Abstract: The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition including multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugates. Each conjugate includes capsular polysaccharides of different pneumococcus serotypes conjugated to a carrier protein. More concretely, the present invention is a multivalent immunogenic composition including polysaccharide-protein conjugates. Each of the polysaccharide-protein conjugates includes Streptococcus pneumoniae-derived capsular polysaccharides of different serotypes conjugated to a carrier protein. The capsular polysaccharides include a) capsular polysaccharides of one or more serotypes selected from the group consisting of serotypes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, and 23F, and b) capsular polysaccharides of one or more serotypes selected from the group consisting of serotypes 10A, 11A, 12F, 15B, 22F, 23A, and 35B.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polypropylene non-woven fabric having excellent loft property, a method for preparing polypropylene non-woven fabric having excellent loft property, and a method for evaluating the properties of the polypropylene resin.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, including a vinyl chloride-based first seed; a vinyl chloride-based second seed; an initiator composition including a water-soluble initiator and an oil-soluble initiator; a reducing agent; and a vinyl chloride-based monomer, wherein a metal catalyst is not included in the composition, and a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer using the same.

Abstract: A hair dye dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing having an opening hole formed on one side of which a hair dye is provided, a plurality of cartridges disposed inside the housing and accommodating at least one dyeing material, a main body in which the plurality of cartridges are rotatably disposed, a main motor for rotating the main body so that a first cartridge of the plurality of cartridges is located adjacent to the opening hole, a discharge module for discharging the dyeing material contained in the first cartridge, and an accommodating body in which a basket accommodating the dyeing material discharged by the discharge module is placed, wherein the discharge module may include an elevating body that pressurizes the first cartridge when moving up and is separated from the first cartridge when moving down.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array that includes a plurality of pixels, and a row driver. Each pixel includes a photodiode, a transfer gate transistor between the photodiode and a floating diffusion node, and a first transistor between the floating diffusion node and a first voltage node configured to receive a first voltage. The row driver is connected with rows of the pixels through row lines. For each pixel of a selected row among the rows, the row driver is configured to apply a second voltage to a gate of the first transistor such that the first transistor is turned on and the floating diffusion node is reset, and turn on the transfer gate transistor such that electrons integrated in the photodiode are dumped to the floating diffusion node.

Abstract: In an embodiment a dummy cell includes a pair of dummy gas diffusion layers laminated on each other, a pair of separators which are laminated with the pair of gas diffusion layers interposed therebetween, and in which sealing gaskets forming an airtight line are disposed in an outer region of a region where the dummy gas diffusion layers are disposed and an airtight adhesive arranged between the dummy gas diffusion layers and the sealing gaskets and between the pair of separators, the airtight adhesive configured to prevent a reaction gas flowing from one separator to another separator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing natural killer cells using T cells, and more particularly, to a method for producing natural killer cells, which comprises culturing seed cells using CD4 (+) T cells as feeder cells. The method for producing natural killer cells using T cells according to the present invention is a method capable of producing natural killer cells by selectively proliferating only natural killer cells from a small amount of seed cells while maintaining the high killing activity of the natural killer cells. The method of the present invention can produce a large amount of natural killer cells that can be frozen, and thus is useful for commercialization of cell therapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a steel sheet for pipes having excellent hydrogen-induced crack resistance and a method for manufacturing the same. One aspect of the present invention is to provide a steel sheet for a pipe having excellent hydrogen-induced crack resistance and a method for manufacturing same. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a steel sheet for pipes having excellent hydrogen-induced crack resistance and a method for manufacturing the same may be provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensor including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a first photodiode and a second photodiode, each of which outputs a first pixel signal based on a first conversion gain using the second photodiode in a first period, outputs a second pixel signal based on a second conversion gain using the second photodiode in a second period, outputs a third pixel signal based on the first conversion gain using the first photodiode in a third period, and outputs a fourth pixel signal based on the second conversion gain using the first photodiode in a fourth period, an ADC circuit that performs sampling on a reset signal and an image signal of each of the first to fourth pixel signal. A sampling count and the number of sampling bits are adjusted differently from each of the first to fourth period.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a depalletizing system and a method for controlling the same. The depalletizing system, which picks up a plurality of objects to move the picked up objects to a predetermined position, includes: a camera unit for acquiring image data of tops of the plurality of objects; a controller for performing vision recognition for the acquired image data of tops of the plurality of objects to determine whether two neighboring objects among the plurality of objects are pickable at a time; and a picking robot for at a time picking up the two objects determined as pickable objects at a time to move the picked up objects to the predetermined position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for mass production of extracellular vesicles by using a noxa protein-derived peptide and mesenchymal stem cells and, more specifically, to a method for mass production of extracellular vesicles having wound healing and immunomodulatory effects, wherein mesenchymal stem cells are cultured in a medium composition containing a noxa protein-derived peptide, glucose, sucrose, and 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid [MOPS], whereby the extracellular vesicles can be obtained at high yield with high purity.

Abstract: A system on chip and semiconductor device including the same are provided. The system on chip comprises a plurality of functional blocks, a frames per second (FPS) meter measuring FPS based on data processed by the functional blocks, a thermal management unit (TMU) sensing a temperature of each of the functional blocks, a dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) controller performing DVFS on the functional blocks, and a power management unit (PMU) independently controlling the power of the functional blocks, wherein the DVFS controller checks the FPS for the functional blocks when an operating frequency of each of the functional blocks is limited and limits the operating frequency of the at least one of the functional blocks to a threshold value or less using the FPS checked by the DVFS controller and the temperature of each of the functional blocks.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, engine power consumption can be prevented, the number of components can be reduced, vehicle control functions such as automatic parking, lane keeping, driving assistance according to road surface conditions, steering vibration reduction, and autonomous driving control can be used and thus a driver's convenience can be increased, and stability can be enhanced by providing two motor-reducer structures.

Abstract: The present application relates to an anticoccidial composition comprising ginkgo leaves and use thereof. The composition comprising ginkgo leaves, according to an embodiment, has excellent effects of directly killing sporozoites that can induce coccidiosis, inhibiting the penetration of the sporozoites into cells, and/or inhibiting the proliferation of the sporozoites in cells, and has excellent effects of preventing, ameliorating and treating coccidiosis in vivo.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a battery rack, a power storage device, and a power generation system that reduce manufacturing costs and are easy to install. The battery rack can include a plurality of battery modules, at least one rack case to accommodate the plurality of battery modules, an injection pipe including a main body portion including an inlet through which an extinguishing agent is injected and extending along an arrangement of the plurality of battery modules, and a distribution unit extending toward each of the plurality of battery modules from the main body portion and including an outlet inserted into each of the plurality of battery modules, and a flexible pipe including a first coupler to be connectable to a supply pipe for supplying the extinguishing agent, and a second coupler to be connectable to the inlet of the injection pipe.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area including emission areas and a light blocking area; and a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a thin-film transistor layer disposed on the substrate and including thin-film transistors; a light-emitting element layer disposed on the thin-film transistor layer and including light-emitting elements; a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light-emitting element layer that converts a peak wavelength of a light from at least a part of the of light-emitting elements; and a color filter layer disposed on the wavelength conversion layer, and including color filters corresponding to the emission areas and a first light blocking part corresponding to the light blocking area and the non-display area. A transmittance of the first light blocking part with respect to a light having a wavelength of about 1000 nm or more is about 80% or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme for producing hydroxy derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids, a method for producing hydroxy derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids using the same, and an SPMs complex composition containing the hydroxy derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The enzyme may produce hydroxy derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids in a single reaction, and thus may be very usefully used for in vitro production. In addition, the SPMs complex composition containing the hydroxy derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids promotes collagen production, inhibits the production of NO and expression of TNF-? and IL-6, increases the expression of filaggrin and loricrin, and thus may be usefully used for preventing or alleviating skin aging or wrinkles, strengthening skin barrier, or preventing, alleviating or treating skin diseases comprising atopic dermatitis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a separator assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell stack including the same. The separator assembly includes (I) a plate-shaped first separator including a first reaction area where a flow path to which a reaction gas or a coolant flows on a center thereof and first manifolds to which the reaction gas or the coolant is introduced or discharged to opposite side areas of the first reaction area, and (ii) a plate-shaped second separator integrated with the first separator by bonding and including a second reaction area corresponding to a position where the first reaction area is formed and second manifolds communicating with the first manifolds. The first and second separators may have at least a portion of an inner edge of the respective first and second manifolds that are bent, thereby being disposed on an interface between the first and second separators.