Abstract: A polymer composition of: a. 50-96 wt % of a recycled polypropylene; b. 4-50 wt % of talcum; e. 0-10 wt % of additives; wherein the additives are PEs, PE-MAs, PP-MAs, stabilizers, peroxides, CaOs or colorants; wherein the talcum has a D50 of less than 4 micron (ISO13317-3) and wherein the wt % is relative to the total weight of the polymer composition 50-90 wt % of a recycled polypropylene.

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 polymer composition including: a. 75-90 wt % of a recycled polypropylene; b. 1-20 wt % of a polyolefin elastomer (POE); c. 0-10 wt % of a styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer (SEBS); d. 2-20 wt % of talcum; wherein the amount of POE and SEBS is at least 3.5 wt %, preferably between 5 and 20 wt %, and wherein the wt % is relative to the total weight of the polymer composition.

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: A working apparatus has a manual operating region, a tubular part extending away from the manual operating region, and an electric cable arrangement in the tubular part. The working apparatus includes a rod-shaped cable holder, which is inserted into and held in the tubular part and has a cable holding arrangement, by which the cable arrangement is held in a pre-mounted manner on the cable holder. An assembly method secures the cable arrangement on the cable holder by the cable holding arrangement, and inserts the cable holder, with the cable arrangement held thereon, into the tubular part. The working apparatus may be a battery-operated, hand-guided garden or forestry working apparatus.

Abstract: An optical fiber is formed to include a specialized cladding layer that exhibits a change in refractive index as the fiber is tapered, related to the out-diffusion of a refractive index-decreasing dopant included in the cladding layer. The change in refractive index (propagation constant) is sufficient to maintain the local taper angle relation and prevent the institution of loss oscillations as the length of the taper extends to a desired value. In particular, the specialized cladding layer may be formed to include a sufficient concentration of an index-decreasing dopant such as F, which is known to diffuse faster that the conventional cladding layer index-increasing dopants (e.g., one or more of Ge, Cl, and P).

Abstract: Examples provide a system for performing lane centering control of a vehicle. The system includes a set of vehicle sensors configured to measure a speed of the vehicle, measure a yaw rate of the vehicle, and measure a lateral acceleration of the vehicle. The system also includes a lane centering controller configured to receive a requested lateral acceleration, determine a target lateral acceleration based on the requested lateral acceleration and the lateral acceleration, determine a target motor torque based on the target lateral acceleration, and determine whether a control override condition is met. In response to determining that the control override condition is not met, the lane centering controller controls a motor of the vehicle according to the target motor torque. The target motor torque is a motor torque necessary to achieve the target lateral acceleration.

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 non-transitory computer readable medium (26) stores instructions executable by at least one electronic processor (20) to perform a method (100) of monitoring a component (10) of a medical device (1). The method includes retrieving information about a correction factor (40) applied during operation of the component from the medical device; deriving a wear metric indicative of wear of a portion of the component from the retrieved information about the correction factor applied during the operation of the component; estimating a time remaining until end-of-life (EOL) of the component; and outputting an alert (30) indicating estimated time remaining until EOL of the component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying a liquid target material to a radiation source, comprising a first reservoir, a pressurizing system configured to pressurize a hydraulic fluid, and a separating device configured to separate the hydraulic fluid from the liquid target material in the first reservoir and to transfer a pressure from the hydraulic fluid to the liquid target material. The invention also relates to an associated method of supplying liquid target material to a radiation source.

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: 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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an asphalt composition comprising a modified bitumen with a hydroxyl-functionalized polymer configured to create a thermally reversible cross-linking network within the composition, wherein the hydroxyl functionalized polymer is selected from the group comprising: hydroxyl functionalized polyolefin thermoplast, hydroxyl functionalized polyolefin elastomer, hydroxyl functionalized polyolefin plastomer.