Abstract: A method of determining a control parameter for a lithographic process is disclosed, the method includes: defining a substrate model for representing a process parameter fingerprint across a substrate, the substrate model being defined as a combination of basis functions including at least one basis function suitable for representing variation of the process parameter fingerprint between substrates and/or batches of substrates; receiving measurements of the process parameter across at least one substrate; calculating substrate model parameters using the measurements and the basis functions; and determining the control parameter based on the substrate model parameters and the similarity of the at least one basis function to a process parameter fingerprint variation between substrates and/or batches of substrates.

Abstract: In the technical field of the preparation of alicyclic compounds, a ring hydrogenation of aromatic compounds prepares alicyclic compounds in a process for preparing alicyclic compounds. The alicyclic compounds may preferably be alicyclic carboxylic acids and esters thereof. An apparatus may be provided for carrying out this process.

Abstract: A hopper for feeding beans contains a container for the beans, a closing bottom disposed rotatable with respect to the container in order to selectively open and close an outlet aperture for the beans, and feed means which can be selectively driven to feed the beans toward the outlet aperture. Also provided are an apparatus and a method for grinding the beans, a machine, and the corresponding method for preparing a beverage.

Abstract: A discrete coffee flavor profile selection interface is used to control the strength and development of a coffee brewing operation in response to user selection of one or more discrete user controls. In some instances, a discrete coffee flavor profile selection interface may utilize a plurality of discrete buttons distributed across multiple dimensions, and in some instances, a discrete coffee flavor profile selection interface may utilize a rotatable physical knob. In still other instances, a discrete coffee flavor profile selection interface may utilize discrete strength and development buttons to allow for selection of a combination of strength and development for a coffee brewing operation.

Abstract: The vertical-conduction electronic power device is formed by a body of wide band gap semiconductor which has a first conductivity type and has a surface, and is formed by a drift region and by a plurality of surface portions delimited by the surface. The electronic device is further formed by a plurality of first implanted regions having a second conductivity type, which extend into the drift region from the surface, and by a plurality of metal portions, which are arranged on the surface. Each metal portion is in Schottky contact with a respective surface portion of the plurality of surface portions so as to form a plurality of Schottky diodes formed by first Schottky diodes and second Schottky diodes, wherein the first Schottky diodes have, at equilibrium, a Schottky barrier having a height different from that of the second Schottky diodes.

Abstract: In the technical field of the preparation of alicyclic compounds, a ring hydrogenation of aromatic compounds prepares alicyclic compounds in a process for preparing alicyclic compounds. The alicyclic compounds may preferably be alicyclic carboxylic acids and esters thereof. An apparatus for carrying out this process may further be provided.

Abstract: A compressor for providing compressed air for a vehicle compressed air system has an inlet chamber formed by an inlet chamber wall and provided with an inlet opening for taken-in air, and an outlet chamber defined by an outlet chamber wall and provided with an outlet opening for air compressed by the compressor. Furthermore, the compressor has a heat flow reduction device which is designed to reduce at least one of a heat flow from a component, connected to the inlet chamber wall, of the compressor to the taken-in air in the inlet chamber and a heat flow from the compressed air in the outlet chamber to a component, connected to the outlet chamber wall, of the compressor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid state breaker and a power supply system. The breaker includes: a first port and a second port configured to connect a first external system; a third port and a fourth port configured to connect a second external system; a first electronic switch connected between the first port and the third port; a second electronic switch connected between the second port and the fourth port; and a control unit configured to control the first electronic switch and the second electronic switch to be turned off in a case of detecting an electricity leakage occurs in the second external system. The breaker is provided with electronic switches at both poles, so that it can provide effective protection for the human body by quickly turning off the electronic switches provided at both poles, in a case of an electricity leakage of the prosumer to the ground.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprises an at least partially transparent intermediate layer, in particular a transparent foil, and a plurality of optoelectronic light sources arranged on or embedded in the intermediate layer, and at least one of the following: a preferably non-transparent top layer, in particular a coloured foil, arranged on an upper surface of the intermediate layer, the top layer comprises a plurality of apertures which are aligned with the light sources, so that light from a light source can be radiated to the front through the aperture which is aligned with the light source, a filtering layer, in particular configured to operate as a neutral density filter, arranged on an upper surface of the top layer or the upper surface of the intermediate layer, a non-transparent or at least partially transparent background layer, in particular a coloured foil, arranged on a bottom surface of the intermediate layer.

Abstract: A thermal system includes a first facility fluid circuit including a facility fluid for circulating through a facility, a first facility heat exchanger, and a first facility supply inlet for providing the facility fluid to the facility. A second facility fluid circuit includes the facility fluid, a second facility fluid heat exchanger, and a second facility supply inlet. A ground-source heat pump includes the first facility heat exchanger and is associated with the first facility fluid circuit. An air-source heat pump includes the second facility heat exchanger and is associated with the second facility heat exchanger. A mutual supply duct connects the first and second facility fluid circuits such that the first facility fluid circuit is fluidly connected to the second facility supply inlet and the second facility fluid circuit is connected to the first facility supply inlet.

Abstract: A method can include using a digital camera of a digital microscopy system, acquiring a digital image of an engineered three-dimensional object positioned on a base and illuminated by a light source; using the digital camera, acquiring a digital image of a color checker card positioned on the base and illuminated by the light source; determining a light source criterion by assessing position of the light source based at least in part on a shadow in the digital image of the engineered three-dimensional object as castby the engineered three-dimensional object and based at least in part on saturation of color in the digital image of the color checker card; and calibrating the digital microscopy system using the light source criterion to generate a calibrated digital microscopy system.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to implementing database trigger firing criteria to reduce unnecessary trigger firings. In one embodiment a computer system stores trigger information relating to initiating execution of at least one trigger instruction for a database, in connection with a particular database operation specified by a database operation statement. The trigger information includes a set of one or more database field identifiers for a set of one or more fields in the database. The computer system receives a first database operation statement and makes a determination that at least one field within the set of fields is not specified by the first database operation statement. Based at least in part on the determination, the computer system initiates execution of the at least one trigger instruction.

Abstract: A portable cooler container system is described. The cooler container system includes a container body having a payload chamber and a temperature control system including a thermoelectric element, a hot side heat sink a cold side heat sink and a pump. The portable cooler container system further includes a conduit in thermal communication with a thermal mass, sensors, power storage elements and circuitry to control operation of the temperature control system.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium storing instructions for characterizing a recipe of a production system for producing a product include receiving (a) specification limits of a product parameter of the product, (b) resource allocation input information, and (c) historical product information, generating a model that models a relationship between each of a respective proposed target value and both (a) resource allocation impact information and (b) process capability impact information, and displaying or storing the model. In some aspects, displaying the model includes displaying a relationship between each of the respective proposed target values and both (a) resource allocation impact information, and (b) process capability impact information. Further aspects include causing the production system to operate using a selected target value.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical device, including: a first sub-mechanism, capable of switching between an electrically conductive state and an electrically isolated state; a second sub-mechanism, capable of switching between an electrically conductive state and an electrically isolated state; when one of the first sub-mechanism and the second sub-mechanism is electrically isolated, the other of the first sub-mechanism and the second sub-mechanism is electrically conductive.

Abstract: An end-to-end system and method for detecting objects of interest in geospatial imagery where the initial query comprises only an abstract of the object. A self-supervised student-teacher platform enables training an accurate model with a dataset of examples of classes of objects that may occur within geospatial imagery. Algorithms are applied to automate searching patterns in the dataset that actualize the abstract to cause the model to return images responsive to the abstract. The result may be iteratively refined so that images ultimately yielded by the search are examples of the object of interest.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a semiconductor wafer portion (SWP) comprises: a first rotatable structure (RS) configured to perform a first rotation and a first counterrotation about a first axis; a second RS configured to perform a second rotation and a second counterrotation about a second axis; a first set of one or more adjustable adhesive regions (AARs) located on the first RS and in contact with the SWP, where each AAR in the first set of AARs is configured to increase its adhesion to the SWP during the first rotation and to decrease its adhesion during the first counterrotation; and a second set of one or more AARs located on the second RS and in contact with the SWP, where each AAR in the second set of AARs is configured to increase its adhesion to the SWP during the second rotation and decrease its adhesion during the second counterrotation.

Abstract: A probe (303; 403) for sensing a magnetic marker, comprising a first set of coils (313; 413), which comprises a first coil of a first coil type, e.g. a sense coil (305; 405), disposed between a first pair of coils of second coil type, e.g. drive coils (301a, 301b; 401a, 401b), that are connected in series, and a balancing element (317; 417) which is axially separated from the first set of coils (313; 413) along a length of the probe (303; 403). The balancing element (317; 417) is configured and arranged to generate a sense voltage that wholly offsets, partially offsets, or minimises, a sense voltage induced in the sense coil or coils (305; 405) of the first set of coils from the drive coils or coil (301a, 301b; 401a, 401b).

Abstract: The invention relates to a powder for use in treating tooth surfaces with a powder jet device, wherein the powder comprises at least one organic compound, wherein the at least one organic compound has a melting point <165° C. and a solubility in water at 25° C. of <10 g/l.

Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal in accordance with a room impulse response is described. The audio signal is processed with an early part of the room impulse response separate from a late reverberation of the room impulse response, wherein the processing of the late reverberation has generating a scaled reverberated signal, the scaling being dependent on the audio signal. The processed early part of the audio signal and the scaled reverberated signal are combined.