Abstract: A lithium battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator located between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode material layer of the negative electrode plate includes a lithium-silicon composite negative electrode active material. The negative electrode material layer has a protective layer on the surface or the lithium-silicon composite negative electrode active material has a protective layer on the surface. The protective layer includes a polymer matrix and a lithium salt. When the lithium battery is fully charged, the lithium-silicon composite negative electrode active material includes elemental lithium and a lithium-silicon alloy Li4.4Si, and the elemental lithium accounts for 15%-95% by mole of the lithium-silicon composite negative electrode active material.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a risk assessment method of water inrush in tunnels constructed in water-rich grounds. The method includes the following steps: simulating a tunnel excavation process by finite element software MIDAS GTS NX and fluid-structure interaction; according to a research method of control variables, analyzing effects of a groundwater level, an elastic modulus and advanced pipe shed grouting on the stability of surrounding rock, and improving an algorithm of a radial basis function (RBF) neural network using a Grey Relation Analysis (GRA)-based Partitioning Around Medoid (PAM) clustering algorithm to assess risks of water inrush occurring in Qingdao area.

Abstract: An underframe end structure without a bolster beam for a rail vehicle, including an underframe end beam, an underframe edge beam, a coupler mounting base, coupler support beams, and oblique support beams, where the front of the coupler mounting base is connected to the underframe end beam through the oblique support beams, two sides of the coupler mounting base are connected to the underframe edge beam through the coupler support beams, so that quadrilateral frame structures are respectively formed on the two sides of the coupler mounting base, the oblique support beams form an included angle of 55° to 80° with a forward opening, and the coupler support beams form an included angle of 120° to 140° with a backward opening.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hydrogenation catalyst, a preparation method for same, and applications thereof. Also disclosed is a hydrogenation reaction method employing the hydrogenation catalyst. The hydrogenation catalyst of the present invention comprises a binding agent and an active component. The active component comprises nickel and a group VIB metal element. The binding agent comprises zirconium oxide and aluminum oxide. The catalyst of the present invention has nickel serving as the main active ingredient and is inexpensive. Moreover, the catalyst of the present invention exhibits an increased catalytic activity in a hydrogenation reaction of phenolic compounds and specifically provides an increased low-temperature reaction activity. The catalyst of the present invention is applicable in a continuous production process, thus implementing the continuous production of a hydrogenated bisphenol A product and providing the product with high and stable quality.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-factor quantitative analysis method for deformation of a neighborhood tunnel. The method includes the following steps: analyzing monitoring data generated at a tunnel site; simulating collapse occurring at a shallow buried section of a tunnel; determining the degree of influence of each factor on the tunnel and a stratum; and determining quantitative influence of each factor on tunnel deformation. The present disclosure can not only provide an accurate theoretical basis for the construction of the shallow buried section of the small-distance tunnel, but also guarantee safety and cost saving during tunnel construction.

Abstract: The disclosure provides at compounds of Formula I, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using the same, including use in treating diseases, disorders of conditions mediated by the signaling of formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1).

Abstract: An insert for a connector is provided having: an insert housing, wherein a cavity of the insert housing has multiple connection-accommodating holes for accommodating multiple connections, and wherein the multiple connections comprise at least one protective grounding connection; a holding plate, which is attached to a connection side of the insert housing in order to hold the multiple connections in the cavity; and a protective grounding plate, which serves for electrical contact with the protective grounding connection. The insert can accommodate more connections, whereby a high-density connector is provided, wherein power connections and protective grounding connections of the same type can be used in order for quick assembly and disassembly to be realized, whereby it is also possible for customers to replace the connections according to actual use.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ecological governance method based on erosion prevention and control for a gentle slope farmland and relates to the technical field of ecological governance of farmlands. The ecological governance method based on erosion prevention and control for a gentle slope farmland includes the following steps: sampling a gentle slope farmland to investigate erosion thereof; and determining erosion of a gentle slope cultivated land and selecting a corresponding recovery strategy based on a detection result of a sample, a soil quality index (SQI), and a comprehensive vegetation quality index (VQI), where the recovery strategy includes a natural recovery method and a biological-farming comprehensive recovery method; enclosing the gentle slope cultivated land, fallowing the gentle slope cultivated land and reducing tillage; exterminating insect pests and poisonous weeds in the enclosed area; and turning over straws under soil by a cultivator. The growth of poisonous weeds is inhibited.

Abstract: The disclosure belongs to the technical field of batteries, and particularly relates to a current collector component, which includes a first current collector piece, a second current collector piece, and an insulator, the first current collector piece and the second current collector piece being in insulated connection through an insulator; and the second current collector piece includes a body part, a welding part, and a connecting part, the body part being connected to the insulator and provided with a first electrical connection surface, the connecting part being connected between the body part and the welding part, and the connecting part being bendable, so that the welding part is located on the side, far away from the first electrical connection surface, of the body part. The structure of the disclosure may increase the utilization rate of the internal space of a housing.

Abstract: The disclosure belongs to the technical field of batteries, and particularly relates to a current collector component, which includes a first current collector piece, a second current collector piece, and an insulator, the first current collector piece and the second current collector piece being in insulated connection through an insulator; the second current collector piece includes a body part and a welding part, the body part and the welding part forming an included angle, and a welding surface of the welding part and a surface of the body part forming an included angle. The structure of the disclosure has high welding safety, may increase the utilization rate of the internal space of a housing, and may prevent the damage to a cell caused by laser penetration welding. In addition, the disclosure further discloses a secondary battery.

Abstract: A three-stage tubular T-shaped degassing device with microbubble axial flow and spiral flow fields is provided, which is applied to quick degassing of a gas-liquid two-phase flow. The three-stage tubular T-shaped degassing device adopts a quick degassing technology combining a microbubble uniform mixed rotational axial flow field and a spiral runner conical spiral flow field with layered jet collision reversing depth degassing. A microbubble uniform mixer is configured to adjust gas-liquid two-phase flow containing big bubbles into microbubble uniform mixed axial flow. A microbubble cyclone is configured to adjust the microbubble uniform mixed axial flow into multiple strands of rotational axial flows containing microbubbles. A rotational axial flow degasser implements the horizontal type microbubble uniform mixed multiple strands rotational axial flow degassing operation to remove most microbubbles to form axial flow gas and axial flow liquid.

Abstract: A memory swapping method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: selecting n to-be-swapped-out pages; compressing the n to-be-swapped-out pages into n compressed blocks, and buffering the n compressed blocks in a compressed data buffer area; organizing at least one of the n compressed blocks into m to-be-written units; and writing the m to-be-written units into a swap area of a non-volatile storage device in a maximum of m batches, where at least one of the m to-be-written units is stored in a segment of continuous space in the swap area. The method reduces a quantity of write times during memory swapping, thereby prolonging a service life of the non-volatile storage device.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for training a sequential recommendation model. Methods include determining a difficulty and quality (DQ) score associated with user behavior sequences from a training dataset. User behavior sequences are sampled during training based on their DQ scores. A meta-extrapolator may also be trained based on user behavior sequences sampled according to DQ score. The meta-extrapolator may be trained with high quality low difficulty sequences. The meta-extrapolator may then be used with an input of high quality high difficulty sequences to generate synthetic user behavior sequences. The synthetic user behavior sequences may be used to augment the training dataset to fine-tune the sequential recommendation model, while continuing to sample user behavior sequences based on DQ score. As the DQ score is based on current model predictions, DQ scores iteratively update during the training process.

Abstract: A method and system for extracting a multi-dimensional disconnection network region of symptom mapping: registering a lesion image to a brain standard space; obtaining diffusion magnetic resonance images and resting-state functional magnetic resonance images of healthy control groups; constructing a structural disconnection weighting network corresponding to lesions using a fiber tracking method according to the lesion image in the brain standard space and the diffusion magnetic resonance images; constructing a functional significant disconnection network corresponding to the lesions using a cross-correlation verification method according to the lesion image in the brain standard space and the resting-state functional magnetic resonance images; and determining the multi-dimensional disconnection network region of the lesions of symptom mapping according to the structural disconnection weighting network and the functional significant disconnection network, where the multi-dimensional disconnection network regi

Abstract: The present technology is directed to determining an accuracy of an infrared (IR) camera, and more particularly, validating a distortion accuracy of an IR camera. The present technology can receive one or more images of a calibration harp captured by the IR camera, wherein the one or more images include a plurality of lines corresponding to a plurality of strings of the calibration harp. The present technology can further determine a degree of distortion of the plurality of lines based on a distortion error coefficient, wherein the distortion error coefficient is computed based on edge points of the plurality of lines on the one or more images.

Abstract: A biomass burner includes a hopper, a ventilating chamber, a U-shaped fire box, a feeding cylinder including an output end, an auger, a feeding motor including a driving wheel, an ignition device, an ignition motor, a ventilation plate, a first poking device, a second poking device, a first poking motor configured to drive the first poking device, a second poking motor configured to drive the second poking device, a first fixed plate, and a second fixed plate. The hopper is disposed below the feeding cylinder. The feeding cylinder is disposed through the ventilating chamber and the output end of the feeding cylinder extends into the U-shaped fire box. The auger is disposed in the feeding cylinder and is driven by the feeding motor; one end of the auger is provided with a driven gear, and the driven gear is meshed with the driving wheel of the feeding motor.

Abstract: The present technology is directed to determining an accuracy of an infrared (IR) camera, and more particularly, validating a distortion accuracy of an IR camera. The present technology can receive one or more images of a calibration harp captured by the IR camera, wherein the one or more images include a plurality of lines corresponding to a plurality of strings of the calibration harp. The present technology can further determine a degree of distortion of the plurality of lines based on a distortion error coefficient, wherein the distortion error coefficient is computed based on edge points of the plurality of lines on the one or more images.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intracranial artery stenosis detection method and system. The present disclosure obtains artery stenosis detection results based on a first maximum intensity projection (MIP) image and a second MIP image obtained by preprocessing a medical image by adopting a detection model based on an adaptive triplet attention module and generates an auxiliary report and visualization results according to target category information in the artery stenosis detection results. Therefore, the problem that existing manual interpretation methods are easily affected by the subjective experience of doctors and are time-consuming and laborious can be solved, thus improving accuracy and efficiency of intracranial artery stenosis detection.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for using a self-illuminating harp to calibrate for distortion. In particular, apparatus, methods and systems are provided for imaging and analyzing self-illuminated harp in order to correct for lens distortion. In various implementations, an array of media is strung plumb which resembles a harp. The media can be light fibers or other suitable material which can be strung in a straight line. The cores of translucent fibers are illuminated. These are configured to scatter light throughout their bulk which escapes the core by egressing along the length of fiber. This light produces plumb lines which can be imaged, analyzed and model. In some implementations, imaging is performed by rotation to include a full FOV.