Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for improving muscle strength, containing, as an active ingredient, an Aureobasidium pullulans fermentation product produced by culturing Aureobasidium pullulans SM2001 (accession number KCCM 10307) in a medium containing rice bran enzyme lysate fermented using an amylase. According to the present disclosure, the amount of beta-glucan can be increased significantly as compared to a conventional Aureobasidium pullulans fermentation product and, thus, the effects on improvement of muscle strength and prevention or treatment of muscle diseases can be increased.

Abstract: A photorefraction vision screening device for examining visual diseases by performing pupil detection and refraction test of the eye includes a measurement light irradiator configured to irradiate measurement light to an eye to be examined; a measurement light controller configured to control light-emitting elements of the measurement light irradiator; an image detector configured to detect an image formed on the retina of the eye to be examined by the measurement light having been irradiated from the light-emitting elements of the measurement light irradiator and having passed through the pupil of the eye to be examined; and a calculation part configured to calculate refractive power of the eye to be examined based on the image of the measurement light detected by the image detector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carbon dioxide reduction system providing the advantage of efficiently capturing and removing the carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas, thereby significantly reducing the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. Also disclosed is a carbon dioxide reduction system providing the advantage of not requiring a separate sealed container storing the captured carbon dioxide, resulting in improved space utilization for space-limited environment and improved energy efficiency.

Abstract: An attachable/detachable toecap coupled to the front of the work shoes is disclosed. The attachable/detachable toecap coupled to the front of the work shoe comprises a top plate formed to cover toes and a portion of top of a foot; a side plate formed to extend downwards from the side of the top plate and to surround the top plate; a bottom plate formed to be under the side plate and to cover the bottom of the front of the work shoe; and an anti-separation means for preventing separation of the toecap from the work shoes, wherein the anti-separation means further comprises coupling blocks protruding from the bottom of the work shoe and coupling grooves formed to have vertical perforations at the position corresponding to the coupling blocks, so that the coupling blocks are snap-fitted to prevent the separation of the toecap from the work shoe.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for unsupervised power-line event location within a power-line network. In one embodiment, e-field measurements are received from a plurality of line-mounted sensors located on one or more power lines in the power-line network. The e-field measurements to voltage approximations. A feeder model of the power line network is constructed based at least in part on the voltage approximations. An event within the power-line network is identified. A location of the event is identified based at least in part on the feeder model.

Abstract: A chart projector for testing visual acuity capable of detecting a brightness of a visual acuity chart which is projected to an examined eye includes at least one image display device which produces visual acuity chart image; a beam splitter; and a photo sensor which detects a brightness of the chart image reflected from the beam splitter to determine a brightness of visual acuity chart image which passes the beam splitter and projected to the examined eye or which detects a brightness of the chart image which passes the beam splitter to determine a brightness of visual acuity chart image reflected from the beam splitter and projected to the examined eye.

Abstract: Disclosed are shoes including a body having a foot insertion space into which user's foot is inserted, an air passage portion protruding from a front of the body to the outside and extending in a direction in which the body extends, and a foot support portion located in a width direction of the air passage portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a field emission-type tomosynthesis system including a vacuum body having a space therein; a plurality of sources provided inside the body, wherein each of the sources emits a plurality of electrons; and a plurality of anodes disposed inside the body to face the sources and responsible for emitting a plurality of X-rays, wherein each of the anodes faces a corresponding source among the sources, and the electrons collide with each of the anodes to generate X-rays, wherein the X-ray emission angle of each of the anodes is capable of being independently adjusted so as to focus the X-rays emitted toward an object located outside the body. With this configuration, a plurality of X-rays is focused on an object and is emitted to the object to obtain information, and the information is synthesized, thereby improving the reliability of information about the object.

Abstract: Provided is a block type outsole and a shoe manufacturing method including same that can firmly fix the block type outsole to the base portion without an adhesive, thereby providing the shoe with excellent durability, and undergo no hydrolyzation of an adhesive even in wet places and cause no concern of being detached from the shoe due to reduced adhesion, thereby providing the shoe with excellent waterproofness. In addition, the block type outsole and shoe manufacturing method including same can manufacture a shoe including a block type outsole having abrasion resistance and anti-slip function only by using a simple process, thereby showing excellent process efficiency.

Abstract: A device for producing nanoparticles includes: a first connector comprising a first supply tube fitting member, a second supply tube fitting member, and a first discharge tube fitting member; a first tube having one side connected to the first supply tube fitting member; a second tube having one side connected to the second supply tube fitting member; a first conduit having one side connected to the first discharge tube fitting member; a first supply connected to another side of the first tube to supply a first material to the first conduit; and a second supply connected to another side of the second tube to supply a second material to the first conduit.

Abstract: A cooling device is provided to reduce the spread of gas and flame vented from at least one of battery cells to adjacent other battery cells. The cooling device is configured to cool a plurality of battery cells. The cooling device includes a battery cell mount portion including at least one surface on which the plurality of battery cells is configured to be mounted, wherein a part of the battery cell mount portion configured to contact the battery cell is configured to rupture when at least one of gas or flame is vented from the battery cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber for manufacturing a stretchable hydrophobic fiber article, the fiber including silica nanoparticles which are surface-modified such that the silica nanoparticles include a hydrocarbon chain, and a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a stretchable hydrophobic fiber article manufactured therefrom, and a manufacturing method thereof. A fiber and a fiber article according to the present disclosure may have high hydrophobicity, preferably both superhydrophobicity and elasticity. Further, as the fiber and fiber article have excellent mechanical stability and chemical durability, the fiber and fiber article may stably exhibit the aforementioned high hydrophobicity and elasticity even under the harsh conditions.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells; an accommodation part to surround circumferences of the battery cells and having an accommodation space therein in which the battery cells are accommodated, the accommodation part having opened upper and lower portions; a cooling fluid supply part connected to one side of the accommodation part to supply a cooling fluid into the accommodation part; a cooling fluid discharge part connected to the other side of the accommodation part to discharge the cooling fluid within the accommodation part; a first blocking part above the accommodation part to block the opened upper portion of the accommodation part; and a second blocking part below the accommodation part to block the opened lower portion of the accommodation part and support the battery cells. A path through which the cooling fluid supplied into the accommodation space flows is defined between the battery cells.

Abstract: An attachable/detachable toecap coupled to the front of the work shoes is disclosed. The attachable/detachable toecap coupled to the front of the work shoe comprises a top plate formed to cover toes and a portion of top of a foot; a side plate formed to extend downwards from the side of the top plate and to surround the top plate; a bottom plate formed to be under the side plate and to cover the bottom of the front of the work shoe; and an anti-separation means for preventing separation of the toecap from the work shoes, wherein the anti-separation means further comprises coupling blocks protruding from the bottom of the work shoe and coupling grooves formed to have vertical perforations at the position corresponding to the coupling blocks, so that the coupling blocks are snap-fitted to prevent the separation of the toecap from the work shoe.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for unsupervised power-line event location within a power-line network. In one embodiment, e-field measurements are received from a plurality of line-mounted sensors located on one or more power lines in the power-line network. The e-field measurements to voltage approximations. A feeder model of the power line network is constructed based at least in part on the voltage approximations. An event within the power-line network is identified. A location of the event is identified based at least in part on the feeder model.

Abstract: A power distribution monitoring system (100) is provided that can include a number of features. The system can include a plurality of monitoring devices configured to attach to conductor(s) on a power grid distribution network. In some embodiments, a monitoring device is disposed on each conductor of a three-phase network and utilizes a complex platform of software and hardware to detect faults and disturbances that can be analyzed to determine or predict the risk of wildfires.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery module which includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a lower frame that covers a lower surface and both side surfaces of the battery cell stack; an upper frame that covers an upper surface of the battery cell stack; busbar frames that respectively cover front front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack; and a. connector that connects the busbar frame at the front surface with the busbar frame at the rear surface, wherein the connector is formed of a flexible flat cable (FFC) and attached to the upper frame.

Abstract: A device for producing nanoparticles includes: a first connector comprising a first supply tube fitting member, a second supply tube fitting member, and a first discharge tube fitting member; a first tube having one side connected to the first supply tube fitting member; a second tube having one side connected to the second supply tube fitting member; a first conduit having one side connected to the first discharge tube fitting member; a first supply connected to another side of the first tube to supply a first material to the first conduit; and a second supply connected to another side of the second tube to supply a second material to the first conduit.

Abstract: A chart projector for testing visual acuity capable of detecting a brightness of a visual acuity chart which is projected to an examined eye includes at least one image display device which produces visual acuity chart image; a beam splitter; and a photo sensor which detects a brightness of the chart image reflected from the beam splitter to determine a brightness of visual acuity chart image which passes the beam splitter and projected to the examined eye or which detects a brightness of the chart image which passes the beam splitter to determine a brightness of visual acuity chart image reflected from the beam splitter and projected to the examined eye.

Abstract: Disclosed is a field emission-type tomosynthesis system including a vacuum body having a space therein; a plurality of sources provided inside the body, wherein each of the sources emits a plurality of electrons; and a plurality of anodes disposed inside the body to face the sources and responsible for emitting a plurality of X-rays, wherein each of the anodes faces a corresponding source among the sources, and the electrons collide with each of the anodes to generate X-rays, wherein the X-ray emission angle of each of the anodes is capable of being independently adjusted so as to focus the X-rays emitted toward an object located outside the body. With this configuration, a plurality of X-rays is focused on an object and is emitted to the object to obtain information, and the information is synthesized, thereby improving the reliability of information about the object.