Abstract: The disclosure relates to a steering system and a method for controlling the same. According to an embodiment, a steering system comprises an electric power steering (EPS) steering motor connected to a first inverter and a second inverter, an additional motor connected to the second inverter and providing a steering-related additional function, a main electric control unit (ECU) including the first inverter and controlling the EPS steering motor through the first inverter, and a sub ECU including the second inverter and controlling at least one of the EPS steering motor or the additional motor based on at least one of main ECU state information or vehicle driving state information.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes the use of a miRNA inhibitor for inducing hair growth, increasing the hair density, increasing the follicular density, increasing the hair shaft thickness, increasing hair length, preventing hair loss, reducing hair loss, or any combination thereof in a subject in need thereof. In some aspects, the subject has one or more disorders selected from the group consisting of alopecia greata, androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, alopecia universalis, involutional alopecia, trichotillomania, telogen effluvium, anagen effluvium, cicatricial, alopecia, scarring alopecia, scalp thinning, hair shaft abnormalities, infectious hair disorders, genetic disorders, and hair loss due to chemotherapy, hormonal imbalance, fungal infection, medication intake, chemical hair treatment, or aging.

Abstract: An electrode drying apparatus and a method of manufacturing an electrode using the same is provided. In the electrode drying apparatus, by inducing static electricity onto a back side of an electrode current collector of which a front surface is coated with an electrode slurry so that the electrode slurry has an electric charge opposite to an electric charge of an ionic binder contained in the electrode slurry as a binder, even when solvent volatilization occurs during a drying process of the electrode slurry, it is possible to prevent binders from being moved to a surface of the electrode slurry, and thus it is possible to improve an adhesive force between an electrode mixture layer formed by drying the electrode slurry and the electrode current collector.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus that comprises a photo-acoustic transceiver which outputs, through a laser generator, a laser pulse output toward an object to be examined, and receives, through an ultrasonic wave receiver, an ultrasonic wave image signal from the object to be examined; an analog-to-digital converter which receives the ultrasonic wave image signal and converts same into a digital image signal; a main control unit which receives the digital image signal to generate ultrasonic wave scanning three-dimensional image information about the object to be examined; and a trigger control unit which receives motion information of a photo-acoustic probe to generate a scanning trigger signal corresponding to the motion information, receives laser pulse output information to generate a laser trigger signal corresponding to the laser pulse output, and generates an output trigger signal corresponding to the laser trigger signal and outputs same to the analog-to-digital converter.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first silicon-germanium film which is conformally formed inside a surface of the substrate of the first region and defines a first gate trench, a first gate insulating film which extends on the first silicon-germanium film along a profile of the first gate trench and is in physical contact with the first silicon-germanium film, a first metallic gate electrode on the first gate insulating film, a source/drain region formed inside the substrate on both sides of the first metallic gate electrode, a second gate insulating film in the second region and a second metallic gate electrode on the second gate insulating film.

Abstract: An encapsulant for encapsulating perovskite to prevent lead leakage therefrom, a method for encapsulating perovskite to prevent lead leakage therefrom, and a perovskite photoactive device including the encapsulant are disclosed. The encapsulant for encapsulating perovskite may contain a crown ether-based compound having a benzene ring substituted with an alkyl group. The perovskite encapsulating method may include coating, on a perovskite layer, a solution in which a crown ether-based compound having a benzene ring substituted with an alkyl group is dissolved in an organic solvent. The perovskite photoactive device includes an encapsulant encapsulating the perovskite layer to prevent the lead leakage therefrom.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a distributed cloud system, a data processing method of a distributed cloud system, and a storage medium. The data processing method of a distributed cloud system includes receiving a request of a user for an edge cloud and controlling a distributed cloud system, wherein the distributed cloud system comprises a core cloud including a large-scale resource, the edge cloud, and a local cloud including a middle-scale resource between the core cloud and the edge cloud, processing tasks corresponding to the user request through a scheduler of the core cloud, distributing the tasks based on a queue, and aggregating results of processed tasks, and providing processed data in response to a request of the user, wherein the distributed cloud system provides a management function in case of failure in the distributed cloud system.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a sensor device configured to collect data on regions around the vehicle, and an automatic parking controller configured to generate a folding signal or an unfolding signal for a side mirror based on the data collected by the sensor device and a state of the side mirror when performing automatic parking.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes cationic carrier units comprising (i) a water soluble polymer, (ii) a positively charged carrier, and (iii) an adjuvant moiety, wherein when the cationic carrier unit is mixed with an anionic payload (e.g., an antisense oligonucleotide) that electrostatically interacts with the cationic carrier unit, the resulting composition self-organizes into a micelle encapsulating the anionic payload in its core. The cationic carrier units can also comprise a tissue specific targeting moiety, which would be displayed on the surface of the micelle. The disclosure also includes micelles comprising the cationic carrier units of the disclosure, methods of manufacture of cationic carrier units and micelles, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the micelles, and also methods of treating diseases or conditions comprising administering the micelles to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an intelligent scheduling apparatus and method. The intelligent scheduling apparatus includes one or more processors, and an execution memory for storing at least program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to, in a hybrid cloud environment including a cloud, an edge system, and a near-edge system, configure schedulers for scheduling tasks of the cloud, the edge system, and the near-edge systems, store data, requested by a client, in a work queue by controlling the schedulers based on a scheduler policy and process the tasks based on data stored in the work queue, and collect history data resulting from processing of the tasks depending on the scheduler policy, and train the scheduler policy based on the history data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode for a lithium-ion secondary battery. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, which includes a lower layer portion facing the surface of a current collector and an upper layer portion disposed on the top of the lower layer portion, wherein the upper layer portion includes graphite and silicon oxide as negative electrode active materials, the silicon oxide has a sphericity of 0.4-0.8, and the negative electrode active material layer includes a linear conductive material.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first silicon-germanium film which is conformally formed inside a surface of the substrate of the first region and defines a first gate trench, a first gate insulating film which extends on the first silicon-germanium film along a profile of the first gate trench and is in physical contact with the first silicon-germanium film, a first metallic gate electrode on the first gate insulating film, a source/drain region formed inside the substrate on both sides of the first metallic gate electrode, a second gate insulating film in the second region and a second metallic gate electrode on the second gate insulating film.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, the negative electrode active material including, based on 100 parts by weight of the total negative electrode active material, 5 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight of a first carbon-based particle, 55 parts by weight to 90 parts by weight of a second carbon-based particle, and 1 part by weight to 40 parts by weight of a silicon-based particle, wherein the specific surface area of the first carbon-based particle is 1.5 m2/g to 4.5 m2/g, the specific surface area of the second carbon-based particle is 0.4 m2/g to 1.5 m2/g, and the specific surface area of the first carbon-based particle is greater than the specific surface area of the second carbon-based particle, and capable of solving the problem of lifespan deterioration which may be caused by the use of a silicon-based particle as a negative electrode active material.

Abstract: Provided are a junction structure element and a method of manufacturing the junction structure element. The junction structure element includes a semiconductor channel layer which includes a material having ferroelectric and semiconductor properties, a source electrode and a drain electrode which are each in contact with the semiconductor channel layer and are spaced apart from each other, a ferroelectric layer which is formed on the semiconductor channel layer and includes a material having ferroelectric properties, and a gate electrode to be disposed on the ferroelectric layer. The method of manufacturing the junction structure element includes a first operation of forming a semiconductor channel layer, which includes a material having ferroelectric and semiconductor properties, on a substrate, and a second operation of forming a ferroelectric layer, which includes a material having ferroelectric properties, on the semiconductor channel layer.

Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes a substrate, a cell array region including a plurality of memory cells on the substrate, a wiring region which includes an inter-wiring insulating film stacked on the cell array region, and an upper wiring structure in the inter-wiring insulating film and a protective film which covers an upper surface of the cell array region, between the cell array region and the wiring region, wherein each of the memory cells includes a switching pattern and a variable resistance pattern, the cell array region further includes first conductive lines extending in a first direction, and a second conductive lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the plurality of memory cells are disposed at an intersections of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aA negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material which contains a carbon material and a silicon material, contains Si in a specific content, and has a form and/or structure in which the size of each material is controlled so that it is possible to improve the charging/discharging capacity and efficiency of the negative electrode, suppress the side reaction between the negative electrode active material and the electrolyte during the charging and discharging while solving a problem of the negative electrode mixture layer peeling due to the expansion and contraction of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for a lithium secondary battery and a positive electrode for the lithium secondary battery including the electrode assembly. By controlling a ratio (CRLip/CRSi) between a content percentage of a positive electrode additive and a silicon (Si)-containing material that is a negative electrode active material, which are contained in a positive electrode mixture layer and a negative electrode mixture layer, respectively, to a specific range, the electrode assembly has an advantage in that high charging/discharging capacity and charging/discharging efficiency can be realized during initial charging/discharging, a capacity retention rate can be excellent during subsequent charging/discharging, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrode assembly can exhibit a high energy density and long lifetime.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for preparing an aminopyrimidine derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having a selective inhibitory activity against protein kinases, especially against the protein kinases for mutant epidermal growth factor receptors. Additionally, the present invention provides novel intermediates useful for said process and processes for preparing the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode, which includes a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a conductive agent. The negative electrode active material includes a first active material and a second active material, wherein the first active material includes SiOx particles (0<x<2), and the second active material includes SiOy particles (0<y<2), wherein the SiOx particles have a D50 of 0.1 µm to 0.6 µm, the SiOy particles have a D50 of 3 µm to 8 µm, and a weight ratio of the SiOx particles to the SiOy particles is in a range of 1:2 to 1:100. The conductive agent includes single-walled carbon nanotubes. The present disclosure also relates to a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes the use of a miRNA inhibitor for treating a symptom or condition of Huntington’s disease. The miRNA inhibitor useful for the present disclosure can inhibit miR-485 expression and/or activity, which in turn can modulate the level of proteins or gene expression related to Huntington’s disease.