Abstract: The present invention provides a modified Y-type molecular sieve, characterized by having a unit cell size of 2.420-2.440 nm; as percent by weight of the modified Y-type molecular sieve, a phosphorus content of 0.05-6%, a RE2O3 content of 0.03-10%, and an alumina content of less than 22%; and a specific hydroxyl nest concentration of less than 0.35 mmol/g and more than 0.05 mmol/g, said ? ? specific ? ? hydroxyl ? ? nest ? ? concentration = [ ( M 500 ? ° ? ? C . - M 200 ? ° ? ? C . ) - ( 17 / 9 ) × ( M 800 ? ° ? ? C . - M 500 ? ° ? ? C . ) ] × 1000 36 × ( 1 - M 200 ? ° ? ? C . ) × C ? ( Unit ? : ? mmol ? / ? g ) wherein M200° C., M500° C. and M800° C. respectively represent the weight loss percents of a sample measured at 200° C., 500° C. and 800° C., and C is the crystallinity of the sample. The modified Y-type molecular sieve has few defect in the crystal lattice.

Abstract: A method (330) for detecting damage (501) on a display (108) or other touch-sensitive surface is disclosed. A damage detection module (304), operable with a control circuit (301) of an electronic device (100), detects a damaged portion (702) of the display. A presentation adaptation module (305) presents user actuation targets (404) in portions (701) of the display that are complementary to the damaged portion. The presentation adaptation module can optionally present non-interactive presentation data in the damaged portion. The presentation adaptation module may also optionally reconfigure the user actuation targets prior to presenting them on the display.

Abstract: Data that is collected and disseminated by mobile devices typically has to be processed, correlated with other data, aggregated, and then transmitted back to the mobile device users before the information becomes stale or otherwise irrelevant. These operations may be performed in a cloud-based solution that manages dataflow. The cloud-based solutions may be scalable and implemented in a fault-tolerant distributed system to support user-facing continuous sensing and processing services in the cloud-computing system. A system may monitor execution of data and shift workloads (i.e., balancing) in response to spatial and temporal load imbalances that occur in a continuous computing environment. A failure recovery protocol may be implemented that uses a checkpoint-based partial rollback recovery mechanism with selective re-execution, which may allow recovery of the continuous processing after an error while avoiding large amounts of downtime and re-execution.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a catalytic cracking catalyst and a preparation process therefor. The catalytic cracking catalyst comprises a cracking active component, 10 wt %-70 wt % of a clay on the dry basis, and 10 wt %-40 wt % of an inorganic oxide binder (as oxide), relative to the weight of the catalytic cracking catalyst, wherein said cracking active component contains, relative to the weight of the catalytic cracking catalyst, 10 wt %-50 wt % of a modified Y-type zeolite on the dry basis and 0-40 wt % of other zeolite on the dry basis, wherein said modified Y-type zeolite is characterized by having a unit cell size of 2.420-2.440 nm; as percent by weight of the modified Y-type zeolite, a phosphorus content of 0.05-6%, a RE2O3 content of 0.03-10%, and an alumina content of less than 22%; and a specific hydroxy nest concentration of less than 0.35 mmol/g and more than 0.05 mmol/g.

Abstract: In the new architecture, a client that desires access to a piece of hardware sends HTTP requests to a device server. The server receives a HTTP requests, accesses a device on behalf of the client, and send the device's response back to the client in the form of an HTTP response. This architecture has three primary advantages. First, it offers a clean interface for clients where all devices are accessed as if they are web servers. Second, it helps make devices more secure whereby clients can be prevented from accessing hardware directly, and all device access is forced through the narrow HTTP access protocol and checked for compliance with a desired security policy. Third, since HTTP allows local and remote servers to be contacted, the proposed architecture makes it easy for clients to communicate with devices that are not physically co-resident with the client but which are accessible via a network connection.

Abstract: Data and computation may be unified (i.e., integrated) in a data center using a single query interface. Users may interact with the data center via a query interface to provide a query (i.e., a computation) to the data center. The results of the query may be referred to as derived datasets and may be managed by a cache server. In an implementation, a derived dataset is uniquely referenced by the query that computes it. Shared common computations are computed only once and may be reused by other computations. The result of a query may be computed (if not previously cached) and returned to the user. Infrequently used derived datasets may be garbage collected (e.g., deleted or otherwise removed from storage) by a garbage collector. This integration of data and computation provides efficient resource management for data center.

Abstract: Data that is collected and disseminated by mobile devices typically has to be processed, correlated with other data, aggregated, and then transmitted back to the mobile device users before the information becomes stale or otherwise irrelevant. These operations may be performed in a cloud-based solution that manages dataflow. The cloud-based solutions may be scalable and implemented in a fault-tolerant distributed system to support user-facing continuous sensing and processing services in the cloud-computing system. A system may monitor execution of data and shift workloads (i.e., balancing) in response to spatial and temporal load imbalances that occur in a continuous computing environment. A failure recovery protocol may be implemented that uses a checkpoint-based partial rollback recovery mechanism with selective re-execution, which may allow recovery of the continuous processing after an error while avoiding large amounts of downtime and re-execution.

Abstract: A method for in-situ treatment of sediment simultaneous with microbial electricity generation is provided, comprising steps of constructing a microbial fuel cell, placing the microbial fuel cell in the sediment, forming a cell circuit, and cultivating microorganisms to generate electrical power. The method overcomes shortcomings found in the prior art and uses organics in the sediment as fuels to in-situ treat the sediment with simultaneous electricity generation. A device for implementing the method is also provided, which can be expanded in different directions as needed and is easy to maintain during long-term operation.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing security guarantees in security service level agreements (SLAB). For instance, a security SLA may specify a level of service to be provided to a user with respect to at least one security property (e.g., confidentiality, integrity, write-serialization, read freshness, etc.). Attestations may be used to prove occurrence (or non-occurrence) of violations of security properties in a manner that is universally verifiable, e.g., by third parties. An attestation is an indicator that is generated by a user to certify that the user makes a request (e.g., get request or put request) or an indicator that is generated by a cloud service provider to certify that the cloud service provider accurately fulfills a request of a user. A security SLA may specify a payment to be made to a user in response to an occurrence of a violation of a security property.

Abstract: A solar panel water pump assembly is provided. A solar panel apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes and is attached to a support base. The solar panel apparatus is electrically coupled to a battery cell box and a control circuit board box that are attached to a bottom side of the support base. A water conduit adapter is inserted through the solar panel apparatus and the support base via an aperture. Then, the water conduit adapter inserted through the solar panel apparatus and support base is mechanically connected to a water outlet of a pump to form the solar panel water pump assembly. The pump is electrically coupled to the control circuit board box via electrical connectors. Afterward, the solar panel water pump assembly is installed in an underwater environment in a water display.

Abstract: Data and computation may be unified (i.e., integrated) in a data center using a single query interface. Users may interact with the data center via a query interface to provide a query (i.e., a computation) to the data center. The results of the query may be referred to as derived datasets and may be managed by a cache server. In an implementation, a derived dataset is uniquely referenced by the query that computes it. Shared common computations are computed only once and may be reused by other computations. The result of a query may be computed (if not previously cached) and returned to the user. Infrequently used derived datasets may be garbage collected (e.g., deleted or otherwise removed from storage) by a garbage collector. This integration of data and computation provides efficient resource management for data center.

Abstract: A modified zeolite beta having an anhydrous chemical formula, by weight % of the oxides, of (0-0.3)Na2O.(0.5-10)Al2O3.(1.3-10)P2O5.(0.7-15)MxOy.(70-97)SiO2, wherein M is one or more transition metal(s) selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mn, Zn and Sn, x is the number of the atoms of said transition metal M, and y is a number that meets with the requirement of the oxidation state of said transition metal M, is disclosed. The modified zeolite beta can be used as an active component of a cracking catalyst or additive for catalytic cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for a display of an electronic device, the display including a backlight and a conductive layer, wherein the backlight illuminates both a main display and morphable keys or indicators. The conductive layer includes two separate portions. One portion of the conductive layer is part of a main display. The second portion, the non-main display region of the conductive layer includes at least one shutter configured to allow light from the backlight to pass therethrough and configured to block light from the backlight from passing therethrough. Accordingly, the shutter in part forms a morphable or smart key, or indicator that is illuminated by the backlight that illuminates the main display. In this way, separate LEDs to illuminate a morphable or smart key or indicator are not utilized.

Abstract: A modified zeolite beta having an anhydrous chemical formula, by weight % of the oxides, of (0-0.3)Na2O.(0.5-10)Al2O3.(1.3-10)P2O5.(0.7-15)MxOy.(70-97)SiO2, wherein M is one or more transition metal(s) selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mn, Zn and Sn, x is the number of the atoms of said transition metal M, and y is a number that meets with the requirement of the oxidation state of said transition metal M, is disclosed. The modified zeolite beta can be used as an active component of a cracking catalyst or additive for catalytic cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A display comprising a display driver termination portion (106), a dot matrix region (402) and an icon region (403). The icon region located in-between the display driver termination area and the dot matrix area, wherein the dot matrix area has a resolution that is greater than the icon area.

Abstract: The combination of employing electrophoretic technology with high covering power and the capability of using polymer nano-emulsion particles to produce a coherent layer of anti-corrosive polymer coating leads to the formation of coating layers with desirable properties such as being an extremely thin, transparent and coherent layer with uniform deposition on corners, edges and small holes, and showing suitable hardness, good corrosion protection and strong adherence to the underlying substrates. The technology can thus be applied to various industries for the purpose of decoration and corrosion protection of conductive substrates.