Abstract: A variable grille apparatus can adjust a flow rate of air flowing through a grille and upgrade an opening/closing operation when adjusting the flow rate of the air, thereby improving merchantability. In addition, by diversifying the opening/closing operation of the grille such as sequentially operating or simultaneously operating the opening/closing operation of the grille, it is possible to upgrade the opening/closing operation of the grille, diversify the exterior design, and secure the flow rate of air through the optimization of the structural arrangement.

Abstract: An active air skirt apparatus controls an airflow flowing to a lower side of a mobility device according to a traveling state of the mobility device, thereby securing optimal aerodynamic performance. In addition, disclosed herein is an active air skirt apparatus, which stably moves a flap for controlling the airflow when a vehicle travels at high speed, thereby improving durability and reliability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of generating induced pluripotent stem cells. The method involves providing a quantity of somatic or non-embryonic cells, contacting the contacting the somatic or non-embryonic cells with a quantity of one or more programming factors and one or more RNA molecules, and culturing the somatic or non-embryonic cells for a period of time sufficient to generate at least one induced pluripotent stem cell. Various reprogramming factors and RNA molecules for use in the methods are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are cell lines and pharmaceutical compositions generated by use of the methods.

Abstract: A variable grille apparatus controls a flow rate of air circulated through the grille. Commercial properties are improved through an advanced opening and closing operation during adjustment of the air flow rate. The opening and closing operation of the grille is diversified, such as by sequential or simultaneous operation, so that the sense of operation is enhanced, an exterior design is diversified, and the air flow is secured through an optimization of the structural arrangement.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a conductive hydrogel including a mussel adhesive protein, a liquid metal, and hyaluronic acid and a preparation method thereof.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, for example comprising a finger print sensor, and a method for manufacturing thereof. Various aspects of the present disclosure may, for example, provide an ultra-slim finger print sensor having a thickness of 500 ?m or less that does not include a separate printed circuit board (PCB), and a method for manufacturing thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a method of compressing an occupancy map of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud, and more specifically, a method of compressing an occupancy map of a point cloud in which an occupancy map image of a point cloud existing in a 3D space is compressed based on a compression quality or a patch-by-patch inspection method of the occupancy map image so that compression distortion is minimized when reconstructing the compressed occupancy map image so as to remarkably improve the quality of a reconstructed occupancy map image.

Abstract: An example electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, a memory, and at least one processor configured to, based on a signal for requesting transmission of identification information including a call word for using first mode of an artificial intelligence assistant function of the electronic device being received, from another electronic device, through the communication circuit using first communication method, control the display to display a user interface for requesting user confirmation for transmission of the identification information; control the communication circuit to transmit the identification information to the another electronic device as a result of user confirmation through the user interface; and receive information for using a second communication method from the another electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit, a second communication circuit, a processor configured to be electrically connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory configured to be electrically connected with the processor. The memory includes instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain location information of the electronic device, transmit a first message for requesting to change a state of the electronic device to a network, receive a first response message to the transmitted first message from the network, transmit a second message for requesting a parameter for an operation cycle of the second communication circuit to the network, receive a second response message to the second message from the network, and change the operation cycle of the second communication circuit to a value corresponding to a current state of the electronic device.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool having excellent wear resistance and controlled brittleness is provided. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a coated cutting tool including: a substrate; and a cutting layer disposed on the substrate, wherein: the cutting layer includes a brittleness suppressing layer and a wear-resistant layer disposed on the brittleness suppressing layer; the substrate includes a hard alloy body such as cemented carbide, cermet, ceramic, cubic boron nitride-based materials, or high-speed steel; the brittleness suppressing layer includes a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer; the first layer and the second layer each independently includes any one of (AlbTi1-b)X (where 0.6<b<0.8, and X is at least one selected from N, C, CN, NO, CO, and CNO) and (TicAl1-c)X (where 0.4<c?0.5, and X is at least one selected from N, C, CN, NO, CO, and CNO); and the first layer and the second layer include materials different from each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for fabricating catalysts for ammonia decomposition. The method may comprise (a) subjecting a catalyst support to one or more physical or chemical processes to optimize one or more pores, morphologies, and/or surface chemistry or property of the catalyst support; (b) depositing a composite support material on the catalyst support, wherein the composite support material comprises a morphology or surface chemistry or property; and (c) depositing one or more active metals on at least one of the composite support material and the catalyst support, wherein the one or more active metals comprise one or more nanoparticles configured to conform to the morphology of the composite support material and/or catalyst support material, thereby optimizing one or more active sites on the nanoparticles for ammonia processing.

Abstract: A portable battery device for a mobility apparatus and a battery management system and a method, which are capable of securing a desired range of the mobility apparatus by selectively adding an auxiliary battery in a situation in which a battery capacity should be additionally supplemented, are disclosed. The auxiliary battery is stored in the mobility apparatus or is supplied from an external supply source when the auxiliary battery is commercially available. Accordingly, electric power supply to the mobility apparatus becomes convenient. The auxiliary battery is simply replaceable through separation or mounting thereof from or in a case at an outside of the mobility apparatus. Accordingly, handling convenience of the auxiliary battery is enhanced. When collision of the mobility apparatus occurs, the auxiliary battery is separated due to impact and, as such, generation of fire caused by damage to the auxiliary battery is prevented and stability is secured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition including multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugates. Each conjugate includes capsular polysaccharides of different pneumococcus serotypes conjugated to a carrier protein. More concretely, the present invention is a multivalent immunogenic composition including polysaccharide-protein conjugates. Each of the polysaccharide-protein conjugates includes Streptococcus pneumoniae-derived capsular polysaccharides of different serotypes conjugated to a carrier protein. The capsular polysaccharides include a) capsular polysaccharides of one or more serotypes selected from the group consisting of serotypes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, and 23F, and b) capsular polysaccharides of one or more serotypes selected from the group consisting of serotypes 10A, 11A, 12F, 15B, 22F, 23A, and 35B.

Abstract: Proposed is a peptide for skin anti-aging and anti-wrinkle, comprising a glycine-histidine-lysine tripeptide and polyarginine linked to the carboxy-terminus of the tripeptide, and a composition for skin anti-aging and anti-wrinkle comprising the peptide. The peptide and composition may enter the cytoplasm more rapidly and efficiently than a conventional GHK tripeptide, and may exhibit skin anti-aging and anti-wrinkle effects similar to those of the GHK tripeptide even at a lower concentration than that of the GHK tripeptide.

Abstract: A secondary battery and a module thereof is disclosed, which has an electrode assembly and a case into which the electrode assembly is inserted. The case has an inner side with a coating layer containing a gas absorbing material, which absorbs or desorbs internal gas depending on the temperature inside the case. The secondary battery may enhance safety, in terms of improving battery heat transfer and preventing fire, by not only absorbing internal gas at normal operating temperatures but also desorbing internal gas at high temperatures. This may allow the secondary battery to regulate the internal gas emission point based on an internal pressure critical point when the battery is exposed to an abnormally high temperature. In addition, the secondary battery inhibits deformation of the battery case and is highly effective in preventing degradation of the battery performance by regulating the pressure inside the battery case.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of generating induced pluripotent stem cells. The method involves providing a quantity of somatic or non-embryonic cells, contacting the contacting the somatic or non-embryonic cells with a quantity of one or more programming factors and one or more RNA molecules, and culturing the somatic or non-embryonic cells for a period of time sufficient to generate at least one induced pluripotent stem cell. Various reprogramming factors and RNA molecules for use in the methods are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are cell lines and pharmaceutical compositions generated by use of the methods.

Abstract: A secondary battery activation method, which calculates an appropriate initial charge rate (SOC) and a high-temperature aging time according to the size of the secondary battery during the activation process, and in the case of an activation process using the same, by efficiently removing gas generated inside an electrode assembly while charging, provides an effect of improving the charging uniformity of an electrode in a subsequent charging stage and increasing the usable capacity of the battery.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes accommodating an electrode assembly in a battery case including an accommodation part and a gas pocket part connected to the accommodation part to collect a gas generated in the accommodation part, performing sealing along an outer circumferential surface of the battery case except for an end of the gas pocket part, injecting an electrolyte into the accommodation part through the end of the gas pocket part, performing double sealing on the end of the gas pocket part so that a first sealing part is formed at a side closer to the accommodation part, and a second sealing part is formed at a side that is farther from the accommodation part, removing a portion, on which the second sealing part is formed, from the battery case, and applying electricity to the electrode assembly to charge the secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for activating a secondary battery. The present invention comprises: a primary charging step of charging a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte; a room temperature-aging step of storing, at a room temperature, the secondary battery that has undergone the primary charging step; and a high temperature-aging step of storing, at a high temperature, the secondary battery that has undergone the room temperature-aging step, wherein charging/discharging is performed by alternately applying + current and ? current to the secondary battery at the end of the primary charging step. The method for activating a secondary battery according to the present invention includes alternately applying + current and ? current to the secondary battery at the end of the primary charging step to stabilize an SEI film, thereby shortening a following-up aging time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pulp molded products including seaweed by-products and methods for producing the same. According to the methods of the present invention, pulp molded products including seaweed by-products are produced using apple pomace and/or green tea pomace. The presence of seaweed as a biodegradable and eco-friendly material and the addition of apple pomace and/or green tea pomace allow the pulp molded products to have natural antibacterial and anti-insect functions.