Abstract: One illustrative energy recovery system disclosed herein includes a facility and a closed chilled water loop including a chilled water stream delivered to the facility and a returning water stream that is received from the facility. In this example, the system also includes a primary heat exchanger having a first fluid side and a second fluid side, the first fluid side is adapted to receive supply water and the second fluid side is adapted to receive at least a portion of the returning return water stream. The primary heat exchanger is adapted to effectuate heat transfer between the supply water flowing in the first fluid side and the returning water stream flowing in the second fluid side.

Abstract: One illustrative energy recovery system disclosed herein includes a facility and a closed chilled water loop including a chilled water stream delivered to the facility and a returning water stream that is received from the facility. In this example, the system also includes a primary heat exchanger having a first fluid side and a second fluid side, the first fluid side is adapted to receive supply water and the second fluid side is adapted to receive at least a portion of the returning return water stream. The primary heat exchanger is adapted to effectuate heat transfer between the supply water flowing in the first fluid side and the returning water stream flowing in the second fluid side.

Abstract: One illustrative energy recovery system disclosed herein includes a semiconductor fabrication facility (“fab”) and a closed chilled water loop including a chilled water stream delivered to the fab and a returning water stream that is received from the fab. In this example, the system also includes a primary heat exchanger having a first fluid side and a second fluid side, the first fluid side is adapted to receive supply water and the second fluid side is adapted to receive at least a portion of the returning return water stream, wherein the primary heat exchanger is adapted to effectuate heat transfer between the supply water flowing in the first fluid side and the returning water stream flowing in the second fluid side.

Abstract: One illustrative energy recovery system disclosed herein includes a semiconductor fabrication facility (“fab”) and a closed chilled water loop including a chilled water stream delivered to the fab and a returning water stream that is received from the fab. In this example, the system also includes a primary heat exchanger having a first fluid side and a second fluid side, the first fluid side is adapted to receive supply water and the second fluid side is adapted to receive at least a portion of the returning return water stream, wherein the primary heat exchanger is adapted to effectuate heat transfer between the supply water flowing in the first fluid side and the returning water stream flowing in the second fluid side.

Abstract: A computing device is described that identifies an element that specifies content in accordance with a markup language, where an attribute of the element defines a size of at least a portion of the content specified by the element. Prior to rendering the content specified by the element for display at a display device, the computing device modifies, based at least in part on a screen size of the display device, the attribute of the element to adjust the size of the portion of the content specified by the element based on the screen size of the display device. The computing device renders, for display, the content in accordance with the element and the modified attribute.

Abstract: A photonic signal processor providing finite impulse response filtering of an external input signal, the processor including: a photonic signal input having a predetermined wavelength range, a Bragg grating structure interconnected to the photonic signal input and having a series of localized modifications to the periodicity of the grating structure so as to provide a predetermined transmission output window within the stopband of the Bragg grating structure and predetermined wavelength range; a modulator interconnected to the grating structure for modulating the output from the grating structure in accordance with the external signal input; a delay structure for providing a wavelength variable delay to the output from the modulator; an intensity detector interconnected to the delay structure for determining and outputting the intensity of the delay structure output.

Abstract: A beam forming antenna device emitting a predetermined free space energy pattern, the device including: an optical signal source having predetermined wavelength characteristics; an optical modulator for modulating predetermined wavelengths of the optical signal source to produce a modulated signal source including frequency sideband components; a dispersion element for spreading and projecting the modulated signal source in a wavelength dependant manner onto a relative phase manipulation element; a relative phase manipulation element manipulating the relative phase of the modulated signal source in a predetermined manner, said phase manipulation element further amplitude modulating predetermined wavelengths of said modulated signal source and outputting a predetermined groupings of wavelengths on a series of output ports; optical to electrical conversion means converting the amplitude of the optical signal on said output ports to a corresponding electrical signal; and a series of irradiating antenna elements

Abstract: A beam forming antenna device emitting a predetermined free space energy pattern, the device including: an optical signal source having predetermined wavelength characteristics; an optical modulator for modulating predetermined wavelengths of the optical signal source to produce a modulated signal source including frequency sideband components; a dispersion element for spreading and projecting the modulated signal source in a wavelength dependant manner onto a relative phase manipulation element; a relative phase manipulation element manipulating the relative phase of the modulated signal source in a predetermined manner, said phase manipulation element further amplitude modulating predetermined wavelengths of said modulated signal source and outputting a predetermined groupings of wavelengths on a series of output ports; optical to electrical conversion means converting the amplitude of the optical signal on said output ports to a corresponding electrical signal; and a series of irradiating antenna elements

Abstract: A photonic signal processor providing finite impulse response filtering of an external input signal, the processor including: a photonic signal input having a predetermined wavelength range, a Bragg grating structure interconnected to the photonic signal input and having a series of localised modifications to the periodicity of the grating structure so as to provide a predetermined transmission output window within the stopband of the Bragg grating structure and predetermined wavelength range; a modulator interconnected to the grating structure for modulating the output from the grating structure in accordance with the external signal input; a delay structure for providing a wavelength variable delay to the output from the modulator; an intensity detector interconnected to the delay structure for determining and outputting the intensity of the delay structure output.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to detect unsafe system states by capturing and analyzing data from a plurality of sensors detecting parameters of the system; and applying temporal difference (TD) learning to learn a function to approximate an expected future reward given current and historical sensor readings.

Abstract: Methods and kits for the isolation of organisms. Such methods and kits are particularly useful for concentrating and recovering viable organisms from food material. The recovered organisms are of sufficient number and purity to allow detection using a biochip device.

Abstract: A method for detecting an object in an image includes calculating a log L likelihood of pairs of pixels at select positions in the image that are derived from training images. The calculated log L likelihood of the pairs of pixels is compared with a threshold value. The object is detected when the calculated log L likelihood is greater than the threshold value.

Abstract: A method and a system provide a reconfigurable platform for designing and emulating a user design. The method and system facilitates design and emulation of a system-on-a-chip type user design. The netlist of a user design may be included with netlists from customized or optimized third party circuits in an emulation using a platform including a number of field programmable devices. Various customized circuits for specific development activities, such as debugging, performance analysis, and simulator linkage may be configured to interact with the user design.

Abstract: A method for performing shape localization in an image includes deriving a model shape from a database of a plurality of sample shapes. The model shape is defined by a set of landmarks. The method further includes deriving a texture likelihood model of present sub-patches of the set of landmarks defining the model shape in the image, and proposing a new set of landmarks that approximates a true location of features of the shape based on a sample proposal model of the present sub-patches. A CONDENSATION algorithm is used to derive the texture likelihood model and the proposed new set of landmarks.

Abstract: Methods and kits for the isolation of organisms. Such methods and kits are particularly useful for concentrating and recovering viable organisms from food material. The recovered organisms are of sufficient number and purity to allow detection using a biochip device.