Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte, comprising a solvent, an electrolyte salt and a compound represented by structural formula 1: wherein, A, G and X are each independently selected from a cyclic sulfate group and its derivatives, a cyclic sulfonate group and its derivatives, a cyclic sulfite group and its derivatives or a group D; one or none of A, G and X is selected from the group D, and the group D is selected from a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C4 unsaturated hydrocarbon group, a C1-C4 haloalkyl group, a C1-C4 nitrile group, a C1-C4 ether group or a C1-C4 ketone group. The application also provides a battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolyte. By adopting the above compound as an additive for the non-aqueous electrolyte, the film-forming quality of the surfaces of positive and negative electrodes can be effectively improved, and thus the battery performance is improved.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a touch display; and a processor configured to: control the touch display to display a first graphic affordance; control the display to replace, based on an input indicating the first graphic affordance, display of the first graphic affordance with a second graphic affordance; control the display to deform the second graphic affordance according to an action of a user while the input is maintained; and execute a function matched to the first graphic affordance based on a moving distance of the input and whether the input is maintained.

Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M1(L1)n1(L2)n2??Formula 1 wherein, M1 is a transition metal, L1 is a ligand represented by Formula 1A, L2 is a ligand represented by Formula 1B, and n1 and n2 are each independently 1 or 2: with the proviso that i) X43 is C linked to Y2 in Formula 2 and X44 is C linked to Y3 in Formula 2; ii) X44 is C linked to Y2 in Formula 2 and X45 is C linked to Y3 in Formula 2; or iii) X45 is C linked to Y2 in Formula 2 and X46 is C linked to Y5 in Formula 2; wherein the remaining substituent groups of Formulae 1A, 1B, and 2 are as provided herein.

Abstract: An implantable prosthetic valve assembly, according to one embodiment, comprises a frame assembly including a plurality of struts and a prosthetic valve secured inside the frame assembly by one or more sutures. At least one of the plurality of spaced struts contains a recess that accepts a portion of the one or more sutures.

Abstract: Proposed is an underwater drift tracking system based on a maritime positioning platform. The underwater drift tracking system may include a plurality of underwater drifting objects configured to transmit sound wave signals including their own water depth information by using sound wave communication while drifting underwater. The underwater drift tracking system may also include a maritime drift tracker configured to track real-time underwater locations of the underwater drifting objects by moving on the sea under its own power, receiving the transmitted sound wave signals from the plurality of underwater drifting objects, and calculating absolute location information of the plurality of underwater drifting objects using the received sound wave signals.

Abstract: Radiological imaging equipment includes a signal detector configured to convert a scintillation signal output from a scintillation crystal into an electrical signal, and a signal processor configured to amplify an output signal of the signal detector and to output a time in which an amplified signal is maintained above a threshold, wherein the signal processor includes a first clipping circuit and a second clipping circuit configured to sequentially clip the amplified signal according to the threshold.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a non-woven separator for a lithium secondary battery, includes: (S1) preparing a first solution of ?-chitin dissolved in a first solvent and a second solution of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer (PVDF-TrFE) dissolved in a second solvent; (S2) coaxial electrospinning with the first solution as a core solution and the second solution as a shell solution to produce a non-woven fabric formed of a fiber with a core-shell structure having a core portion of the ?-chitin and a shell portion of the vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer; and (S3) performing heat treatment on the non-woven fabric at a temperature lower than a thermal decomposition point of the ?-chitin and higher than a melting point of the vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer to melt and recrystallize the vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer.

Abstract: A method may include determining, with a queue availability module, that an entry is available in a queue, asserting a bit in a register based on determining that an entry is available in the queue, determining, with a processor, that the bit is asserted, and processing, with the processor, the entry in the queue based on determining that the bit is asserted. The method may further include storing the register in a tightly coupled memory associated with the processor. The method may further include storing the queue in the tightly coupled memory. The method may further include determining, with the queue availability module, that an entry is available in a second queue, and asserting a second bit in the register based on determining that an entry is available in the second queue. The method may further include finding the first bit in the register using a find first instruction.

Abstract: The present invention successively performs hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) and dehydration so that, unlike that of a conventional technique, an alpha-olefin is prepared to have high selectivity, and not an olefin having a double bond at sites other than the alpha position. In addition, according to the present invention, selectivity for alpha-olefin can be further improved under optimal reaction conditions, and an alpha-olefin can be stably prepared with an extended preparation time of up to 180 hours.

Abstract: A photomask manufacturing method includes defining a main region and a dummy region based on a layout data, wherein the main region corresponds to an outer boundary surrounding functional patterns defined by the layout data and the dummy region corresponds to an empty space outside the main region, and forming a dummy pattern to fill the dummy region. The forming of the dummy pattern includes placing at least one first pattern block in the dummy region to form a first sub-region, each of the at least one first pattern block having a first area, and placing, after completing the placing of the at least one first pattern block in the dummy region, at least one second pattern block in the dummy region except the first sub-region to form a second sub-region, each of the at least one second pattern block having a second area smaller than the first area.

Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition comprises a combination of polymers including a low molecular weight semicrystalline propylene based polymer and a high molecular weight essentially amorphous propylene based polymer, both of which are prepared by using single-site catalysts, along with a wax, a hydrogenated styrene block copolymer, a tackifier, and a plasticizer. The composition has suitable viscosity ranging from 500 cP to 40,000 cP at 177° C. and is useful for a variety of industrial applications where bonding of low surface energy substrates and elastic substrates is encountered, including disposable nonwoven hygienic articles. The cooled adhesive in the laminate does not feel hard but instead has a soft feel, even though the adhesive demonstrates a relatively high Shore A hardness.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a light-colored catechol lignosulfonate sunscreen microcapsule, and a preparation therefor and the use thereof. According to the present invention, lignosulfonate is modified by using a vulcanization method to prepare catechol lignosulfonate, and the catechol lignosulfonate, a sunscreen agent and a surfactant are then subjected to ultrasonic cavitation to prepare a catechol lignosulfonate/chemical sunscreen agent microcapsule emulsion, The preparation process of the lignin/chemical sunscreen agent microcapsule of the present invention is environmentally friendly, has low costs and an excellent ultraviolet absorption performance, has a lighter color compared to other lignin-based sunscreen agents, and has a good biological adhesion and penetration resistance, which solves the problems of poor water resistance, greater pollution caused by the preparation process, easy penetration into the skin to harm the human body, etc. of conventional sunscreen agents.

Abstract: Methods and Internet of Things (IoT) systems for determining an opening and closing plan of a gas valve of a gas gate station are provided. The method may be implemented through the IoT system. The IoT system may include a smart gas user platform, a smart gas service platform, a smart gas management platform, a smart gas sensor network platform, and a smart gas object platform. The method performed by the smart gas management platform may comprise: obtaining information of a gas emergency based on a call answered by the call center of smart gas; determining severity of the gas emergency based on the information of the gas emergency; and automatically determining the opening and closing plan of the gas valve of the gas gate station based on the severity and the gas supply volume.

Abstract: An image signal processor and an image signal processing method are disclosed. The image signal processor includes a stripe pattern determiner configured to calculate a gradient index for each of a plurality of directions in a target kernel and determine whether the target kernel corresponds to a stripe pattern based on the gradient index for each of the plurality of directions, a pattern direction determiner configured to determine a pattern direction of the target kernel when the target kernel corresponds to the stripe pattern, and a demosaicing component configured to perform an interpolation operation based on the pattern direction of the target kernel.

Abstract: In a data processing method, a query distance range is determined based on current position information of a character controlled by a user in a virtual scene. Data for a plurality of non-player characters (NPCs) from a database is determined based on NPCs to be placed in the query distance range. The data includes a plurality of attributes respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of the NPCs. Weights are determined for each of the plurality of NPCs. A first number of NPCs is generated based on a descending order of the weights for each of the plurality of NPCs. The first number of NPCs is a subset of the plurality of NPCs. The generated first number of NPCs are transmitted to a client controlling the player-controlled character to cause the client to display, in the query distance range, virtual images corresponding to the first number of NPCs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for updating a node model that resists discrimination propagation in federated learning. The method includes: obtaining a node model corresponding to a data node; calculating a mean value of the distribution of class features and a quantity ratio corresponding to training data of the data node, calculating a distribution weighted aggregation model based on the node model, the mean value of the distribution of class features and the quantity ratio; calculating a regularization term corresponding to the data node based on the node model and the distribution weighted aggregation model; calculating a variance of the distribution of the class features corresponding to the data node, calculating a class balanced complementary term by using a cross-domain feature generator; and updating the node model based on the distribution weighted aggregation model, the regularization term, and the class balanced complementary term.

Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film filter includes: a substrate comprising a parallel cavity constituting the parallel resonator and a series cavity constituting the series resonator; a parallel lower electrode formed on a parallel substrate portion constituting the parallel resonator in the substrate; a series lower electrode formed on a series substrate portion constituting the series resonator in the substrate; a piezoelectric layer formed on the substrate, the parallel lower electrode, and the series lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, wherein the series lower electrode comprises a first series lower electrode formed on a portion where the series cavity is formed in the series substrate portion, and a second series lower electrode formed on a portion where the series cavity is not formed in the series substrate portion, wherein a thickness of the first series lower electrode is less than or equal to a predetermined thickness.

Abstract: In an image encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention, a candidate list for motion information prediction of a current block is generated, a control point vector of the current block is derived on the basis of the candidate list and a candidate index, a motion vector of the current block is derived on the basis of the control point vector of the current block, and inter-prediction with respect to the current block can be performed by means of the motion vector.

Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus of encoding/decoding an intra prediction mode. The method comprises deriving an intra prediction mode with respect to a current block, constructing a reference sample for the current block on the basis of the derived intra prediction mode, and performing the intra prediction with respect to the current block using the derived intra prediction mode and the constructed reference sample, wherein the intra prediction mode is derived on the basis of a most probable mode (MPM).

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a shield layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a semiconductor die, an encapsulant layer, and a shield layer. The semiconductor package includes a side that connects a first surface and second surface of the package substrate and includes recesses that are formed along an edge where the second surface and the side meet.