Abstract: Methods and compositions (e.g., engineered hosts) are disclosed for use in converting biomass to 3-hydropropionic acid. In particular embodiments, the methods include use of an engineered Rhodosporidium yeast, such as R. toruloides, the engineered R. toruloides having the RT04_8975 gene deleted from its genome, combined with a lignocellulosic hydrolysate, sourced, for example, from a biomass. A promoter for enhancing transport of 3HP is also incorporated by addition to the R. toruloides genome, for example, by modified lithium acetate transformation.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting a detective battery cell among a plurality of battery cells that form a battery. The system includes: a cell monitoring IC that measures a cell voltage of each of the battery cells, and a main control circuit that detects a charge battery cell of which a cell voltage first reaches a charge final voltage, detects a discharge battery cell of which a cell voltage first reaches a discharge final voltage among the plurality of battery cells, and when the number of charge cycles and the number of discharge cycles satisfies a first reference count, detects a battery cell for which the sum of times the battery cell is the charge battery cell and times the battery cell is the discharge battery cell meets or exceeds second count as the defective battery cell.

Abstract: A centralized sewage treatment system for treating man camp wastewater from a plurality of oilfield well pads where each man camp has one or more septic tanks. The centralized sewage treatment system includes a centralized treatment facility having a primary treatment system and a secondary treatment system, where the centralized treatment facility is disposed centrally between the plurality of well pads and spaced apart from the well pads. The centralized treatment facility is adapted to receive wastewater from each of the plurality of well pads and treat the wastewater remote from the plurality of well pads. The primary treatment system includes one or more equalization tanks and the secondary treatment system includes a membrane treatment system.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; a gate insulating film provided on the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode layer that is provided on the gate insulating film and contains impurity ions; and source or drain regions that are provided on the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the gate electrode layer and contain conductive impurities, in which a concentration of the impurity ions in the gate electrode layer is higher than concentrations of the conductive impurities in the source or drain regions.

Abstract: Solid state imaging devices and electronic devices are disclosed. In one example, an imaging device includes photoelectric conversion sections arranged on a first chip and at least a part of each of detection circuits, an arbiter, and a signal processing circuit arranged on a second chip stacked on the first chip. A first region in the first chip in which the photoelectric conversion sections is arrayed and a second region in the second chip in which at least a part of each of the detection circuits is arrayed are at least partially superimposed in a stacking direction, and a logic circuit including the arbiter and the signal processing circuit is arranged in a third region at least partially adjacent to the second region in the second chip.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for securely replicating data, such as from an on-premises database to remote network-accessible storage, with high throughput and robust security mechanisms. Messages or events may be published via a first message queue service, such as an on-premises message queue service, that are then encrypted, optionally at the field level, before being passed to a managed message queue service. The encrypted messages may then be processed by a replication application configured to split batches of messages into sub-batches that are processed in parallel before being committed to a managed database at the batch level as individual batches complete processing.

Abstract: A stand-alone active thermal interposer device for use in testing an unpackaged integrated circuit device under test (DUT), the active thermal interposer device includes a body layer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is operable to be disposed adjacent to a cold plate, and a plurality of heating zones defined across a second surface of the body layer, the plurality of heating zones operable to be controlled by a thermal controller to selectively heat and maintain respective temperatures thereof, the plurality of heating zones operable to heat a plurality of areas of the DUT when the second surface of the body layer is disposed adjacent to an interface surface of the DUT during testing of the DUT.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a slot die with a structure in which a stripe shim and a cover shim are mounted between an upper body and a lower body, and a choke bar is inserted into a through path formed in the upper body, and an apparatus for coating an electrode slurry including the slot die. According to the present invention, by forming a space in which the choke bar can move by the cover shim, it is possible to adjust the flow rate of the slurry through the choke bar regardless of the shape of the stripe shim.

Abstract: The present application provides method for producing methylene blue that includes the steps of providing a reaction mixture having one or more methylene blue intermediates; precipitating metal from the reaction mixture; and producing therefrom crude methylene blue. The crude may further be purified, resulting in methylene compounds having low impurities, preferably having a purity greater than about 97%, having Azure B impurity no greater than 2.5%, and/or a total metal content no greater than 77 ppm. Formulations containing such compounds are also provided.

Abstract: There is provided a method for collecting and reusing an active material from positive electrode scrap. The positive electrode active material reuse method of the present disclosure includes (a) thermally treating positive electrode scrap comprising an active material layer on a current collector in air for thermal decomposition of a binder and a conductive material in the active material layer, to separate the current collector from the active material layer, and collecting an active material in the active material layer, (b) washing the collected active material using a lithium precursor aqueous solution which is basic in an aqueous solution and drying, and (c) annealing the washed active material to obtain a reusable active material.

Abstract: Compositions promote restful sleep and/or to a feeling of restful sleep. Specifically, the compositions of the present invention comprise a combination of hops extract, magnolia bark extract, melatonin, magnesium, rhodiola extract, L-theanine, vitamin B6, and spearmint extract and/or green tea extract to promote restful sleep and/or a feeling of restful sleep in an individual or animal. Methods of making and using the same are further provided.

Abstract: The power supply in ultrasound imaging includes a switched capacitance. The capacitance is switched on to provide power during generation of pushing pulses for elasticity imaging and is switched off during other modes of imaging.

Abstract: The invention relates to a TOF camera system comprising several cameras, at least one of the cameras being a TOF camera, wherein the cameras are assembled on a common substrate and are imaging the same scene simultaneously and wherein at least two cameras are driven by different driving parameters.

Abstract: A device may determine a time-of-flight measurement by performing a sample of a sensor based on light received via at least one first spectral filter, wherein the at least one first spectral filter is associated with a spectral range for a time-of-flight measurement; determine that a condition is satisfied with regard to the time-of-flight measurement, wherein the condition relates to an orientation or a position of the sensor or the sensor device relative to a measurement target; trigger a spectrometry measurement to be performed based on determining that the condition is satisfied with regard to the time-of-flight measurement; and perform, based on light received via at least one second spectral filter and by performing a sample of the sensor, the spectrometry measurement for the measurement target based on the condition being satisfied with regard to the time-of-flight measurement.

Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes specific resin particles. The specific resin particles contains a specific resin having an alkoxysilyl group. The specific resin may include a first repeating unit derived from a specific monomer having the alkoxysilyl group and a (meth)acryloyl group.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: manage an application service using a management web portal; request, using the management web portal, the application service with a given service level agreement from a catalogue of offered application services; and communicate, using the management web portal, with an application service management function; wherein the application service management function is configured to translate the service level agreement of the requested application service to a specification of an application slice, and to trigger a creation of an application slice instance by contacting an application slice management function.

Abstract: An isolated gate driver has a first portion in a first voltage domain and a second portion in a second voltage domain. The first and second portions are coupled by an isolation communication channel. The isolated gate driver transmits across the isolation communication channel a serial word containing first drive strength information and simultaneously transmits gate information with the serial word across the isolation communication channel. The gate information indicates a state of a gate signal for a transistor coupled to the second portion of the isolated gate driver. A demodulator circuit demodulates a signal containing the gate information and the drive strength information transmitted across the isolation communication channel in the serial word. A gate signal output circuit coupled to the demodulator circuit supplies the gate signal based on the gate information with a drive strength of the gate signal being based on the drive strength information.

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may identify, based on spectroscopic data, a pseudo steady state end point indicating an end of a pseudo steady state associated with the blending process. The device may identify a reference block and a test block from the spectroscopic data based on the pseudo steady state end point. The device may generate a raw detection signal associated with the reference block and a raw detection signal associated with the test block. The device may generate a statistical detection signal based on the raw detection signal associated with the reference block and the raw detection signal associated with the test block. The device may determine whether the blending process has reached a steady state based on the statistical detection signal.

Abstract: It is an object of the present technology to acquire distance measurement data having the maximum likelihood value by performing appropriate noise reduction. For this object, an arithmetic processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an operation processing part that performs processing of: calculating a first distance to a measurement object by emitting and receiving first irradiation light of which intensity is modulated by a first modulation signal of a first frequency; calculating a second distance to the measurement object by emitting and receiving second irradiation light of which intensity is modulated by a second modulation signal of a second frequency different from the first frequency; calculating a corrected first distance using first correction data that has been acquired; and determining the corrected first distance within an error range of the second distance as a third distance using the second distance.