Abstract: A composition is provided as a coating layer of an electrode of a secondary battery, especially a lithium battery. The composition includes an organic binder and a metal compound selected from the group consisting of a surface modified magnesium oxide, surface modified lithium doped magnesium oxide, surface modified magnesium phosphate and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically creating foreign language learning curricula are presented. When an input videos is received, the audio track is denoised, and then segmented according to the sentences voiced in the audio track. The sentences are transcribed and the words of the transcriptions are scored. Based on the aggregated scores, the video is deemed to be a positive or negative example for foreign language learning. The video and the transcripts of the sentence are made into instructional materials. Words in the transcripts can be tagged to indicate words that a learner of another native tongue might tend to make.

Abstract: The invention is a system and method for managing and tracking software development lifecycle using a request report that captures the draft of requirements. The four elements are: a requirement management module that processes request reports, a test case management module that processes test case reports, a defect management module that processes defect reports, and project management module that processes task reports. The request report contains a workflow and information organized into folders. The test case report can be created via a request report and contains workflow and information organized into folders. The defect report can be created via the test case report and contains workflow and information organized into folders. The task report may be created via the request report, test case report, or defect report.

Abstract: Systems and methods to identify an event(s) representing a discontinuity in the impedance of a transmission line such as a wire cable using time domain reflectrometry (TDR) are presented. According to an exemplary embodiment, multiple layers of digital signal processing techniques are implemented in an algorithm that combats the smearing effect of a wide launch pulses with the reflection due to an event. The algorithm focuses on wavelet decomposition and additional post processing to produce a well-defined signal that allows easy identification of the reflected signal while preserving critical information, such as the location of the event and relative signal strength.