Abstract: A flexible second gas barrier for a liquefied gas storage tank which includes a stiffener fabric weaved with two or more kinds of fiber yarn selected from a group consisting of a glass fiber, a carbon fiber, an aramid fiber, and a synthetic fiber. The stiffener fabric is weaved so that a hybrid fiber yarn is made by 2-ply yarning two or more kinds of a single yarn or a twisted yarn of fiber yarn selected from a group consisting of a glass fiber, a carbon fiber, an aramid fiber, or a synthetic fiber, is included in the weft and/or warf so that repeated fatigue resistance, even under cryogenic conditions, is achieved, which ultimately has the effect of solving the problems associated with repeated load increase imposed on the second gas barrier as the thickness of LNGC Foam increases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery separator, and a manufacturing method therefor. The secondary battery separator according to the present invention comprises an organic/inorganic composite porous layer for improving thermal resistance and physical strength, and since the organic/inorganic composite porous layer uses polymer particles as a binder, the secondary battery separator, compared with a separator using a solvent-type binder resin using organic solvents, exhibits excellent permeability.

Abstract: Disclosed are an alkyl acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer which is prepared using a polyalkylene cross-linking agent such as polyethylene glycol diacrylate or polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate for a core of the alkyl acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer and thus advantageously improves low-temperature impact strength of resins when the copolymer is applied to a polycarbonate resin composition, and the polycarbonate resin composition comprising the copolymer.

Abstract: A suction nozzle apparatus and a cleaner having the same includes a casing of which a mounting groove is formed in a bottom surface, a drum brush rotatably coupled to the mounting groove of the casing, and a cutting member configured to remove a foreign substance wound around the drum brush. The drum brush includes a drum core in which at least one foreign substance collecting groove that the foreign substance is wound is formed in an outer circumference and a blade formed in a spiral form in the outer circumference of the drum core.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for preparing an electrode assembly, comprising a printing unit including a charging mean for bringing polymer particles into electric charging to obtain electrically charged polymer particles, and a transferring mean for coating the electrically charged polymer particles by way of transferring on at least one surface of a substrate for an electrochemical device to form an adhesive layer on the substrate, the substrate being at least one of a cathode, an anode and a separator; and a laminating unit that applies heat and pressure to the substrate having the adhesive layer formed thereon so as to obtain the electrode assembly comprising the cathode, the anode and the separator interposed therebetween.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a driving unit and a robot cleaner having the same. The robot cleaner has a configuration in which an elastic member is supported so that an angle formed between the elastic member and a rotation shaft of the driving unit is provided in a predetermined range to offset a decrease in an elastic force generated while the robot cleaner is driving on a surface having steps and a driving wheel protrudes downward from the robot cleaner. Accordingly, there is the effect where a traction force is maintained at a predetermined level for maintaining the driving performance of the robot cleaner even while the robot cleaner is driving and the driving wheel is lowered to decrease the elastic force of the elastic member.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed of compositions for activation or inhibition of the Oct?2 receptor and uses thereof. The inventors have discovered that the beta adrenergic-like octopamine receptor Oct?2 serves as a key signaling molecule for ovulation and recruits protein kinase A and Ca2+/calmodulin-sensitive kinase II as downstream effectors for this activity. Oct?2R homozygous mutant females are sterile, and display normal courtship, copulation, sperm storage and post-mating rejection behavior but were unable to lay eggs.

Abstract: Provided are a capacitor of a semiconductor integrated circuit and a method for manufacturing the same, for example a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) type capacitor of a semiconductor integrated circuit, which is capable of improving adhesive force between an electrode layer and a dielectric layer of a capacitor, and a method for manufacturing the same. For example, the present disclosure provides a capacitor for a semiconductor integrated circuit having a new structure, which is capable of preventing a delamination phenomenon on an interface between a lower electrode layer and a dielectric layer by further forming a buffer layer, which is capable of decreasing or compensating for a difference in a coefficient of thermal expansion, between a metal electrode layer and a dielectric layer, particularly, between the lower electrode layer and the dielectric layer, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive composition, and more particularly, to a conductive copper ink or paste composition for forming fine pattern which comprises a metal precursor and copper powder to increase the density of metal pattern formed during sintering and improve surface roughness, thereby being capable of achieving excellent electrical conductivity, adhesion strength to a substrate, and printability.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device may include: a cell array comprising gate lines and data lines intersecting each other on a substrate so as to define a plurality of pixel areas, a plurality of thin film transistors formed at intersections between the gate lines and the data lines to correspond to the plurality of pixel areas, and a protective film evenly formed over the substrate to cover the thin film transistors; a plurality of first electrodes formed such that portions of an metal oxide layer corresponding to emission areas of the respective pixel areas, is made conductive, the metal oxide layer evenly disposed on the protective film; a bank constituting the remaining portion of the metal oxide layer in which the first electrodes are not formed and formed so as to have insulating properties; an emission layer formed over the metal oxide layer; and a second electrode formed on the emission layer so as to face the first electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a separator and an electrochemical device having the same. The separator of the present invention comprises a non-woven fabric substrate obtained from fibers and having multiple pores formed between the fibers; and a polymer coating layer formed on a part or the whole of the surface of the fibers, wherein the polymer coating layer comprises a polymer having a tensile strength of 80 MPa or more, a tensile modulus of 3,000 MPa or more and a flexural modulus of 3,000 MPa or more. The separator of the present invention can reduce costs for manufacturing electrochemical devices, and it can control the size of pores present in the non-woven fabric substrate to prevent the generation of a leak current and provide improved mechanical strength.

Abstract: A pressure switch configured to be disposed on a path, through which dust passes, to control a dust sensor according to whether a suction pressure is formed in the path, is provided. The pressure switch includes: a body part having a connection tube connected to the path, and an upper surface; first and second terminals configured to be electrically connected to the dust sensor, and at least a portion of which protrudes from the upper surface of the body part; and a flexible cap configured to engage the body part to define a space along with the upper surface of the body part. The flexible cap is deformed in response to a negative pressure being formed in the space, thereby electrically connecting the first and second terminals.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device may include: a cell array comprising gate lines and data lines intersecting each other on a substrate so as to define a plurality of pixel areas, a plurality of thin film transistors formed at intersections between the gate lines and the data lines to correspond to the plurality of pixel areas, and a protective film evenly formed over the substrate to cover the thin film transistors; a plurality of first electrodes formed such that portions of an metal oxide layer corresponding to emission areas of the respective pixel areas, is made conductive, the metal oxide layer evenly disposed on the protective film; a bank constituting the remaining portion of the metal oxide layer in which the first electrodes are not formed and formed so as to have insulating properties; an emission layer formed over the metal oxide layer; and a second electrode formed on the emission layer so as to face the first electrodes.

Abstract: Provided is a medical imaging apparatus including: an image processor configured to extract properties that an object has with respect to at least one feature, based on a plurality of medical images of the object; and a controller configured to control a display to display a first medical image from among the plurality of medical images and the extracted properties and display a first property shown in the first medical image from among the properties and a second property not shown in the first medical image in such a manner that the first property and the second property are distinguished from each other.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator which allows a pivoting bar to pivot to seal a gap between a pair of doors regardless of whether the door at which the pivoting bar is not installed between the pair of doors is open or closed. The refrigerator includes a guide device which induces the pivoting bar to pivot. Here, the guide device includes a rack that is moved forward and backward linearly depending on opening and closing of the second door and includes a second magnet built therein, a pinion gear engaged with the rack and pivoting when the rack is moved linearly, and a guide unit which includes a guide groove guiding a guide protrusion and is engaged with the pinion gear to move linearly in a direction opposite to that of the rack to allow the pivoting bar to pivot when the pinion gear pivots.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator which allows a pivoting bar to pivot to seal a gap between a pair of doors regardless of whether the door at which the pivoting bar is not installed between the pair of doors is open or closed. The refrigerator includes a guide device which induces the pivoting bar to pivot. Here, the guide device includes a rack that is moved forward and backward linearly depending on opening and closing of the second door and includes a second magnet built therein, a pinion gear engaged with the rack and pivoting when the rack is moved linearly, and a guide unit which includes a guide groove guiding a guide protrusion and is engaged with the pinion gear to move linearly in a direction opposite to that of the rack to allow the pivoting bar to pivot when the pinion gear pivots.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a driving thin film transistor (TFT), the driving thin film TFT includes a lower gate, a source, and a drain on a substrate and on the same layer; a first gate insulating layer covering the lower gate, the source, and the drain; an active layer on the first gate insulating layer; a conductive line contacting the source and the drain; a second gate insulating layer on the active layer; and an upper gate on the second gate insulating layer, wherein the lower gate of the driving TFT is a light shield that blocks light from being irradiated onto the active layer, and the lower gate and the source include the same metal.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device may include: a cell array comprising gate lines and data lines intersecting each other on a substrate so as to define a plurality of pixel areas, a plurality of thin film transistors formed at intersections between the gate lines and the data lines to correspond to the plurality of pixel areas, and a protective film evenly formed over the substrate to cover the thin film transistors; a plurality of first electrodes formed such that portions of an metal oxide layer corresponding to emission areas of the respective pixel areas, is made conductive, the metal oxide layer evenly disposed on the protective film; a bank constituting the remaining portion of the metal oxide layer in which the first electrodes are not formed and formed so as to have insulating properties; an emission layer formed over the metal oxide layer; and a second electrode formed on the emission layer so as to face the first electrodes.

Abstract: An air diffusion device is provided. The device includes a base coupled to an air supply pipe for supply of air. The base has an air discharge hole for discharge of air supplied from the air supply pipe. The device further includes a perforated cover in the form of a multi-layered stepped plate the height of which is reduced stepwise from the center to the edge. The perforated cover has a plurality of through-holes for discharge of air, and it is coupled to an upper surface of the base to cover the air discharge hole, thus defining an air guide chamber between the perforated cover and the base. The device further includes a securing mechanism configured to secure the perforated cover to the base.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for inducing tumor cell senescence and a method for inducing tumor cell senescence using the same. The composition can inhibit a PAPSS2 gene in a tumor cell to thereby induce senescence of the tumor cell, and if the composition is used concurrently with irradiation of the tumor cell, the composition can improve the sensitivity of the tumor cell to radiation.