Abstract: A method for efficiently preparing gossypetin is disclosed. Gossypetin can be utilized as an ingredient in medicine, healthcare, cosmetics, health foods, dietary supplements, and the like. The method can produce gossypetin of formula (1) with high purity and high yield through a four-step process, in which the compound of formula (2) is employed as starting material.

Abstract: A wearable device for providing a smoking effect includes a housing, a first stimulus unit provided on a surface of the housing and including at least one electrode that is disposed on a position corresponding to a first region of a user and configured to provide electrical stimulation, a second stimulus unit provided on the surface of the housing and including at least one electrode that is disposed on a position corresponding to a second region of the user and configured to provide electrical stimulation, and a controller configured to control the first stimulus unit or the second stimulus unit, wherein the first stimulus unit or the second stimulus unit is configured to provide an electrical stimulus signal that induces an alertness state capable of implementing a smoking effect.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a battery, a capacitive sensor, a controller, a first conductive element, a second conductive element, and a heater, wherein the controller is configured to control power supplied from the battery to the heater based on an order of a first time point at which the capacitive sensor senses contact of a user through the first conductive element and a second time point at which the capacitive sensor senses contact of the user through the second conductive element.

Abstract: A method for comparing documents and a system therefor are provided. The method according to some embodiments may include acquiring a first document image and a second document image, extracting a first feature set from the first document image and a second feature set from the second document image through an encoder, generating a correlation feature set by analyzing a correlation between at least part of the first feature set and at least part of the second feature set, and outputting a result of comparison between the first document image and the second document image based on a result of decoding the correlation feature set.

Abstract: An aerosol separating module includes an ultrasonic vibrator configured to generate a ultrasonic wave, a surface acoustic wave vibrator configured to generate a surface acoustic wave, and a transfer element configured to transfer an aerosol forming substrate to at least one of the ultrasonic vibrator or the surface acoustic wave vibrator.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a main body including a processor and a battery; a heater module detachably coupled to the main body and including a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material; and a cartridge detachably coupled to the heater module and storing the aerosol generating material to be delivered to the heater, wherein the heater module includes an integrated circuit electrically connected to the processor when the heater module is coupled to the main body.

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: An aerosol-generating device includes a receiver for receiving a medium receiving rod in a replaceable manner, an atomizer that generates aerosol, and a power supply for providing power required to heat the atomizer, and a medium included in the medium receiving rod is transferred by the aerosol passing through the medium receiving rod.

Abstract: A heater includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface includes a curved surface and defines a cavity, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) structure configured to generate heat by SPR and disposed on the first surface, and an opening configured to allow light to pass into the cavity and defined by the first surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aerosol generating rod includes providing a sheet of a first non-tobacco material by using at least one first conveying roller; crimping the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a first crimping device; applying an aerosol generating material to at least one surface of the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a first spray nozzle; applying a liquid containing a tobacco component to at least one surface of the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a slit nozzle; drying the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a drying device; and forming the aerosol generating rod by forming the sheet of the first non-tobacco material into a rod by using a rod forming device.

Abstract: A brain stimulation device includes a housing having at least one area attached to a body of a user, and including an accommodation space having an article accommodated therein, a battery arranged inside the housing, an output unit configured to apply a current to the body of the user on the basis of power supplied from the battery, and a processor electrically connected to the battery and the output unit, wherein the processor is configured to detect a type of the article accommodated in the accommodation space, and on the basis of the detected type of the article, apply a current to the body of the user via the output unit so that brain stimulation is applied to the user.

Abstract: The aerosol-generating device includes a receiver for receiving a medium receiving rod in a replaceable manner, an atomizer that generates aerosol, and a power supply for transmitting power required to heat the atomizer, wherein the aerosol generated in the atomizer passes through the medium receiving rod received in the receiver such that a medium is transferred from medium pulp included in a filter segment of the medium receiving rod by heat of the aerosol.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a housing; a first printed circuit board arranged to extend along one surface of the housing; and a second printed circuit board arranged in the housing, and on which a processor configured to generate a control signal is mounted, the second printed circuit board extending in a direction crossing a direction in which the one surface of the housing extends.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing a composite cathode for an all-solid battery, a composite cathode, and an all-solid battery including the same. A method of preparing a composite cathode comprises applying a slurry, which comprises a cathode active material and an oxide-based solid electrolyte, to a substrate to form a composite oxide sheet, and light-sintering the composite oxide sheet by irradiating light thereon to form a sintered composite oxide sheet. A composite cathode comprises a cathode current collector and a sintered composite oxide sheet comprising a cathode active material and an oxide-based solid electrolyte, formed on at least one surface of the cathode current collector, and a radius of curvature of 5R or less.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an aerosol generating device includes: a main body including an accommodation space into which a cartridge, that is detachable, is configured to be inserted; a battery provided in the main body and configured to supply power to power consumption components included in the main body; a feedback line configured to feedback electrical connection between a heater in the cartridge and the main body based on the cartridge being inserted into the accommodation space; and a controller configured to change a mode of the aerosol generating device to a use mode based on a feedback signal being received through the feedback line when the aerosol generating device is set to a shipping mode.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an image sensor includes a pixel including a floating diffusion (FD) node having a first capacitance in a first mode and a second capacitance that is less than the first capacitance in a second mode, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) outputting a pixel value based on a ramp voltage and a pixel voltage output from the pixel, and a ramp voltage generator controlling the ramp voltage based on a difference between a first pixel value output from the ADC in the first mode and a second pixel value output from the ADC in the second mode.

Abstract: Provided according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device for managing the environment of a breeding farm, the device comprising: an imaging unit for capturing a thermal image of the inside of a breeding farm; an object detection unit for detecting an object from the captured image; an area division unit for dividing the captured image into multiple areas; a filtering unit for extracting, from the divided areas, a second area except a first area where the object is detected; and a control unit for comparing the temperature of the second area with a reference temperature to detect an abnormal situation.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, a wrapper surrounding the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion, and a cooling portion surrounded by the tobacco medium portion, the filter portion, and the wrapper so as to have a space therein.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion and a filter portion coupled to a side of the tobacco medium portion and cooling and filtering an aerosol delivered from the tobacco medium portion. The filter portion may include a first filter segment disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion and filtering the aerosol, an inner wrapper surrounding the first filter segment and extending toward the tobacco medium portion, and a second filter segment surrounded by the tobacco medium portion, the first filter segment, and the inner wrapper so as to have a space therein.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aerosol generating rod includes providing a sheet of a first non-tobacco material by using at least one first conveying roller; crimping the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a first crimping device; applying an aerosol generating material to at least one surface of the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a first spray nozzle; applying a liquid containing a tobacco component to at least one surface of the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a slit nozzle; drying the sheet of the first non-tobacco material by using a drying device; and forming the aerosol generating rod by forming the sheet of the first non-tobacco material into a rod by using a rod forming device.