Abstract: The present disclosure relates to: a method for preparing heat-killed lactic acid bacteria.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a porous carbon material including: (1) a step of centrifugally milling a porous carbon material; and (2) a step of filtering the centrifugally milled porous carbon material through a sieve, wherein a mesh size of the sieve is 2.8 to 4 times of a D50 particle size of the porous carbon material filtered through the sieve in the step (2). The present disclosure also relates to a porous carbon material prepared by the above-described method, a sulfur-carbon composite and a lithium-sulfur battery including the porous carbon material prepared by the above-described method.

Abstract: A gate driver includes a first scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a scan transistor through a plurality of stages connected in cascade, the scan transistor performing a switching operation to transfer a data voltage to a driving transistor of a pixel, a second scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a sensing transistor through the plurality of stages, the sensing transistor sensing deterioration of a light emitting element of the pixel, a light emission control signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for control of a light emission control transistor of the pixel through the plurality of stages, and an initialization voltage generator driven by logic voltages received from some nodes of the first scan signal generator based on the light emission control signal generator to supply an initialization voltage to the pixel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode, including: coating an electrode forming slurry on at least one surface of a current collector; and rolling the current collector coated with the electrode forming slurry, wherein the electrode forming slurry includes an electrode active material and an electrode binder, wherein the electrode binder includes an acrylic binder, and wherein the rolling is performed at a temperature of 105° C. or more, thereby manufacturing the electrode having low moisture content by using the rolling process in the manufacture of the electrode using the aqueous binder.

Abstract: An integrated circuit including first and second macroblocks arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of cells between the first macroblock and the second macroblock, the plurality of cells including at least one first ending cell adjacent to the first macroblock and having a first width in the first direction, at least one second ending cell adjacent to the second macroblock and having a second width different from the first width in the first direction, and at least one standard cell between the at least one first ending cell and the at least one second ending cell may be provided.

Abstract: A flush door for a vehicle has a detachable slider fixing rail. The flush door includes a door body in white (BIW) having a door frame; a door module mounted on the door frame; a glass configured to be moved up and down by the door module; and a slider. The slider has a movement guide including a connection part connected to the glass and has a body part located in a U-shaped section defined by a rail and a garnish plate. The rail and the garnish plate are configured separately and the garnish plate covers an open section of the rail and guides movement of the slider.

Abstract: Disclosed are a quantum light source device and an optical system including the same. The quantum light source device includes a substrate, a buffer layer provided on the substrate, and an optical waveguide layer provided on the buffer layer and including a signal waveguide and a resonant waveguide adjacent to one side of the signal waveguide. The resonant waveguide includes a periodic polarization inversion structure having a plurality of polarizations periodically inverted.

Abstract: A folding type cargo compartment cover unit having a sealing structure includes: a plurality of slats successively arranged on top of a vehicular cargo compartment along one direction of a vehicle; connectors, each being arranged between the adjacent slats; shafts, each hinge-connecting one of the adjacent slats and the connector to each other by passing through the one of the adjacent slats and through the connector; and weather strips, each being formed of flexible material and being provided on at least one of the slat or the connector, thereby sealing a gap between the slat and the connector.

Abstract: A foldable loading box cover assembly for a vehicle includes a cover unit including a plurality of slats. The slats are foldable to cover an upper portion of a loading box of the vehicle. The assembly also includes a rail unit disposed in a unfolding direction of the cover unit at the upper portion of the loading box and configured to pop up for guiding an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the plurality of slats to slide. The foldable loading box cover assembly prevents the rail unit from being exposed to an upper portion of the loading box when the upper portion of the loading box is closed.

Abstract: A foldable loading box cover assembly for a vehicle has an articulated rail and includes a cover unit. The cover unit includes a plurality of slats where each slat has an upper end and a lower end alternately connected to adjacent slats when folded. The cover unit is folded or unfolded to uncover or cover a loading box of a vehicle. The cover assembly includes a main rail installed at an upper end of the loading box, disposed in a reward direction of the vehicle, and configured to guide the lower ends of the plurality of slats. The cover assembly includes an articulated rail installed on the main rail and configured to guide the upper ends of the plurality of slats. When the cover unit is folded, the articulated rail is separated from the main rail to guide the upper ends of the plurality of slats.

Abstract: An electrode includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer located on at least one side of the current collector. The electrode active material layer includes a sulfur-carbon composite and a binder, and the sulfur-carbon composite includes a porous carbon material and a sulfur-based material. The current collector includes aluminum (Al), and has a thickness of about 9 ?m or less.

Abstract: A gate driver includes a first scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a scan transistor through a plurality of stages connected in cascade, the scan transistor performing a switching operation to transfer a data voltage to a driving transistor of a pixel, a second scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a sensing transistor through the plurality of stages, the sensing transistor sensing deterioration of a light emitting element of the pixel, a light emission control signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for control of a light emission control transistor of the pixel through the plurality of stages, and an initialization voltage generator driven by logic voltages received from some nodes of the first scan signal generator based on the light emission control signal generator to supply an initialization voltage to the pixel.

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.

Abstract: A gate driver includes a first scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a scan transistor through a plurality of stages connected in cascade, the scan transistor performing a switching operation to transfer a data voltage to a driving transistor of a pixel, a second scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a sensing transistor through the plurality of stages, the sensing transistor sensing deterioration of a light emitting element of the pixel, a light emission control signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for control of a light emission control transistor of the pixel through the plurality of stages, and an initialization voltage generator driven by logic voltages received from some nodes of the first scan signal generator based on the light emission control signal generator to supply an initialization voltage to the pixel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium-sulfur battery, and the positive electrode active material of the present disclosure includes a sulfur-carbon composite, wherein the sulfur-carbon composite includes a porous carbon material and a sulfur-based material disposed on at least a portion of an inside of pores and a surface of the porous carbon material, wherein the sulfur-based material includes at least one of sulfur (S8) or a sulfur compound, and wherein the porous carbon material satisfies one or more of the following conditions: (1) a sum of particle size D10 and particle size D90 is 60 ?m or less; and (2) a broadness factor (BF) satisfying Equation 1 is 7 or less: Broadness factor (BF)=(particle size D90 of the porous carbon material)/(particle size D10 of the porous carbon material)??[Equation 1].

Abstract: A lithium-sulfur battery containing a sulfur-based compound as a positive electrode active material. The lithium-sulfur battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a pouch configured to receive the electrode assembly; and an electrolyte. The lithium-sulfur battery satisfies a swelling factor (SF) equal to or higher than 0 and less than 10.

Abstract: A positive electrode according to the present disclosure includes a current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises a sulfur-carbon composite and a binder polymer, wherein the sulfur-carbon composite comprises a porous carbon material and a sulfur-based material disposed on at least a portion of an inside of pores and a surface of the porous carbon material, and wherein a ratio of a thickness of the positive electrode (?m) to an amount of carbon per a unit area (1 cm×1 cm) in the positive electrode active material layer (mg) is 80 to 130 (?m/mg).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium-sulfur battery, and the positive electrode active material of the present disclosure includes a sulfur-carbon composite, wherein the sulfur-carbon composite includes a porous carbon material and a sulfur-based material disposed on at least a portion of an inside of pores and a surface of the porous carbon material, wherein the sulfur-based material includes at least one of sulfur (S8) or a sulfur compound, and wherein the porous carbon material satisfies one or more of the following conditions: (1) a sum of particle size D10 and particle size D90 is 60 ?m or less; and (2) a broadness factor (BF) satisfying Equation 1 is 7 or less: Broadness factor (BF)=(particle size D90 of the porous carbon material)/(particle size D10 of the porous carbon material)??[Equation 1].

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a porous carbon material including: (1) a step of centrifugally milling a porous carbon material; and (2) a step of filtering the centrifugally milled porous carbon material through a sieve, wherein a mesh size of the sieve is 2.8 to 4 times of a D50 particle size of the porous carbon material filtered through the sieve in the step (2). The present disclosure also relates to a porous carbon material prepared by the above-described method, a sulfur-carbon composite and a lithium-sulfur battery including the porous carbon material prepared by the above-described method.

Abstract: Provided are semiconductor circuits. A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit configured to propagate a value of a first node to a second node based on a voltage level of a clock signal; a second circuit configured to propagate a value of the second node to a third node based on the voltage level of the clock signal; and a third circuit configured to determine a value of the third node based on a voltage level of the second node and the voltage level of the clock signal, wherein the first circuit comprises a first transistor gated to a voltage level of the first node, a second transistor connected in series with the first transistor and gated to the voltage level of the third node, and a third transistor connected in parallel with the first and second transistors and gated to a voltage level of the clock signal to provide the value of the first node to the second node.