Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing lithium iron phosphate from ferric hydroxyphosphate, including: purifying ferrous sulfate to form a ferrous sulfate solution, adding hydrogen peroxide, phosphoric acid, an ammonium dihydrogen phosphate solution and ammonia water into the ferrous sulfate solution and then reacting to form a mixed slurry, holding the mixed slurry at a temperature for a period of time, and then washing with water and subjecting to press filtration to form ferric hydroxyphosphate precursors with different iron-phosphorus ratios; then flash drying, sintering at a high temperature, and pulverizing to obtain ferric hydroxyphosphate precursors with different iron-phosphorus ratios and different specific surface areas.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of lithium ion batteries, and discloses a lithium iron phosphate lithium-rich oxide composite, a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The method comprises: (1) mechanically fusing LiFePO4 with a lithium-rich oxide in a protective gas atmosphere, wherein the weight ratio of the LiFePO4 to the lithium-rich oxide is 100:2-15; and (2) sequentially sieving and demagnetizing the obtained mechanically fused material to obtain the lithium iron phosphate lithium-rich oxide composite. In the method provided by the present disclosure, by mechanically fusing a specific amount of lithium-rich oxide with LiFePO4, the lithium iron phosphate lithium-rich oxide composite is obtained, and the electrochemical performance of a LiFePO4 lithium ion battery is improved.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes, a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, and a charge generation layer. The first light-emitting unit, between the pair of electrodes, and the first light-emitting unit, includes a first light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting unit, between the pair of electrodes, includes a second light-emitting layer. A first luminescent layer includes a first main body material, a second main body material, a first guest material, and a first auxiliary material, and the first main body material forms a first excimer complex with the second main body material. A first excited triplet state energy level of the first auxiliary material is lower than a first excited triplet state energy level of the first excimer complex, and the first excited triplet state energy level of the first auxiliary material is higher than that of the first guest material.

Abstract: A refrigerant distributor (4) includes: a box body (42); a refrigerant inlet (41) arranged on an upper surface (421) of the box body (42); liquid exit openings (46) evenly arranged on a lower surface (422) of the box body (42); and end plates arranged at both ends of the box body (42) in a length direction and enclosing the box body (42) from the two ends; wherein, in a height direction from the lower surface (422) of the box body (42) to the upper surface (421) and within a predetermined height range starting from the lower surface (422), a width of the box body (42) increases gradually; and a pre-distributor (3) is arranged inside the box body (42).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for hydrate-based wastewater treatment and cold storage. The apparatus for hydrate-based wastewater treatment and cold storage includes a water chilling unit, a hydrate-based cold storage tank, an airflow disturbance device, a water layer positioning system, a spraying system, a suction filtration system, a heat exchange system, and a system monitoring device. The water chilling unit provides a secondary refrigerant at a low temperature. The secondary refrigerant flows through an evaporator coil in the hydrate-based cold storage tank for heat exchange. The airflow disturbance device induces hydrate nucleation. The water layer positioning system positions a contact surface between a water layer and a hydrate former after hydrate decomposition to facilitate drawing and separation of the treated upper water layer. The spraying system and the suction filtration system enhance the solid-liquid separation efficiency to improve the removal rate of pollutants.

Abstract: Disclosed are a preparation method for manganese-doped red phosphor, a device and a backlight module including the product. The method includes: 1) mixing A2BF6 polycrystalline particles with mill balls; 2) mixing A2BF6 powder obtained after ball-milling with a hydrofluoric acid for secondary crystallization; 3) filtering out solid particles in A2BF6 and hydrofluoric acid solution after the secondary crystallization; 4) performing ion exchange between A2BF6 particles and A2BF6; and 5) filtering out solid particles to obtain a filter cake, and performing drying treatment to obtain manganese-doped red phosphor.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for managing an esophagus of a subject during a medical procedure, such as cardiac tissue ablation or bronchial tissue ablation. Managing the esophagus may include displacing the esophagus, imaging the esophagus, and/or measuring temperature at one or more locations inside the esophagus. One example esophageal management system generally includes a tube configured for insertion through a mouth and into the esophagus of the subject. The tube generally includes a first port located at a proximal end of the tube and in fluid communication with a distal portion of the tube via a first path, a second port located at the proximal end of the tube, and a third port located between the proximal end of the tube and a distal end of the tube and in fluid communication with the second port via a second path.

Abstract: In a file sharing system, a key manager unit realizes a correspondence between the first user identifier and the first public key in response to a registration request of the first user, generates a first key material for encrypting the first file into a first encrypted file, and generates a first credential according to the first user identifier, the first file identifier, the first public key and the first key material after receiving an access-right claim request to the first file from the first user. A file storage unit stores the first encrypted file and the first credential. The first user uses the first user identifier, the first file identifier and the first private key to retrieve the first key material out of the first credential, and uses the first key material to decrypt the first encrypted file into the first file.

Abstract: A method for predicting clinical severity of a neurological disorder includes steps of: a) identifying, according to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of a brain, brain image regions each of which contains a respective portion of diffusion index values of a diffusion index, which results from image processing performed on the MRI image; b) for one of the brain image regions, calculating a characteristic parameter based on the respective portion of the diffusion index values; and c) calculating a severity score that represents the clinical severity of the neurological disorder of the brain based on the characteristic parameter of the one of the brain image regions via a prediction model associated with the neurological disorder.

Abstract: Provided is an aliphatic polyester composition. The aliphatic polyester composition comprises a polybutylene succinate, wherein the proton nuclear magnetic resonance of the aliphatic polyester composition has a first characteristic peak and a second characteristic peak. The first characteristic peak is located between 3.84 ppm and 4.32 ppm, and the second characteristic peak is located between 5.65 ppm and 5.85 ppm. The integral value of the first characteristic peak is set to be 100 and the integral value of the second characteristic peak is less than 0.10. By controlling the integral value of the second characteristic peak in H1-NMR of the aliphatic polyester composition, the aliphatic polyester composition has good appearance and low concentration of carboxylic acid end group and thereby the product value thereof is increased.

Abstract: A computer system can receive user data from a computing device of a user, and based on the user data, determine that the user will utilize a transport service to arrive at a destination location at a specified time. The system can monitor transport provider availability within a proximity of a current location of the user prior to the specified time. The system can then determine a service request time for the user based at least in part on the transport provider availability, and automatically generate the service request for the user at the service request time to match the user to a transport provider.

Abstract: This application discloses a battery box. The battery box includes a controller, a first sensor, and a spraying apparatus and an extinguishing agent pipeline that are located above a battery module. The controller is electrically connected to the first sensor and the spraying apparatus. The spraying apparatus is connected to the extinguishing agent pipeline. The first sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the battery box, and send a first electrical signal to the controller. The controller is configured to control the spraying apparatus to spray an extinguishing agent to the battery module. According to the solution of this application, when thermal runaway occurs in the battery box, and the temperature exceeds a set threshold, a fire may be extinguished in time, to avoid spreading of the fire and reduce a loss.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for determining hemodynamic stability in a subject. In one example method, an optical signal is transmitted via at least one optical fiber in a set of one or more optical fibers partially disposed in a heart of the subject, wherein the at least one optical fiber in the set is configured to bend with the mechanical movement of the heart. A reflected portion of the optical signal is received via the at least one optical fiber, wherein changes in at least one parameter of the received reflected portion of the optical signal are indicative of the mechanical movement of the heart. A hemodynamic stability of the heart is determined based on the received reflected portion. Hemodynamic stability of the subject may further be determined based on thermal, ultrasound, and/or impedance signals measured in or near the heart.

Abstract: Provided are delayed sustained-release oral drug dosage forms comprising a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, such as tofacitinib. In other aspects, provided are methods of designing, methods of making, such as using three-dimensional printing, and methods of treatment and/or prevention associated with the oral drug dosage forms described herein.

Abstract: A miniaturized fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogation system may comprise a light source, a FBG sensor, and a photodetector. The FBG sensor may be configured to receive an optical signal from the light source, interact with a transmitted spectrum of the light source over a discriminating spectral domain, and generate a reflected optical signal representative of a change in a physical signal sensed by the FBG sensor. Additionally, the system may include a power management unit configured to reduce power consumption in order to prolong the lifespan of the system.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated Wi-Fi Access Point and cellular network Radio Unit (RU) include a communication system interfacing with a wired network for communicating Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic, the communication system integrating a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) with a cellular network Radio Unit (RU). The Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic can be processed in the communication system. The communication system can interface with at least one programmable Radio Frequency (RF) front end configured for wireless communication over one or more frequency bands for Wi-Fi traffic and one or more frequency bands for cellular network traffic (e.g., 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi).

Abstract: A miniaturized fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogation system may comprise a light source, a FBG sensor, and a photodetector. The FBG sensor may be configured to receive an optical signal from the light source, interact with a transmitted spectrum of the light source over a discriminating spectral domain, and generate a reflected optical signal representative of a change in a physical signal sensed by the FBG sensor. Additionally, the system may include a power management unit configured to reduce power consumption in order to prolong the lifespan of the system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for scheduling a processor core and a medium are provided. The method is applied to a terminal. The method includes: sending, by a target application, a target request to the operating system by calling a first application programming interface (API) provided by an embedded software development kit (SDK), the target request being used to indicate the operating system to feed back core information of the processor, and the core information including a configuration condition of the first performance core and the second performance core; feeding back, by the operating system, the core information to the target application; and scheduling, by the target application, a target core to operate a process of the target application in a system calling way based on the core information.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated Wi-Fi Access Point and cellular network Radio Unit (RU) include a communication system interfacing with a wired network for communicating Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic, the communication system integrating a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) with a cellular network Radio Unit (RU). The Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic can be processed in the communication system. The communication system can interface with at least one programmable Radio Frequency (RF) front end configured for wireless communication over one or more frequency bands for Wi-Fi traffic and one or more frequency bands for cellular network traffic (e.g., 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi).