Abstract: A method for fabricating a transparent conductive oxide thin film, the method comprising the following steps: fabricating Ba1-xLaxSnO3 using a solid-phase reaction method to obtain a BLSO magnetron sputtering target material; and fabricating a BLSO thin film by means of direct deposition with argon as a sputtering gas by using a SrTiO3, MgO, LaAlO3, (La,Sr)(Al,Ta)O3(LSAT), MgAl2O4 or Al2O3 single crystal substrate and the BLSO magnetron sputtering target material, such that the transparent conductive oxide thin film is fabricate is provided. During sputtering, the temperature of the substrate is 750° C.-950° C., and the deposition pressure of the Ar gas is 25-77 Pa. The room-temperature mobility of the transparent conductive oxide thin film can reach 115 cm2/V·s, the room-temperature carrier concentration can reach 1.2×1021 cm?3, and the room-temperature conductivity can reach 14,000 S/cm.

Abstract: Proposed is a method of monitoring odor-causing substances in flue gas, which comprises: providing a flue gas containing one or more odor-causing substances; introducing the flue gas into an odor removal unit; producing a gas-phase stream; dissolving a portion of the gas-phase stream in a solvent to produce a liquid-phase stream; and measuring an absorbance of the liquid-phase stream to identify the odor-causing substances.

Abstract: A redox flow battery may include: a membrane interposed between a first electrode positioned at a first side of the membrane and a second electrode positioned at a second side of the membrane opposite to the first side; a first flow field plate comprising a plurality of positive flow field ribs, each of the plurality of positive flow field ribs contacting the first electrode at first supporting regions on the first side; and the second electrode, including an electrode spacer positioned between the membrane and a second flow field plate, the electrode spacer comprising a plurality of main ribs, each of the plurality of main ribs contacting the second flow field plate at second supporting regions on the second side, each of the second supporting regions aligned opposite to one of the plurality of first supporting regions. As such, a current density distribution at a plating surface may be reduced.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for manufacturing a membrane separator for a redox flow battery. In one example, the membrane separator is fabricate by a calendering process. The membrane separator may be configured with a polymer network to provide selectivity for ion transport across the membrane separator. The membrane separator may be further adapted with an integrated spacer in contact with a negative electrolyte.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter disclosed herein include methods, systems, and other techniques for training, in a first phase, an object classifier neural network with a first set of training data, the first set of training data including a first plurality of training examples, each training example in the first set of training data being labeled with a coarse-object classification; and training, in a second phase after completion of the first phase, the object classifier neural network with a second set of training data, the second set of training data including a second plurality of training examples, each training example in the second set of training data being labeled with a fine-object classification.

Abstract: Cellular reprogramming and gene editing represent major advancements in biology, and has wide applications in regenerative medicine, disease therapy and drug screening. However, low and variable efficiencies have created significant roadblocks to the full application of these technologies. The invention disclosed herein overcomes these roadblocks by providing optimized methods and systems that are useful in a variety of cellular engineering and gene editing methodologies, including for example methods designed to enhance the reprogramming of somatic cells into neural cells or pluripotent cells.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a rebalancing reactor of a flow battery system. In one example, a pH of a battery electrolyte may be maintained by the rebalancing reactor by applying a negative potential to a catalyst bed of the rebalancing reactor. A performance of the rebalancing reactor may further be maintained by treating the catalyst bed with deionized water.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for electrochemical and/or chemical pretreatment of bipolar plates, for example, for plating electrodes in redox flow batteries. In one example, a method may include pretreating a bipolar plate for the redox flow battery by disrupting a surface of the bipolar plate. In some examples, pretreating the bipolar plate may include positioning the bipolar plate within the redox flow battery, and thereafter charging the redox flow battery at multiple discrete plating current densities for each of one or more initial charging cycles to electrochemically etch the surface. In additional or alternative examples, pretreating the bipolar plate may include soaking the bipolar plate in solution to chemically treat the surface. In this way, the bipolar plate may be pretreated via electrochemical etching and/or chemical treatment so as to reduce electrochemical performance losses and dendrite formation in the redox flow battery.

Abstract: A type of liquid bag with the function of box protection for multi-functional transportation and storage, including box body, non-independent box body liquid bag, independent box body liquid bag, non-independent box body liquid bag includes upper liquid bag body, liquid bag upper port valve, liquid bag lower port valve and lower liquid bag body. The box is an open design at one end. The box body is set with a lower liquid bag body. The lower liquid bag body is located at the open end of the box with a liquid bag lower valve. The lower liquid bag body is not in contact with the side wall of the inner cavity of the box. The upper liquid bag body is set above the lower liquid bag body.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for iron preformation in a redox flow battery. In one example, a method may include, in a first condition, discharging and then charging the redox flow battery, and in a second condition, charging the redox flow battery including preforming iron metal at a negative electrode of the redox flow battery, and thereafter entering an idle mode of the redox flow battery including adjusting one or more electrolyte conditions. In some examples, each of preforming the iron metal and adjusting the one or more electrolyte conditions may increase a battery charge capacity to greater than a threshold battery charge capacity.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an electric energy storage device are described. The systems and methods may generate a state of charge estimate that is based on negative electrode plating. An overall state of charge may be determined from the state of charge estimate that is based on negative electrode plating and a state of charge estimate that is not based on negative electrode plating.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method and apparatus for processing configured grant configuration, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, at least one configured grant CG configuration, where the CG configuration includes at least one parameter set, the parameter set includes one or more sounding reference signal resource indicators SRIs, and the SRI is used for indicating one or more sounding reference signal SRS resources.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a redox flow battery. In one example, a method of operating a redox flow battery includes charging the redox flow battery, including supplying a pulsed power signal to the redox flow battery in response to the redox flow battery state of charge (SOC) decreasing below a lower threshold redox flow battery SOC, wherein supplying the pulsed power signal includes supplying a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) charging voltage signal to the redox flow battery, the PWM charging voltage signal fluctuating between an upper threshold charging voltage and an open circuit voltage (OCV).

Abstract: A power control method, a network device, and a terminal are provided. The power control method includes configuring a power control parameter for a resource in an uplink beam management resource set used for an uplink beam management procedure; and sending the power control parameter to a terminal, so that the terminal sends the resource in the uplink beam management resource set according to the power control parameter.

Abstract: Provided is a knowledge distillation technique for training a student language model that, relative to a larger teacher language model, has a significantly smaller vocabulary, lower embedding dimensions, and/or hidden state dimensions. Specifically, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a dual-training mechanism that trains the teacher and student language models simultaneously to obtain optimal word embeddings for the student vocabulary. In some implementations, this approach can be combined with learning shared projection matrices that transfer layer-wise knowledge from the teacher language model to the student language model. Example experimental results have also demonstrated higher compression efficiency and accuracy when compared with other state-of-the-art compression techniques, including the ability to compress the BERTBASE model by more than 60×, with only a minor drop in downstream task metrics, resulting in a language model with a footprint of under 7 MB.

Abstract: Techniques for processing read/write requests involve determining an average response time for read/write requests to a storage device within a predetermined time period, and comparing the average response time with at least one predetermined threshold. Such techniques further involve adjusting a read/write request upper limit of the storage device based on the comparison between the average response time and the at least one predetermined threshold. Here, the read/write request upper limit indicates the maximum number of read/write requests in a read/write request queue for the storage device. In this way, the read/write request upper limit of a storage device may be dynamically adjusted based on a current response time of the storage device for processing read/write requests, and slow read/write processing caused by the accumulation of read/write requests at one storage device can be avoided.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting an initial access signal, thus solving the existing problem wherein transmitting and detecting of synchronization signals cannot be applied to large-scale network coverage of a future communication system. The method comprises: determining at least one to-be-transmitted identification information of a synchronization block, the synchronization block comprising at least two components for transmitting an initial access signal, and different components occupying different time-frequency resources of the synchronization block; determining an initial access signal transmitted by each component in the synchronization block according to the identification information; and determining a time-frequency resource occupied by each component in the synchronization block and transmitting the initial access signal of the component on the time-frequency resource occupied by each component.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for manufacturing a membrane separator for a redox flow battery. In one example, the membrane separator is fabricate by a calendering process. The membrane separator may be configured with a polymer network to provide selectivity for ion transport across the membrane separator. The membrane separator may be further adapted with an integrated spacer in contact with a negative electrolyte.

Abstract: A PUSCH transmission scheduling method, a terminal, and a network side device, are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, scheduling signaling, where the scheduling signaling is used to schedule transmission of a PUSCH, and the scheduling signaling is further used to determine at least one SRS resource set and/or SRS resource associated with the PUSCH; and sending, by the terminal, the PUSCH according to the SRS resource set and/or SRS resource.

Abstract: A method and a device for accessing a system information area or a network area are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, at least one initial access signal (IAS) transmitted from the system information area or the network area; and obtaining, by the terminal, one or more of a subframe boundary, a system bandwidth, a starting frequency and an ending frequency of the system information area or the network area based on the received IAS.