Abstract: A protein transduction domain and a fusion compound, which are more efficient, are proposed. As a result of selecting and testing a number of candidate peptides, the present inventors found that a GK1 peptide comprising 18 amino acids and a modified sequence obtained by replacing, adding, or deleting some sequences are bonded to high-molecular-weight materials such as proteins based on the basic sequence of the peptide, thus enabling the high-molecular-weight materials to smoothly penetrate into living bodies, for example, cells, tissues, or blood. A fusion compound, oligonucleotide, or vector using the same may be applied as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a smoking article including a smoking material portion which is wrapped with a smoking material wrapper, a filter portion which has an upstream end combined with the smoking material portion and is wrapped with a filter wrapper, and a tipping paper which wraps around the filter portion and at least a portion of the smoking material portion so that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined, wherein a design printing layer, an overprint (OP) coating layer, and a sweetener coating layer are disposed on a surface of the tipping paper.

Abstract: An adhesive film for polarizing plates, a polarizing plate including the same, and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. An adhesive film for polarizing plates includes: a (meth)acrylic copolymer, a curing agent, a (meth)acrylic oligomer, and an antistatic agent, and has a modulus of about 0.5 MPa or more at about 25° C. and a surface resistance difference ?SR of about 1.0 log (?/?) or less, as calculated by Equation 1 herein.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a multilayer structure in which a plurality of dielectric layers are provided and a plurality of internal electrodes are stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes disposed outside the body and connected to the plurality of internal electrodes. The body includes a high resistance portion disposed in at least one region between the dielectric layer and the internal electrode and inside the dielectric layer and having electric resistance higher than electric resistance of the internal electrode, and the high resistance portion and the plurality of internal electrodes include the same metal component and the same metal oxide component.

Abstract: A side step system and a vehicle including a side step have a side step including an inner space that is open in an opening direction and a means of transportation that is mounted in the inner space and that is operable when separated from the inner space.

Abstract: An apparatus for optimizing a binaural beat according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a binaural beat generator that generates a binaural beat; and a binaural beat controller that optimizes the binaural beat in consideration of a hearing state of left and right ears of a listener. A method for optimizing a binaural beat according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: generating a binaural beat; and optimizing the binaural beat in consideration of a hearing state of left and right ears of a listener.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a pair of battery modules having a plurality of first partition walls formed to extend downward from a lower surface thereof, a supporting plate having a plurality of second partition walls formed to extend upward from an upper surface thereof and a gas discharge hole formed at a longitudinal center thereof, the supporting plate being coupled to a bottom of the pair of battery modules such that plurality of first partition walls and the plurality of second partition walls are adjacent and overlap each other in one-to-one pairs and a BMS assembly coupled to an upper portion of the pair of battery modules in a plug-in type.

Abstract: A sequential image photographing device for photographing sequential images of an object to be observed includes: an illuminating unit configured to sequentially irradiate a plurality of light having different wavelength bands to the object; a digital camera configured to photograph the object illuminated by the plurality of the light emitted from the illuminating unit; a controller controlling the illuminating unit and the digital camera; and an image processing unit configured to extract a plurality of channel images corresponding to the respective wavelength band from the image photographed by the digital camera and to obtain the sequential images of the object.

Abstract: A method for forming photoresist patterns and a semiconductor device on which a photoresist pattern manufactured according to the method is formed are disclosed. The method includes forming a preliminary photoresist pattern on a substrate; coating an organic topcoat composition including an acrylic polymer, the acrylic polymer including a structural unit containing a hydroxy group and a fluorine, and an acid compound on the preliminary photoresist pattern; drying and heating the substrate on which the organic topcoat composition is coated to coat it with a topcoat; and spraying a rinse solution including an acetate-based compound on the substrate coated with the topcoat to remove the topcoat.

Abstract: A resist topcoat composition and a method of forming patterns using the resist topcoat composition are provided. The resist topcoat resist topcoat composition includes an acrylic polymer including a structural unit containing a hydroxy group and a fluorine; at least one acid compound selected from a sulfonic acid compound containing at least one fluorine, a sulfonimide compound containing at least one fluorine, and a carboxylic acid compound containing at least one fluorine; and a solvent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor package capable of improving performance and reliability. The semiconductor package of the present disclosure includes a first device and a second device that are electrically connected to each other, the first device includes a substrate, a first pad formed on an upper side of the substrate, and a passivation film formed on the upper side of the substrate and formed to surround the first pad, the second device includes a second pad placed to face the first pad, and the first pad has a center pad having a first elastic modulus and an edge pad having a second elastic modulus smaller than the first elastic modulus, the edge pad formed to surround the center pad and to contact the passivation film.

Abstract: A resist topcoat composition includes an acrylic polymer including a structural unit containing a hydroxy group and a fluorine; a mixture including a sulfonic acid compound containing at least one fluorine and a carboxylic acid compound containing at least one fluorine in a weight ratio of about 1:0.1 to about 1:50; and a solvent. A method of forming patterns uses the resist topcoat composition to form a topcoat over a patterned substrate.

Abstract: A method of forming a photoresist pattern and a semiconductor device on which a photoresist pattern manufactured according to the same is formed. The method includes forming a photoresist pattern on a substrate; coating an organic topcoat composition including an acrylic polymer including a structural unit containing a hydroxy group and a fluorine and an acidic compound on the photoresist pattern; drying and heating the substrate on which the organic topcoat composition is coated to coat it with a topcoat; and spraying a rinse solution including an ether-based compound on the substrate coated with the topcoat to remove the topcoat.

Abstract: A resist topcoat composition and a method of forming patterns utilizing the resist topcoat composition are disclosed. The resist topcoat composition includes an acrylic polymer comprising a structural unit comprising a hydroxy group and a fluorine; a mixture comprising a first acid compound comprising at least one fluorine; and a second acid compound different from the first acid compound and comprising at least one fluorine, the first acid compound and the second acid compound are each independently selected from a sulfonic acid compound and a sulfonimide compound, the first acid compound and the second acid compound being in a weight ratio of about 1:0.1 to about 1:50; and a solvent.

Abstract: A resist topcoat composition and a method of forming patterns using the resist topcoat composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for proliferating a T cells, containing a fusion protein dimer comprising IL-2 protein or a variant thereof and CD80 protein or a fragment thereof, and to a method for culturing T cells using same. The T cells cultured according to the present invention increase the proliferation and activity of T cells even without using CD3/CD28 antibody-bound magnetic beads and proliferate T cells by culturing a patient's own peripheral blood mononuclear cells and are not likely to cause side effects in the human body, and thus will be widely used as a novel T cell therapeutic agent. Furthermore, in the case of CD8+ T cells cultured as described above, the activity thereof increases, and thus, the CD8+ T cells can be used as a more effective therapeutic agent.

Abstract: Provided is an anticancer agent, comprising, as active ingredients, NK cells and a fusion protein which comprises an IL-2 protein and CD80 protein. In one specific embodiment, a fusion protein comprising a CD80 fragment, an immunoglobulin Fc and an IL-2 variant can activate immunocytes such as natural killer cells. In addition, since cancer can be effectively inhibited when co-administering with natural killer cells, the pharmaceutical composition increases the immune activity in the body so as to be effectively usable for cancer, there by having high industrial applicability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The image processing apparatus includes communication circuitry, a storage, and a controller configured to control the image processing apparatus to: perform object recognition for recognizing a plurality of objects in first image data stored in the storage, obtain a score inferred through operation processing through a neural network for the recognized plurality of objects, generate second image data based on the obtained score and proximity of the plurality of objects, and perform image processing based on the second image data.