Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting intent-based networking within a communication network are presented herein. Various example embodiments for supporting intent-based networking within a communication network may be configured to support a management system configured to support various network deployment scenarios, including greenfield deployment scenarios for enabling customers to deploy and activate new networks, brownfield deployment scenarios for enabling customers to apply intent-based networking to existing networks based on intelligent reconstruction of the original intent(s) of the network and configuration of the network to ensure satisfaction of the original intent(s) of the network, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof.

Abstract: A fixing device heats and fixes a toner image formed on a sheet to the sheet. The fixing device includes a heat roller and a ground contact. The heat roller heats the toner image formed on the sheet. The ground contact grounds the heat roller. The ground contact includes a first electrical conductive member, a second electrical conductive member, and an electrical insulating member. The first electrical conductive member is electrically connected to the heat roller. The second electrical conductive member is positioned opposite the first electrical conductive member and grounds the heat roller. The electrical insulating member is interposed between the first electrical conductive member and the second electrical conductive member and insulates the first electrical conductive member and the second electrical conductive member from each other.

Abstract: A composting machine that is positioned within a cabinet under a kitchen sink includes a macerator assembly comprising a plurality of macerator blades for shredding food waste. An extrusion assembly is positioned below the macerator assembly and includes a grinding barrel for receiving the food waste from the macerator assembly and an auger for extruding the food waste through an extrusion plate into a dryer assembly. The dryer assembly includes a compost chamber containing a mixing blade, a fan, and a heating element for generating compost from the food waste.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a lid, and a filter assembly. The cabinet may define an opening. The tub may be disposed within the cabinet for the receipt of articles therein. The lid may be movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively cover the opening and restrict access to the tub. The filter assembly may be mounted to the lid to move therewith. The filter assembly may include an assembly box defining a box compartment and an assembly outlet upstream from the tub to direct liquid thereto. The assembly box may be movable relative to the lid. The filter assembly may further include a filter cartridge selectively received within the box compartment to filter liquid upstream from the assembly outlet.

Abstract: A head unit includes a plurality of recording heads and a liquid supply unit. The liquid supply unit includes a body housing, an external connection port, and a head connection port. A body housing is positioned above the nozzles of the plurality of recording heads and has thereinside a common flow path through which the liquid passes. An external connection port is provided in the body housing, communicates with one end of the common flow path, is connected to an external liquid supply source, and through which the liquid passes. A head connection port is provided in the body housing and communicates with the other end side of the common flow path, is connected to each of the plurality of recording heads, and through which the liquid passes.

Abstract: A washing appliance with an agitator post configured for removable positioning in a receptacle. A shaft may be supported by the agitator post, the shaft rotatable relative to the agitator post. A plurality of movable tabs may be positioned at the bottom end of the agitator post and in mechanical communication with the shaft such that a direction of rotation of the shaft causes the plurality of movable tabs to be selectively movable along a radial direction between an extended position in contact with the receptacle that prevents rotation of the agitator post relative to the receptacle and a retracted position that allows rotation of the agitator post relative to the receptacle.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and computer systems for an electronic transaction platform that enables the buying and/or selling of securities by users. The methods and systems relate to the arrangement and presentation of information in a graphical user interface during an electronic communication session for trading a financial instrument between an initiating user and one or more invitee users with the assistance of a dealer user or other intermediate entity. A cloud score representative of a likelihood of successfully completing a transaction is determined and utilized to arrange information during the electronic communication session.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from minerals, and recycled products.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process of manufacturing an article comprising at least one body of a cemented carbide and at least one body of a metal alloy or at least one body of a metal matrix composite and to a product manufactured thereof and wherein the article also comprises an interlayer between the at least one body of a cemented carbide and at least one body of a metal alloy or at least one body of a metal matrix composite in order to prevent deleterious interface phases from forming.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image pickup device and electronic apparatus that enables suppression of dark current. There are included: a photoelectric conversion unit configured to perform a photoelectric conversion; a trench engraved in a semiconductor substrate; a negative fixed charge film having an oxide film, a nitrogen film, and an oxide film on a side wall of the trench; and an electrode film formed in the fixed charge film. The oxide film configuring the fixed charge film includes silicon monoxide (SiO), and the nitrogen film includes silicon nitride (SiN). The nitrogen film configuring the fixed charge film can also include a polysilicon film or a high dielectric constant film (high-k film). The present technology can be applied to, for example, a back-illuminated CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for code reading of an ear tag, where a first signal from an ear tag can be acquired as an analog signal to obtain a second signal, and further the second signal that may be deformed is converted into a rectangular wave signal, fragmentation and compensation are performed on the rectangular wave signal according to a data structure, so as to obtain an accurate waveband, and after the compensated waveband is decoded and combined into target decoded data, accurate reading of the data can be realized. That is, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, even if a deformed signal is acquired, accurate target decoded data can still be restored based on conversion, fragmentation, and compensation, and in practice, comparing with a traditional way, it can be improved by about 40% in terms of distance.

Abstract: The method and apparatus of the present invention will provide a means for a tank owner to determine the time until the next out-of-service API 653 internal inspection of an aboveground storage tank (AST) or an underground storage tank (UST) should be considered or performed based on in-service measurements of the tank filled with fuel or another liquid. The inspection interval is determined from a leak detection test with a pass and a probability distribution of the survival rate of the tank bottom that is representative of the tank being inspected. More accurate estimates are obtained by using measurements of the thickness and corrosion rate of the tank bottom at one or a few locations in the tank and the results of an acoustic emission (AE) corrosion activity test and/or previous out-of-service inspection measurements of the tank floor bottom thickness of the floor at many locations. The method is based on the concept of equivalent risk.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recording data in a layer of a ceramic material and to a device for recording data in a layer of a ceramic material.

Abstract: Methods and systems for separating a desublimatable compound from hydrocarbons is disclosed. A feed fluid stream, consisting of a hydrocarbon and a desublimatable compound, is passed into an upper chamber of a vessel. The feed fluid stream is cooled in the upper chamber, thereby desublimating a portion of the desublimatable compound out of the feed liquid stream to form a product gas stream and a desublimatable compound snow which is collected in the lower chamber of the vessel. A lower portion of the desublimatable compound snow is melted to form a liquid desublimatable compound stream such that an upper portion of the solid desublimatable compound snow remains as an insulative barrier between the upper chamber and the liquid desublimatable compound stream. The liquid desublimatable compound stream is removed at a rate that matches a production rate of the solid desublimatable compound snow, thereby maintaining the insulative barrier.

Abstract: A multispectral sensor device may include a sensor array comprising a plurality of channels and one or more processors to determine that a time-sensitive measurement is to be performed, wherein the time-sensitive measurement is to be performed using data collected by one or more channels of the plurality of channels; cause the data to be collected by a proper subset of channels, of the plurality of channels, wherein the proper subset of channels includes the one or more channels; and determine the time-sensitive measurement based on the data.

Abstract: An estimation system provides consumable use estimations, such as for ink or toner, in printing operations. The estimation system uses a classification-based consumable use process to estimate the consumable use. A print job is assigned a classification category according to an arbitrary job category selected for the print job and a job property defined for the print job using job settings. A plurality of classification categories are available. Job costing data for the print job is provided and used to determine consumable use values for each sheet in the print job and a total consumable use. This information is used to verify the correct classification category was assigned and to update historical consumable use information. An estimate is provided using the classification category and the distribution of the consumable use for print jobs in the category.

Abstract: A fitting assembly includes a pipe fitting defining a fastener opening and a retaining groove; and an indicator assembly configurable in a loosened configuration and a tightened configuration, the indicator assembly comprising: a fastener defining a first fastener portion and a second fastener portion, the second fastener portion extending through the fastener opening; and a positive installation indicator oriented within the retaining groove between the fastener opening and the first fastener portion; wherein, in the tightened configuration, the positive installation indicator is compressed between the pipe fitting and the first fastener portion and extrudes at least partially out of the retaining groove, and in the loosened configuration, the positive installation indicator is substantially hidden within the retaining groove by the first fastener portion.

Abstract: A method for producing an object, wherein the method comprises drying the object or a primary product thereof, the object or a primary product thereof being at least partially dried in at least one drying device, wherein at least one of the at least one drying units contains at least one infrared radiator which is at least partially heated by means of biogas, a combustion gas selected from the group consisting of oxygen, air or other oxygen-containing gases is added to the biogas before said biogas is supplied to the at least one infrared radiator in order to heat said at least one infrared radiator, and the oxygen content in the waste gas resulting from the at least one infrared radiator being heated by means of the biogas is measured by means of a measuring device and the amount of combustion gas added to the biogas.

Abstract: A speech enabled product presentation engine for customer relationship management (‘CRM’) comprising: a product recognition module; the product recognition module comprising a module of automated computing machinery stored on one or a non-transitory computer-readable mediums and configured to: identify, in dependence upon digitized speech for recognition, a product articulated in the conversation between a tele-agent and a customer. The presentation engine also includes a product dimension module. comprising a module of automated computing machinery stored on one or a non-transitory computer-readable mediums and configured to: query an internal CRM, in dependence upon the identified product, and receive one or more descriptions of one or more dimensions of the product for presentation to the tele-agent during a call with the customer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing security at access points for a room or facility is provided herein. During operation, a security level at an access point will be increased during a lockdown situation. The increased security at the access point will require permission from those behind the access point prior to granting entry to any individual.