Abstract: The invention contemplates certain polyethers, polyether derivatives, and methods of making and using those same polymers. For example, the starting materials can, e.g., citronellol, prenol, isocitronellol and isoprenol.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for simultaneously acquiring a super-resolution image and a high-speed widefield image are disclosed. The image acquisition method includes receiving a first image signal from an optical microscope, generating, by using the first image signal, a first plurality of entire images, distinguishing, based on movements of a plurality of objects included in the first plurality of entire images, a dynamic region with respect to the first plurality of entire images and a static region with respect to the first plurality of entire images, and controlling the optical microscope so as to respectively irradiate lights having different amplitudes onto the dynamic region and the static region.

Abstract: A method for preparing a cathode active material precursor for a secondary battery, including: moving a co-precipitation filtrate generated after a co-precipitation reaction to a co-precipitation filtrate storage tank; removing a metal hydroxide by passing the co-precipitation filtrate through a filter; reacting the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide is removed with sulfuric acid or nitric acid to produce an ammonium sulfate or an ammonium nitrate while removing ammonia from the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide is removed; cooling and crystallizing the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide and ammonia are removed to precipitate a sodium sulfate; filtering the precipitated sodium sulfate to separate the precipitated sodium sulfate from the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide and ammonia are removed; drying the sodium sulfate separated from the co-precipitation filtrate and moving the co-precipitation filtrate separated from t

Abstract: Porous liquid-filtering membranes having a repeatable distribution of pores of a small dimension are provided, as well as pillar templates that are used to produce such liquid filtering membranes. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the pillar templates to make porous liquid filtering membranes.

Abstract: A method for forming a test flume usable in hydraulic engineering and debris-flow hazard mitigation is provided. The test flume has a foundation flume and an expansion flume. The expansion flume has a lower edge connected to an upper edge of the foundation flume. A hydraulic radius of the test flume is determined based on a model test. A width of the foundation flume is selected based on a size of the test site of the model test. A coefficient is obtained and a width of the test flume is obtained. A cross section curve equation of the expansion flume is obtained based on the hydraulic radius of the test flume, the coefficient, the width of the test flume and the width of the foundation flume. The test flume is formed based on the cross section curve equation of the expansion flume.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for production of CNHs composite material. The method includes the following steps: a first step: the silicon particles and graphite powder are mixed for a preset time by planetary ball mill device, and the weight ratio of silicon element to carbon element is 10-40%, then the Si/C precursor is obtained; a second contact step: the Si/C precursor is pressed into a precursor block, then using precursor block to the CNHs composite material by a DC arc plasma device.

Abstract: A dual line photodiode array device encapsulates, on a photoelectric sensing element, two columns of photodiode array units having the same specification and performance; the dual line photodiode array device includes a first photodiode array unit and a second photodiode array unit that are arranged parallel to each other and is used for achieving the measurement of particle velocity. The particle velocity may be more accurately measured by means of integrating the two columns of photodiode array units on a single photosensitive element. The dual line photodiode array device may also be applied to the measurement of raindrops and sea spray droplets.

Abstract: The present invention provides a processing method and device for data of a well site test based on a knowledge graph. The processing method for the data of the well site test based on the knowledge graph comprises: carrying out format identification on received historical data of the well site test to generate format identification results; establishing a mind map according to the format identification results; generating the knowledge graph of the data of the well site test according to the mind map; and processing the historical data of the well site test and new data of the well site test according to the knowledge graph.

Abstract: A water surface and underwater dual-purpose automatic positioning and tracking system and method, which belongs to the field of marine environment observation technologies. The positioning and tracking system includes: a rope winding and unwinding structure, arranged on a main hull structure; where the rope winding and unwinding structure includes a rope roller and a winding and unwinding rope wound around the rope roller; an auxiliary positioning remote control ship, located outside a main body of the main hull structure, where the auxiliary positioning remote control ship is in transmission and fixed connection with the winding and unwinding rope away from the rope roller; communication control units, arranged on the main hull structure and the auxiliary positioning remote control ship; and an automatic positioning tracker unit, arranged on the hull structure, where the automatic positioning tracker unit is in remote communication connection with the communication control units.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein is directed to stable L-cysteine compositions for injection, comprising: L-cysteine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and/or hydrate thereof in an amount from about 10 mg/mL to about 100 mg/mL; Aluminum in an amount from about 1.0 parts per billion (ppb) to about 250 ppb; cystine in an amount from about 0.01 wt % to about 2 wt % relative to L-cysteine; pyruvic acid in an amount from about 0.01 wt % to about 2 wt % relative to L-cysteine; a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, comprising water; headspace O2 that is less than 1.0%; dissolved oxygen present in the carrier in an amount from about 0.01 parts per million (ppm) to about 1 ppm, wherein the composition is enclosed in a single-use container having a volume of from 10 mL to 100 mL. Also described are compositions for a total parenteral nutrition regimen and methods for their use.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a vehicle control method, an apparatus, a vehicle, an electronic device and a storage medium, which relate to automatic driving technology. The method includes: outputting a prompt message, where the prompt message is used for prompting an intention of lane changing of a host vehicle to a surrounding vehicle, and the surrounding vehicle is a vehicle having a potential influence on the lane changing of the host vehicle; determining first driving state prediction information of the surrounding vehicle, where the first driving state prediction information is related to a feedback on the prompt message; generating and executing a first driving strategy according to the first driving state prediction information, where the first driving strategy includes lane-changing driving or driving within the current lane.

Abstract: An intervertebral implant may include an anterior plate forming a first monolithic structure defining a first end of the implant, and including at least two screw holes each configured to receive a bone screw; and a plurality of coils extending from the anterior plate about a periphery of the implant. The screw holes may be angled such that, when the implant is inserted between two adjacent vertebrae, bone screws are guided into the adjacent vertebrae.

Abstract: Disclosed is a recycling apparatus for a cross-linked polyethylene resin using a twin screw extruder. The recycling apparatus for a cross-linked polyethylene resin using a twin screw extruder according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a raw material supply unit configured to supply a raw material that is a cross-linked polyethylene resin; and a twin screw extruder configured to receive the raw material from the raw material supply unit, the twin screw extruder including a cylinder and a twin screw installed inside the cylinder to rotate in the same direction, the twin screw extruder being configured to de-crosslink and recycle the raw material under a de-crosslinking reaction temperature and reaction pressure atmosphere while continuously transporting the raw material along the twin screw by the rotation of the twin screw.

Abstract: A method and system of two-point correction based on temperature substitution, includes: a black body related to the lens temperature is arranged outside a lens, a first black body arranged in front of the lens of an infrared thermal camera, so as to collect a gray value of the first black body; a temperature of the first black body being equal to the lens temperature; a second black body arranged in front of the lens of the infrared thermal camera, so as to collect a gray value of the second black body; a temperature of the second black body being higher than the lens temperature. Two correction parameters obtained by black body calculation related to temperature are strongly applicable, which eliminates the problem of image quality deterioration caused by temperature changes and greatly eliminates the pot lid phenomenon due to non-uniformity, thereby accurately calculating the corrected gray value.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for training a face fusion model and an electronic device. The method includes: performing a first face changing process on a user image and a template image to generate a reference template image; adjusting poses of facial features of the template image based on the reference template image to generate a first input image; performing a second face changing process on the template image to generate a second input image; inputting the first input image and the second input image into a generator of an initial face fusion model to generate a fused face area image; and inputting the fused image and the template image into a discriminator of the initial face fusion model to obtain a result, and performing backpropagation correction on the initial face fusion model based on the result to generate a face fusion model.

Abstract: A neural network device includes: an on-chip buffer memory that stores an input feature map of a first layer of a neural network, a computational circuit that receives the input feature map of the first layer through a single port of the on-chip buffer memory and performs a neural network operation on the input feature map of the first layer to output an output feature map of the first layer corresponding to the input feature map of the first layer, and a controller that transmits the output feature map of the first layer to the on-chip buffer memory through the single port to store the output feature map of the first layer and the input feature map of the first layer together in the on-chip buffer memory.

Abstract: An intelligent trust enabler system for a 5G IoT (fifth-generation Internet of Things) environment includes: an IoT trust enabler mounted on an edge and gateway on a fifth-generation (5G) IoT infrastructure, for providing trust information based on data collected from IoT devices and performing operation and management of connected IoT resources; and an IoT trust agent for providing a legacy environment for the IoT trust enabler.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for simultaneous determination of particle size distribution, concentrations of nanoparticulate mercury (Hg-NPs) in natural soils. The method uses sodium pyrophosphate as the extractant, and allows quick extraction of Hg-NPs in the soil without dissolution or aggregation. In combination with spICP-MS determination, the method makes it possible to simultaneously determine the particle size distribution and concentration of Hg-NPs in the complex soil matrix, with accurate determination results.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combined submarine seismic acquisition node with a secondary positioning function, including an ocean bottom node connected with an external loading ship; a protective sleeve circumferentially covering outside the ocean bottom node; and response components fixed inside the ocean bottom node, and the response components are configured to send position information of the ocean bottom node, and the response components may perform an information interaction with the loading ship.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for updating a point cloud. The method may include: determining an area point cloud matching newly added point clouds from historical point clouds to be updated based on a set formed by a pose of a point cloud acquisition device acquiring the newly added point clouds. The method may further include: merging the newly added point clouds into the matched area point cloud to obtain merged historical point clouds. The method may further include: performing global optimization on the merged historical point clouds based on a pose of each point cloud in the merged historical point clouds to obtain updated point clouds.