Abstract: Provided is a composite separator, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electrochemical device including the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a composite separator that has excellent heat resistance and an excellent adhesive force between a porous substrate and an inorganic composite layer, and prevents a significant reduction in adhesive force even when a temperature is raised, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electrochemical device including the same.

Abstract: Provided are a light guide panel and a lighting device including the same. The light guide panel includes a base substrate and a light-scattering layer provided on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the base substrate with a matrix forming a layer on the base substrate and light-scattering particles dispersed in the matrix. A first portion of the light-scattering layer is distant from a light incident surface of the base substrate. A second portion of the light-scattering layer is located closer to the light incident surface than the first portion.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules stacked in a vertical direction in a horizontal state; a pressing member including an upper pressing plate located outside the battery modules, a lower pressing plate located under the battery modules, a plurality of side plates configured to connect the upper pressing plate and the lower pressing plate to each other and a reinforcement portion; and a pack case configured to wrap the pressing member, wherein each of the side plates includes an upper side plate and a lower side plate disposed in tight contact with each other or fixed to each other via an adhesive, and the reinforcement portion is located at the portion at which the upper side plate and the lower side plate are disposed in tight contact with each other or fixed to each other, and a device including the same.

Abstract: Provided is an angle bar for shelf assembly, the angle bar including a vertical frame in which a plurality of fastening grooves is formed and a horizontal frame on which a fastening protrusion is formed, wherein the plurality of fastening grooves, each including upper and lower grooves, are formed, the lower groove has a narrower width than the upper groove, and is connected to the upper groove with an inclination portion in between, wherein the fastening protrusion includes a convex portion having an inclination surface and first and second wing portions that are formed on lateral surfaces, respectively, of the convex portion, and wherein a distance between respective end portions of the first and second wing portions is smaller than a width of the upper groove and is larger than a width of the lower groove, and the convex portion has a wider width than the lower groove.

Abstract: A developed fingerprint level determination apparatus includes: a fingerprint image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least two or more developed fingerprint images according to a fingerprint development technique; and a ridge level determination unit configured to check respective ridge development level information of the obtained fingerprint images and compare the respective ridge development level information with each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of measuring concentration distribution of boron for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) alone and a treatment planning method for BNCT. The methods include (a) acquiring an anatomical image of a patient and measuring a boron concentration from magnetic resonance (MR) data, (b) extracting a boron concentration change prediction parameter of the patient and predicting the concentration over time, (c) calculating and verifying a boron distribution prediction value estimated by boron imaging and spectral analysis, and (d) deriving an optimal time for BNCT based on the verified results.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of monitoring a semiconductor device fabrication process and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same. The monitoring method may include determining a normalization range of a target byproduct, which is a measurement target of byproducts produced in a chamber by an etching process, the byproducts including the target byproduct and a non-target byproduct, the target byproduct including first and second target byproducts, which are respectively produced by and before the etching process on a to-be-processed layer, obtaining a first index from a ratio of the target byproduct to the non-target byproduct, obtaining a second index by subtracting an emission intensity of the second target byproduct from the first index, obtaining a third index by integrating the second index on a time interval, and estimating a result of the etching process and presence or absence of a failure, based on the third index.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a consumable to a user includes a body, a bar movable relative to the body, an air inlet, a flow generator to receive inlet air from the air inlet and to generate an airflow, a consumable dispensing unit to receive a quantity of a consumable, and a nozzle operatively connected to the consumable dispensing unit to receive the consumable from the consumable dispensing unit. The nozzle provided within a flow path of the airflow from the flow generator such that the consumable is drawn from the consumable dispensing unit, mixed with the airflow, and expelled from the nozzle.

Abstract: A tower lift includes a main frame extending in a vertical direction, a carriage module configured to be movable in the vertical direction along the main frame, a weight module disposed behind the carriage module and configured to be movable in the vertical direction along the main frame, a driving module disposed on the main frame and configured to move the carriage module and the weight module in the vertical direction using at least one timing belt, an auto tensioner disposed on a lower portion of the main frame and connected with the carriage module and the weight module by a balance belt, and an upper alignment unit for aligning a horizontal position of the at least one timing belt.

Abstract: A developed impact mark analysis apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least one first image by photographing impact marks that are developed, and to obtain a second image of impact marks at a crime scene that are developed from evidence at the crime scene; an outliner configured to outline the at least one first image to obtain at least one first outline image, and to outline the second image to obtain a second outline image; a database configured to store the first outline image corresponding to related tool characteristic information; a matching unit configured to search the database for the first outline image determined to be similar to the second outline image and match them with each other; a display unit; and a user input unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solidifying method of a radionuclide. The solidifying method of the radionuclide includes operations of: providing a low melting point glass including Bi2O3, B2O3, ZnO and SiO2; providing a glass mixture mixing a mixture to be treated containing a hydroxide of radionuclide and BaSO4 and the low melting point glass; and heating the glass mixture.

Abstract: A battery module, and a battery pack and a vehicle, each including the battery module. The battery module includes a frame; a plurality of battery cells arranged in the frame; a heat sink in contact with one side of the battery cell; and a cooling fin in contact with the heat sink and in contact with the other side of the battery cell.

Abstract: A drying arrangement includes a primary drying module having: a body, a bar movable relative to the body, the bar having an air outlet for exhausting an airflow in a first airflow direction; and a secondary drying module having a housing, the housing having an air outlet for exhausting an airflow in a second airflow direction; wherein the first airflow direction and the second airflow direction differ from one another.

Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a body, an air inlet, a flow generator to receive inlet air from the air inlet and generate an airflow, an air outlet at the body for exhausting the airflow from the flow generator, the air outlet extending along a vertical height of the body, and an outlet airflow steering mechanism operable to control a lateral extent of the airflow from the air outlet. A controller is configured to operate the outlet airflow steering mechanism to control the lateral extents of the airflow from the air outlet.

Abstract: Provided is a reinforcement beam for horizontal frames, the reinforcement beam being configured to be used in a prefabricated shelf that is fabricated with vertical frames and horizontal frames, the horizontal frames including a connection portion fastened to the vertical frames at end portions of the connection portion, and an abutment portion which is formed by folding the connection portion such that the abutment portion is formed integrally with the connection portion and which supports a support plate. The reinforcement beam for the horizontal frames includes a body portion in which a pulling portion configured to support a lower outer surface of the connection portion is provided on each of opposite ends of the body portion. The reinforcement beam for the horizontal frames prevents the horizontal frames from collapsing under a large load.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a steel wire rod and a method for producing same, the steel wire rod comprising 0.3-0.5 wt % of C, 0.02-0.4 wt % of Si, 1.0-1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.3-0.7 wt % of Cr, 0.003 wt % or less of B, 0.03 wt % or less of Ti, 0.03 wt % or less of P, 0.01 wt % or less of S, 0.02-0.05 wt % of Al, and 0.001-0.01 wt % of N, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and having a microstructure in which the main phase thereof is a complex structure of ferrite+pearlite, and contains at most 5 area % (including 0 area %) of at least one of bainite or martensite, wherein the average pearlite colony size in a region extending from the ? point to the ? point of the diameter is at most 7 ?m.

Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell assembly including at least one battery cell, a base plate configured to support a lower side of the battery cell assembly, and a pressing pulley elastically connected to the base plate and configured to cover an upper side of the battery cell assembly, the pressing pulley being elastically deformable in a vertical direction of the battery cell assembly according to cell swelling of the battery cell assembly.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a wire rod and a method of manufacturing same. The wire rod comprises, by weight %, 0.3-0.5 wt % of C, 0.02-0.4 wt % of Si, 1.0-1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.3-0.7 wt % of Cr, 0.003 wt % or less (exclusive of 0 wt %) of B, less than 0.03 wt % (exclusive of 0 wt %) of Ti, 0.03 wt % or less (inclusive of 0 wt %) of P, 0.01 wt % or less (inclusive of 0 wt %) of S, 0.02-0.05 wt % of Al, 0.001-0.01 wt % of N, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a microstructure is a complex structure having a main phase of ferrite+pearlite, with at least one of bainite or martensite accounting for 5 area % or less (inclusive of 0%), and has a cementite average aspect ratio of 35 or less in an area covering ?-? of the diameter.

Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a body, a bar movable relative to the body; an air inlet, a flow generator to receive inlet air from the air inlet and generate an airflow, and a bar air outlet at the bar for exhausting the airflow from the flow generator. A bar orientation mechanism is operable to control an orientation of the bar.