Abstract: A water softening system includes a main line that supplies raw water to a first consumption point in a consumption site, a filter device that is provided in the main line and that removes at least a part of ionic substances contained in the raw water supplied through the main line and releases soft water containing a smaller amount of ionic substances than the raw water to the main line, a first bypass line that connects a first bypass point and a confluence point and diverts the raw water in the main line from the first bypass point to the confluence point, and a second bypass line that is connected to a second bypass point and that diverts the soft water to a second consumption point in the consumption site.

Abstract: A zero padding apparatus and method for fixed length signaling information are disclosed. A zero padding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a processor configured to generate a LDPC information bit string by deciding a number of groups whose all bits are to be filled with 0 using a difference between a length of the LDPC information bit string and a length of a BCH-encoded bit string, selecting the groups using a shortening pattern order to fill all the bits of the groups with 0, and filling at least a part of remaining groups, which are not filled with 0, with the BCH-encoded bit string; and memory configured to provide the LDPC information bit string to an LDPC encoder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel phosphor-tetrazine and a use thereof and, more particularly, provides a novel compound having high fluorescence amplification efficiency in various wavelength ranges by using a compound having a novel core skeleton called tert-butyl (3-(7-(6-methyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazin-3 -yl)-3-oxo-9-phenyl-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]indolizin-2(3H)-yl)propyl)carbamate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant yeast, in which the productivity of ginsenoside is enhanced by overexpressing CPR5, PDI1, or ERO1 in yeast having the productivity of ginsenosides; a method for preparing the yeast; and a method for producing ginsenosides using the yeast.

Abstract: The DC interrupting device includes a main current conduction unit including a main interrupting switch, which is a mechanical switch, a reverse current power supply unit connected to an input terminal of the main current conduction unit and configured to generate a predetermined reverse current, and a reverse current conduction unit configured to supply the reverse current to an output terminal of the main current conduction unit. The reverse current power supply unit includes a first reverse current dedicated capacitor charged by a voltage applied to an input terminal of the main current conduction unit, a polarity reversing inductor configured to reverse a polarity of the first reverse current dedicated capacitor, and a reverse current power supply unit switch configured to perform circuit connection such that the polarity reversing inductor reverses the polarity of the first reverse current dedicated capacitor.

Abstract: An example method for controlling an external electronic device of an electronic device, according to various embodiments, includes: receiving data information corresponding to at least one function of the external electronic device from an external electronic device connected to the electronic device; displaying a setting window for setting a user interface for controlling the external electronic device using the data information; selecting a control item corresponding to the at least one function included in the setting window according to user input reception; and setting and displaying the user interface corresponding to the selected control item.

Abstract: An antenna device is provided and includes a plurality of antenna radiators arranged in an array, a ground member in operable communication with the plurality of antenna radiators, a plurality of conductive cells arranged on the plurality of antenna radiators, and a plurality of feeding lines electrically connected to the plurality of antenna radiators.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same: wherein X, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The compound of Chemical Formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof acts as a positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5), thereby being useful in the prevention or treatment of disorder mediated by glutamate dysfunction and mGluR5.

Abstract: Disclosed are a brake disk and a method for manufacturing the same. In particular, the brake disk may include a friction surface formed of cast iron, and the friction surface of the brake disk is divided into a plurality of sections in a circumferential direction. Preferably, an average of the numbers per unit area of eutectic cells formed on surfaces of the sections may not be greater than 300 ea/cm2.

Abstract: A display device is discussed, which has improved transmittance and relieves a visual difference in a camera region, even though a camera is provided in an active region, by changing the configuration of a substrate in a region corresponding to the camera.

Abstract: Provided is an integrated circuit including a plurality of standard cells each including a front-end-of-line (FEOL) region and a back-end-of-line (BEOL) region on the FEOL region, the FEOL region including at least one gate line extending in a first horizontal direction. A BEOL region of a first standard cell among the plurality of standard cells includes an eaves section not overlapping an FEOL region of the first standard cell in a vertical direction, the eaves section protruding in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for non-invasively estimating a biological component is provided. The apparatus may include: a sensor configured to measure a calibration spectrum for a first duration and measure a biological component estimation spectrum for a second duration, based on light returning from an object; and a processor configured to remove a signal of a biological component from the calibration spectrum to obtain a background spectrum for the first duration, and estimate the biological component, based on the background spectrum and the biological component estimation spectrum, for the second duration in response to a command for measuring the biological component.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a culturing patch, culturing method, culture test method, culture test device, drug test method, and drug test device, and the culturing patch according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes component required for growth of an object to be cultured, and a mesh structural body provided in a mesh structure forming micro-cavities in which the component required for growth are contained that is configured to come into contact with a reaction region in which the object to be cultured is placed and provide some of the contained component required for growth to the reaction region.

Abstract: A payment object service receives a request from a giver to associate a payment amount to an object. The request includes one or more images of the object and recipient information, which the payment object service uses to determine whether the association between these images and the information is unique. If the association is unique, the payment object service updates a database to associate the payment amount to the object and enable redemption of the payment amount. When the payment object service receives a request to redeem at least a portion of the payment amount, the payment object service may use one or more images and recipient information obtained from the request to verify that the images and information together correspond to the object. Once the redemption is complete, the payment object service may update the database to specify the current remaining payment amount.

Abstract: A male connector, which is connected to or disconnected from a female connector, and includes a male connector housing, male connector pins disposed in an inner space of the male connector housing, and a ground connection member having one side connected to the male connector pins and the other side connected to an inner wall of the male connector housing, wherein the ground connection member is provided in plural, and wherein the plurality of ground connection members are respectively connected to the male connector pins in one-to-one relationship and are detachably connected to the male connector pins, respectively, at positions spaced from front ends of the male connector pins by predetermined distances such that the plurality of ground connection members are separated in sequence from the male connector pin by the female connector according to a depth by which the female connector is inserted into the male connector housing.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a vehicle exhaust gas abatement apparatus. The vehicle exhaust gas abatement apparatus includes: an exhaust gas discharging unit having an exhaust gas discharging pass which is formed on one side thereof and along which an exhaust gas generated from an engine of a vehicle is discharged; a catalytic converter connected to a rear end of the exhaust gas discharging unit along a direction in which the exhaust gas is discharged and removing harmful components in the exhaust gas using a catalyst; and a surface combustion unit coupled to one side of the exhaust gas discharging unit and heating an inner portion of the exhaust gas discharging unit so that the exhaust gas is heated to an activation temperature or higher of the catalyst and then arrives at the catalytic converter.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent display device, including a substrate, an organic light-emitting device on the substrate, and an encapsulation layer formed on the organic light-emitting device and the substrate. The encapsulation layer includes an inorganic layer and a polymer organic layer alternatingly stacked with an intermediate layer formed of a first organic monomer between the inorganic layer and the polymer organic layer, and one surface of the intermediate layer is bonded to the inorganic layer through bonding sites on a surface of the inorganic layer and another surface of the intermediate layer is bonded to the organic layer by polymerization.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer, a conductive layer formed over the dielectric layer, and a reduction sacrificial layer formed between the dielectric layer and the conductive layer, wherein the reduction sacrificial layer includes a first reduction sacrificial material having higher electronegativity than the dielectric layer, and a second reduction sacrificial material having higher electronegativity than the first reduction sacrificial material.

Abstract: Provided are a LIDAR apparatus based on a time of flight and a moving object which output an electrical signal by transmitting and receiving light, generate a control signal by analyzing the electrical signal, measure a pin point distance by calculating a time of flight of the light based on the control signal, and process point cloud data generated based on a measured distance to accurately construct information on a surrounding environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automotive steel sheet and, more specifically, provides: an ultrahigh-strength and high-ductility steel sheet ensuring ultrahigh strength and high ductility and, simultaneously, having excellent cold formability due to a high yield strength ratio, and improved collision characteristics.