Abstract: Disclosed is a stretchable and flexible thermoelectric module including: a thermoelectric material; a pair of elastic composites having stretchability and flexibility; and a first electrode and a second electrode, which are deformable and electrically connected to both sides of the thermoelectric material, respectively, and whose one surfaces face each other. Thus, since the thermoelectric module has excellent stretchability, flexibility and thermal conductivity, the thermoelectric module is suitably applied to a wearable device that exhibits excellent efficiency during cooling or heating and is in contact with a human body.

Abstract: Provided are an optical sensor device using surface acoustic waves and an optical sensor device package. The optical sensor device includes: a substrate including a first light sensing area and a temperature sensing area and including a piezo electric material; a first input electrode and a first output electrode which are disposed in the first light sensing area and are apart from each other with a first delay gap therebetween; a first sensing film overlapping the first delay gap and configured to cover at least some portions of the first input electrode and the first output electrode; and a second input electrode and a second output electrode which are disposed in the temperature sensing area and are apart from each other with a second delay gap therebetween. The second delay gap is exposed to air.

Abstract: A mobile X-ray imaging apparatus includes a first column rotatably coupled to a main body and extending in one direction; a second column extending in the one direction and slidably coupled to the first column in an extension direction of the first column; a display provided in the main body; and a indicator arranged in one end of the second column.

Abstract: Disclosed is an oxygen generator with improved noise and vibration reduction, compactness, and user convenience. The oxygen generator includes a gas separation membrane module including: gas separation membranes formed of a bundle of hollow fiber membranes; an atmospheric air inlet, to one end of which one end of the gas separation membranes is bonded, sealed, and attached, and the other end of which air in the atmosphere enters; a nitrogen outlet, to one end of which the other end of the gas separation membranes is bonded, sealed, and attached, and the other end of which nitrogen exits; a guide rail where the gas separation membranes are wound in a coil and stored on an inner surface thereof; a gas separation membrane module casing containing the guide rail where the gas separation membranes are stored.

Abstract: A dry cleaning apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support supporting a substrate within the chamber, a shower head arranged in an upper portion of the chamber to supply a dry cleaning gas toward the substrate, the shower head including an optical window transmitting a laser light therethrough toward the substrate support, a plasma generator generating plasma from the dry cleaning gas, and a laser irradiator irradiating the laser light on the substrate through the optical window and the plasma to heat the substrate.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device comprise a housing including a mounting hole in which a battery module is mounted and a printed circuit board disposed adjacent to the mounting hole and electrically connected with the battery module, wherein the battery module include a battery cell having a connector projecting in a first direction, a terminal circuit including at least one connecting terminal electrically connected with the connector, a supporting case disposed at a side of the battery cell, seating the terminal circuit therein, and having an opening to expose at least part of the connecting terminal of the terminal circuit, and at least one upper film unit disposed facing a surface of the supporting case to protect the battery cell or the terminal circuit. According to the present disclosure, an electronic device including a battery module eliminates the need for an FPCB, leading to cost savings and simplified assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a reagent composition for measuring glycated albumin to diagnose the presence or absence of diabetes and a method of measuring glycated albumin using the same, and more particularly is a reagent composition for measuring glycated albumin, the composition including a dye-encapsulated silica nanoparticle-boronic acid, and to a method of measuring glycated albumin using the same. In the reagent composition for measuring glycated albumin, since a dye is encapsulated in silica nanoparticles, the inherent absorption wavelength of the dye is not affected by pH and the composition has excellent stability even when stored for one month or more.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a solid catalyst capable of controlling a molecular weight distribution and polydispersity according to an organic compound as used in a polymerization reaction, in which the solid catalyst contains titanium tetrachloride and a diester or diether organic compound. The catalyst having excellent polymerization activity, and allowing uniform particle size and high apparent density of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, and easily controlling the molecular weight distribution and polydispersity of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene may be prepared simply and efficiently.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a titanium solid catalyst supported on magnesium dichloride that may be used to prepare ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene having a high apparent density. Performing a polymerization reaction using a solid catalyst containing titanium tetrachloride and a phthalate compound may allow ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene having uniform particle size and high apparent density to be prepared.

Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting display device and a driving method thereof, wherein a sensing mode of the display device includes a first sensing step in which an electrical characteristic of a first sub-pixel is sensed, a first initialization step set in advance of the first sensing step, a second sensing step in which an electrical characteristic of the second sub-pixel is sensed, and a second initialization step set in advance of the second sensing step.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a seat operation range setting system. The seat operation range setting system includes a lower rail disposed on a frame mounted to a floor panel of a chassis, an upper rail installed so as to be slidable along the lower rail, a contactless sensor connected to the upper rail, the contactless sensor being configured to sense a bracket disposed at one side of the lower rail, and a controller configured to receive an ON/OFF signal of the contactless sensor and to set a virtual limit of a seat.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a folding control apparatus and method for vehicle seats capable of controlling folding or unfolding of a first vehicle seat and a second vehicle seat.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a display element layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate and including a light emitting element that emits light, and a pixel circuit layer disposed on the display element layer and including a transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element. The display element layer includes a first contact electrode electrically connected to a first end of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode electrically connected to a second end of the light emitting element. The pixel circuit layer includes a reflective layer disposed on the display element layer and overlapping the light emitting element. One of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode is electrically connected to the transistor. The reflective layer reflects the light emitted from the light emitting element toward a second surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A display panel includes a base layer having a display area and a non-display area including a pad area; a plurality of transistors on the base layer; a first protective layer covering the plurality of transistors; a conductive layer on the first protective layer; a second protective layer over the conductive layer; a first electrode and a second electrode on the second protective layer, the first and second electrodes being spaced from each other; a plurality of light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first contact electrode on the first electrode, the first contact electrode being in contact with one end portion of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode on the second electrode, the second contact electrode being in contact with the other end portion of the at least one light emitting element; and a first pad in the pad area.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, and pixels disposed in the display area. The pixels each include first electrodes, second electrodes spaced apart from the first electrodes, and light emitting elements disposed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes each include a closed loop of a polygonal shape in some sections.

Abstract: A flexible display module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel, a touch sensor layer disposed on the display panel, the touch sensor layer including sensing electrodes and traces that extend from the sensing electrodes, a combining layer by which the display panel and the touch sensor layer are combined with each other, the combining layer having an elastic modulus in a range from 0.1 to 5 MPa and a moisture permeability in a range from 500 g/m2·24 hr or less, a flexible circuit board electrically connected to the traces at an end portion of the touch sensor layer, and an upper supporting structure that commonly and partially covers the flexible circuit board and the touch sensor layer. End portions of the display panel and the touch sensor layer are bent together with the upper supporting structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an object may include a communicator configured to communicate with a first user terminal and a second user terminal, and a processor configured to control a first object corresponding to a first user in a virtual world to be displayed, configured to control the first object to move in the virtual world in response to a movement control of the first user, configured to randomly select at least one candidate object in response to a morphing control of the first user, and configured to change the first object to a second object when the first user selects the second object from the at least one candidate object. Methods for controlling an object are also provided.

Abstract: An etchant composition includes an inorganic acid, a siloxane compound, an ammonium compound, and a solvent, wherein the siloxane compound is represented by General Formula (I): A method of fabricating an integrated circuit device includes forming a structure on a substrate, the structure having a surface on which an oxide film and a nitride film are exposed; and selectively removing the nitride film from the oxide film and the nitride film by bringing the etchant composition into contact with the structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a solid catalyst for propylene polymerization, and more specifically, a method for preparing a solid catalyst for propylene polymerization including (1) first reacting dialkoxy magnesium and titanium halide compound under the presence of an organic solvent; (2) adding two kinds of non-aromatic internal electron donors to a product of the step (1) and reacting the mixture; and (3) second reacting the product of the step (2) with a titanium halide compound and washing a reaction product. The catalyst prepared according to the method as described in the present disclosure not only may provide high catalytic activity, but also may provide a propylene polymer having excellent stereoregularity.

Abstract: A strain of Lactobacillus gasseri KBL697 and the use thereof are described. The strain of Lactobacillus gasseri KBL697 (Accession No. KCTC 13520BP) attenuates allergic reactions of cells, significantly improves symptoms of atopic dermatitis, and exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal effects and a therapeutic effect for intestinal diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and colitis. Thus, the single strain alone can achieve all the purposes of alleviating allergic diseases and inflammatory diseases and improving intestinal health, thereby finding advantageous applications as a probiotic substance. In addition, the strain, based on the anti-fungal activity thereof, can be advantageously utilized in a skin external preparation against various skin diseases caused by fungi, and in a cosmetic composition and a functional patch for alleviating sensitive skin.