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 battery includes a housing, an electrode assembly, a first tab, and a protective member. The electrode assembly is accommodated in the housing, and the electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator, where the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate have opposite polarities, and the separator is arranged between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate. The first tab includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, where the second portion connects the first portion and the third portion, the first portion is connected to the first electrode plate, and the third portion extends out of the housing. The protective member is fixed to the separator or the second portion, and the protective member is located between the second portion and the electrode assembly to insulate and isolate the second portion from the second electrode plate.

Abstract: A battery electrode plate includes a current collector and an electrode active layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, where the electrode active layer includes an active material, a solid electrolyte, a binder, and a conductive agent. DV50 of the active material is X, and DV50 of the solid electrolyte is Z, where X:Z is from 5 to 30; and based on a mass of the electrode active layer, a mass percentage of the solid electrolyte is M, where 0.3%?M?5%.

Abstract: Congener removal in ethanol production may be provided by fermenting a feedstock in a fermentation vessel, yielding a fermentation product including an organic solvent and water, and inert fermentation gases; distilling the fermentation product in a distillation column yielding a first solvent enriched stream; dehydrating the first solvent enriched stream yielding a second solvent enriched stream having a greater concentration of the organic solvent than the first solvent enriched stream and a water enriched solution; and sparging the water enriched solution with the inert fermentation gases in a sparging tank yielding a sparged solution and a vapor including volatile species present in the water enriched solution separated out from the sparged solution.

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 negative electrode plate, including a negative current collector and a negative active material layer disposed on at least one side of the negative current collector. The negative active material layer includes a negative active material, including hard carbon particles and graphite particles. The hard carbon particles have a lamellar structure. Based on a quantity of the hard carbon particles, a quantity of the hard carbon particles with an aspect ratio of 3 to 7 accounts for a %, and 30?a?70. The face-to-face contact in the lamellar hard carbon active material in the negative electrode plate replaces the point-to-point contact in the hard carbon active material of conventional morphology, thereby effectively reducing the internal resistance of the negative active material layer, and effectively increasing the compacted density of the negative active material layer and reducing the porosity, and in turn, increasing the energy density of the lithium-ion battery.

Abstract: A power train for an amphibian operable in land and marine modes includes a prime mover having an integral speed change transmission, at least a first land propulsion unit, at least a first marine propulsion unit, and a power transmission unit including a drive member configured to couple the prime mover to the at least first marine propulsion unit, wherein the prime mover is arranged to drive the at least first land propulsion unit through/via the integral speed change transmission in the land mode, and the prime mover is arranged to drive the at least first marine propulsion unit through/via the power transmission unit in both the marine mode and the land mode.

Abstract: A method for performing dataload protocol operation testing in an avionics Line Replaceable UNIT (LRU) is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes sending a request to initiate transfer of a dataload sequence from an external data loader to a target hardware. The method further includes receiving an acceptance status from the target hardware to initiate transfer of the dataload sequence based on at least one of the valid or invalid dataload sequence request or response. The method further includes determining, based on the invalid dataload sequence request or response, occurrence of one or more failure scenarios associated with at least one of: the transmission of the dataload sequence; and the receiving of the acceptance status from the target hardware on different stages of dataload operation.

Abstract: A convertible soothing seat for an infant is provided. The convertible soothing seat includes a support frame and a seat portion pivotably connected to the support frame. The seat portion is pivotable between a soothing configuration and a sleep-safe configuration, and includes a retractable harness. The retractable harness covers a portion of the seat portion in a covering position when the seat portion is in the soothing configuration and retracts to a retracted position wherein the retractable harness does not cover the portion of the seat portion when the seat portion is in the sleep-safe configuration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to training data sets and a system and method for generating training images especially those which are medical images. Especially disclosed is a method of training a machine learning model to recognize movement of a body part in an acquired medical image The machine learning model is trained by varying/modifying a blur convolution kernel constructed with pixels oriented in a direction of the movement; the method including determining at least one motion weighting factor corresponding to a motion time period when the body part is moving during acquisition of the medical image, and using the motion weighting factor to vary/modify the blur convolution kernel.

Abstract: Methods and graphics processing systems render items of geometry using a rendering space which is subdivided into a plurality of first regions. Each of the first regions is sub-divided into a plurality of second regions. Each of a plurality of items of geometry is processed by identifying which of the first regions the item of geometry is present within, and for each identified first region determining an indication of the spatial coverage, within the identified first region, of the item of geometry, and using the determined indication of the spatial coverage within the identified first region to determine whether to add the item of geometry to a first control list for the identified first region or to add the item of geometry to one or more second control lists for a respective one or more of the second regions within the identified first region.

Abstract: There is described methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a reinforcement learning system. The reinforcement learning system comprises an agent configured to perform actions based upon a policy and an intrinsic reward system configured to generate intrinsic reward values for the agent based upon the actions taken by the agent. The method comprises training the reinforcement learning system based upon a plurality of tasks. The training comprises updating the agent's policy based upon the intrinsic reward values generated by the intrinsic reward system and updating the intrinsic reward system based upon an extrinsic reward value obtained based upon the task being performed by the agent. The training further comprises re-initializing the agent's policy when an expiration criterion associated with the agent is met.

Abstract: The method for detecting and localizing faults in a MV and LV distribution grid provided with a monitoring infrastructure comprising metering devices assigned to LV nodes of the grid, the monitoring infrastructure comprises a central processing unit and communication means arranged for communication between the metering devices and the central processing unit; wherein the method comprises the following steps: I. have the metering devices measure the voltage v(t) and the current i(t), II. have the metering device calculate, for each one of a succession of evaluation time windows, the mean value of the nodal negative-sequence voltage (Vneg), as well as a variation of the mean value with respect to the previous evaluation time window, III.

Abstract: An electrochemical device, including a positive electrode plate. The positive electrode plate includes a positive active material layer. When the electrochemical device is in a fully discharged state, an X-ray diffraction pattern of the positive active material layer exhibits a first diffraction peak and a second diffraction peak in a range of 17.8° to 19.2°. A diffraction angle of the first diffraction peak is smaller than a diffraction angle of the second diffraction peak. The electrochemical device achieves an increased energy density and improved cycle performance.

Abstract: An electrochemical device, including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer includes a base portion and a protruding portion on a surface of the base portion away from the current collector, where a thickness of the base portion is d microns, and a height of the protruding portion is a microns. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material, and the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide, where a molar proportion of element nickel in the lithium-nickel composite oxide in metal elements other than lithium in the lithium-nickel composite oxide is X, satisfying: 0.2d×x?a?1.15d×x.

Abstract: A positive active material, including a lithium manganese oxide. An X-ray diffraction pattern of the positive active material exhibits a first diffraction peak in a range of 14.3° to 16.3° and a second diffraction peak in a range of 17.3° to 19.3°. The positive active material of this application achieves a high specific charge capacity and high structural stability, and can increase the energy density and lifespan of the electrochemical device.

Abstract: A battery cell includes a housing and a pressure relief mechanism. A first through-hole is created on the housing. The pressure relief mechanism covers the first through hole. A cover sheet in the pressure relief mechanism is bonded to the housing by the adhesive film. A first passivation layer is disposed on a surface of the cover sheet. The adhesive film is meltable by heat to make the cover sheet fall off to form a pressure relief channel communicating inside and outside of the housing.

Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus, including a positive electrode plate, where the positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode active material layer, and the positive electrode active material layer includes a first lithium manganese oxide and a second lithium manganese oxide; and in a fully discharged state of the electrochemical apparatus, through Raman test, the first lithium manganese oxide has a characteristic peak A in a range of 507 cm?1±10 cm?1 and a characteristic peak B in a range of 660 cm?1±10 cm?1, and the second lithium manganese oxide has a characteristic peak C in a range of 625 cm?1±10 cm?1. The electrochemical apparatus has high initial coulombic efficiency and excellent cycling performance on the basis of high energy density.

Abstract: An active material layer is provided with at least one first pore structure, and the active material layer satisfies the following conditions: (a) 0?M/d?0.5, where M is a mass percentage of the first active material in the active material layer, and d is a ratio of a depth of the first pore structure to a thickness of the active material layer; and (b) ?1%?0.2M?S?3%, where S is a porosity of the active material layer. Adding the first active material with a larger gram capacity can increase the capacity of the electrochemical apparatus.