Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for vitrification and thawing of oocytes of animals for somatic cell cloning. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a method for vitrification and thawing of canine oocytes, and to thus produced frozen-thawed oocytes. In a conventional approach of the vitrification-frozen oocyte production for the dog, an estrous cycle may not coincide with an experimental schedule. However, the method for vitrification and thawing of the canine oocyte according to the present disclosure and the resulting frozen-thawed oocyte allows an experimental schedule to coincide with the estrous cycle, resulting in high nuclear transfer and fertilization effects.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing, a battery disposed in the housing and configured to supply power, an aerosol generator configured to receive the power from the battery and activate aerosol generation, a biometric information obtainer exposed to an outside of the housing and configured to obtain biometric information of a user, and a controller configured to perform authentication of the user based on the biometric information and activate the aerosol generator based on a result of the authentication.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a side surface between the first surface and the second surface, and a mouthpiece formed on the first surface, an oscillator accommodated in the housing and configured to generate a microwave with a preset frequency, a resonator accommodated in the housing and configured to resonate the microwave to generate an amplified electromagnetic field, and a cartridge including an aerosol generating material and being insertable into the housing, wherein an aerosol may be generated as at least a portion of the electromagnetic field heats the aerosol generating material, the housing may be provided with a cartridge insertion hole through which the cartridge is inserted, and the cartridge insertion hole and the mouthpiece may not overlap.

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 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 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 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.