Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene-based resin composition which exhibits mechanical properties such as excellent strength, etc. and has an improved impact strength, and to a molded article including the same. The olefin-based copolymer includes: a polypropylene-based resin; and an olefin-based copolymer, wherein the olefin-based copolymer includes polymeric fractions defined by three different peaks at a given temperature when analyzed by cross-fractionation chromatography (CFC).

Abstract: It is provided a laser arrangement, having an electro-absorption-modulated laser, having a laser section and an electro-absorption modulator section; a current source for supplying the laser section with current; a DC voltage source that is arranged in addition to the current source and can be used to apply DC voltage to a diode structure of the electro-absorption modulator section; a driver with which an RF signal is able to be fed to the laser; and an electrical connection via which the driver is connected to the laser. The electrical connection provides a direct current connection between the driver and the laser such, and the driver is configured such, that a photocurrent that is generated in the electrode-absorption modulator section of the laser by illumination with light of the laser section at least partially flows to the driver and at least contributes to the energy supply of the driver.

Abstract: Disclosed are a compound selected from novel pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2-one derivative compounds having excellent anti-proliferative activity against cancer cells, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, hydrates thereof and stereoisomers thereof, a method for preparing the compound, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, alleviating or treating cancer metastasis and proliferative diseases containing the compound as an active ingredient, and an anticancer composition against cancer cells, containing the compound as an active ingredient. The compounds of this invention exhibit most excellent selective inhibitory activity agaist LCK and anti-proliferative activity against cancer cells, thus being useful for inhibiting cancer cells, and for preventing or treating cancer metastasis and proliferative diseases.

Abstract: A linerless engine block includes a polymer matrix composite having an internal surface that defines a bore. The polymer matrix composite has a first thermal conductivity at the internal surface of at least 5 W/m·° C. The linerless engine block also includes a first bond coating disposed on the internal surface within the bore, and a second wear-resistant coating disposed on the first bond coating within the bore such that the second wear-resistant coating is adhered to the polymer matrix composite by the first bond coating. A method of forming the linerless engine block is also described.

Abstract: A transition metal compound represented by Chemical Formula I and a method for preparing the same, catalyst compositions including the same, and olefin-based polymers prepared from the same are disclosed herein. The transition metal catalyst has excellent structural stability together with excellent catalytic activity and can exhibit excellent copolymerizability even at a high temperature. In an embodiment, an olefin-based polymer prepared using a catalyst composition including the transition metal compound has a density of 0.91 g/cc or less.

Abstract: Methods and structures for forming epitaxial layers of Ill-nitride materials on patterned foreign substrates with low stacking fault densities are described. Semipolar and nonpolar orientations of GaN that are essentially free from stacking faults may be grown from crystal-growth facets of a patterned substrate. Etching can be used to remove stacking faults if present. Crystal growth with an impurity can eliminate crystal growth from a facet that is responsible for stacking fault formation and permit substantially stacking-fault-free growth of the Ill-nitride material.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for producing group III-nitride substrates. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for producing a group III-nitride substrate is provided. The method may include: forming, on a growth template, an epitaxial layer of a group III-nitride material comprising a surface with a first crystallographic orientation, wherein the first crystallographic orientation comprises a semipolar orientation or a nonpolar orientation; and separating the epitaxial layer of the group III-nitride material from the growth template to produce the group III-nitride substrate, wherein the growth template comprises a semiconductor layer of the group III-nitride material. The group III-nitride material may include gallium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst complex for a fuel cell. The catalyst complex includes a support including carbon (C), platinum (Pt) supported on the support, and an iridium (Ir) compound supported on the support, and the iridium compound includes at least one of iridium oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1, IrOx, and iridium-transition-metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 2, IrMOx, wherein M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Cu, Ni and combinations thereof, and x is from 1 to 2.

Abstract: A filter according to an embodiment include a filter main body provided with a sheet member, and a border portion of the filter main body includes a first region bent at least one time, and a second region formed in a flat shape and provided to be bendable and to provide softness to the filter main body.

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus can include a supply reservoir including print substance, and a rotary valve having a central rotary axis, where the central rotary axis is perpendicular to a height of the supply reservoir, where the rotary valve is in a closed position such that the print substance is unable to be supplied from the supply reservoir.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for culturing organoids and a method for culturing organoids by using the same. Since the present invention includes a compound, which can replace an essential protein component in a conventional medium, consistent stability during organoid culturing can be maintained and culturing can be performed at low cost.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of active fins defined by an isolation layer on a substrate, a gate structure on the active fins and the isolation layer, and a gate spacer structure covering a sidewall of the gate structure. A sidewall of the gate structure includes first, second, and third regions having first, second, and third slopes, respectively. The second slope increases from a bottom toward a top of the second region. The second slope has a value at the bottom of the second region less than the first slope. The third slope is greater than the second slope.

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing moisture condensation includes a fuel cell stack and an enclosure in which the fuel cell stack is disposed. A heater and a temperature sensor are provided in the enclosure. A controller is configured to control the heater to be turned on when an insulation resistance between the fuel cell stack and the enclosure is less than a preset resistance value. The controller controls the heater not to be turned on when a surface temperature of the enclosure measured by the temperature sensor exceeds a preset temperature.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of forming a localized vibration field are provided. The apparatus includes: a plate; a plurality of exciters disposed at a plurality of locations in neighborhood of circumference of the plate and configured to excite the plate; and a driving controller configured to vibrate the plurality of exciters by using a substantially same excitation frequency, wherein the plurality of exciters excite a local region of the plate and suppress vibrations of a rest of regions except the local region of the plate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second regions, first fin groups spaced along a first direction on the first region, each of the first fin groups including adjacent first and second fins having longitudinal directions in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and third to fifth fins spaced along a third direction on the second region, the third to fifth fins having longitudinal directions in a fourth direction intersecting the third direction. The third through fifth fins are at a first pitch, the first and second fins are at a second pitch equal to or smaller than the first pitch, each of the first fin groups is at a first group pitch greater than three times the first pitch and smaller than four times the first pitch, and a width of the first and second fins is same as width of the third fin.

Abstract: A cylinder block for use in an internal combustion engine includes a first and second cylinder bores, a first and second cylinder bore liners, and a Siamese insert. The first and second cylinder bores are disposed adjacent to each other. The first and second cylinder bores each comprise a first cylinder bore wall and a second cylinder bore wall, respectively, and a shared cylinder bore wall. The first cylinder bore liner is disposed on a first inner surface of the first cylinder bore wall and the second cylinder bore liner is disposed on a second inner surface of the second cylinder bore wall. The Siamese insert is disposed in a top portion of the shared cylinder bore wall.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle component, a battery, and a thermoelectric module coupled to the component to allow heat transfer between the catalytic converter and the thermoelectric module, wherein the thermoelectric module is electrically connected to the battery. The vehicle system further includes a temperature sensor coupled to the vehicle component. The temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature of the vehicle component. The vehicle system further includes a controller in electronic communication with the thermoelectric module. The controller is programmed to switch the thermoelectric module among the heating mode, the cooling mode, and the power-generation mode based on the temperature of the vehicle component. The vehicle component may be an exhaust manifold, a turbocharger turbine housing, an exhaust gas conduit coupled between an exhaust manifold and a catalytic converter, and/or a catalytic converter.

Abstract: A mammography apparatus according to the present invention includes a mounting part coupled to an elevating part so as to be moved upward or downward and having rail parts, a fastening part inserted into the rail parts and slidably coupled to the mounting part and a sensing part installed on the mounting part and configured to generate an electrical signal by being brought into contact with the fastening part so as to detect information about the fastening part, in which the sensing part includes a contact part installed at an end at an entry side of the fastening part slidably coupled to the mounting part and a recognizing part installed on an inner surface of the mounting part which faces the contact part.

Abstract: In an example implementation, an example printer system includes a lift, an indicator, a trigger, and a reset mechanism. In an example implementation, a lift is orientable by an amount of media when adjacent to the lift and a trigger has a first portion engageable with the lift at a first orientation of the lift. In an example implementation, the trigger causes the indicator to move towards a first location relative to an aperture defined by an exterior surface in response to engagement with the lift. In an example, the reset mechanism has a first portion engageable with the lift at a second orientation of the lift and the reset mechanism causes movement of the indicator away from the first location in response to engagement with the lift.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel ligand compound represented by Formula 1 and a novel transition metal compound represented by Formula 2, and the novel ligand compound and transition metal compound according to the present invention has high comonomer incorporation effect in the preparation of an olefinic polymer having a low density and a high molecular weight, and thus can be usefully used as a catalyst for a polymerization reaction.