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: 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: A surface cleaner is provided. The surface cleaner comprises: an operating component configured to perform a function of the surface cleaner; a base moveable along a surface; an accelerometer configured to generate a signal; and a controller in communication with the accelerometer and the operating component, wherein the controller is operable to control the operating component based on the signal, and wherein the operating component is selected from a group consisting of a suction motor operable to generate an airflow, a brushroll motor operable to drive a brushroll, an actuator operable to adjust a height of a brushroll from the surface, a pump operable to deliver a cleaning fluid, an actuator operable to control an airflow or fluid valve, and an indicator operable to indicate a parameter of the surface cleaner.

Abstract: A visual inspection system includes: a visual calibration apparatus, including a calibration member and a calibration member moving apparatus, where the calibration member moving apparatus includes a movable mounting plate, the mounting plate is able to be located at a calibration position within a movement range of the mounting plate, the calibration position is located within an inspection range of a visual inspection apparatus, and the calibration member is disposed on the mounting plate; the visual inspection apparatus, configured to obtain an image of the calibration member and send the image of the calibration member to an upper computer, and the upper computer, configured to determine, based on the image of the calibration member, a systematic calibration result of the visual inspection apparatus.

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 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: 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 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: The device includes a projecting device, an image sensor and a computing circuit. The projecting device provides a light beam having a predetermined pattern that is projected onto an object. The image sensor receives the light beam reflected from the object to generate an image. The computing circuit compares the image with a first ground-truth image and a ground-truth image to generate a first depth value and a second depth value respectively. The first and second depth values are combined to generate a depth result.

Abstract: A process of assigning a colour grade to a diamond, including the steps of (i) determining the N3 and C-center content of a diamond (110); (ii) comparing the N3 and C-center content of the diamond with a previously acquired data set from a plurality of diamonds each having a colour grading previously assigned thereto, and (iii) assigning a colour grade to the diamond upon a correlation of the N3 and C-center content of said diamond with a grade of said previously acquired data set; wherein said previously acquired data set comprises a correlation between N3 and C center content and optical absorbance in the visible light spectrum for each diamond of said plurality of diamonds.

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: A cathode material includes a plurality of first particles. Each first particle includes a secondary particle composed of a plurality of third particles, and the first particle includes a first lithium-containing transition metal oxide; and a plurality of second particles. The second particle includes a fourth particle and/or a secondary particle composed of a plurality of fourth particles, and the second particle includes a second lithium-containing transition metal oxide. The electrochemical device including the cathode material is significantly improved in the aspects of energy density, capacity attenuation and service life.

Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell and a casing assembly for receiving the battery cell. The battery cell includes a first electrode tab. The battery further includes an insulating member and a conductive member, the insulating member is connected between the casing assembly and the conductive member. The casing assembly defines a first through hole, and the insulating member defines a second through hole connected to the first through hole. The first electrode tab is electrically connected to the conductive member. A power consuming device including the battery is further provided. The conductive member of the present disclosure substitutes for the terminal post of existing art, increasing the energy density of the battery.

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: 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: 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 negative electrode includes a negative current collector, a first negative active material layer and a second negative active material layer. The first negative active material layer is arranged on one side of a first portion of the negative current collector, and the second negative active material layers are arranged on two sides of a second portion, different from the first portion, of the negative current collector. A ratio of a weight per unit area of the first negative active material layer to a weight per unit area of the second negative active material layer on the negative current collector is 0.47 to 0.52, and a ratio of a compacted density of the first negative active material layer to a compacted density of the second negative active material layer is 0.9 to 1.1.

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: 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.