Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of chemical engineering, and specifically discloses a method for removing oxygenated compounds from a Fischer-Tropsch oil having a high carbon number. A reaction-extraction combined process is used in this method for removing oxygenated compounds from a Fischer-Tropsch oil having a high carbon number, wherein the Fischer-Tropsch oil (C5-C20) is firstly subjected to alkaline washing with an alkaline aqueous solution to convert acidic substances into water-soluble salts. The Fischer-Tropsch oil is subjected to a primary extraction with a carbonate-based extractant to remove alcohols and esters therein, and subsequently subjected to a secondary extraction with propylene carbonate to remove ketones and aldehydes impurities therein, thereby removing oxygenated compounds in the Fischer-Tropsch oil. After extraction, the content of the oxygenated compounds in the Fischer-Tropsch oil may be down to 1-60 ppm, and the yield of oil product may be kept 90% or more.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for accurately and flexibly generating scalable and semantically editable font representations utilizing a machine learning approach. For example, the disclosed systems generate a font representation code from a glyph utilizing a particular neural network architecture. For example, the disclosed systems utilize a glyph appearance propagation model and perform an iterative process to generate a font representation code from an initial glyph. Additionally, using a glyph appearance propagation model, the disclosed systems automatically propagate the appearance of the initial glyph from the font representation code to generate additional glyphs corresponding to respective glyph labels. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems propagate edits or other changes in appearance of a glyph to other glyphs within a glyph set (e.g., to match the appearance of the edited glyph).

Abstract: A sheath facilitating retraction of prosthetic implant is provided. The sheath includes a tubular body, and the distal end of the body is connected with an expandable section. The expandable section has relative converged configuration and flared configuration and includes a primary expandable area and a secondary expandable area. The primary expandable area includes a plurality of first expandable pieces arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the body. The secondary expandable area includes a plurality of second expandable pieces arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the body, and all the second expandable pieces include two alternating groups consisting of a first group formed by further extending the first expandable pieces to the distal end and a second group formed by connecting strips wound between two adjacent first expandable pieces.

Abstract: Various indirect feedback tuning apparatuses and methods for tuning photonic systems are enabled. For instance, a system can perform operations, such as: determining a temperature of an optical device, determining, based on the temperature of the optical device and a feedback model, a tuning input to stabilize an optical signal, and performing, based on the tuning input, feedback tuning, wherein the feedback tuning comprises thermal tuning and electrical tuning.

Abstract: An optical computing apparatus and system and a computing method are provided. The optical computing apparatus includes a linear operation module, a first delay module, and a coupler. The linear operation module can modulate, based on received electrical signals, optical signals input to the linear operation module; the first delay module may adjust a delay of optical signals output by the linear operation module; and after the first delay module adjusts the delay of the optical signals output by the linear operation module, the coupler may combine a plurality of groups of optical signals successively output by the linear operation module, to output one group of optical signals used to indicate a computing result that is obtained after a multiply-add operation is performed on one group of data and weights.

Abstract: Various indirect feedback tuning apparatuses and methods for tuning photonic systems are enabled. For instance, a system can perform operations, comprising: determining a temperature of an optical device, determining, based on the temperature of the optical device and a feedback model, a tuning input to stabilize an optical signal, and performing, based on the tuning input, feedback tuning, wherein the feedback tuning comprises thermal tuning and electrical tuning.

Abstract: The technology described herein is generally directed towards an integrated high-radix strictly non-blocking optical switching fabric, such as for use for intra-rack communication within racks in a data center. The fabric may be configured with any number of ports. A general topology of optical components, along with a routing controller (e.g., algorithm/mechanism), results in an optical switching fabric architecture that provides bidirectional routing, in a high-performance, high bandwidth, highly robust switching fabric that is also low in power consumption and low latency.

Abstract: The technology described herein is generally directed towards an integrated high-radix strictly non-blocking optical switching fabric, such as for use for intra-rack communication within racks in a data center. The fabric may be configured with any number of ports. A general topology of optical components, along with a routing controller (e.g., algorithm/mechanism), results in an optical switching fabric architecture that provides bidirectional routing, in a high-performance, high bandwidth, highly robust switching fabric that is also low in power consumption and low latency.