Abstract: A system, a computer readable storage medium, and a method for automatically siting for air quality monitoring stations includes collecting from air quality monitoring stations air pollution concentration data, collecting from meteorological stations meteorological data, and interpolating, by the at least one or more processors, the air pollution concentration data to provide interpolated air pollution concentration data. The method and system can further cluster the interpolated air pollution concentration data and the meteorological data to provide clustered data and select a candidate site for an air monitoring station using the clustered data. The method and system can further evaluate a relationship of the air pollution concentration data with the meteorological data by weighting the air pollution data with the meteorological data.

Abstract: A method of decoding a color barcode involves simultaneously illuminating the color barcode with three light zones in a manner that illuminates each bar of the color barcode with each of the three spatially separated light zones, where the three light zones are each illuminated by a different one of three colors; capturing a monochrome image of light reflected off of the color barcode that includes each of the bars in the barcode illuminated by the three light zones; and for each bar in the color barcode, determining a color of the bar by analysis of the intensity of the light captured in the image of the reflected light intensity in each of the three light zones.

Abstract: Provided herein are lithium-air battery cells comprising nanostructured (e.g., nanofiber) anode, cathode, and/or separator/electrolyte components.

Abstract: A portable power bank includes a main body, a charging slot, a back plate, and a charging module. The charging slot is at the back surface of the main body. The charging slot has an accommodating space for receiving an electronic product. The back plate is pivotally connected to the back surface and is movable between a first position and a second position. A first angle is between the back plate at the first position and the back surface, and the back plate at the second position is received on the back surface. The output terminal of the charging module is at the surrounding wall for charging the electronic product. The conversion circuit of the charging module is for converting electricity from the input terminal and outputting to the battery or the output terminal, and converting electricity stored in the battery and outputting to the output terminal.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides tubulysin analogs of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2, X3, and A1 are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present disclosure also provides methods of preparing the compounds disclosed herein. In another aspect, the present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use of the compounds disclosed herein.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for dynamic real-time texture alignment for three-dimensional (3D) models. A computing device receives input images of objects in a scene, and generates a 3D model for at least one of the objects, comprising a plurality of mesh triangles. The computing device projects each mesh triangle of the 3D model to one of the input images. The computing device measures a texture discontinuity between adjacent mesh triangles of the projected image by comparing color differences in a shared edge of the adjacent mesh triangles. The computing device translates a texture associated with the adjacent mesh triangles in different directions to create texture candidates. The computing device applies the texture candidates to the corresponding mesh triangles until a seamless texture join is formed on the shared edge. The computing device generates a textured 3D model using the 3D model, the projected image, and the texture candidates.

Abstract: An illuminator is provided, comprising a support frame arranged symmetrically around an optical axis of an optical sensor. The illuminator includes at least one light bar connected to the support frame. At least one light source is connected to the support frame, wherein each of the at least one light source is configured to direct light towards one of the opposing ends of one of the at least one light bar. The illuminator further includes a peripheral cover configured to receive light emitted from the front face of each of the at least one light bar. The peripheral cover is further configured to emit dark field illumination at a low incident angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to the optical axis and to emit bright field illumination at a high incident angle with respect to the plane perpendicular to the optical axis.

Abstract: A method of decoding a color barcode involves simultaneously illuminating the color barcode with three light zones in a manner that illuminates each bar of the color barcode with each of the three spatially separated light zones, where the three light zones are each illuminated by a different one of three colors; capturing a monochrome image of light reflected off of the color barcode that includes each of the bars in the barcode illuminated by the three light zones; and for each bar in the color barcode, determining a color of the bar by analysis of the intensity of the light captured in the image of the reflected light intensity in each of the three light zones.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and a device for predicting character behaviors of a non-player character in a game.

Abstract: A method for generating electric substation load transfer control parameters includes adjusting elements in a fundamental scale matrix according to a condition change of a power grid, wherein the fundamental scale matrix is constructed based on the topology structure of the power grid, and the elements in the fundamental scale matrix represent switch information and risk values of paths between nodes of the power grid, wherein the switch information represents number of switching times required for connecting two nodes of the power grid; and performing operations on the adjusted fundamental scale matrix to generate switch information and risk values of paths for electric substation load transfer control, as electric substation load transfer control parameters.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a condition of a battery includes a mode identifying unit configured to identify a usage mode of the battery during a period of time and its corresponding attenuation curve, according to recorded data on battery usage, stored usage modes of the battery and attenuation curves corresponding to the various usage modes, the attenuation curve representing a change of a fully charged capacity of the battery with battery usage; and a condition estimating unit configured to calculate battery degradation according to the recorded data, the identified usage mode and its corresponding attenuation curve, the degradation representing a quantity of the fully charged capacity of the battery that is reduced over the battery usage. The condition of the battery is estimated so as to rationally judge the residual value of the battery in operation.

Abstract: Barcode reading devices for creating an easy-to-use experience are provided. In one implementation, a barcode reading apparatus comprises a housing having at least a scan body and an image sensor disposed within the housing. The image sensor is configured to read the barcode. The apparatus further includes a scanning frame and a viewing frame. The scanning frame is formed in a first bottom surface of the scan body and is configured to enable the image sensor to visually detect the barcode when the barcode is placed in a scanning zone at least partially below the scan body. The viewing frame is formed in a first top surface of the scan body and is configured to enable a user to view the barcode through both the viewing frame and scanning frame when the barcode is placed in the scanning zone.

Abstract: A system, a computer readable storage medium, and a method for automatically siting for air quality monitoring stations includes collecting from air quality monitoring stations air pollution concentration data, collecting from meteorological stations meteorological data, and interpolating, by the at least one or more processors, the air pollution concentration data to provide interpolated air pollution concentration data. The method and system can further cluster the interpolated air pollution concentration data and the meteorological data to provide clustered data and select a candidate site for an air monitoring station using the clustered data. The method and system can further evaluate a relationship of the air pollution concentration data with the meteorological data by weighting the air pollution data with the meteorological data.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a mass of graphene-embraced particulates, comprising (A) peeling off graphene sheets from graphite particles and directly or indirectly transferring these graphene sheets to encapsulate primary particles of an anode active material using an energy-impact device, wherein multiple graphene sheets are overlapped together to embrace or encapsulate a primary particle; and (B) combining the resulting graphene-encapsulated primary particles with additional graphene sheets, along with an optional conductive additive, to form graphene-embraced particulates. Also provided are an anode electrode comprising multiple graphene-embraced particulates and a battery comprising such an anode electrode.

Abstract: A process for producing a graphene/Si nanowire hybrid material, comprising: (a) dispersing catalyst metal-coated Si particles, graphene sheets, and an optional blowing agent in a liquid medium to form a graphene/Si dispersion; (b) dispensing and depositing the dispersion onto a supporting substrate to form a wet layer and removing the liquid medium from the wet layer to form a dried layer of graphene/Si mixture material; (c) exposing the dried layer to a high temperature environment, from 300° C. to 2,000° C., to induce volatile gas molecules from graphene sheets or to activate the blowing agent for producing the graphene foam and to enable a catalyst metal-catalyzed growth of multiple Si nanowires emanated from Si particles as a feed material in pores of the foam to form a layer of the hybrid material; and (d) operating a mechanical breaking means to produce the Si nanowire/graphene hybrid material in a powder mass form.

Abstract: Provided is a powder mass of a graphene/Si nanowire hybrid material as a lithium-ion battery anode active material, comprising multiple Si nanowires inter-mixed with multiple graphene sheets wherein the Si nanowires have a diameter from 2 nm to 50 nm, a length from 50 nm to 20 ?m and a radius of curvature from 100 nm to 10 ?m, and the Si nanowires are in an amount from 0.5% to 99%. Preferably, the powder mass comprises multiple secondary particles or particulates and at least one of the particulates comprises a core and a shell embracing the core, wherein the core comprises a single or a plurality of graphene sheets and a plurality of Si nanowires, and the graphene sheets and the Si nanowires are mutually bonded or agglomerated in the core and the shell comprises one or a plurality of graphene sheets that embrace or encapsulate the core.

Abstract: A method for enabling multiple subscriber identification module (SIM) profiles on a single embedded SIM includes installing a first SIM profile associated with a first mobile communication service that a user subscribes to and installing a second SIM profile associated with a second mobile communication service that the user subscribes to that is different than the first mobile communication service. The method also includes simultaneously enabling the first SIM profile to communicate with data processing hardware via a dedicated first communication interface and the second SIM profile to communicate with the data processing hardware via a dedicated second communication interface. The method also includes when using the enabled first SIM profile and the enabled second SIM profile, connecting to the first mobile communication service and the second mobile communication service simultaneously.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for identifying substrates of E3 ubiquitin ligases. The proteins, vectors, compositions, and may be utilized in methods for orthogonal ubiquitin transfer (OUT) between variant components of the ubiquitin cascade such as a variant ubiquitin (UB), a variant ubiquitin activating enzyme (E1), a variant ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2), and a variant ubiquitin ligase (E3), which may include a variant HECT type, U-box type, RBR type, and/or Ring type E3 ligase. The variant components of the ubiquitin cascade typically include one or more mutations relative to their wild-type counterparts, such as amino acid substitutions, such that the variant components interact specifically and orthogonally with each of their variant components and do not interact with the wild-type counterpart of their variant components.

Abstract: A method for establishing and using a pollutant emission scavenging forecasting (PESF) model to calculate a purgeable pollutant emission to dynamically control an emitted pollutant at any target concentration. The dynamic control considers the initial pollutant concentration and pollutant scavenging ability of atmosphere. The method further takes into account the constraint conditions specified by a user, and employs a dynamic emission correction system to quickly calculate an optimal pollutant emission scheme. If the emission is lower than minimum acceptable value for a current time instance (a moment), the method corrects the emission intensity before (prior to) this moment by changing the initial concentration at this time. This initial concentration is the final pollutant concentration of a prior moment. Since the method makes full use of the atmospheric pollutants scavenging ability, the dynamic emission control scheme can provide the most effective and lowest economic losses solution.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for converting building block programming into a program code. The method comprises: setting up building blocks including input parameters, wherein the building blocks mean statement units in the building block programming; setting up a configuration file for converting the building blocks into program codes, wherein the configuration file comprises a plurality of code regions and subprogram codes respectively set up in the plurality of code regions; and converting the building blocks into corresponding program codes according to the subprogram codes and the input parameters respectively set up in the plurality of code regions. The problem in the prior art that the building block programming cannot be applied to different electronic modules is solved.