Abstract: A ridge fluidic device comprising: a substrate and a fluidic component comprising at least one fluidic channel, wherein the at least one fluidic channel is adapted to conduct a fluid and retain the fluid within the at least one fluidic channel: wherein the at least one fluidic channel comprises porous material having a hydrophilic surface; and wherein the at least one fluidic channel is formed on the substrate via a deposition process.

Abstract: A welding apparatus comprising a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate arranged at an interval; a gas-electric slip ring is connected to the side of the first fixing plate facing the second fixing plate; a hollow shaft drive unit is connected to the side of the second fixing plate facing the first fixing plate; a conductive link is connected to the hollow shaft drive unit and passes through the second fixing plate; a curved conductive nozzle is connected to the conductive link on the outer side of the second fixing plate; and a plurality of support rods are uniformly distributed around the rotational axial direction of the hollow shaft drive unit, and are respectively connected to the first fixing plate and the second fixing plate; the hollow shaft drive unit drives the conductive link to rotate, and the conductive link drives the curved conductive nozzle to oscillate.

Abstract: A lens for a horn antenna and a horn antenna including the lens. The lens includes a generally flared plate assembly extending generally along an axis from a first side to a second side opposite the first side. The generally flared plate assembly defines a plurality of non-linear channels that are operable to manipulate an electromagnetic wave received at the first side to provide a manipulated electromagnetic wave at the second side.

Abstract: A game character moving state switching method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: controlling a virtual character to move according to a first moving state corresponding to the first controlling region, in response to a touching operation applied to the first controlling region; controlling the virtual character to move according to the second moving state corresponding to the second controlling region, in response to a touching operation applied to the second controlling region; and controlling the virtual character to move according to a moving state corresponding to one of the controlling regions where an operating point of the touching operation is located before entering the adjusting region, in response to a touching operation applied to the adjusting region.

Abstract: A lens for a horn antenna and a horn antenna including the lens. The lens includes a generally flared plate assembly extending generally along an axis from a first side to a second side opposite the first side. The generally flared plate assembly defines a plurality of non-linear channels that are operable to manipulate an electromagnetic wave received at the first side to provide a manipulated electromagnetic wave at the second side.

Abstract: A method for displaying a multi-floor map, including: obtaining, by a game terminal, position information of a target virtual object in a game scene, the game terminal at least including a graphical user interface; determining a current floor where the target virtual object is located according to the position information; and displaying a target map in the graphical user interface, where the target map comprises a first map corresponding to the current floor displayed in a first display state and a second map corresponding to another floor displayed in a second display state, where the first display state and the second display state are respectively used for determining a display content of the target map on the graphical user interface.

Abstract: An omnidirectional biconical antenna, which includes a first funnel-shaped plate having a wide end and a narrow end; a second funnel-shaped plate having a wide end and a narrow end; and an annular metal lens delimited by the second funnel-shaped plate and the first funnel-shaped plate. The second funnel-shaped plate is inversely positioned relative to the first funnel-shaped plate, such that the narrow ends of the second funnel-shaped plate and the first funnel-shaped plate point to each other.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method, a system and a storage medium for solid-phase concentration correction of a lithium battery.

Abstract: An electric resistance spot welding device, comprising a pair of electrodes located on the same welding surface of an assembly to be welded. The assembly to be welded is provided with an axis of symmetry (6); the pair of electrodes are symmetrically disposed on two sides of the axis of symmetry; one end of each electrode has a special-shaped contact surface (20); the special-shaped contact surfaces are respectively offset in directions away from the axis of symmetry relative to the electrode axis, wherein the special-shaped contact surfaces are used for offsetting a current density centerline (21) formed by the electrodes in a direction away from the axis of symmetry relative to the electrode axis (11), and/or used for deflecting the tendency of the current density of each electrode away from a welding face within the assembly to be welded.

Abstract: The invention provides method, apparatus and storage medium for adjusting the charging-discharging efficiency ratio of an energy storage power station.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a conductive yarn comprising a plurality of filaments, the method comprising the steps of: (a) applying a reducing agent solution to the treated surface; and (b) applying a metal ion solution to the treated at least one of the lurality of filaments. The method comprising a further step of treating the surface of the at least one of the plurality of filaments with a hydrophilic agent before performing steps (a) and (b).

Abstract: Provided herein is a probe for ultrasound imaging of tissue. The probe comprises an optical relay having an optically absorbing coating at the distal end of the probe for generating ultrasound from excitation light via the photoacoustic effect, wherein the generated ultrasound propagates as an ultrasound beam into the tissue; and an ultrasound receiver separate from the optical relay. The optical relay is configured to receive as input a time-varying spatial pattern of excitation light at the proximal end of the probe and to transmit the excitation light to the distal end of the probe to illuminate the optically absorbing coating in accordance with said time-varying spatial pattern, thereby generating ultrasound from the excitation light via the photoacoustic effect to propagate as a scanning ultrasound beam into the tissue. The ultrasound receiver is configured to receive reflections of the ultrasound from tissue. Such an ultrasound probe may be incorporated, for example, into a transseptal puncture needle.

Abstract: A laser stitch welding device, comprising: a laser welding assembly (3) configured to release laser beams from a front surface onto plates (5) to be welded that are stacked; a pressing piece (2) for adjusting a spacing between the stacked plates; detecting assembly for detecting a welding parameter of the stacked plates from a back surface; and a controller (1) for adjusting in real time the pressing level of the pressing piece (2) and/or operation parameters of the laser welding assembly (3) based on the welding parameter detected by the detecting assembly. The laser stitch welding device is capable of detecting in real time welding parameters such as back surface temperature and thermal infrared image of welding seams (6) when welding the plates. A control system controls the pressing level of the pressing piece or the operation parameters of the laser welding assembly based on the welding parameters to adjust the welding in a timely manner, thus achieving adaptive and stable control of weld penetration.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of printing an ultranarrow line of a functional material. The method entails providing a substrate having an interlayer on the substrate and printing the ultranarrow line by depositing ink on the interlayer of the substrate, the ink comprising the functional material and a solvent mixture that partially dissolves the interlayer on the substrate to cause the ink to shrink and sink into the interlayer on the substrate thereby reducing a width of the line.

Abstract: The present application relates to copolymer-silica hybrid aerogels as well as methods for the preparation thereof. The methods comprise hydrolyzing a silica precursor in an organic solvent to obtain a partially polymerized silica wet gel, reacting the partially polymerized silica wet gel with a copolymer of Formula (II) to obtain a copolymer-silica hybrid wet gel, reacting the copolymer-silica hybrid wet gel with a surface passivation agent and removing solvent from the copolymer-silica hybrid wet gel to obtain the copolymer-silica hybrid aerogel. The mechanical properties of the copolymer-silica hybrid aerogels can be further improved by blending cellulose nanofibrils into the hybrid aerogels.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for aligning layers in fabricating a multilayer printable electronic device. The method entails providing a transparent substrate upon which a first metal layer is deposited, providing a transparent functional layer over the first metal layer, depositing metal nano particles over the functional layer to form a second metal layer, exposing the metal nano particles to intense pulsed light via an underside of the substrate to partially sinter exposed particles to the functional layer whereby the first metal layer acts as a photo mask, and washing away unexposed particles using a solvent to leave partially sintered metal nano particles on the substrate.

Abstract: A stretchable and/or flexible conductive ink has conductive particles admixed with a binder comprising a neoprene. The mass of the conductive particles in the ink is in a range of 6.0 to 10.4 times greater than the mass of the neoprene in the ink. When deposited on a substrate, the ink provides suitably stretchable and flexible conductive elements. The conductive elements may be stretchable, flexible electronic and/or thermal devices.

Abstract: Papermaking additives that include various polymers and/or micropolymers are disclosed. The micropolymers may have a network structure that can be created by crosslinking or other means. The micropolymer may be an acrylamide based polymer having a boronic acid moiety. The weight average molecular weight of the micropolymer may be greater than 1,000,000.

Abstract: Methods are provided for fabricating photodetector arrays using passive matrix addressing technology. The photodetector arrays use a pair of switching diode and photo diode to overcome crosstalk issues within the passive matrix. The switching diode and the photo diode of each pixel may be connected using a cathode-to-cathode connection, or an anode-to-anode connection. The photodetector arrays are fabricated by assembling on a first substrate, an array of photodetector pixels comprising a switching diode and a photo diode, providing conductive lines for each row of the array and conductive lines for each column of the array, and attaching a second substrate to the first substrate. The photodetector array may also be fabricated by assembling on a first substrate an array of switching diodes, and assembling on a second substrate an array of photo diodes, and bonding the first and second substrates together.