Abstract: The present application provides a method for extracting an extractable component from a feed liquid using a porous membrane. One embodiment of the method includes temperature-swing solvent extraction of water from saline water using a porous membrane.

Abstract: Provided herein are transgenic non-human animals whose genomes comprise two or more human genes selected from CD33, Siglec-5, Siglec-7, Siglec-9, Siglec-11, Siglec-14, and Siglec-16, to methods of screening candidate agents that bind to and/or modulate the function and/or activity of at least one of the human genes in the transgenic non-human animals, and to methods of screening candidate agents to determine their effect on one or more activities and/or functions associated with expression of at least one of the human genes in the transgenic non-human animals. Further provided herein are methods of recapitulating a human Siglec immune system in a non-human animal, and methods of generating a non-human animal disease model comprising a human Siglec repertoire.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises: a first polymer formed by graft polymerization of a diene-based rubber polymer with an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer; a second polymer comprising an aromatic vinyl-based monomer unit and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer unit; a third polymer formed by graft polymerization of an olefin-based polymer with an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer; and a fourth polymer comprising an olefin-based monomer unit and having a density of 0.92 to 0.94 g/cm3 as measured in accordance with ASTM D1505, a softening point of 100 to 120° C. as measured in accordance with ASTM D1525, and a melt flow index of 5 to 7 g/10 min as measured in accordance with ASTM D1238 at 190° C. and 2.16 kg, wherein the thermoplastic resin composition comprises the fourth polymer at 1 to 10 wt %.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a transparent stretchable substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. The method may include generating a substrate part formed of an elastic material, generating an auxetic including a plurality of unit structures on the substrate part, and generating a fixing part on the substrate part on which the auxetic is generated.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: an opening configured to receive a cigarette, an accommodation space configured to accommodate the cigarette inserted through the opening, a coil surrounding the accommodation space and configured to generate an induced magnetic field, a susceptor configured to generate heat due to the induced magnetic field generated from the coil, a heat dissipating structure surrounding the coil and having a double wall structure including a vacuum inner space, a shielding portion configured to block the induced magnetic field generated from the coil and disposed between the coil and the heat dissipating structure, a cigarette recognition sensor configured to detect changes in inductance of the cigarette recognition sensor which is generated by insertion or extraction of the cigarette, and a controller configured to determine whether the cigarette is inserted or extracted, based on the changes in inductance.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an aerosol generating device may include a battery, a first control circuit configured to convert power received from the battery into a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article based on the PWM signal received from the first control circuit, and a second control circuit configured to transmit an instruction for causing the first control circuit to generate the PWM signal, in response to a user input to the first control circuit. The first control circuit may determine abnormal operation of the second control circuit, and the second control circuit may determine abnormal operation of the aerosol generating device. Accordingly, the aerosol generating device may determine a more specific operation state and prevent abnormal operation of the heater.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes a housing having an open portion at one side of the housing, a circuit board securely provided inside the housing, the circuit board defining a gas sensing space in the housing that communicates with the open portion of the housing, the circuit board having a sensing element located in the gas sensing space and configured to sense a specific gas, a holder provided inside the gas sensing space, and fixed to the housing, the holder having a through hole communicating with the open portion of the housing, and a filter provided inside the gas sensing space, and coupled to the holder or the housing so as to cover the through hole or the open portion.

Abstract: A heat insulation structure for corner parts of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank includes a secondary insulation wall arranged on an inner wall of a hull, a secondary sealing wall disposed on the secondary insulation wall, a primary insulation wall arranged on the secondary sealing wall, and a primary sealing wall disposed on the primary insulation wall. The heat insulation structure includes a corner assembly finishing an edge of the primary sealing wall at a corner part of the storage tank to complete sealing of the storage tank. The corner assembly includes an endcap sheet finishing each of four corners of the primary sealing wall provided to each surface of the storage tank to seal the four corners. The endcap sheet includes an endcap corrugation and an elongated corrugation extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the endcap corrugation extends.

Abstract: A ship comprises: a liquefied gas storage tank; a multi-stage compressor for compressing a boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank and comprising a plurality of compression cylinders; a second heat exchanger for heat exchanging a fluid, which has been compressed by the multi-stage compressor, and thus cooling same; a first decompressing device for expanding a flow (“flow a1”) partially branched from the flow (“flow a”) that has been cooled by the second heat exchanger; a third heat exchanger for heat exchanging, by “flow a1” which has been expanded by the first decompressing device as a refrigerant, the remaining flow (“flow a2”) of “flow a” after excluding “flow a1” that has been branched and thus cooling same; and a second decompressing device for expanding “flow a2” which has been cooled by the third heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for installing a floor finishing material using an autonomous driving robot. According to the present disclosure, there is provided a system for installing a floor finishing material using autonomous driving including: a floor surface cleaning and adhesive application robot that cleans a floor surface and applies adhesive while moving with autonomous driving; a finishing material installation robot that installs the floor finishing material on an upper side of the adhesive surface; a finishing material loading robot that loads the floor finishing material loaded in an installation site, on a pallet; a finishing material transport robot that transports and delivers the loaded floor finishing material to the finishing material installation robot; and a 3D positioning device that sets a position thereof as an origin and recognizes positions of a plurality of active markers installed in a work site.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode on a substrate and extending in a first direction, source/drain patterns spaced apart from each other, in a second direction, with the gate electrode interposed therebetween, a gate contact electrically connected to the gate electrode, and an active contact electrically connected to at least one of the source/drain patterns. The active contact includes a lower contact pattern electrically connected to the at least one of the source/drain patterns, the lower contact pattern having a first width in the first direction, and an upper contact pattern electrically connected to a top surface of the lower contact pattern, the upper contact pattern having a second width in the first direction that is smaller than the first width. The upper contact pattern and the gate contact horizontally overlap each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides an intermediate for synthesizing a TGF-? inhibitor represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an improved method for preparing the TGF-? inhibitor represented by Chemical Formula 1 using the same. The preparation method according to the present invention can not only allow inexpensive and safe reagents to be used, but also simplify the synthesis steps and purification methods to improve the reaction yield, thereby maximizing the production efficiency of the TGF-? inhibitor represented by Chemical Formula 1 to be used usefully for mass production.

Abstract: A dynamic X-ray detecting panel, an X-ray detector including the same, and a method of driving an X-ray detector are disclosed. The method of driving the X-ray detector is a method of driving a dynamic X-ray detector including the X-ray detecting panel. The X-ray detecting panel includes multiple pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels includes a readout thin film transistor, a reset thin film transistor, and a photodiode, and line reset, window time, and readout proceed with respect to the multiple pixels in each row.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing accommodating a lens module, a driving unit including a magnet disposed on the lens module and a coil disposed to face the magnet, a yoke generating attractive force with the magnet, a first ball member accommodated in a first receiving space disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by the attractive force, and a second ball member accommodated in a second receiving space disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by the attractive force. A length of the first receiving space in an optical axis direction is different from a length of the second receiving space in the optical axis direction.

Abstract: An autonomous driving control system of a vehicle includes a processor, a navigation, and a driving controller communicatively connected to one another. The processor is configured to estimate a charging amount of a power source that drives a driving device of a vehicle. The navigation is configured to set a driving route based on a destination and to search for a charging station for the power source based on the set driving route. The processor is further configured to determine a charging strategy of the power source based on the estimated charging amount of the power source, the driving route set by the navigation, and the searched charging station. The driving controller is configured to control driving of the vehicle based on the driving route set by the navigation and the determined charging strategy.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus including a vacuum cleaner and a docking station is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting chamber in which foreign substances are collected, and a docking station configured to be connected to the dust collecting chamber to remove the foreign substances collected in the dust collecting chamber. The dust collecting chamber is configured to collect foreign substances through centrifugation, and configured to be docked to the docking station, and the docking station includes a suction device configured to suction the foreign substances and air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station.

Abstract: Disclosed is a re-liquefying device using a boil-off gas as a cooling fluid so as to reliquefy the boil-off gas generated from a liquefied gas storage tank provided in a ship. A boil-off gas re-liquefying device for a ship comprises: a multi-stage compression unit for compressing boil-off gas generated from a liquefied gas storage tank; a heat exchanger in which the boil-off gas generated from the storage tank and the boil-off gas compressed exchange heat; a vaporizer for heat exchanging the boil-off gas cooled by the heat exchanger and a separate liquefied gas supplied to a fuel demand source of a ship, and thus cooling the boil-off gas; an intermediate cooler for cooling the boil-off gas that has been cooled by the heat exchanger; and an expansion means for branching a part of the boil-off gas, which is supplied to the intermediate cooler, and expanding the same.

Abstract: Provided are a recovery control system of a fuel cell and a method thereof. The recovery control system includes the fuel cell, a hydrogen supplier configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell, an air supplier configured to supply air to the fuel cell, an abnormality sensing unit configured to calculate a difference between a reference cell voltage predetermined depending on an output current of the fuel cell and a measured cell voltage of unit cells and to sense abnormality of air supply to a fuel cell stack based on the calculated difference between the reference cell voltage and the measured cell voltage or change in the difference, and a recovery controller configured to control the air supplier so as to increase a flow rate of air supplied to the fuel cell stack based on the change in the difference, when the abnormality sensing unit senses abnormality of air supply.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include determining a chroma array type of a current image, determining an adaptive loop filter (ALF) indicator of a chroma component based on the chroma array type, and performing ALF filtering with respect to a reconstructed image based on a value of the ALF indicator. The value of the ALF indicator may be determined to be a predetermined value without being obtained from a bitstream, based on the chroma array type being a predetermined type, and the value of the ALF indicator may be obtained from the bitstream, based on the chroma array type being not the predetermined type.