Abstract: An apparatus for and a method for estimating blood pressure are provided. The apparatus for estimating blood pressure includes: a sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; and a processor configured to obtain a mean arterial pressure (MAP) based on the pulse wave signal, configured to classify a phase of the obtained MAP according to at least one classification criterion, and to obtain a systolic blood pressure (SBP) by using an estimation model corresponding to the classified phase of the MAP among estimation models corresponding to respective phases of the MAP.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel electrolyte additive, a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery comprising the novel electrolyte additive, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolyte. More specifically, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery comprising an additive capable of forming a stable film on an electrode surface. The present invention also relates to a lithium secondary battery comprising such a non-aqueous electrolyte, thereby, a high temperature lifespan of the lithium secondary battery is not deteriorated, resistance does not increase when the lithium secondary battery is stored at a high temperature, and expansion of a volume (thickness) of the lithium secondary battery is suppressed when the lithium secondary battery is stored at a high temperature.

Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.

Abstract: A light-emitting layer for a halide perovskite light-emitting device, a method for manufacturing the same and a perovskite light-emitting device using the same are disclosed. The light-emitting layer can be manufactured by forming a first nanoparticle thin film by coating, on a member, a solution comprising halide perovskite nanoparticles having a halide perovskite nanocrystalline structure. Thereby, a nanoparticle light emitter has therein a halide perovskite having a crystal structure in which FCC and BCC are combined; and can show high color purity. In addition, it is possible to improve the luminescence efficiency and luminance of a device by making perovskite as nanoparticles and then introducing the same into a light-emitting layer.

Abstract: A vertical type once-through heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) capable of improving operational stability during rapid startup and lifetime of a steam turbine while reducing environmental pollution caused by emissions, and a combined power generation system including the HRSG are provided. The HRSG includes a medium-pressure section including a medium-pressure side desuperheater installed at the rear of a medium-pressure superheater to lower the temperature of the steam supplied to a medium-pressure steam turbine, and a high-pressure section including a high-pressure side desuperheater installed at the rear of a high-pressure superheater to lower the temperature of the steam supplied to a high-pressure steam turbine.

Abstract: A chuck assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a rotary table on which a substrate is mounted; a rotating part concentric with a rotation center of the rotary table; and a chuck pin supporting the substrate, wherein the rotary table may include a protrusion protruding upward from a surface facing the substrate, the chuck pin may be coupled to the protrusion in such a way that the protrusion is drawn into the chuck pin, and the protrusion may be provided integrally with the surface of the rotary table facing the substrate.

Abstract: An embodiment provides an alkali metal thermal-to-electric converter including a thermal-to-electric conversion cell including three layers including an anode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer, having a convex-concave shape with alternately appearing concave and convex portions, and configured to move alkali metal ions through the solid electrolyte layer, a high temperature portion that supplies a high temperature alkali metal fluid to the anode layer of the thermal-to-electric conversion cell, and a low temperature portion that condenses the alkaline metal fluid discharged to the cathode layer of the thermal-to-electric conversion cell to a low temperature and moves the alkaline metal fluid to the high temperature portion.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing synthesis gas and aromatic hydrocarbons, and more particularly, a method for preparing synthesis gas and aromatic hydrocarbons including: supplying a pyrolysis fuel oil (PFO) stream containing PFO and a pyrolysis gas oil (PGO) stream containing PGO to a distillation tower as a feed stream (S10), the PFO stream and the PGO stream being discharged from a naphtha cracking center (NCC) process; and supplying a lower discharge stream from the distillation tower to a combustion chamber for a gasification process and supplying an upper discharge stream from the distillation tower to an SM/BTX preparation process (S20).

Abstract: An integrated power supply includes a first low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) that converts supply power to a first output voltage and provides the first output voltage to a first auxiliary battery and a first electric load connected to each other in parallel; a second LDC that converts the supply power to a second output voltage and provides the first output voltage to a second auxiliary battery and a second electric load connected to each other in parallel; and an integrated controller that controls the first LDC and the second LDC to change output voltages of the first LDC and the second LDC. The first auxiliary battery and the second auxiliary battery are connected in series, and when the first LDC fails, the second LDC outputs a second increase output voltage that is higher than the second output voltage under control of the integrated controller.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and a biomarker for predicting efficacy and prognosis of or resistance to an immunotherapy. The use of the biomarkers (TCTP, EGFR, AKT, MCL1, and/or CXCL10) of the present disclosure allows the prediction of resistance to or prognosis of a cancer immunotherapeutic agent and the selection of a therapy guaranteeing therapeutic benefit, thereby finding advantageous applications in treating cancers or tumors resistant to cancer immunotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area in which pixels are placed to display an image, and a non-display area located around the display area; and a cover window including a light blocking area overlapping the non-display area of the display panel in a thickness direction of the display panel, and a through hole penetrating through the light blocking area, wherein the display panel further includes a first power supply line located in the non-display area to apply a first power supply voltage, and wherein the first power supply line does not overlap the through hole in the thickness direction of the display panel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant that decomposes ammonia and supplies it as fuel to a combustor of a gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively, and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies it to a combustor of the gas turbine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia and supplies it as fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively, and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies it to a combustor of the gas turbine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia and supplies it as fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively, and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies it to a combustor of the gas turbine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia and supplies it as fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine. The purpose of the embodiment of the present disclosure is that the gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively, and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies it to a combustor of the gas turbine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia and supplies it as fuel to a combustor of a gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively, and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies it to a combustor of the gas turbine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia and supplies it as fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively, and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies it to a combustor of the gas turbine.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a substrate processing apparatus provided with a rotating table for supporting and rotating a substrate and collection cups for collecting treatment solutions sprayed onto the substrate, which includes the collection cups disposed outside the rotating table and each provided therein with a space for collecting the treatment solution, one pair of lifting shafts connected to each of the collection cups, and one pair of driving modules connected to each of the lifting shafts, wherein an outermost third driving part among the driving modules is a motor driving type, an inner driving module disposed inside the third driving part is a hydraulic driving type, and a liftable height of a third collection cup connected to the third driving part and lifted by a third lifting shaft is higher than a liftable height of a collection cup lifted by the inner driving module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia into a decomposition gas including hydrogen and supplies the decomposition gas as fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies the decomposition gas to a combustor of the gas turbine.

Abstract: The present application relates to an optical film and a method for producing a polarizing plate. The present application can provide an optical film satisfying optical and mechanical durability required in a polarizing plate effectively and capable of forming a polarizing plate without causing bending when applied to a display device, and a method for producing a polarizing plate to which the optical film is applied. The present application can provide an optical film capable of realizing the required optical and mechanical durability without causing bending even in a polarizing plate applied to a thin display device and/or a thin polarizing plate, and a method for producing a polarizing plate to which the optical film is applied.