Abstract: Proposed are an apparatus and a method for expanded polypropylene (EPP) molding. The apparatus for EPP molding includes an upper mold, a lower mold forming a cavity, which is a space for manufacturing a molded product, together with the upper mold, a skin holding means provided at the upper mold or the lower mold, an insert holding means provided at one of the upper mold and the lower mold where the skin holding means is not provided, a resin supply means supplying a polypropylene resin to the cavity, a heating means applying heat to the polypropylene resin supplied to the cavity, and a mold driving means moving the upper mold and the lower mold in directions towards or away from each other.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; a quantum dot layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a plurality of quantum dots; optionally, an electron transport layer between the quantum dot layer and the second electrode; wherein the quantum dot layer is configured to emit first light. The electroluminescent device further includes a first layer including an inorganic nanoparticle between the quantum dot layer and the first electrode, and inorganic nanoparticle includes a metal chalcogenide including a Group II metal and a chalcogen element. The inorganic nanoparticle has a size of greater than or equal to about 0.5 nanometers and less than or equal to about 30 nanometers.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery module including: plurality of battery cells including electrode tabs; and bus bar connected to the plurality of electrode tabs so that the plurality of battery cells are electrically connected to each other, wherein the bus bar includes plate having plurality of holes formed therein, each of the electrode tabs is inserted into at least part of the plurality of holes of the plate, the electrode tab inserted into the hole and the plate are joined by a weld bead, one or more of the weld beads are included, and the weld bead has concentration deviation (?C) satisfying the following Equation: Concentration deviation (?C)<5 wt %, (?C) is difference between average copper concentration of left side and average copper concentration of right side based on center line of the hole in a section of the weld bead in a thickness direction of the plate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite material through a wet compression molding (WCM) process is disclosed. The internal pressure of a mold is controlled so that productivity may be improved due to process automation through application of a resin using a robot. Quality of the composite material may be improved due to minimization of deformation of a foam core through control of the internal pressure of the mold.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating device including an induction coil that performs a heating operation for heating a susceptor arranged in a cigarette insertion portion and a charging operation for receiving electric power from the outside to charge a power supply, and a charging device including a transmission coil that transmits electric power to the induction coil.

Abstract: Disclosed is fucosyllactose having antiviral activity and inhibitory activity against viral infection, and a method for preventing or treating a viral infection by administering a composition including fucosyllactose as an active ingredient to a subject in need thereof. It was found that 2?-fucosyllactose and 3-fucosyllactose, which are human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), have antiviral activity, and in particular, 3-fucosyllactose in vitro and in vivo exhibits much higher antiviral activity and inhibitory activity against viral infection compared to 2?-fucosyllactose and is thus useful as an antiviral agent.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module including a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a pack frame for accommodating the battery module, a heat sink located between the battery cell stack and the pack frame, and a cooling fin between the two battery cells adjacent to each other. The cooling fin comprises a body part in contact with the battery cell, and an extension part extending to the upper side (z-axis) of the battery cell stack and located adjacent to the heat sink. The extension part has a bent part formed by bending in a direction different from the upper side (z-axis).

Abstract: A protein according to an embodiment of the present application is formed by self-assembly of ferritin monomers including a ferritin monomer to which disease antigen epitope is fused. The protein exhibits excellent binding affinity to a human transferrin receptor, and thus can provide various kinds of disease antigen epitopes with different lengths to antigen-presenting cells so as to induce an immune response to the corresponding antigen.

Abstract: A ferritin protein according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has an outer surface on which a molecule configured to bind to an immune checkpoint molecule. The present invention relates to a protein used with a disease antigen and a use of same. The A ferritin protein is formed via self-assembly of ferritin monomers fused with a disease antigen epitope. The protein exhibits excellent binding affinity to a human transferrin receptor, and thus can provide various kinds of disease antigen epitopes with different lengths to antigen-presenting cells so as to induce an immune response to the corresponding antigen.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a proton conductive oxide fuel cell comprising an electrode substrate, a proton conductive oxide electrolyte layer positioned on the electrode substrate, a proton conductive oxide reaction prevention layer positioned on the electrolyte layer, and a proton conductive oxide air electrode layer positioned on the reaction prevention layer, wherein the reaction prevention layer is composed of ABO3-? structured perovskite proton conductive oxide, may be provided.

Abstract: Therapeutic compounds for red blood cell-mediated delivery of an active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target cell are described. The therapeutic compounds are configured to bind CD47 on the surface of a red blood cell and to be subsequently transferred to CD47 on the surface of the target cell, the therapeutic compound ultimately being internalized by the target cell via endocytosis. The target cell may be a fibrotic cell.

Abstract: Provided is a display device. A display device includes a display area and a buffer area disposed around the display area, a pixel electrode disposed on a substrate and in the display area, a bank covering an edge of the pixel electrode, light emitting elements disposed on the pixel electrode and extending in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a buffer disposed on the substrate and in the buffer area. The bank and the buffer are disposed on a same layer.

Abstract: A method for intelligent query plan cache size management can be implemented. During execution of a plurality of incoming queries in a database management system, the method can measure actual compilation times of generating query execution plans for the plurality of incoming queries. The database management system can have a query execution plan cache which has a size that can store at least some of the query execution plans. The method can monitor differences between the actual compilation times and ideal compilation times of generating query execution plans for the plurality of incoming queries. The ideal compilation times can be estimated by assuming no query execution plan is evicted from the query execution plan cache. The method can adjust the size of the query execution plan cache based on the monitored differences.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a polyurethane filter foam having excellent air permeability, elasticity, and restoring force. In the method of manufacturing the polyurethane filter foam, the cell size of the filter foam is made regular by controlling the pressure by adjusting the diameter of the foaming head of a foaming machine, rather than adding a cell opener, cell irregularity caused by poor dispersion of the cell opener is alleviated, and air permeability, porosity, and compression set are excellent.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system, in a heterogeneous SD map and HD map environment, may include a service platform configured to transmit, to an autonomous vehicle, a departure point and a destination point input from a user by use of a first map, and the autonomous vehicle configured to generate a first route using the departure point, the destination point, and a second map, and generate a second route matching the first route using a third map, according to a preset program, wherein the autonomous vehicle is configured to determine whether to generate a third route by collecting surrounding information on the second route and traffic information on the second route provided from an external server, during autonomous driving along the second route, and set the third route corresponding to a determined result value obtained by the determining by use of a first by use of a first surrounding information.

Abstract: Provided are a device and method for tagging training data. The method includes detecting and tracking one or more objects included in a video using artificial intelligence (AI), when there is an object to be split in a result of tracking the detected objects, splitting the object in object units, and when there are identical objects to be merged among split objects, merging the objects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device capable of wrapping the outer wall of a blood vessel, and a method for manufacturing the device. If the device for wrapping the outer wall of a blood vessel of the present invention is used, the outer wall of a blood vessel is wrapped, and, thereby, vortex generation can be significantly decreased by controlling abnormal expansion of the blood vessel which can occur due to the difference in the characteristics of blood vessels in a vein-artery graft model. The present invention saves a blood vessel from a low-oxygen state by promoting generation of new blood vessels on the outer wall of the blood vessel via a regenerative inflammatory response caused by the material of the device, and provides synergy effects such as prevention of vascular stenosis and reinforcement of an outer muscular layer by guiding venous muscular cells to the outside.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a holder configured to generate aerosols; and a cradle which displays, on the display, data obtained from the sensor and an indicator for activating a user interface, outputs through the user interface a plurality of pre-stored temperature profiles in response to a first user input of selecting the indicator, and in response to a second user input of selecting any one of the plurality of the pre-stored temperature profiles, transmits the selected temperature profile to the holder such that the holder controls a temperature profile used to heat an aerosol generating material based on the selected temperature profile.

Abstract: An inductor-integrated transformer as an embodiment of the present invention includes a transformer core including an upper core and a lower core; a transformer coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil; an inductor core including an upper core and a lower core; and an inductor coil, wherein the primary coil includes a plurality of input terminals spaced a first distance apart from a first surface of the transformer core; and a plurality of input terminals spaced a second distance apart from a second surface, and the output terminal is electrically connected to the secondary coil and the inductor coil, and the first distance is greater than the second distance.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device comprises an active region formed in a substrate, and including flat surfaces and hole-shaped recess portions; upper-level plugs disposed over the flat surfaces; a spacer disposed between the upper-level plugs and providing a trench exposing the hole-shaped recess portions; a lower-level plug filling the hole-shaped recess portions; and a buried conductive line disposed over the lower-level plug and partially filling the trench.