Abstract: Provided is an electrode for a secondary battery, a method of manufacturing the same, and a secondary battery including the electrode.

Abstract: A zoom optical system includes a first lens group, a position of which with respect to an imaging plane is adjustable, and including first and second lenses. The zoom optical system also includes a second lens group of which a position with respect to the imaging plane is adjustable and includes third to fifth lenses. The zoom optical system further includes a third lens group including a sixth lens. An object-side surface of the first lens is convex.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an induction heating apparatus and a method of controlling the same. A controller of the induction heating apparatus according to the present disclosure may set an operation mode of an inverter circuit to a half bridge mode when a required power value of a working coil is set to a value less than a reference power value such that a driving frequency of the working coil decreases while an actual power value of the working coil is kept the same as the required power value. Additionally, the controller of the induction heating apparatus may adjust a duty ratio of a switching signal input to a switching element included in the inverter circuit, thereby adjusting the actual power value of the working coil.

Abstract: Provided are an audio reproduction device and a method of controlling an operation thereof, which involve a user interface that allows a user to more effectively control various functions. The audio reproduction device includes a processor configured to obtain function information of the audio reproduction device corresponding to a user input received using mapping information for mapping between a user input received based on at least one of at least one wheel region rotatable clockwise or counterclockwise and at least one touch region and function information of the audio reproduction device, and to control the audio reproduction device according to the obtained function information of the audio reproduction device.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery and a manufacturing method of a secondary battery are provided. A manufacturing method of a cylindrical secondary battery includes: winding an electrode assembly to expose a first electrode uncoated portion and a second electrode uncoated portion to opposite ends in a longitudinal direction; bending at least some portions of the first electrode uncoated portion and the second electrode uncoated portion of the electrode assembly in a direction by pressing the first electrode uncoated portion and the second electrode uncoated portion; welding electrode collector plates to ends of the bent first and second electrode uncoated portions; and inserting and sealing the electrode assembly into a cylindrical case.

Abstract: A secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, a can, and an insulator. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode alternately stacked and wound. The can has an accommodation part accommodating the electrode assembly therein, and the can comprises a first can and a second can having cylindrical shapes open in a direction facing each other. The insulator insulates an overlapping portion between the first can and the second can. The first can is electrically connected to the first electrode, and the second can is electrically connected to the second electrode. The insulator has a short-circuit induction through-part defined by a through-hole or a cutoff line, such that a short circuit occurs between the first can and the second can through the short-circuit induction through-part when it is deformed in shape as heat or a pressure is applied to contract or expand the insulator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an induction heating device and a control method thereof. In one embodiment, at a time of a simultaneous operation of a first working coil operating at a first driving frequency and a second working coil operating at a second driving frequency, control for removing interference noise is performed based on a difference between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency. An induction heating device of one embodiment may adjust the duty ratio of a switching signal provided to a first inverter circuit after adjusting the first driving frequency to adjust the actual output value of the first working coil to a value the same as the required output value of the first working coil.

Abstract: An induction heating apparatus may include a first working coil provided in a position corresponding to a first heating region, a second working coil provided in a position corresponding to a second heating region, an inverter circuit configured to supply current for driving at least one of the first working coil or the second working coil, and a drive circuit configured to supply a switching signal to each of the switching elements. A controller may be configured to determine a driving mode of the working coil when a heating start command for at least one of the first working coil or the second working coil is input, and the controller may provide a control signal for outputting the switching signals based on the determined driving mode.

Abstract: An induction heating apparatus may determine a required power value of a heating zone, based on a power level set for the heating zone, detect a container by using an inner working coil and an outer working coil, determine a working coil to be driven, based on results of the detection of the container, determine a driving mode of the working coil to be driven, based on the required power value, and provide a control signal, based on the driving mode.

Abstract: An induction heating apparatus may include a first working coil provided in a position corresponding to a first heating region, a second working coil provided in a position corresponding to a second heating region, an inverter circuit configured to supply current for driving at least one of the first working coil or the second working coil and comprising a plurality of switching elements, and a drive circuit configured to supply a switching signal to each of the switching elements. A controller configured to determine a driving mode of the working coil when a heating start command for at least one of the first working coil or the second working coil is input, and to supply a control signal for outputting of the switching signal to the drive circuit based on the determined driving mode.

Abstract: A method for controlling an induction heating apparatus comprises receiving a power level for a heating region, supplying a switching signal to an inverter circuit based on a predetermined reference frequency, measuring an output current value of the inverter circuit, measuring a DC link voltage value, calculating an output power value of the working coil based on the output current value of the inverter circuit and the DC link voltage value, determining a heating frequency of the inverter circuit based the result of comparison by comparing the output power value of the working coil with a required power value, and supplying a switching signal to the inverter circuit based on the heating frequency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an induction heating apparatus and a method of controlling the same. A controller of the induction heating apparatus according to the present disclosure may set an operation mode of an inverter circuit to a half bridge mode when a required power value of a working coil is set to a value less than a reference power value such that a driving frequency of the working coil decreases while an actual power value of the working coil is kept the same as the required power value. Additionally, the controller of the induction heating apparatus may adjust a duty ratio of a switching signal input to a switching element included in the inverter circuit, thereby adjusting the actual power value of the working coil.

Abstract: The present application relates to an encapsulant for a PV module, a method of manufacturing the same, and a PV module. The encapsulant according to an embodiment of the present application has excellent heat resistance or the like and improved creep properties, exhibits a haze with a certain level or less and excellent optical properties such as transparency or the like, when the encapsulant is applied to a PV module, physical properties such as durability, transparency, or the like are improved, and thus excellent generating efficiency of the PV module may be obtained.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip and a package substrate. The package substrate includes a base layer, a first group of conductive lines disposed on a first surface of the base layer, and a second group of conductive lines disposed on a second surface of the base layer and electrically connected to respective ones of the first group of conductive lines. The package substrate further includes a plating lead line connected to one of the first group of conductive lines, opening holes located between remaining portions of the second group of conductive lines to separate the second group of conductive lines from each other.

Abstract: The present application relates to an encapsulant for a PV module, a method of manufacturing the same, and a PV module. The encapsulant according to an embodiment of the present application has excellent heat resistance or the like and improved creep properties, exhibits a haze with a certain level or less and excellent optical properties such as transparency or the like, when the encapsulant is applied to a PV module, physical properties such as durability, transparency, or the like are improved, and thus excellent generating efficiency of the PV module may be obtained.

Abstract: The present application relates to an encapsulant for a PV module, a method of manufacturing the same and a PV module. The encapsulant according to an embodiment of the present application has excellent heat resistance or the like and improved creep physical properties, and thus even when the encapsulant is used under conditions of a high temperature and/or high humidity for a long time, deformation is small and the encapsulant can exhibit excellent adhesive strength. Accordingly, when the encapsulant is applied to a PV module, durability or the like may be improved.

Abstract: The present application relates to an encapsulant for a PV module, a method of manufacturing the same and a PV module. The encapsulant according to an embodiment of the present application has excellent heat resistance or the like and improved creep physical properties, and thus even when the encapsulant is used under conditions of a high temperature and/or high humidity for a long time, deformation is small and the encapsulant can exhibit excellent adhesive strength. Accordingly, when the encapsulant is applied to a PV module, durability or the like may be improved.

Abstract: Plants are provided that express a modified plasmodesmata localized protein 5 (PDLP5). The modified PDLP5 protein may modify plasmodesmal connectivity. The plant may have at least one improved agronomic characteristic; for example, it may exhibit increase tolerance to stress, such as heat, cold or drought. The plant may exhibit at least one trait selected from the group consisting of: increased drought tolerance, increased yield, increased biomass, increased cold tolerance, early flowering and altered root architecture. Also included are related polypeptides, polynucleotides, recombinant DNA constructs, plant seeds and other plant parts that contain a modified PDLP5 protein, as well as methods of making and using the plants, seeds, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and recombinant DNA constructs.

Abstract: A cooperation-based method and system of managing, displaying, and updating DNA sequence data including receiving annotation data inputted by a user for an anchor corresponding to at least one base of a DNA sequence, and storing the received annotation data in an annotation data table which includes one or more columns for annotation data; receiving data about a position of an anchor which corresponds to at least one base of a DNA sequence in the DNA sequence, and displaying the position of the anchor on a DNA sequence map based on the received data; and getting input of a position at which an annotation is to be input on a DNA sequence map, displaying an annotation input interface which includes an edit region for inputting an annotation, and transmitting annotation data including annotation contents inputted through the edit region and the inputted position to a DNA sequence data storage device.

Abstract: Cooperation-based method of managing, displaying, and updating DNA sequence data is provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooperation-based method of managing DNA sequence data, the method comprising receiving annotation data inputted for an anchor corresponding to at least one base of a DNA sequence; and storing the received annotation data in an annotation data table which comprises one or more columns for annotation data. Present invention provides a cooperation-based method of managing, displaying, and updating DNA sequence data, the method allowing research results related to a DNA sequence to be shared freely.