Abstract: An embodiment of a method for controlling a vehicle using a vehicle control apparatus includes determining a main occupant in a situation in which an occupant is in the vehicle, determining whether to change a route based on a conversation between the main occupant and a non-main occupant, a voice of the main occupant, or a facial expression of the main occupant, providing a determination result to the main occupant or the non-main occupant, wherein the determination result is displayed or announced by voice, and driving the vehicle based on the determination result.

Abstract: A bus bar assembly and current measuring device configured to reduce measurement errors through linearity compensation and temperature compensation for the difference in values of two or more measured currents, thereby achieving high-accuracy current measurement, is presented. The present invention discloses a bus bar assembly including: a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate each composed of a plurality of parts; and an insulator formed between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate, wherein a common first terminal hole is formed at one end of the first conductive plate, one end of the second conductive plate, and one end of the insulator, a common second terminal hole is formed at respective opposite ends of the first conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the insulator. According to the present invention, stable and highly reliable current measurement is possible through multiple shunt resistors based on a redundancy design.

Abstract: An embodiment rear side member of a vehicle includes a front portion extending forward in a vehicle length direction, a rear portion extending rearward in the vehicle length direction and disposed offset to an inside of the vehicle with respect to the front portion, and a transition portion in a curved shape connecting a rear end of the front portion and a front end of the rear portion and passing through both a first point configured to engage with a first arm of a first type suspension and a second point configured to engage with a second arm of a second type suspension different from the first type suspension.

Abstract: An energy storage device is equipped with an intake and exhaust integrated duct. The intake and exhaust integrated duct is capable of achieving a uniform cooling effect in a plurality of battery modules by distributing air to each cell module of a battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing lithium sulfide (Li2S) without using hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas. Particularly, the method of producing lithium sulfide (Li2S) includes preparing a starting material including a metal oxide by subjecting a mixed powder including an inorganic compound containing lithium and oxygen, a metal reducing agent, and sulfur (S) to synthesis reaction using mechanical force, preparing a mixed solution by mixing the starting material and a solvent, and obtaining a lithium sulfide (Li2S) powder by removing the metal oxide from the mixed solution and then performing drying.

Abstract: An automatic sleep stage classification system for reducing the variation in performance between users using a contrastive learning method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a user terminal that measures a user's biosignal and preprocesses the user's measured biosignal; and a classification server that receives the user's preprocessed biosignal from the user terminal, extracts the user's unique biosignal feature, extracts a similar feature by comparing the user's extracted unique biosignal feature and the user's biosignal feature for contrastive learning, and classifies sleep stages based on the extracted similar feature, wherein the user's biosignal includes at least one of the user's electroencephalography (EEG), electrooculography (EOG), electrocardiogramalectromyography (EMG), respiratory effort signals, pulse, oxygen saturation (SpO2), and blood flow.

Abstract: A method according to an embodiment is for recovering a valuable metal from a waste electrode material of a lithium secondary battery by using lithium carbonate. An anode-cathode mixed electrode material that has been separated by draining, crushing, screening, and sorting a waste lithium secondary battery is preprocessed. A precipitation operation performed by adding lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) to a metal melt acquired by performing sulfuric acid dissolution using sulfuric acid. A valuable metal such as nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminum, and copper is recovered as a residue in the form of a carbonate composite, and a lithium sulfate (Li2SO4) aqueous solution including lithium is recovered as a filtrate.

Abstract: Provided is a phase transformation method performed by a phase shifter including a support frame, a plurality of phase transformation units on the support frame, an operation unit connected to the plurality of phase transformation units to synchronize phases, which are to be transformed through the plurality of phase transformation units, with each other, and a driving unit configured to operate the operation unit, wherein each of the plurality of phase transformation units includes a first circuit pattern, and a second circuit pattern connected to the first circuit pattern while a region of the second circuit pattern overlaps the first circuit pattern, and a length of the region of the second circuit pattern overlapping the first circuit pattern changes when the operation unit is operated.

Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated thermal management system for a vehicle including a refrigerant flow line extending to allow a refrigerant discharged from a compressor to flow in the order of an indoor condenser, an external condenser, and an evaporator and to flow back to the compressor, a refrigerant chiller line branching from the refrigerant flow line at each of the points downstream of the compressor, the indoor condenser, or the external condenser, the refrigerant chiller line joining the refrigerant flow line at a point upstream of the compressor after the refrigerant passes through a battery chiller and an electric chiller or bypasses the same, a battery cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through a battery radiator or the battery chiller, and an electric cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through an electric radiator or the electric chiller.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stable liquid formulation, comprising an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof, an acetate buffer, glycine, and a surfactant, wherein the stable liquid formulation does not comprise at least one of sugar, a sugar alcohol and a metal salt, and the stable liquid formulation is still stable even upon high antibody content, and is superior in osmolality and viscosity, and subcutaneous administration thereof is possible.

Abstract: A device for reducing the size of biological tissue according to an embodiment includes a plate, and a thru-hole which penetrates the front and the rear of the plate and is defined by a plurality of edges of the plate, wherein each of the plurality of edges includes a protruding part protruding toward a center part of the thru-hole, and biological tissue may be reduced in size by being scratched and torn by the protruding parts while passing through the thru-hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas collection device and is directed to a gas collection device for collecting a gas which is generated while microorganisms are cultured in a super absorbent polymer product. The gas collection device may comprise a constant temperature chamber having an interior that is configured to be maintained at a set temperature; a culture flask unit located inside the constant temperature chamber and configured to culture a bacteria therein; an adsorption unit located outside the constant temperature chamber and configured to receive a gas inside the culture flask unit; a pump unit connected to a rear end of the adsorption unit and configured to suck the gas inside the culture flask unit into the adsorption unit; and a mass flow controller located outside the constant temperature chamber and configured to control a flow rate of the gas sucked into the adsorption unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a biodegradable polymer microparticle for a filler, a freeze-dried body including the same, a manufacturing method thereof, and filler injection including the freeze-dried body. The freeze-dried body includes hydrophilic surface-treated biodegradable polymer microparticle and a biocompatible carrier, wherein the hydrophilic surface-treated biodegradable polymer microparticle has an average particle diameter (D50) of 20 to 50 ?m and is polydioxanone which has a carboxyl group on the surface thereof. The hydrophilic surface-treated biodegradable polymer microparticle is a plasma surface-treated product or a base surface-treated product using discharge of the biodegradable polymer microparticle. The content of the biocompatible carrier is 1 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the freeze-dried body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery monitoring method, which is performed by a battery monitoring device, including: measuring a first voltage drop across both ends of a first shunt resistor of a bus bar electrically connected to a battery and a second voltage drop across both ends of a second shunt resistor, which is in parallel or serial connection with the first shunt resistor; calculating a first current and a second current flowing, respectively, through the first shunt resistor and the second shunt resistor using a first voltage drop value and a second voltage drop value; and determining a state of the battery using a difference between a first current value and a second current value. According to the present invention, it is possible to increase the reliability of monitoring information related to the battery's state by utilizing current values that have undergone linearity compensation and temperature compensation.

Abstract: A printed circuit board including a first insulating layer; a plurality of first circuit patterns respectively disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and covering a portion of a side surface of each of the plurality of first circuit patterns; and an insulator disposed between at least one pair of adjacent first circuit patterns, among the plurality of first circuit patterns, and integrated with the first insulating layer, and a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board, are provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a sensing voltage line disposed between a first circuit area and a second circuit area, and configured to transfer a sensing voltage detected in the second circuit area to the first circuit area; and a first internal voltage line disposed between the first circuit area and the second circuit area, configured to transfer an internal voltage, generated by a voltage driver of the first circuit area using the sensing voltage provided through the sensing voltage line, to the second circuit area and configured to shield the sensing voltage line.

Abstract: The probe for hydrogen sulfide detection according to the present invention is represented by chemical formula 1 below.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device comprising an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, the light emitting layer including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, and having improved driving voltage, efficiency and lifetime is provided.