Abstract: A flue gas purification system for hazardous waste incineration and a purification method are provided. The flue gas purification system includes a cooling deacidification coupling device. The cooling deacidification coupling device includes a reaction tower. A top of the reaction tower is installed with a spraying device, an inlet end of the spraying device is connected to a first liquid inlet pipe and a second liquid inlet pipe, the first liquid inlet pipe and the second liquid inlet pipe are configured to transmit a cooling substance and a deacidification substance. The reaction tower is connected to a gas inlet pipe and a gas outlet pipe. A bottom of the reaction tower is connected to an output pipe configured to output substances generated in the reaction tower. The spraying device is configured to mix the cooling substance and the deacidification substance with the flue gas.

Abstract: An induced earthquake evaluation method for hydraulic fracturing activated faults includes obtaining an induced earthquake evaluation unit, cumulative injection equivalent energy, induced earthquake probability of fault type, induced earthquake probability of fault distance, hydraulic fracturing fluid diffusion capacity in fractured formation, new effective fault stress after fracturing, formation fluid pressure change rate and cumulative released equivalent energy. The probability of induced earthquake by hydraulic fracturing can be obtained. The induced earthquake possibility of each evaluation unit or single well under different stages of hydraulic fracturing, different construction injection methods and production conditions can be quantitatively evaluated. The method provides a quantitative result that can provide data support for optimizing hydraulic fracturing and reducing induced earthquake hazards.

Abstract: A method for allocating resource and accessing in open wireless channels includes: covering multiple types of user terminal stations in open wireless channels; making dynamic adaptive matching according to comprehensive change factors of a transmitting end and a receiving end in each communication process. The factors of the transmitting end mean that a type and transmitting capacity of a transmitting station are changed, a current state of the wireless channel between the transmitting station and a relay node is changed, a working state of a receiving end of the relay node is changed, and user services to be transmitted are changed; the factors of the receiving end mean that a type and receiving capacity of a receiving station are changed, a current state of the channel from the relay node to the receiving station is changed, and a working state of a transmitting end of the relay node is changed.

Abstract: A method for preparing isophorone diisocyanate by (1) reacting isophorone with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a catalyst to obtain isophorone nitrile; (2) reacting the isophorone nitrile obtained in step (1) with ammonia gas and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst to obtain isophorone diamine; and (3) subjecting the isophorone diamine to a phosgenation reaction to obtain the isophorone diisocyanate, wherein the content of impurities containing a secondary amine group in the isophorone diamine that undergoes the phosgenation reaction in step (3) is ?0.5 wt. The method reduces the content of hydrolyzed chlorine in the isophorone diisocyanate product, improves the yellowing resistance of the product, and the harm due to presence of hydrolyzed chlorine in the product is reduced.

Abstract: Methods and systems for implementing asymmetric workspace application notification and interaction are described herein. A computing device may determine a plurality of virtual desktops accessible from an endpoint device via one or more remote sessions associated with a user. The computing device may communicate with agent processes in the virtual desktops to determine user status in the corresponding virtual desktop. The computing device may receive an application notification generated from an application installed on the first virtual desktop. The computing device may determine that the user is active on a second virtual desktop. The computing device may send the application notification to the second virtual desktop and receive a response to the application notification. Accordingly, the computing device may cause an agent process to interact with the application on the first virtual desktop based on the response.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a bimetallic perovskite loaded grapheme-like carbon nitride photocatalyst, comprising: 11) dissolving SbCl3 and AgCl in HCl solution under heating and constant stirring; then adding CsCl in the heated solution to form sediment on the bottom of the beaker; collecting the sediment and wash it with ethanol, and finally drying in an oven to obtain Cs2AgSbCl6 powder; 12) adding melamine into an aluminum oxide crucible and placing it into a muffle furnace for calcination and finally cooling to room temperature naturally to obtain g-C3N4 samples; 13) adding the Cs2AgSbCl6 bimetallic perovskite and the g-C3N4 into a solvent, and stirring after subjecting to ultrasound, and drying after centrifuging to obtain the photocatalyst. Provided is a new idea for the combination of bimetallic halide perovskite and photocatalytic material, and the preparation method has mild conditions, simple operation, and is favorable for large-scale production.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a communication method and apparatus for an open radio access network (O-RAN), an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium, relating to communication. The method comprises: determining, by an O-RAN distributed unit (O-DU), for a periodic or semi-persistent channel or signal, that that a trigger condition for a first control-plane message is satisfied; and transmitting, by the O-DU, a first control-plane message to an O-RAN radio unit (O-RU), the first control-plane message indicating a first endpoint in the O-RU to perform an operation related to first information, the O-RU configured to periodically control receiving uplink air interface data or processing downlink user-plane messages based on the first information. In various embodiments of the disclosure, periodically transmitting control-plane messages is avoided and the message load of the fronthaul interface is thus effectively reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed is an in-situ vacuum reaction system for dynamically detecting defects, which includes an electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer, an in-situ vacuum reaction chamber, a gas supply unit, a vacuum unit, an illumination unit, a temperature control unit and a mixing bottle, the in-situ vacuum reaction chamber is arranged inside a detection cavity of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer, the gas supply unit is connected to the mixing bottle through a pipeline, and the mixing bottle is connected to a gas inlet of the in-situ vacuum reaction chamber through a pipeline, the vacuum unit is connected to the gas inlet of the in-situ vacuum reaction chamber through a pipeline, the illumination unit is arranged corresponding to a detachable window of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer, and the temperature control unit is connected to the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer through a pipeline.

Abstract: Techniques for performing tests by a speech processing system are described. A speech processing system may apply a hash function to a group of user identifiers, a content provider identifier, and time data to segment the group of user identifiers into non-holdout, holdout control, and holdout treatment groups. A non-holdout group represents users not subject to a test for a duration of time. A holdout control group represents users subject to a test for the duration of time, but which do not receive unresponsive content during the duration of time. A holdout treatment group represents users subject to a test and which receive unresponsive content over the duration of time. User activity of the holdout control and holdout treatment groups may be compared to measure an effectiveness of the unresponsive content. The measured effectiveness may be used to determine a ranking of the content provider at runtime.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a dynamic scale indicator on a flight display of an aircraft. The method comprises receiving an operational status parameter for the aircraft and generating the dynamic scale indicator located on the flight display of the aircraft. The dynamic scale indicator includes a positive value range that represents operational status parameter values greater than a selected setting value and a negative value range that represents operational status parameter values less than the selected setting value. The operational status parameter is translated into a value that is represented on the dynamic scale indicator. The value ranges shown on the dynamic scale indicator are adjusted by fading the negative value range when the operational status parameter value is positive, fading the positive value range when the operational status parameter value is negative, and fading the value range to the extent that the value range exceeds the operational status parameter value.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for performing energy disaggregation of a whole-house energy usage waveform, based at least in part on the whole-house energy usage profile, training data, and predetermined generic models, including: a module for pairing impulses identified in the whole-house energy usage waveform to indicate an appliance cycle, pairing impulses with at least one up transition with at least one down transition; a module for bundling impulses that are representative of an appliance cycle; a classification module, which upon determination of a type of appliance associated with bundles, is configured to classify the bundles of transitions in accordance with bundles exhibited by similar appliances with similar characteristics; and utilizing such pairing module and module for bundling to perform energy disaggregation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a water borne coating composition. The composition according to the present invention comprises an emulsified binder, wherein the binder is a polymer selected from the group consisting of polymers prepared by emulsion polymerization of unsaturated vinyl, acrylate and/or methacrylate monomers, alkyd, polyurethane, and epoxy, 0.3% to 10% by weight of a second polymer selected from one or more of the group consisting of poly(vinyl alcohol) and water-soluble copolymers having repeat units of vinyl alcohol, wherein, if the second polymer is poly(vinyl alcohol), at least 85 wt % of the second polymer has a number of repeat units not less than 2,000, and 0% to 15% by weight of a cellulose-based filler, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the weight ratio of second polymer to binder is in the range of from 1:100 to 1:1. The composition maybe used in various applications to form a decorative coating which has special visual and tactile effect.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods of disaggregating and detecting energy usage associated with electric vehicle charging from a whole-house consumption signal. In general, methods of the present invention may include: identifying by an electronic processor potential interval candidates of electric vehicle charging, based at least in part upon long and decreasing patterns; determining by the electronic processor intervals associated with the charging of an electric vehicle, based at least in part on evaluating each potential interval candidate; determining by the electronic processor an initial point of charging for each interval associated with the charging of an electric vehicle; and accounting by the electronic processor for feedback of any incorrectly detected signals.

Abstract: A video codec including a memory and a processor operably coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to compute a reconstructed pixel based on a residual pixel and a first prediction pixel and compute a second prediction pixel in a directional intra prediction mode based on the reconstructed pixel, where the first and second prediction pixels are located in a same block of a video frame. A method for intra prediction including computing a prediction pixel adaptively based on a plurality of reconstructed neighboring pixels, where a distance between the prediction pixel and each of the plurality of reconstructed neighboring pixels is one.

Abstract: Aspects in accordance with embodiments of the invention may include a method for remotely setting, controlling, or modifying settings on a programmable communicating thermostat (PCT) in order to customize settings to a specific house and user, including steps of: receiving at a remote processor information entered into the PCT by the user; receiving at the remote processor: non-electrical information associated with the specific house or user; and energy usage data of the specific house; performing by the remote processor energy disaggregation on the energy usage data; determining by the remote processor a custom schedule for the PCT based upon the information entered by the user, the non-electrical information associated with the specific house or user, and disaggregated energy usage data; revising by the remote processor, the custom schedule for the PCT based upon additional user input or seasonal changes; providing the custom schedule for the PCT to the PCT.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods of disaggregating and detecting energy usage associated with electric vehicle charging from a whole-house consumption signal. In general, methods of the present invention may include: identifying by an electronic processor potential interval candidates of electric vehicle charging, based at least in part upon long and decreasing patterns; determining by the electronic processor intervals associated with the charging of an electric vehicle, based at least in part on evaluating each potential interval candidate; determining by the electronic processor an initial point of charging for each interval associated with the charging of an electric vehicle; and accounting by the electronic processor for feedback of any incorrectly detected signals.

Abstract: A video codec comprising a processor configured to generate a prediction block for a current block, compute a difference between the current block and the prediction block to generate a residual block, scan a plurality of prediction residuals located in the residual block following a scanning order, and if the plurality of residual values comprise at least one non-zero prediction residual, entropy encode the at least one non-zero prediction residual. A method comprising generating a prediction block for a current block, computing a difference between the current block and the prediction block to generate a residual block, scanning a plurality of prediction residuals located in the residual block, and if the plurality of residual values comprise at least one non-zero prediction residual, entropy encoding the at least one non-zero prediction residual.

Abstract: A video codec including a memory and a processor operably coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to compute a reconstructed pixel based on a residual pixel and a first prediction pixel and compute a second prediction pixel in a directional intra prediction mode based on the reconstructed pixel, where the first and second prediction pixels are located in a same block of a video frame. A method for intra prediction including computing a prediction pixel adaptively based on a plurality of reconstructed neighboring pixels, where a distance between the prediction pixel and each of the plurality of reconstructed neighboring pixels is one.

Abstract: A video codec comprising a processor configured to compute a reconstructed pixel based on a residual pixel and a first prediction pixel and compute a second prediction pixel in a directional intra prediction mode based on the reconstructed pixel, wherein the first and second prediction pixels are located in a same block of a video frame. A method for intra prediction comprising computing a prediction pixel adaptively based on a plurality of reconstructed neighboring pixels, wherein a distance between the prediction pixel and each of the plurality of reconstructed neighboring pixels is one.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for performing energy disaggregation of a whole-house energy usage waveform, based at least in part on the whole-house energy usage profile, training data, and predetermined generic models, including: a module for pairing impulses identified in the whole-house energy usage waveform to indicate an appliance cycle, pairing impulses with at least one up transition with at least one down transition; a module for bundling impulses that are representative of an appliance cycle; a classification module, which upon determination of a type of appliance associated with bundles, is configured to classify the bundles of transitions in accordance with bundles exhibited by similar appliances with similar characteristics; and utilizing such pairing module and module for bundling to perform energy disaggregation.