Abstract: Provided are a shaper unit and an image stabilization device. A shaper unit, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises: a shaper body formed of a transparent material; first glass disposed on one side of the shaper body; a membrane disposed on one side of the first glass; a variable prism disposed on one side of the membrane; and a second glass disposed on one side of the variable prism.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane composition for injection molding and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic polyurethane composition includes 0.5% by weight to 10.0% by weight of a sulfonate diol, 13% by weight to 60% by weight of an isocyanate, 30% by weight to 70% by weight of an ether-containing polyester polyol, and 5% by weight to 40% by weight of a chain extender.

Abstract: A selector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode; a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode; an ion supply layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to be on the side of the first electrode and doped with a metal, wherein the doped metal diffuses toward the second electrode; a switching layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to be on the side of the second electrode, wherein the doped metal diffuses from the ion supply layer into the switching layer so that metal concentration distribution inside the switching layer is changed to generate metal filaments; and a diffusion control layer inserted between the ion supply layer and the switching layer, wherein the diffusion control layer serves to adjust electrical characteristics related to the generated metal filaments as the amount of the diffusing metal is adjusted in proportion to a thickness of the diffusion control layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a logical qubit execution apparatus and method. The logical qubit execution apparatus may be configured to execute, by a logical execution layer, a quantum circuit including requested logical qubits using a lattice surgery operation, generate, by the logical execution layer, measurement results of the logical qubits by combining measurement results of logical Pauli frames, generate, by a physical execution layer, a physical qubit circuit by converting a logical qubit operation corresponding to the measurement results of the logical qubits into a physical qubit operation, and measure, by the physical execution layer, results of an operation on physical Pauli frames by executing the physical qubit circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes: a battery cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the battery cell assembly; and at least one injection hole provided in a bottom portion of the module case to inject a thermally conductive adhesive into the module case.

Abstract: A bitline sense amplifier including: an amplifier which is connected between a first sensing bitline and a second sensing bitline, and detects and amplifies a voltage difference between a first bitline and a second bitline in response to a first control signal and a second control signal; and an equalizer which is connected between a first supply line through which the first control signal is supplied and a second supply line through which the second control signal is supplied, and pre-charges the first bitline and the second bitline with a precharge voltage in response to an equalizing control signal, wherein the equalizer includes an equalizing enable transistor in which a source terminal is connected to the first supply line and performs equalizing in response to the equalizing control signal.

Abstract: A circuit board according to an embodiment includes a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including a cavity; and a plurality of pads disposed on the first insulating layer and having top surfaces exposed through the cavity; wherein the cavity of the second insulating layer includes: a bottom surface positioned higher than a top surface of the first insulating layer; and an inner wall extending from the bottom surface, wherein the inner wall is perpendicular to top or bottom surface of the second insulating layer, wherein the bottom surface of the cavity includes: a first bottom surface positioned lower than a top surface of the pad and positioned outside an arrangement region of the plurality of pads; and a second bottom surface positioned lower than the top surface of the pad and positioned inside the arrangement region of the plurality of pads, and wherein a height of the first bottom surface is different from a height of the second bottom surface.

Abstract: Provided is a method for synthesizing bipyridine that includes performing a dimerization reaction of a reactant including a piperidine-based compound, a pyridine-based compound, or a mixture thereof in the presence of a catalyst in which an active metal is supported on a composite metal oxide support including silica (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3).

Abstract: A display device includes a display portion including a first surface, from which light is emitted in a first direction, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first optical portion disposed on the first surface, and a second optical portion disposed on the first surface to be spaced apart from the first optical portion in a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the first and second optical portions includes a multi-channel lens through which the light from the first surface passes, a first infrared light source, a first camera, and a first lens frame coupled to the multi-channel lens in the first direction to support at least a portion of the multi-channel lens. The first lens frame may include a first recess structure in which the first infrared light source is disposed and a second recess structure in which the first camera is disposed.

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: A server according to an embodiment includes a processor configured to receive a friend add request for a target account from a user terminal accessed with a user account; based on one of the user account and the target account being a protected account, transmit an approval request for the friend add request to a protector account connected to the protected account; and based on receiving a reply to the approval request from the protector terminal, add the target account to a friend list of the user account.

Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor control method and a variable displacement swash plate type compressor controlled thereby may include a first determination step of determining whether liquid refrigerant exists within the variable displacement swash plate type compressor; a first operation step of applying power to the field coil assembly and of not applying current to the electronic control valve, when it is determined in the first determination step S1 that the liquid refrigerant exists; a second determination step of comparing an elapsed period of time of operating in the first operation step with a predetermined reference time; and a second operation step of maintaining the power applied in the first operation step to the field coil assembly and applying current to the electronic control valve when the elapsed period of time is greater than or equal to the reference time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition including multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugates. Each conjugate includes capsular polysaccharides of different pneumococcus serotypes conjugated to a carrier protein. More concretely, the present invention is a multivalent immunogenic composition including polysaccharide-protein conjugates. Each of the polysaccharide-protein conjugates includes Streptococcus pneumoniae-derived capsular polysaccharides of different serotypes conjugated to a carrier protein. The capsular polysaccharides include a) capsular polysaccharides of one or more serotypes selected from the group consisting of serotypes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, and 23F, and b) capsular polysaccharides of one or more serotypes selected from the group consisting of serotypes 10A, 11A, 12F, 15B, 22F, 23A, and 35B.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a food composition for relieving stress, and specifically, to a food composition for relieving stress, which reduces secretion of the stress hormone cortisol and increases secretion of the happy hormone serotonin by containing fermented and aged noni and calamansi as active ingredients, has no side effects, and is safe for the human body. The composition of the present invention may be used as a health functional food or a pharmaceutical composition. The composition of the present invention has an excellent anti-stress effect.

Abstract: One aspect relates to a composition for predicting preterm birth of the pregnant woman comprising an agent for detecting microorganisms of at least one genus selected from the group consisting of the genus Ureaplasma and the genus Prevotella and microorganisms of the genus Lactobacillus in a vaginal fluid sample of the pregnant woman and a method for predicting preterm birth using the same. According to one aspect, if the relative abundance ratio of the detected microorganisms of at least one genus selected from the group consisting of the genus Ureaplasma and the genus Prevotella is higher than that of normal pregnant woman, and the relative abundance ratio of the detected microorganisms of the genus Lactobacillus is lower than that of normal pregnant woman, it is predicted that preterm birth will occur. Therefore, the composition can be usefully used to predict preterm birth in pregnant women.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a heating carrier that does not heat all of exhaust gas flowing into a catalyst converter, but directly supplies, to a catalyst layer, thermal energy in the form of an instantaneous pulse to effectively activate a catalyst during a cold start-up period, and thus may reduce emission pollutants with a small amount of energy, and an exhaust gas reduction carrier having the heating carrier. In order to accomplish the object, the heating carrier of the present invention may include a main body of which the inside is formed to have a honeycomb structure, the main body being formed of a conductive ceramic material that is a nonmetallic heating element; and a catalyst layer formed by coating a first catalyst on a surface of the main body.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation method is provided that includes subjecting a first hydrogen storage body including compound including two or more N-heterocycloalkyl groups, and second hydrogen storage body including a compound including a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group and an N-heterocycloalkyl group, to a dehydrogenation reaction in the presence of a catalyst to produce hydrogen.

Abstract: An object placement model providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: generating a variable configuring a state of a virtual space, a control operation changing the variable of the virtual space, an agent which is an object subjected to the control operation in the virtual space, a policy defining an effect of a predetermined variable on another variable, and a training environment subjected to reinforcement learning; generating a first neural network which trains a value function predicting a reward; generating a second neural network which trains a policy function determining a control operation to maximize finally accumulated rewards among available control operations on the basis of a prediction value of the value function for each state changed by the available control operations; and performing reinforcement learning to minimize cost functions of the first neural network and the second neural network.

Abstract: Provided is a method for synthesizing bipyridine that includes performing a dimerization reaction of a reactant including a piperidine-based compound, a pyridine-based compound, or a mixture thereof in the presence of a catalyst in which an active metal is supported on a composite metal oxide support including silica (SiO2) and alumina (AI2O3).

Abstract: A low-temperature dehydrogenation method includes a dehydrogenation reaction of a reactant including a piperidine-based compound substituted with one or more alkyl groups. The dehydrogenation reaction takes place in the presence of a catalyst including an active metal. The active metal includes platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), or a mixture thereof that is supported on a carrier including a composite metal oxide having alumina (Al2O3) and an additional metal oxide different from alumina, at a low temperature of 150° C. to 250° C., to produce hydrogen.