Abstract: An electroactive material for an electrochemical cell is provided. The electroactive material includes a plurality of lithium-rich, manganese-rich layered electroactive material particles, where at least a portion of the lithium-rich, manganese-rich layered electroactive material particles defining the plurality has a coating that includes an oxygen storage material. The coating that includes the oxygen storage material has an average thickness greater than or equal to about 100 nanometers to less than or equal to about 2 micrometers, and the oxygen storage material is selected from the group consisting of: La(1-x)SrxMnO3 (where 0?x?0.3), La(1-x)SrxFeO3 (where 0?x?0.3), La(1-x)CaxMnO3 (where 0?x?0.3), La(1-x)BaxMnO3 (where 0?x?0.3), LaMnO3, LaFeO3, LaMnO3, LaFeO3, CeO2, CeO2—MnOx (where 3?x?4), CeO2—FeOx (where 2?x?3), CeO2—WO3, CeO2—MoO6, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing taurine and a method for recovering a mother liquor thereof. The method for recovering the taurine mother liquor comprises: providing a taurine mother liquor, and mixing the taurine mother liquor and a treating agent to obtain a solid-containing suspension, wherein the treating agent is a water-soluble organic solvent or a mixture of the water-soluble organic solvent and water; filtering the suspension to obtain a first solid product and a first filtrate; and dissolving the first solid product with an ammonia source, and then filtering same to obtain a second solid product and a second filtrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device and a manufacturing method thereof, including: forming a device board; forming a color resist layer on the device board; forming a black matrix layer on the device board, wherein at least a portion of the color resist blocks is defined in a grid region in the black matrix layer, and at least a portion of an orthographic projection of the color resist blocks on the device board covers at least a portion of an orthographic projection of an adjacent part of the black matrix layer on the device board; and forming a planarization layer covering the color resist blocks and the black matrix layer.

Abstract: The present application discloses a doped metal oxide semiconductor which is an indium tin oxide or indium tin zinc oxide semiconductor doped with a rare earth oxide. Even at a small doping amount, the oxygen vacancies could be suppressed as well as the mobility be maintained; critically, the thin-films made thereof can avoid the influence of light on I-V characteristics and stability, which results in great improvement of the stability under illumination of metal oxide semiconductor devices. The present application also discloses the thin-film transistors made thereof the doped metal oxide semiconductor and its application.

Abstract: Charging/recharging systems and charge status indicators are provided. In one implementation, a charge status indicator includes a charge sensing device configured to sense the charge of a rechargeable power supply. The charge status indicator further includes a detection device configured to compare the sensed charge with a plurality of predetermined levels in order to determine one of a plurality of capacity ranges of the rechargeable power supply. The charge status indicator also includes a first light emitting diode (LED), a second LED, and a switching circuit configured to switch the first and second LEDs on and off using a plurality of predefined illumination patterns to indicate the capacity range of the rechargeable power supply.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a display substrate and method for preparation thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes a base, a piezoelectric layer arranged on the base, and a thin-film transistor arranged on the piezoelectric layer, said piezoelectric layer being configured to convert heat generated by the thin-film transistor into sound waves.

Abstract: Bandwidth-controlled, private, multi-party joint data processing is described. When performing an nth iteration of joint data processing on service data, multiple participants separately determine a same nth identifier at the current iteration and includes sub-identifiers separately corresponding to service data of the multiple participants. The multiple participants are enabled to separately determine their respective random arrays in a predetermined trusted interaction manner and based on the nth identifier and initial seeds of the multiple participants. When a first sub-identifier exists in a correspondence between sub-identifiers and confidential data, the multiple participants separately obtain first confidential data corresponding to the first sub-identifier and perform the current iteration of joint data processing with another participant using secure multi-party computation (MPC) based on exchange of other confidential data and respective first confidential data.

Abstract: An epitaxial substrate having a 2D material interposer, the epitaxial substrate extending along an epitaxial interface direction, wherein the epitaxial substrate includes: a polycrystalline base substrate having a superficial layer, a wafer bevel, and a back surface, wherein a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion between the polycrystalline base substrate and MN or GaN is not greater than 1.5×106° C.?1 in a direction parallel to the epitaxial interface; a multi-orientation 2D ultra-thin material interposer arranged on the superficial layer of the polycrystalline base substrate, wherein the multi-orientation 2D ultra-thin material interposer has a top layer, a lattice constant of the top layer being highly matched with that of AlN, AlGaN, or GaN; and an AlN, AlGaN, or GaN-based epitaxial layer, which is epitaxially grown on a portion of the multi-orientation 2D ultra-thin material interposer distant from the polycrystalline base substrate.

Abstract: There are provided, inter alia, compositions and methods for covalently binding peptides to proteins.

Abstract: A method for performing seamless relocation of a mobile terminal in a wireless network includes selecting a first serving gateway (SGW) among a plurality of SGWs and a first packet data network gateway (PGW) among a plurality of PGWs, wherein the first SGW connects to the first PGW to setup the first S5 session, establishing a first communication channel between the terminal and the first PGW and assigning an internet protocol (IP) address to the terminal, selecting a second SGW among the plurality of SGWs when the terminal is about to move out of an area being served by the first SGW, connecting the second SGW to the second PGW to setup a new S5 session when a second PGW among the plurality of PGWs is closer to the second SGW than the first PGW or connecting the second SGW to the first PGW to modify the first S5 session when no PGW is closer to the second SGW than the first PGW, establishing a second communication channel between the terminal and the second SGW using the IP address allocated to the terminal,

Abstract: A new sliding sleeve relates to the technical field of oil and gas well completion and reservoir stimulation, comprising an upper connector, a lower connector, an outer housing, an inner sleeve and a shear pin. The upper connector and the lower connector are respectively connected to two ends of the outer housing, and the inner sleeve is locked in the outer housing via the shear pin, wherein a flow guiding hole is provided in the outer housing, and the inner sleeve can open or close the flow guiding hole, wherein at least two grooves for engaging with at least two corresponding tooth-shaped elements on a sliding sleeve opening tool are disposed along an axial direction in the inner sleeve, and wherein an erosion-resistant ring is embedded in the groove, and an inner diameter of the erosion-resistant ring is larger than or equal to an inner diameter of the inner sleeve.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires images captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle, and a memory that can store the images. The controller acquires travel data on the vehicle for when the image was captured and stores the image in the memory in a case in which the travel data satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A method includes identifying at least a portion of a surface that has a coefficient of friction that is less than a coefficient of friction threshold. The method also incudes determining whether a vehicle speed is greater than a vehicle speed threshold, and determining whether an operator of the vehicle is engaging a handwheel of the vehicle. The method also includes, generating a first alert signal, selectively adjusting at least one steering characteristic of a steering system of the vehicle from a first value to a second value, and, in response to at least one of a reduction in the vehicle speed and a distance between the vehicle and the portion of the surface having the coefficient of friction being less than a distance threshold, selectively adjusting the at least one steering characteristic from the second value to the first value.

Abstract: A radio-frequency antenna comprises a radiating element comprising a plurality n of D-shaped arms, each extending in a respective radial direction relative to a centre of the radiating element and substantially equally spaced around the centre, such that the radiating element is rotationally symmetric.

Abstract: An antenna feed includes a waveguide, a medium support block, and a reflection surface, a smaller end of the medium support block is connected to the waveguide, the reflective surface contacts the inner surface, where the inner surface has at least first, second and third wall segments, where a distance of the second wall segment to the longitudinal axis is greater than a distance of the third wall segment to the longitudinal axis and is smaller than a distance of the first wall segment to the longitudinal axis, where a first angle is defined between the first wall segment and the longitudinal axis, a second angle is defined between the second wall segment and the longitudinal axis, a third angle is defined between the third wall segment and the longitudinal axis, and the second angle is greater than the first angle and greater than the third angle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a porous wet natural foaming gel soft material, comprising the following raw materials in parts by weight: 1 part to 5 parts of foaming agent; 0.1 part to 1 part of calcium ion releasing agent; 0.2 part to 2 parts of gelling agent; 0.5 part to 1 part of polyol; 0.001 part to 1 part of bacteriostatic agent; and the balance of deionized water supplemented to 100 parts, and the above ingredients are foamed to obtain a hydrogel buffer material, which is the porous wet natural foaming gel soft material. The material has a water content of more than 90%, which can effectively maintain a high wet state of fresh food in transportation. The material is flexible, which reduces a damage caused by friction and collision between a packaging material and a surface of the fresh food during vibration.

Abstract: A synchronous rectification control method for a resonant converter includes: obtaining an output current of the resonant converter; obtaining a first parameter if the output current is greater than a first current threshold; obtaining a second parameter if the output current is less than a second current threshold, the first current threshold being greater than the second current threshold, and the first parameter being greater than the second parameter; establishing a first current hysteresis loop according to the first parameter and establishing a second current hysteresis loop according to the second parameter, a parameter of the first current hysteresis loop being the first parameter, and a parameter of the second current hysteresis loop being the second parameter; and using the first current hysteresis loop and the second current hysteresis loop to control synchronous rectification of the resonant converter in a load switching working condition.

Abstract: A speech control system includes a first client running on a mobile terminal, a server end running on a server, and a second client running on a controlled terminal. The first client obtains identity information of a user, and sends the identity information of the user to the server end. The server end verifies the identity information of the user. The first client further collects speech data of the user, generates a speech control request based on the speech data, and sends the speech control request to the server end. When verification on the identity information succeeds, the server end generates a control instruction based on the speech control request, and sends the control instruction to the second client. The second client indicates the controlled terminal to execute the control instruction.

Abstract: A texture recognition apparatus and an electronic apparatus are provided. The texture recognition apparatus has a touch side surface, and includes a light source array, an image sensor array, and a light shielding layer. The light source array includes a plurality of light sources; the image sensor array includes a plurality of image sensors, each image sensor includes a photosensitive element; the light shielding layer is on a light incident side of the image sensor array, the light shielding layer includes a plurality of light-transmitting holes; the plurality of light-transmitting holes are configured to collimate light emitted by the plurality of light sources and reflected by the texture to a direction perpendicular to the touch side surface; and in the direction perpendicular to the touch side surface, a photosensitive element in each image sensor at least partially overlaps with at least one of the plurality of light-transmitting holes.

Abstract: A wind power prediction method and system for optimizing a deep Transformer network by whale optimization algorithm are disclosed. The sequence data of wind power and related influence factors are taken as sample data which is divided into a training set and a test set, where the data is trained and predicted by a Transformer network model established according to values of the initialized hyper-parameters, and an average absolute error of wind power prediction is taken as a fitness value of each whale group. A local optimal position is determined according to the initial fitness value of individual whale group, and the current optimal position is updated by utilizing whale group optimization, and the best prediction effect is obtained by comparing the local optimal solution with the global optimal solution. An optimal hyper-parameter combination is obtained after multiple iterations of the whale optimization algorithm, and the wind power is predicted.