Abstract: Disclosed are a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a negative electrode including the negative active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The negative active material includes crystalline carbon, wherein the crystalline carbon has a Raman spectrum peak intensity ratio (ID/IG) of a peak intensity (ID) of a D peak (about 1360 cm?1 to about 1370 cm?1) relative to a peak intensity (IG) of a G peak (about 1580 cm?1 to about 1590 cm?1) of less than about 0.05.

Abstract: An electrode for a secondary battery may include an electrode collector, a coating portion having an active material coated on the electrode collector, a first non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector, and a second non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector. The first non-coating portion may be adjacent to the coating portion in a width direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector, the first non-coating portion having a longitudinal dimension extending along the longitudinal direction, the first non-coating portion configured to be bent and electrically coupled to a can member of the secondary battery. The second non-coating portion may be adjacent to the coating portion in the longitudinal direction. The electrode may be stacked into a stack with a separator and a second electrode of an opposite polarity than the electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine that includes a tub disposed in a main body of the washing machine to store water. A circulation apparatus includes a circulation pump operable to circulate the water in and out of the tub. A detergent supply apparatus is coupled to the circulation apparatus to discharge detergent to the circulation apparatus so that operation of the circulation pump causes the discharged detergent to be supplied to the tub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental 3Y-TZP zirconia material whose surface is modified by plasma treatment, an implant and a manufacturing method thereof. The 3Y-TZP zirconia material and implant manufactured according to the present invention have improved cell adhesion and antibacterial effects, thereby improving biocompatibility and minimizing inflammatory reactions of the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental 3Y-TZP zirconia material whose surface is modified by plasma treatment, an implant and a manufacturing method thereof. The 3Y-TZP zirconia material and implant manufactured according to the present invention have improved cell adhesion and antibacterial effects, thereby improving biocompatibility and minimizing inflammatory reactions of the user.

Abstract: A hood-integrated vehicle body in which a hood, a bumper, and a fender are integrally formed into a single component so as to reduce the weight thereof is disclosed. The hood-integrated vehicle body includes a front vehicle body part, which is constructed such that a hood is integrally and rotatably connected to a front portion of the front vehicle body part and is openable at a rear side thereof, a lifting unit mounted to the front part of the vehicle so as to rotate the hood, and a locking unit, which is mounted to the front part of the vehicle so as to selectively engage the hood with the front part of the vehicle such that the engagement of the hood is released so as to allow the hood to be opened by means of the lifting unit upon manipulation for opening the hood.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are provided. The negative electrode includes a current collector, a negative active material layer including a negative active material, and a coating layer between the current collector and the negative active material layer, the coating layer including an organic metal-based material, and having a pattern shape.

Abstract: Some example embodiments relate to a super resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) image implementing device and/or a method thereof. Provided a super resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) image implementing device comprising a processor configured to crop a low resolution SEM image to generate a first cropped image and a second cropped image, to upscale the first cropped image and the second cropped image to generate a first upscaled image and a second upscaled image, and to cancel noise from the first upscaled image and the second upscaled image to generate a first noise canceled image and a second noise canceled image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer; and a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and Li5FeO4; and the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material including about 10 wt % to about 15 wt % of silicon particles.

Abstract: A battery state estimating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a measuring unit configured to measure a charging current, and voltage and temperature of a battery in a constant current charging process and a constant voltage charging process of the battery; and a control unit configured to judge whether an abnormal behavior occurs in the battery according to a behavior of at least one of the charging current, the voltage of the battery and the temperature of the battery in at least one of the constant current charging process and the constant voltage charging process, and determine whether lithium precipitation occurs in the battery based on the judged abnormal behavior of the battery.

Abstract: Provided are: a method for modifying a target nucleic acid in the genome of a cell using a novel PAM sequence; and a cell in which a target nucleic acid in the genome is modified thereby. Accordingly, genome editing can be performed by targeting a position that could not be previously targeted as a target for genome editing, and thus the range of applications of genome editing can be expanded.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved vehicle bumper in which a plurality of panel units are connectable through one reinforcing part and a method of manufacturing the same. The vehicle bumper includes a panel unit including a first panel forming a main protection area and a second panel coupled to the first panel and forming an additional protection area at one side of the main protection area, and a reinforcing panel disposed on non-exposed surfaces of the first panel and the second panel and fixing the first panel and the second panel to each other.

Abstract: A vehicle bumper and method therefor are provided. The vehicle bumper includes a panel part forming a part of a vehicle body of a vehicle, and a reinforcement part which is disposed on the panel part through a long fiber injection (LFI) process. The reinforcement part reinforces rigidity of the panel part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating inflammatory disease, the composition comprising a pyrrolopyridine-derivative compound as an active ingredient; the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 according to the present invention, enantiomers thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have excellent inhibitory activity against not only protein kinases but also inflammatory factors and inflammatory cytokines; therefore a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an active ingredient may be useful in prevention, treatment and/or improvement of inflammatory disease, in particular but not limited to inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, or lupus.

Abstract: A battery transfer apparatus for battery swapping that transfers a battery to a vehicle for which the battery swapping is required includes a seating portion that provides a seating space in which the battery is accommodated and a position alignment portion that allows the seating portion to move so that relative positions of the battery accommodated in the seating space and a battery receiving space of the vehicle are aligned.

Abstract: Provided is a cough recognition method and device, which can detect cough sounds from an audio signal, and not only can detect coughs but also can track the location at which the cough sounds are generated by calculating the location of a sound source.

Abstract: A jelly roll type electrode assembly a cathode sheet, an anode sheet, and a separator sheet interposed between the cathode sheet and the anode sheet. A separator sheet part facing one end of the cathode sheet located an inner side of the jelly roll type electrode assembly includes a first surface facing the anode sheet and a second surface facing the cathode sheet. A friction coefficient between the first separator sheet and the anode sheet is smaller than a friction coefficient between the second surface of the separator sheet and the cathode sheet.

Abstract: A method of generating an image according to the present invention includes receiving a specific content selected from a user terminal among a plurality of contents provided from a content providing service, specifying a source image based on the selected specific content, generating a resulting image using the source image and a drawing style of the specific content, and providing the resulting image to the user terminal.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative electrode comprising a current collector, a negative active material layer on the current collector, and lithium dendrites on a surface of the negative active material layer and having an average size (e.g., an average length) of about 5 ?m or less and a rod-like shape; a positive electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte.