Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a separator and a second electrode, the first electrode, the separator, the second electrode being stacked and wound, an outermost portion of the electrode assembly including an empty space in which the first electrode covers an end portion of the second electrode with the separator interposed therebetween, and a thickness buffer portion located in the empty space, and a secondary battery including the electrode assembly. A battery pack including the secondary battery and a vehicle including the battery pack are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, uses, and compositions for the treatment of Sickle cell disease (SCD), beta thalassemia (BT), or sickle cell BT. More specifically, the disclosure concerns the treatment of patients having SCD. BT, or sickle cell BT using a complement C5 inhibitor, such as an anti-C5 antibody or fragment thereof, a nucleic acid molecule, a peptide, a small molecule, or an aptamer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, uses, and compositions for the treatment of Sickle cell disease (SCD), beta thalassemia (BT), sickle cell BT. More specifically, the invention concerns the treatment of patients having SCD, BT, or sickle cell BT using a complement pathway component (e.g., Factor P (properdin)) inhibitor, such as an antibody or fragment thereof, a nucleic acid molecule, a peptide, a small molecule, or an aptamer, among others.

Abstract: A lift apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame that provides an entry space that the vehicle required to be lifted enters and a lifting and lowering module that raises and lowers the vehicle in the entry space relative to the frame. The lifting and lowering module includes a wheel support portion that supports a wheel of the vehicle and a pusher that presses the wheel supported on the wheel support portion so that a lateral center portion of the entry space and a lateral center portion of the vehicle are aligned with each other.

Abstract: An external lighting apparatus delivers various messages through selective lighting by applying a lighting function to the exterior of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a light source module with a plurality of light sources and a light guide in which light emitted from the light sources is incident. The light guide reflects the incident light so that the light travels in different areas. The apparatus has a light cover composed of a plurality of transmission parts into which the light, travelling in different areas via the light guide, is incident. The light is emitted to different lighting areas through each transmission part to create a plurality of illumination images.

Abstract: A sealing structure of an active weather strip is arranged such that a nozzle resin is mounted in an air injection hole connected to an air chamber formed inside the weather strip in the shape of a closed type ring, and an air control module is connected to the nozzle resin through an air hose. In response to driving conditions of a vehicle, air is injected into or discharged from the air chamber inside the weather strip by an air control module to adjust a reaction force of the weather strip, so as to improve door closing characteristics and minimize an inflow of wind sounds while maintaining airtightness even at a high pressure.

Abstract: Steam generation apparatus and method in which liquid is regulated in thermal catalytic reaction below a specific temperature and accelerated in thermal catalytic reaction above that temperature, including a vaporizer housing, axial ends of the housing being opened, and collars formed at axial ends of a cylindrical part of the housing; upper and lower flanges joined to housing collars; a vaporizer with a spiral channel in between; an exothermic member disposed such that the vaporizer inside is heated to a predetermined temperature; an injection nozzle at a center of the upper flange with an intake for liquid to be treated; a steam socket attached to the lower flange for guiding steam to the spiral channel, the steam socket including an inlet port connected to an inside of the vaporizer, outlet port connected to the spiral channel, and a steam channel connecting the inlet port and the outlet port.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device may include: a substrate comprising an active pattern; a source/drain pattern on the active pattern; a device isolation layer at a lateral side of the active pattern; a lower power structure below a top surface of the substrate; a lower contact penetrating the device isolation layer and connecting the source/drain pattern to the lower power structure; and a power delivery network layer below the top surface of the substrate, wherein the lower power structure comprises a connecting portion connected to the lower contact, and wherein the lower contact comprises a protruding portion buried in the connecting portion.

Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a mesa disposed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and including an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a lower insulation layer covering the mesa and at least a portion of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer exposed around the mesa, and having a first opening for allowing electrical connection to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and a second opening for allowing electrical connection to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The active layer generates light having a peak wavelength of about 500 nm or less, and the lower insulation layer includes a distributed Bragg reflector.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method for fabricating the semiconductor device includes a first step of loading a first wafer including a plurality of semiconductor chips having the same pattern on a stage of a wafer inspection apparatus, a second step of inspecting the plurality of semiconductor chips using light having different wavelengths from each other, and a third step of unloading the first wafer from the stage of the wafer inspection apparatus, wherein inspecting of the plurality of semiconductor chips using the light includes inspecting patterns at the same first positions of the respective semiconductor chips, inspecting patterns at the same second positions of the respective semiconductor chips, inspecting patterns at the same k-th positions of the respective semiconductor chips, and determining the semiconductor chip having a pattern defect by combining pattern inspection results at each of the first to k-th positions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-TM4SF4 (TransMembrane 4 Superfamily Member 4) humanized antibody and use thereof. The anti-TM4SF4 humanized antibody of present invention has high affinity for binding specifically to TM4SF4 while exhibiting low immunogenicity in humans, and thus can be advantageously used to detect TM4SF4 or to target cancer cells and cancer stem cells that overexpress TM4SF4.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a gate pattern on a substrate and including a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, and a gate capping pattern that are sequentially stacked; a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate pattern; a source/drain pattern in the substrate; a contact pad on the source/drain pattern, a source/drain contact on the contact pad; and a buried dielectric pattern between the gate spacer and the source/drain contact, wherein the gate spacer includes a first segment between the gate electrode and the source/drain pattern; a second segment that extends from the first segment and between the gate electrode and the source/drain contact; and a third segment on the second segment, the buried dielectric pattern is between the third segment and the source/drain contact, and is absent between the first segment and the contact pad and is absent between the second segment and the source/drain contact.

Abstract: Described herein are fusion proteins which include factor H catalytic domains and may include VHH domains, factor H-related protein 5 domains, or integrin binding domains, and the use of such fusion proteins in methods of treatment of diseases mediated by complement alternative pathway activation or dysregulation, for example, kidney diseases.

Abstract: A jelly roll electrode assembly and a cylindrical lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and at least one separator. The negative electrode has an end provided with a non-coated portion on opposite surfaces.

Abstract: Described herein are fusion proteins that include a fragment of factor H and an Fc receptor binding domain, as well as the use of such proteins in methods of treatment for diseases mediated by alternative complement pathway dysregulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery in which an electrode tab is improved in mechanical strength and a method for manufacturing the same. Also, the secondary battery according to the present invention includes: an electrode provided with a coating portion coated with an active material on an electrode collector and a non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector, the non-coating portion being adjacent to the coating portion in a width direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector, the non-coating portion having a plurality of notching tabs formed therein such that each of the plurality of notching tabs extends away from the coating portion in a width direction. When the electrode assembly is in the wound state, the plurality of notching tabs are circumferentially distributed about a central axis of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery in which an electrode tab is improved in mechanical strength and a method for manufacturing the same. Also, the secondary battery according to the present invention includes: an electrode provided with a coating portion coated with an active material on an electrode collector and a non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector, the non-coating portion being adjacent to the coating portion in a width direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector, the non-coating portion having a plurality of notching tabs formed therein such that each of the plurality of notching tabs extends away from the coating portion in a width direction. When the electrode assembly is in the wound state, the plurality of notching tabs are circumferentially distributed about a central axis of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying gas includes: an ion chamber; and a gas supply unit connected to the ion chamber, wherein the gas supply unit includes: a case having an internal space; an inactive gas supply unit connected to the ion chamber; and a hydrogen gas supply unit installed inside or outside of the case, wherein the hydrogen gas supply unit includes: a hydrogen gas generator generating hydrogen gas; a controller connected to the hydrogen gas generator; a dehumidifying filter connected to the controller and removing moisture from the hydrogen gas; and a purifying filter connected to the dehumidifying filter and removing an impurity from the hydrogen gas, wherein the hydrogen gas generator is configured to generate the hydrogen gas through a chemical reaction between a reactant and a hydrogen-containing solid raw material.

Abstract: The autonomous driving control apparatus may be configured to generate one or more driving routes while a host vehicle travels in a first driving route, generate, based on a comparison of each of a plurality of final steering avoidance times for the one or more driving routes to a threshold time, a non-collision route range and a collision route range among the one or more driving routes, and control, based on the first driving route being included in the collision route range, the host vehicle to travel in a second driving route included in the non-collision route range.

Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a mesa disposed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and including an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a lower insulation layer covering the mesa and at least a portion of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer exposed around the mesa, and having a first opening for allowing electrical connection to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and a second opening for allowing electrical connection to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The active layer generates light having a peak wavelength of about 500 nm or less, and the lower insulation layer includes a distributed Bragg reflector.