Abstract: Provided are a fructose-4-epimerase variant having tagatose conversion activity, and a method of preparing tagatose using the same.

Abstract: Provided are a cathode active material, a cathode comprising same, and a secondary battery. The cathode active material contains crystal water and a manganese-based metal oxide and has a first crystal phase having a two-dimensional crystal structure and a second crystal phase having a three-dimensional crystal structure, wherein the three-dimensional crystal structure is formed by the combination of manganese in the manganese-based metal oxide and oxygen in the crystal water.

Abstract: A method for controlling driving force of a vehicle includes determining a natural frequency of vehicle suspension pitch motion according to characteristics of a suspension device of the vehicle, providing a filter configured for removing or passing a natural frequency component of the vehicle suspension pitch motion to a control unit of the vehicle, determining, by the control unit, a required driving force command based on vehicle driving information collected during vehicle driving, determining, by the control unit, a final front wheel driving force command and a final rear wheel driving force command through a filtering process using the filter from the determined required driving force command, and controlling, by the control unit, a driving force applied to a front wheel and a rear wheel of the vehicle by a driving device for driving the vehicle according to the determined final front wheel driving force command and the determined final rear wheel driving force command.

Abstract: A refrigerator may include a storage compartment, an inner door which comprises an opening having a size corresponding to a size of the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards, and an outer door which open and close the storage compartment, wherein the inner door comprises a control unit may control an internal environment of the storage compartment.

Abstract: A sub-reader and a method of controlling the sub-reader are provided. The method of controlling the sub-reader which is connected to a door reader provided in an existing installed door operating device to provide a communication method that is not supported by the door reader includes: obtaining first open request information using a first communication method from a terminal; obtaining second open request information for transmission to the door reader based on the first open request information; and transmitting the second open request information to the door reader using a second communication method different from the first communication method.

Abstract: A gate driver includes signal transmission units cascade-connected via a carry line to which a carry signal is applied from a previous signal transmission unit. An nth signal transmission unit includes: a first circuit including a first Q logic generator to receive the carry signal from the previous signal transmission unit to charge a first control node, and a second Q logic generator to discharge the first control node; a second circuit to discharge a second control node according to a first control node voltage; and an output to output the carry signal and a gate signal based on potentials of the first and second control nodes. The second Q logic generator includes: a second-1 transistor and a second-2 transistor each respectively having a first electrode, a gate electrode, a back gate electrode, and a second electrode.

Abstract: A treatment of cervical tumor caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is disclosed. Methods for improving cervical tumor treatment and methods for treating cervical tumor caused by HPV infection include administering a combination of a HPV-specific fusion protein and an immunomodulatory agent.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a dielectric layer, first and second internal electrodes, alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other in a second direction; and an external electrode disposed on the third or fourth surface of the body. The external electrode includes first electrode layers connected to the internal electrodes and containing copper (Cu), second electrode layers, disposed on the first electrode layers, contain copper (Cu) and silver (Ag), and further contain at least one of palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), and gold (Au), and third electrode layers that are disposed on the second electrode layers and contain silver (Ag), and an average thickness of the third electrode layers may be 3 ?m or more and 15 ?m or less.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an eye protection structure for protecting a worker, the eye protection structure including a window convex outward to cover both eyes of the worker, wherein the window includes a transmissive portion, the transmissive portion includes an inner surface facing the worker's face and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, a first radius of curvature of the outer surface of the transmissive portion and a second radius of curvature of the inner surface of the transmissive portion are different from each other, and a thickness of a central portion of the transmissive portion is greater than a thickness of an edge portion of the transmissive portion.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes a plurality of pixel circuit parts disposed on a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, each disposed on the pixel circuit parts, a first insulating layer filling a space between the pixel electrodes, a plurality of light emitting elements, each disposed on the pixel electrodes, and connection electrodes disposed between the light emitting elements and the pixel electrodes. Each of the pixel electrodes includes a protrusion protruding toward a corresponding one of the connection electrodes.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for automatically generating a welding procedure specification (WPS) by using a machine learning algorithm. The method, performed by a processor of a WPS generating apparatus, of automatically generating a WPS by using a machine learning algorithm, includes collecting a WPS transmission request signal together with welding-related information including a welding material for a welding target and a thickness of the welding material, generating a WPS corresponding to the welding-related information by using a machine learning model pre-trained to generate the WPS by using the welding-related information, and transmitting a WPS response signal together with the generated WPS, in response to the WPS transmission request signal, wherein the machine learning model is a model trained through supervised learning using training data in which the welding-related information is an input and the WPS corresponding to the welding-related information is a label.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyimide film and a manufacturing method therefor, wherein the polyimide film satisfies the following equation (1) as measured for dimensional change by a thermomechanical analyzer (TMA) undergoing a temperature elevation process from 25° C. to 400° C. and then a cooling process from 400° C. to 25° C. Equation (1) dimensional measurement in TD direction (cooling, 50° C.)?dimensional measurement in TD direction (temperature elevation, 50° C.)<0 ?m.

Abstract: A display device includes an active region including pixels receiving data signals through data lines, and a non-active region on a side of the active region in a first direction and including a pad portion. The display device includes non-active fan-out wirings in the non-active region and connected to the pad portion, signal wirings extending in the first direction across the active region and connected to the pixels, and connection wirings passing through the active region and connecting some of the non-active fan-out wirings and some of the signal wirings. Each of the connection wirings includes first and second extension portions made of a first conductive layer, and a third extension portion made of a second conductive layer different from the first conductive layer. The first and second extension portions extend in the first direction, and the third extension portion extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction using a plurality of reference sample lines are provided. An image decoding method may comprise configuring a plurality of reference sample lines, reconstructing an intra prediction mode of a current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the plurality of reference sample lines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent element (organic EL element) including at least an anode, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a blue light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, in which the second hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1).

Abstract: The present application relates to an asymmetric RNAi-inducing nucleic acid molecule which inhibits the expression of retinoid-related orphan nuclear receptor-beta (ROR-beta) and use thereof, and more particularly to an asymmetric RNAi-inducing nucleic acid molecule comprising an antisense strand comprising a sequence complementary to mRNA encoding ROR-beta, and a sense strand forming complementary bonds with the antisense strand, and a pharmaceutical composition for ameliorating or treating a retinal disease, comprising the asymmetric RNAi-inducing nucleic acid molecule.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. A method of decoding an image, the method comprising, deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block, decoding at least one original sample that is present in a rightmost column and a bottommost row (a bottom row) of the current block, constructing a reference sample by using the at least one decoded original sample and performing intra prediction on the current block by using the constructed reference sample.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a lower pack housing having a plurality of module regions; a partition wall that partitions the plurality of module regions; a cell block that is mounted in each of the plurality of module regions; and a coupling member that couples the cell block and the partition wall, wherein the cell block includes a battery cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells; and a side surface plate located between the battery cell stack and the partition wall.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the composition and process for the production of an ultra-strong, biocompatible, electroconductive, and stretchable hydrogel, which comprises: a step (a) of physical or chemical modification of natural polymers e.g., preparation of silk nanofiber and double methacrylation of gelatin; a step (b) of graphene oxide (GO) carboxylation; a step (c) of carbodiimidation between methacrylated natural polymers of step (a) and carboxylated GO of step (b); and a step (d) of three dimensional (3D) bioprinting of step (c) with/without silk nanofiber. It was found that these steps in this disclosure give rise to a biocompatible hydrogel with high mechanical strength in the range of load-bearing soft tissue such as tendon and heart as opposed to conventional hydrogels.