Abstract: Disclosed is a degradation prediction device predicting a lifetime of a target material, including: at least one processor, and the at least one processor is configured to train a degradation index prediction model based on the representative value of a degradation index of a material by environmental conditions and the environmental information of a material subjected to a destructive testing, train a LMP (Larson-Miller Parameter) value prediction model based on the representative value of a degradation index of a material by environmental conditions and a theoretical value of LMP at a destructive testing, predict a degradation index for a target material using the degradation index prediction model for which training is completed based on environmental information of the target material and predict a LMP value of the target material using the LMP value prediction model for which training is completed based on the predicted degradation index.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and system for evaluating a welding condition on the basis of three-dimensional data. An aspect of the present embodiment provides an apparatus for evaluating a welding condition, the apparatus including a communication unit configured to receive a three-dimensional image for an evaluation target from the outside, a base material recognition unit configured to recognize a base material from the three-dimensional image for the evaluation target by using a point cloud, a bead extraction unit configured to extract a welding bead welded between the base materials, a bead cross-section acquisition unit configured to acquire cross-sections at preset intervals for the extracted welding bead, and a profile analysis unit configured to analyze a profile of the welding bead for the cross-section acquired by the bead cross-section acquisition unit.

Abstract: A vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication-based electronic toll collection system (ETCS) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one roadside unit (RSU), a token issuer checking a de-identified token of a vehicle by communicating with an on-board unit (OBU) of the vehicle via the at least one roadside unit, and a clearing house communicating with the token issuer and charging a toll to a driver/owner of the vehicle. The token issuer generates toll information of the vehicle based on the de-identified token of the vehicle and location information of the at least one roadside unit involved in checking the de-identified token.

Abstract: A lens module is provided. The lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging side, a first spacing member disposed between the first lens and the second lens and having a first passage extending in a direction that intersects an optical axis, a second spacing member disposed between the second lens and the third lens and having a second passage extending in a direction that intersects the optical axis, and a lens barrel configured to accommodate the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the first spacing member and the second spacing member, and configured to have a first connection passage disposed on an inner side surface and connected to the first passage and the second passage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a micro concentration monitoring apparatus. A micro concentration monitoring apparatus includes: a variable frequency driver circuit unit that is coupled to a MEMS sensor and supplies constant power to the MEMS sensor within a set bandwidth; and a reading circuit unit that measures a resonance frequency displacement value of the MEMS sensor according to a change in dielectric constant of a target based on power supplied from the variable frequency driver circuit, and measures the resonance frequency displacement value of the MEMS sensor through a plurality of measurement channels, respectively.

Abstract: Provided are apparatuses, a non-transitory computer-readable medium or media, and methods for supporting predicting of vascular disease using a fundus image of a subject. In certain aspects, disclosed a method including the steps of: extracting a feature information from a first fundus image of the subject based on a machine learning model; generating a second fundus image having a feature which is corresponding to the feature information by mapping a saliency factor to the first fundus image; and displaying the first fundus image and the second fundus image on a display device.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed an aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol through microwaves, the device including a microwave heater generating microwaves; a microwave cavity located in the aerosol-generating device, configured to accommodate a cigarette containing an aerosol-generating substrate, and including at least one outlet for passing an aerosol generated from the cigarette heated by the generated microwaves; and a microwave antenna located outside the microwave cavity and configured to transmit the generated microwaves to a predetermined effective area range in the microwave cavity.

Abstract: A cell unit includes a plurality of battery cells disposed on both surfaces of a unit plate. A case accommodates the cell unit and provided with a cooling device on at least one surface of the case. The unit plate includes a plurality of receiving spaces formed by a plate portion, having a flat surface, and a side portion protruding upwardly and downwardly of the plate portion from both sides of the plate portion. The plurality of battery cells are received in each of the receiving spaces.

Abstract: A light emitting display device includes a light emitting diode including a first electrode and a second electrode to which a driving voltage is applied, a driving transistor, a second transistor receiving a data voltage and connected to a D node, a storage capacitor connected to the driving transistor and an N node, a hold capacitor connected to the D node and the N node, a third transistor connected to the D node and the driving transistor, a fourth transistor receiving a reference voltage and connected to the driving transistor, a fifth transistor connected to the driving transistor and the N node, a sixth transistor receiving a driving low voltage and connected to the driving transistor, a seventh transistor receiving an initialization voltage and connected the driving transistor, and an eighth transistor connected to the driving transistor and the first electrode of the light emitting diode.

Abstract: A catalyst structure includes: (1) a substrate; (2) a catalyst layer on the substrate; and (3) an adhesion layer disposed between the substrate and the catalyst layer. In some implementations, an average thickness of the adhesion layer is about 1 nm or less. In some implementations, a material of the catalyst layer at least partially extends into a region of the adhesion layer. In some implementations, the catalyst layer is characterized by a lattice strain imparted by the adhesion layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a line; a source structure on the line; a stack structure on the source structure; a first slit structure penetrating the stack structure; a second slit structure penetrating the stack structure; and a contact plug adjacent to the first slit structure in a first direction. The first slit structure and the second slit structure may be spaced apart from each other by a first distance in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The contact plug penetrates the source structure, the contact plug being electrically connected to the lower line. The first slit structure and the contact plug may be spaced apart from each other by a second distance in the first direction, and the second distance may be longer than the first distance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane composition for injection molding and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic polyurethane composition includes 0.5% by weight to 10.0% by weight of a sulfonate diol, 13% by weight to 60% by weight of an isocyanate, 30% by weight to 70% by weight of an ether-containing polyester polyol, and 5% by weight to 40% by weight of a chain extender.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image generating device, which includes a measurement device including a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers for a multistatic measurement of an object, an image preprocessing device that receives a raw image signal corresponding to the multistatic measurement from the measurement device and generates a preprocessed image signal based on the raw image signal, an image amplifier that generates an amplified image signal based on the preprocessed image signal, and an image restorer that generates a restored image signal corresponding to the object based on the amplified image signal, and the image amplifier is further configured to set up a first virtual transmitter and a first virtual receiver, to obtain first measurement data of a first target transmitter closest to the first virtual transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a first target receiver closest to the first virtual receiver among the plurality of receivers.

Abstract: A battery cell internal pressure measurement apparatus for measuring an internal pressure of at least one battery cell according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure may include a jig housing configured to accommodate the at least one battery cell, and a jig cover coupled to the jig housing and configured to cover the at least one battery cell. The at least one cell groove into which the at least one battery cell is inserted may be formed at a bottom of the jig housing.

Abstract: Provided is a compound of Chemical Formula 1 or 2: wherein: R1 to R4 are each independently hydrogen or deuterium; n1 to n4 are an integer of 1 to 4; L1 and L2 are each independently a direct bond or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 arylene; and Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently a substituent of Chemical Formula 3: wherein X1 to X5 are each independently N or C(R5), wherein at least two of X1 to X5 are N; and each R5 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2-60 heteroaryl containing at least one of N, O and S, or two adjacent R5s combine to form a benzene ring; and an organic light emitting device including the same. The device exhibits significantly superior efficiency and lifespan.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: A conductive composite material, a method of preparing the same, and a secondary battery including the same. The conductive composite material may increase the proportion of an active material when forming an electrode by chemically bonding a conductive material and a binder to each other. A method of preparing the conductive composite material comprises ionizing carbon-based particles in a predetermined polarity, ionizing PTFE particles in a polarity different from that of the carbon-based particles, and chemically bonding the ionized carbon-based particles and the ionized PTFE particles, which are ionized in different polarities, to each other.

Abstract: A potassium nitrate level detection sensing module M in a strengthening furnace according to the present invention includes a level detection means, which is installed inside a glass strengthening furnace, installed at a height equal to a level line of strengthening liquid to be filled in the strengthening furnace F, and generates an electrical signal having a set threshold or more or an electrical signal having the set threshold or less when it comes into contact with the strengthening liquid and detects that the strengthening liquid filled in the glass strengthening furnace F has reached a set strengthening liquid level line. The potassium nitrate level detection sensing module in the strengthening furnace according to the present invention having such a configuration can automatically identify that potassium nitrate in a liquid state, which is melted in the strengthening furnace, has reached the set level line in the strengthening furnace.

Abstract: Disclosed is an annotation device including at least one processor. The at least one processor generates a plurality of superpixels in an annotation target image based on a predetermined non-parametric segmentation method, recommends segmentation regions based on outlines of the plurality of superpixels, respectively, and performs labeling for each of the recommended segmentation regions based on a user input for labeling.

Abstract: A negative electrode composition, a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the same, a lithium secondary battery, and a method for preparing the negative electrode composition are provided. The negative electrode composition comprises a silicon carbon composite, a graphite, and a negative electrode conductive material, wherein a BET specific surface area of the silicon carbon composite is larger than a BET specific surface area of the graphite.