Abstract: The present invention relates to a stimulation generator suitable for use in an implantable neurostimulator, including an injectable neurostimulator. The stimulation generator is adapted to provide a configurable stimulation signal comprising a component, such as a pulse. The stimulation generator comprises circuitry to receive and combine an amplitude control signal and a duty cycle signal to produce a preliminary output voltage signal which includes the component of the stimulation signal. It further comprises a voltage-controlled current source adapted to be driven by the preliminary output voltage signal; and a mode selector controlled by a stimulation mode signal to output the component from the preliminary output voltage signal as a current-controlled component of the stimulation signal via the voltage-controlled current source or as a voltage-controlled component of the stimulation signal.

Abstract: A roller for use in a tension measuring device may include a groove with a groove size, an opening angle, and a depth of a specific range. The roller further comprises a contact angle with a specific range between a cable outer diameter and a cable inner diameter of the roller groove.

Abstract: An electrocatalyst comprising bismuth nanodot-doped zinc materials is used for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate. The electrocatalyst consists of bismuth nanodots dispersed on a zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 wherein the bismuth-zinc material is in the form of particles with a longest dimension of 200 to 1000 nm. The bismuth-zinc material is utilized in H cell, flow cell, and MEA cell applications for carbon dioxide reduction.

Abstract: An electrocatalyst comprising bismuth nanodot-doped zinc materials is used for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate. The electrocatalyst consists of bismuth nanodots dispersed on a zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 wherein the bismuth-zinc material is in the form of particles with a longest dimension of 200 to 1000 nm. The bismuth-zinc material is utilized in H cell, flow cell, and MEA cell applications for carbon dioxide reduction.

Abstract: An electrocatalyst comprising bismuth nanodot-doped zinc materials is used for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate. The electrocatalyst consists of bismuth nanodots dispersed on a zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 wherein the bismuth-zinc material is in the form of particles with a longest dimension of 200 to 1000 nm. The bismuth-zinc material is utilized in H cell, flow cell, and MEA cell applications for carbon dioxide reduction.

Abstract: A method of oxygen evolution comprising contacting a working electrode including an iron-doped zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (Fe-ZIF-8), a counter electrode, and a reference electrode with an aqueous electrolytic solution, applying a potential, and forming oxygen at the working electrode. The iron-doped ZIF-8 includes iron in an amount of 5 to 55 weight percent relative to the combined weight of iron and zinc in the iron-doped ZIF-8. The Fe-ZIF-8 structures are nanoparticles with a longest dimension of 0.5 to 5 ?m. The working electrode has an overpotential of 180 to 190 mV vs RHE at a current density of 10 mA/cm2.

Abstract: A selective multi-view method and a 3D object recognition subsystem for 3D object classification. The method includes inputting, by a 3D imaging sensor, a 3D data representation of a 3D object, extracting, by processing circuitry, multiple view images from the 3D data representation of the 3D object, selecting, by the processing circuitry, a most influential view based on an assignment of importance scores using a Cosine similarity method between visual features detected by at least one pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN). The method further includes predicting, by the processing circuitry, a classification of the 3D object based on the selected most influential view and outputting, by the processing circuitry, a class of the 3D object. The subsystem may be implemented for a robotic pick and place manipulator.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a corrosion-resistant wireline cable includes embedding a first layer of armor wires onto a core cable using a heated carbon fiber reinforced polymer. A second layer of carbon fiber reinforced polymer is then extruded to envelop the first layer of armor wires. In one method, a layer of virgin or colored polymer is extruded over the second layer, and a second layer of armor wires is embedded through the virgin or colored polymer, displacing it to envelop the outer armor wires. In another method, each wire in the second armor layer is coated with virgin polymer before being embedded into the second carbon fiber reinforced polymer layer. The assembly is then heated to cause the virgin polymer to migrate outward, forming an outermost layer. In both methods, a final jacket layer is applied over the exterior to complete the cable. The resulting cable provides corrosion resistance and mechanical reinforcement.

Abstract: An electrocatalyst that includes a carbon cloth (CC) substrate including carbon fibers having a mean diameter of 2.5 to 25 micrometer (?m), and a catalyst disposed on the CC substrate, the catalyst including a conductive metal-organic framework (MOF) including a metal and triazole structural units, and a metal sulfide including the metal disposed on the conductive MOF. The catalyst is present as structures having a mean size of 2.5 to 25 ?m and a surface texture having projections having a mean size of 100 to 500 nanometer (nm). The electrocatalyst is used in a method of forming hydrogen via the HER and a method of forming oxygen via the OER.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for estimating physical properties of an object. The method includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a real-world environment based on an input media. Further, the method includes estimating a current set of physical parameters of the object using a physics-based prediction model and a real-world visual content while the object is manipulated. Further, the method includes generating a simulation variant and computing a cost function based on comparing the simulation variant and the real-world visual content. Furthermore, the method includes estimating the physical properties of the object based on optimizing the current set of physical parameters with the cost function such that a similarity between the simulation variant and the real-world visual content increases.

Abstract: A nanocomposite catalyst for use as an electrode in water electrolysis includes a cobalt triazole (Co-Tri) metal-organic framework (MOF), carbon quantum dots (CQDs), carbon nanosheets (CNs), and an ionically conductive polymer binder. The mass ratio of the nanocomposite catalyst includes cobalt triazole metal-organic framework to the carbon quantum dots is in the range of 1:2 to 1:4, and the mass ratio of the cobalt triazole metal organic framework to the carbon nanosheets mass ratio is in the range of 1:4 to 1:6. The nanocomposite catalyst includes current density less than or equal to (?) ?5 milliampere per centimeter square (mA·cm?2) at an applied potential of ?100 millivolts (mV) when catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in water electrolysis.

Abstract: A method of reducing carbon dioxide, with a catalyst including silver, copper, and melamine, where the catalyst includes 1-20 wt. % silver based on a weight of the copper, where particles of the catalyst have a polygonal shape and an average size of 0.5-3 ?m, and where the copper and the silver form a complex with the melamine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for estimating physical properties of an object. The method includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a real-world environment based on an input media. Further, the method includes estimating a current set of physical parameters of the object using a physics-based prediction model and a real-world visual content while the object is manipulated. Further, the method includes generating a simulation variant and computing a cost function based on comparing the simulation variant and the real-world visual content. Furthermore, the method includes estimating the physical properties of the object based on optimizing the current set of physical parameters with the cost function such that a similarity between the simulation variant and the real-world visual content increases.

Abstract: A method of reducing carbon dioxide, with a catalyst including silver, copper, and melamine, where the catalyst includes 1-20 wt. % silver based on a weight of the copper, where particles of the catalyst have a polygonal shape and an average size of 0.5-3 ?m, and where the copper and the silver form a complex with the melamine.

Abstract: A method of reducing carbon dioxide, with a catalyst including silver, copper, and melamine, where the catalyst includes 1-20 wt. % silver based on a weight of the copper, where particles of the catalyst have a polygonal shape and an average size of 0.5-3 ?m, and where the copper and the silver form a complex with the melamine.

Abstract: A method of reducing carbon dioxide, with a catalyst including silver, copper, and melamine, where the catalyst includes 1-20 wt. % silver based on a weight of the copper, where particles of the catalyst have a polygonal shape and an average size of 0.5-3 ?m, and where the copper and the silver form a complex with the melamine.

Abstract: A method of making an electrode including dissolving a copper (Cu) salt and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate in a solvent and heating to a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C. to form a framework. Further, the method includes mixing a zinc (Zn) salt and the framework to form a zinc-doped framework and heating the zinc-doped framework to a temperature of 300° C. to 600° C. under air to form ZnCuO nanoparticles. Furthermore, the method includes mixing the ZnCuO nanoparticles, a binding compound, and a conductive carbon compound in a solvent to form a suspension and spraying the suspension onto a substrate with a spray gun using air pressure to form the electrode. The ZnCuO nanoparticles have a spherical shape with an average size of less than 100 nanometers (nm).

Abstract: A method of reducing carbon dioxide, with a catalyst including silver, copper, and melamine, where the catalyst includes 1-20 wt. % silver based on a weight of the copper, where particles of the catalyst have a polygonal shape and an average size of 0.5-3 ?m, and where the copper and the silver form a complex with the melamine.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrode including dissolving a copper salt and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate in a solvent and heating to a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C. to form a framework. Further, the method includes mixing a zinc salt and the framework to form a zinc doped framework and heating the zinc doped framework to a temperature of 300° C. to 600° C. under air to form ZnCuO nanoparticles. Furthermore, the method includes mixing the ZnCuO nanoparticles, a binding compound, and a conductive carbon compound in a solvent to form a suspension. Moreover, the method includes coating a substrate with the suspension and drying to form the electrode and the ZnCuO nanoparticles have an oval shape with an average size of 50 nm to 200 nm.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrode including dissolving a copper salt and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate in a solvent and heating to a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C. to form a framework. Further, the method includes mixing a zinc salt and the framework to form a zinc doped framework and heating the zinc doped framework to a temperature of 300° C. to 600° C. under air to form ZnCuO nanoparticles. Furthermore, the method includes mixing the ZnCuO nanoparticles, a binding compound, and a conductive carbon compound in a solvent to form a suspension. Moreover, the method includes coating a substrate with the suspension and drying to form the electrode and the ZnCuO nanoparticles have an oval shape with an average size of 50 nm to 200 nm.