Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for the preparation of a packaged food composition, wherein the system comprises a collecting unit, a weighing unit, a mixing unit, a filling unit, transferring units and a control unit.

Abstract: A method of fabricating one or more glass cells includes drawing one or more glass capillaries from a source of glass material. The method includes performing a first conditioning of one or more inner surfaces of the one or more capillaries. The method includes sealing one or more first ends of the one or more capillaries using thermal energy. The method includes performing a second conditioning of the one or more inner surfaces after the sealing. The method includes purifying the one or more capillaries to increase a purity of a gas used to fill the one or more capillaries. The method includes filling the one or more capillaries using the gas after the purifying. The method includes pressurizing the one or more capillaries to a given pressure. The method includes sealing one or more second ends of the one or more capillaries using thermal energy.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes at least one conductor path and a contact area for contacting an electrical component. The contact area includes at least one contact surface and a recess. The contact surface extends into the recess and the contact surface is connected to the conductor path.

Abstract: In particular embodiments, a computing system may receive a video comprising a plurality of image frames. The system may generate, for each image frame in the video, an initial depth map using a machine-learning model. The system may compute a misalignment error indicating depth misalignments in initial depth maps using a reprojection technique. The system may generate, for each image frame in the video, an optimized camera pose and a flexible deformation spline associated with the image frame to minimize the misalignment error. The system may generate, for each image frame in the video, a refined depth map by adjusting the initial depth map associated with the frame using the flexible deformation spline associated with the image frame.

Abstract: A process for making a blended composition includes: i) obtaining (A) a recycled polypropylene composition from a waste plastic material, ii) melt-mixing (A) with (B) a heterophasic propylene copolymer and (C) an inorganic filler, wherein (B) consists of (al) a propylene-based matrix consisting of a propylene homopolymer/copolymer consisting of at least 90 wt % of propylene monomer units and at most 10 wt % of ethylene and/or ?-olefin monomer units, and (a2) a dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, copolymer (B) has a xylene soluble content of 12 to 27 wt %, an MRI at 230° C./2.16 kg of 5.6 to 65 dg/min, wherein the recycled composition includes at least 90 wt % a propylene-based polymer, has an ash content of less than 10 wt %, an MFI at 230° C./2.16 kg of 15 to 100 dg/min, an Izod impact strength (23° C.) of 2.0 to 5.0 kJ/m2, and a flexural modulus (23° C.) of 1500 to 2000 MPa.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkanolamines and ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst which is obtained by reducing a catalyst precursor, wherein the preparation of the catalyst precursor comprises a step a) in which a catalyst precursor comprising one or more catalytically active components of Sn, Cu and Ni, and a step b) in which the catalyst precursor prepared in step a) is contacted with a soluble Re compound.

Abstract: Aliphatic polyamines with methyl substituents are used in the curing of epoxy resins. The preparation of such aliphatic polyamines is described. Corresponding epoxy resin compositions include an epoxy resin and the aliphatic polyamines as curing agents. These curing agents combine comparably rapid curing at moderately elevated temperatures with comparably long pot life at room temperature. At the same time, they allow for cured epoxy resins with good mechanical properties and high glass transition temperature.

Abstract: A system includes a random signal generator and a processor. The random signal generator generates detection signals of radioactive decay events. The random signal generator includes a detector and a metal tritide device disposed at the detector. The detector generates the detection signals based on detection of beta particles from radioactive decay of tritium. The detection signals include randomized timing information of the radioactive decay events. The metal tritide device includes the tritium. The tritium in the metal tritide device undergoes radioactive decay to emit the beta particles. The processor generates a random value based on the detection signals of the radioactive decay events.

Abstract: A process for the conversion of glycolaldehyde with an aminating agent in the presence of hydrogen and of a catalyst in a glycolaldehyde conversion reactor, wherein one or more organic carboxylic acids are fed into the glycolaldehyde conversion reactor.

Abstract: Continuous reductive dehydroxymethylation process for the preparation of alkanes from primary aliphatic alcohols, having 3 to 25 carbon atoms, in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst in a reactor at a pressure of ?2 bar, characterized in that the dehydroxymethylation takes place in the vapor phase.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising A) a polyester, B) a polyolefin and C) a compatibilizer, wherein A) comprises a first polyester derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, an acyclic aliphatic diol and at least one of a cycloaliphatic diol and spiroglycol and a second polyester different from the first polyester. The invention further relates to an article comprising the composition, particularly a toy block.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of amines, the process comprising reacting a primary or secondary alcohol with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst in the gas phase using a recycle gas mode, wherein the temperature in the pressure separator is >20° C.

Abstract: In particular embodiments, a computing system may access a set of training images for training a neural light field network for view synthesis. Using each training image, the computing system may train the neural light field network by casting, for each pixel of the training image, a ray into a three-dimensional (3D) space, the ray including integrated radiance along the ray, mapping first ray coordinates of the ray into an embedding network, transforming, using the embedding network, the first ray coordinates into second ray coordinates, applying positional encoding to second ray coordinates, generating, using the neural light field network, a predicted color value for the pixel based on positionally encoded second ray coordinates, comparing the predicted color value for the pixel with a ground-truth color value for the pixel, and updating the neural light field network and the embedding network based on comparison.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing multiple 3D photos to be concurrently displayed through multiple frames positioned in a virtual space, each of the of 3D photos having an optimal viewing point in the virtual space and determining a reference point based on a head pose of a viewer within the virtual space. The method may further include adjusting each 3D photo by rotating the 3D photo so that the optimal viewing point of the 3D photo points at the reference point, translating the rotated 3D photo toward the reference point, and non-uniformly scaling the rotated and translated 3D photo based on a scaling factor determined using the reference point and a position of the frame through which the 3D photo is to be viewed. The method may further include rendering an image comprising the adjusted multiple 3D photos as seen through the multiple frames.

Abstract: The invention relates to an article comprising a stud for fitting into a complementary receptacle and/or comprising a receptacle for fitting into a complementary stud comprising a composition comprising A) a polyester, B) a polyolefin and C) a compatibilizer, wherein the amount of A) is at least 75 wt % of the total composition, the amount of B) is 5 to 22.5 wt % of the total composition and the weight ratio of the amount of B) with respect to the amount of C) is 2 to 20. The invention further relates to an article comprising the composition, particularly a toy block.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a) a propylene homopolymer and/or a propylene copolymer consisting of at least 70.0 wt % of propylene monomer units and at most 30.0 wt % of comonomer units selected from ethylene monomer units and ?-olefin monomer units having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, b) an optional ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, c) glass fibers and d) a reaction product of d1) a functionalized polypropylene and d2) a polyetheramine, wherein the total amount of a) and b) is 10.0 to 80.0 wt % or 20.0 to 80.0 wt % with respect to the total composition, the amount of c) is 5.0 to 50.0 wt % with respect to the total composition, the amount of d2) is at least 5.0 wt % with respect to the total composition and the weight ratio of d2) to d1) is at least 0.050.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising A) a first polyester, B) a first polyolefin, C) a compatibilizer and D) a lubricant, wherein D) comprises a siloxane polymer having a viscosity of at least 10000 cSt and an optional second polyester and/or an optional second polyolefin, the total amount of A) and B) with respect to the total composition is at least 80 wt %, the amount of C) with respect to the total composition is 0.1 to 15 wt % and the amount of D) with respect to the total composition is 0.1 to 5.0 wt %.

Abstract: A method of workload management in a Kubernetes (K8s) environment may include obtaining, by a digital twin (DT) representing a cluster state, performance data of at least one K8s cluster, generating, by the DT, a behavioral model based on the performance data, determining, by a horizontal pod autoscaler (HPA) controller, a HPA configuration based on the behavioral model and implementing, by an HPA of the at least one K8s cluster, the determined HPA configuration

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a meat-analogue food product. More specifically, the present invention relates to a process for preparing a meat-analogue food product having the appearance and the texture of meat and also relates to a meat-analogue food product obtained by the process.