Abstract: A sidestream smoke removal device and a control method thereof are provided. The sidestream smoke removal device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing in which a smoking space is formed, an article insertion portion which is disposed at one end of the housing and forms an opening for insertion of a smoking article into the smoking space, an ignition portion which is configured to ignite the smoking article inserted into the smoking space, a sidestream smoke processing portion which is configured to process sidestream smoke generated from the smoking article inserted into the smoking space, and a heating portion disposed inside the housing to heat the smoking space. The heating portion may heat the smoking space to remove a smell generated due to by-products of smoking, and accordingly, the cleanliness of the sidestream smoke removal device can be improved.

Abstract: An embodiment sulfur dioxide-based inorganic electrolyte is provided in which the sulfur dioxide-based inorganic electrolyte is represented by a chemical formula M·(A1·Cl(4-x)Fx)z·ySO2. In this formula, M is a first element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Ca, and Mg, A1 is a second element selected from the group consisting of Al, Fe, Ga, and Cu, x satisfies a first equation 0?x?4, y satisfies a second equation 0?y?6, and z satisfies a third equation 1?z?2.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an adaptive scheme is applied to an image encoding apparatus that includes an inter-predictor, an intra-predictor, a transformer, a quantizer, an inverse quantizer, and an inverse transformer, wherein input images are classified into two or more different categories, and two or more modules from among the inter-predictor, the intra-predictor, the transformer, the quantizer, and the inverse quantizer are implemented to perform respective operations in different schemes according to the category to which an input image belongs. Thus, the invention has the advantage of efficiently encoding an image without the loss of important information as compared to a conventional image encoding apparatus which adopts a packaged scheme.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dextrin with improved turbidity, and a method for producing same.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor which detects the concentration of gas with a simple structure and method by manufacturing an optical waveguide with a gas-permeable polymer material instead of a conventional cavity or chamber type. An optical signal travels through the optical waveguide of gas-permeable polymer by total internal reflection, and the gas naturally penetrates the optical waveguide without the use of separate inlet and outlet openings, so that the optical signal and gas particles come into contact with each other within the optical waveguide. Since the optical signal detected by a photodetector at the other end of the optical waveguide after traveling while contacting the gas particles has properties changed according to the concentration of the gas which they have contacted in the optical waveguide, it is possible to measure the concentration of a specific gas from the detected optical signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an allulose storage package for increasing storage stability of allulose syrup and a method for increasing the storage stability of allulose.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle transmission and a vehicle powertrain device including the same. The present disclosure includes a driving sun gear receiving a driving force transmitted from a motor, a first sun gear having the same rotating axis as the driving sun gear, a second sun gear inserted into the first sun gear and having the same rotating axis as the first sun gear, a planetary gear provided with a plurality of stages which respectively mesh with the driving sun gear, the first sun gear, and the second sun gear, and a carrier to which the planetary gear is coupled so as to be rotatable and into which the first sun gear and the second sun gear are inserted.

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for supporting a subject's heart, e.g., to support the left and/or right ventricles of the heart, e.g., to prevent and/or treat heart failure. In one example, the device includes a sleeve configured to be implanted over a region of the subject's heart including a lattice formed on a surface of the sleeve. The sleeve may be positioned and permanently implanted over a desired region of the subject's heart to provide passive support to ventricular tissue of the heart.

Abstract: A water purifier includes: a filter module for providing purified water by filtering raw water; a fitting valve module detachably fastened to the filter module to provide at least one of a flow path for a flow of raw water supplied to the filter module and a flow path for a flow of the purified water discharged from the filter module; and a frame including a valve support for movably supporting the fitting valve module to be movable. The fitting valve module is selectively placed in a separated state in which the fitting valve module is separated from the filter module by moving in a direction away from the filter module, or a coupled state in which the fitting valve module coupled to the filter module by moving toward the filter module.

Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a method of fabricating a display panel, the method includes picking up, by a transfer head, a transfer member located on a support member, detaching a light-emitting element from a donor substrate by attaching the transfer member picked up by the transfer head to the light-emitting element on the donor substrate to lift the light-emitting element, aligning, by the transfer head, the light-emitting element attached to the transfer member on a circuit board, and detaching the transfer member from the transfer head, bonding the light-emitting element attached to the transfer member onto the circuit board and separating, by the transfer head, the transfer member from the light-emitting element bonded to the circuit board to remove the transfer member.

Abstract: An electronic device including a memory device with improved reliability is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a data pin configured to transmit a data signal, a command/address pin configured to transmit a command and an address, a command/address receiver connected to the command/address pin, and a computing unit connected to the command/address receiver, wherein the command/address receiver receives a first command and a first address from the outside through the command/address pin and generates a first instruction on the basis of the first command and the first address, and the computing unit receives the first instruction and performs computation based on the first instruction.

Abstract: A connection structure of a stator of a drive motor is configured to allow coils to be wound in a plurality of slots provided in a stator core and to connect the coils withdrawn from the slots. The coils are wound in the slots to form first-type structures and second-type structures configured such that withdrawal directions of three-phase (U-, W- and V-phase) withdrawal lines and N-phase withdrawal lines withdrawn from the slots of the first-type structures are opposite to withdrawal directions of three-phase (U-, W- and V-phase) withdrawal lines and N-phase withdrawal lines withdrawn from the slots of the second-type structures. The first-type structures and the second-type structures are disposed symmetrically to each other with respect to a reference line formed to divide the slots in half.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle including an air-conditioning case divided into a plurality of air passageways by a separation wall. A heating heat exchanger is disposed inside the air-conditioning case and exchanges heat with air to heat the interior of the vehicle. A perforated member is disposed at a downstream side of the heating heat exchanger and has a plurality of perforated holes through which the air passing the heating heat exchanger passes, and a partition wall is disposed between the heating heat exchanger and the perforated member to divide the air passageway of the air-conditioning case into a plurality of air passageways, wherein the partition wall is formed integrally with the perforated member.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of detecting a wafer edge using a laser scanner, and a semiconductor transfer device are provided. The apparatus for detecting a wafer edge using a laser scanner includes a laser scanner disposed on a rear side of a mounted wafer and radiating a laser to a portion of an edge of the wafer, and a detection unit receiving an image acquired by the laser scanner and detecting the wafer edge in the image. The detection unit determines whether each wafer is present or aligned according to wafer edges detected in a plurality of wafer areas in the image.

Abstract: A sterilization module including a main body, a circuit board disposed in the main body, a light source disposed on the circuit board to emit sterilizing light, and a transparent unit to protect the light source from an outside and including a material that transmits the sterilizing light, in which the light source includes a mesa including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode disposed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer, in which the first electrode includes a first contact region disposed on the outer area of the first semiconductor layer and a second contact region at least partially surrounded by the mesa, and a distance between the transparent unit and the circuit board is greater than a height of the light source.

Abstract: A light emitting module including a light source configured to irradiate ultraviolet light, a board on which the light source is disposed, a tube accommodating the board and including a transparent region to transmit the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source, a first base coupled to one side of the tube, a second base coupled to the other side of the tube, a fixation groove disposed in the tube and connected to at least one of the first and second bases, in which the board is coupled to be inserted into the fixation groove, and the fixation groove is spaced apart from a center of the first base when viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to a length direction of the tube.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels, and data lines and gate lines connected to the pixels, a timing controller configured to output source driving bit information and gate driving bit information through an intra-interface signal, a source driver configured to generate data driving signal based on the source driving bit information and to supply the data driving signal to the data lines, and a gate driver configured to generate a gate driving signal based on the gate driving bit information and to supply the gate driving signal to the gate lines, wherein the intra-interface signal is configured with predetermined data transmission units and includes both the source driving bit information and the gate driving bit information every 1 data transmission unit.

Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate, a first electrode, wherein a cavity is formed between the substrate and the first electrode, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode and overlapping at least a portion of the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer and overlapping at least a portion of the piezoelectric layer, a passivation layer having at least a portion disposed on the second electrode and overlapping at least a portion of the second electrode, and a lower frame spaced apart from the substrate and having a portion of the cavity disposed therebetween. Any one of the second electrode and the passivation layer includes a protruding portion having a first thickness and an extended portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness, and an inner end of the lower frame and an end of the protruding portion are spaced apart horizontally.

Abstract: Devices are provided for mechanically induced ventricular growth in a single ventricle patient that include a body comprising a plurality of springs coupled together to define an open upper end and a closed lower end, wherein the springs surround an interior region of the body sized to receive a portion of a patient's heart. The device may be secured over a portion of a patient's heart, e.g., overlying the left ventricular region, and the bias of the springs may apply strain to the myocardium of the heart to induce ventricular chamber growth.

Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes a resonator including a central portion in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, and an extension portion disposed along a periphery of the central portion; and an insertion layer disposed between the piezoelectric layer and the substrate in the extension portion to raise the piezoelectric layer. The insertion layer includes a first insertion layer having a first inclined surface formed along a side surface facing the central portion and a second inclined surface disposed between the first insertion layer and the piezoelectric layer and having a second inclined surface spaced apart from the first inclined surface with respect to a surface direction of the first electrode. The first insertion layer is thinner than the second insertion layer.