Abstract: The present disclosure provides autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor compounds and compositions including said compounds. The present disclosure also provides methods of using said compounds and compositions for inhibiting ATX. Also provided are methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and synthetic precursors of said compounds.

Abstract: A battery pack is provided including at least one rechargeable secondary battery; a battery frame having a battery accommodation portion configured to accommodate the at least one secondary battery; a packaging member provided in the form of an adhesion sheet having an adhesive surface formed at one surface thereof, the packaging member including a body portion fixedly adhered to an upper portion of the secondary battery accommodated in the battery frame and a fixing portion bent and extended downward from the body portion and having the adhesive surface fixedly adhered to an outer surface of an outermost edge of the battery frame; and an anti-noise member attached to at least one portion of the adhesive surface of the packaging member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear evaporation source which receives heat from a crucible such that heat is uniformly distributed while a uniform heat distribution cover is seated on an accommodation case. The provided linear evaporation source includes an accommodation case forming an accommodation space with an open upper side, a crucible accommodated in the accommodation space and configured to discharge a deposition material, and a uniform heat distribution cover configured to cover the accommodation case to uniformly distribute a temperature by receiving heat from the crucible.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescent reporter capable of labeling nucleic acids including DNA and exhibiting luminescent properties at an excited energy level, and various uses thereof.

Abstract: Provided is method of providing a conversation service in an electronic apparatus, including receiving a conversation input from a user terminal, identifying conversation history information associated with a user of the user terminal, obtaining score information corresponding to the user based on the conversation input and the conversation history information, obtaining response information based on the conversation input and the conversation history information, and providing the user terminal with at least one of the score information and the response information.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tobacco material including a natural flavor material and a method of preparing the tobacco material. The tobacco material may have a core-shell structure in which a core includes a natural flavor material and is surrounded by a shell including a tobacco mixture, such that the aerosol generating article including the tobacco material generates a characteristic flavor.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: A method for assigning communication IDs and a system for allocating communication IDs includes a plurality of slave battery management systems (BMSs) sequentially connected to a power line for supplying power, and allocating predetermined communication IDs based on a first current amount applied through the power line, at least one of the slave BMSs outputs a second current amount that is the first current amount minus a consumed current amount for driving through the power line, and the first current amount corresponds to a summation value of a consumed current amount of the slave BMS receiving the first current amount and a consumed current amount of at least one posterior slave BMS sequentially connected to the slave BMS receiving the first current amount.

Abstract: Proposed is a compound represented by Formula 1, where R1 is an alkyl group having 9 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 9 to 30 carbon atoms, or an alkynyl group having 9 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or an alkynyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and R3 to R5 are each independently hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or an alkynyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms. Alternatively, at least two of R3 to R5 are bonded together to form a hydrocarbon ring having 5 or 6 carbon atoms. In addition, proposed are a lube base oil and a lubricant composition comprising the compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image generating device, which includes a measurement device including a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers for a multistatic measurement of an object, an image preprocessing device that receives a raw image signal corresponding to the multistatic measurement from the measurement device and generates a preprocessed image signal based on the raw image signal, an image amplifier that generates an amplified image signal based on the preprocessed image signal, and an image restorer that generates a restored image signal corresponding to the object based on the amplified image signal, and the image amplifier is further configured to set up a first virtual transmitter and a first virtual receiver, to obtain first measurement data of a first target transmitter closest to the first virtual transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a first target receiver closest to the first virtual receiver among the plurality of receivers.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte membrane of a membrane-electrode assembly including an electronic insulation layer, which greatly improves the durability of the electrolyte membrane, and a method of preparing the same. The electrolyte membrane includes an ion exchange layer and an electronic insulation layer provided on the ion exchange layer, and the electronic insulation layer includes one or more catalyst complexes, and a second ionomer Particularly, each of the one or more catalyst complex includes a catalyst particle and a first ionomer coated on the entirety or a portion of the surface of the catalyst particle, and the one or more catalyst complexes are dispersed the second ionomer.

Abstract: A display may include flexible substrate, a blocking layer on the flexible substrate, a pixel on the flexible substrate and the blocking layer, and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line connected to the pixel. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor connected to the scan line, and a driving transistor to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode. The blocking layer is in an area that overlaps the switching transistor on a plane, and between the switching transistor and the flexible substrate, and receives a voltage through a contact hole that exposes the blocking layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a holographic microscope comprises a light source, an optical system splitting light emitted from the light source into an object and a reflective mirror and inducing interference between light reflected by the object or transmitted through the object and light reflected by the reflective mirror, a first image sensor receiving the interference light and sensing interference information for the interference light, a second image sensor receiving the light reflected by the object or transmitted through the object and sensing information for the received light, and an image processor deriving a shape of the object based on the interference information sensed by the first image sensor and the information sensed by the second image sensor.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface, the first electrode including a first uncoated region in which an active material layer is not coated along a winding direction; a housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an open portion at a lower end thereof; a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed in the housing; a cap to cover the open portion; and a spacer between the first current collector and the cap and having a height corresponding to a distance between the first current collector and the cap.

Abstract: Described herein is an oral sampling device, as well as methods of making and using the oral sampling device. The oral sampling device is configured to be placed inside of a human mouth to capture an analyte(s) found in bodily fluid, such as saliva, produced within the mouth. An example oral sampling device includes a body, at least a portion of which is sized to fit inside of a mouth of a human, has an outer surface, and a recess(es) defined in the outer surface to capture the analyte(s) therein. In some examples, a material of the body within the recess was subjected to a surface treatment to promote the capture of the analyte(s). In some examples, the oral sampling device includes a flavored substance disposed on at least the portion of the body that is to be received inside of a human mouth.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a filler layer, a reflection control layer, a plurality of light-blocking patterns, and an encapsulation substrate. The low reflection layer is disposed on the display panel. The filler layer is disposed on the display panel. The reflection control layer includes a first catalyst and is disposed on the filler layer. The plurality of light-blocking patterns is disposed between the filler layer and the reflection control layer. The encapsulation substrate is disposed on the reflection control layer.

Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to an aerosol generating article including: a first portion including an aerosol generating element; a second portion including a cooling element; a third portion including a tobacco element; and a fourth portion including a filter element, wherein the first through fourth portions are sequentially arranged in a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and vehicle including the same. An electrode assembly, in which a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound about an axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes, at a long side end portion, an uncoated portion exposed beyond the separator in a direction of the axis. At least a part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to define a bent surface region having overlapping layers of the uncoated portion. The bent surface region includes a welding target region having a number of the overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and the welding target region extends along a radial direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A wafer level package includes: a substrate; an element portion disposed on one surface of the substrate; a cap disposed on the substrate to cover the element portion; a connection portion electrically connected to the element portion; and a bonding portion disposed on an outer side of the connection portion, wherein the bonding portion is disposed on a first surface of one of the substrate and the cap, wherein one end portion of the connection portion is disposed on a second surface having a step difference from the first surface, and wherein the connection portion and the bonding portion are formed of a eutectic material.