Abstract: In an example embodiment, a structural health monitoring software application provides non-contact structural health monitoring using a video of a structure captured by a video camera. The application selects an area of interest and divides the area of interest into a grid of cells. One or more machine vision algorithms are selected from a set of multiple machine vision algorithms provided by the application, wherein the set of multiple machine vision algorithms includes at least one phase-based algorithm and at least one template matching algorithm. The application applies the one or more machine vision algorithms to the video of the structure to determining a displacement of each cell, detects defects or damage based on differences in the displacement of cells, and displays an indicator of the detected defects or damage in a user interface.

Abstract: Compositions and provided to induce cells of the inner ear to renter the cell cycle and to proliferate. In particular, hair cells are induced to proliferate by administration of a composition which activates the Myc and Notch. Supporting cells are induced to transdifferentiate to hair cells by inhibition of Myc and Notch activity or the activation of Atoh1. Methods of treatment include the intracellular delivery of these molecules to a specific therapeutic target.

Abstract: A negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a negative active material layer disposed on at least one side of the negative current collector. The negative active material layer includes a negative active material, the negative active material includes graphite and hard carbon, and a ratio of a mass percent ?H of hydrogen to a mass percent ?C of carbon in the hard carbon is 0.02??H/?C?0.20. The negative electrode plate enhances the high-temperature cycle performance of the electrochemical device.

Abstract: A hard carbon material includes a porous skeleton, a first element, and element zinc, where the first element includes at least one of element nitrogen, element sulfur, element boron, element phosphorus or element selenium. A percentage of the first element with respect to a total mass of the hard carbon material is A1%, and a percentage of element zinc with respect to the total mass of the hard carbon material is A2%, where the hard carbon material satisfies 1.5?A1/A2?5. When applied to an electrochemical apparatus, the hard carbon material can significantly improve the energy density of the electrochemical apparatus.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, machine vision-based techniques for non- contact SHM are provided that may integrate both phase-based algorithms and template matching algorithms to enable selection of one or more machine vision algorithms that are effective at measuring responses (e.g., displacement, strain, acceleration, velocity, etc.) under present conditions. Results of a single algorithm or a combination of results from multiple algorithms may be returned. In such techniques, improved template matching algorithms may be employed that provide sub-pixel accuracy. Responses may be adjusted to cancel out camera vibration and video noise. Defects or damage may be determined by tracking changes in displacement within an area of interest.

Abstract: A negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, the negative electrode active material layer includes negative electrode active material particles, and the negative electrode active material particle includes a porous portion and a nonporous portion with heteroatoms. The heteroatom includes at least one of element boron, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, or sulfur and is located on an interface, and the interface is a region, in the nonporous portion, formed from a bordering position between the nonporous portion and the porous portion to 0.5 ?m from the bordering position. The porous portion improves the lithium ion intercalation and deintercalation efficiency. In addition, boron, nitrogen, and other elements doped increase the gram capacity of the negative electrode active material, helping increase the energy density of the electrochemical apparatus.

Abstract: Compositions for regeneration of inner cells and for treating hearing loss comprise at least one modulator of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) sufficient to induce reprogramming proliferation and regeneration of inner ear cells. The composition include, in some instances, an effective amount of one or more phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) inhibitors, MYC/NOTCH modulators, Atonal Homolog 1 (Atoh1) modulators or combinations thereof.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, techniques are provided for efficient and reliable anomaly detection and evaluation in a water distribution system (e.g., a smart water distribution system) using both flow and pressure time series data from sensors of the system. The techniques may implement a multi-step workflow that involves decomposing the time series data to remove seasonality and rendering the time series data stationary, detecting outliers of the stationary time series data, classifying sensor events in response to flow or pressure of detected outliers exceeding high or low thresholds for at least a given number of time steps, classifying anomaly events by correlating one or more sensor events related to flow with one or more sensor events related to pressure or by clustering a plurality of sensor events in temporal proximity, and determining a quantitative score for each of the detected anomaly events that indicates a level of significance or importance.

Abstract: A composite material includes a graphite particle. A surface of the graphite particle is provided with a first region and a second region. The first region is made of graphite, and the second region includes a hard carbon layer. A surface area of the first region is denoted as A1 ?m2, and a surface area of the second region is denoted as A2 ?m2, 0?A1/A2?9. A thickness of the hard carbon layer is H nm, 5?H?500. By controlling the coating amount and coating area of the hard carbon to satisfy the above relationship, this application can improve energy density, capacity performance, and the like at the same time of enhancing dynamic performance.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for regenerating hair cells in an adult mammalian inner ear using novel combinations of agents selected from the group consisting of a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, one or more inhibitory nucleic acids targeting Fir, Mxi1, Fbxw7, or a combination thereof, a Wnt pathway activator, and a cAMP activator. The methods and compositions can be used to treat a subject with hearing loss or vestibular dysfunction.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of sentiment analysis based on ambiguity analysis, which includes analyzing information with the sentiment analysis models and the ambiguity analysis models. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of training the sentiment analysis models and ambiguity analysis models, which includes acquiring information, constructing lexicons, conducting sentiment analysis and ambiguity analysis with said lexicons, acquiring corpus, and training models, etc. Meanwhile, another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system of sentiment analysis, which includes input, and output modules, acquisition modules, processing modules and database.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of sentiment analysis based on ambiguity analysis, which includes analyzing information with the sentiment analysis models and the ambiguity analysis models. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of training the sentiment analysis models and ambiguity analysis models, which includes acquiring information, constructing lexicons, conducting sentiment analysis and ambiguity analysis with said lexicons, acquiring corpus, and training models, etc. Meanwhile, another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system of sentiment analysis, which includes input, and output modules, acquisition modules, processing modules and database.

Abstract: A negative active material includes composite particles. The composite particle includes a first region and a second region, where the first region includes a disordered carbon structure, and the second region includes an ordered carbon structure and/or a metal oxide structure. The negative active material of this application has a high gram capacity and active ion diffusion coefficient, so that a secondary battery containing such negative active material has a high energy density and excellent cycling performance, rate performance, and fast charging capacity.

Abstract: A system and method for query selection are provided. The method may include acquiring a natural language sentence, pre-processing to obtain a standard node sequence, constructing a node tree based on the relationship between an index node and other nodes, generating a data query command based on the node tree, querying data using the data query command, and filtering the results. The standard node sequence may include at least an index node and a condition node. The node tree may be used to characterize the index-condition combination. The system may include an acquisition unit, a pre-processing unit, a node tree construction unit, a translation unit, and a querying and filtering unit.

Abstract: In example embodiments, an enhanced deep belief learning model with an extended Kalman filter (EKF) is used for training and updating a deep belief network (DBN) with new data to produce a DBN model useful in making predictions on a variety of types of datasets, including data captured from infrastructure-attached sensors describing the condition of the infrastructure. The EKF is employed to estimate operation parameters of the DBN and generate the model's output covariance. Further, in example embodiments, the configuration of the DBN model may be optimized by a competent genetic algorithm.

Abstract: Compositions for regeneration of inner cells and for treating hearing loss comprise at least one modulator of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) sufficient to induce reprogramming proliferation and regeneration of inner ear cells. The composition include, in some instances, an effective amount of one or more phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) inhibitors, MYC/NOTCH modulators, Atonal Homolog 1 (Atoh1) modulators or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A system and method for query selection are provided. The method may include acquiring a natural language sentence, pre-processing to obtain a standard node sequence, constructing a node tree based on the relationship between an index node and other nodes, generating a data query command based on the node tree, querying data using the data query command, and filtering the results. The standard node sequence may include at least an index node and a condition node. The node tree may be used to characterize the index-condition combination. The system may include an acquisition unit, a pre-processing unit, a node tree construction unit, a translation unit, and a querying and filtering unit.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, techniques are provided for training and/or using a semantic deep learning model, such as a segmentation-enabled CNN model, to detect corrosion and enable its quantitative evaluation. An application may include a training dataset generation tool capable of semi-automatic generation of a training dataset that includes images with labeled corrosion segments. The application may use the labeled training dataset to train a semantic deep learning model to detect and segment corrosion in images of an input dataset at the pixel-level. The application may apply an input dataset to the trained semantic deep learning model to produce a semantically segmented output dataset that includes labeled corrosion segments. The application may include an evaluation tool that quantitatively evaluates corrosion in the semantically segmented output dataset, to allow severity of the corrosion to be classified.

Abstract: Compositions for regeneration of inner cells and for treating hearing loss comprise at least one modulator of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) sufficient to induce reprogramming proliferation and regeneration of inner ear cells. The composition include, in some instances, an effective amount of one or more phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) inhibitors, MYC/NOTCH modulators, Atonal Homolog 1 (Atoh1) modulators or combinations thereof.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of sentiment analysis based on ambiguity analysis, which includes analyzing information with the sentiment analysis models and the ambiguity analysis models. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of training the sentiment analysis models and ambiguity analysis models, which includes acquiring information, constructing lexicons, conducting sentiment analysis and ambiguity analysis with said lexicons, acquiring corpus, and training models, etc. Meanwhile, another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system of sentiment analysis, which includes input, and output modules, acquisition modules, processing modules and database.