Abstract: A sealing device for positioning points in holes of process grouting is provided, which includes an isolation component provided on an anchor cable body. The isolation component is detachably connected to an isolation sleeve through a coupling component, the isolation sleeve can be provided on the anchor cable body to send the isolation component into a corresponding position in a borehole and cooperates with the isolation component to perform a fixed-point isolation on a surrounding rock area in the borehole. A combination of the isolation component and the isolation sleeve sleeved on the anchor cable body is used, and the inflation and expansion of the first and second airbags are used to achieve tight contact with a hole wall, thereby forming effective isolation at specific locations within the borehole, thereby laying a foundation for dynamic grouting in stages and regions. The docking part is provided with an installation groove.

Abstract: System and method to perform targeted image adjustments starts with a processor receiving a media content item and identifies an image adjustment parameter and an adjustment value based on the media content item. Processor generates an adjusted media content item using the image adjustment parameter and the adjustment value and causes an adjustment interface to be displayed by a display of a user device. The adjustment interface can comprise the adjusted media content item and a selectable item associated with the image adjustment parameter. The selectable item can include settings. In response to receiving a selection of one of the settings of the selectable item, processor generates a final media content item based on the selection of the one of the settings, and cause the final media content item to be displayed by the display of the user device. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: A carpet of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) extends from a conductive substrate. The CNTs are bundled, and the bundles are bonded to the substrate to create low-resistance connections. A polymeric adhesive around the bases of the bundles binds the CNTs to the substrate without interfering with the low-resistance connection. The bundles can be organized into interconnected walls defining an irregular mosaic of valleys.

Abstract: Described are active materials for storing metal cations, such as lithium ions, in a cathode of an electrochemical cell. The active materials comprise an ordered mixture of sulfurized carbon (SC) particles, smaller ionically conductive particles, and still smaller electrically conductive particles. In comparison with a random mixture, where SC particles are mixed with particles of another material, the ordered mixture creates discrete, solid composition of more than one type of guest particles on the perimeter of SC host particles for ionic and electronic conduction to and from the SC host particles.

Abstract: Described is a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell in which the anode and the cathode are each equipped with a respective solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that inhibits lithium side reactions. On the cathode side, the SEI layer inhibits the shuttle effect by retaining soluble polysulfides within a cathode active layer while releasing and admitting lithium ions to and from the electrolyte. The cathode SEI is deposited, during cell formation, by depositing a layer of an anode reductant (e.g., metallic lithium) on the surface of the cathode. The resultant electrically conductive layer allows electrons to reduce adjacent electrolyte and form the cathode SEI from electrolyte decomposition products.

Abstract: A structure for electrochemical cells includes a conductive sheet, a layer of conductive nanomaterial, such as carbon nanotubes, on the sheet's surface, and a dry, ionically conductive adhesive, comprising a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), binding the nanomaterial. A method forms the structure by coating a conductor with the nanomaterial, wetting it with an electrolyte solution, and decomposing the electrolyte, often via electrode contact, to create the SEI. The SEI enhances mechanical resilience and uniform lithium plating, reducing safety risks in lithium-metal batteries. The scalable process simplifies electrode fabrication, supporting high-performance, durable anodes for electrochemical applications.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for a type of output image and a prompt from a user that describes an output image. The method further includes selecting, based on the type of output image and the prompt, a machine-learning model from a set of machine-learning models. The method further includes providing the request and the prompt as input to the selected machine-learning model. The method further includes generating, by the selected machine-learning model, the output image that satisfies the request and the prompt.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a software test method, to improve test efficiency of scenario-based testing. The method in embodiments of this application includes the following: A computing device obtains an application programming interface API calling sequence on a cloud platform, where the API calling sequence includes API calling records sorted by time on the cloud platform, and the API calling records include names of APIs called by the computing device at different times; generates a spatial-temporal graph based on the API calling sequence, where the spatial-temporal graph includes a calling relationship between a plurality of APIs and calling times; identifies, based on the spatial-temporal graph, at least one user scenario corresponding to the API calling sequence, and generates a test case corresponding to the at least one user scenario; and performs software testing based on the test case.

Abstract: Described is a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell in which the anode and the cathode are each equipped with a respective solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that inhibits lithium side reactions. On the cathode side, the SEI layer inhibits the shuttle effect by retaining soluble polysulfides within a cathode active layer while releasing and admitting lithium ions to and from the electrolyte. The cathode SEI is deposited, during cell formation, by depositing a layer of an anode reductant (e.g., metallic lithium) on the surface of the cathode. The resultant electrically conductive layer allows electrons to reduce adjacent electrolyte and form the cathode SEI from electrolyte decomposition products.

Abstract: A strain sensor is disclosed. The strain sensor includes: a base provided with a mounting recess; a mounting structure disposed on the base and located in the mounting recess, a preset gap being formed between the mounting structure and an inner surface of the mounting recess; a bearing structure mounted in the mounting recess and located outside the preset gap; and a wire set of a plurality of electrically conductive wires, at a side of the wire set each of the wires being fixedly disposed on the bearing structure, and at another side of the wire set each of the wires being fixedly arranged on the mounting structure to detect strain based on change of resistance of the wire set by a load applied through the bearing structure on the wire set.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell has an anode of an active anode material disposed opposite a cathode of an active cathode material. The anode active material is confined laterally by an impermeable anode frame to prevent the anode active material from expanding the area of the anode as the cell is charged and discharged.

Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize a separator coated by particles for Li dendrite detection in an ordinary two-electrode battery system. The particles can be red phosphorus (RP) particles and/or other particles that are poor electronic conductors, are able to react with Li, and will form an insoluble product with Li, such as silicon, germanium, arsenic, metal oxides, metal halides, metal chalcogenides, chalcogenides, and LiMxEyOz (M=metal, E=nonmetal, O=oxygen, x?0, y?0, z?0). These other particles can be used by themselves or in combination with one another. No additional electrode is needed, and the presence of Li dendrites can be detected simply based on the voltage profile during the charging step.

Abstract: A cathode active surface includes a conductive framework of tangled nanofibers with lumps of amorphous carbon-sulfur distributed within them. The amorphous carbon-sulfur lumps are of carbon bonded to sulfur via carbon-sulfur chemical bonds and to the nanofibers via chemical bonds. The strength of the chemical bonds secures sulfur atoms within electrode to suppress the formation of undesirable polysulfides when in contact with an electrolyte. The tangled nanofibers bind the amorphous carbon-sulfur lumps and enhance thermal and electrical conductivities.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for prostate multi-modal MR image classification based on a foveated residual network, the method comprising: replacing convolution kernels of a residual network using blur kernels in a foveation operator, thereby constructing a foveated residual network; training the foveated residual network using prostate multi-modal MR images having category labels, to obtain a trained foveated residual network; and classifying, using the foveated residual network, a prostate multi-modal MR image to be classified, so as to obtain a classification result. In the present invention, a foveation operator is designed based on human visual characteristics, blur kernels of the operator are extracted and used to replace convolution kernels in a residual network, thereby constructing a foveated deep learning network which can extract features that conform to the human visual characteristics, thereby improving the classification accuracy of prostate multi-modal MR images.

Abstract: System and method to perform targeted image adjustments starts with a processor receiving a media content item and identifies an image adjustment parameter and an adjustment value based on the media content item. Processor generates an adjusted media content item using the image adjustment parameter and the adjustment value and causes an adjustment interface to be displayed by a display of a user device. The adjustment interface can comprise the adjusted media content item and a selectable item associated with the image adjustment parameter. The selectable item can include settings. In response to receiving a selection of one of the settings of the selectable item, processor generates a final media content item based on the selection of the one of the settings, and cause the final media content item to be displayed by the display of the user device. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of electrochemical reactions, and discloses a photoelectrocatalytic reaction device for high-pressure environments and application thereof. An anode reactor and a cathode reactor have the same structure, are arranged in a mutual mirroring manner, and each include a reaction cavity and a cover plate. The reaction cavities are provided with round sapphire optics windows and connecting channels, and an ion exchange membrane is arranged between the connecting channels. The cover plates are provided with gas inlet pipeline connectors, gas outlet pipeline connectors, safety valves and pressure meters. Terminals are hermetically installed on the cover plates, metal copper rods are embedded into the terminals along central axes of the terminals, and inserting holes used for being connected with electrodes in an inserted manner are formed in bottoms of the metal copper rods. The device is especially suitable for analyzing properties of electrocatalytic.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for prostate multi-modal MR image classification based on a foveated residual network, the method comprising: replacing convolution kernels of a residual network using blur kernels in a foveation operator, thereby constructing a foveated residual network; training the foveated residual network using prostate multi-modal MR images having category labels, to obtain a trained foveated residual network; and classifying, using the foveated residual network, a prostate multi-modal MR image to be classified, so as to obtain a classification result. In the present invention, a foveation operator is designed based on human visual characteristics, blur kernels of the operator are extracted and used to replace convolution kernels in a residual network, thereby constructing a foveated deep learning network which can extract features that conform to the human visual characteristics, thereby improving the classification accuracy of prostate multi-modal MR images.

Abstract: A method of handling a hardware request in a computing device including one or more processors, comprises receiving a request for a hardware-related function from an application service module, determining if the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK; based on a determination that the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to the OEM-specific SDK; based on a determination that the hardware-related function cannot be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to an operating system hardware abstraction layer.

Abstract: Described are active materials for storing metal cations, such as lithium ions, in a cathode of an electrochemical cell. The active materials comprise an ordered mixture of sulfurized carbon (SC) particles, smaller ionically conductive particles, and still smaller electrically conductive particles. In comparison with a random mixture, where SC particles are mixed with particles of another material, the ordered mixture creates discrete, solid composition of more than one type of guest particles on the perimeter of SC host particles for ionic and electronic conduction to and from the SC host particles.

Abstract: A strain sensor is disclosed. The strain sensor includes: a base (10) provided with a mounting recess (11); a mounting structure (20) disposed on the base (10) and located in the mounting recess (11), a preset gap (21) being formed between the mounting structure (20) and an inner surface of the mounting recess (11); a bearing structure (30) mounted in the mounting recess (11) and located outside the preset gap (21); and a wire set (40), a side of the wire set (40) being disposed on the bearing structure (30), and another side of the wire set (40) being arranged on the mounting structure (20). A robot including the strain sensor is also disclosed.