Abstract: Systems and methods are described in relation to specific technical improvements adapted for machine learning architectures that conduct classification on numerical and/or unstructured data. In an embodiment, two neural networks are utilized in concert to generate output data sets representative of predicted future states of an entity. A second learning architecture is trained to cluster prior entities based on characteristics converted into the form of features and event occurrence such that a boundary function can be established between the clusters to form a decision boundary between decision regions. These outputs are mapped to a space defined by the boundary function, such that the mapping can be used to determine whether a future state event is likely to occur at a particular time in the future.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a vehicle door changeable back and forth between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the vehicle door is provided by an inner module coupled to an outer module. In the second configuration, the vehicle door is provided by the inner module without the outer module. A door providing method includes providing a vehicle door in a first configuration using an inner module coupled to an outer module. The method further includes providing the vehicle door in a second configuration using the inner module without the outer module.

Abstract: A method for regenerating ammonia water after capturing carbon dioxide with aqueous ammonia includes steps as follow. An ammonia water regenerating system is provided, wherein the ammonia water regenerating system includes a heat exchanger, a stripper, a second pump, a first flash drum, a first compressor, a second flash drum and a second compressor. A first flashing step is performed, wherein the rich solvent is flashed to form a first steam and a first flash liquid. A first compressing step is performed, wherein the first steam is compressed. A stripping step is performed, wherein the first flash liquid is stripped. A second flashing step is performed, wherein the lean solvent is flashed to form a second steam and a second flash liquid. A second compressing step is performed, wherein the second steam is compressed.

Abstract: Techniques are presented for constructing a digital representation of a physical environment. In some embodiments, a method includes obtaining image data indicative of the physical environment; receiving gesture input data from a user corresponding to at least one location in the physical environment, based on the obtained image data; detecting at least one discontinuity in the physical environment near the at least one location corresponding to the received gesture input data; and generating a digital surface corresponding to a surface in the physical environment, based on the received gesture input data and the at least one discontinuity.

Abstract: Methods of making recombinant secretion of silk and silk-amyloid proteins using bacteria are provided.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide methods for producing ethylene glycol from a carbohydrate feed which may include conditioning a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst by treatment with a protic acid resulting in an acid-conditioned heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst. Next, in a reactor under hydrogenation conditions, the carbohydrate feed may be contacted with a bi-functional catalyst system comprising the acid-conditioned heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst, and a soluble retro-Aldol catalyst. An intermediate product stream may be obtained from the reactor including ethylene glycol.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a vehicle door changeable back and forth between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the vehicle door is provided by an inner module coupled to an outer module. In the second configuration, the vehicle door is provided by the inner module without the outer module. A door providing method includes providing a vehicle door in a first configuration using an inner module coupled to an outer module. The method further includes providing the vehicle door in a second configuration using the inner module without the outer module.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide methods for producing ethylene glycol from a carbohydrate feed may include contacting, in a first reactor under hydrogenation conditions, the carbohydrate feed with a bi-functional catalyst system. The bi-functional catalyst system may include a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst, and a soluble retro-Aldol catalyst. The carbohydrate feed may include a concentration of carbohydrate, in the total solution entering the first reactor, of 5-40 wt % in a solvent. An intermediate product stream may be obtained from the first reactor including ethylene glycol. The hydrogenation conditions may include a temperature in the range of from 180-250° C.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a plurality of components; a first circuitry to generate a clock signal, and to supply the clock signal to the plurality of components; a second circuitry to estimate, for each of two or more components of the plurality of components, a corresponding duty cycle of the clock signal received at the corresponding component, wherein two or more duty cycles corresponding to the two or more components are determined; a third circuitry to determine an average of the two or more duty cycles; and a fourth circuitry to correct a duty cycle of the clock signal generated by the first circuitry, based at least in part on the average.

Abstract: This patent mentioned the synthesis of new metal-organic framework based on hexameric titanium-oxo cluster. The novel material, termed MOF-902, was successfully synthesized and its crystal structure uncovered the 2-Dimensional (2D) layer structure generated by the link of trigonal prism Ti6O6(OMe)(—COO)6 clusters and imine linear linking units. The permanent porosity of MOF-902 is 400 m2 g?1. The band gap energy of this material was found to be 2.5 eV which is suitable to catalyze the polymerization reaction of methacrylate monomers under visible irradiation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for gift card linking are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for processing a payment using a linked stored value instrument may include (1) receiving, from a merchant, a payment request for a transaction, the payment request comprising an identification of a transaction amount and a transaction account; (2) at least one computer processor retrieving a stored value instrument for the merchant that is associated with the transaction account; and (3) the at least one computer processor causing the stored value instrument to be debited for a first portion of the transaction amount.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a process for producing ethylene glycol from a carbohydrate feed. The process may include contacting, in a reactor under hydrogenation conditions, the carbohydrate feed with a bi-functional catalyst system which may include a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst including a magnetically active metal, and a soluble retro-Aldol catalyst including tungstate. A liquid effluent stream may be obtained from the reactor and may include hydrogenation catalyst particles and tungsten oxide precipitate particles. The hydrogenation catalyst particles may be magnetically separated from the tungsten oxide precipitate particles in the liquid effluent stream using a magnet in a separation vessel. The separated hydrogenation catalyst particles may be retained in a separation zone in the separation vessel and may be subsequently removed from the separation zone.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for programming advanced nanometer flash memory cells is disclosed.

Abstract: A system includes an Active Noise Control (ANC) module unit configured to be installed within an air intake or exhaust of a power generation unit. The ANC module unit includes an ANC housing shaped to fit within the air intake or exhaust, an ANC core configured to be secured within the ANC housing, which includes a microphone configured to detect a sound generated by the power generation unit, a control board configured to control the noise-canceling sound based on the sound signal from the microphone and a set of pre-determined noise reduction transfer functions, and a first speaker configured to deliver a first noise-canceling sound to the air intake or exhaust.

Abstract: A method for making a heat-resistant roll includes pre-selecting a plurality of heat-resistant disks and pressing at least a selected portion of the pre-selected disks together such that a total axial thickness of the pressed disks relative to a total axial thickness of the selected disks prior to pressing is within a predetermined range.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide methods for producing ethylene glycol from a carbohydrate feed which may include conditioning a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst by treatment with a protic acid resulting in an acid-conditioned heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst. Next, in a reactor under hydrogenation conditions, the carbohydrate feed may be contacted with a bi-functional catalyst system comprising the acid-conditioned heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst, and a soluble retro-Aldol catalyst. An intermediate product stream may be obtained from the reactor including ethylene glycol.

Abstract: A three-dimensional flash memory system is disclosed. The system comprises a memory array comprising a plurality of stacked dies, where each die comprises memory cells. The system further comprises a plurality of pins, where the function of at least some of the pins can be configured using a mechanism that selects a function for those pins from a plurality of possible functions.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a process for producing ethylene glycol from a carbohydrate feed. The process may include contacting, in a reactor under hydrogenation conditions, the carbohydrate feed with a bifunctional catalyst system which may include a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst including a magnetically active metal, and a soluble retro-Aldol catalyst including tungstate. A liquid effluent stream may be obtained from the reactor and may include hydrogenation catalyst particles and tungsten oxide precipitate particles. The hydrogenation catalyst particles may be magnetically separated from the tungsten oxide precipitate particles in the liquid effluent stream using a magnet in a separation vessel. The separated hydrogenation catalyst particles may be retained in a separation zone in the separation vessel and may be subsequently removed from the separation zone.

Abstract: During a program, read, or erase operation of one or more non-volatile flash memory cells in an array of non-volatile flash memory cells, a negative voltage can be applied to the word lines and/or coupling gates of the selected or unselected non-volatile flash memory cells. The negative voltage is generated by a negative high voltage level shifter using one of several embodiments disclosed herein.

Abstract: Cephem compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using same, wherein the compound has a bicyclic nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring as the quaternary ammoniomethyl group at the 3-position and one or both of a terminal amidine residue (substituted or unsubstituted) attached to an aryl or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group (substituted or unsubstituted) which is further attached through a spacer to the free N-atom of the quaternary nitrogen-containing bicyclic ring at the 3-side chain, or a terminal guanidine residue attached to an aryl or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group (substituted or unsubstituted) which is further attached through a spacer to the free N-atom of the quaternary nitrogen-containing bicyclic ring at the 3-side chain.