Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing denim-effect garments by the following steps: 1) printing a reactive dye ink onto a PET film to form a pattern thereby obtaining a transfer printed PET film; 2) transfer printing a base pulp-treated fabric by attaching the transfer printed PET film thereby obtaining a denim-effect fabric; 3) cutting, sewing, washing to soften, and drying the denim-effect fabric and thereby obtaining a denim-effect garment. The method has the advantages of simple production, being environmentally friendly, having high efficiency, and being suitable for flexible fabrics, and the produced denim-effect garment of the invention has the advantages of having a good color fastness to rubbing, washing resistance, and having a diversity of patterns, and are suitable for large-scale production and application.

Abstract: An electric pump includes a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core and a winding. The winding includes a main body section, a first section, and a second section. The stator core includes a core tooth portion, a core yoke portion, and a core neck portion. A first reference plane is defined, which coincides with a center axis line of the core tooth portion in an axial direction thereof and a center axis line of the core neck portion in an axial direction thereof. In a cross section of the stator assembly along the first reference plane, an upper end of the main body section is level with an upper end of a main body portion of the core yoke portion, and a lower end of the main body section is level with a lower end of the main body portion of the core yoke portion.

Abstract: A cleaning device of an air filter of a medical imaging system includes: a linkage assembly; a filter cleaning assembly, mounted on the linkage assembly; and a driving assembly, connected to the linkage assembly and used, in response to a received control signal, to drive the linkage assembly to move so as to drive the filter cleaning assembly to move relative to the air filter to clean the air filter, a motion path of each point on an extension shaft of the filter cleaning assembly forming at least a portion of a circle or at least a portion of a plurality of repeating circles, and the central axis extending in a first extension direction at any time in the motion. A medical imaging system and a method of using the cleaning device are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for evaluating damage of fracturing fluid to reservoir and operation method thereof, the device includes a liquid storage tank, a suction tube, a chromatography device, a bracket, a receiving container and a height adjuster; the disclosure has the following beneficial effects: since different liquids pass through the porous medium at different time and speed and the silica gel particles will not expand when immersed in the liquid, a porous structure is formed by placing silica gel particles of different sizes to simulate the pore-throat structure of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, hence removing the influence of fracturing fluid on the hydration and expansion damage of the reservoir matrix, by testing the time and flow rate of different fracturing fluids flowing through the silica gel pores, the degree of damage caused by fracturing fluids to unconventional oil and gas reservoirs is evaluated.

Abstract: Composite materials that include a structural support are described, wherein the structural support defines a plurality of cavities at least partially filled with a polymeric foam. The polymeric foam may have a density less than 5 pcf and/or the composite material may have a compressive strength of at least 60 psi.

Abstract: Methods and devices associated with providing access to a computing device are described. A method can include generating a real-time image including an attempted user, comparing the real-time image to a reference image of an authorized user, identifying an obstructed portion of the attempted user, comparing an unobstructed portion of the attempted user to a portion of the authorized user corresponding to the unobstructed portion of the attempted user, providing access to a computing device in response to the unobstructed portion of the attempted user matching the portion of the authorized user, and rejecting access to the computing device in response to the unobstructed portion of the attempted user being different from the portion of the authorized user.

Abstract: Foam composites and methods of preparation thereof are discussed. For example, the foam composite may include a polymeric material and a particulate filler, wherein the compressive strength of the foam composite is equal to or greater than 20 psi, the density is 4 pcf to 40 pcf, and wherein the thermal conductivity is equal to or less than 0.050 W/m K. the particulate filler may include fly ash, e.g., in an amount of about of 45% to about 75% by weight with respect to the total weight of the foam composite. The foam composite may be prepared from a mixture of a polyol, an isocyanate, the particulate filler, and a liquid blowing agent having a boiling point equal to or greater than 25° C. or 30° C.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a nitric oxide hydrogel for promoting tumor vascular normalization and radiosensitization and a preparation method thereof. The hydrogel includes a gel-forming polypeptide for forming a hydrogel and a ?-galactose-protected NO donor molecule, where the gel-forming polypeptide and the ?-galactose-protected NO donor molecule are covalently linked. In the present disclosure, the preparation method has a low synthesis cost, and adopts daily essential amino acid of the human body as raw materials, showing desirable biocompatibility. The hydrogel acts as a NO reservoir for continuous NO delivery on demand, which significantly solves the problem of a short half-life of NO molecules. Most importantly, the hydrogel releases NO only under the catalysis of ?-galactosidase (?-Gal), with a release amount precisely controlled by an enzyme concentration.

Abstract: In an approach, a processor extracts an audio signal from a video clip. A processor converts the audio signal into a text sequence. A processor selects a first set of keywords from the text sequence, the first set of keywords corresponding to a first audio segment of the audio signal. A processor tags a target video segment of the video clip with the first set of keywords, the target video segment corresponding to the first audio segment.

Abstract: A computer implemented technique including: splitting data of a historical time series data set into subsets; updating a time series model by backwards data selection to obtain an interim version of the time series model; exploring pattern changes in the new data to obtain new predictors of pattern change; and updating the interim version of the time series model by applying the new predictors of pattern change to obtain an updated version of the time series model.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer for balance weighted voting. The method may comprise receiving, by a network interface, a scoring request. The method may further comprise, by a processing unit in response to the scoring request, generating a plurality of scores using a plurality of models. normalizing the plurality of scores, calculating an evaluation-based weighting factor from a first subset of the normalized scores, calculating a prediction-based based weighting factor from a second subset of the normalized scores, and calculating a balanced weighting predictor from the evaluation-based weighting factor and the prediction-based weighting factor. The method may further comprise returning, by the network interface, the balanced weighting predictor as an ensemble score for the scoring request.

Abstract: A device and a method for detecting cigarette fly ash by a gray-scale difference based on machine vision (MV) are provided. A manipulator holds a cigarette as a detection sample to simulate a human smoking action, and multiple groups of cameras track a simulated smoking process of the detection sample synchronously in real time. It is determined whether fly ash appears based on a gray-scale difference of burning ash columns, produced without being subjected to flicking, in acquired images. A fly ash area of the burning ash columns of the cigarette is calculated by an area with the gray-scale difference of the burning ash columns of the cigarette in two sequential images of the burning ash columns of the cigarette, and a fly ash amount is further determined. The detection of the amount of fine fly ash is converted into the detection of the gray-scale difference.

Abstract: Solid-state lithium ion electrolytes of lithium fluoride based composites are provided which contain an anionic framework capable of conducting lithium ions. Composites of specific formulae are provided and methods to alter the composite materials with inclusion of aliovalent ions shown. Lithium batteries containing the composite lithium ion electrolytes are provided. Electrodes containing the lithium fluoride based composites are also provided.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can train a machine learning model for a first language to determine a classification for a content item in the first language. Machine translation can be performed to generate respective machine translations of a plurality of content items in a second language into the first language. Respective classifications for the plurality of content items in the second language can be determined based on the machine translations of the plurality of content items in the second language and the machine learning model for the first language. Training data in the second language can be automatically generated, where the training data in the second language includes the plurality of content items in the second language and the respective classifications.

Abstract: A method includes performing ion beam sputtering with ion assisted deposition to deposit a protective layer on a surface of a body. The protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth-containing film of a thickness less than 1000 µm. The porosity of the protective layer is below 1%. The plasma resistant rare earth-containing film consists of 40 mol% to less than 100 mol% of Y2O3, over 0 mol% to 60 mol% of ZrO2, and 0 mol% to 9 mol% of Al2O3.

Abstract: Polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam stock and methods of manufacturing are described herein. The foam stock can include (a) a polyurethane or polyisocyanurate formed by the reaction of (i) one or more isocyanates selected from the group consisting of diisocyanates, polyisocyanates, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) one or more polyols; and (b) a filler present in an amount from greater than 50% to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the foam stock. The density of the foam stock can be from 10 lb/ft3 to 35 lb/ft3. The flexural strength of the foam stock can be at least 100 psi. The resulting foam stock can be used to produce polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam to be used in composite panels.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically cleaning air filters of a medical imaging system is provided. The method includes monitoring an air filter operating condition, determining that the air filter operating condition is not within a pre-determined threshold, and providing a control signal to at least one air filter. The at least one air filter comprises a motor, drive shaft, rotatable passive shaft, continuous belt air filter, and a stationary filter brush. The drive shaft is rotatably coupled to the motor. The continuous belt air filter is coupled to the drive shaft and the passive shaft. The stationary filter brush is mounted against the continuous belt air filter. The method includes rotating, by the motor in response to the control signal, the drive shaft to translate the continuous belt air filter around and between the drive shaft and the rotatable passive shaft, and across the stationary filter brush.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to input text management. Input text can be received from a user. A set of key elements can be extracted from the input text. A determination can be made whether the user is mapped to an existing cluster. In response to determining that the user is mapped to an existing cluster, a structured table mapping key elements to text modifications can be referenced. The input text can be modified according to the structured table mapping key elements to text modifications, wherein the existing cluster is associated with a text modification scheme within the structured table, wherein the text modification scheme includes a first mapping of key elements to text modifications.

Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying media files on a device are provided. The device provides a first mode that displays a subset of media files, determined by a user query, from a plurality of media files. Once activated, the first mode persists on the device prior to becoming inactive. A second mode of the device displays the plurality of media files. The second mode is active when the first mode is inactive. An instruction is received from a user. When the instruction specifies the first mode by inclusion of a user query, a corresponding subset of files is obtained from a remote system. The subset of files is sequentially displayed until the period of time has elapsed according to the first mode. When the instruction does not specify a query, the plurality of files is polled for from a remote device and sequentially displayed according to the second mode.

Abstract: An electronic label keyboard includes a display unit disposed on each content area of a keyswitch, a microprocessor, an input module and an output module. The input module receives and reads at least one keyswitch content file provided by an external device, when the microprocessor is activated from a shutdown mode or a hibernate mode, it reads the file analysis software to analyze a keyswitch label content file and outputs a plurality of the keyswitch display signals, so that the output module controls the plurality of display units according to the plurality of keyswitch display signals to output label contents corresponding to the plurality of keyswitch display signals.