Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making an electrode, the method comprising: providing a starting H—Nb2O5 material; jet milling and classifying the starting material to provide a processed H—Nb2O5 material having a D50 particle diameter of 2.2-15 ?m and a particle size distribution span (D90?D10/D50 of <1.90; and forming an electrode comprising the processed H—Nb2O5 material as an active electrode material.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus disclosed herein includes a chamber, a substrate support, a plasma generator, at least one electromagnet, and a power source. The substrate support is provided in the chamber. The substrate support includes a first region on which a substrate is placeable and a second region which surrounds the first region and on which an edge ring is placed. The plasma generator is configured to generate a plasma in the chamber. The at least one electromagnet is configured to generate a magnetic field localized in an annular space above the edge ring. The power source is electrically connected to the at least one electromagnet and is configured to adjust a strength of the magnetic field.

Abstract: The invention provides an electrochemical cell, such as a lithium-ion battery, comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte disposed between the anode and cathode; wherein the anode comprises an oxide comprising niobium as an active anode material, wherein the crystal structure of the oxide comprising niobium corresponds to the crystal structure of MII2Nb34O87, MIIINb11O29, MIIINb49O124, MIVNb24O62, MVNb9O25, MVINb12O33, H—Nb2O5, or N—Nb2O5; wherein the cell has an N/P ratio >1 as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A conversion method executed by a computer, the conversion method includes acquiring skeleton information in which each of a plurality of joints included in a human body and coordinates for the plurality of joints is set, and reference posture information in which each of a plurality of joints included in a human body and reference coordinates for the plurality of joints is set, specifying a second joint that corresponds to a first joint set in the reference posture information from the plurality of joints set in the skeleton information, calculating a relative rotation angle from reference coordinates of the first joint to coordinates of the second joint, and converting the skeleton information into hierarchical structure data by setting the relative rotation angle to the hierarchical structure data.

Abstract: A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute: selecting, in a solution search using replicas based on an evaluation function including multiple state variables, a number of replicas from the replicas by prioritizing a replica with a low difference in temperature value from a first temperature of a first replica; acquiring a second state to be compared with the first state, using a state acquired by the solution search; determining the number of state variables of which values are to be changed, using comparison between a first value of the evaluation in the first state and a second value of the evaluation function in the second state; generating a third state in which the values of the number of state variables among the multiple state variables in the first state are changed; and continuing the solution search in the first replica by the third state.

Abstract: There is provided a graphene sensor, preferably a graphene biosensor, comprising: a graphene layer structure provided on a non-metallic surface of a substrate, the graphene layer structure having an exposed, functionalised sample surface for receiving a sample for testing; first and second electrical contacts provided in contact with the graphene layer structure, and arranged on opposite sides of the functionalised sample surface; wherein each electrical contact is separated from the functionalised sample surface by an adjacent metal oxide layer, and wherein each electrical contact and adjacent metal oxide layer are capped with a passivating layer, whereby a sample for testing applied to the sample surface cannot contact the electrical contacts; and wherein the functionalised sample surface is devoid of photoresist.

Abstract: In the Iris based biometric recognition systems, iris needs to be segmented before comparison and hence iris segmentation is a crucial process in iris based biometric recognition systems. Existing techniques are unable to segment iris due to occlusions and require complex and time consuming algorithms to remove these occlusions. Other deep learning based solutions require precise annotations of the iris regions along with eyelids and eyelashes. The present disclosure initially generates polygons on the iris and pupil area using a pre-trained detection model. Internally covered vertices and externally exposed vertices of the generated polygons are computed to construct curvature of the iris region. A pupil region is generated by filtering the plurality of vertices lying inside pupil circle region from the plurality of externally exposed vertices. Further, a segmented iris image is generated by removing the pupil region from the input image based on the curvature of the iris region.

Abstract: A method for forming a processed video stream, comprising: capturing a first part of an input video stream using a camera and transmitting the first part of the video stream to a processing facility remote from the camera. At the processing facility, designating a first sub-region of the first part of the video stream for further processing. In dependence on the designation of a first sub-region. A first cropped video stream is formed by cropping the first part of the video stream to that sub-region. A processed video stream is formed incorporating the first cropped video stream.

Abstract: A radiator guard comprising a main body and a service panel; the main body being formed of mesh sheet material and comprising: a plurality of fastening points for mounting the main body over a rear face of a radiator of an internal combustion engine; a service aperture for providing access, in use, to the rear face of the radiator; and a plurality of retained fasteners arranged around a periphery of the service aperture; wherein the service panel is releasably mountable to the main body, to cover the service aperture, using the retained fasteners.

Abstract: An anti-twist structure of a voice coil motor includes a base, a lens housing, a first elastic sheet, a second elastic sheet, a magnet, and a yoke member. The lens housing has first margin wall and a second margin wall, and a first protrusion extends from the first margin wall. The height of the second protrusion is lower than the height of the first protrusion. The yoke member has a first wall, a connection wall, and a second wall. The first wall is disposed above the first protrusion, and the second wall is disposed above the second protrusion. The lens housing has a deflectable angle relative to a horizontal reference line. When the lens housing deflects to a maximum value of the deflectable angle, the first margin wall abuts against the second wall and/or the first protrusion abuts against the first wall.

Abstract: An apparatus for aligning a bioprocessing drive head includes an assembly of rotating and sliding bearings configured to operatively connect a drive motor to a rotatable shaft, a drive head operatively connected to the rotatable shaft, the drive head configured to rotate an impeller within a bioprocessing vessel. The apparatus further including a linear movement mechanism operatively connected to the rotary ball spline mechanism and/or the rotatable shaft. The linear movement mechanism being configured to move the drive head linearly via the rotatable shaft into operative contact with the impeller, without linearly moving the drive motor.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for determining heat transfer rates between battery pack and coolant channel with varying coolant flow rate in a real-time. A lumped conductance generated between the battery pack and a coolant channel is used to determine the heat transfer rates between the battery pack and the coolant channel. Conventional techniques for calculating the lumped conductance between the battery and the coolant channel either use experimental methods or rely on the heat transfer correlations in simple geometry. The present disclosure calculates the lumped conductance by understanding an internal structure of a cylindrical battery pack using a high-fidelity computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation. This will help in determining the heat transfer rates of the battery pack in the real-time at the battery core especially when the coolant channel side hydrodynamic conditions change with time due to the variable coolant flow rates.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a novel method for producing an ellagic acid-containing composition, the method capable of improving the solubility of ellagic acid. The present embodiment is a method for producing an ellagic acid-containing composition, including: a step of providing a solution containing at least an aqueous medium and a raw material derived from a plant of the genus Terminalia, containing ellagic acid; and a step of heat-treating the solution. The present embodiment is the production method, further including a step of a hydrolysis treatment to hydrolyze ellagitannin contained in the raw material to produce additional ellagic acid, wherein the hydrolysis-treated solution is heat-treated.

Abstract: A working machine includes a support, and a moveable material handling assembly having a working arm mounted at a first pivot and configured to be mounted to a material handling implement at a second pivot. A pivoting mechanism is mounted to the implement at a third pivot and includes a Z bar link, a chassis link, and an actuator. The Z bar link mounts to the working arm at a fourth pivot and the chassis link mounts to the Z bar link at a fifth pivot and mounts to the support at a sixth pivot. The actuator is mounted to the Z bar link at a seventh pivot, and the fourth is pivot between the fifth and seventh pivots. The implement pivots relative to the working arm about the second pivot via pivoting the arm relative to the support about the first pivot.

Abstract: A network processor includes a processor. The processor includes at least one processor core and a cache. The at least one processor core loads and executes program codes to deal with packet processing. The program codes include a network driver, a network stack of an operating system (OS) kernel, and a packet pre-learning module. The packet pre-learning module generates a fake packet, and sends the fake packet to the network stack of the OS kernel through the network driver. The cache caches at least a portion of instructions and data associated with processing of the fake packet that is performed by the network stack of the OS kernel.

Abstract: A charging roll for an electrophotographic apparatus includes a shaft body and an elastic body layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft body. The elastic body layer contains (a) to (c) below: (a) a hydrin rubber with a chlorine content of 14% or more and 19% or less; (b) an ionic conductive agent; and (c) a salt of a cyclic amidine compound. The hydrin rubber includes a crosslinking agent which is a sulfur crosslinking agent or a peroxide crosslinking agent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmit power adjusting method, including: sending, in response to a successful contention for a channel, a target frame including a transmit power control (TPC) report control field, wherein the target frame is any one of QoS Data frame, QoS Null frame and management frame, and the TPC report control field indicates a first transmit power for transmitting the target frame; and receiving a MAC layer protocol data unit (MPDU), wherein a second transmit power for transmitting the MPDU is at least partially based on the first transmit power.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for simulating a quantum circuit, a computer device, a storage medium, and a program product. The method includes: acquiring a polynomial by converting a unitary coupled-cluster (UCC) factor, wherein: an exponential part of the UCC factor comprises an anti-hermitian excitation operator G, and the polynomial comprises a linear term of the G and a quadratic term of the G; acquiring N UCC factors for constructing the UCC quantum circuit, N being an integer greater than 1; acquiring a wave function for representing a quantum state of an object; and obtaining a result wave function by performing operation in the form of the polynomial for each UCC factor in the N UCC factors on the wave function, wherein the result wave function represents the quantum state of the object after quantum simulation with the UCC quantum circuit.

Abstract: The plasma processing system includes a plasma processing device, an assistance device, and a control device, in which the assistance device includes a first determination unit for determining, using a first machine learning model, a plurality of control parameters for processing a pre-processing substrate so that a predicted shape of the post-processing substrate conforms a required shape of the post-processing substrate based on a first input related to a structure of the pre-processing substrate, a second input related to a required shape of the post-processing substrate, a third input related to a specification of the plasma processing device, and a fourth input related to a state of the plasma processing device, and a second determination 10 unit for determining an operating condition of the plasma processing device using a second machine learning model, based on the plurality of determined control parameters, the third input, and the fourth input.

Abstract: The present application provides a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications. A communication node receives an Absolute Timing Advance Command MAC CE in a first random access procedure; as a response to the Absolute Timing Advance Command MAC CE being received, determines starting or restarting a first timer or a second timer according to whether at least a first inactive procedure is ongoing; the behavior of determining starting or restarting a first timer or second timer according to at least whether a first inactive procedure is ongoing includes: if the first inactive procedure is ongoing, starting or restarting the first timer; if the first inactive procedure is not ongoing, starting or restarting the second timer; both the first timer and the second timer are used to maintain uplink time alignment; the first timer and the second timer are different.