Abstract: A method for separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: carrying out at least two dilutions and at least two filtrations on salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, and the electrodialysis concentrate is solution enriching lithium ions.

Abstract: A voltage regulator dynamically adjusts the voltage distribution on a voltage rail based on multiple feedback measurements. The voltage regulator provides electrical power to a voltage rail at multiple power supply locations along the voltage rail. The voltage regulator obtains voltage measurements from multiple voltage sensing locations on the voltage rail and detects a spatially unequal voltage deviation in the voltage rail. The voltage regulator adjusts the electrical power provided to the voltage rail at each of the power supply locations to compensate for the spatially unequal voltage deviation in the voltage rail.

Abstract: A tracking module processes the determined correlations to track a carrier of the received composite signal for estimation of a change in phase over a time period between a receiver antenna and one or more satellite transmitters that transmit the received signal as the receiver changes position with respect to an initial position during the time period. A relative position estimator estimates the relative position of the navigation receiver with respect to an initial position over the time period time by time-differencing of the phase measurements of the one or more tracked carrier signals. Bias estimators can estimate or compensate for errors in initial position and temporal changes in receiver clock and tropospheric delay.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) based six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) absolute displacement and attitude measurement device. A lower end coil and an upper end coil are respectively charged with currents in the opposite directions; The electromagnetic field and the magnetic fields of an upper magnet and a lower magnet per se are mutually acted to produce an electromagnetic stiffness opposite to the stiffness of a spring. The stiffness of the whole leg is close to zero stiffness. When the to-be-measured platform generates space motion, the reference platform is in the stationary state. At this point, the deformation amounts of the six legs can be measured by laser displacement sensors. The six deformation amounts are respectively inputted into the displacement and attitude resolver, and by forward kinematic solution of the 6-DOF device, the displacement and the attitude of the to-be-measured platform can be obtained.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) to perform random access to a radio network is provided. The method comprises: determining at least one message for random access indicating a cell where the UE initiates the random access and/or a purpose of the ransom access; and transmitting from the UE, the at least one message for random access to the radio network. A corresponding method for a base station, the corresponding devices, computer programs, and computer-readable storage are also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for quality of service management. A method implemented at a first device may comprise determining one or more sub latency targets corresponding to one or more intermediate devices along an uplink or downlink route between a second device and a third device based on an uplink or downlink route total latency target and an uplink or downlink latency of one hop along the uplink or downlink route of each of the one or more intermediate devices; and sending the one or more sub latency targets to the one or more intermediate devices, wherein a sum of the one or more sub latency targets is smaller than or equal to the uplink or downlink total latency target.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing seismic data acquired with multicomponent sensors build an accurate S-wave velocity model of a surveyed underground formation using a full waveform inversion (FWI) approach. PS synthetic data is generated using approximative acoustic equations in anisotropic media with a P-wave model, a current S-wave velocity model and a reflectivity model as inputs. The current S-wave velocity model is updated using FWI to minimize an amplitude-discrepancy-mitigating cost function that alleviates the amplitude mismatch between the PS observed data and the PS synthetic data due to the use of the approximative acoustic equations.

Abstract: A display panel and control methods thereof are provided. In one example, the display panel includes, a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, and a solution encapsulated between the first substrate and the second substrate. In some examples, the solution includes opaque charged particles. In some examples, the first substrate includes a first electrode, the first electrode including a plurality of discrete sub-electrodes, and the second substrate includes a second electrode. Further, the control method may include adjusting an electric field between each of the plurality of discrete sub-electrodes and the second electrode, causing the opaque charged particles to undergo a gathering motion or a scattering motion.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for using a half-shield phase detection auto-focus (PDAF) sensor for auto-exposure convergence are disclosed. A camera includes at least one or more half-shield PDAF sensors and control logic for performing an automatic exposure control convergence procedure. The control logic receives half-pixel values from half-shield PDAF sensors for a first frame. The control logic calculates twice the value of each half-pixel value captured by the half-shield PDAF sensors for the first frame. Then, the control logic adjusts an exposure setting used for capturing a second frame based on how much twice the value of each sensor value is over the maximum pixel intensity value. This approach allows the automatic exposure control convergence procedure to converge more quickly than prior art procedures.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) magnetic damping shock absorber based on an eddy current effect, comprising a lower plate, a ring-shaped magnet a, a ring-shaped magnet b, an aluminum cylinder, a bottom copper sheet, a copper sheet, a top copper sheet, a bearing seat, a linear bearing, a bearing end cap, a load, a piston shaft, a stepped shaft, a fixed collar, a coil spring, a lower clamping shaft, and fixing screws. When the shock absorber is working, the ring-shaped magnet a keeps stationary at the lower end and the ring-shaped magnet b reciprocates in the vertical direction. Both magnets are arranged in a mutual attraction manner. Under the action of a time-varying electromagnetic field generated by the relative movement of the ring-shaped magnet b, the copper sheet arranged between the two ring-shaped magnets generates eddy current damping. The movement of the ring-shaped magnet b is inhibited.

Abstract: Methods and systems for dynamically adapting an Energy Detection (ED) threshold for use in an unlicensed network are provided. According to one aspect, a method for dynamically adapting ED threshold for use in an unlicensed network comprises determining an ED threshold based on a current state of an unlicensed network and using the determined ED threshold for channel sensing and/or signaling the ED threshold to another entity for use during channel sensing.

Abstract: The present application provides a testing apparatus. The testing apparatus includes a base; a first printed circuit board, disposed above the base; a stiffener, disposed adjacent to the base, located at a center of the base and passing through the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board, disposed at a center of the stiffener; and a probe card, one part thereof disposed adjacent to the stiffener and the other part thereof passing through the base, the first printed circuit board, the stiffener and the second printed circuit board. The base, the stiffener and the second printed circuit board are integrated and the base carries the first circuit board.

Abstract: A method and an integrated access backhaul (IAB) node are disclosed for resource scheduling. According to an embodiment, the IAB node determines a first range of scheduling delay such that the first range is different from a second range of scheduling delay determined by a neighboring IAB node having a hop to the IAB node. The IAB node schedules an uplink transmission or downlink reception to occur within the first range.

Abstract: A technique for performing or providing random access, RA, to a radio access network using an unlicensed channel (400) is described. As to a method aspect of the technique, a first listen-before-talk (LBT) operation on the unlicensed channel is performed. The first LBT operation indicates that the channel is occupied at a beginning (412) of a RA resource (410) for transmitting a RA message signal (304). A second LBT operation on the unlicensed channel (400) indicates that the channel (400) is idle within a part (414) of the RA resource (410) for transmitting the RA message signal (304). The RA message signal (304) is transmitted in response to the second LBT operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method (100) in a first communication device for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) transmission. The method (100) includes: transmitting (110) to a second communication device a set of data transmissions each containing different data from another, using one HARQ process; and receiving (120) from the second communication device HARQ feedback information for the set of data transmissions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for enhanced grant skipping, and corresponding radio nodes. The method comprises determining whether to skip an uplink grant configured for a first link between the first radio node and a second radio node; and in response to determining to skip the uplink grant, using a radio resource corresponding to the uplink grant on a second link. The present disclosure further discloses a corresponding method which comprises receiving an indication from a first radio node connected to the third radio node to indicate a radio resource corresponding to an uplink grant configured for a first link between the first radio node and a second radio node is available to the third radio node, wherein the uplink grant is skipped by the first radio node; and scheduling the radio resource for a data transmission between the third radio node and a fourth radio node connected to the third radio node.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for allocating resources to a terminal device. The method is performed by a network node. A method comprises transmitting a control message towards the wireless device for allocating the resources to the terminal device. The control message indicates that a new dynamic grant or assignment overrides an existing dynamic grant or assignment for the terminal device.

Abstract: Group transmission of data from a group of User Equipment devices to a network node of a cellular communication system where communication between devices is effected by device-to-device technology can provide significant improvements in uplink coverage and user bit rate. However, the benefits of group transmission means that not all devices of a group have sufficient network coverage to reliably receive a grant signal scheduling uplink resources from a network node. Methods, devices and a network node are proposed that enable the dynamic selection of either a direct grant mode, in which each device receives the uplink grant directly from the network, or a relayed grant mode, in which a device acting as group coordinator relays the grant to all members of the group, to ensure optimal performance for group transmissions. The selection is dependent on at least one determined condition relating to the group of devices and/or the group transmission.

Abstract: An image outputting method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: shooting a scene by using a plurality of different exposure durations to obtain a plurality of images respectively; performing a summation operation according to the images to obtain a first image; adjusting a first brightness of the first image to an output brightness to generate a second image; respectively converting pixel values of a plurality of first pixels in the second image into other corresponding pixel values in another value domain to generate an output image; and outputting the output image.

Abstract: Described herein are an extract from lettuce (Lactuca sativa), in particular of stalk lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. angustana), including 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline and, optionally, precursors of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline as well as flavoring compositions including such an extract and a method for the preparation of such an extract. Also described herein are the use of such an extract as a taste or flavor ingredient in a consumer product and a method of enhancing, improving, modifying the taste or flavor of a consumer product by making use of such an extract.