Abstract: A semiconductor device may include an access line, a variable resistance layer, an electrode located between the access line and the variable resistance layer, and a barrier structure located between the access line and the electrode and including an amorphous barrier. The barrier structure may further include a diffusion barrier, and the amorphous barrier has a resistivity higher than that of the diffusion barrier.

Abstract: An embodiment describes a low noise tire that reduces noise caused by air column resonance occurring in a main groove and has a fluid flow path to prevent a surface layer from being roughened during a mold casting process. A low noise tire according to an embodiment includes a plurality of blocks formed on a tread, a groove formed between the blocks and extending in a circumferential direction of a tire, protrusion portions including a plurality of protrusion bodies protruding from a bottom surface and a wall surface of the groove and extending along the groove, and fluid flow paths formed along the wall surface of the groove and configured to divide the protrusion portions while traversing the protrusion portions so that a fluid positioned between the protrusion portions moves.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data assimilation system of numerical models using atmospheric research aircraft observation data for constructing a data assimilation system for generating improved initial conditions and performing efficient aerial observation work using atmospheric research aircraft observation data, and a method of constructing a weather prediction model with data assimilation applied of the data assimilation system. A data assimilation system of numerical models using atmospheric research aircraft observation data includes an observation error data generation module, a background error covariance generation module, a data assimilation module and a lateral boundary field generation module.

Abstract: The polycarbonate copolymer of the present invention comprises: a unit derived from at least one type of primary dihydroxyl compound; and a unit derived from at least two types of secondary dihydroxyl compounds, wherein the polycarbonate copolymer has a pencil hardness of H or greater, when a specimen is measured according to the pencil hardness test (ISO 15184), and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 90° C. to about 160° C., measured according to ISO 11357. The polycarbonate copolymer has excellent heat resistance, scratch resistance, moldability, light resistance, weather resistance, transparency, mechanical strength, and the like.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention is provided a container. The container includes: a container part for storing a content therein; a connection part provided on top of the container part and having at least one or more inlets adapted to introduce the content thereinto; a discharging part ascended and descended along the connection part and having an outlet for discharging the content, the outlet being open and closed according to ascending and descending; a cap part located on top of the discharging part and having an insertion hole adapted to insert the discharging part thereinto; and an elastic member disposed between the discharging part and the cap part to apply an elastic force to the discharging part, wherein the elastic member is a bellows type member having a peak and troughs formed in a longitudinal direction thereof, while being sealed on the peripheral surface thereof.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a console device, which restricts a console armrest of the console device disposed between a driver seat and a passenger seat inside a vehicle, includes a housing mounted on a front surface of a console box of the console device, a pivoting lever pivotably coupled to an inner surface of the housing, a slider pivotably coupled to an upper body of the pivoting lever, an inertial member interlocking portion coupled to a lower body of the pivoting lever, an inertial member seating portion which is mounted on the housing and on which an inertial member is seated, and the inertial member provided between the inertial member interlocking portion and the inertial member seating portion and configured to operate the inertial member interlocking portion when a collision of the vehicle occurs.

Abstract: Provided is a collector including an adhesion enhancing layer capable of providing a positive electrode having excellent adhesion and low interfacial resistance, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode. The collector includes a conductive metal layer, and an adhesion enhancing layer provided on at least one surface of the conductive metal layer, wherein the adhesion enhancing layer has a surface roughness (Ra) of 90 nm to 600 nm and a diiodomethane contact angle of 70° to 120°.

Abstract: An adhesion enhancing composition that is capable of providing a positive electrode with excellent scratch resistance and adhesiveness and low interfacial resistance is provided. The adhesion enhancing composition includes a fluorine-based polymer binder, a first water-soluble binder, a second water-soluble binder, and a conductive material. The adhesion enhancing composition includes the fluorine-based polymer binder, the first water-soluble binder, and the second water-soluble binder in specific amounts. A collector including the adhesion enhancing composition is also provided. Moreover, a positive electrode including the collector, a method for manufacturing the positive electrode, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: A chemical liquid supply apparatus is provided and includes an additive supply, a chemical liquid supply, and a controller that controls the additive supply and the chemical liquid supply. The additive supply includes a first tank that receives an additive from an additive container, and a first circulating pipe connected to the first tank. The chemical liquid supply includes an auxiliary tank that receives an etching liquid from another container and receives the additive, and a second circulating pipe connected to the auxiliary tank. The controller provides control so as to: circulate the additive in the first tank; heat the etching liquid in the auxiliary tank using a heater such that a temperature of the etching liquid is increased to a first temperature; supply the additive to the auxiliary tank; and produce a chemical liquid by circulating the etching liquid and the additive at the first temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gas purging system for ships having an engine fueled by fuel gas. The gas purging system includes: a fuel supply line along which fuel gas is supplied to the engine; a gas valve unit disposed on the fuel supply line to control a pressure of the fuel gas; and a purge line along which nitrogen gas is supplied to the engine to purge an interior of the engine and an interior of the fuel supply line, wherein the nitrogen gas is directly supplied to the engine along the purge line, purges the interior of the engine and the fuel supply line, and is discharged to outside atmosphere through the gas valve unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical device separator and an electrochemical device including the same. The separator includes a porous polymer substrate and a porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer substrate, in which the porous coating layer includes particulate binder resins and inorganic particles, and [content of binder particles in an upper portion of a porous coating layer before impregnation with electrolyte/content of binder particles in a central portion of a porous coating layer before impregnation with electrolyte]?[content of binder particles in an upper portion of a porous coating layer after impregnation with electrolyte/content of binder particles in a central portion of a porous coating layer after impregnation with electrolyte] is 0.32 or less.

Abstract: An electrochemical device separator including a porous polymer substrate and a porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer includes particulate binder polymers, a non-particulate acrylic-containing polymer, and first inorganic particles. The particulate binder polymers include hybrid polymer particles including a fluorine-containing polymer and an acrylic-containing polymer, and acrylic-containing polymer particles. The acrylic-containing polymer particles have a particle size D50 (a) in a range of 1 ?m to 7 ?m, the first inorganic particles have a particle size D50 (b) in a range of 200 nm to 800 nm, a/b is in a range of 2 to 15, and hybrid polymer particles have a particle size D50 less than 250 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eddy current sensor for detecting a crack in a battery cell, and a system for detecting a crack of a battery cell including the eddy current sensor. According to the present invention, it is possible to easily detect a crack generated in an electrode, an electrode tab or a welded portion.

Abstract: An embodiment opening and closing apparatus of a sliding door of a vehicle includes a carrier slidably installed along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, a pair of links rotatably installed on the carrier and spaced apart from each other, wherein a first end portion of the pair of links is hinge-connected to the sliding door of the vehicle, and a popping-out device configured to pop the sliding door out of a vehicle body of the vehicle by rotating the pair of links during an initial stage of an opening operation of the sliding door.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for identifying and/or treating subjects having cancer who are more likely to respond to treatment with an inhibitor of the transcription factor HIF-2?.

Abstract: A vehicle battery control apparatus which includes a memory and a controller. For example, the vehicle battery control apparatus obtains at least one of driving durability data according to a driving state of a host vehicle or calendar aging data according to a parking state of the host vehicle, or any combination thereof, obtains degradation data of a battery of the host vehicle using at least some of the driving durability data or the calendar aging data, or the any combination thereof, and compares reference data identified based on a predetermined reference model with the degradation data to determine a degradation state of the battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sagger for firing a precursor material, and more specifically, to a sagger having a space internally provided to load a precursor material. When used to fire a precursor material, the sagger is capable of not only suppressing the generation of by-products but also enhancing the durability of the main body.

Abstract: A home port includes: a cylindrical body including: an open upper, a lower end, and an outlet in the lower end of the cylindrical body; a cover covering the open upper end; a pipe connected to the outlet; and a first bracket between the cover and the outlet, wherein a hole is provided in the first bracket, the first bracket has an inclined surface inclined from a first side of the first bracket to a second side of the first bracket, a vertical level of the first side of the first bracket is higher than a vertical level of the second side of the first bracket, and the hole of the first bracket is provided at the second side of the first bracket.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a capacitance forming portion in which dielectric layers and internal electrodes are alternately disposed in a first direction, and cover portions disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the capacitance forming portion, respectively, in the first direction; and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein the cover portion includes a plurality of dielectric grains and a plurality of pores, and Gn/Pn is more than 10 and less than 30, in which Gn is the number of dielectric grains included in the cover portion and Pn is the number of pores included in the cover portion.

Abstract: A vehicular folding-type loading bay cover includes a cover unit with a plurality of slats. Respective upper end portions of preceding and following slats and respective lower end portions thereof are alternatingly connected, and the cover unit can be folded and unfolded in a loading bay of a vehicle. A main rail is disposed in the vehicular loading bay along a direction in which the cover unit is unfolded, guides the lower end portions of the slats, and guides the upper end portions of the slats in a section where the slats are unfolded. A guide rail branches off from the main rail, is parallel with the main rail in a section where the cover unit is fully folded and guides the upper end portions of the slats when the cover unit is folded.