Abstract: A protein transduction domain and a fusion compound, which are more efficient, are proposed. As a result of selecting and testing a number of candidate peptides, the present inventors found that a GK1 peptide comprising 18 amino acids and a modified sequence obtained by replacing, adding, or deleting some sequences are bonded to high-molecular-weight materials such as proteins based on the basic sequence of the peptide, thus enabling the high-molecular-weight materials to smoothly penetrate into living bodies, for example, cells, tissues, or blood. A fusion compound, oligonucleotide, or vector using the same may be applied as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases.

Abstract: Provided are a method of treating spent caustic occurring in a refinery process, a petrochemical process, and an environmental facility, and an apparatus thereof, wherein the spent caustic may be economically treated by a Fenton-like oxidation reaction at room temperature and atmospheric pressure in a reactor in which catalyst structures are stacked as compared to conventional methods of treating spent caustic.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked on each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and external electrodes disposed externally on the body, and respectively including a first layer connected to the internal electrode and a second layer covering the first layer, wherein the first layer includes a metal particle including an element A, an oxide of an element Z, formed on the metal particle, and an A-Z intermetallic compound phase, and here, the element Z has a higher ionization tendency than the element A.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an elastic makeup powder derived from natural inorganic particulates, and a method of preparing same, and more specifically, to an elastic natural makeup powder and a method of preparing same, the elastic natural makeup powder being characterized by comprising: natural inorganic particulates therein; and an elastic coating layer, which is dry-coated on the surface of the inorganic particulates and comprises (a) a triester of hydroxy fatty acids with glycerin, which his solid at room temperature, and a derivative thereof, or (b) a glyceryl fatty acid ester, which is solid at room temperature, and a derivative thereof. The elastic natural makeup powder of the present invention utilizes natural ingredients and thus, when applied to a cosmetic material, exhibits skin stability, is safe to the human body, exhibits excellent dispersibility, and can significantly improve the texture of the cosmetic material.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate treatment apparatus with improved workability. The substrate treatment apparatus includes: a first bath storing a cleaning solution and having a first opening formed in an upper surface thereof; and a first ultrasonic oscillator installed in the first bath and providing ultrasonic waves toward a surface of the cleaning solution exposed by the first opening to form a water film protruding from the surface of the cleaning solution, wherein a substrate is not immersed in the first bath, and a surface of the substrate is placed adjacent to the first opening and cleaned by the water film.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for non-destructive inspection of quality of an electrostatic chuck are disclosed. The apparatus includes a measurement unit for measuring a first capacitance of a dielectric layer of the electrostatic chuck and for measuring a second capacitance of an electrode installed in the dielectric layer; and a control unit configured to evaluate quality of the electrode, based on the first capacitance and the second capacitance.

Abstract: A method of decomposing a phenol by-product produced in a phenol preparation process, in which acetophenone separated from a distillation column is mixed with tar separated and collected in a decomposition reactor, thereby significantly decreasing viscosity of tar. The decomposition method according to the present invention allows tar to have sufficient viscosity for flowability even at room temperature, whereby transfer and storage of tar may be more smoothly done without using any heating device for transfer of tar.

Abstract: A robot position calibration apparatus is disclosed including a scan position controller configured to control the position of the robot by individually setting parameter sets related to the position of the robot for causing a scanner mounted on an end of the robot to scan an object in multiple scan positions around the robot, and a data receiver configured to receive, from the scanner, multiple scan data items generated by the scanner scanning the object in each of the multiple scan positions, and a parameter calibrator configured to calculate calibration values for the parameter sets having been individually set, by using multiple position information items corresponding to the parameter sets and the multiple scan data items.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-releasing stick-type cosmetic and, specifically, to a water-releasing stick-type cosmetic containing: an oily portion; and a water-releasing ingredient that is spread out in the oily portion, wherein the water-releasing ingredient has water particles encompassed by a plurality of plate-shaped materials to which emulsifiers are bound. According to the present invention, provided is a water-releasing stick-type cosmetic, which can provide a moist and cool feeling by directly supplying a large quantity of water, has excellent dosage form stability by having a hardness suitable for stick cosmetics, and simultaneously has excellent application texture, excellent storage stability and excellent color tone.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite for forming a coacervate interfacial film. The composite for forming the coacervate interfacial film contains a cationic hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle structure containing a hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle and a cationic surfactant coupled to a surface of the hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle, and an anionic cellulose nanofibril containing an anionic functional group in at least a portion thereof, in which the composite may form the coacervate interfacial film at an interface of an oil phase and a water phase through electrostatic interaction between the cationic surfactant and the anionic functional group.

Abstract: Provided is a blasting system including a first detonator and a second detonator and a user terminal. The user terminal performs wireless communications with the first detonator and wired communications with the second detonator. Each of the first detonator and the second detonator includes an electric detonator storing detonator information, in which the electric detonator ignites an explosive in response to a blasting command, a connector connecting the electric detonator to the user terminal via a wireless or wired communication means, and a wiring portion connecting the electric detonator and the connector.

Abstract: An ultrasonic spray apparatus is configured to minimize contact between bubbles, which are generated due to ultrasonic excitation, and ionized water when the bubbles are discharged. The ultrasonic spray apparatus is configured so that a discharge pipe is installed to start from a bottom or a side surface of an accommodation space storing ionized water and protrude above the ionized water filled in the accommodation space. The bubbles are able to be discharged into the accommodation space through the discharge pipe. Changes in properties of the ionized water may be prevented. The properties of the ionized water may be utilized as they are. The discharge of the bubbles is possible even when anyone of the branched portions is blocked, and interference with a flow of the bubbles is prevented in advance even when water drops or the like generated inside the accommodation space block any one of the branched portions.

Abstract: The present invention reconfigures the Capacitor Detect Area (CDA) constituting two columns to reduce the number of CDAs constituting one column and increase the number of CDAs constituting the other so that object separation operation is possible in the column in which the number of CDAs is increased.

Abstract: Provided are a method for preparing a carbon material using a polyolefin-based plastic, which includes a step of dissolving a polyolefin-based plastic in a solvent and then precipitating to obtain a polyolefin-based polymer having, for example, a powder or film shape, a step of crosslinking and cyclizing the precipitated polyolefin-based polymer to stabilize the polyolefin-based polymer and to cleave linear bonding of the polyolefin-based polymer, and a step of carbonizing the stabilized polyolefin-based polymer and a carbon material prepared according to this method. According to this method, it is possible to convert polyolefin-based plastics, particularly polyolefin-based waste plastics, into high-quality carbon materials having high heat-generating properties and a high electrical conductivity by a simple and efficient process.

Abstract: A secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a can accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap assembly sealing the can; a first insulation member on a side of the electrode assembly, the first insulation member having an opening exposing at least a portion of a bottom surface of the electrode assembly; and a second insulation member on a bottom of the can and facing the bottom surface of the electrode assembly, the second insulation member having an area corresponding to an area of the opening in the first insulation member.

Abstract: In a process of decomposing byproducts of a phenol production process using a reactive distillation column in which a reactor and a distillation column are integrated, since acetophenone is mixed with tar recovered to a lower part of the reactive distillation column and transferred, viscosity of the tar may be lowered so that the tar may be transferred at room temperature, and since the reactive distillation column may be operated at 0.5 to 3 bar, an operating temperature of the reactive distillation column is low as compared with a method of separating acetophenone by pressurization with high pressure, significantly reducing an operation cost of a heater required for a reaction. Also, since acetophenone is separately recovered at a position of 25 to 90% of a total number of stages in the reactive distillation column, recovery of an active ingredient may be enhanced.

Abstract: An embodiment gas diffusion layer structure of a unit cell of a fuel cell includes a catalyst layer of the unit cell of the fuel cell, a separator of the unit cell of the fuel cell, and a gas diffusion layer disposed between the catalyst layer and the separator. An embodiment gas diffusion layer includes a carbon substrate layer, a microporous layer, a catalyst layer neighboring region neighboring the catalyst layer, the catalyst layer neighboring region including the microporous layer, and a gas channel neighboring region neighboring the separator, the gas channel neighboring region including the carbon substrate layer, wherein a solid volume fraction of the gas channel neighboring region is configured to increase to a target solid volume fraction.

Abstract: There is provided a clock and data recovery circuit for a high-speed PAM-4 receiver through statistical learning. A clock and data recovery device according to an embodiment includes: an input unit through which data is inputted; a clock input unit through which a clock is inputted; a sampling unit configured to sample the inputted data by using the inputted clock; a controller configured to combine results of sampling at a plurality of sampling points, to determine a state of the clock based on the combined results, and to generate a control value for controlling the clock; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the clock applied to the sampling unit, based on the control value generated by the controller. Accordingly, a hardware structure is simplified and energy efficiency is enhanced compared to an exiting oversampling clock and data recovery circuit for a PAM-4 receiver.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photodynamic therapy apparatus for local targeting in cancer treatment. More specifically, an endoscope is placed in the center of an end portion of a probe used in photodynamic therapy and a plurality of optical fibers are arranged along the edge thereof, so that a lesion site is irradiated with a plurality of lights while the plurality of optical fibers of the probe receive lights from individual light sources, respectively, to perform light irradiation individually. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an apparatus, wherein unnecessary damage to normal tissues is minimized by controlling light irradiation regions, for instance, by defining light irradiation regions encompassing a lesion site from an image provided in real time through an endoscope disposed at an end portion of a probe and allowing only individual light sources irradiating the defined light irradiation regions to emit lights to achieve local light irradiation.

Abstract: A display driving circuit includes a gamma generator configured to output, to nodes, gamma voltages having different voltage levels, and a selector configured to select one of the nodes to which the gamma voltages are output, and output a voltage of the selected one of the nodes. The display driving circuit further includes a voltage regulator configured to selectively input a first current to the selected one of the nodes and output a second current from the selected one of the nodes, based on the voltage of the selected one of the nodes, to adjust a voltage level of the voltage of the selected one of the nodes to a voltage level of a respective one of the gamma voltages that is output to the selected one of the nodes.