Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol generating device used for payment of tobacco articles for aerosol generating devices, and a payment system using the same. An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment includes a heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, a communication unit configured to communicate with a seller terminal, and a controller configured to receive payment target tobacco article information from the communication unit, determine whether a payment target tobacco article is genuine based on the payment target tobacco article information, and transmit payment information to the seller terminal through the communication unit based on the payment target tobacco article being determined to be genuine.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a first cartridge including a first material and a delivery hole, a second cartridge including chambers for accommodating a second material through which an aerosol passes, a position of the second cartridge with respect to the first cartridge being changeable, a remaining amount sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of the first material, and a controller configured to determine a consumption amount at which the first material is consumed with respect to a usage chamber that currently passes the aerosol based on the detected remaining amount of the first material and to compare the consumption amount of the first material with a pre-set reference consumption amount of the first material with respect to the usage chamber, thereby determining a position changing time at which changing of a position of the second cartridge is required.

Abstract: A powder inhalation device includes a storage tank configured to store a medium in a powder form, a powder loading unit configured to receive the medium from the storage tank, an air flow passage through which the medium transferred to the powder loading unit flows together with air, an air flow sensor configured to detect a pressure or a flow velocity in the air flow passage, a powder diffuser configured to diffuse the medium transferred to the powder loading unit toward the air flow passage, and a controller configured to control the powder diffuser by receiving a pressure signal or a flow velocity signal from the air flow sensor.

Abstract: A brain stimulation system includes a wearable electronic device including a display, a biometric information acquisition unit, and a first processor, and a brain stimulation device having at least one area that is attached to the body of a user and configured to apply brain stimulation to the user such that the user feels a smoking sensation. The biometric information acquisition unit detects changed biometric information of the user in response to the brain stimulation, and the first processor displays one of a virtual reality image and an augmented reality image including the detected biometric information of the user on the display.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a cartridge including a liquid storage and an atomizer; and a main body including a battery, a puff sensor, and a controller configured to perform pulse width modulation (PWM) control for supplying power from the battery to the atomizer, wherein the controller performs the PWM control at a first duty ratio during a puff period and performs the PWM control at a second duty ratio lower than the first duty ratio during a non-puff period between puff periods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer, comprising bruceantin and nanoparticles. Using the composition comprising bruceantin and nanoparticles according to an embodiment, it is possible to effectively treat castration-resistant prostate cancer by reducing the side effects of bruceantin and overcoming the poor solubility thereof.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device and a controlling method thereof are provided. An aerosol generating device includes: a battery configured to supply power for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generating material; a converter configured to convert a supply voltage from the battery into a constant voltage of a predetermined level; a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating material using the supply voltage; a detection circuit configured to detect a change in resistance of the heater by applying the constant voltage output from the converter and performing a current sensing on the heater with a resistance value; and a controller configured to control the heater for generating the aerosol by switching between a monitoring mode for performing the detection of the change in the resistance of the heater using the constant voltage and a heating mode for heating the heater using the supply voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides method and apparatus for purifying exhaust gas of a vessel and a vessel including the same, in which a risk for a vessel and crew of being exposed to ammonia gas used to collect carbon dioxide included in exhaust gas emitted from a vessel may be minimized and an ammonia solution may be recycled and reused to collect carbon dioxide, in order to satisfy regulations on discharge of exhaust gas by the IMO. Also, the present invention provides an apparatus 1000 for purifying exhaust gas of a vessel and a method of purifying exhaust gas of a vessel using the same, in which carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide included in exhaust gas emitted from a vessel may be collected by using a reaction solution and may be changed into a substance that does not affect the environment so as to be stored and transported to land.

Abstract: Battery modules and manufacturing methods of battery modules are disclosed. In one embodiment, a battery module includes a battery cell including an electrode assembly including electrodes, an exterior material surrounding the electrode assembly, and at least one protruding part disposed on a lower surface of the exterior material, a base plate comprising a cell mounting part and at least one recessed part arranged at a portion of the cell mounting part, the cell mounting part is structured to mount the battery cell to the battery module, and a heat transfer member disposed between the at least one recessed part and the at least one protruding part.

Abstract: A bolt for a battery includes a head in which at least a portion of a socket is formed, a threaded body including a threaded area in which a spiral thread is formed, and a reinforcing neck connected between the head and the threaded body and having a diameter increasing in a direction from the threaded body toward the head.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a battery module. A battery module includes a module housing configured to hold a cell stack comprising a plurality of battery cells. A busbar assembly having an electrically conductive busbar is configured for electrical connection to electrode leads of the battery cells. The busbar assembly includes a gas outlet configured for discharging gas generated within the plurality of battery cells in a direction away from the cell stack, and the module housing includes a venting member configured to vent the gas discharged from the gas outlet to an outside of the module housing.

Abstract: A nucleic acid molecule comprising a stem-loop structure, a nucleic acid complex comprising the nucleic acid molecule, a composition for delivering a target recognition sequence, and the composition comprising the nucleic acid complex. An artificial small ribonucleic acid of the stem-loop structure stably maintains single-strandedness of a target recognition sequence which interacts with a nucleic acid of interest for a gene of interest of a prokaryote, thereby providing a nucleic acid complex for effective silencing of the gene of interest.

Abstract: A nucleic acid molecule comprising a stem-loop structure, a nucleic acid complex comprising the nucleic acid molecule, a composition for delivering a target recognition sequence, and the composition comprising the nucleic acid complex. An artificial small ribonucleic acid of the stem-loop structure stably maintains single-strandedness of a target recognition sequence which interacts with a nucleic acid of interest for a gene of interest of a prokaryote, thereby providing a nucleic acid complex for effective silencing of the gene of interest.