Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: an epitaxial structure that has a first surface and a second surface; a first metal electrode that is disposed on the first surface, and that includes a main electrode and extending electrodes; current transmission blocks that are disposed on the second surface, and each having an electrode-facing sidewall and a non-electrode-facing sidewall; and a current blocking layer that is disposed in spaces among the current transmission blocks.

Abstract: A negative electrode composite current collector including a copper plating solution is described. The copper plating solution includes a leveling agent represented by a general formula (1) where an anion X is F?, Cl?, or Br?; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from O or S; and R4, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl.

Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for signed document image analysis and fraud detection. An image of a document may be received from a user's device. A first layer of a machine learning engine is used to identify a signature and a name of the user within different areas of the received image. A second layer of the machine learning engine is used to extract a plurality of features from the different areas of the image. The plurality of features includes at least one visual feature representing the signature and at least one textual feature representing the name. A combined feature representation of the signature and the name is generated based on the plurality of features extracted from the image. A third layer of the machine learning engine is used to determine whether the signature of the user has been digitally altered, based on the combined feature representation.

Abstract: Disclosed are a special tooling and method for electron beam welding of a cavity body and a beam tube of a superconducting niobium cavity. The special tooling includes a first clamping device for fixing a flange and a second clamping device for fixing a semi-cavity body, wherein the first clamping device and the second clamping device are fixedly connected. A pressing ring of the first clamping device is disposed around a beam tube of a superconducting niobium cavity and cooperates with a base plate to clamp and fix the flange. The second clamping device includes clamping arms evenly distributed along a circumference of the semi-cavity body, and each clamping arm includes a second pressing plate axially disposed along the beam tube and a pressing block that is disposed on an end portion of the second pressing plate and fixes an edge of the semi-cavity body.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing information during a web conference is provided. The computer-implemented method includes collecting and formatting meeting application information at a processor of a computing device having a screen being shared with attendees of the web conference and collecting and formatting to-be-popup application information at the processor. The computer-implemented method further includes analyzing, by the processor, an urgency of the to-be-popup application information and a correlation between the to-be-popup application information and the meeting application information and determining, by the processor, whether to share the to-be-popup application information with a user of the computing device and with the attendees based on results of the analyzing.

Abstract: A couch having a box base a forward foundation support panel and a rear foundation support panel. A first hinge element joins the forward foundation support panel to the box base and a second hinge element joins the rear foundation support panel to the box base. A third hinge element joins a foundation to the forward foundation support panel. A side support panel abuts the box base, the forward foundation support panel and the rear foundation support panel. A first connector assembly having a first tapered pin portion and a first tapered barrel portion joins the forward foundation support panel and the side support panel; and a second connector assembly having a second tapered pin portion and a second tapered barrel portion joins the rear foundation support panel and the side support panel.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, devices, kits, apparatus, and methods for rapid homogenous cell staining and imaging. Particularly, in some embodiments, the present invention can immunochemically stain a cell or a tissue in less than 60 seconds without washing. In some embodiments, the present invention stains and observes analyte (protein or nucleic acid) inside a cell in 60 seconds without washing.

Abstract: This application relates to a negative electrode plate, a secondary battery and apparatus thereof. The secondary battery of the present application comprises a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate comprises a composite current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the composite current collector, the negative electrode active material layer comprises a silicon-based active material, the silicon-based active material accounts for 0.5 wt % to 50 wt % of total mass of the negative electrode active material layer, and the composite current collector comprises a polymer support layer and a metal conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the polymer support layer. The secondary battery and the negative electrode plate achieve good coordination between the current collector and the negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a main display area, and display area(s) surrounded by the main display area. The display panel includes first light-emitting devices disposed in the display area(s); first pixel driving circuits disposed in the display area(s), and electrically connected to the first light-emitting devices respectively for driving the first light-emitting devices to emit light; a first wiring layer connected between first pixel driving circuits and first light-emitting devices; a signal wiring layer electrically connected to the first pixel driving circuits and partially overlapping the first wiring layer; and a capacitive barrier layer disposed between the first wiring layer and the signal wiring layer and including at least one organic insulating layer.

Abstract: This application provides a copper plating solution for a composite current collector, including a leveling agent represented by a general formula (1) where an anion X is F?, Cl?, or Br?; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from O or S; and R4, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl.

Abstract: A tuning method for a collimator of a CT machine, which, in each cycle of X-ray scan operation and stop, may include determining whether an X-ray is generated from the anode plate; calculating the Z-direction heating displacement of the slot plate during the current scan based on a detected X-ray, driving the slot plate to move by the heating displacement in the Z-direction, calculating the total Z-direction heating displacement of the slot plate at the end of the current scan, calculating the cooling displacement of the slot plate during the current stop based on the stop time of the X-ray, and driving the slot plate to move.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, devices, kits, apparatus, and methods for rapid homogenous cell staining and imaging. Particularly, in some embodiments, the present invention can immunochemically stain a cell or a tissue in less than 60 seconds without washing. In some embodiments, the present invention stains and observers analyte (protein or nucleic acid) inside a cell in 60 seconds without wash.

Abstract: A method and a device of controlling the position of the X-ray tube of a computed tomography (CT) system may include: acquiring an AP signal output by an AP sensor of the CT system, an IP signal output by an IP sensor and encoder data output by a motor, determining a homing positioning signal AP0 of the AP signal based on the AP signal and the IP signal, where the homing positioning signal AP0 is used to determine the starting point of the period of rotation of the X-ray tube, utilizing the encoder data to calculate the encoder data containing AP signal based on the determined homing positioning signal AP0, where the encoder data containing AP signal is the AP signal processed by use of the encoder data, and controlling the position of the X-ray tube based on the encoder data containing AP signal.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an air conditioner and a control method thereof. The air conditioner includes an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a controller. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a first indoor temperature and a second indoor temperature. The humidity sensor is configured to detect a first indoor humidity and a second indoor humidity. The controller is configured to control the air conditioner to operate in a reheat dehumidification mode if it is determined that a first preset condition is satisfied, control the air conditioner to operate in a cooling mode if it is determined that the first preset condition is not satisfied, and control the air conditioner to enter a shutdown state if it is determined that one of a second preset condition and a third preset condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A battery cell, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electrical apparatus are provided. The battery cell includes an intermediate portion and side portions located on two sides of the intermediate portion in a thickness direction, the intermediate portion comprising m battery cell sub-units and the side portions comprising n battery cell sub-units, where m+n is an integer greater than or equal to 3. Each of the battery cell sub-units comprises a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separator arranged between the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet, and each of the m battery cell sub-units has a dry battery cell nail penetration short-circuit resistance greater than that of each of the n battery cell sub-units.

Abstract: A positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode plate, a battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus including the positive electrode current collector are provided. In some embodiments, a positive electrode current collector is provided, including an organic support layer and an aluminum-based conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the organic support layer, where the aluminum-based conductive layer contains Al and at least one modifying element selected from O, N, F, B, S, and P, an XPS spectrogram of the aluminum-based conductive layer with a surface passivation layer removed through etching has at least a first peak falling in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a second peak falling in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, and a ratio x of peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0<x?3.0.

Abstract: A positive current collector, a secondary battery, and an electrical device are provided. In some embodiments, the positive current collector includes: a support layer; and a conductive layer located on at least one surface of the support layer, where the conductive layer includes a first metal portion configured to connect to a tab, where, along a thickness direction of the conductive layer, the first metal portion includes at least three sublayers, and melting points of the at least three sublayers rise stepwise in ascending order of distance from the support layer. In the embodiments of this application, the first metal portion includes at least three sublayers, and the melting points of the at least three sublayers rise stepwise in ascending order of distance from the support layer, thereby helping increase a bonding force between the conductive layer and the support layer and reducing the probability of peel-off and delamination between the layers.

Abstract: This application provides a current collector and a preparation method thereof, a secondary battery containing such current collector, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electric apparatus. The current collector in this application includes a support layer, a binder layer, and a metal layer, where the binder layer is arranged between the support layer and the metal layer, the binder layer includes an organic binder and inorganic particles, a thickness D0 of the binder layer is 1.0-5.0 ?m, optionally 1.0-3.0 ?m; and the inorganic particles include large particles with a median particle size D50large and small particles with a median particle size D50small, and the median particle sizes of the large particles and the small particles satisfy the following relationships: D50large>D50small; D50large=(0.5-0.9)×D0; and D50small=(0.1-0.4)×D0.

Abstract: A positive current collector, a secondary battery, and an electrical device are provided. In some embodiments, the positive current collector includes: a support layer; and a conductive layer located on at least one surface of the support layer, where the conductive layer includes a first metal portion configured to connect to a tab, where, along a thickness direction of the conductive layer, the first metal portion includes at least three sublayers, and melting points of the at least three sublayers rise stepwise in ascending order of distance from the support layer. In the embodiments of this application, the first metal portion includes at least three sublayers, and the melting points of the at least three sublayers rise stepwise in ascending order of distance from the support layer, thereby helping increase a bonding force between the conductive layer and the support layer and reducing the probability of peel-off and delamination between the layers.

Abstract: A positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode plate, a battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus including the positive electrode current collector are provided. In some embodiments, a positive electrode current collector is provided, including an organic support layer and an aluminum-based conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the organic support layer, where the aluminum-based conductive layer contains Al and at least one modifying element selected from O, N, F, B, S, and P, an XPS spectrogram of the aluminum-based conductive layer with a surface passivation layer removed through etching has at least a first peak falling in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a second peak falling in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, and a ratio x of peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0<x?3.0.