Abstract: The apparatus produces a diesel stream from a biorenewable feedstock by hydrotreating to remove heteroatoms and hydroisomerization to improve cold flow properties. Heavy diesel can be hydrocracked to jet fuel range material or further hydroisomerized to increase its value lower its freeze point while light diesel may be taken as a motor fuel.

Abstract: A gearwheel (20) for a gear step in an electric vehicle transmission (18) includes a gearwheel carrier and a toothed ring (30) having an external toothing (42). The toothed ring is rotationally fixable to the gearwheel carrier. The gearwheel carrier is formed by a first partial carrier (38) and a second partial carrier (40) that are at least partially axially spaced apart and extend from the toothed ring radially inward. An axial spacing of the two partial carriers is greater, at least partially, than an axial length of the toothed ring.

Abstract: A method for generating ultrawideband pulsed microwave signals from optical field ionization of a gas with an ultrashort laser pulse, where the amplitude and frequency of the signals can be controlled via the characteristics of the laser pulse and/or the gas. The center frequency of the spectrum of the microwave signal can be controlled by changing the laser pulse energy. The amplitude of the microwave signal can be controlled by changing the wavelength of the laser pulses. The amplitude and frequency of the microwave signal can be tuned by controlling the pressure of the gas medium. The location at which the microwave signal is generated can be controlled by controlling the location at which the laser pulse creates a plasma. Interference among microwave signals resulting from multiple laser-produced plasmas can be used to construct an ultrawideband microwave signal having a predetermined amplitude and frequency.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for detecting an analyte in a gas mixture or a liquid, comprising: (a) a polymer sorption filter (2) configured to separate methanol from ethanol; and/or to separate hydrogen and/or methane from interferants; and (b) means configured to detect (4) at least one of methanol, ethanol, hydrogen and methane. Furthermore, described is a method for detecting an analyte using the device and the use of the device.

Abstract: A system and method for limited rate context-based eye gaze encoding includes generating, based on an outward looking camera situated in a vehicle, a first video stream of a surrounding environment to a controller. The controller generates a scene description based on the first video stream and selects a corresponding scene from a predefined list of known scenes. Further, the controller, based on the selected corresponding scene, selects a codebook of encoding and decoding parameters from a plurality of predefined codebooks. Based on an inward looking camera situated in the vehicle, a second video stream of a face of a driver to an eye tracker controller is generated, where the eye tracker controller estimates a gaze direction of the driver. Encoded data comprising the estimated gaze direction of the driver is transmitted over a bandwidth limited channel to a decoder, based on the selected codebook, the encoded data.

Abstract: An inductor includes a magnetic core, a first winding, a first electrically conductive standoff, and a second electrically conductive standoff. The magnetic core includes opposing first and second outer surfaces separated from each other in a first direction. The first winding has first and second ends, and the first winding is wound around at least a portion of the magnetic core. The first electrically conductive standoff is connected to the first end of the first winding, and the first electrically conductive standoff extends along the magnetic core in the first direction from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The second electrically conductive standoff is connected to the second end of the first winding, and the second electrically conductive standoff extends along the magnetic core in the first direction from the first outer surface to the second outer surface.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit includes: a first super source follower; a compensation circuit having a compensating node configured to provide a voltage of opposite phase of a voltage of an internal node of the first super source follower; and a first compensation capacitor coupled between an input of the first super source follower and the compensating node of the compensation circuit.

Abstract: A defect inspection apparatus includes a first objective lens having an optical axis is perpendicular to a wafer mounting surface of the stage, a second objective lens having an optical axis forms a predetermined acute angle with respect to the wafer mounting surface of the stage, and a dichroic mirror which reflects light having a first wavelength and transmits or reflects light having a second wavelength. Emitted light of a first optical path 111 from a first light source which is reflected from or transmitted through the dichroic mirror and first emitted light and second emitted light polarized and separated from a second light source which are transmitted through or reflected from the dichroic mirror are incident on the first objective lens, and emitted light of a second optical path from the first light source is incident on the second objective lens.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for establishing a secure home ecosystem such that the one or more installers only have access to set-up accessories. A mobile device may identify a home device using a first wireless protocol. The mobile device may enable a secure channel between the home device and the mobile device via a second wireless protocol. The mobile device may authenticate access for the mobile device using an identification code. The mobile device may validate a home device certificate via a secure server. The mobile device may send a mobile device certificate to the home device via the secure channel. The mobile device may receive a signed mobile device certificate from the home device via the secure channel and receive accessory information corresponding to one or more accessory devices from the home device. The mobile device can be configured to connect to the one or more accessory devices.

Abstract: A progressive distributor for lubricant includes a housing block. The housing block includes a lubricant inlet bore, via which receives lubricant, and a plurality of lubricant outlets, via which a metered amount of lubricant is dispensable. A plurality of metering pistons are provided in the housing block for the dispensing of the metered amount of lubricant. The metering pistons are received in associated piston bores. Each piston bore is associated with two lubricant outlets. Each metering piston is displaceable in the piston bore and is configured to alternatingly dispense the metered amount of lubricant to the one or the other lubricant outlet. The piston bores are fluidically connected to the lubricant-inlet bore and to each other via connecting bores to transfer lubricant to the other piston bores. The piston bore includes a first region configured to receive the metering piston and a second region configured as the lubricant outlet.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a bed of materials and use of it for removing contaminants not limiting to carbon monoxide, oxygen, carbon dioxide, acetylene, hydrogen, water, carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen sulfide from lower olefins without limiting ethylene.

Abstract: The system 100 can include: a fleet management system, a motion planner, a vehicle controller, and a track data system. The system can optionally include a user interface. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to facilitate waypoint-based command, navigation, and/or control of rail vehicles within a rail network. Additionally or alternatively, the system can function to facilitate execution of the method S100 and/or sub-elements thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water drain arrangement for a body of a vehicle. The water drain arrangement includes a drain channel, a tubular feed-through device extending through a first opening of a first wall panel of the body and a second opening of a second wall panel of the body. The water drain arrangement includes a body shell-fixed sleeve extending through the first shell opening of the first wall panel and is coupled to the first wall panel in a fluid-tight manner. A first end of the feed-through device is inserted through a first end of the body shell-fixed sleeve and includes a drain extending through a second end of the feed-through device. A free end of the drain channel is held in a fluid-tight manner in a seat of the feed-through device, which is disposed at a second end of the feed-through device.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for providing smoke detectors are described herein. One smoke detector of a fire sensing system includes a circuit board body, having a set of front scattering emitting light sources located on one side of an optical chamber, a receiver of front scattering light beams from the front scattering emitting light sources and backward scattering light beams, and a set of backward scattering emitting light sources located between the set of front scattering emitting light sources and the receiver, the backward scattering light beams emitted from the backward scattering emitters.

Abstract: Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for comparing and migrating multiple online user accounts from multiple online platforms while reducing the probability of false mergers. At least one first online platform comprising a plurality of online accounts associated with the first online platform may be compared with at least one second online platform comprising a plurality of online accounts associated with the second online platform. The comparison further includes comparing the one or more fields of personally identifiable information associated with the first user and the one or more fields of personally identifiable information associated with the second user while excluding known improbable values. Following the comparison between the online accounts, a migration outcome may be determined for creating a new online account, migrating online accounts across online platforms, or consolidating online accounts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for producing a thermoplastic moulding compound containing: A) an aromatic polycarbonate and/or aromatic polyester carbonate containing carboxy groups, wherein the polycarbonate has an acid value ranging from 0.5 to 10 mg of potassium hydroxide/g, determined in dichloromethane/ethanol as the solvent by means of potentiometric titration in accordance with DIN EN ISO 2114, method A in version 2002-06 with ethanolic potassium hydroxide solution at ambient temperature, and a weight-average molecular mass (Mw), determined by gel permeation chromatography at ambient temperature in dichloromethane as the solvent using a BPA polycarbonate standard, ranging from 15,000 to 40,000 g/mol, and B) a polymethyl methacrylate copolymer containing structural units derived from glycidyl methacrylate, wherein the copolymer has an epoxide equivalent weight, determined in dichloromethane as the solvent at ambient temperature in accordance with DIN EN 1877-1 in version 2000-12, of 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a chiral prostaglandin enol intermediate of formula 1, comprising the steps of: separating a compound of formula 16-(R,S)-10 into its diastereomers by fractional crystallisation, reducing the 15-oxo group of the compound of formula 16-(R)-10, thereby obtaining a compound of formula 15-(R,S), 16-(R)-11, followed by removing the protecting group of the compound of formula 15-(R,S), 16-(R)-11, and isolating the compound of formula 1, and optionally, crystallizing the compound of formula 1. Optionally, the undesired isomer formed during fractional crystallization can be epimerized and further amount of the desired isomer can be recovered from the resulting mixture. The present invention also provides novel intermediates useful in the process. The invention further relates to a process for fractional crystallization of the compound of formula 16-(R,S)-10.

Abstract: A method for producing a weakening line in a surface of a component. The method comprises a guiding step and a skipping step. In the guiding step, a removal apparatus for removing a material of the surface is guided over a plurality of segments of a predefined line-shaped contour by means of an activated laser beam in order to produce a desired wall thickness for at least one of the segments so as to produce the weakening line. In the skipping step, the segment is skipped if the segment has the desired wall thickness.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for configuring and/or transmitting positioning reference signals (PRS) are provided. One method may include providing, to a user equipment, configuration information (306) for determining reference points for positioning measurements (308) or for user equipment assistance measurements. The assistance information indicates a grouping of downlink reference signals for measurements and reporting.

Abstract: A suture anchor includes a material having thermoplastic properties and is fixated in a hard tissue opening by liquefying at least part of this material and letting it penetrate into walls of the hard tissue opening. During the named fixation and preferably towards the end of it, the suture being held in a distal suture conduit is locked relative to the hard tissue by being clamped between the suture anchor and the wall of the hard tissue opening or by being clamped or braked through collapse of the suture conduit.