Abstract: A lithium-sulfur battery which is capable of achieving high discharge capacity of sulfur (S) with a small amount of a positive electrode material is provided. The lithium-sulfur battery reduces cost for manufacturing a positive electrode due to the use of a dry manufacturing method including compressing a positive electrode active material powder into a predetermined shape without preparing a slurry for an electrode active material layer in the manufacture of the positive electrode. Using a multi-layered separator, the lithium-sulfur battery is capable of solving the nonuniform reactivity problem of the positive electrode manufactured by the dry manufacturing method.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a core having a silicon-carbon composite and an amorphous carbon, the silicon-carbon composite being an agglomerated product of a crystalline carbon and silicon particles, and a coating layer on a surface of the core, the coating layer including catecholamine.

Abstract: A nerve stimulator according to one embodiment comprises: a pad member including a first pad portion arranged so as to come into contact with the auricle, and a second pad portion arranged so as to come in contact with the external auditory meatus; and a plurality of electrode members provided in the pad member so as to output electro-stimulation, wherein the plurality of electrode members can comprise: a first electrode member provided in the first pad portion so as to come into contact with the auricle; and a second electrode member provided in the second pad portion so as to come into contact with the external auditory meatus.

Abstract: Battery housing structure, includes: housing portion configured to house battery-unit including first-connector; second-connector configured to be connected to first-connector; and fixing tool configured to fix battery-unit to housing portion and including connection prevention portion configured to prevent connection between first-connector and second-connector when located at connection prevention position. Battery-unit includes concave portion facing inner wall of housing portion. Fixing tool is swing lever including projection at one end and connection prevention portion at other end, and configured to swing about shaft provided between one end and other end.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polycarbonate composition. The polycarbonate composition is a composition in which polyalkylene glycol end-capped with a specific compound is blended in polycarbonate together with two specific antioxidants in a predetermined amount, and can provide a molded article which has high light transmittance, is transparent and particularly has excellent long-term color stability.

Abstract: A self-adaptive heavy-duty gear transmission walking device includes a guide track. A carrying seat is slidably installed on the guide track. A loading platform is arranged on the carrying seat, and matching frames are arranged at the bottom of the carrying seat and positioned opposite from each other. A first driving mechanism, a walking mechanism, a first support bracket, a stop mechanism, and a second support bracket are arranged on the carrying seat. A vertical support mechanism and a horizontal support mechanism are arranged in the matching frame. The first driving mechanism is connected to one end of the walking mechanism. The walking mechanism penetrates through the carrying seat and is magnetically connected to the guide track. The other end of the walking mechanism is connected to a first transmission shaft. The first transmission shaft penetrates through the first support bracket and is fixedly installed with a brake disc.

Abstract: A system for providing an adaptive AR streaming service may comprise: a cloud AR server that stores an AR object composed of a plurality of progressive mesh chunks, and a meta file including property information of the AR object and the progressive mesh chunks; and a mobile augmented reality (AR) device that requests and receives the meta file from the cloud AR server, parses the meta file to identify a property of the AR object, and implements augmented reality.

Abstract: A method for generating and managing a 3D coordinate system based on a transmission delay with an O(N) overhead by calculating a transmission delay between large-scale P2P nodes may comprise: generating a coordinate system and setting a node located at an origin of the coordinate system as a block generation node; calculating coordinates of a new node when an additional transmission delay occurs in a process of measuring a transmission delay from the block generation node to another node and requesting coordinates; performing self-cross check in which the block generation node periodically calculates coordinates thereof again; and updating coordinates of nodes comprising the origin of the coordinate system by reflecting a change in a transmission delay between nodes according to a network state change, based on a result of the self-cross check.

Abstract: A carbon-sulfur composite including a carbonized metal-organic framework (MOF); and a sulfur compound introduced to at least a part of an outside surface and an inside of the carbonized metal-organic framework, wherein the carbonized metal-organic framework has a specific surface area of 2500 m2/g to 4000 m2/g, and the carbonized metal-organic framework has a pore volume of 0.1 cc/g to 10 cc/g, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: An image sensor having improved image quality is provided. The image sensor includes a first array of pixels, a second array of pixels, and a binning module. The first array of pixels has a color pattern formed in an n×m array and includes at least first-color pixels, second-color pixels, and third color-pixels. The second array of pixels is adjacent to the first array of pixels and has the same color pattern formed in an n×m array as the first array of pixels, to include at least first-color pixels, second-color pixels, and third color-pixels.

Abstract: System and methods may include receiving a request for assigning resources to a first application associated with a first entity, the first application having a plurality of levels of performance each corresponding to a different power consumption; and determining a particular level of performance of the first application to run on the resource under a first constraint that a sum of a power consumption of the first application running at the particular level of performance and power consumptions of one or more other resources running other applications associated with the first entity is less than or equal to a power budget associated with the first entity.

Abstract: Provided is a cordless hair dryer. The cordless hair dryer includes a housing including a body part gripped by a user and a head part having a blower tube therein, a battery disposed inside the body part, a blower fan disposed in one end of the head part, a support which is inserted into the other end of the head part and fixed to an inner side of the blower tube, and a planar heating element which is formed as a carbon nanotube sheet and disposed on the support to receive power from the battery.

Abstract: A power management system may provide power management recommendations to a computer system including a plurality of computing nodes (which may include processors, etc.), to cause the computing nodes to individually or collectively adjust power states or modes of respective processors to achieve power management of the computer system. The power management system may be provided with a power management framework that continuously utilizes direct and indirect service-level feedbacks to guide power management decisions. The power management system may employ a reinforcement learning algorithm to make power management decisions at a user level, and provide a fast decision overriding mechanism for platform events or service-requested performance boosts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a metal-carbon composite. The method includes synthesizing a planarized ligand compound via planarization-modification of a polyphenol-based ligand compound; synthesizing a metal-organic composite via hydrothermal synthesis of a mixed solution of the planarized ligand compound and metal ions; drying the metal-organic composite to prepare precursor powders; and carbonizing the precursor powders.

Abstract: Disclosed is a highly anticorrosive martensitic stainless steel having uniformly distributed fine chromium carbide so as to have improved corrosion resistance and being applicable as tableware with suitable hardness when strengthened by heat treatment, and a manufacturing metho therefor. The highly anticorrosive martensitic stainless steel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in percent by weight (wt%), 0.14 to 0.21% of C, 0.05 to 0.11% of N, 0.1 to 0.6% of Si, 0.4 to 1.2% of Mn, 14.0 to 17.0% of Cr, 0.2 to 0.32% of C+N, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, has a PREN value, represented by Formula (1), of 16 or more, and has a precipitation temperature of chromium carbide of 950° C. or lower.

Abstract: An electrode of a chemical cell includes a substrate having a surface, an array of conductive projections supported by the substrate and extending outward from the surface of the substrate, each conductive projection of the array of conductive projections having a semiconductor composition for reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the chemical cell, and a catalyst arrangement disposed along each conductive projection of the array of conductive projections, the catalyst arrangement including a copper-based catalyst and an iron-based catalyst for the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the chemical cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polyurethane prepolymer, a two-component polyurethane adhesive and the preparation method thereof. The modified polyurethane prepolymer is prepared from the raw materials comprising the following components: polyurethane prepolymer and graphene oxide; wherein, the polyurethane prepolymer is prepared from the raw materials comprising the following components: copolymer containing ureidopyrimidinone groups and aliphatic isocyanate; wherein, the copolymer containing ureidopyrimidinone groups is formed by copolymerization of the raw materials comprising the following components: alkyl acrylate ureidopyrimidinone, and hydroxyethyl alkyl acrylate; wherein, the alkyl acrylate ureidopyrimidinone has the structure shown in Formula (I); and the hydroxyethyl alkyl acrylate has the structure shown in Formula (II). The two-component polyurethane adhesive containing the modified polyurethane prepolymer has excellent mechanical properties and aging resistance simultaneously.

Abstract: Intraluminal ultrasound imaging device, systems and methods (e.g., method of fabricating the device) are provided. In some embodiments, the intraluminal ultrasound imaging device includes a flexible elongate member configured to be positioned within a body lumen of a patient, and an ultrasound scanner assembly disposed at a distal portion of the flexible elongate member and configured to obtain imaging data of the body lumen. The ultrasound scanner assembly includes a flexible substrate, a first under-bump metallization (UBM) layer over the flexible substrate, a first solder feature over the first UBM layer, and a first electronic component electrically connected to the first solder feature.

Abstract: A device and method for providing recommended words for a character input by a user are provided. The method by which the device provides recommended words includes: receiving an input for inputting a character in a character input window; recommending at least one pseudo-morpheme including the input character by analyzing the input character; recommending at least one extended word including a selected pseudo-morpheme in response to receiving an input for selecting one of the at least one pseudo-morpheme; and displaying a selected extended word in response to receiving an input for selecting one of the at least one extended word.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for classifying a sentence into a class by using a deep neural network. The method includes respectively training first and second sentences by using first and second neural networks, obtaining a contrastive loss based on first and second feature vectors generated as output data of the training, and information about whether classes to which the first and second sentences belong are the same, and repeating the training in such a manner that the contrastive loss has a maximum value.