Abstract: A peptide for treating rheumatoid arthritis and use thereof are provided, and a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, or SEQ ID NO: 5 or a polynucleotide encoding the same, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating rheumatoid arthritis or a health functional food composition for improving rheumatoid arthritis, each including the peptide, are provided.

Abstract: A display device includes a base layer, a lower inorganic layer, a pixel circuit unit including a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit each of which has semiconductor patterns, inorganic layers in which contact-holes are defined, first connection electrodes disposed in the contact-holes to be connected to corresponding semiconductor patterns, a first organic layer covering the first connection electrodes, a first light emitting element connected to the first pixel circuit, and a second light emitting element connected to the second pixel circuit, wherein a valley hole, which does not overlap the contact-holes on a plane and a portion of which exposes the lower inorganic layer, is defined in the inorganic layers, and the first organic layer is disposed in the portion of the valley hole to be in contact with the lower inorganic layer.

Abstract: Provided are a binder for an electrode, a negative electrode for a secondary battery including the binder, and a secondary battery, in which an active material layer is prevented from lifting from a negative electrode base material. A binder forming an electrode of a secondary battery includes a binder particle and a temperature-sensitive polymer grafted on a surface of the binder particle.

Abstract: A polyester resin comprising regenerated BHET according to an embodiment has excellent heat resistance characteristics since a diethylene glycol generated from the regenerated BHET to remain in the polyester resin is adjusted to a predetermined level or less, so that the polyester resin can be manufactured into a heat-shrinkable film.

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to built-in self-testing (BIST) of circuitry (e.g., a pulser or receive circuitry) and/or transducers in an ultrasound device. A BIST circuit may include a transconductance amplifier coupled between a pulser and receive circuitry, a capacitor network coupled between a pulser and receive circuitry, and/or a current source couplable to the input terminal of receive circuitry to which a transducer is also couplable. The collapse voltages of transducers may be characterized using BIST circuitry, and a bias voltage may be applied to the membranes of the transducers based at least in part on their collapse voltages. The capacitances of transducers may also be measured using BIST circuitry and a notification may be generated based on the sets of measurements.

Abstract: Provided is a method for converting waste plastic pyrolysis oil into light olefins with a high yield. The method includes: (1) inputting waste plastic pyrolysis oil into a reactor; (2) allowing the waste plastic pyrolysis oil to react in the reactor in the presence of a catalytic cracking catalyst containing a first metal and a second metal to form a product; and (3) recovering light olefins by separating the catalytic cracking catalyst and oil from the product obtained in step (2).

Abstract: Provided is a method of determining ranks of a light-emitting devices each mounted at a plurality of respective mounting points on a substrate. The method of determining ranks of light-emitting devices each mounted at a plurality of respective mounting points on a substrate includes obtaining a size of a block including at least one mounting point, and obtaining a number of rank types, determining a number of block group types and a number of mounting points per rank included in an individual block group, determining, by using the number of block group types, arrangements of a plurality of block groups at the plurality of mounting points, and determining the ranks of the light-emitting devices each mounted at the plurality of respective mounting points based on the arrangements of the plurality of block groups and the number of mounting points per rank.

Abstract: A raw material feed hopper according to the present embodiment may include a hollow tube having a raw material accommodating space formed therein, a supporter supporting the hollow tube, a cone accommodated in the raw material accommodating space so as to be able to lift up and down, a rod connected to the cone, a connector connected to an upper portion of the rod, a lifting rod connected to the connector, and an elevator installed on the supporter for lifting up and down the lifting rod.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode for a secondary battery, a method of manufacturing the same, and a secondary battery including the electrode.

Abstract: An ice processing device and ice processing apparatus are provided. The ice processing device includes a housing and an auger. The housing includes an inlet opening configured to receive ice into an ice processing chamber. The housing includes a first inner wall and a second inner wall, in which the first inner wall forms a raised surface and the second inner wall forms a smooth surface. The housing includes an outlet opening positioned proximate to the second inner wall. The outlet opening is configured to egress ice from the ice processing chamber. The auger includes an auger wall. The auger is positioned within the housing to form the ice processing chamber between the housing and the auger wall. The auger is configured to direct ice to the first inner wall and the second inner wall at the housing. A plurality of members extends from the housing toward the auger wall.

Abstract: A frame module includes a frame configured to enclose a portion of a user, and at least one reinforcement belt of which both end portions are connected to both sides of the frame, thereby restricting a splaying level of the frame in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens and a second lens. The second lens group includes a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane. The optical imaging system satisfies TTL/2Y<1.3, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane composition for injection molding and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic polyurethane composition includes 0.5% by weight to 10.0% by weight of a sulfonate diol, 13% by weight to 60% by weight of an isocyanate, 30% by weight to 70% by weight of an ether-containing polyester polyol, and 5% by weight to 40% by weight of a chain extender.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens including a negative refractive power and a convex object-side surface, and a second lens including a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The optical imaging system also includes a third lens including a negative refractive power and a convex object-side surface, a fourth lens including a convex image-side surface, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens including an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in an optical-axis direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising a COX2 acetylating agent as an active ingredient and, more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising, as an active ingredient, a COX2 acetylating agent which exhibits an effect of inhibiting the deposition of amyloid-? in brain neurons, reducing excessive neuroinflammatory responses, and increasing the phagocytosis of amyloid-? in microglial cells. The pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising the COX2 acetylating agent as an active ingredient has the effects of alleviating neuroinflammation by promoting COX2 acetylation in neurons and secreting specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) and thus, can be very useful in the development of a preventive or therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material which includes negative electrode active material particles which includes a silicon oxide (SiOx, 0<x?2); and at least one lithium silicate selected from Li2SiO3, Li2Si2O5, and Li4SiO4 in at least a part of the silicon oxide. The negative electrode active material particles have a maximum peak position by a Raman spectrum of more than 460 cm?1 and less than 500 cm?1. Also provided are a method of preparing the same, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A method for counting coughs is provided. The method includes acquiring a plurality of onset signals from the sound signal, wherein the onset signal has a predetermined time length; acquiring a plurality of spectrograms corresponding to each of the plurality of onset signals; determining whether each of the acquired plurality of spectrograms represents a cough using a cough determination model; and calculating a number of coughs included in the sound signal based on a time point of a cough signal. The cough signal is an onset signal corresponding to one spectrogram determined to represent the cough. When a time interval between a first time point of a first cough signal and a second time point of a second cough is within a reference time interval, the first cough signal and the second cough signal are regarded as one cough signal at the first time point.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode for a secondary battery, a method of manufacturing the same, and a secondary battery including the electrode.

Abstract: A zoom optical system includes a first lens group, a position of which with respect to an imaging plane is adjustable, and including first and second lenses. The zoom optical system also includes a second lens group of which a position with respect to the imaging plane is adjustable and includes third to fifth lenses. The zoom optical system further includes a third lens group including a sixth lens. An object-side surface of the first lens is convex.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an image-side surface that is concave; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a fourth lens having an image-side surface that is concave; a fifth lens having a refractive power; and a sixth lens having a refractive power and an image-side surface having an inflection point, wherein the first lens through the sixth lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and the optical imaging system satisfies TL/(2Y)?1.01 and 1.2?tan ?, where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane, and ? is half a field of view of the optical imaging system.