Abstract: A positive electrode active material, an all-solid-state battery comprising same, and a method for manufacturing same are proposed. The positive electrode active material may include a lithium metal oxide in the form of single particles having a particle strength of 300 MPa to 1500 MPa and an average particle diameter of at most 10 ?m. Since the positive electrode active material is in the form of single particles having a high particle strength of at least 300 MPa and a small average particle diameter of at most 10 ?m as indicated above, cracks may not form or may be delayed even when pressure is applied during the manufacture of the positive electrode or structural stress is applied over the lifespan of the battery.

Abstract: An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and a first anode active material layer and a second anode active material layer sequentially stacked on a surface of the anode current collector. Each of the first anode active material layer and the second anode active material layer includes an anode active material and a binder. A content of a free binder unbonded with the anode active material in the first anode active material layer based on a weight of the binder included in the first anode active material layer is greater than a content of a free binder unbonded with the anode active material in the second anode active material layer based on a weight of the binder included in the second anode active material layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate, the apparatus comprising: a treating container having an inner space; a support unit supporting and rotating the substrate in the inner space; and an exhaust unit exhausting an air flow in the inner space, wherein the treating container includes an outer cup providing the inner space; and an inner cup disposed at the inner space and spaced apart from the outer cup, and wherein the outer cup has a protrusion at a side wall thereof.

Abstract: In some implementations, the anode includes a current collector, a first anode mixture layer formed on at least one surface of the current collector, and a second anode mixture layer formed on the first anode mixture layer. The first anode mixture layer and the second anode mixture layer include a carbon-based active material, respectively. The first anode mixture layer includes a first binder, a first silicon-based active material, and a first conductive material. The second anode mixture layer includes a second binder, a second silicon-based active material, and a second conductive material. Contents of the first conductive material and the second conductive material are different from each other with respect to the total combined weight of the first anode mixture layer and the second anode mixture layer. Types of the first silicon-based active material and the second silicon-based active material are different from each other.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus, according to one embodiment, comprises: a bobbin having a first coil installed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; a location detection sensor equipped to the bobbin; a housing in which the bobbin is provided; an upper elastic member disposed on the upper side of the housing; and a support member that supports the housing such that the housing can move in a second or third direction that is perpendicular to a first direction, wherein the upper elastic member is divided into a plurality of parts, at least two of which are disposed parallel to each other on the x-y plane in the second or third direction and are disposed such that end portions thereof face each other.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide represented by Formula 1 described in the present specification and satisfies Equation (1) described in the present specification, wherein an average particle diameter D50 of a secondary particle is in a range of 1 µm to 8 µm. A method of preparing the same, and a positive electrode material including the same are also provided.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes an electrolyte solution including a lithium salt, an organic solvent and a CO2 supply source, a cathode including a cathode active material layer that includes a lithium metal oxide particle containing nickel, and an anode including an anode active material layer and a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer formed on the anode active material layer. The anode active material layer includes a silicon-based active material. A ratio of a C—O peak intensity to a Li—F peak intensity is 0.38 or more in an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectrum of the SEI layer.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for electronic devices associated with monitoring a patient's use of an intraoral dental appliance. The monitoring electronics may communicate with near-field communication (NFC) signals. An NFC booster is disclosed to improve NFC data transfer between the electronic devices that monitor patient usage and communication devices. NFC boosters may be included within dental appliance cases and/or mobile phone cases. Also described are method and apparatuses for mounting the monitoring electronics onto the dental appliance. Also described are compact sensors, e.g., capacitive sensors, that may be included as part of a monitoring electronics unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high thermal resistant polyolefin-based separator including a coating layer containing polyamic acid. Specifically, the separator includes a polyolefin-based substrate film, and a coating layer containing polyamic acid formed on one or both surfaces of the polyolefin-based substrate film, wherein the polyamic acid contains one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of a sulfone group, a trifluoromethyl group, an alkyl group, and a phenyl ether group. Also, disclosed herein is an electrochemical battery having improved thermal stability by using the separator including a coating layer containing polyamic acid.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for managing a user profile. A user profile management method performed by a server according to an example embodiment includes creating a plurality of profiles corresponding to a user account, receiving a view request for a profile of the other user account in a predetermined relationship with the user account from a user terminal logged in with the user account, providing a UI of a profile of the other user account including an interfacing object regarding the profile of the user account to the user account, receiving an input for selecting a profile to be displayed on the other user terminal logged in the other user account, among a plurality of profiles corresponding to the user account through the interfacing object, and matching the other user account with the selected profile.

Abstract: A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a water tub configured to be disposed in a cabinet and to store wash water, a rotating tub configured to be rotatably installed in the water tub and to include an opening formed in an upper end portion thereof, and a driver configured to be connected to the rotating tub and to rotate the rotating tub, wherein a deviation preventer configured to prevent wash water in the rotating tub from being deviated to one side during rotation of the rotating tub is formed at an upper end portion of the rotating tub.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a harmonics learning system comprising: a communication unit for providing, to a user terminal, sheet music of at least one first voice part, and receiving, from the user terminal, sheet music of at least one second voice part that excludes the first voice part; a model generation unit for generating a scoring model by using a plurality of rules divided into vertical elements and horizontal elements; and a control unit for marking harmonic scores with the sheet music of the first voice part and the sheet music of the second voice part by using the scoring model.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same use MID and magnetic induction technologies. The LED lamp includes a LED module, a housing accommodating the LED module, and a molded interconnect device (MID) electrode formed on a surface of the housing. The LED module may be mounted on the MID electrode by soldering using magnetic induction heating, the housing may be an injection molded product, and the MID electrode may be formed on the housing using a MID process.

Abstract: A method for receiving a PDCCH by a terminal in a mobile communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving a first PDCCH including first DCI from a base station through a first PDCCH search space; and receiving a second PDCCH including second DCI from the base station through a second PDCCH search space, wherein the first DCI and second DCI are for scheduling the same PDSCH for the same TB or TBs associated with the same HARQ process, are for scheduling different PDSCHs for the same TB or TBs associated with the same HARQ process, or are for scheduling different PDSCHs for different TBs or TBs associated with different HARQ processes. In addition, the first DCI and second DCI may be received from the base station within a time window.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is the framework of causal cooperative networks that discovers the causal relationship between observational data in a dataset and a label of the observation thereof and trains each model with inference of a causal explanation, reasoning, and production. In the case of the supervised learning, neural networks are adjusted through the prediction of the label for observation inputs. On the other hand, a causal cooperative network that includes the explainer, a reasoner, and a producer neural network models, receives an observation and a label as a pair, results multiple outputs, and calculates a set of losses of inference, generation, and reconstruction from the input and the outputs. The explainer, the reasoner, and the producer are adjusted by error propagation for each model obtained from the set of losses.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, which may form a robust solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), and a lithium secondary battery in which battery performance is improved by including the same. Specifically, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a first additive, and a second additive, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery may include an oligomer including a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 1 and a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 2 as the first additive, and may include at least one selected from the group consisting of a nitrile-based compound, a lithium salt compound, and a cyclic carbonate compound as the second additive.

Abstract: Modifications to interleukin-2 alpha receptors are disclosed. Interleukin-2 analogs with increased binding affinity for interleukin-2 beta receptors are disclosed.

Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, including: a cover member; a bobbin installed with at least one lens and having a coil unit arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a magnet arranged at a positon corresponding to that of the coil unit; first and second elastic members, where one end of each of the first and second elastic members may be respectively coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bobbin and supporting movement of the bobbin in an optical axis direction; a detection unit configured to detect movement of the bobbin in a direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a damping member arranged at a connecting portion between the bobbin and the first elastic member; and a support unit provided at at least one of the bobbin and the first elastic member and maintaining an arranged position of the damping member.

Abstract: Provided is a lighting device, comprising: a light source module comprising: at least one light source disposed on a printed circuit board; and a resin layer disposed on the printed circuit board so that the light source is embedded; a light reflection member formed on at least any one of one side surface and another side surface of the resin layer; and a diffusion plate having an upper surface formed on the light source module, and a side wall which is integrally formed with the upper surface and formed to extend in a lower side direction and which is adhered onto the light reflection member, wherein a first separated space is formed between the light source module and the upper surface of the diffusion plate, whereby flexibility of the product itself can be secured, and durability and reliability of the product can be also improved.

Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for a mobility is proposed. The integrated thermal management system is configured to secure the efficiency of various thermal management modes including heating, cooling, dehumidifying, and cooling of parts, and to be reduced in manufacturing cost and package size by reducing valves and pipes provided to implement the thermal management modes.