Abstract: A process for the preparation of aliphatic amines, comprises reacting an aliphatic alcohol with an aminating agent in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst contains copper oxide on a support made of porous alumina, wherein the porous alumina has a volume, corresponding to pores greater than 500 ? in diameter, of from 10 ml/100 g to 95 ml/100 g.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for forming a primary or a secondary amine via amination reaction comprising: reacting an alcohol with an amine in the presence of a zeolite comprising a transition metal chosen in the group consisting of Group 8 to 12 elements of the Periodic Table and any combination thereof.

Abstract: A stopper holder device for bottles is provided that includes a base-part associated with a bottle neck, a latch articulated in the base-part respect to which can swing, and a bracket which supports the stopper and which is articulated at the latch. The base-part includes an elastically deformable portion with means to release the elastically deformable portion from the bottle neck when causing an elastic deformation on the deformable portion, or to embrace the portion to the neck of the bottle when not causing the elastic deformation, so that the same stopper can be used in different bottles. The base-part also includes first conformations, where the latch is articulated, and housings for housing the bracket when the bottle is closed. The bracket includes second conformations where the latch is swingly attached. The latch includes third conformations cooperating with the first conformations and fourth conformations cooperating with the second conformation.

Abstract: A method for heat treatment of an object of sheet metal, including heating at least one selected portion of the object using an energy beam, where the beam is projected onto a surface of the object so as to produce a primary spot on the object, the beam being repetitively scanned in two dimensions in accordance with a first scanning pattern so as to establish an effective spot on the object, the effective spot having a two-dimensional energy distribution, where the effective spot is displaced in relation to the surface of the object to progressively heat said at least one selected portion of the object.

Abstract: A system for supervising operation of at least one machine of an industrial installation or for supervising such operation and actuating the at least one machine based on such supervision, is disclosed. The system comprises a network comprising a server and a plurality of devices forming a computing cluster. At least some devices of the plurality of devices are connectable to a machine of the industrial installation. Each device of the at least some devices comprises: a first processor configured to compute in real-time, with data acquirable from the machine to which the device is connectable, a first processing task for solving a first query; and a second processor configured to share its processing power with the network, and to compute, when assigned by the server, at least one thread of a second processing task for solving a second query.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided, for performing a digit-recurrence square root operation on an input value. Receiver circuitry receives a remainder value of a previous iteration of the digit-recurrence square root operation. Comparison circuitry compares most significant bits of the remainder value of the previous iteration with a number of selection constants, in order to output a next digit of a result of the digit-recurrence square root operation. The comparison circuitry compares at most 3 fractional bits of the remainder value of the previous iteration with the plurality of selection constants.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided to convert a plurality of signed digits to an output value. Receiver circuitry receives, at each of a plurality of iterations, one of the plurality of signed digits, each of the signed digits comprising a number of bits dependent on a radix. The signed digits being used to form an unrounded output value followed by zero or more extra bits. Adjustment circuitry adjusts a least-significant digit of the unrounded output value to produce an incremented unrounded output value after the plurality of iterations. Rounding circuitry selects from among the unrounded output value and the incremented unrounded output value to produce the output value. The adjustment circuitry is adapted, when a value of a position of a least-significant bit of the unrounded output value is greater than or equal to the radix divided by two, to adjust a subset of the digits of the unrounded output value.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided to convert a plurality of signed digits to an output value, the data processing apparatus comprising: receiver circuitry to receive, at each of a plurality of iterations, a signed digit from the plurality of signed digits, and previous intermediate data. Conversion circuitry performs a negative-output conversion from the signed digit to an unsigned digit, such that the output value comprising the unsigned digit is negative. Concatenation circuitry concatenate bits of the unsigned digit and bits of the previous intermediate data to produce updated intermediate data and output circuitry provides the updated intermediate data as the previous intermediate data of a next iteration. After the plurality of iterations, the output circuitry outputs at least part of the updated intermediate data as the output value.

Abstract: The method comprises the steps of: a) supplying building material; and b) fusing the building material using a light beam (2); wherein steps a) and b) are carried out so as to progressively produce the object out of the fused building material. In step b), the beam (2) is projected onto the building material so as to produce a primary spot on the building material, the beam being repetitively scanned in two dimensions in accordance with a first scanning pattern so as to establish an effective spot (21) on the building material, said effective spot having a two-dimensional energy distribution. The effective spot (21) is displaced in relation to the object being produced to progressively produce the object by fusing the building material.

Abstract: The method comprises the steps of: a) supplying building material; and b) fusing the building material using a light beam (2); wherein steps a) and b) are carried out so as to progressively produce the object out of the fused building material. In step b), the beam (2) is projected onto the building material so as to produce a primary spot on the building material, the beam being repetitively scanned in two dimensions in accordance with a first scanning pattern so as to establish an effective spot (21) on the building material, said effective spot having a two-dimensional energy distribution. The effective spot (21) is displaced in relation to the object being produced to progressively produce the object by fusing the building material.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided that includes input circuitry to receive a signal corresponding to a square root instruction that identifies an input value. Processing circuitry performs an iterative square root operation on the input value and includes digit determination circuitry to determine, for a current iteration, a next digit of an least partial result of the square root operation and remainder determination circuitry that determines, for the current iteration, an at least partial remainder of the square root operation. The next digit for the current iteration is determined based on an least partial remainder of the square root operation from a previous iteration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the therapeutic use of acylated piceid derivative compounds in ocular pathologies, in particular retinitis pigmentosa and in age-related macular degeneration.

Abstract: An apparatus has processing circuitry comprising an L×M multiplier array. An instruction decoder associated with the processing circuitry supports a multiply-and-accumulate-product (MAP) instruction for generating at least one result element corresponding to a sum of respective E×F products of E-bit and F-bit portions of J-bit and K-bit operands respectively, where 1<E<J?L and 1<F<K?M. In response to the MAP instruction, the instruction decoder controls the processing circuitry to rearrange F-bit portions of the second K-bit operand to form a transformed K-bit operand, and to control the L×M multiplier array in dependence on the first J-bit operand and the transformed K-bit operand to add the respective E×F products using a subset of the adders used for accumulating partial products for a conventional multiplication.

Abstract: A system for supervising operation of at least one machine of an industrial installation or for supervising such operation and actuating the at least one machine based on such supervision, is disclosed. The system comprises a network comprising a server and a plurality of devices forming a computing cluster. At least some devices of the plurality of devices are connectable to a machine of the industrial installation. Each device of the at least some devices comprises: a first processor configured to compute in real-time, with data acquirable from the machine to which the device is connectable, a first processing task for solving a first query; and a second processor configured to share its processing power with the network, and to compute, when assigned by the server, at least one thread of a second processing task for solving a second query.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus comprises signal receiving circuitry to receive a signal corresponding to a divide instruction that identifies a dividend x and a divisor d. Processing circuitry performs, in response to said divide instruction, a radix-N division algorithm to generate a result value q=x/d, where N is an integer power of 2 and greater than 1. Said division algorithm comprises a plurality of iterations, each of said plurality of iterations being performed by quotient digit calculation circuitry to determine a quotient value of that iteration q[i+1] based on a remainder value of a previous iteration rem[i]; and remainder calculation circuitry to determine a remainder value of that iteration rem[i+1] based on said quotient value of that iteration q[i+1] and said remainder value of said previous iteration rem[i]. Result calculation circuitry derives said result value q based on each quotient value selected by said digit selection circuitry for each of said plurality of iterations.

Abstract: A system for supervising operation of at least one machine of an industrial installation comprises a network having a server and a plurality of devices forming a computing cluster. The devices are connectable to a machine. Each device has a first processor configured to compute in real-time, with data acquirable from a machine to which the device is connected, a first processing task for solving a first query; and a second processor sharing its processing power with the network, and when assigned by the server, computing at least one thread of a second processing task for solving a second query. The server controls the computing cluster; partitions the second processing task into a plurality of threads, and assigns one or more threads of the plurality of threads to the second processor of the plurality of devices.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for forming a primary or a secondary amine via amination reaction comprising: reacting an alcohol with an amine in the presence of a zeolite comprising a transition metal chosen in the group consisting of Group 8 to 12 elements of the Periodic Table and any combination thereof.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided to perform a digit-recurrence division operation to determine a quotient as a result of dividing a dividend by a divisor. Scaling circuitry scales the dividend and the divisor by a factor to produce a scaled dividend and a scaled divisor. Digit recurrence circuitry performs one or more iterations of the digit-recurrence division operation on the scaled dividend and the scaled divisor, with each iteration producing a digit of the quotient and a remainder value. The remainder value is provided as an input to the digit recurrence circuitry for a subsequent iteration. Initialization circuitry performs a first iteration of the one or more iterations and provides the digit of the quotient after the first iteration. The initialization circuitry receives, as an input, an intermediate value produced by the scaling circuitry while scaling the dividend.

Abstract: Provided is a process of reacting an aliphatic alcohol with an aminating agent for obtaining an aliphatic amine, wherein the reaction is carried out in a catalyst comprising from 68 wt % to 100 wt % of a copper oxide and from 0 wt % to 0.1 wt % of a metal co-catalyst, and optionally from 0 wt % to 32 wt % of a catalyst support, weight percentage is based on the total weight of the catalyst.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of aliphatic amines, comprises reacting an aliphatic alcohol with an aminating agent in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst contains copper oxide on a support made of porous alumina, wherein the porous alumina has a volume, corresponding to pores greater than 500 ? in diameter, of from 10 ml/100 g to 95 ml/100 g.