Abstract: A bale compression device for receiving and compressing a bale of material. The device includes a press configured to compress the bale of material to a required compressed dimension, a binding applicator configured to apply a plurality of bindings around the bale of material prior to the bale being compressed, and a connector for connecting ends of each of the bindings to form a plurality of complete loops around the perimeter of the bale so that the plurality of loops act to hold the bale in a compressed state. The binding applicator acts to withdraw excess binding as the press compresses the bale, prior to the connector connecting the ends of each of the bindings, such that the complete loops are formed when the bale reaches its required compressed dimension.

Abstract: A micronutrient composition shown as Mix 1 comprises Rosemary extract at 1 mg-6,000 mg, Fenugreek extract 1 mg-50,000 mg and Fenugreek seed powder at 2 mg-8,000 mg, Cassia nomane seed extract powder 1 mg to 1,000 mg and dry extract 1 mg-300 mg, 3?3-di indolylmethylene 1 mg-800 mg, Zinc 0.1 mg-1,000 mg, Phosphatidylserine 1 mg-1,500 mg, Vitamin D 20 IU-10,000 IU, Vitamin C 10 mg-50,000 mg, Niacin 1 mg-3,000 mg, Theanine 0.1 mg-10,000 mg, Aspartic acid 10 mg-10,000 mg, Arginine 10 mg-50,000 mg and Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) 1 mg-500 mg and Mix A comprising of all the ingredients of Mix 1 but does not contain DHEA and both are used improve men's health.

Abstract: Exemplary air amplifiers described herein can utilize a high-pressure stream of gas to accelerate a low-velocity stream of gas to provide a high-velocity, high-volume stream of gas. This high-velocity, high-volume stream of gas can generate unwanted noise as the high-velocity, high-volume stream of gas propagates through the air amplifier. The exemplary air amplifiers described herein can passively and/or actively suppress, for example, diminish, re-tune, or even completely cancel, the unwanted noise as the high-velocity, high-volume stream of gas propagates through these exemplary air amplifiers. The exemplary air amplifiers described herein can include one or more absorption materials to passively suppress the unwanted noise generated by the high-velocity, high-volume stream of gas. The exemplary air amplifiers described herein can generate multiple noise suppression waves to actively suppress the unwanted noise generated by the high-velocity, high-volume stream of gas.

Abstract: An ion separation apparatus comprises: (a) first and second ion carpets, each comprising: a substrate having first and second faces; and a set of electrodes disposed on or beneath the first face, wherein a configuration of a first plurality of the set of electrodes defines at least one group of circle sectors; (b) an ion exit aperture passing through one ion carpet; and (c) one or more power supplies configured to provide radio frequency voltages to a first subset of the electrodes of each ion carpet, to provide electrical potential differences across electrodes of the first subset of electrodes of each ion carpet, and to provide time-varying voltages to the first plurality of electrodes of each ion carpet that migrate through the sectors as a traveling wave, wherein the ion carpets are disposed parallel to one another with a gap therebetween, the first faces facing one another across the gap.

Abstract: The invention is a system and method of generating hydraulic gravitational energy. Specifically, traditional gravitational electricity systems use a weight as a battery. However, the weight must be pulled upwards after it is dropped, which expends the created energy. In contrast, the disclosed arrangement employs a hydraulic system to lift the weight from a lower height to an upper height. Notably, hydraulics create more energy than is exerted. Thus, using hydraulics to lift the weight multiplies the energy produced each time the weight is dropped from a first height to a second, lower height. As a result, gravitational solutions can extend beyond non-traditional batteries, and can be used to generate electricity instead.

Abstract: An environmentally-friendly flexible conductive polyurethane (PU) and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The environmentally-friendly flexible conductive PU is prepared by subjecting a mixture of a component A and a component B in a specified mass ratio to in-situ solvent-free polymerization, where the component A is prepared from a polyol, a T-type chain extender, a diselenide diol, high-conductivity carbon black, a dispersing agent, a catalyst, and a leveling agent, and the component B is prepared from a polyisocyanate, a polyol, a multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT), and a dispersing agent. The PU has a reliable electrically-conductive function, and shows a self-healing function under room temperature or light conditions when damaged, wherein a microphase separation value HBI (0.5 to 3.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first light modulation assembly, including: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a first conductive layer disposed on the first substrate; a second conductive layer disposed on the second substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first substrate; and a first light modulation layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

Abstract: A friction disc has a flat carrier ring which includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein a first annular friction lining is arranged on the first surface, the first annular friction lining including a geometry that deviates from the circular ring shape, wherein the carrier ring also includes the geometry of the first friction lining, each as viewed in the axial direction, and/or the first annular friction lining including at least one opening in the axial direction, which extends in the axial direction also through the carrier ring, wherein the opening is formed to start at the inner circumference or at the outer circumference of the carrier ring.

Abstract: Packed-tip electrospray ionization (ESI) emitters for mass spectrometry are described. In one aspect an ESI emitter stores a first type of particle. A liquid chromatography (LC) column is coupled with the emitter via a junction. The LC column stores a different type of particle than the ESI emitter to facilitate better chromatographic and ESI performance.

Abstract: A transformer comprising a core and winding wound around a winding axis extending along a limb of the core, said winding terminating in an axial end surface extending in a direction perpendicular to said winding axis, said transformer comprising a ring comprising magnetic material, said ring being located outside said winding and adjacent to said axial end surface. The ring comprises a set of magnetic metal components, such as magnetic metal sheets, said magnetic metal components being distributed about the winding axis and electrically insulated from each other. The core comprises a yoke, said yoke extending radially across the ring, at one or more crossing locations, from a radial inside of the ring to a radial outside of the ring. The cross-sectional height of the ring varies about the winding axis such that magnetic metal components at the crossing locations have lower height along the winding axis than magnetic metal components further away from the crossing locations.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses a method for detecting link failure of a sidelink and a terminal. The method includes: transmitting target information through a sidelink, where the target information includes a first reference signal or a data packet; and determining, if a transmission status of the target information meets a preset criterion, that no link failure occurs on the sidelink, and determining, if otherwise, that link failure occurs on the sidelink.

Abstract: A first multiplier multiplies a correction value by an adjustment coefficient and generates an adjusted correction value, the correction value being read from the correction value table, and the adjustment coefficient being determined from a zoom magnification and a focus distance. A second multiplier multiplies the adjusted correction value by a cosine of an angle formed between a position of each target pixel and the center of the frame and generates a horizontal correction value that corrects the target pixel in a horizontal direction. A horizontal filter adds all multiplication results obtained by multiplying a plurality of pixels in a left-right direction with each target pixel as a center, by left-right asymmetric coefficients, generates a horizontal high-pass filter component, adds, to each target pixel, a horizontal correction component obtained by multiplying the horizontal high-pass filter component by the horizontal correction value, and corrects each target pixel in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: The present application disclose a method and a device for detecting and correcting abnormal scoring of peer reviews, which includes: converting collected scoring data into a two-dimensional matrix and preprocessing the data; determining the anomaly of the processed structured data with a one-way anomaly detection method, a consistency check method and a two-way anomaly detection method, and classifying the detected abnormal data into an abnormal data set; repairing the abnormal data for the abnormal data set with an information entropy correction method; generating an ability evaluation report according to the abnormal data set, performing weighed averaging on the corrected scoring data according to the scoring weights of reviewers in the ability evaluation report to obtain a final scoring result, and generating an abnormal scoring correction report. The present application can effectively detect the abnormal phenomenon of peer reviews in the performance appraisal of enterprise personnel.