Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing language learning services. The method of providing language learning services, according to the present invention, the method may include: activating, in response to receiving an input for acquiring a learning target image through a user terminal, a camera of the user terminal; specifying at least a portion of an image taken by the camera as the learning target image; receiving language learning information for the learning target image from a server; providing the language learning information to the user terminal; and storing, based on a request for storing of the language learning information, the language learning information in association with the learning target image, such that the learning target image is used in conjunction with learning of the language learning information.

Abstract: Provided is a peptide composition for preventing or treating Alzheimer's dementia. A peptide or a salt substituent thereof according to the presently claimed subject matter exhibits effects such as suppression of LPS-mediated cytokine production, suppression of LPS-induced neuroinflammation, amelioration of cognitive impairment, suppression of beta amyloid or tau protein aggregation, and suppression of neuronal loss. The polypeptide or the salt substituent thereof can permeate the blood-brain barrier, and thus, is expected to be usefully used for preventing or treating Alzheimer's dementia.

Abstract: Proposed is a device for switching an optical signal, the device including a first waveguide constituting an input port and a first output port; and a second waveguide constituting a second output port, wherein the first waveguide is formed of a first material, wherein the second waveguide is formed of the first material and contains a second material, wherein a gap between the first and second waveguides has a first value in a first section, a gap therebetween has a value increasing from the first value to a second value in a second section, and a gap therebetween has a third value in a third section, wherein at least one portion of the first section and at least one portion of the second section overlap in the one section, and wherein a grating structure applies to the first and second waveguides in at least one portion of the first section.

Abstract: Provided is a security code. The security code including a first region and a second region includes a metal layer, a first dielectric pattern provided on the metal layer in the first region, a polymer pattern provided on the metal layer in the second region, a first metal pattern provided on the dielectric pattern, and a second metal pattern provided on the polymer pattern, wherein the polymer pattern includes a material different from that of the first dielectric pattern, and a thickness of the polymer pattern is different from a thickness of the first dielectric pattern.

Abstract: A unit cell including a thermochromic polymer and a defect detection method using the same are disclosed. Preferably, the unit cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the separator includes a thermochromic polymer configured such that the color of the thermochromic polymer changes depending on temperature, whereby the unit cell is easily checked to indicate a short circuit, as well as damage to or defects of the separator.

Abstract: An electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the same are provided. The electrode assembly includes an electrode stack, in which electrodes and a separator are alternately stacked to be wound, and a temperature difference compensating member disposed at a winding center of the electrode stack such that a temperature difference between a winding outer shell and a winding center of the electrode stack is reduced. The temperature difference compensating member includes a phase change material.

Abstract: A swelling tape including a base layer and an adhesive swelling is provided. The adhesive swelling layer contains a water-based self-healing binder. An electrode assembly in which the swelling tape is attached to an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a secondary battery including the electrode assembly are also provided.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a jelly-roll type electrode assembly; a top insulator located at the top of the electrode assembly; and a bottom insulator located at the bottom of the electrode assembly, wherein at least one of the top insulator and the bottom insulator includes a temperature-sensitive polymer that swells in accordance with a temperature rise.

Abstract: A binder composition for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the binder, the binder composition including a copolymer that includes a first structure unit including amide, a second structural unit including carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and a third structural unit including a morpholine ring or a thiomorpholine ring.

Abstract: In a lens assembly structure comprising a plurality of lens assemblies, according to the present invention, at least one part of assemblies among the plurality of lens assemblies comprises: a first lens group having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; and a bending structure for bending an optical path of the first lens group such that the optical path corresponds to an optical axis direction of the second lens group, wherein the bending structure is disposed on the optical path of the first lens group and an optical path of the second lens group, optical axes of the first lens groups disposed in each of the at least one part of lens assemblies meet at one point, and optical axes of the second lens groups disposed in each of the at least one part of lens assemblies may form a triangle.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one heat component, a camera module comprising a camera disposed near the at least one heat component, and a support comprising a first opening in which the camera module is inserted and disposed with a gap along at least a portion of a periphery of the camera module.

Abstract: In a lens assembly structure comprising a plurality of lens assemblies, according to the present invention, at least one part of assemblies among the plurality of lens assemblies comprises: a first lens group having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; and a bending structure for bending an optical path of the first lens group such that the optical path corresponds to an optical axis direction of the second lens group, wherein the bending structure is disposed on the optical path of the first lens group and an optical path of the second lens group, optical axes of the first lens groups disposed in each of the at least one part of lens assemblies meet at one point, and optical axes of the second lens groups disposed in each of the at least one part of lens assemblies may form a triangle.

Abstract: A binder composition for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the binder, the binder composition including a copolymer that includes a first structure unit including amide, a second structural unit including carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and a third structural unit including a morpholine ring or a thiomorpholine ring.

Abstract: An application design server, method and system are provided. The application design server according to an exemplary embodiment includes a communicator configured to receive design data from a first host device and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a request for the design data from a second host device, transmit the received design data to the second host device, and in response to receiving updated design data corresponding to the design data from the first host device, control the communicator to transmit the updated design data to the second host device.

Abstract: A metamaterial structure may include a first nanoparticle and a second nanoparticle containing a different material from the first nanoparticle. The first and second nanoparticles may be provided to be adjacent to each other and to be in an electrically-coupled state.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure can include at least one heat component, a camera module comprising a camera disposed near the at least one heat component, and a support comprising a first opening in which the camera module is inserted and disposed with a gap along at least a portion of a periphery of the camera module.

Abstract: A tool for surgical operation using ultrasonic waves is provided. The tool includes a transducer generating ultrasonic waves, a cylindrical bar-shaped transmitting rod for transmitting the ultrasonic waves, an end effector for cutting a surgical site using the ultrasonic waves transmitted from the transmitting rod, extended from one end of the transmitting rod, in which a part of the circular cross-sectional area thereof is flatly formed from the point corresponding to a second vibration node so as to allow gain step to start at the second vibration node, a rod cover for encompassing the transmitting rod using, as connection points, a plurality of vibration nodes formed when ultrasonic waves are transmitted through the transmitting rod, and a jaw for holding the surgical site while engaged with the end effector, is combined to one end of the rod cover in a pivotable manner, and is positioned to face the end effector.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: a user interface configured to adjust a friction force between the user interface and a pen; and a controller configured to, in response to a pen being touched and moved on the user interface, control the user interface to adjust the friction force based on an input mode of the pen.

Abstract: A metamaterial structure may include a first nanoparticle and a second nanoparticle containing a different material from the first nanoparticle. The first and second nanoparticles may be provided to be adjacent to each other and to be in an electrically-coupled state.

Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode active material for secondary batteries and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, a cathode active material for secondary batteries having an operating voltage area of 2.50 V to 4.35 V, including a lithium cobalt-based oxide and a surface-treated lithium nickel-based oxide and having high rolling density by a bimodal form in which an average diameter of the cobalt-based oxide and an average diameter of the lithium nickel-based composite oxide are different, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed.