Abstract: A pellet including C-grade iron fines and a binder; a method of producing said pellet, including mixing the C-grade iron fines and the binder to form a mixture and agglomerating the mixture to form a pellet; and a method of producing steel, including heating a pellet including C-grade iron fines and a binder in an electric arc furnace are all provided.

Abstract: Methods and systems for supply of fuel for a turbine-driven fracturing pump system used in hydraulic fracturing may be configured to identify when the supply pressure of primary fuel to a plurality of gas turbine engines of a plurality of hydraulic fracturing units falls below a set point, identify a gas turbine engine of the fleet of hydraulic fracturing units operating on primary fuel with highest amount of secondary fuel available, and to selectively transfer the gas turbine engine operating on primary fuel with the highest amount of secondary fuel from primary fuel operation to secondary fuel operation. Some methods and systems may be configured to transfer all gas turbine engines to secondary fuel operation and individually and/or sequentially restore operation to primary fuel operation and/or to manage primary fuel operation and/or secondary fuel operation for portions of the plurality of gas turbine engines.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire first and second weather data in a first time zone and ground rainfall amount data, acquire, based on the first and second weather data, first feature values, generate learning data based on the ground rainfall amount data and the first feature values, generate, based on the learning data, a learned model, acquire first and second weather data in a second time zone, acquire, based on the first and second weather data, second feature values, acquire a parameter output from the learned model by inputting the plurality of second feature values, and generate, based on the parameter, composite rainfall amount data.

Abstract: The invention discloses the utilization of mesenchymal stem cells, exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells, conditioned media from mesenchymal stem cells, apoptotic bodies from mesenchymal stem cells, and modified mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of bipolar disorder. In one embodiment mesenchymal stem cells isolated from umbilical cord tissue are treated carbon monoxide at a concentration sufficient to induce activation of heme-oxygenase I and infused into a patient at risk or suffering from bipolar disorder.

Abstract: A laminated catalyst according to an embodiment includes an oxide layer, a first catalyst layer on the oxide layer and a second catalyst layer on the first catalyst layer. The oxide layer is a layer of oxide including one or more non-noble metals as a main component. The first catalyst layer includes an oxide of noble metal including Ir and/or Ru as a main component. The second catalyst layer includes an oxide of noble metal including Ir and/or Ru as a main component. The first catalyst layer is denser than the second catalyst layer.

Abstract: A method for charging and discharging a lithium secondary battery includes: a first step of preparing a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, with the positive electrode comprising lithium-rich manganese-based oxide having a manganese content of 50 mol % or more among all metals excluding lithium as a positive electrode active material; a second step of charging the lithium secondary battery from the lower limit voltage to the first upper limit voltage and discharging the lithium secondary battery from the first upper limit voltage to the lower limit voltage; and a third step of charging the lithium secondary battery from the lower limit voltage to the second upper limit voltage and discharging the lithium secondary battery from the second upper limit voltage to the lower limit voltage, wherein the second upper limit voltage is 0.05V to 0.

Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes an exhaust gas conduit a mixer, and a plurality of flow disrupters. The exhaust gas conduit is centered on a conduit center axis and includes an inner surface. The mixer includes a mixer body and an upstream vane plate. The upstream vane plate has a plurality of upstream vanes. At least one of the upstream vanes is coupled to the mixer body. The flow disrupters are disposed downstream of the mixer and circumferentially around the conduit center axis. Each of the flow disrupters is coupled to the exhaust gas conduit or integrally formed with the exhaust gas conduit. Each of the flow disrupters extends inwardly from the inner surface.

Abstract: A method for monitoring intoxication of a user, the method including: receiving a set of samples from a body region of a user; generating an intoxication metric based on the set of samples; and providing a notification to the user based on the intoxication metric. The method can additionally or alternatively include: modifying operation of the transdermal alcohol sensing device based on the intoxication metric; determining contextual data; maintaining a hydration level of the transdermal alcohol sensing device; and any other suitable processes. A system for monitoring intoxication of a user including a sensor and a housing. The system can additionally or alternatively include any or all of: an inlet, a fastener, an electronics subsystem, a user device, and/or any other suitable component.

Abstract: A composite clinical language modeling system that can leverage textual attributes of a patient's medical record for analytics, visualizations and accessibility. The composite clinical language model leverages a trainer module that fine-tunes a pre-trained language model using this text corpus, producing a model that can be customized for specific use cases. This model is then used to produce embeddings from input text which can then be used for several task-specific natural language processing models, wherein each task-specific natural language processing model has its own individual transfer learning loop that is responsible for continuously improving and fine-tuning task-specific natural language processing models for these specific tasks.

Abstract: A heat pump includes a compressor that is connected via two refrigerant-conveying fluid lines to a heat pump component through which refrigerant flows, wherein each fluid line has a longitudinal axis, wherein an imaginary direction vector which coincides with the longitudinal axis points, on the route between the compressor and the heat pump component, at least once in a different direction to an imaginary starting direction vector which begins at the compressor, where it likewise coincides with the longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis extends in a space having three imaginary, mutually perpendicular planes. The fluid line is shaped such that the direction vector, on the route between the compressor and the heat pump component, and with respect to all three planes, extends so as to be rotated by an angle of more than 180° relative to the starting direction vector at least once.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of sweet steviol glycoside compounds, particularly rebaudioside B, in sweetening compositions. Sweetening compositions comprising selected amounts of rebaudioside B have been shown to possess favorable flavor profiles when compared to other high intensity sweetener compounds and are useful in the preparation of consumables.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is arranged at an interface between a first layer and a second layer in a base station, and includes a processor and a memory configured to store allocation information indicating a radio resource for a first control signal. The first layer is configured to transmit a physical layer signal to the second layer. The processor is configured to generate a second control signal based on the allocation information, generate a synthesis signal by adding the second control signal to the physical layer signal, and transmit the synthesis signal to the second layer.

Abstract: The sheet post-processing device includes a discharge port, a discharge tray, a first sheet holding member, and a second sheet holding member. The discharge port has a pair of discharge rollers that discharge a sheet including a folded sheet subjected to folding processing. The first sheet holding member and the second sheet holding member are, on a downstream side of the pair of discharge rollers in the discharge direction of the folded sheet, selectively disposed at a holding position, at which the first sheet holding member and the second sheet holding member intersect a discharge route for the folded sheet and extend downward from above the pair of discharge rollers toward the discharge tray to hold the folded sheet, and a retreat position retreated to above the discharge route for the folded sheet.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes: a step of preparing a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer including a lithium iron phosphate formed on a current collector; and a step of adsorbing an organic solvent to the positive electrode active material layer, the organic solvent including one or more of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), acetone, ethanol, propylene carbonate, ethylmethyl carbonate, ethylene carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate.

Abstract: A lithium-ion rechargeable battery includes a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode substrate and a negative electrode mixture layer applied to the substrate, a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode substrate and a positive electrode mixture layer applied to the substrate, a separator arranged between the negative electrode plate and the positive electrode plate, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode substrate includes a negative electrode connection portion that projects from the negative electrode mixture layer in a first width direction. The positive electrode substrate includes a positive electrode connection portion that projects from the positive electrode mixture layer in a second width direction. The negative electrode plate has a thickness that increases in the first width direction. The positive electrode plate has a thickness that increases in the second width direction. The separator has a porosity that increases in the second width direction.

Abstract: A method for detection of a corrupted sensor including providing a first sensor; identifying one or more correlating sensors to the first sensor; determining a correlation between the first sensor and the correlating sensors according to historical sensor values; obtaining a calculated value of the first sensor based on values of the correlating sensors and the correlation; obtaining a measured value of the first sensor; and determining whether the first sensor is corrupted according to a difference between the calculated value and the measured value of the first sensor.

Abstract: The present invention may provide an assist handle for vehicles manufactured to minimally expose a coat hook to the outside and also feel a sense of unity with the assist handle when the coat hook is not used by configuring the assist handle so that the coat hook is stored in a storage space of the assist handle by elastic support and the coat hook closes an entrance of the storage space, thereby improving the aesthetic appearance and beauty of the assist handle and its surroundings. In particular, the coat hook may be conveniently used at a desired position without spoiling the aesthetic appearance and beauty of a vehicle interior by mounting the coat hook on a part where the assist handle is rotatably supported on a headliner to feel a sense of unity.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly which can solve, in a complex way, the lithium leaching problem caused by the electrode sliding phenomenon, the problem that the outer separator of the half-cell is easily folded and torn, thereby exposing the electrode, and the problem that it is difficult to check whether the electrode is damaged because the outer separator of the half-cell is opaque, by changing the outer separator of the half-cell located at the outermost part of the electrode assembly to a specific shape and material, and a secondary battery comprising the same.

Abstract: A self-retractable wire reel for supplying electrical contacts to electronic devices. The self-retractable wire reel includes a housing having a drum positioned between a pair of brackets that rotates relative to the brackets. A wire threaded through a slot in one of the brackets to access an inner spool area and passes through a drum aperture to be wound about a sidewall of an outer spool area. A spring is engaged with the drum such that the drum is biased in a first direction. In a first direction, the drum causes an outfeed section of the wire to retract towards the housing. As the outfeed section of the wire is pulled away from the housing in an extended configuration, the infeed section of the wire leading from the external power source experiences a tensioning force on the wire.

Abstract: A-implemented method initializes a localization system for a vehicle, the localization system using map data comprising a plurality of maps for localizing the vehicle in an area The method includes associating map related information with a last available position of the vehicle which was used by the localization system before shutdown of the localization system, wherein the map related information comprises a unique identifier for a first map of the plurality of maps which was used for localizing the vehicle at the last available position, at start-up of the localization system with respect to the last available position, loading a map from the plurality of maps for localizing the vehicle at the last available position and verifying if the loaded map is the first map by using the unique identifier, and when it is verified that the first map is loaded, initializing the localization system with the last available position in the first map.