Abstract: According to embodiments, disclosed are a device and method for processing an intraoral image. The disclosed method of processing an intraoral image includes displaying the intraoral image based on a scan region of interest having a first size, detecting a predetermined event, based on detecting the predetermined event, adjusting the size of the scan region of interest from the first size to a second size, and displaying the intraoral image based on the scan region of interest having the adjusted second size.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor is provided, which includes a transition metal hydroxide particle represented by Formula 1 and a cobalt oxide particle and a manganese oxide particle attached to the surface of the transition metal hydroxide particle. A preparation method thereof, a positive electrode active material prepared using the same, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery including the positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a three-dimensional (3D) data acquisition apparatus includes a communication interface communicating with a 3D scanner, and a processor configured to execute at least one instruction to obtain 3D data, wherein the processor to operate in a first mode to obtain first data by scanning an object by using the 3D scanner, switch an operation mode to a second mode when a metal area is detected from the object, operate in the second mode to obtain second data by scanning the object by using the 3D scanner, and obtain 3D data of the object, based on the first data and the second data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein an electrode tab protrudes from at least an outer periphery of one side of each of a plurality of positive electrodes and a plurality of negative electrodes, the electrode tabs being coupled to each other in tight contact in a stacking direction to constitute an electrode tab bundle, at least one through-hole is formed through the electrode tab bundle, a connection member made of an electrically conductive material is inserted through the through-hole, and an electrode lead is electrically connected to the electrode tab bundle via the connection member in a melted state, and wherein electrical connection between the electrode tab bundle and the electrode lead is achieved by heating and pressing.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) scanner device, an operating method, and a computer-readable storage medium having stored a program for performing the operating method.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide, which is doped with doping element M2, wherein M2 includes at least one of Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Sr, Co, F, Si, Na, Cu, Fe, Ca, S, or B, and contains nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of transition metals excluding lithium, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide has a single particle form, and includes a center portion having a layered structure and a surface portion having a rock-salt structure, and the doping element M2 is included in an amount of 3,580 ppm to 7,620 ppm based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. The method for manufacturing the secondary battery comprises: positioning a plurality of unit cells, each unit cell comprising at least one electrode and at least one separator, wherein the plurality of unit cells are positioned on a surface of a separation film to sequentially fold the unit cells and form a folded cell; attaching a pressing tape to an end of the folded cell; accommodating the folded cell and an electrolyte in a battery case; and pressing an outer surface of the battery case to press the folded cell.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for a secondary battery, including a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, wherein the first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material consist of a lithium composite transition metal oxide including at least two or more transition metals selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn) are provided. The average particle size (D50) of the first positive electrode active material is two or more times larger than that of the second positive electrode active material, and the first positive electrode active material has a concentration gradient in which at least one of Ni, Co or Mn contained in the lithium composite transition metal oxide has a concentration difference of 1.5 mol % or more between the center and the surface of a particle of the lithium composite transition metal oxide.

Abstract: In manufacturing an electrode assembly, heat treated first separator and electrodes are passed through a pair of surface-patterned rollers under pressurization to prepare a preliminary electrode assembly including the first separator laminated with the electrodes. A second separator on which the preliminary electrode assemblies are disposed is passed through a pair of surface-patterned rollers under pressurization. The second separator is wound to be interposed between the preliminary electrode assemblies. An electrochemical device includes the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A filter module for a gravity-type water-purifying device including a plurality of plate-shaped filter members, which are in a plate shape having a predetermined area, produce filtered water from raw water introduced from the outside, and are spaced apart from each other in parallel along one direction while one surface of each filter member faces each other at a predetermined; and a filtered-water integrating member for fixing one side of each of the plate-shaped filter members so that the plurality of plate-shaped filter members can be kept spaced apart from each other along one direction while facing each other, and for integrating and discharging the filtered water individually produced from each of the plurality of plate-shaped filter members.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode material which includes a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, wherein the second positive electrode active material has an electrical conductivity of 0.1 ?S/cm to 150 ?S/cm, which is measured after the second positive electrode active material is prepared in the form of a pellet by compressing the second positive electrode active material at a rolling load of 400 kgf to 2,000 kgf, a method of preparing the positive electrode material, and a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode material.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese and having a nickel content for 60 mol % or more, based on metals (M) excluding lithium, and is in the form of single particles having an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 to 10 ?m, wherein a 100-nm region extending from the surface toward the center of a single particle has crystal structures of a Fd3M and a Fm3m space group, and a phase ratio is 0.2 to 0.7, which is a ratio of a first portion of a maximum straight length of the 100-nm region occupied by the crystal structure of the Fd3M space group to a second portion occupied by the crystal structure of the Fm3m space group.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material being a lithium cobalt-based oxide includes a doping element M. A lithium cobalt-based oxide particle containing the doping element M in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, wherein in a bulk portion corresponding to 90% of a core side among the radius from a core of the particle to a surface thereof, the doping element M in the lithium cobalt-based oxide particle is contained at a constant concentration, and in a surface portion from the surface of the particle to 100 nm in a core direction, the doping element M is contained at a concentration equal to or higher than that in the bulk portion and has a concentration in which the concentration thereof is gradient gradually decreased in the core direction from the surface of the particle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery which includes primary particles of Co3O4 or CoOOH, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D50) of 15 ?m or more, and a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes particles of a lithium cobalt-based oxide, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 2,500 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D50) of 15 ?m or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the active material including a dopant and having a crystalline structure in which metal oxide layers (MO layers) including metals and oxygen and reversible lithium layers are repeatedly stacked, wherein in a lattice configured by oxygen atoms of the MO layers adjacent to each other, the dopant time of charge, thereby forming a lithium trap and/or lithium dumbbell structure.

Abstract: A method for producing a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode active material produced thereby, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The method includes preparing a nickel-manganese-aluminum precursor having an atomic fraction of nickel of 90 atm % or greater in all transition metals, and mixing the nickel-manganese-aluminum precursor, a cobalt raw material, and a lithium raw material and heat treating the mixture.

Abstract: In an alignment state indicating apparatus and method according to the present invention, scanning is performed by means of a scanner, raw data is formed through light incident into the scanner, 3D data is formed through the raw data, and alignment is performed. When it is determined that such an alignment process of 3D data is not performed normally, the alignment state indicating apparatus and method according to the present invention provide visual feedback to a user on an alignment error in the form of a specific pattern, thereby allowing the user to quickly recognize whether to perform the alignment. Accordingly, the alignment state indicating apparatus and method have the advantage of improving the reliability of scanning by allowing the user to scan an object closely.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, method of making the same, and positive electrode and lithium secondary battery include the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material in a form of single particles, includes a lithium transition metal oxide having nickel (Ni) in an amount greater than 50 mol % based on a total number of moles of transition metals excluding lithium, wherein a single particle has a region of 50 nm or less from a surface of the single particle along a center direction, and wherein a structure belonging to space group FD3-M and a structure belonging to space group Fm3m are formed in the region, and wherein a generation rate of fine powder having an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 ?m or less is in a range of 5% to 30% when the positive electrode active material is rolled at 650 kgf/cm2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic ?-secretase (SAS) and a use thereof. According to the present invention, a synthetic ?-secretase, which is a fusion protein comprising, as an active ingredient, NIa protease, a fragment thereof or a variant thereof, can inhibit the formation of amyloid ?, degrade extracellularly secreted amyloid ?, and degrade amyloid ? internalized in cells. Therefore, the present invention allows intracellular/extracellular degradation of amyloid ?, which is the cause of various diseases including Alzheimer's disease, and thus can be usable in the prevention or treatment of such diseases.