Abstract: A silicon-carbon containing electrode material includes a porous carbon structure including pores, and a silicon-containing coating formed on the porous carbon structure. A volume ratio of mesopores is 70% or more based on a total pore volume of the porous carbon structure. A weight ratio of silicon is 30 wt % or more based on a total weight of the electrode material. A high-capacity secondary battery is effectively implemented by using silicon-carbon containing electrode material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for detecting an emotional change through facial expression analysis. The apparatus for detecting an emotional change through facial expression analysis includes a memory having at least one program recorded thereon, and a processor configured to execute the program, wherein the program includes a camera image acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving image including at least one person, a preprocessing unit configured to extract a face image of a user from the moving image and preprocess the extracted face image, a facial expression analysis unit configured to extract a facial expression vector from the face image of the user and cumulatively store the facial expression vector, and an emotional change analysis unit configured to detect a temporal location of a sudden emotional change by analyzing an emotion signal extracted based on cumulatively stored facial expression vector values.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material which includes negative electrode active material particles which includes a silicon oxide (SiOx, 0<x?2); and at least one lithium silicate selected from Li2SiO3, Li2Si2O5, and Li4SiO4 in at least a part of the silicon oxide. The negative electrode active material particles have a maximum peak position by a Raman spectrum of more than 460 cm?1 and less than 500 cm?1. Also provided are a method of preparing the same, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A mounting jig for manufacturing a tiling display device can include a supporting member, a plurality of jig magnets fixed to the supporting member, a hinge structure configured to rotate the plurality of jig magnets, and a guard rail configured to rotate in response to a rotation of the plurality of jig magnets, to reduce damage caused during detachment or attachment. The tiling display device includes a plurality of display devices disposed in the form of tiles. Each of the plurality of display devices includes a plurality of display elements, a plurality of circuits, a plurality of lines and a plurality of parts. The plurality of display elements can be a light emitting diode (LED) or a micro-LED including an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and a light emitting layer.

Abstract: An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.

Abstract: The method for converting a near-infrared image into an RGB image includes: (a) receiving near-infrared image data to be converted into an RGB image and inputting the received data to the first network; (b) extracting, by the first network, feature data of a near-infrared image from the input near-infrared image data; and (c) outputting, by the first network, an estimated RGB image, which enables to convert the received near-infrared image data into an RGB image, using the extracted feature data of the near-infrared image, wherein the first network performs knowledge distillation learning by receiving knowledge, which enables to mimic the behavior of extracting the feature data of the near-infrared image and the feature data of the RGB image, from the second network which has received as input data not only near-infrared image data as learning data but also RGB image data taken at the same time as the near-infrared image.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate defining a display area, and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area in a first direction, data lines in the display area above the substrate, and extending in the first direction, pixel circuits in the peripheral area above the substrate, light-emitting diodes in the peripheral area above the substrate, and respectively coupled to the pixel circuits, and fan-out lines in the peripheral area above the substrate, respectively coupled to the data lines, and spaced apart from the pixel circuits on a plane.

Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a cover member accommodating a plurality of battery cells in an internal receiving space, each of the battery cells including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including a duct corresponding to the vent of at least one of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top of the top plate and having an exhaust area corresponding to the duct, the exhaust area having a plurality of discharge openings, the top cover including a protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the top cover, the protrusion extending around a periphery of the exhaust area and around a distal end of the duct; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and the top plate, the extinguisher sheet being configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a reference temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes: a housing having an inside divided into an inflow space, a heat exchange space, and an outflow space, which are straightly arranged, and having a plurality of discharge ports, which communicates with an interior, at the inflow space; a blowing unit disposed at the inflow space of the housing and configured to blow air; a heat exchange unit disposed at the heat exchange space of the housing and configured to adjust a temperature of conditioned air by exchanging heat with air; and an opening-closing door disposed at the outflow space of the housing and configured to open and close the plurality of discharge ports such that conditioned air at an adjusted temperature selectively flows to the plurality of discharge ports. The air conditioning device adjusts the temperature of conditioned air for respective modes and reduces a flow resistance of air.

Abstract: A camera module includes: a first substrate on which an image sensor configured to convert an optical signal incident through a lens module into an electrical signal is disposed and a first connection terminal is disposed; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate and including a second connection terminal formed in a position facing the first connection terminal; and a terminal connector electrically connecting the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal to each other and configured to maintain a preset distance between the first substrate and the second substrate. In the camera module, the terminal connector includes: a connecting member including a first connection portion, a second connection portion, and a deformable portion; and a support member configured to maintain the preset distance between the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: A server according to an embodiment includes a processor configured to receive a friend add request for a target account from a user terminal accessed with a user account; based on one of the user account and the target account being a protected account, transmit an approval request for the friend add request to a protector account connected to the protected account; and based on receiving a reply to the approval request from the protector terminal, add the target account to a friend list of the user account.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material which includes a negative electrode active material particles which includes a silicon oxide (SiOx, 0<x?2); and at least one lithium silicate selected from Li2SiO3, Li2Si2O5, and Li4SiO4 in at least a part of the silicon oxide. The negative electrode active material has a content of a nitrogen element according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of 1.45 atom % or less. Also provided are a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A support unit provided in an apparatus for treating a substrate using plasma includes a dielectric plate on which the substrate is placed, an electrode plate disposed under the dielectric plate, a power supply rod that applies power to the electrode plate, and a flange that has a shape surrounding the power supply rod and that is spaced apart from the power supply rod.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a prelithiation solution and a method for preparing a prelithiated anode using the same. The prelithiation solution and the method for preparing a prelithiated anode using the same according to the present disclosure allow uniform intercalation of lithium ions throughout the anode chemically in a solution via a simple process of immersing the anode in a prelithiation solution having a sufficiently low redox potential as compared to an anode active material. A prelithiated anode prepared by this method has an ideal initial coulombic efficiency and a lithium secondary battery with a high energy density can be prepared based thereon. In addition, the prepared anode is advantageously applicable to large-scale production due to superior stability even in dry air.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth, which contains a mixture of cucumber, eggplant and snail extracts as an active ingredient. The composition according to the present disclosure, which contains a mixture of cucumber, eggplant and snail extracts as an active ingredient, has been confirmed to increase the expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in dermal papilla cells which are known to play a critical role in the induction of new hair follicles and maintenance of hair growth, exhibit hair-growing effect comparable to that of minoxidil in a hair growth test for depilated 6-week-old C57BL/6 mice, and exhibit hair loss-improving effect in a clinical test for human. Accordingly, it can be usefully used as a cosmetic composition or a pharmaceutical composition for external application to skin for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a context-based QA generation architecture, and an object of the present invention is to generate diverse QA pairs from a single context. To achieve the object, the present invention includes a latent variable generating network including at least one encoder and an artificial neural network (Multi-Layer Perceptron: MLP) and configured to train the artificial neural network using a first context, a first question, and a first answer, and generate a second question latent variable and a second answer latent variable by applying the trained artificial neural network to a second context, an answer generating network configured to generate a second answer by decoding the second answer latent variable, and a question generating network configured to generate a second question based on a second context and the second answer.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, systems and methods, for example, including receiving a user question data in a speech format or a text format, analyzing the user question data, selecting a plurality of documents from a plurality of domains corresponding to the user question data, searching for a plurality of passages including candidates for an answer value determined as being suitable for the user question data, in the plurality of documents, obtaining candidates by inputting the user question data and the plurality of passages into a plurality of MRC question and answer units, determining the answer value based on whether a reliability value of each of the candidates exceeds a threshold value, and providing the determined answer value to a user. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor and a board having the same mounted thereon are provided. The multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes, and first to sixth surfaces, the first internal electrode being exposed through the third surface and the fifth surface and the second internal electrode being exposed through the fourth surface and the sixth surface; first and second side portions disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces, respectively, of the capacitor body; first and second external electrodes; a first step-compensating portion disposed on a margin portion in a width direction on the second dielectric layer on which the second internal electrode is formed on the first internal electrode; and a second step-compensating portion disposed on another margin portion in the width direction on the first dielectric layer on which the first internal electrode is disposed on the second internal electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed are a material classification apparatus and method based on a multi-spectral NIR band. A material classification apparatus based on a multi-spectral NIR band includes: an input unit configured to acquire a multi-band NIR image of a target; an attention module configured to generate a spatio-spectral correlation map considering spatial information on the multi-band NIR image and a correlation between each band; and a classification model unit configured to analyze the spatio-spectral correlation map and output a material classification label for the target.