Abstract: A continuous process for producing hydrocarbon products, such as jet fuel, diesel, and naphtha, from lignin-derived materials comprising lignin oligomers, via hydrodeoxygenation in presence of catalysts under hydrogen pressure. These hydrocarbon products can then be fractionated into fuels such as naphtha, jet fuel, or diesel. Preferably, the jet fuel and diesel meet the corresponding fuel standards. Preferably, the naphtha meets key specifications of the corresponding gasoline and naphtha standards. Because lignin-derived materials are produced from biomass, the hydrocarbon products, including the jet fuel, diesel, and naphtha produced by this process, may contain up to 100% biogenic carbon.

Abstract: A method for preparing a blend of at least two heat-modified starches, in which the starches are granular starches of different botanical origins, which comprises the steps consisting in: (i) preparing a starch milk containing at least two starches of different botanical origins, having total dry matter content comprised between 30 and 40%, and preferably between 35 and 37% by weight, (ii) preparing a citrate buffer with a pH between 4 and 6, preferably 6, and adding said citrate buffer to the starch milk so as to obtain a milk pH between 4 and 6, preferably 6, (iii) ensuring a contact time comprised between 0.5 and 5 hours, (iv) drying until reaching an equilibrium moisture content of 10 to 12%, (v) heating over 150° C., for a residence time of between 10 minutes and 6 hours, (vi) resuspending, adjusting the pH, optionally washing and again drying the heat-modified starches thus obtained.

Abstract: Measurement systems, methods for operating an angular sensor interface, and angular sensor interfaces. The measurement system includes a position sensor, a signal processor, and a propagation delay compensation filter. The position sensor is configured to generate analog signals. The signal processor is configured to generate position signals from the analog signals. The propagation delay compensation filter is configured to generate low-pass filtered position signals from the position signals, and calculate speed signals from the low-pass filtered position signals. The propagation delay compensation filter is further configured to generate low-pass filtered speed signals from the speed signals, and calculate acceleration signals from the low-pass filtered speed signals. The propagation delay compensation filter is further configured to generate low-pass filtered acceleration signals from the acceleration signals.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method for caching by a data system. The method includes automatically caching a portion of a data object from an external data source to a local cluster of nodes in accordance with a unit of caching. The portion of the data object can be selected for caching based on a frequency of accessing the portion of the data object. The portion of the data object in the cache is mapped to the external data source in accordance with a unit of hashing. The method further includes, responsive to the data system receiving a query for data stored in the external data source, obtaining query results that satisfy the received query by reading the portion of the cached data object instead of reading the data object from the external data source.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising executing, by one or more computer processors, operations comprising: (1) identifying a join formed of a fact table and a plurality of dimension tables stored at one or more data sources; (2) determining that the join is a record-preserving join when it has only one record for each record of the fact table; (3) generating an optimized data structure including the record-preserving join; (4) storing the optimized data structure in a cache memory storing a plurality of optimized data structures; and (5) modifying a query plan to obtain query results that satisfy a query by reading the optimized data structure in lieu of reading any of the fact table or the plurality of dimension tables stored at the one or more data sources.

Abstract: Systems and methods for developing personalized instructional content include a computing device using software modules which capture data about subjects, teachers, and learners, train artificial intelligence models based on the acquired data, use the artificial intelligence models to generate instructional content personalized to an instructor and/or learner based their input, compare the generated instructional content to vetted sources and correct errors, and cause the processor to output a personalized instructional course including the updated generated instructional materials in the format capable of display to an individual learner.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nickel-based alloy powder, that comprises in weight percentages, 14.00 to 15.25% of chromium, 14.25 to 15.75% of cobalt, 4.00 to 4.60% of aluminium, 0 to 0.50% of iron, 0 to 0.15% of manganese, 3.00 to 3.70% of titanium, 3.90 to 4.50% of molybdenum, 0 to 0.015% of sulphur, 0 to 0.06% of zirconium, 0.012 to 0.020% of boron, 0 to 0.20% of silicon, 0 to 0.10% of copper, 0 to 150 ppm of carbon, 0 to 0.5 ppm of bismuth, 0 to 5 ppm of lead, 0 to 1000 ppm of platinum, 0 to 1000 ppm of palladium, 0 to 50 ppm of hydrogen, 0 to 5 ppm of silver, 0 to 120 ppm of nitrogen, 0 to 1000 ppm of rhenium, 0 to 410 ppm of oxygen and 0 to 500 ppm of inevitable impurities, the rest being made up of nickel, and has a particle size D10 between 3 and 10 ?m, a particle size D90 between 20 and 40 ?m and a particle size D50 between 10 and 20 ?m, the values of the particle sizes D10, D50 and D90 having been measured by laser diffraction according to standard ISO 13322-2.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining optimal resource allocation options for network systems. The method includes receiving real-time data associated with a plurality of systems; generating one or more features associated with a first system of the plurality of systems based on at least a portion of the real-time data; generating, via input of one or more features into a machine learning model, a prediction that the first system is approaching a capacity threshold; determining one or more probabilities associated with respective one or more second systems of the plurality of systems, each of the one or more probabilities indicating a preferability of the respective second system for reallocating one or more resources from the first system; and simulating the reallocation across the plurality of systems based on the one or more probabilities associated with the respective one or more second systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to select appropriate subscription to be loaded in the eUICC of a device from an IoT fleet among candidate subscriptions, said method comprising, for a central cloud intelligence, the steps of: collecting teaching data related to MNO subscriptions and their associated favorite and forbidden PLMNs from on-field deployed devices and/or from in-lab devices hosting sample, associating, in a database, those teaching data to candidate subscriptions, said method further comprising the steps of: receiving information relative to the radio environment of a device in need of a subscription, processing received information relative to radio environment in regard to teaching data and candidate subscriptions available in the database, determining among the candidate subscriptions an adapted subscription depending on this processing, triggering the download of the determined subscription to the device in need of a subscription.

Abstract: A method for printing on an item, that includes generating a scanned shape of the item, performing a lookup of the scanned shape in a shape database, making a determination that the scanned shape matches a saved shape in the shape database, and based on the determination, measuring an item rotation of the item, generating a transformed print image based on the item rotation, causing a printhead to print on the item using the transformed print image.

Abstract: A method is provided for securely provisioning a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) manufactured by a first entity for use in a plurality of manufactured product types manufactured by a second entity. Each IC of the plurality of ICs includes a key pair and a unique identifier (UID). The first entity generates a plurality of key pairs that are not related to the plurality of ICs. A plurality of product types is received from the second entity. A plurality of certificates is generated by the first entity using the UIDs and the key pairs. The plurality of certificates is transferred from a first computer system of the first entity to a second computer system under physical control of the second entity. The second entity injects the plurality of ICs with selected certificates of the plurality of certificates. Unused certificates may be deleted from the second computer system.

Abstract: A referential positioning device configured to position relative to each other at least one cabin floor grid and one side shell of an aircraft in order to assemble a fuselage barrel of the aircraft is disclosed having at least one fixing support for fixing the referential positioning device to the top of an alignment post of an assembly platform, and a partially spherical support having a spherical surface (S) intended to receive the V-shaped surface of an end of an arm of a transport system for a cabin floor grid of an aircraft. The referential positioning device makes it possible to arrange the cabin floor grid precisely on the assembly platform with respect to the other elements of the fuselage barrel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides solid state forms of a selective potassium channel modulator and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the solid state crystalline forms and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, and methods for preparing and using the solid state forms and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof.

Abstract: A self-service lender portal provides lenders with a suite of tools for interacting with a multi-lender architecture configured to provide loan applicants with automated pre-qualification and eligibility evaluation for multiple candidate lenders. The lender portal provides lenders with an interface for uploading rule sets defining lending and eligibility criteria, downloading operational data generated from processing loan applicant information, generating and managing security keys for encryption and decryption of sensitive data, and managing access policies for providing single sign-on by interfacing with the lender's own identity management systems.

Abstract: An interspinous implant includes an implant body extending along a longitudinal axis and having, in succession: a rear part having a rear end, and a central part shaped to extend between two spinous processes of two adjacent vertebrae, the central part extending the rear part. The implant further includes a front part extending the central part, in the opposite direction from the rear part, and tapering down to a front end of streamlined shape. The implant body has an anterior face intended to face toward the vertebrae and in which there is formed an anterior groove of curvilinear shape, extending from the rear end as far as the front end in a curvilinear direction, to accept at least a portion of an implantation prong of an implantation ancillary.

Abstract: A plain bearing for a planet gear of a turbomachine mechanical reduction gear, the plain bearing having an annular barrel with an axis which delimits at least one central bore centred on the axis, and the barrel having annular grooves which extend around the axis and which open out axially in opposite orientations at the axial ends of the barrel, each annular groove being delimited by two coaxial internal and external walls of the barrel connected by a transverse bottom wall which has at least one opening which opens into a cavity which is formed in the barrel between said the at least one central bore and a periphery of the barrel, characterised in that wherein each cavity is closed by a sealing seal.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of authorising an electronic transaction, the method involving a server receiving transaction details for the electronic transaction and an identifier for a participant in the electronic transaction. The server sends the transaction details to the participant in the electronic transaction, and in return receives authorisation data from the participant, the authorisation data including authentication data authenticating the identity of the participant. The server then determines an account code identifying an account associated with the participant based on the identifier, and proceeds with the electronic payment transaction using the account code.

Abstract: A stator for a rotating electrical machine comprises a stator mass comprising teeth and notches between the teeth, each of the notches being, on the air gap side, completely closed, electrical conductors being housed in the notches, the electrical conductors forming a fractional winding, for which the ratio q defined by q=Ne/(2pm) is written as an irreducible fraction z/n, z and n being two non-zero integers, n being different from 1, wherein Ne is the number of stator notches, m the number of winding phases and p the number of pairs of stator poles.

Abstract: A road traffic monitoring robot image acquisition system installation kit including: a plurality of optical device with different focal lengths, each optical device including an optical lens and a photosensitive sensor, a fixing plate adapted to form a mechanical connection between a plurality of optical devices of said plurality of optical devices, in which the fixing plate includes a fixed context video camera and a plurality of selectable fixing positions for each optical device of the plurality of optical devices, said selectable fixing positions are arranged in such a manner as to form a plurality of pre-established alignments between the fixed context video camera and one or more optical devices selected from the plurality of optical devices, said pre-established alignments and said selectable positions are configured according to a correspondence chart, said correspondence chart supplies a plurality of pre-established alignments depending on the number of and the width of the traffic lanes to be mon

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method of determining encrypted computation parameters for carrying out an encrypted computation on noisy ciphertexts. A computation graph is divided into multiple subgraphs, defined by a type and by instantiation parameters for the type. Respective sets of encrypted computation parameters are defined for the respective types. An optimization of the encrypted computation parameters is performed to minimize a computational cost of carrying out the encrypted computation according to the encrypted computation parameters. The encrypted computation parameters are constrained to satisfy a noise constraint on ciphertext noise while carrying out the encrypted computation. The noise constraint is based on respective noise constraints for respective subgraphs, defined by a noise constraint function for the type that takes at least the encrypted computation parameters for the type and the instantiation parameters of the subgraph as input.