Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nucleic acid molecule including plural translation control elements downstream inserted downstream of a coding region, and a nucleic acid expression platform or a nucleic acid expression system such as a recombinant expression vector including the nucleic acid molecule inserted therein. A target gene inserted into the coding region can be expressed efficiently using the nucleic acid molecule. It is possible to improve expression efficiency of a report gene and, an antigen and/or therapeutic protein or peptide utilizing the expression platform.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the substrate and that includes a pixel opening; an emission layer that overlaps the pixel opening of the pixel defining layer; and an anti-reflection layer that overlaps the pixel defining layer along a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate and is disposed along a portion of an edge of the pixel opening.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blood-compatible polymer represented by Formula 1. A polymer obtained by grafting a fluorinated methacrylate onto a polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer and provided in one aspect of the present invention is a polymer with blood compatibility, and may provide a blood-compatible material with hydrophobicity. In addition, it is possible to provide a material with controlled contact angle and surface energy properties by controlling the hydrogen fluoride length of the fluorinated methacrylate monomer for modification. Furthermore, it is possible to provide coating with controlled surface properties and blood compatibility through a simple process. Furthermore, it is possible to provide a freestanding polymer film with blood compatibility.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a display engine. In some examples, at least one processor is to generate one or more planes of a frame and store the generated one or more planes of a frame into the at least one memory. In some examples, the at least one processor is to determine whether a plane in the frame is a candidate plane for compression. In some examples, for the candidate plane for compression, based on the candidate plane not being subject to compression, the at least one processor is to adjust a plane level of the candidate plane to subject the candidate plane to compression. In some examples, the plane level of the candidate plane to subject the candidate plane to compression is a bottom most level. In some examples, for the candidate plane for compression, based on the candidate plane not being subject to compression and the candidate plane including content that would be occluded by an upper level plane, the at least one processor is to retain a plane level of the candidate plane.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a power module including a plurality of cooling modules provided to be in contact with each of both surfaces of the power module, in which the cooling module includes a manifold cover provided with a plurality of guide walls extending in a first direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other and a pin plate having one surface being in contact with the power module and having a plurality of pins extending in a second direction crossing the first direction formed on the other surface thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a lung region segmentation method and apparatus. The lung region segmentation apparatus extracts a lung region from a two-dimensional (2D) medical image upon input of the 2D medical image, adjusts a size of a mask resembling the lung region, and extracts a peripheral region by removing a region corresponding to the mask from the lung region. The lung region segmentation apparatus further performs a process of extracting a vascular region from the peripheral region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium secondary battery includes (1) mixing a transition metal precursor and a lithium source material and then sintering the mixture to prepare a lithium composite transition metal oxide, (2) mixing the lithium composite transition metal oxide with a cobalt-containing raw material and heat-treating the mixture at 550° C. to 700° C. to form a cobalt coating layer on the oxide, (3) mixing the lithium composite transition metal oxide on which the cobalt coating layer is formed with a boron-containing raw material and heat-treating the mixture at 400° C. to 500° C. to prepare a positive electrode active material including a boron coating layer, (4) applying the positive electrode active material onto a positive electrode current collector to prepare a positive electrode, and (5) assembling the positive electrode, the negative electrode including a silicon-based negative electrode active material, and a separator, and injecting an electrolyte.

Abstract: Disclosed are a BIPV-applicable high-power shingled photovoltaic module and a manufacturing method therefor, the module comprising: a solar panel having a shingled array structure; a first sealant stacked on the solar panel so as to protect the solar panel; a second sealant stacked under the solar panel in order to protect the solar panel; a front cover through which the sunlight passes, and which is stacked on the first sealant so as to protect the first sealant; and a first back sheet stacked under the second sealant in order to protect the solar panel from the outside environment, and thus aesthetic impression and reflectance reduction of a high-power shingled photovoltaic module are increased so that use as an external design element of a building is possible.

Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment is a catheter, comprising: a first tube; and an electrode support portion disposed inside the first tube, wherein an opening area of the electrode support portion changes according to the extent to which a predetermined area of the electrode support portion is exposed by pulling the first tube proximally.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a driver monitoring apparatus includes: a camera having a field of view facing a driver's seat of a vehicle and configured to provide image data; and a controller configured to process the image data, and the controller is configured to identify at least one of a respiratory rate per minute or a respiratory volume of a driver based on the image data, identify whether the driver is in a state of a drowsy driving based on at least one of the respiratory rate per minute or the respiratory volume of the driver, and provide a control request to output a warning message through a display and speaker of the vehicle based on the drowsy driving of the driver.

Abstract: Provided is a clothes care apparatus with a plate improved to prevent water leakage. The clothes care apparatus includes: a main body including a care room accommodating clothes; a base module provided inside the main body, and positioned below the care room; a base plate on which the base module mounted, the base plate including a guide portion guiding moisture inside the main body to prevent the moisture inside the main body from leaking out of the main body; and a bottom plate positioned below the base plate, and including a receiving portion collecting the moisture guided by the guide portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carboxylic acid-functionalized 3-dimensional SERS substrate. A carboxylic acid-functionalized 3-dimensional SERS substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate; a 3-dimensional nanostructure including a multistacked metal nanowire array formed by alternately and repeatedly transfer printing a single-layer metal nanowire array, laminated on a polymer mold on which a pattern of a master mold is duplicated, onto the substrate 110 to be perpendicular to each other; and a functionalized carboxylic acid into which a residue of the polymer mold present on the 3-dimensional nanostructure is functionalized and which enables a target analyte to immobilize.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a discharge method of a battery, comprising: a first discharging step of discharging a battery by connecting the battery and a power converter and applying voltage thereto; and a second discharging step of discharging the battery by applying a reverse voltage of the voltage of the first discharging step, after the first discharging step. According to the present invention, electrical energy of a battery can be recovered and recycled, and an electrically safe state can be secured in a subsequent disassembly process by putting the battery in a completely discharged state in which normal operation is impossible.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for power modules includes a manifold cover and a pin plate, and generates vertical turbulent flow of the cooling fluid in such a way as to spray the cooling fluid vertically onto the heat-generating surface using cooling fins of a pin plate configured in the lengthwise and vertical directions of a manifold cover, which ensures cooling efficiency while minimizing flow rate losses caused by the vertical turbulent flow by improving the flow efficiency of the cooling fluid. The manifold cover is provided with a plurality of flow paths for the circulation of the cooling fluid that have different directions respectively for the inflow and the circulation of the cooling fluid and are different in volume or width, minimizing pressure losses during fluid circulation and resolving cooling imbalances through the cooling fins.

Abstract: Disclosed is a smart electric roaster, and more particularly, to a smart electric roaster, in which one of blowers provided on one or both sides of a roaster body is detachable to allow for easy installation on a table. According to the present invention as described above, the gently stepped portion that gently protrudes outward from the upper part of the outer circumference of the roaster body can reinforce the strength of the roaster body, and especially in the case where the blowers are provided on both sides of the outer circumference of the roaster body as in the present invention, can achieve the effect of minimizing the diameter size of the roaster body.

Abstract: A power module cooling device includes a manifold cover and a fin plate contained in the manifold cover, wherein a cooling fluid is ejected perpendicularly to heating surfaces through cooling fins of the fin plate configured perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the manifold cover so that a vertical turbulent flow of the cooling fluid is generated, thereby securing cooling efficiency, and flow characteristics of the cooling fluid are improved, minimizing flow rate loss due to the vertical turbulent flow. respective cooling channel portions of the manifold cover corresponding to respective power modules have different cooling performances so that respective power modules are cooled in a balanced manner. Accordingly, cooling imbalance is removed, and the power modules are thus stabilized and maintain performance.

Abstract: In an aspect of the present invention, a fluoropolymer represented by formula 1 is provided. The fluoropolymer provided in one aspect of the present invention can obtain low surface energy and high light transmittance, and thus can be applied to various applications requiring such properties. In particular, when the fluoropolymer is coated on glass, the surface energy can be lowered to 19 mN/m or less and the light transmittance can be increased by 2% or more. At the same time, it has the effect of exhibiting excellent pencil hardness. In addition, the fluoropolymer provided in one aspect of the present invention can be applied as a surface coating and membrane material of various products due to its high solubility in general organic solvents, despite having very low surface energy during coating.

Abstract: Disclosed are an automatic leveling system and a method for a headlamp, which accurately detects whether a road is uphill or downhill, and a lateral gradient condition of the road. The system and method also automatically adjust a light radiating direction through the headlamp according to the road. Further, a sensor capable of scanning a road surface and a lamp module radiating light are integrated with each other, so a light irradiation position is accurately and rapidly adjusted according to a road condition, thus improving the accuracy and the reliability of the light irradiation position. Further, as the light irradiation position of a headlamp is adjusted by comparing image capturing information obtained through an image capturing device with sensing information obtained through a laser sensor, the deterioration of the aiming accuracy due to the mounting state of a camera is prevented.

Abstract: In one general aspect, a method for filling multiple containers with a pharmaceutical product is disclosed, which comprises decontaminating sealed nested materials in a transfer chamber, removing from the sealed nested materials one or both of a container nest holding the multiple containers and a closure nest holding multiple closures, transferring from the transfer chamber to a controlled environment enclosure the removed nest, aseptically filling the containers with the pharmaceutical product, and closing the containers with the multiple closures. The nests are configured to allow multiple closures and containers to be simultaneously aligned concentrically, and closed simultaneously. Spring-loaded retaining structures on the closure nest allow it to releasably retain multiple closures above the corresponding multiple containers. In some embodiments the spring-loaded features are monolithically integrated with the closure nest.