Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for carrying out dose delivery quality assurance for high-precision radiation treatment, in which parameters affecting a pass rate of dose delivery quality assurance can be derived through regression analysis, which is a known statistical analysis method, and a pass rate prediction model capable of predicting each parameter and the pass rate of dose delivery quality assurance can be derived, and accordingly, it can be predicted in advance whether dose delivery quality assurance will be passed according to the parameters through the above prediction model, without repeatedly carrying out dose delivery quality assurance according to a patient's treatment plan, and as a result, the efficiency of dose delivery quality assurance can be enhanced, and the time or capacity required for such quality assurance is reduced, such that radiation treatment for an actual patient can be quickly and precisely carried out.

Abstract: A thin semiconductor device with enhanced edge protection, and a method of manufacturing thereof. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a thin semiconductor device comprising a substrate with an edge-protection region, and a method of manufacturing thereof.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a connector including a pair of terminals connected to a power source, a voltage sensor provided to detect a voltage between the pair of terminals, a communication device provided to perform communication with an external control device through a network, and a controller configured to determine whether the connector is separated from the power source based on a voltage variation between the pair of terminals, control the communication device to request the external control device to cut off power of the power source when the connector is separated from the power source, and control to perform self-discharge.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte membrane for a lithium-air battery, a method of manufacturing the same, a cathode for a lithium-air battery, a method of manufacturing the same, and a lithium-air battery including the electrolyte membrane and the cathode. Particularly, the lithium-air battery includes i) an electrolyte membrane, which is manufactured using an inorganic melt admixture including two or more nitrogen-oxide compounds and thus may have a very low eutectic point, and ii) a cathode, which is manufactured by reducing a metal at a fast speed on a carbon material. As such, the lithium-air battery is capable of stably operating even at low temperatures and providing high power output.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing polycrystalline silicon ingot using a crucible in which an oxygen exhaust passage is formed by single crystal or polycrystalline rods, the method including the steps of: manufacturing the single crystal or polycrystalline silicon rods each having the shape of a quadrilateral pillar; putting the single crystal or polycrystalline quadrilateral pillar-shaped silicon rods into the crucible in such a manner as to be arranged close to one another along the inner peripheral surface of the crucible to thus form a space portion inside the single crystal or polycrystalline silicon rods, into which silicon chunks are put, and the oxygen exhaust passages between the inner peripheral surface of the crucible and the respective surfaces of the single crystal or polycrystalline silicon rods oriented toward the inner peripheral surface of the crucible; putting the silicon chunks into the space portion of the crucible; and melting and crystallizing the silicon chunks.

Abstract: Provided is a forceps driving apparatus including a body, a gripper installed to be received in the body and formed to be open and closed, an opening and closing member rotatably installed in the body to press or release two sides of the gripper by rotation, an elastic member connected to one side of the opening and closing member to provide an elastic force to the opening and closing member, an actuator connected to the other side of the opening and closing member to rotate the opening and closing member by contraction or extension, and a force sensing module to measure a gripping force of the gripper during the rotation of the opening and closing member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell membrane humidifier which adjusts a clearance between hollow fiber membranes according to a temperature of a fluid flowing between the hollow fiber membranes to improve humidification efficiency. A fuel cell membrane humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a mid-case; a cap fastened to the mid-case; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes disposed in the mid-case and exchanging moisture with an air supplied from the outside and flue gas introduced from a fuel cell stack to humidify the air; and a clearance adjustment pipe disposed between the plurality of hollow fiber membranes and formed of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the plurality of hollow fiber membranes, so as to adjust the clearance between the plurality of hollow fiber membranes according to a temperature of flue gas.

Abstract: A sensor driving device according to an embodiment includes a fixed part; a moving part spaced apart from the fixed part; and a wire part disposed between the fixed part and the moving part, wherein the fixed part includes a first substrate including a first lead pattern part, wherein the moving part includes an elastic member including a second lead pattern part and a sensor disposed on the elastic member, wherein the second lead pattern part includes: a second-first lead pattern part connected to the sensor; a second-second lead pattern part connected to the wire part; and a connection pattern part elastically connecting between the second-first lead pattern part and the second-second lead pattern part; and wherein the wire part has one end connected to the first lead pattern part and the other end connected to the second-second lead pattern part to elastically support the moving part.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a superconductor including magnesium diboride and a production method therefor. A superconductor having a high critical current density at a certain temperature and under a certain magnetic field may be obtained by doping magnesium diboride with liquid chloroform during the production of the superconductor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lifting suture for rhinoplasty and a manufacturing method thereof. A manufacturing method of a lifting suture according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include forming a lifting suture including a first region and a second region, each of which has cogs formed therein, and forming a connecting region by pressing the lifting suture while the first region and the second region are bent so that a first angle is formed therebetween.

Abstract: An interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, first wiring patterns, and a first conductive pattern. The first wiring patterns respectively include a first penetration part that extends into a surface of the first dielectric layer, a first intervention part on the first penetration part and in the second dielectric layer, and a first connection part on the first intervention part and in the second dielectric layer. A top surface of the first intervention part is at a same level as a top surface of the first conductive pattern relative to the surface of the first dielectric layer. An angle between a sidewall of the first connection part and the top surface of the first intervention part is greater than that between a sidewall of the first penetration part and a bottom surface of the first dielectric layer.

Abstract: A flexible self-supporting solid electrolyte membrane, an all-solid-state battery including the membrane, and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The solid electrolyte membrane may include: a substrate including pores therein; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate and including a solid electrolyte and a cured compound. At least a portion of the solid electrolyte layer may penetrate into the pores of the substrate to form a conduction path of lithium ions in a thickness direction of the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a distance measurement head which includes: a reflection surface configured to reflect a part of a laser pulse transmitted from a laser light source unit toward the laser light source unit and generate a reference pulse; a beam splitter configured to distribute a measurement pulse received from a measurement target; and a position sensor configured to receive the measurement pulse distributed by the beam splitter, in which the measurement pulse is the laser pulse reflected from the measurement target and a distance between the reflection surface and the measurement target is measured based on a time difference between time at which the measurement pulse passing through the beam splitter reaches the laser light source unit and time at which the reference pulse reaches the laser light source unit.

Abstract: A battery module mounting assembly for a vehicle includes a battery module disposed in a lower portion of a vehicle body, and a battery fixing frame respectively mounted on left and right sides of the battery module in a width direction of the vehicle. The battery fixing frame can fix the battery module to a lower portion of the vehicle body, and at least one hydraulic passage having both ends open in a front-rear direction of the vehicle is formed in an interior of the battery fixing frame.

Abstract: A sensor driving device according to an embodiment includes a fixed part including a first substrate on which a first lead pattern part and a first pad are formed; a moving part spaced apart from the fixed part and including a sensor; and a wire part disposed between the moving part and the fixed part, wherein the wire part includes a first wire part of a shape memory alloy having both ends connected to the first pad and moving the moving part with respect to the fixed part; and a second wire part having one end connected to the first lead pattern part and the other end connected to the moving part to elastically support the moving part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-target distance measurement system including: a plurality of optical dividers; a plurality of measurement heads optically connected, one by one, to ends of a plurality of optical paths divided by the plurality of optical dividers; and a range finder configured to measure a distance from each of the plurality of measurement heads to a measurement target, in which when a laser pulse is emitted toward the measurement target through each of the plurality of measurement heads and the range finder receives a reference pulse and a measurement pulse from the each of the plurality of measurement heads, a distance between the each of the plurality of measurement heads and the measurement target is calculated on the basis of a receiving time difference between the reference pulse and the measurement pulse of the each of the plurality of measurement heads.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell membrane humidifier capable of preventing a humidification efficiency decrease caused by a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of a membrane humidifier. A fuel cell membrane humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a middle case having a module insertion part formed therein; a cap case coupled to the middle case; a hollow fiber membrane module inserted in the module insertion part; and an active pressure buffer part which is formed between the middle case and the module insertion part and prevents expansion of the module insertion part by a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the middle case according to an output state of a fuel cell or relieves the pressure difference therebetween.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for preventing or treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease containing regorafenib as an active ingredient, and particularly a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease containing regorafenib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, in which regorafenib is capable of effectively inhibiting increased immune response, which is a symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and of improving and restoring changed lung structure and damaged lung function, and can be effectively used for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention, amelioration, or treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, or pneumonia.

Abstract: A vertical memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of gate electrodes vertically stacked over the substrate in a cell array region, and a plurality of multi-layered pad portions formed over the substrate in a contact region. Each multi-layered pad portion of the plurality of multi-layered pad portions extends from an end of a gate electrode of the plurality of gate electrodes. Each multi-layered pad portion of the plurality of multi-layered pad portions includes a lower pad, an upper pad spaced vertically apart from the lower pad, a buffer pad formed between the lower pad and the upper pad, and a pad interconnection portion interconnecting the lower pad and the upper pad.