Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inter-module busbar capable of delaying thermal runaway propagation and a battery pack including the same. The inter-module busbar can include a metal plate for electrical connection and a cover member configured to wrap a part of the metal plate. The metal plate can include at least one first through-hole formed through the metal plate in a longitudinal direction. A first closure member of the inter-module busbar can be inserted into the first through-hole.

Abstract: Provided is a relay switch device including a relay housing, a first upper fixing terminal and a second upper fixing terminal arranged side by side over an inside and an outside of the relay housing, a first lower fixing terminal electrically connected to the first upper fixing terminal and arranged under the first upper fixing terminal to be apart a predetermined distance from the first upper fixing terminal, and a second lower fixing terminal electrically connected to the second upper fixing terminal and arranged under the second upper fixing terminal to be apart a predetermined distance from the second upper fixing terminal, and a circuit mode switch module provided to selectively contact the first and second upper fixing terminals or the first and second lower fixing terminals by moving a predetermined distance.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including a battery, a first cartridge including a first material containing nicotine and a pH adjuster and a first heater configured to heat the first material, and a controller configured to control power supplied to the first heater from the battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cable connector cover which accommodates a cable and a connector to protect the cable and the connector from an external environment. The cable connector cover includes a first cover; and a second cover having one sides hinge-connected to each other, and rotating around a hinge axis, and having a space accommodating a cable and a connector therein, and one side of the first cover and one side of the second cover include a first seat portion and a second seat portion having seat holes communicating with the outside and seated with the accommodated cable, respectively, and insides of the first cover and the second cover include a first blocking portion and a second blocking portion having blocking holes on which the accommodated cable is seated, respectively when the first cover and the second cover form the space accommodating the cable and the connector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium metal thin film composite and a method for preparing the lithium metal thin film composite, the lithium metal thin film composite comprising: a plate-shaped support having at least one surface coated with an inorganic material; and a lithium metal thin film formed by a plurality of spherical lithium metal fine particles coming into contact with one another on the plate-shaped support, and the method comprising a step of growing a plurality of spherical lithium metal fine particles on the plate-shaped support by applying a current to a lithium supply source and the plate-shaped support immersed in an electrolyte solution, wherein the plate-shaped support has at least one surface coated with an inorganic material, and the electrolyte solution is stirred at one or more points selected from among before applying the current, after applying the current, and while applying the current.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for welding electrode tabs protruding from an electrode assembly to each other, which may include a guide part configured to gather the electrode tabs; and a welding part configured to weld the electrode tabs gathered by the guide part on a predetermined welding area. The guide part may be configured to press the electrode tabs toward the electrode assembly, while moving toward the electrode assembly, such that a length from the electrode assembly to the welding area increases in at least a portion of the electrode tabs before being welded by the welding part. Accordingly, some aspects of the present invention may prevent the electrode tabs from disconnecting.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preventing or improving UV-induced skin damage of a subject in need thereof, which comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition containing hydrangenol derived from the extract of Hydrangea serrata as an active ingredient. The composition containing hydrangenol derived from the extract of Hydrangea serrata is able to increase secretion of hyaluronic acid and procollagen type-1 and inhibit secretion of MMP-1 in skin cells, and therefore effective in preventing or improving UV-induced damage of skin cells. Accordingly, the hydrangenol-containing composition is usefully available as a quasi-drug, drug, food, or cosmetic composition.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer doped to a first conductivity type, an active layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, the second semiconductor layer doped to a second conductivity type, and a passivation layer surrounding surfaces of the active layer, the passivation layer including a side surface of the active layer, and the passivation layer includes a semiconductor material that matches a lattice of a semiconductor material contained in the active layer, the semiconductor material has a band gap energy higher than that of the semiconductor material contained in the active layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel functional derivatives of alanine and proline amino acids. The compounds of the present invention were confirmed to have a very superior antifungal or fungicidal effect. In addition, the compounds of the present invention were confirmed to exhibit a synergistic effect when co-administered with an existing antifungal preparation. Moreover, the compounds of the present invention showed activity on a wide range of fungi. Therefore, the compounds of the present invention can be widely used in a field which requires the treatment with an antifungal or fungicidal preparation against human infectious fungi, animal infectious fungi, and phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cooling device for a reducing agent dosing module, the cooling device including: a first cooling part connected to a reducing agent dosing module; and a second cooling part connected to a cooling fluid line, and configured to receive cooling fluid from the cooling fluid line; wherein the second cooling part is formed to have an inner diameter larger than that of the first cooling part so that the bubbles generated due to the vaporization of cooling fluid are discharged.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel functional derivatives of alanine and proline amino acids. The compounds of the present invention were confirmed to have a very superior antifungal or fungicidal effect. In addition, the compounds of the present invention were confirmed to exhibit a synergistic effect when co-administered with an existing antifungal preparation. Moreover, the compounds of the present invention showed activity on a wide range of fungi. Therefore, the compounds of the present invention can be widely used in a field which requires the treatment with an antifungal or fungicidal preparation against human infectious fungi, animal infectious fungi, and phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel functional derivatives of alanine and proline amino acids. The compounds of the present invention were confirmed to have a very superior antifungal or fungicidal effect. In addition, the compounds of the present invention were confirmed to exhibit a synergistic effect when co-administered with an existing antifungal preparation. Moreover, the compounds of the present invention showed activity on a wide range of fungi. Therefore, the compounds of the present invention can be widely used in a field which requires the treatment with an antifungal or fungicidal preparation against human infectious fungi, animal infectious fungi, and phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel functional derivatives of alanine and proline amino acids. The compounds of the present invention were confirmed to have a very superior antifungal or fungicidal effect. In addition, the compounds of the present invention were confirmed to exhibit a synergistic effect when co-administered with an existing antifungal preparation. Moreover, the compounds of the present invention showed activity on a wide range of fungi. Therefore, the compounds of the present invention can be widely used in a field which requires the treatment with an antifungal or fungicidal preparation against human infectious fungi, animal infectious fungi, and phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: A nanoscale thin film structure and implementing method thereof, and, more specifically, a nanoscale thin film structure of which target structure is designed with quantized thickness, and a method to implement the nanoscale thin film structure by which the performance of the manufactured nanodevice can be implemented the same as the designed performance, thereby applicable to high sensitivity high performance electronic/optical sensor devices.

Abstract: A slot die coating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a slot die containing a first die block and a second die block, and a sensor unit for measuring the flow rate of an electrode active material slurry which is discharged through a discharge port formed by the coupling of the first die block and the second die block, wherein the sensor unit is formed inside the first die block, and the sensor unit is connected to the discharge port via an energy dissipation part and an energy absorption part.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for welding electrode tabs protruding from an electrode assembly to each other which may include a guide part configured to gather the electrode tabs on a predetermined gathering area, a welding part configured to weld the electrode tabs gathered by the guide part, and a bending part configured to bend the electrode assembly. The bending part ensures that a length from the electrode assembly to the gathering area increases in at least a portion of the electrode tabs before being welded by the welding part. Accordingly, some aspects of the present invention may prevent the electrode tabs from disconnecting. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a secondary battery and may relate to a secondary battery manufactured by the above-described welding apparatus or method.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for inhibiting fat formation and reducing body fat, the composition including hydrangenol as an active ingredient. The composition of the present disclosure reduces fat accumulation in adipocytes, reduces phosphorylation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and increases phosphorylation of forkhead box O1 (FoxO1), and finally, leading to reduction of an expression level of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ? (PPAR), and as a result, the composition inhibits formation of triglyceride in adipocytes to exhibit an anti-obesity effect. Accordingly, the composition including hydrangenol disclosed herein as an active ingredient may be usefully applied to the fields of health functional foods or cosmetics for inhibiting fat formation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating system including a cigarette and an aerosol generating device. The cigarette includes a first substrate section and a second substrate section which include a non-tobacco material sheet containing an aerosol generating material, and the aerosol generating device includes a single heater disposed so that a heating area of the first substrate section is different from a heating area of the second substrate section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery disconnect unit including a fuse connected to a battery pack, the fuse being configured to interrupt overcurrent of the battery pack, at least one sensor configured to measure voltage or current of the battery pack, at least one relay configured to connect or disconnect the battery pack and the load to or from each other based on a value of the voltage or the current measured by the sensor, a housing configured to allow the fuse, the sensor, and the relay to be mounted therein, and a moving plate configured to fix the relay and the sensor to the housing, the position of the moving plate being changeable depending on sizes of the relay and the sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a method for augmented reality-based image translation performed by one or more processors, which includes storing a plurality of frames representing a video captured by a camera, extracting a first frame that satisfies a predetermined criterion from the stored plurality of frames, translating a first language sentence (or group of words) included in the first frame into a second language sentence (or group of words), determining a translation region including the second language sentence (or group of words) included in the first frame, and rendering the translation region in a second frame.