Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dual-active bridge converter and methods of operating the same. The dual-active bridge converter can include a transformer, a DC-AC converter, an AC-DC converter, and/or a control device. The DC-AC converter can be coupled to a first DC bus and a primary side of the transformer. The AC-DC converter can be coupled to a secondary side of the transformer and a second DC bus. The control device can send a first PWM signal to the DC-AC converter and a second PWM signal to the AC-DC converter. The first and second PWM signals can initiate the output voltage at zero, add jump edges at odd-numbered current harmonics, or make a phase of the input voltage trail a phase of the output voltage of the DC-AC converter. The control device can adjust the PWM signals for transformer current regulation or pulse overlap control.

Abstract: An information transmission method and an apparatus. The information transmission method includes: a receive end sends first indication information, where the first indication information indicates a target receiving mode of the receive end, and the target receiving mode is one of a plurality of receiving modes. The receive end receives service information based on the target receiving mode. The receive end performs decoding processing on the service information based on the target receiving mode. In this way, power consumption can be further reduced, and information transmission of a plurality of service types can be supported, thereby improving information transmission flexibility and user experience.

Abstract: A ripple control method for a modular cascaded power conversion device is provided. The method obtains, according to a grid voltage vector of three-phase AC power, a second-order fluctuating voltage superposition vector representing the total amount of second-order fluctuating voltages on respective floating DC sides of the three phases; determines a single-phase power control amount of each phase to be transferred from the floating DC sides to a low-voltage DC side; determines a single-module power control amount of each power module to be transferred to a low-voltage DC side thereof; and generates a single-module control signal for controlling the power module, so as to transfer a second-order fluctuating voltage on a floating DC side of the power module to the low-voltage DC side thereof. A modular cascaded power conversion device is also provided.

Abstract: Three-dimensional biomimetic tissue scaffolds, as well as methods of manufacture of these scaffolds. The method is fully customizable to create a biomimetic tissue scaffold with shapes, densities, and geometries similar or identical to the tissue it imitates. For example, physiologically realistic collagen/PEG villi created using the method are designed to have a high-aspect ratio and curvature similar to villi found in the human small intestine. Accordingly, the biomimetic tissue scaffolds serve as an improved in vitro model for a wide variety of physiological research, as well as pharmacological testing and drug, compound, and/or metabolite uptake by cells growing on the scaffold, among many other uses.