Abstract: A method of extruding a polymer composite can include loading into a container feedstock material comprising a first polymer and a second polymer. A rotation-induced shear force can be established at an interface between a face of a die tool and a face of the feedstock material by rotating the feedstock material at a different rate than the die tool. An axial extrusion force can be established at the interface between the face of the die tool and the face of the feedstock material by translating the die tool relative to the container. The feedstock material can be extruded through an opening of the die tool using plastic deformation in response to the rotational shear and the axial extrusion force at the interface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. In certain embodiments, substrates and arrays comprise a porous layer for synthesis and attachment of polymers or biomolecules. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays, including porous arrays. Also disclosed herein are formulations and methods for one-step coupling, e.g., for synthesis of peptides in an N?C orientation. In some embodiments, disclosed herein are formulations and methods for high efficiency coupling of biomolecules to a substrate.

Abstract: A feedstock may include at least 1 wt % of aluminum scrap composition comprising: an extrudable floated fragmentizer aluminum scrap composition, an extrudable fragmentizer aluminum scrap composition, an extrudable secondary aluminum scrap composition; or a mixture of at least two thereof. A feedstock may include at least 0.01 wt % of an alloying element composition at least partially intermixed relative to the aluminum scrap composition, the alloying element composition comprising: silicon, copper, iron, magnesium, chromium, manganese, zinc, oxygen; a rare earth element, or a mixture of at least two thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for preparing an extruded product from a solid billet. The methods can include providing an as-cast billet for extrusion; applying a simultaneous rotational shear and axial extrusion force to the as-cast billet to plasticize the as-cast billet; and extruding the plasticized as-cast billet with an extrusion die to form an extruded product. Methods for preparing extruded products from billets can also include: providing a billet for extrusion; while maintaining a majority of the billet below 100° C., applying a simultaneous rotational shear and axial extrusion force to one end of the billet to plasticize the one end of the billet; and extruding the plasticized one end of the billet with an extrusion die to form an extruded product.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and methods of assuring a uniformly high quality of a microarray of features that are attached to a surface of the microarray at positionally-defined locations.

Abstract: Riveted assemblies are provided that can include a substrate extending between two ends to define opposing substrate surfaces having a first opening extending between the opposing substrate surfaces; a metal-comprising substrate extending between two ends to define opposing metal-comprising substrate surfaces having a second opening extending between the opposing metal-comprising substrate surfaces. The riveted assemblies can further provide that the first and second openings complement one another when the substrate and metal-comprising substrate are engaged; and a rivet shaft extends through the openings and engages the substrate with the rivet head and the metal-comprising substrate with the rivet stop head, at least a portion of the stop head being mixed with, and forming a metallurgical bond with the metal-comprising substrate. Assemblies are provided that can include a rivet stop head mixed with, and metallurgically bonded with a metal-comprising substrate.

Abstract: A method for making a spatio-temporal combined optimal scheduling strategy of a mobile energy storage (MES) system includes: inputting data of a power system, a traffic system, and an MES system; setting a time interval, and initializing a time interval counter; inputting real-time fault, traffic, and MES data; and performing rolling optimization and solving, and delivering regulation decision instructions of the MES system, till a fault is removed. The core of the present disclosure is to propose a spatio-temporal combined optimal model of the MES system to describe spatio-temporal coupling statuses of an energy storage vehicle, a traffic network, and a power distribution network. The present disclosure provides guidance for an optimal scheduling decision of the MES system by properly regulating a traveling path and charging and discharging power of the MES system, thereby supporting high-reliability operation of the power distribution network.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for embedding watermark information are disclosed in the present disclosure. The method trains an embedded neural network model using weight information of a target neural network model and target watermark information that is to be embedded into the target neural network model, updates the weight information of the target neural network model according to target watermark embedded data provided by the embedded neural network model, and obtains a target neural network model embedded with the target watermark information. Since the embedded neural network model includes multiple neural network layers, this method increases the complexity of the watermark embedding process, and is able to avoid the problem that watermark information of existing neural network models has poor robustness to watermarking attacks such as overwriting attacks and model compression.

Abstract: A design method of a high energy efficiency unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) green data acquisition system belongs to the technical field of data acquisition and optimization for UAV uplink communication. Firstly, a system optimization objective is constructed; and in a uplink communication network of a single UAV and ground sensors, the UAV receives data periodically. Secondly, according to a constructed optimization problem, the optimization objective is maximization of EE({W},{t},{S}). Finally, an original problem is decomposed into two approximate concave-convex fractional sub-problem based on a block coordinate descent method and a successive convex approximation technique to obtain a suboptimal solution; an overall iterative algorithm is proposed: in each iteration, by solving the sub-problems, wake-up scheduling S, time slot t and UAV trajectory W are alternately optimized. The solution obtained in each iteration is used as the input of next iteration.

Abstract: A control method and system for a distribution network with distributed mobile energy storage systems is disclosed which relates to the power field. The present invention manages the multiple distributed mobile energy storage systems in the distribution network in a unified way, to improve the flexibility of the distribution network, and enable the distributed mobile energy storage systems to fully smooth new energy generation fluctuations, implement peak cut, facilitate grid auxiliary services, and improve the power quality. The control method includes: acquiring, by a sub-station coordination system, data of the distributed mobile energy storage systems; receiving, by a master-station dispatching system, the data of the distributed mobile energy storage systems, and obtaining external data; generating, by the master-station dispatching system, a control instruction; and controlling, by the sub-station coordination system, the distributed mobile energy storage systems.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and methods of assuring a uniformly high quality of a microarray of features that are attached to a surface of the microarray at positionally-defined locations.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed are methods for identifying peptide sequences useful for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, and methods for using the peptide sequences for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, e.g., celiac disorder. In certain embodiments, substrates and arrays comprise a porous layer for synthesis and attachment of polymers or biomolecules.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for collecting data from chip arrays and for piecewise real-time scanning and stitching of said data. Such arrays can comprise a plurality of microarrays, each microarray comprising biomolecular features that are attached to a surface of the microarray.

Abstract: A method for preparing a shear-assisted extruded material from a powder billet is provided, the method comprising providing a billet of material in substantially powder form; applying both axial and rotational pressure to the material to deform at least some of the contacted material; and extruding the material to form an extruded material. A method for preparing shear-assisted extruded material is provided, the method comprising applying both axial and rotational pressure to stock material to form an extruded material at a rate between 2 and 13 m/min. A method for preparing shear-assisted extruded material is provided. The method comprises applying both axial and rotational pressure to stock material to form an extruded material; and aging the extruded material for less than 3 hours. A method for preparing shear-assisted extruded material is provided.

Abstract: A control method and system for a distribution network with distributed mobile energy storage systems is disclosed which relates to the power field. The present invention manages the multiple distributed mobile energy storage systems in the distribution network in a unified way, to improve the flexibility of the distribution network, and enable the distributed mobile energy storage systems to fully smooth new energy generation fluctuations, implement peak cut, facilitate grid auxiliary services, and improve the power quality. The control method includes: acquiring, by a sub-station coordination system, data of the distributed mobile energy storage systems; receiving, by a master-station dispatching system, the data of the distributed mobile energy storage systems, and obtaining external data; generating, by the master-station dispatching system, a control instruction; and controlling, by the sub-station coordination system, the distributed mobile energy storage systems.

Abstract: Riveted assemblies are provided that can include a substrate extending between two ends to define opposing substrate surfaces having a first opening extending between the opposing substrate surfaces; a metal-comprising substrate extending between two ends to define opposing metal-comprising substrate surfaces having a second opening extending between the opposing metal-comprising substrate surfaces. The riveted assemblies can further provide that the first and second openings complement one another when the substrate and metal-comprising substrate are engaged; and a rivet shaft extends through the openings and engages the substrate with the rivet head and the metal-comprising substrate with the rivet stop head, at least a portion of the stop head being mixed with, and forming a metallurgical bond with the metal-comprising substrate. Assemblies are provided that can include a rivet stop head mixed with, and metallurgically bonded with a metal-comprising substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for preparing an extruded product from a solid billet. The methods can include providing an as-cast billet for extrusion; applying a simultaneous rotational shear and axial extrusion force to the as-cast billet to plasticize the as-cast billet; and extruding the plasticized as-cast billet with an extrusion die to form an extruded product. Methods for preparing extruded products from billets can also include: providing a billet for extrusion; while maintaining a majority of the billet below 100° C., applying a simultaneous rotational shear and axial extrusion force to one end of the billet to plasticize the one end of the billet; and extruding the plasticized one end of the billet with an extrusion die to form an extruded product.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed are methods for identifying peptide sequences useful for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, and methods for using the peptide sequences for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, e.g., celiac disorder. In certain embodiments, substrates and arrays comprise a porous layer for synthesis and attachment of polymers or biomolecules.

Abstract: Riveted assemblies are provided that can include a substrate extending between two ends to define opposing substrate surfaces having a first opening extending between the opposing substrate surfaces; a metal-comprising substrate extending between two ends to define opposing metal-comprising substrate surfaces having a second opening extending between the opposing metal-comprising substrate surfaces. The riveted assemblies can further provide that the first and second openings complement one another when the substrate and metal-comprising substrate are engaged; and a rivet shaft extends through the openings and engages the substrate with the rivet head and the metal-comprising substrate with the rivet stop head, at least a portion of the stop head being mixed with, and forming a metallurgical bond with the metal-comprising substrate. Assemblies are provided that can include a rivet stop head mixed with, and metallurgically bonded with a metal-comprising substrate.

Abstract: A design method of a high energy efficiency unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) green data acquisition system belongs to the technical field of data acquisition and optimization for UAV uplink communication. Firstly, a system optimization objective is constructed; and in a uplink communication network of a single UAV and ground sensors, the UAV receives data periodically. Secondly, according to a constructed optimization problem, the optimization objective is maximization of EE({W},{t},{S}). Finally, an original problem is decomposed into two approximate concave-convex fractional sub-problem based on a block coordinate descent method and a successive convex approximation technique to obtain a suboptimal solution; an overall iterative algorithm is proposed: in each iteration, by solving the sub-problems, wake-up scheduling S, time slot t and UAV trajectory W are alternately optimized. The solution obtained in each iteration is used as the input of next iteration.