first surface and a second surface opposite each other; a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion layer in the substrate; a pixel separation pattern disposed in the substrate and separating the pixels; a surface insulating layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate; conductor contacts disposed in the surface insulating layer; and a grid pattern disposed on the surface insulating layer, wherein the pixel separation pattern includes a first portion and a second portion arranged in a direction parallel to the first surface of the substrate, and the conductor contacts are interposed between the first portion of the pixel separation pattern and the grid pattern and are not interposed between the second portion of the pixel separation pattern and the grid pattern.