Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrocatalytic Fenton oxidation-electrochemical oxidation coupling process and apparatus for efficient treatment of chemical wastewater, and belongs to the field of sewage treatment. The process includes an electrocatalytic Fenton oxidation step, an electrochemical oxidation step, and a pH adjustment step. A spacing between a cathode and an anode in the electrocatalytic Fenton oxidation step is controlled, so that oxygen produced at the anode reacts at the cathode to produce H2O2. The treatment requirements can be met without external aeration or external addition of H2O2, and meanwhile, the efficiency of COD removal by electro-Fenton oxidation is effectively improved. Further, by connecting a pH adjusting tank with the electrocatalytic Fenton oxidation-electrochemical oxidation coupling apparatus in series, a coupling treatment process with near-zero production of iron sludge is realized.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tailings settling-dewatering-solidifying device and an experimental method thereof, which falls into the technical field of mine engineering and mine geotechnical engineering, comprising a tailings settling device including a water tank, charging barrels I and II, and a reaction tank made of a transparent material, a dewatering device including an intelligent type controller, a circular base, a gas cylinder, a permeable stone, a piston, a metal rod and a water return barrel, a solidifying device including a charging barrel III and a tailings barrel, a stirring system including a stirrer, a rotary shaft and an electric motor, a dynamic real-time monitoring system including a high-definition electronic camera and a computer, and a three-layer framework.

Abstract: A filter element comprises a membrane layer; and a feed spacer on the membrane layer, wherein the feed spacer comprises a plurality of unit cells arranged in three dimensions, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells comprises a cavity defined by a triply periodic minimal surface, and wherein the cavities of the plurality of unit cells are interconnected to allow a fluid to pass through the cavities of the plurality of unit cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of building a dynamic overlay network topology based on cross-chain interaction between blockchains, at least comprising: selecting at least one gateway node and at least one ordinary node from at least one cross-chain interaction node; clustering the ordinary nodes into ordinary node clusters based on a clustering algorithm; building a structured network topology and cross-chain connections between the cross-chain interaction nodes based on the gateway node; performing topology building on the ordinary node clusters based on a breadth-first spanning tree algorithm.

Abstract: The invention discloses a bionic wrist joint based on an asymmetric 3-RRR parallel mechanism, including: an asymmetric 3-RRR parallel mechanism and a drive unit. The asymmetric 3-RRR parallel mechanism includes: a moving platform, a first static platform, and three asymmetrically distributed parallel branch chains, wherein each branch chain includes a passive rod and an active rod. An end of the active rod is connected to the first static platform via the revolute pair, and another end thereof is connected to the passive rod via the revolute pair. The axes of the revolute pairs at two ends of the active rod form an axis included angle. Three axis included angles are different, the passive rod and the moving platform are connected by the revolute pair, and three axis included angles corresponding to the passive rods are different. The drive unit is configured to drive the asymmetric 3-RRR parallel mechanism to move.

Abstract: A ceramic and a method of forming a ceramic including milling steel slag exhibiting a diameter of 5 mm of less to form powder, sieving the powder to retain the powder having a particle size in the range of 20 to 400 removing free iron from the powder with a magnet, heat treating the powder at a temperature in the range of 700° C. to 1200° C. for a time period in the range of 1 hour to 10 hours and oxidizing retained iron in the powder, compacting the powder at a compression pressure in the range of 20 MPa to 300 MPA, and sintering the powder at a temperature in the range of 700° C. to 1400° C. for a time period in the range of 0.5 hours to 4 hours to provide a ceramic.

Abstract: An encoding acceleration method of cloud VR (virtual reality) video, the method comprising: constructing a reference frame candidate for encoding of a current frame; selecting a specific reference frame among the reference frame candidate based on a sensor data of IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit); selecting a prediction mode for encoding the current frame based on information included in the specific reference frame; and encoding the current frame based on the selected prediction mode.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to compositions comprising albofungin and/or derivatives thereof, including, chloroalbofungin, 477-albo, 492-albo, 505-albo, 506-1-albo, 506-2-albo, 519-albo, and 562-albo. The subject invention further pertains to methods of treating a subject with HIV using albofungin and/or derivatives thereof, including, chloroalbofungin, 477-albo, 492-albo, 505-albo, 506-1-albo, 506-2-albo, 519-albo, and 562-albo.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for synthesizing nanozeolite Y crystals, nanozeolite Y crystals obtainable by said method, and the use of the synthesized nanozeolite Y crystals in cracking hydrocarbons, as molecular sieves or as ion-exchangers.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a pyruvic acid optical probe, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof. One aspect of the present invention is the disclosure of an optical probe, which includes a pyruvic acid-sensitive polypeptide and an optically active polypeptide, wherein the optically active polypeptide is located within the sequence of the pyruvic acid-sensitive polypeptide. The present invention also discloses a preparation method for the probe and an application of said probe in pyruvic acid measurement.

Abstract: A method and system for predicting post-earthquake repair of building groups in community are provided. The method includes: obtaining seismic damage states, building functions, and building areas of building groups in the community; determining a repair priority of each building based on functional classifications of the buildings; calculating a building repair workload considering the seismic damage states and building areas of the building groups in the community, and developing an individual-building repair model for simulating the repair process of an individual building under certain resource conditions; and developing a community building group repair resource allocation model and a community building group repair system dynamics model to predict the repair process of the building groups in the community at different levels of resource availability. The technical solution of the present invention can simulate the post-earthquake repair process of the building groups in the community.

Abstract: A method for inhibiting infection of SARS-CoV-2 in a subject is provided, comprising administering an effective amount of plant extract, wherein the plant extract comprises an alcohol extract of the herbal of Menispermaceae, wherein the herbal of Menispermaceae is Stephania cepharantha or Stephania tetrandra.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of energy and environmental protection and particularly relates to an organic solid waste treatment device based on chemical-looping hydrogen production and a method for using the same. The device comprises a pyrolysis reactor (3) and a sleeve-type chemical-looping reactor (19), the sleeve-type chemical-looping reactor (19) comprises an inner cavity, an outer cavity annularly wrapping the inner cavity, a syngas output device (28), a hydrogen output device (29), a pyrolysis gas inlet device (6), and a water vapor inlet device (7), and the pyrolysis reactor (3) can generate pyrolysis gas, which then is conveyed to the sleeve-type chemical-looping reactor (19) through the pyrolysis gas inlet device (6).

Abstract: Oligonucleotides for use in amplifying at least one gene present in M. riyadhense are disclosed. The oligoncleotides include forward primers, SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, and 7 and the reverse primers comprises, consists essentially of or consists of SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 6, and 8, fragment(s), derivative(s), mutation(s), or complementary sequence(s) thereof. Also provided are methods for detecting the presence of M. riyadhense in a sample. The method includes contacting a biological sample with a pair of forward/reverse primers, under conditions suitable for amplification of at least one gene product from M. riyadhense if present in a sample and detecting the presence of the amplification product. The oligonucleotides and method disclosed herein can be used to determine the presence of M. riyadhense in a biological or non-biological sample. The sample can be obtained from a subject such as a human subject.

Abstract: A method for increasing the difficulty for attackers to launch keyword guessing attacks, which uses a time-delay encryption with a keyword search based on a public key that generates searchable ciphertexts and/or files ciphertexts for keywords of at least one file that uploaded by time-delay encryption from a cloud server. A system for implementing the method is also described.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a three-dimensional diffraction tomography microscopy imaging method based on LED array coded illumination. Firstly, acquiring the raw intensity images, three sets of intensity image stacks are acquired at different out-of-focus positions by moving the stage or using electrically tunable lens. And then, after acquiring the intensity image stacks of the object to be measured at different out-of-focus positions, the three-dimensional phase transfer function of the microscopy imaging system with arbitrary shape illumination is derived. Further, the three-dimensional phase transfer function of the microscopic system under circular and annular illumination with different coherence coefficients is obtained as well, and the three-dimensional quantitative refractive index is reconstructed by inverse Fourier transform of the three-dimensional scattering potential function. The scattering potential function is converted into the refractive index distribution.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a system for quality inspection in the entire process of inkjet printing manufacturing of display devices, which includes a substrate inspection module, a nozzle inspection module, an ink droplet inspection module, a coating thickness inspection module and a control module. Through design and matching of these modules, it is possible to realize a series of operations such as substrate inspection, nozzle inspection, flying ink droplet inspection, liquid coating inspection and cured coating inspection. The invention also discloses a corresponding quality inspection method for the entire inkjet printing manufacturing process for display devices.

Abstract: A driver fatigue detection method based on combining a pseudo-three-dimensional (P3D) convolutional neural network (CNN) and an attention mechanism includes: 1) extracting a frame sequence from a video of a driver and processing the frame sequence; 2) performing spatiotemporal feature learning through a P3D convolution module; 3) constructing a P3D-Attention module, and applying attention on channels and a feature map through the attention mechanism; and 4) replacing a 3D global average pooling layer with a 2D global average pooling layer to obtain more expressive features, and performing a classification through a Softmax classification layer. By analyzing the yawning behavior, blinking and head characteristic movements, the yawning behavior is well distinguished from the talking behavior, and it is possible to effectively distinguish between the three states of alert state, low vigilant state and drowsy state, thus improving the predictive performance of fatigue driving behaviors.

Abstract: Various indirect feedback tuning apparatuses and methods for tuning photonic systems are enabled. For instance, a system can perform operations, such as: determining a temperature of an optical device, determining, based on the temperature of the optical device and a feedback model, a tuning input to stabilize an optical signal, and performing, based on the tuning input, feedback tuning, wherein the feedback tuning comprises thermal tuning and electrical tuning.

Abstract: Methods for modifying a recycled fine powder of concrete and uses thereof. A method for modifying a recycled fine powder can include: crushing a collected waste concrete block with a crusher, grinding with a ball mill, and passing through a 100-mesh sieve, to obtain a recycled fine powder with d50 of 13.5 ?m; placing the obtained recycled fine powder in a dry environment at a high temperature, drying, then taking out, and cooling to room temperature; preparing tannic acid solutions with different concentrations, mixing the cooled recycled fine powder with the prepared tannic acid solutions, and continuously stirring by a glass rod.