Abstract: A portable cooler container with active temperature control includes a double-walled insulated container body with a chamber to receive and hold temperature sensitive products. A control system is at least partially disposed between an outer wall and an inner wall of the container body. An electronic display screen on one of the lid and the container body configured to display shipping address information for the portable cooler container.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a package is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises applying a metallic connection structure, which comprises a solder or sinter material, on a sacrificial carrier. An electronic component is mounted on the metallic connection structure. At least part of the electronic component and of the metallic connection structure is encapsulated. Thereafter, the sacrificial carrier is removed to thereby expose at least part of the metallic connection structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of managing data in a database management system comprising a first, master storage, node and a second node for performing operations on data stored in the database. The method comprises configuring the second node to perform a set of steps. The second node is configured to write data indicative of one or more operations on data to a set of log files. The second node segments the set of log files into a set of log file chunks For each of the log file chunks, the second node may transmit data from the database associated with a log file chunk to the first node and thereafter transmit the log file chunk to the first node. The segmenting and transmitting of the set of log files and their associated data may be performed asynchronously to the updating of the set of log files.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for realizing an aseptic connection between a valve unit and a tank container comprising an inliner, wherein a disinfection unit comprising the valve unit is positioned around the spout of the tank container. The valve unit is then disinfected by exposing it to a disinfection fluid and/or to electromagnetic radiation while the valve of the valve unit is in an open position. After having closed the valve, an end portion of the valve unit is pressed against a closure element that blocks the spout of the inliner, to thereby effect that the inner environment of the inliner and the interior of the valve unit are in fluid communication. The disinfection unit is then removed and the valve unit is fastened to the tank container to ensure an aseptic connection between the valve unit and the tank container.

Abstract: An electronic system is disclosed. In one example, the electronic system comprises an at least partially electrically conductive carrier, an electronic component, and an intermetallic connection structure connecting the carrier and the component. The intermetallic connection structure comprising an intermetallic mesh structure in a central portion of the intermetallic connection structure, and opposing exterior structures without intermetallic mesh and each arranged between the intermetallic mesh structure and the carrier or the component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-stabilizing inliner for use in a tank container, comprising an inliner having an inliner wall made of a film material, wherein the inliner wall 1) is configured as a bag to define an interior space for storing a liquid, 2) has an opening for the entrance of the liquid into the interior space, 3) has an inner surface facing the interior space and an outer surface facing an exterior environment; characterized in that an inflatable unit is connected to the inliner, the inflatable unit comprising a film material that is configured as a bag to define an interior space for containing a gas. The inflatable unit reduces sloshing of the liquid when a tank container with the inliner is partly filled with liquid. The inflatable unit may also function as a handle for removing the liquid-stabilizing after use.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium is provided. The medium comprises a set of instructions, which, when executed by a processing system associated with a database or data warehouse, causes the processing system to retrieve data from a data source in accordance with a mapping between a first set of partitions and a second set of partitions, the first set of partitions being associated with the data source and the second set of partitions being associated with the database. The set of instructions, when executed by the processing system, further causes the processing system to load the retrieved data into the database. Retrieving the data and loading the retrieved data comprise a single logical unit of work. A database system and a method executed by a processing system associated with a database are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (10) of a tank container (20), an inliner (40) and a connection unit (60) for the transport and/or storage of a liquid. The inliner is present in the tank container and the outlet of the inliner is connected to the drain hole (25) of the tank container. A connection unit is present that secures the connection of both outlets and at the same time provides a liquid tight and an air tight connection with an external unit for the delivery or discharge of the liquid contents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-stabilizing inliner for use in a tank container, comprising an inliner having an inliner wall made of a film material, wherein the inliner wall 1) is configured as a bag to define an interior space for storing a liquid, 2) has an opening for the entrance of the liquid into the interior space, 3) has an inner surface facing the interior space and an outer surface facing an exterior environment; characterized in that an inflatable unit is connected to the inliner, the inflatable unit comprising a film material that is configured as a bag to define an interior space for containing a gas. The inflatable unit reduces sloshing of the liquid when a tank container with the inliner is partly filled with liquid. The inflatable unit may also function as a handle for removing the liquid-stabilizing after use.

Abstract: A method for creating a welded joint between ends of two steel rails, wherein the two steel rails have a substantially pearlitic microstructure. The method includes a first heating step, an upsetting step, a first cooling step, and a second heating step and provides a means to influence a microstructure and hardness of an austenitic region of a heat affected zone (HAZ) and/or an extent of softening in a softened region of a HAZ.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a frame having an insulative body with a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface, a first plurality of metal traces at the first main surface, and a first cavity in the insulative body. A thermally and/or electrically conductive material filling the first cavity in the insulative body and having a different composition than the first plurality of metal traces. The thermally and/or electrically conductive material provides a thermally and/or electrically conductive path between the first and the second main surfaces of the insulative body. A semiconductor die attached to the frame at the first main surface of the insulative body is electrically connected to the first plurality of metal traces and to the thermally and/or electrically conductive material filling the first cavity in the insulative body. A corresponding method of manufacture is also described.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a frame having an insulative body with a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface, a first plurality of metal traces at the first main surface, and a first cavity in the insulative body. A thermally and/or electrically conductive material filling the first cavity in the insulative body and having a different composition than the first plurality of metal traces. The thermally and/or electrically conductive material provides a thermally and/or electrically conductive path between the first and the second main surfaces of the insulative body. A semiconductor die attached to the frame at the first main surface of the insulative body is electrically connected to the first plurality of metal traces and to the thermally and/or electrically conductive material filling the first cavity in the insulative body. A corresponding method of manufacture is also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (10) of a tank container (20), an inliner (40) and a connection unit (60) for the transport and/or storage of a liquid. The inliner is present in the tank container and the outlet of the inliner is connected to the drain hole (25) of the tank container. A connection unit is present that secures the connection of both outlets and at the same time provides a liquid tight and an air tight connection with an external unit for the delivery or discharge of the liquid contents.

Abstract: Methods of forming polymer layers on polymer surfaces using surface initiated atom-transfer radical-polymerization (ATRP) are described. The method can include functionalization steps prior to performing surface initiated ATRP, such as hydroxylation steps and/or halogenation steps. The hydroxylation step can be carried out in a solution including potassium persulfate, ammonium persulfate, or lithium hydroxide. The halogenation step can also be carried out in a solution. The methods described herein can be performed on bundles of hollow polymer fibers, including bundles of hollow polymer fibers mounted in a module.

Abstract: A method for creating a welded joint between ends of two steel rails, wherein the two steel rails have a substantially pearlitic microstructure. The method includes a first heating step, an upsetting step, a first cooling step, and a second heating step and provides a means to influence a microstructure and hardness of an austenitic region of a heat affected zone (HAZ) and/or an extent of softening in a softened region of a HAZ.

Abstract: Hydrogen sulfide is scrubbed from a gas stream to prepare dissolved alkali metal sulfide or hydrosulfide, which is used to prepare feed electrolyte solution for electrochemical processing to generate alkali metal hydroxide in catholyte and polysulfide in anolyte, which may be recovered from an electrochemical reactor and which may be subjected to further processing to precipitate elemental sulfur. Aqueous scrubbing solution may include alkali metal carbonate capture agent to capture hydrogen sulfide in alkali metal bicarbonate The gas stream may include carbon dioxide in addition to hydrogen sulfide, and a ratio of dissolved alkali metal carbonate to bicarbonate may be increased prior to electrochemical processing.

Abstract: Methods of forming polymer layers on polymer surfaces using surface initiated atom-transfer radical-polymerization (ATRP) are described. The method can include functionalization steps prior to performing surface initiated ATRP, such as hydroxylation steps and/or halogenation steps. The hydroxylation step can be carried out in a solution including potassium persulfate, ammonium persulfate, or lithium hydroxide. The halogenation step can also be carried out in a solution. The methods described herein can be performed on bundles of hollow polymer fibers, including bundles of hollow polymer fibers mounted in a module.

Abstract: Operational data are transmitted, by each of a plurality of material handling vehicles at a facility, into a communications system. A computer connected to the communications system processes the operational data and presents reports on a monitor screen. The computer operates in an impact report mode which provides reports about material handling vehicle impacts with objects, a maintenance report mode for reports pertaining to vehicle maintenance, a verify report mode presenting reports about vehicle inspections, and a metrics report mode for reports describing amounts of work performed by the vehicles, and an overview mode summarizes information from each of other report modes. Each report mode has different display modes which summarize data for a group of the vehicles or provide detailed information about one particular vehicle or one specific vehicle operator.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium is provided. The medium comprises a set of instructions, which, when executed by a processing system associated with a database or data warehouse, causes the processing system to retrieve data from a data source in accordance with a mapping between a first set of partitions and a second set of partitions, the first set of partitions being associated with the data source and the second set of partitions being associated with the database. The set of instructions, when executed by the processing system, further causes the processing system to load the retrieved data into the database. Retrieving the data and loading the retrieved data comprise a single logical unit of work. A database system and a method executed by a processing system associated with a database are also provided.

Abstract: A method of measuring the concentration of an analyte in a turbid solution containing the analyte and a solvent is disclosed. The method includes determining a turbidity value for the turbid solution based on a Raman line intensity calibration data set for the solvent. The method further includes determining turbidity correction factor based on the turbidity value and a Raman line calibration data set for the analyte and applying the turbidity correction factor to the Raman line intensity of the analyte in the turbid solution and calculating a turbidity-corrected Raman line intensity for the analyte in the turbid solution. The turbidity-corrected Raman line intensity of the analyte in the turbid solution is then used to determine the concentration of the analyte in the turbid solution utilizing previously developed calibration data sets relating Raman line intensity to analyte concentration in solutions of negligible turbidity.