Abstract: A method of processing a substrate is provided. The method processes a substrate by using a substrate processing apparatus including a chamber, a shower head unit for supplying a cleaning gas into the chamber, a first electrode disposed on an upper portion of the shower head unit, a support unit for supporting the substrate, and a second electrode disposed inside the support unit, the method including supplying the cleaning gas into the chamber, and supplying a voltage of a first magnitude to the first electrode and supplying a voltage of a second magnitude greater than the first magnitude to the second electrode.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a lithium battery includes a positive electrode having a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese-based electrode active material wherein nickel has a content of 80 mol % or greater, relative to the other transition metals, a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative electrode active material, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt, the lithium salt being contained in a concentration of 1.8 M to 5 M, and wherein the lithium salt includes LiPF6 and a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide.

Abstract: The prevent invention relates to a pouch-shaped battery cell manufacturing method including receiving an electrode assembly in a battery case made of a laminate sheet, primarily sealing an outer edge of the battery case, and secondarily sealing at least a part of the primarily sealed outer edge, wherein sealing force of a sealed portion formed after both the primary sealing and the secondary sealing are performed is low, whereby it is possible to induce the venting position and venting time of a pouch-shaped battery cell.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly in which electrodes and separators are alternately layered; a can case having an internal accommodation space in which the electrode assembly is accommodated; and an electrode tab having one side connected to each of the electrodes of the electrode assembly and the other side welded to the can case. A welding pattern appearing at a welding part, at which the electrode tab is welded to the can case, includes a circular shape and an additional shape in addition to the circular shape.

Abstract: Provided are a fruit bag and a manufacturing method thereof, for example, a fruit bag for a fruit of a fruit tree may include: an inner surface configured to surround the fruit; an outer surface configured to exposed to an outside; an opening formed in a predetermined size at the same position of the inner surface and the outer surface; a nano membrane generated by an electrospinning of a polymer solution as a raw material for nano-fibers; a non-woven fabric for strength reinforcement laminated on one or both sides of the nano membrane and a nano-lamination film covering the entire surface of the opening thereby while maintaining excellent air permeability, it is possible to properly maintain the humidity and against various external environmental effects.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, when drip coffee is extracted, it may learn drip coffee recipe information of a barista to be imitated and extract the drip coffee based on the learned reference acidity and reference concentration. The extracted drip coffee may be compared with the learned reference acidity and the reference concentration and evaluated, and when the acidity and concentration of the drip coffee are matched with the reference acidity and the reference concentration, the drip coffee having the same acidity and concentration as the drip coffee may be extracted. Alternatively, when the acidity and concentration of the drip coffee are not matched with the reference acidity and the reference concentration, drip coffee having the same or/and similar acidity and concentration as or/and to the reference acidity and the reference concentration may be extracted by changing extraction conditions of the drip coffee through reinforcement learning.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first portion coated with an active material and a second portion at a first side and adjacent the first portion, the second portion being exposed beyond the separator along a first axial direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the second portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly forming a first surface region including stacked layers of the second portion, and in a partial region of the first surface region, a number of the stacked layers of the second portion is 10 or more in the in the first axial direction.

Abstract: The riveting structure of an electrode terminal for a battery includes a battery housing having a bottom; an electrode terminal riveted through a hole formed in the bottom of the battery housing; and a gasket between the electrode terminal and the battery housing. Also, the electrode terminal includes a body portion inserted into the hole; an outer flange portion extending along an outer surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a first side of the body portion exposed through the outer surface; an inner flange portion extending toward an inner surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a second side of the body portion exposed through the inner surface; and a flat portion on the second side of the body portion.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a separator, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator wound about an axis defining a core and an outer circumference of the electrode assembly. The first electrode has a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides, a first portion extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides, the first portion being coated with an active material, and at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab. The second portion includes a first part adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second part adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third part between the first part and the second part. The first or second part has a smaller height than the third part.

Abstract: An apparatus for data augmentation includes a mode separating unit generating minor class fake data from a latent vector, an embedding vector generating unit generating embedding vectors for major class original data, minor class original data, and the minor class fake data through a metric network, an auxiliary classifying unit classifying a class of the embedding vectors from the embedding vector generating unit, and feedbacking the classified result in the mode separating unit, and a classifying unit determining whether the input data is authentic by receiving the embedding vector of the minor class original data and the embedding vector of the minor class fake data from the embedding vector generating unit, and feedbacking the determined result in the mode separating unit.

Abstract: A device for controlling a vehicle is provided. The device includes an input device for receiving a user input, a state sensing device for sensing a vehicle state change in response to the user input, and a controller configured to determine whether to apply a driving current of an actuator to a switching device based on the vehicle state change.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for inhibiting a STAT3 activity comprising administering SSu72 protein.

Abstract: Stack fault inspection apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus includes a sample stage fixing the silicon carbide substrate and allow the incident light to scan the substrate surface; an incident light source configured to irradiate a vertical illumination light of a wavelength corresponding to an energy greater than a band gap energy of the substrate to at least a portion of a surface of the substrate in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; a photomultiplier tube (PMT) configured to obtain a photoluminescence mapping image having a wavelength corresponding to the band gap energy of the substrate from the surface of the substrate; and a controller configured to process the mapping image and identify stacking faults.

Abstract: Stack fault inspection apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus includes a sample stage fixing the silicon carbide substrate and allow the incident light to scan the substrate surface; an incident light source configured to irradiate a vertical illumination light of a wavelength corresponding to an energy greater than a band gap energy of the substrate to at least a portion of a surface of the substrate in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; a photomultiplier tube (PMT) configured to obtain a photoluminescence mapping image having a wavelength corresponding to the band gap energy of the substrate from the surface of the substrate; and a controller configured to process the mapping image and identify stacking faults.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of producing bankable and subculturable mature microglia, and according to a method according to an aspect, subculture and banking are possible, and freeze storage and thawing are also possible, and thus, it is possible to simply isolate and use only mature microglia whenever necessary. In addition, it is possible to dramatically reduce the number of subjects required for an experiment, and therefore, the method may contribute economically to all research or industrial fields related to microglia.

Abstract: Image sensors are provided. The image sensor may include a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a photoelectric conversion layer in the substrate, and a lower capacitor connection pattern on the first surface of the substrate. The second surface of the substrate may be configured to receive incident light. The lower capacitor connection pattern may include a capacitor region and a landing region protruding from the capacitor region. The image sensors may also include a capacitor structure including a first conductive pattern, a dielectric pattern, and a second conductive pattern sequentially stacked on the capacitor region, a first wire on the capacitor structure and connected to the second conductive pattern, and a second wire connected to the landing region. The first conductive pattern may be connected to the lower capacitor connection pattern.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooled charging cable for an electric vehicle, and the purpose of the present invention is to cool a power line by circulating, through a cooling tube or a refrigerant fluid channel, high-temperature heat generated in the power line when a large-capacity current required for rapid charging is continuously applied to the power line, and arrange the cooling tube or refrigerant fluid channel in a shaping material filled in the cable to cool the power line through a wider surface area in an indirect heat transfer method, so as to enhance the cooling efficiency while preventing the pipe or channel from being in direct contact with the power line, thereby preventing an insulation layer thereof from being deteriorated, damaged, or destructed due to the refrigerant.

Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive interaction data indicating an interaction time and amount. The system may categorize the interaction in a category of a plurality of categories. For each category, the system may compare a total category amount with an average category amount. The system may determine, for each category, a proportion of the total category amount relative to a total account amount. The system may transmit, to a user device, user interface data associated with a ring-shaped user interface element that includes a plurality of segments corresponding to the plurality of categories. The user interface data indicates a width of a particular segment that is based on the comparison of the total category amount for a corresponding category with the average category amount, and an arc length that is based on the proportion of the total category amount for the corresponding category to the total account amount.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a composition comprising factor VIII (FVIII) and von Willebrand factor (vWF), wherein the content of the von Willebrand factor (vWF) can be controlled by mixing the factor VIII (FVIII) with the von Willebrand factor (vWF) at an appropriate ratio after separately purifying the factor VIII (FVIII) and the von Willebrand factor (vWF) from plasma in a single process. The method can prepare and purify a composition comprising factor VIII (FVIII) and a varying content of von Willebrand factor (vWF) without increasing the amount of impurities other than the von Willebrand factor (vWF) compared to a method of purifying factor VIII (FVIII) separately, without significantly increasing the processing time (within 3 hours) compared to a method of purifying factor VIII (FVIII), and without changing the yield of factor VIII (FVIII).

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor packages and their fabrication methods. The semiconductor package comprises a circuit substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the circuit substrate, and a thermal radiation film covering the semiconductor chip on the circuit substrate. The semiconductor chip includes first lateral surfaces opposite to each other in a first direction and second lateral surfaces opposite to each other in a second direction that intersects the first direction. A first width of the first lateral surface is less than a second width of the second lateral surface. The thermal radiation film covers a top surface of the semiconductor chip and entirely surrounds the first and second lateral surfaces of the semiconductor chip. The thermal radiation film has slits directed toward the first lateral surfaces from ends of the thermal radiation film.