Abstract: The present invention provides a nicotine inhaler including: a body including a housing and a venturi tube disposed in the housing; a liquid nicotine storage; and a liquid supplying tube that supplies the liquid nicotine into the venturi tube, wherein the venturi tube includes an inlet pipe section communicating with an air intake port at one end of the housing, a central pipe section having a liquid injection hole on a wall thereof, and an outlet pipe section communicating with an inhalation port at the other end of the housing, and the liquid supplying tube is disposed to communicate with the liquid nicotine storage and the liquid injection hole of the central pipe section.

Abstract: There is provided a smoking material wrapper having micropores, wherein when the smoking material wrapper is divided into three regions at equal intervals from an upstream distal end based on the case where the smoking material wrapper is applied to a smoking article, an average porosity is greater as a region becomes closer to a downstream. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the micropores have a pore size of 10 ?m to 50 ?m, and are formed by a perforation method using plasma. The wrapper may maintain functionality as a wrapping material due to low visibility or the like, and may minimize a dilution ratio decreased due to burning of a smoking material unit while maintaining a basic dilution ratio when the smoking material wrapper is applied to a smoking article.

Abstract: A system on chip and method for operating a system on chip are provided. A system on chip includes a shared memory configured to store image data and a processor configured to: generate a first correction value by performing first image processing for a first pixel value of a first pixel of the image data received from the shared memory, generate a second correction value by performing second image processing, which is different from the first image processing, for the first pixel value of the image data received from the shared memory, generate a third correction value by performing third image processing, which is different from the first image processing and the second image processing, for the first pixel value of the image data received from the shared memory, and output a first pixel correction value that is changed from the first pixel value by comparing the first to third correction values with the first pixel value and selecting one of the first to third correction values.

Abstract: Provided herein are an aerosol-generating article having a flavor optimization function and an aerosol generation system including the same. The aerosol-generating article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a filter portion, a medium portion which includes an aerosol-generating substrate and has a downstream end portion connected to an upstream end portion of the filter portion, and a wrapping structure which wraps around at least a portion of the filter portion or the medium portion. Here, the wrapping structure may include a heat conduction member or a heat conduction limiting member to appropriately control thermal energy delivered to the aerosol-generating substrate. Accordingly, the flavor and taste of tobacco smoke of the aerosol-generating article may be improved.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte including an additive represented by Formula 1 is described: wherein in Formula 1, R may be any one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 may each independently be any one selected from the group consisting of hydrogen (H), an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and A may be an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A sidestream smoke removing device includes a housing having a smoking space defined therein, an article inserting part positioned on one end of the housing and having an open area through which a smoking article is inserted into the smoking space, and a sidestream smoke processing part positioned at a distance from an upstream end of the smoking article inserted into the smoking space and configured to process sidestream smoke produced from the smoking article. The sidestream smoke processing part includes a filter including a filter included of pressed activated carbon having a plurality of holes allowing the sidestream smoke to pass therethrough and a ventilation fan configured to allow the sidestream smoke to be discharged through the filter. The sidestream smoke removing device obtains superior functionality in terms of a sidestream smoke removal rate and deodorizing performance while maintaining a suitable flow rate therein.

Abstract: A sidestream smoke removing device includes a housing having a smoking space defined therein, an article inserting part positioned on one end of the housing and having an open area through which a smoking article is inserted into the smoking space, and a sidestream smoke processing part positioned at a distance from an upstream end of the smoking article inserted into the smoking space and configured to process sidestream smoke produced from the smoking article. The sidestream smoke processing part includes a filter including a pleated HEPA filter capable of filtering the sidestream smoke and a ventilation fan configured to allow the sidestream smoke to be discharged through the filter. The sidestream smoke removing device using a pleated HEPA filter obtains superior functionality in terms of the removal rate of sidestream smoke and durability while obtaining a suitable flow rate for smoking in the sidestream smoke removing device.

Abstract: A sidestream smoke removing device includes a housing having a smoking space defined therein, an article inserting part positioned on one end of the housing and having an open area through which a smoking article is inserted into the smoking space, and a sidestream smoke processing part positioned at a distance from an upstream end of the smoking article inserted into the smoking space and configured to process sidestream smoke produced from the smoking article. The sidestream smoke processing part includes a plasma ion filter configured to generate plasma ions using a high voltage electrode and a ventilation fan configured to allow the sidestream smoke to be discharged through the plasma ion filter. The sidestream smoke removing device obtains superior effects in terms of a sidestream smoke removal rate and deodorizing performance without significantly reducing the flow rate after the application of the filter.

Abstract: An aerosol inhaler including a nicotine transition unit, wherein the nicotine transition unit includes: a first container filled with a nicotine-containing solution and a propellant; and a second container connected to the first container to be filled with the liquid in the first container, and the propellant exists in a liquid state and a gas state in the first container. The nicotine transition unit enables prediction and control the amount of nicotine transition so that the actual amount of nicotine transition does not deviate significantly from the predicted value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nicotine inhaler including: a body including a tube-shaped housing; a first liquid storage part including liquid nicotine; a second liquid storage part including a smoke generating liquid; a heating element generating smoke by heating the smoke generating liquid; and a switch disposed on the outer surface of the body.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an error correction circuit and a write operation control circuit. The error correction circuit generates corrected data and an error flag from read data according to whether an error is included in the read data outputted when a read operation is performed. The write operation control circuit generates a write control signal for controlling a write operation based on the error flag.

Abstract: Provided herein are an aerosol-generating article having a flavor optimization function and an aerosol generation system including the same. The aerosol-generating article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a filter portion, a medium portion which includes an aerosol-generating substrate and has a downstream end portion connected to an upstream end portion of the filter portion, and a wrapping structure which wraps around at least a portion of the filter portion or the medium portion. Here, the wrapping structure may include a heat conduction member or a heat conduction limiting member to appropriately control thermal energy delivered to the aerosol-generating substrate. Accordingly, the flavor and taste of tobacco smoke of the aerosol-generating article may be improved.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an error correction circuit and a write operation control circuit. The error correction circuit generates corrected data and an error flag from read data according to whether an error is included in the read data outputted when a read operation is performed. The write operation control circuit generates a write control signal for controlling a write operation based on the error flag.

Abstract: Described herein is a compound of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also described herein are compositions and the use of such compositions in methods of treating a variety of diseases and conditions, in particular Krabbe's Disease (KD) and Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD).

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an error correction circuit and a write operation control circuit. The error correction circuit generates corrected data and an error flag from read data according to whether an error is included in the read data outputted when a read operation is performed. The write operation control circuit generates a write control signal for controlling a write operation based on the error flag.

Abstract: A method for mobilizing leukemia cells which are ?4 integrin positive to the peripheral blood of a human subject, the method comprising administering to the human subject an effective amount of an antisense compound to ?4 integrin. The cells may be mobilized from bone marrow. The antisense compound is: 5?-MeCMeUG AGT MeCTG TTT MeUMeCMeC AMeUMeU MeCMeU-3? wherein, (a) each of the 19 internucleotide linkages of the oligonucleotide is an O,O-linked phosphorothioate diester; (b) the nucleotides at the positions 1 to 3 from the 5? end are 2?-O-(2-methoxyethyl) modified ribonucleosides; (c) the nucleotides at the positions 4 to 12 from the 5? end are 2?-deoxyribonucleosides; (d) the nucleotides at the positions 13 to 20 from the 5? end are 2?-O-(2-methoxyethyl) modified ribonucleosides; and (e) all cytosines are 5-methylcytosines (MeC), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a flag generation circuit and a write operation circuit. The flag generation circuit generates an error scrub flag if an error scrub operation is performed. The write operation circuit controls a write operation in response to the error scrub flag. The error scrub operation includes an internal read operation for outputting read data from a cell array, a data correction operation for correcting an error included in the read data to generate corrected data, and an internal write operation for storing the corrected data into the cell array.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an error correction circuit and a write operation control circuit. The error correction circuit generates corrected data and an error flag from read data according to whether an error is included in the read data outputted when a read operation is performed. The write operation control circuit generates a write control signal for controlling a write operation based on the error flag.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a read data generation circuit and a syndrome generation circuit. The read data generation circuit generates first read data from first output data and a first output parity which are generated during a first read operation. In addition, the read data generation circuit generates second read data from second output data and a second output parity which are generated during a second read operation. The syndrome generation circuit generates a syndrome signal from the first read data and the second read data. The syndrome generation circuit generates the syndrome signal so that column vectors of a first half matrix corresponding to the first read data are symmetric to column vectors of a second half matrix corresponding to the second read data.

Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device generates a first error scrub control signal and a second error scrub control signal according to a logic level combination of an error code including information on the error occurrence number of times. The second semiconductor device performs an error scrub operation of a memory area on a first cycle time in response to the first error scrub control signal during a refresh operation and performs the error scrub operation of the memory area on a second cycle time in response to the second error scrub control signal during the refresh operation.