Abstract: A cooling system of an electric vehicle is provided. The system includes an integral valve having at least one or more coolant inlets and at least two or more coolant outlets, and selectively discharges a coolant through one of the at least two or more coolant outlets. A plurality of coolant paths connected such that the coolant discharged through one of the at least two or more coolant outlets is introduced back into the integral valve through the at least one or more coolant inlets after being supplied to a portion where coolant circulation is required. A heat pump device is disposed in at least one or more of the plurality of coolant paths to selectively increase or decrease a temperature of the coolant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nanofiber-based long-term primary hepatocyte culture system and a culture method, wherein the primary hepatocyte culture system has an advantage that it can culture cells in three-dimensions in vitro to maintain the original physiological activity of low proliferative primary hepatocytes for a long time by co-culturing indirectly by separating primary hepatocytes and hepatic non-parenchymal cells with a support consisting of nanofibers therebetween without direct co-culture.

Abstract: A service stream control system includes at least one area controller configured to control a traffic path and content cashing within a domain (intra-area), a service content coordinator configured to determine and manage a caching location of content located in the domain, and a service stream controller configured to set an optimum path in accordance with a network traffic state by interworking with the at least one area controller and the service content coordinator, and forward target content corresponding to a content request with reference to a service stream forwarding graph generated based on the set path. Therefore, it is possible to enhance efficiency of a content-centric network (CCN).

Abstract: A system and method for measuring a junction temperature of a power module junction temperature are provided. The method is capable of improving accuracy of temperature measurement by more accurately applying temperature change in a junction temperature rising section, capable of more accurately predicting durability life of a power module, and capable of increasing output power of the power module.

Abstract: An image sensing device including a noise blocking structure is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate structured to support a plurality of image pixels producing signals response to received incident light, a logic circuit configured to process the signals read out from the image pixels, and a noise blocking structure coupled to the logic circuit to reduce a noise generated by the logic circuit. The noise blocking structure formed to extend in a straight line without any bending portion in a first direction, and to pass through the semiconductor substrate in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: An image sensing device including a noise blocking structure is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate structured to support a plurality of image pixels producing signals upon a detection of an incident light and a logic circuit configured to process signals produced by the image pixels are formed, and a noise blocking structure disposed at the semiconductor substrate and formed to surround the logic circuit is formed. The noise blocking structure includes a first blocking structure and a second blocking structure. The first blocking structure includes multiple portions spaced from one another, each of the multiple portions extending in a line without any bending portion. The second blocking structure are disposed between the multiple portions of the first blocking structure and include portions partially overlapping with the first blocking structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fault diagnosis apparatus of a rapid charging system for a vehicle including an external device configured to exchange power with a vehicle battery, a power transfer unit including a three-phase motor, an inverter connected to the battery in parallel and connected to the three-phase motor, and one or more relays connected to the three-phase motor and configured to transfer power between the external device and the battery, and a controller configured to control the on and off functions of the relay, to control driving of the inverter to generate voltages applied to one end of each of the relays, and to diagnose fault of relays by comparing voltages of both ends of the relays while turning the relays on/off.

Abstract: Provided is a respiratory muscle strengthening device, in which an inhalation start signal is generated correspondingly at an inhalation start time when a patient inhales air or an exhalation start signal is generated correspondingly at an exhalation start time when the patient exhales air, an electric signal according to the inhalation start signal or the exhalation start signal is transmitted to an electric muscle stimulator via a communication unit, a muscle pad installed on respiratory muscles of the patient enables smooth breathing motion by stimulating the respiratory muscles based on a signal transmitted from the electric muscle stimulator, and a receptor pad is provided to the respiratory muscles such that an alarm of determining whether electric stimulation is normally applied via the state of the respiratory muscles detected through the receptor pad is output, thereby securing reliability of a device.

Abstract: A fault diagnosis method of a power electric system for a vehicle may include driving an inverter to output an output voltage command for fault detection; measuring a current input to each phase of a motor connected to the inverter; measuring a voltage of the neutral stage of the motor; and determining whether there are faults of a connection member connecting between the inverter and the motor and a relay connected to the neutral stage of the motor based on the measured current input to each phase of the motor and the voltage of the neutral stage.

Abstract: A charging system configured for reducing a leakage current may include an on board charger (OBC) receiving an alternating current (AC) power supplied from an external source to charge a vehicle battery with the AC power; at least an electric component connected to an output end portion of the OBC; at least a switch selectively connecting the electric component to or from a ground; and a controller connected to the at least a switch and reducing the leakage current flowing to the ground by controlling the switch connected to the electric component depending on whether or not the vehicle battery is charged with the AC power.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region protruding from a top surface of a substrate and extending in a first direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate, a gate structure intersecting with the fin-type active region and extending on the substrate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a source/drain region on a first side of the gate structure, a first contact structure on the source/drain region, and a contact capping layer on the first contact structure. A top surface of the first contact structure has a first width in the first direction, a bottom surface of the contact capping layer has a second width greater than the first width stated above in the first direction, and the contact capping layer includes a protruding portion extending outward from a sidewall of the first contact structure.

Abstract: An engine cooling system includes: an engine system including an engine having a plurality of combustion chambers that generate a driving force by combustion of fuel; a power electronics (PE) device that assists engine torque of the engine system in accordance with a driving state of the vehicle; a main radiator connected to the engine system by an engine coolant line and discharging heat generated in the engine system by engine coolant flowing in the engine coolant line, a sub-radiator connected to the PE device through a PE coolant line and discharging heat generated in the PE device by PE coolant flowing in the PE coolant line; a 2-way valve connecting the engine coolant line and the PE coolant line to each other; and a controller for controlling opening and closing of the 2-way valve according to a temperature of the engine coolant and a vehicle driving condition.

Abstract: An artificial neuron device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first resistor connected between an input terminal and a first node; a capacitor connected between the first node and a ground terminal; a threshold switch connected between the first node and a second node; and a second resistor connected between the second node and the ground terminal, wherein, when an input voltage of a certain level is applied to the input terminal by time, a membrane potential occurs at the first node and a spike current flows through the second node. According to present disclosure, the artificial neuron device expresses the Integrate-and-Fire function, the rate coding ability, the SFA characteristics, and the chaotic activity of the biological neuron, and therefore may be widely used for the artificial neuron network device, the large-scale brain-inspired computing system, and the artificial intelligence (AI) system.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes first and second source/drain regions in the semiconductor substrate. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a multi-layer device isolation region in the semiconductor substrate between the first and second source/drain regions. The multi-layer device isolation region includes a protruding portion that protrudes away from the semiconductor substrate beyond respective uppermost surfaces of the first and second source/drain regions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for nucleus-independent, sustained inhibition of gene expression, comprising an mRNA fragment of T7 RNA polymerase, plasmid DNA for self-amplification of the T7 RNA polymerase, and a DNA fragment encoding a gene expression inhibitor; a transporter of the gene expression inhibitor comprising the composition; and a method of preparing the transporter. The composition of the present invention and the liposome transporter of the present invention comprising the composition can improve the expression of shRNA in the cytoplasm through self-amplification of nucleus-independent, sustained self-amplification of T7 RNA polymerase, and deliver them in a cancer tissue-specific manner. Therefore, the composition and the liposome transporter of the present invention can be utilized for use in treating chronic diseases that require reduced frequency of administration and long-term inhibition of gene expression.

Abstract: Disclosed is a trained model generating method and apparatus that assesses an acquisition price of a subscription product by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm or a machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for the Internet of Things, and that reinforces a trained model by reflecting, as a reward, a result of suggesting to a user to acquire the product. A product price assessing method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include: applying at least one of user information, product information, or environment information, or preprocessed data thereof to a machine learning-based first trained model; and assessing a product price of a product related to the product information based on the first trained model. Reinforcement learning may be conducted to the first trained model by reflecting, as a reward, whether the user determines to acquire the product at the assessed product price.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a motor of a vehicle includes: a current controller generating a voltage instruction for driving the motor; a signal generator generating a magnetic pole discrimination reference signal that is combined with the voltage instruction; an inverter driving the motor on the basis of a corrected voltage instruction obtained by comparing the voltage instruction and the magnetic pole discrimination reference signal; and a processor including a control logic for deriving a response component to the magnetic pole discrimination reference signal from a driving current transferred to the motor from the inverter, and for determining a polarity of the rotor of the motor on the basis of the response component.

Abstract: A light source device for calibrating an image sensor is provided. The light source device includes a light source unit for outputting light, a transform filter unit for controlling a color temperature according to a wavelength of the light received from the light source unit, and a plurality of diffusion plates for controlling a ratio of long-wavelength light to short-wavelength light, the long-wavelength light and the short-wavelength light being output from the light source unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a nanofiber mat, a manufacturing method thereof, and applications thereof as a mat for cell culturing or as a barrier membrane for guided bone regeneration (GBR). The nanofiber layer includes a nanofiber layer and a reinforcement pattern that is disposed on the nanofiber layer and adhesively connected with the nanofiber layer. The nanofiber layer and the reinforcement pattern are combined with each other by at least one of the melting-solidification of at least a part of the nanofiber layer together with the reinforcement pattern, the dissolution-solidification of the same, and the penetration of a part of the reinforcement pattern into the nanofiber layer, followed by solidification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polycaprolactone nanostructure with improved cell adhesive ability containing fucoidan according to the present invention comprises dissolving fucoidan in glacial acetic acid as a solvent to obtain fucoidan-glacial acetic acid solution, mixing polycaprolactone with the fucoidan-glacial acetic acid solution to obtain a polycaprolactone-mixed solution, and manufacturing a nanostructure from the polycaprolactone-mixed solution by an electrospinning method. Therefore, a polycaprolactone nanostructure with improved cell adhesive ability containing fucoidan manufactured by the method according to the present invention exhibits characteristics of preventing fucoidan from being released from nanofibers by uniformly distributing fucoidan in the polycaprolactone nanostructure.