Abstract: A method for making a carbon material for an anode of a lithium-ion secondary battery includes a sequence of: a) heating a heavy hydrocarbon oil to obtain a green coke, b) a heating the green coke to form a carbon-containing material, c) grinding the carbon-containing material into a powder, and collecting a portion of the powder, d) heating the portion of the powder to obtain a carbonaceous powder, and e) adding pitch to the carbonaceous powder and heating the pitch-contained carbonaceous powder. A lithium-ion secondary battery, which includes the anode having the carbon material, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A lithium cell for a lithium metal battery includes: an electrolyte material; a cathode structure arranged on one side of the electrolyte material, the cathode structure including a cathode electrode and a cathode current collector; and an anode structure arranged on an opposite side of the electrolyte material from the cathode structure. The anode structure includes: an anode current collector; a lithium metal anode arranged on a side of the anode current collector arranged facing the electrolyte material; and a protective coating deposited on a surface of the lithium metal anode and arranged facing the electrolyte material, wherein the protective coating extends beyond the lithium metal anode and onto the anode current collector so as to seal both a surface and edge regions of the lithium metal anode from contact with a liquid electrolyte of the electrolyte material.

Abstract: Geologic modeling methods and systems disclosed herein employ fault face parameterization to constrain and improve the transformation of a faulted physical space geologic model into an unfaulted depositional space geologic model. An illustrative embodiment includes: associating a seismic image with each face of at least one fault in a subsurface region; determining a correspondence map between the seismic images for said at least one fault; parameterizing the faces using the correspondence map to match parameter value assignments for corresponding portions of the faces; creating a displacement map that draws together matching parameter values to align the corresponding portions of the faces; applying the displacement map to the geologic model to create a design space model; modifying the design space model; applying the displacement map in reverse to the modified design space model to obtain a modified geologic model; and outputting the modified geologic model.

Abstract: Geologic modeling methods and systems disclosed herein employ fault face parameterization to constrain and improve the transformation of a faulted physical space geologic model into an unfaulted depositional space geologic model. An illustrative embodiment includes: associating a seismic image with each face of at least one fault in a subsurface region; determining a correspondence map between the seismic images for said at least one fault; parameterizing the faces using the correspondence map to match parameter value assignments for corresponding portions of the faces; creating a displacement map that draws together matching parameter values to align the corresponding portions of the faces; applying the displacement map to the geologic model to create a design space model; modifying the design space model; applying the displacement map in reverse to the modified design space model to obtain a modified geologic model; and outputting the modified geologic model.

Abstract: An actuator includes a motor driving a worm, a gearbox, and a motor control module. The gearbox includes a gearbox housing, a worm wheel mounted in the gearbox and meshed with the worm, and an output mechanism coaxially fixed to the worm wheel. The motor control module includes a control module housing, a printed circuit board received in the control module housing, and a connector connected to the printed circuit board and mounted at an open end of the control module housing, the control module housing connected with the gearbox housing. The control module housing comprises at least one plane surface with at least one resilient vibration absorber mounted thereon.

Abstract: An actuator includes a motor driving a worm, a gearbox, and a motor control module. The gearbox includes a gearbox housing, a worm wheel for meshing with the worm, an output mechanism fixed to the worm wheel. The gearbox housing defines worm chamber and worm wheel chamber. The motor control module includes a control module housing, a printed circuit board and a connector of the printed circuit board. The control module housing defines a control module chamber and the connector is mounted at an open end of the control module chamber. The control module housing is connected with the gearbox housing. The control module chamber and the worm wheel chamber are located on opposite sides of the worm chamber. An isolation slot is defined between the control module chamber and the worm chamber.

Abstract: Method for mitigating coherent noise and seismic data using an adaptively varying filter. The strongest and most coherent pattern (53), generally associated with the geology, is adaptively removed (56) from the original seismic data, producing an intermediate product that consists predominantly of noise. These noise data are then removed from the original input data (57) to produce a significantly more interpretable seismic volume.

Abstract: The present invention provides a document editor and a method for editing document to facilitate the collaboration between users. The document editor comprises a user interface for editing and displaying document information; a dispatcher for identifying objects in the user interface and their identifiers according to object definition, and providing the object information to the user interface; and at least one connector, for communicating with remote or local service using the identifier and address of at least one of the objects, to exchange the object information with the remote or local service and transfer the information to the dispatcher. According to the document editor and the method for editing document, a user could obtain more information of the object embedded in the document and effectively avoid operation failure on the object.

Abstract: An actuator includes a motor driving a worm, a gearbox, and a motor control module. The gearbox includes a gearbox housing, a worm wheel for meshing with the worm, an output mechanism fixed to the worm wheel. The gearbox housing defines worm chamber and worm wheel chamber. The motor control module includes a control module housing, a printed circuit board and a connector of the printed circuit board. The control module housing defines a control module chamber and the connector is mounted at an open end of the control module chamber. The control module housing is connected with the gearbox housing. The control module chamber and the worm wheel chamber are located on opposite sides of the worm chamber. An isolation slot is defined between the control module chamber and the worm chamber.

Abstract: An actuator includes a motor driving a worm, a gearbox, and a motor control module. The gearbox includes a gearbox housing, a worm wheel mounted in the gearbox and meshed with the worm, and an output mechanism coaxially fixed to the worm wheel. The motor control module includes a control module housing, a printed circuit board received in the control module housing, and a connector connected to the printed circuit board and mounted at an open end of the control module housing, the control module housing connected with the gearbox housing. The control module housing comprises at least one plane surface with at least one resilient vibration absorber mounted thereon.

Abstract: Method for mitigating coherent noise and seismic data using an adaptively varying filter. The strongest and most coherent pattern (53), generally associated with the geology, is adaptively removed (56) from the original seismic data, producing an intermediate product that consists predominantly of noise. These noise data are then removed from the original input data (57) to produce a significantly more interpretable seismic volume.

Abstract: A class of compounds having Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, dyslipidemia, and other lipid disorders, and in delaying the onset of or reducing the risk of developing conditions and sequelae that are associated with these diseases, such as atherosclerosis.

Abstract: Phenoxyphenyl and phenoxybenzyl oxazolidine-2,4-diones and thiazolidine-2,4-diones of formula (I) are agonists or partial agonists of PPAR gamma and are useful in the treatment and control of hyperglycemia that is symptomatic of type II diabetes, as well as dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity that are often associated with type 2 diabetes.

Abstract: A class of benzodihydrofuran compounds having the structure of formula (I) below and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, dyslipidemia, and other lipid disorders, and in delaying the onset of or reducing the risk of conditions and sequelae that are associated with these diseases, such as atherosclerosis.