Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator interposed therebetween, a can accommodating the electrode assembly, and a terminal portion including a rivet terminal coupled to one side of the can in a longitudinal direction and electrically connected to the first electrode plate, and an insulator between the can and the rivet terminal to insulate the can from the rivet terminal, and having a stepped structure in an area contacting the rivet terminal. By reducing or minimizing a height difference between the positive electrode terminal and the insulator, shape deformation of the electrode assembly can be reduced or prevented during the manufacturing process. By reducing the thickness and weight of the insulator, the size of the electrode assembly can be increased, and the capacity of the secondary battery can be increased.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a cylindrical can accommodating the electrode assembly; and a terminal portion including a rivet terminal coupled to one side in the longitudinal direction of the can and electrically connected to the electrode assembly and at least one insulator between the can and the rivet terminal to insulate the can and the rivet terminal from each other. The battery also includes a rotation preventing portion on the can and/or the terminal portion. Since a structure for preventing rotation of the rivet terminal is provided on the upper surface of the can or the rivet head or the main body to which the rivet terminal is fastened, the rivet terminal may not rotate due to an external force or vibration. Therefore, the stability and reliability of the secondary battery can be improved.

Abstract: An ice-making water purifier includes a water tank unit, an instantaneous heating device, an extraction member, an ice-maker, a supply pump, an ice-making water inlet passage, an ice-making water supply valve, a flow rate sensor, and a controller configured to control driving of the supply pump and the opening and closing of the ice-making water supply valve such that purified water corresponding to a predetermined supply amount of ice-making water is supplied to the ice-maker on the basis of a flow rate value measured by the flow rate sensor. The controller controls the opening and closing of the channel such that purified water is preferentially supplied to the instantaneous heating device among the instantaneous heating device and the ice-maker.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating bone, joint, muscle, and connective tissue related inflammatory disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising an isolated peptide of SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: Disclosed are a composite fiber (MXene composite fiber) and a manufacturing method thereof. The composite fibers are manufactured by braiding a MXene-PAN fiber heat-treated with a polymer fiber. The method includes preparing a first dispersion including an MXene compound and a first solvent, preparing a second dispersion including polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and a second solvent, obtaining an admixture including the first dispersion and the second dispersion, obtaining a spun fiber by performing wet-spinning of the admixture, obtaining an MXene-PAN fiber by performing heat treatment of the spun fiber, and obtaining the MXene composite fiber by braiding the MXene-PAN fibers with a polymer fiber. An electrical conductivity of the MXene-PAN fiber is about 0.1 Scm?1 to 1,000 Scm?1.

Abstract: There is provided an image sensor in which a leakage current caused by an anti-reflection layer is attenuated. The image sensor includes a first region and a second region in the periphery of the first region, the image sensor including a substrate including a light-receiving surface on which light is incident, a photoelectric conversion region in the substrate within the first region, a first anti-reflection layer extended along the light-receiving surface within the first region, the first anti-reflection layer including a conductive material layer, a second anti-reflection layer extended along the light-receiving surface within the second region, the second anti-reflection layer not including the conductive material layer, and a conductive pattern, at least a portion of the conductive pattern is disposed on the second anti-reflection layer and a second portion of the conductive pattern passes through the second anti-reflection layer.

Abstract: There is provided a sound tracing method. The method includes: a setup processing step of setting ray information; a ray generation step of generating a sound ray; a traversal/intersection test step of generating hit triangle information; a propagation path validation (PPV) step of searching a sound path; a guide plane sort step of generating and sorting a guide plane; a Reverb Geometry Collect/Reverb Plane Sort (RGC/RPS) step of generating and sorting a reverb plane; and an impulse response calculation step of calculating an impulse response (IR) and storing the calculated IR in a valid path buffer.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material, a binder, a conductive agent, and a dispersant, wherein the conductive agent includes a carbon nanotube structure in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded side by side, the carbon nanotube structure has an average length of 1 ?m to 20 ?m, and QBR according to Equation 1 is in a range of 1 to 1.75 QBR = Bs / Bf .

Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode including a first lithium cobalt oxide and a second lithium cobalt oxide which have different average particle diameters (D50) from each other, a negative electrode including first graphite and second graphite which have different average particle diameters (D50) from each other, and an electrolyte including a a first additive as a nitrile-based compound, wherein the first lithium cobalt oxide and the second lithium cobalt oxide each independently contain aluminum in a concentration of 2,500 ppm to 4,000 ppm.

Abstract: A visual localization method includes generating a first feature point map by using first map data calculated on the basis of a first viewpoint; generating a second feature point map by using second map data calculated on the basis of a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint; constructing map data for localization having the first and second feature point maps integrated with each other, by compensating for a position difference between a point of the first feature point map and a point of the second feature point map; and performing visual localization by using the map data for localization.

Abstract: A fronthaul multiplexer according to one aspect of the present invention combines uplink packets in a compressed state that is received from two or more radio units so that the uplink packets are accumulated and combined immediately when received or the uplink packets are recompressed using a compressing method with high compression efficiency when stored in a memory in order to reduce a use amount of memory.

Abstract: A method of producing hydrogen using biomass includes: pretreating the biomass using an ionic liquid; and extracting hydrogen by reacting the pretreated biomass with an alkaline substance.

Abstract: There is provided a method for etching a silicon-containing film. The method includes: introducing a substrate having a first silicon-containing film and a second silicon-containing film into a process chamber of an etching apparatus; supplying at least one etching gas including F3NO into the process chamber; applying a predetermined power to the process chamber maintained at a predetermined pressure to generate direct plasma in the process chamber; and etching the first silicon-containing film on the substrate by reactive species (radicals) of the etching gas activated by the direct plasma. The predetermined pressure is set within a predetermined range in which the slope of the etch rate of the first silicon-containing film with respect to the pressure differs from the slope of the etch rate of the second silicon-containing film with respect to the pressure in terms of sign.

Abstract: A method of combining compressed uplink signals according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a method of combining IQ data of uplink signals compressed without decompression by a block floating point compression method, a block scaling compression method, or a -law compression method.

Abstract: A fronthaul multiplexer according to one aspect of the present invention combines uplink packets in a compressed state that is received from two or more radio units so that the uplink packets are accumulated and combined immediately when received or the uplink packets are recompressed using a compressing method with high compression efficiency when stored in a memory in order to reduce a use amount of memory.

Abstract: A method of producing hydrogen using biomass includes: pretreating the biomass using an ionic liquid; and extracting hydrogen by reacting the pretreated biomass with an alkaline substance.

Abstract: A gas injector includes first and second gas introduction passages extending in a first direction toward a central axis of a process chamber respectively, a first bypass passage extending from the first gas introduction passage in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a second bypass passage extending from the second gas introduction passage in a reverse direction to the second direction, a first distribution passage isolated from the first bypass passage in the first direction and extending from an outlet of the first bypass passage in the reverse direction to the second direction, a second distribution passage isolated from the second bypass passage in the first direction and extending from an outlet of the second bypass passage in the second direction, and a plurality of spray holes in an outer surface of the first and second distribution passages and configured to spray the process gas.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for target-specific photothermal therapy and a method of photothermal therapy using the composition and more particularly, a method of photothermal therapy for selectively killing inflammatory cells by using the composition for target-specific photothermal therapy comprising carbon nanotubes coated with dextran. According to the present invention, the composition for photothermal therapy comprising the carbon nanotubes coated with dextran is absorbed only into desired target cells, i.e., inflammatory cells, and causes thermotherapeutic action through light irradiated from an external light source, while not damaging cells except for inflammatory cells. The method of photothermal therapy using the composition for photothermal therapy has advantages of minimizing side effects and maximizing therapeutic effects.

Abstract: A gas injector includes first and second gas introduction passages extending in a first direction toward a central axis of a process chamber respectively, a first bypass passage extending from the first gas introduction passage in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a second bypass passage extending from the second gas introduction passage in a reverse direction to the second direction, a first distribution passage isolated from the first bypass passage in the first direction and extending from an outlet of the first bypass passage in the reverse direction to the second direction, a second distribution passage isolated from the second bypass passage in the first direction and extending from an outlet of the second bypass passage in the second direction, and a plurality of spray holes in an outer surface of the first and second distribution passages and configured to spray the process gas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for providing an overseas remittance service, comprising: a first country remitter client for transmitting a remittance request to a service provider server; a first country local partner server for collecting the remittance from an account of a remitter; the service provider server for receiving the remittance request transmitted from the remitter client, and calculating, in consideration of the exchange rate and the remittance fee, a first amount of money to be received by a second country remittee; and a second country local partner server for remitting the first amount of money to an account of the remittee.