Abstract: Provided is an active layer composition of a reduction electrode for brine electrolysis containing a metal precursor mixture containing a ruthenium precursor, a platinum precursor, and a lanthanide metal precursor, and an organic solvent containing an alcohol-based compound and an amine-based compound. Also provided is a reduction electrode containing a metal substrate and an active layer that is a dried and heat treated active layer composition positioned on the metal substrate.

Abstract: A battery module capable of suppressing spread of battery fire including a case, a plurality of battery packs, a plurality of temperature sensors, an energy consumption module and a controller. The case forms an accommodation space, and the battery packs is accommodated in the accommodation space. The temperature sensors are dispersedly configured to the accommodation space, and the temperature sensors respectively detect an ambient temperature around configure locations. The controller is coupled to the temperature sensors, and when the ambient temperature detected by one of the temperature sensors is greater than or equal to a first specific temperature range, the controller controls the energy consumption module to consume a battery capacity of at least one battery pack around the one of the temperature sensors.

Abstract: An emulated card switching method, electronic device, and communication system are provided. The method includes sending first information to an near field communication (NFC) card reader which determines a first protocol based on the first information and a protocol supported by the NFC card reader, and performs a service process of the first protocol with the electronic device, if no identification information is obtained, modifying protocol information of a first emulated card from the first information to second information, sending the second information to the NFC card reader which obtains the second information from the electronic device, determines a second protocol based on the second information and the protocol supported by the NFC card reader, and performs a service process of the second protocol with the electronic device, and if identification information is obtained, switching the first emulated card to a second emulated card corresponding to the identification information.

Abstract: A magnetic field enhancing component, including: a first dielectric layer comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a first electrode layer arranged on the first surface; a second electrode layer and a fourth electrode layer, which are arranged on the second surface at an interval, where orthographic projections of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, which are projected onto the first dielectric layer, overlap each other, and orthographic projections of the first electrode layer and the fourth electrode layer, which are projected onto the first dielectric layer, overlap each other; and a first external capacitor, a second external capacitor, and a first switching control circuit. One terminal of the second external capacitor is connected to the second electrode layer, and another terminal of the second external capacitor is connected to one terminal of the first external capacitor and one terminal of the first switching control circuit, respectively.

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: Provided is an ultrasonic generator with an adjustable ultrasonic focusing depth. The ultrasonic generator with an adjustable ultrasonic focusing depth includes a cartridge housing in which an ultrasound generation portion generating ultrasonic waves is provided, a hand piece in which the cartridge housing is detachably mounted, the hand piece having a first actuator thereinside, and a main shaft to which the ultrasound generation portion is coupled so as to reciprocate in a horizontal direction, parallel to the bottom of the cartridge housing and a vertical direction, perpendicular to the bottom of the cartridge housing. One end of the main shaft is coupled to one end of the first actuator of the hand piece, and an other end of the main shaft is located inside the cartridge housing. The hand piece includes an adjustment portion adjusting an ultrasonic focusing depth of the ultrasound generation portion.

Abstract: Provided are an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, an organic light-emitting device including the same, and an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device: M(L1)n1(L2)n2??Formula 1 wherein M, L1, L2, n1, and n2 in Formula 1 are each the same as described in the present specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of novel benzoimidazole derivatives and their use.

Abstract: A sample analyzer, comprising a reaction assembly and a detection assembly, wherein the reaction assembly comprises a sampler and a reaction tank, the sampler is used for collecting a biological sample and injecting the biological sample into the reaction tank, a wall of the reaction tank is provided with a first through-hole used for injecting a first reagent, and a center line of the first through-hole is arranged to be misaligned with the sampler after the sampler moves into the reaction tank, the detection assembly is connected to the reaction tank and is used for drawing fluid from the reaction tank for test. The reaction assembly enables a solution to be more uniformly mixed.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for processing, by one or more processors, data obtained on the basis of detection signals generated by a detector array including a plurality of detector units. The method includes generating, on the basis of the detection signals generated by the detector array, a spatio-temporal data set including a plurality of counting values, wherein each of the plurality of counting values corresponds to one of the plurality of detector units and is addressed to at least one time bin, and generating distance information including a plurality of distance values corresponding to each of the plurality of detector units by processing the spatio-temporal data set.

Abstract: A local spoke is configured with a hub that serves at least one remote spoke equipped with a plurality of IPSEC endpoint interfaces for routing traffic according to a routing table of the hub. A first routing path is received to the at least one remote spoke for dynamic VPN with a first IPSEC endpoint selected by the hub based on a Reply message without consideration of first link quality of the remote spoke relative to other available links. In another embodiment, an ADVPN shortcut is established. Data packets are then transmitted using a second routing path for dynamic VPN with a second IPSEC endpoint. A new ADVPN shortcut is established for more optimal routing, based on updated link quality metrics discovered during a health check. The existing ADVPN shortcut is then allowed to expire.

Abstract: A heat transferring device including a heater, a cooler, and a recoverer may be provided. The heater may be configured to heat a first liquid working fluid and change the first liquid working fluid to a gaseous working fluid. The cooler may be configured to cool the gaseous working fluid supplied from the heater and change the gaseous working fluid supplied from the heater to a second liquid working fluid. The recoverer may be configured to enable the second liquid working fluid from the cooler to move to the heater. Accordingly, the second liquid working fluid of the cooler may be movable in an upward direction and then recoverable using gravity, without a separate power source.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for unsupervised named entity recognition. An example method includes receiving, by a communications circuitry, a reference named entity list, the reference named entity list identifying a set of named entities and an entity type of each identified named entity. The example method further includes generating, by a vectorizer, vectors from the named entities identified in the reference named entity list, and consolidating, by a synthesizer, the generated vectors into a set of representative vectors, wherein each representative vector is associated with a particular entity type. Finally, the example method receiving, by an analysis engine, a set of text, and performing, by the analysis engine, named entity recognition on the set of text using the set of representative vectors to generate a tagged set of text.

Abstract: A resonance conversion device and a universal serial bus circuit are provided. The resonance conversion device includes an input filter circuit, a full-bridge LLC converter circuit, a transformer circuit, a rectifier filter circuit, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether an indication voltage of a voltage command is less than or equal to a threshold value and to perform the following steps: in response to the indication voltage being less than or equal to the threshold value, controlling the full-bridge LLC converter circuit into a half-bridge operation mode, and regulating the DC output voltage by performing half-bridge burst mode control on the full-bridge LLC converter circuit based on the DC output voltage; and in response to the indication voltage being greater than the threshold value, regulating the DC output voltage by performing full-bridge burst mode control on the full-bridge LLC converter circuit based on the DC output voltage.

Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for generating and evaluating automatic transcripts of audio recordings containing human speech. In some examples, a computing system is configured to: generate transcripts of a plurality of audio recordings; determine an error rate for each transcript by comparing the transcript to a reference transcript of the audio recording; receive, for each transcript, a subjective ranking selected from a plurality of subjective rank categories; determine, based on the error rates and subjective rankings, objective rank categories defined by error-rate ranges; and assign an objective ranking to a new machine-generated transcript of a new audio recording, based on the objective rank categories and an error rate of the new machine-generated transcript.

Abstract: A planar winding transformer includes a magnetic core set and a multilayer circuit board. The magnetic core set includes two magnetic cores and two magnetic columns. The two magnetic cores are parallel to each other. The multilayer circuit board is disposed between two magnetic cores, and two magnetic columns penetrate through the multilayer circuit board. The multilayer circuit board includes two low voltage winding layers and one high voltage winding layer. Two low voltage winding layers are connected to each other in parallel, and the high voltage winding layer is disposed between two low voltage winding layers. When the high voltage winding layer receives a polarity current, at least one of the low voltage winding layers generates a corresponding induced current. Two magnetic cores and two magnetic columns form a closed path for magnetic flux.

Abstract: Techniques are presented for optimizing a treatment plan for charged particle therapy. The method includes obtaining medical image data voxels inside a subject in a reference frame of a radiation source that emits a beam of charged particles at multiple tracks with a controlled emitted energy at each track. Hydrogen density (HD) is determined based on the medical image data. Stopping power ratio (SPR) along a first beam having a first track and first emitted energy is calculated based on HD. A range to a Bragg peak is calculated along the first beam based on the SPR and the first emitted energy. The first beam track or the first emitted energy, or both, is modified based at least in part on the beam range to determine a second track and second emitted energy. Output data that indicates the second track and second emitted energy are sent.

Abstract: A method for processing point data obtained from a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device is proposed. The method may include obtaining point cloud data including a plurality of point data for a plurality of detection points. The method may also include generating an image of the plurality of detection points based on the point cloud data. Each of the plurality of point data may include location information about a detection point and a geometrically enhanced intensity of the detection point. The geometrically enhanced intensity may be generated based on a combination of a reflection parameter related to the amount of light scattered at the detection point and a geometric parameter based on geometrical characteristic of the detection point.

Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for generating and evaluating automatic transcripts of audio recordings containing human speech. In some examples, a computing system is configured to: generate transcripts of a plurality of audio recordings; determine an error rate for each transcript by comparing the transcript to a reference transcript of the audio recording; receive, for each transcript, a subjective ranking selected from a plurality of subjective rank categories; determine, based on the error rates and subjective rankings, objective rank categories defined by error-rate ranges; and assign an objective ranking to a new machine-generated transcript of a new audio recording, based on the objective rank categories and an error rate of the new machine-generated transcript.