Abstract: The present technology is generally related to the process of converting plastics to olefin and aromatics through pyrolysis, wherein the process of producing at least one or more of olefins and aromatic compounds from a plastic feedstock includes: contacting a plastic feedstock and a catalyst composition at a temperature from about 450° C. to about 650° C. in a conical spouted bed reactor and for a time period sufficient to allow at least a portion of the plastic feedstock to be converted to at least one or more olefins and aromatic compounds and wherein the catalyst composition includes greater than about 40% w/w of ZSM-5, based on the total weight of the catalyst composition.

Abstract: A multi-color jacquard double-sided fabric has a technical front and a technical back, and is formed by knitting at least four yarns. The at least four yarns are divided into a plurality of color-developing sets, each of the sets includes two of the at least four yarns. The multi-color jacquard double-sided fabric includes jacquard segments located on the technical front and formed by one of the color-developing sets, and color development of each of the jacquard segments is presented by at least one of the following: 1) at least one standard front plating formed by two of the four yarns included in one of the color-developing sets; 2) at least one interchanged front plating formed by two of the four yarns included in one of the color-developing sets. The technical back of the multi-color jacquard double-sided fabric is formed by knitting the at least four yarns.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically calculating prices and processing payments in credit/debit card transactions is disclosed. The system determines processing costs and adjusts item prices accordingly, considering cash prices, tax profiles, and cash payment discounts. Users configure a Cash Discount Rate for cash payments, from which the system generates an Effective Rate for card transactions. The system then calculates either a Listed Price based on a given Cash Price, or vice versa, incorporating the cost of card processing. The system also manages partial payments at the point of sale by dynamically adjusting cash discounts and tax amounts. For partial cash payments, it calculates a prorated cash discount and recalculates tax to determine the remaining card due. Similarly, for remaining cash due after partial card payments, it reduces the cash discount proportionally and recalculates tax.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the process has a first polymerization step as an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of a first monomer composition M.a and a subsequent further polymerization step as an aqueous radical emulsion polymerization of a second monomer composition M.b, where the monomers M comprise at least one monomer M0 which is selected from compounds of formula 1, wherein X is Cl, Br or OS(O)2R3, Y is H, Cl, Br, OS(O)2R4, C1-C10-alkyl, or C(?O)OR5, R1 is H or C1-C10-alkyl, R2 is H or C1-C10-alkyl, R3 is C1-C10-alkyl, R4 is C1-C10-alkyl, R5 is C1-C20-alkyl. The invention also relates to an aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable by such a process as well as the use of such dispersions.

Abstract: An authentication and encryption computer system and method are disclosed. An encrypted channel is established with a first device. Transaction information is received over the encrypted channel, including an instrument identifier, wherein the instrument identifier is tokenized, a first amount for item acquisition by a first person, a second amount specified by the first person, and identification information of a second person. An identity of a user of a second device is authenticated to determine that the user is the second person and in response to such authentication, a user interface is provided, including the second amount and an identification of one or more entities is displayed. An instruction is received to distribute at least a portion of the second amount to specified entities. A secure communication is established via remote systems and a portion of the second amount is distributed among respective destinations associated with the specified entities.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods herein relate to generating a machine learning model for providing access to earned income. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive calibration datasets including (1) historical time data indicating time worked by a set of users and (2) historical earnings data indicating earnings made by the set of users. The processor may be configured to construct, based on the calibration datasets, a model for identifying anomalous data. The processor may be configured to receive, from a compute device associated with an entity, raw data for a current time period. The processor may be configured to process the raw data by removing anomalous data to produce processed data. The processor may be configured to determine an available balance for each user from the set of users based on the processed data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising globular proteins and diacrylate-containing compounds that can react in-situ to provide polymerized networks that can be formed into objects using additive manufacturing techniques, such as printing techniques that use vat photopolymerization. Objects printed using the disclosed compositions also are described, with embodiments of such objects exhibiting shape recovery behavior. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the disclosed compositions.

Abstract: A circular knitting machine structure comprises knitting needles and sinkers. Each knitting needle is controlled to move on a first half knitting track or a second half knitting track. A retracting time point of the first half knitting track is later than that of the second half knitting track. One side of the sinker facing the knitting needle is formed with an inclined plane. When the knitting needle is used for knitting, a surface yarn and a bottom yarn are fed therein. When the knitting needle moves on the first half knitting track, a standard plating is knitted without changing the position of the surface yarn. When the knitting needle moves on the second half knitting track, the surface yarn leans against the inclined plane of the sinker transitorily, the position of the surface yarn is changed relatively to the bottom yarn, and an interchanged plating is knitted.

Abstract: The invention provides a circular knitting machine for prompting a knitting machine status instantaneously based on a cloth surface status of a fabric, comprising a needle cylinder, a camera module capable of photographing the fabric during doffing, an information processing unit, and an encoder. A camera lens of the camera module does not rotate with the needle cylinder, and a shooting timing of the camera lens is controlled by photographing signals. The information processing unit receives image data generated by the camera module, and compares the images, when there is a difference between the two consecutive image data on a same vertical line, a knitting machine status is prompted. The encoder generates pulse signals when the needle cylinder rotates, the encoder outputs the pulse signals to the camera module or the information processing unit, and the receiver counts the pulse signals to generate the photographing signals.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for knitting and forming a weft-knitted fabric with varying thickness by a flat knitting machine and a weft-knitted fabric thereof. The method is implemented in at least one knitting process of the weft-knitted fabric, comprising steps of: driving the flat knitting machine to knit a basic structure by at least one of two needle beds of the flat knitting machine, and controlling the two needle beds on the flat knitting machine to knit a three-dimensional structure connected with the basic structure. A thickness of the three-dimensional structure is greater than a thickness of the basic structure, the three-dimensional structure comprises two surface layer portions and a supporting portion connected with the two surface layer portions and located between the two surface layer portions. A junction between the three-dimensional structure and the basic structure is without the supporting portion.

Abstract: A method for knitting a three-dimensional fabric with variable thickness through a flat knitting machine includes the following steps: moving two cam groups and driving a plurality of knitting needles to knit a first piece of knitting by a starting cam system; moving the two cam groups and driving the plurality of knitting needles to knit a second piece of knitting by a middle cam system; and moving the two cam groups and driving the plurality of knitting needles to knit a supporting yarn by two tail cam systems respectively. The tail cam systems control each of a plurality of knock-over bit cams to move according to a gap size corresponding to a knitting length of the supporting yarn, so as to promptly change a thickness of the three-dimensional fabric along the length change of the supporting yarn.

Abstract: A display method of displaying a user interface on a display region of a terminal, includes, using at least one processor, generating a user interface, the user interface indicating a total amount of money to be paid by a plurality of users, the user interface including a first display region and a second display region, the first display region corresponding to a first amount of money to be paid by a first user, and the second display region corresponding to a second amount of money to be paid by a second user; displaying, the generated user interface on a display panel of a first terminal associated with the first user; receiving, a user input on the first display region indicating a change in the first amount of money; and changing, the first display region and the first amount of money based on the received user input.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine yarn feeder with variable yarn feeding positions is provided. The flat knitting machine yarn feeder includes a driving mechanism and a yarn feeding mechanism. The driving mechanism is controlled by an electronic signal and includes a driving plate which makes a push stroke after started. The yarn feeding mechanism comprises a joining plate connected with the driving plate and a yarn feeding arm assembled with the joining plate. The joining plate comprises a guide hole. The yarn feeding arm comprises a guide column disposed in the guide hole. The joining plate makes a displacement stroke when the driving plate makes the push stroke. The guide column changes a position in the guide hole when the joining plate makes the displacement stroke. The yarn feeding arm changes a yarn feeding position when the guide column changes the position.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine structure with an adjustable gap between two knock-over bits includes two needle beds and two cam systems. Each needle bed comprises a plurality of needles and a plurality of knock-over bits. Each needle comprises a butt. Each of the knock-over bits comprises a control butt. The two needle beds are disposed at interval so that the knock-over bits face each other to define a gap. The distance of the gap is equal to a space between two knock-over bits facing each other. Each cam system comprises a needle cam to provide the plurality of butts being placed and guide each needle to make a knitting stroke towards the gap, and a knock-over bit cam provides the control butts being placed. The knock-over bit cam is controlled to define a displacement stroke for driving the plurality of knock-over bits to change the size of the gap.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising an exoglucanase catalytic domain comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3, and to a polypeptide having beta-glucosidase activity comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 8, and to functionally equivalent variants thereof that maintain or improve their catalytic activity. Additionally, the invention relates to an enzyme cocktail comprising said polypeptide(s) and an endoglucanase.

Abstract: A multidimensional front-and-back-sides-freely-buildable building block toy construction set includes a first module and a second module. The first module is provided with a single, a single column of, two columns of or multiple columns of first coupling short posts on a front side, and is provided with a concave surface on a back side. Multiple columns of protruding second coupling short posts are disposed on the concave surface. The second coupling short posts are distributed as follows: columns: uniformly distributed in the same columns as the first coupling short posts on the front side, and in the middle equally dividing two adjacent columns; rows: in the same columns as the first coupling short posts on the front side, each of the second coupling short posts is alternately arranged with the first coupling short posts, and is located in the middle equally dividing two first coupling short posts.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for obtaining an expression from characters. The method may include: extracting N words under test from a text under test in an arrangement order; inputting an i-th node in the first-level operation, each node of a first node to an i?1 th node in the first-level operation, and a predefined set of operators into a sub-network of a recurrent neural network to obtain nodes of a second-level operation; determining a valid operator in the first-level operation according to the nodes of the second-level operation; performing multi-level operations until the number of valid operators in a M-level operation is determined to be 0 according to the obtained nodes of the M+1-level operation; and generating the expression from the text under test according to valid operators in the first-level operation to the M?1-level operation and words corresponding to valid nodes.

Abstract: A weft knitting machine knitting structure with changeable yarn positions is provided. A facing yarn and a bottom yarn positioned below the facing yarn are fed during knitting, the weft knitting machine knitting structure comprises a plurality of sinkers and a plurality of needles, the plurality of needles are respectively arranged adjacent to one of the plurality of sinkers, and each of the plurality of sinkers is guided to perform a linear displacement movement. Each of the plurality of needles is provided with a hook and a latch for performing a closing action relative to the hook.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for automatically securing and validating multi-server electronic communications over a plurality of networks, without requiring additional physical or programmatic infrastructure on the intermediary servers. A processor-executable component can be transmitted from a first server to a compute device, where it generates a pair of asymmetric cryptographic parameters. The first server uses one of those parameters to verify subsequent communications from the component and respond with tagged privacy communication strings, which the component can provide to a second server as part of a secure communication exchange. The first server can then receive secure communication exchange approval request from a third server and analyze the request to determine a validity metric.

Abstract: A multidimensional front-and-back-sides-freely-buildable building block toy construction set includes a first module and a second module. The first module is provided with a single, a single column of, two columns of or multiple columns of first coupling short posts on a front side, and is provided with a concave surface on a back side. Multiple columns of protruding second coupling short posts are disposed on the concave surface. The second coupling short posts are distributed as follows: columns: uniformly distributed in the same columns as the first coupling short posts on the front side, and in the middle equally dividing two adjacent columns; rows: in the same columns as the first coupling short posts on the front side, each of the second coupling short posts is alternately arranged with the first coupling short posts, and is located in the middle equally dividing two first coupling short posts.