Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tie resin formulation with excellent adhesion to polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The resin includes (A) an ethylene acrylate copolymer formed from ethylene and alkyl acrylate, where the ethylene acrylate copolymer has an acrylate content of 10 to 30 weight percent and an ethylene content of 90 to 70 weight percent based on the total weight of the ethylene acrylate copolymer and the acrylate content and (B) a transesterification catalyst; where the resin includes: 30 to 99.999 weight percent of the ethylene acrylate copolymer based on the total weight of the resin; 0.001 to 10 weight percent of the transesterification catalyst based on the total weight of the resin; and (C) 0 to 69.999 of a non-polar polyolefin based on the total weight of the resin.

Abstract: A method for detecting an insulation damage location in a reflux rail of a subway/coal mine and a transition resistance thereof includes the following steps: connecting a reflux rail to a negative electrode of a substation, selecting a location at a connecting point as a reference location, and mounting a potential detection apparatus at the reference location; mounting a travel distance detection apparatus and a traction current detection apparatus on a locomotive, traveling, by the locomotive, to the substation along the reflux rail, where the three detection apparatuses send respectively recorded data to a control unit; and determining, by the control unit, a potential jump from received potential data and a corresponding jump time, and determining a running distance of the locomotive at a jump moment and a total running length of the locomotive, so as to determine a ground insulation damage location.

Abstract: Various embodiments may provide a method of forming an electrical connection structure. The method may include forming a cavity on a front surface of a substrate, the substrate including an electrically conductive pad, by etching through the electrically conductive pad. The method may also include forming one or more dielectric liner layers covering an inner surface of the cavity. The method may further include forming a via hole extending from the cavity by etching through the one or more dielectric liner layers, forming one or more further dielectric liner layers covering an inner surface of the via hole. The method may additionally include depositing a suitable electrically conductive material into the cavity and the via hole to form a conductive via having a first portion in the cavity and a second portion in the via hole, a diameter of the first portion different from a diameter of the second portion.

Abstract: A device with a noise shaping function in sampling frequency control includes a first adder, an N-bit quantizer, a mapping circuit, a second adder, a first D flip-flop, a scaler, and a second D flip-flop. The first adder generates a first value according to an input signal, a second value, and a third value. The N-bit quantizer outputs a codeword to a controller according to the first value. Frequency adjusting orders corresponding to codewords outputted by the N-bit quantizer are between a smallest predetermined negative value and a largest positive predetermined value, the controller utilizes an adjusting order corresponding to the codeword to make a frequency generator generate adjusted sampling frequency, and N is an integer greater than 2. The first D flip-flop, the scaler, and the second D flip-flop are used for providing a high-pass filter effect to the device.

Abstract: A polyolefin-and-polyvinylpyrrolidone formulation comprising (A) an olefin-based (co)polymer, (B) a polyvinylpyrrolidone (co)polymer, and (C) an antioxidant. Also a method of making the composition; a crosslinked polyolefin product made by curing the composition; manufactured articles comprising a shaped form of the inventive formulation or product; and methods of using the inventive formulation, product, or articles.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for increasing the image resolution of a digital image is provided. The method includes performing bicubic upsampling of the digital image to generate a base high-resolution (HR) image. The digital image is converted from a red-green-blue (RGB) color space to a Luma (Y), Chroma Blue Difference (Cb), and Chroma Red Difference (Cr) (YCbCr) color space to generate a low-resolution (LR) residual image. A plurality of convolutional layers of a neural network model is applied to the LR residual image to convert it to a plurality of HR residual sub-images corresponding to the digital image. An HR image corresponding to the digital image is generated using the base HR image and the plurality of HR residual sub-images.

Abstract: A light guide plate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The light guide plate includes a glass substrate, an adhesive layer arranged at a surface of the glass substrate, a reflector arranged at a surface of the adhesive layer away from the glass substrate, and a total reflection structure distributed in the adhesive layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a three-way catalyst product, and the use thereof in an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine. The catalyst product for exhaust gas treatment contains a carrier comprising an inlet end and an outlet end and having an axial length L; a first catalytic region starting from the inlet end and extending by a length less than the axial length L, wherein the first catalytic region contains a first palladium component; a second catalytic region starting from the outlet end and extending by a length less than the axial length L, wherein the second catalytic region contains a second palladium component; and a third catalytic region starting from the outlet end and extending by a length less than the axial length L, wherein the third catalytic region contains a third rhodium component, and the third catalytic region is stacked on the second catalytic region.

Abstract: Provided is a method for regenerating an aromatic amide compound into a corresponding aromatic nitrile compound, the method realizing a dehydration reaction of providing a target compound selectively at a high yield, with generation of a by-product being suppressed. Also provided is a method for producing an aromatic nitrile compound that decreases the number of steps of the dehydration reaction and significantly improves the reaction speed even at a pressure close to normal pressure. In addition, the above-described production method is applied to a carbonate ester production method to provide a method for producing a carbonate ester efficiently. The above-described methods are realized by a method for producing an aromatic nitrile compound including a dehydration reaction of dehydrating an aromatic amide compound, in which the dehydration reaction uses, as a solvent, any of 1,2-dimethoxybenzene, 1,3-dimethoxybenzene and 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene.

Abstract: Various tactile sensors and associated methods are enabled. For instance, a sensing apparatus comprises a photosensitive sensor. A compound-eye structure is on the photosensitive sensor and an elastomer layer is on the compound-eye structure. A reflective layer is on the elastomer layer, opposite the compound-eye structure and a light source emits light between the reflective layer and the compound-eye structure.

Abstract: A composition includes polyethylene; a multifunctional co-agent having a functionality of 3 or greater, where the multifunctional co-agent is from 100 to 2000 ppm based upon the polyethylene; and a free radical generator, where the free radical generator is from 5 to 100 ppm based upon the polyethylene. Such composition may be utilized to form modified polyethylenes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for updating strapdown inertial navigation solutions based on a launch-centered earth-fixed (LCEF) frame (g frame). The present invention uses the g frame as a navigation reference frame of a medium-to-short-range surface-to-surface missile. This is beneficial to establish a relative relationship between the missile and the ground so as to keep the same missile parameters required by a missile control and guidance system. The calculation of a navigation algorithm in the g frame is moderate, which is suitable for an embedded system.

Abstract: A coating composition which provides a coating with a very low adhesion to ice is disclosed. The coating composition contains a cross-linked silicone binder resin and an elastomeric silicone powder.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a bend control optimization method and system. The bend control optimization method includes: acquiring lateral motion data of a vehicle, where the lateral motion data includes a steering angle; determining a lateral acceleration according to the lateral motion data; determining a longitudinal acceleration pre-correction amount of the vehicle according to the lateral motion data and the lateral acceleration; determining a longitudinal acceleration correction amount according to the longitudinal acceleration pre-correction amount; and adjusting longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle according to the longitudinal acceleration correction amount to assist the vehicle to conduct bend driving.

Abstract: A finger of a robotic hand includes a palm portion, a fixed phalanx fixed to the palm portion, a first movable phalanx rotatably connected to the fixed phalanx, a second movable phalanx rotatably connected to the first movable phalanx, a first pulling member to pull the first movable phalanx so as to rotate the first movable phalanx with respect to the fixed phalanx, a second pulling member to pull the second movable phalanx so as to rotate the second movable phalanx with respect to the first movable phalanx, and an actuator to pull the first pulling member.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a carbon dots-based photocatalytic electrode for simultaneous organic matter degradation and heavy metal reduction and preparation method and use thereof, which belong to the field of multifunctional environmental materials and water treatment. With respect to the insufficient ability of simultaneous organic matter degradation and heavy metal reduction of existing photocatalytic electrodes, the present application provides a photocatalytic electrode with a Z-type heterojunction structure constructed by using carbon dots (CDs) as an electronic assistant. The directional transfer ability of photo-generated electrons is improved, while the recombination efficiency of photo-generated electrons and holes is reduced. The performance of a photocatalytic electrode in simultaneous organic matter degradation and heavy metal reduction is thereby improved.

Abstract: An enhanced HFET, comprising a HFET device body.

Abstract: Methods, devices and apparatus for reconstructing a magnetic resonance image are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: determining array coil images according to first data collected by array coils of an MRI device during a prescan, where each coil of the array coils corresponds to a respective one of channels; determining a quadrature body coil image according to at least one of second data collected by a quadrature body coil of the MRI device during the prescan and the first data collected by the array coils; obtaining a corrected quadrature body coil image by correcting an uniformity of the quadrature body coil image; determining coil sensitivity maps according to the array coil images and the corrected quadrature body coil image; and reconstructing a magnetic resonance image with third data collected by the array coils during a normal scan according to the coil sensitivity maps.

Abstract: The utility model discloses a motor stator assembly, a motor and an electric vehicle having the motor. The motor stator assembly comprises a stator iron core and at least two sets of symmetrical three-phase windings, which are arranged to wind the stator iron core respectively, wherein phase differences among three phases Ui, Vi and Wi of each set of the three-phase windings are a 120° electrical angle, and i is the set number of the three-phase windings. In order to address the problem of high output power of drive system, the motor stator assembly uses two sets of three-phase windings having a symmetrical spatial arrangement, and each set of windings is considered as an independent unit and is controlled via a power device respectively; finally, the output powers are superimposed so that the capacity of the inverter is increased while also avoiding problems of equalized current and over-voltage.

Abstract: Applications may request persistent storage in nonvolatile memory. The persistent storage is maintained across power events and application instantiations. Persistent storage may be maintained by systems with or without memory management units.