Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite hollow fiber polymer membrane including a porous core layer and a selective sheath layer. The porous core layer includes a polyamide-imide polymer, or a polyetherimide polymer, and the selective sheath layer includes a polyimide polymer, which is prepared from monomers A, B, and C. The monomer A is a dianhydride of the formula wherein X1 and X2 are independently halogenated alkyl group, phenyl or halogen and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently H, alkyl, or halogen. The monomer B is a diamino cyclic compound without a carboxylic acid functionality and the monomer C is a diamino cyclic compound with a carboxylic acid functionality. The polyimide polymer further includes covalent ester crosslinks. Also disclosed herein is a method of making the composite polymer membrane and a process for purifying natural gas utilizing the composite polymer membrane.

Abstract: Methods for receiving a request to process, on a hardware circuit, a neural network comprising a first convolutional neural network layer having a stride greater than one, and in response, generating instructions that cause the hardware circuit to, during processing of an input tensor, generate a layer output tensor equivalent to an output of the first convolutional neural network layer by processing the input tensor using a second convolutional neural network layer having a stride equal to one but that is otherwise equivalent to the first convolutional neural network layer to generate a first tensor, zeroing out elements of the first tensor that would not have been generated if the second convolutional neural network layer had the stride of the first convolutional neural network layer to generate a second tensor, and performing max pooling on the second tensor to generate the layer output tensor.

Abstract: Haptic feedback system that simulates a detonation or explosive event. The system includes a power supply, an energy storage circuit, a switching circuit, and a conductor operatively connected to said energy storage circuit through said switching circuit whereby said conductor causes a haptic event when said energy storage circuit is electrically connected to said conductor by operation of said switching circuit. The system creates real explosions, shock waves and pressure waves in a safe manner for use in a simulator.

Abstract: One method as described herein relates to making a membrane comprising an uncrosslinked high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymer with a small amount of bulky diamine. These uncrosslinked high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymers with a small amount of bulky diamine are useful in forming polymer membranes with high permeance and good selectivity that are useful for the separation of fluid mixtures. Also as described herein is a hollow fiber polymer membrane comprising an uncrosslinked high molecular weight, monoesterified polyimide polymer with a small amount of bulky diamine. The small amount of bulky diamine allows for formation of a membrane comprising the uncrosslinked polymer that exhibits high permeance and good selectivity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) wherein R1 is H or C1-6 alkyl, R2, is H or C1-6 alkyl or CH2OH, R3 is H or C1-6 alkyl, and R4 is H or C1-6 alkyl, provided that when R1, R2, and R3 are H, R4 is C1-6 alkyl, and when R1, R2, and R4 are H, then R3 is C1-6 alkyl, and when R1, R3, and R4 are H, R2 is C1-6 alkyl or —CH2OH, and when R2, R3, and R4 are H, then R1 is C1-6 alkyl; A is 1) a 9-10 membered bicyclic heterocycle having 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from N, S and O, which 9-10 membered bicyclic heterocycle is unsubstituted or substituted with R5 and unsubstituted or substituted with R6 and unsubstituted or substituted with NH2, or 2) a 6-9 membered monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic ring system unsubstituted or substituted with R5, unsubstituted or substituted with R6, and unsubstituted or substituted with —CH2NH2; and B is 1) a 5- or 6-membered monocyclic heterocycle having 1 or 2 heteroatoms independently selected from N, S or O, which is unsubstituted or substitut

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing an action on a device based on audio are disclosed. An example method includes determining at a first device whether the audio includes a monitoring code indicating that the audio is to be monitored, generating a signature using a portion of the audio containing the monitoring code, and causing the action to be performed on a second device based on at least one of the monitoring code or the signature.

Abstract: One or more passive collectors watch a system's real activity confirming normal responses to requests. This passive monitor may have other purposes such as measuring real performance, and determining normal completion of requests which provides complete and accurate performance and availability of the monitored system. When the passive monitoring no longer detects actual activity, the preferred embodiment automatically triggers the execution of synthetic activity which simulates the real usage of the system. This active monitoring determines the state of the usage of the system. If the simulated use of the system results in an abnormal completion of the activity, an outage is recorded. The simulation occurs on a regular interval until the passive monitor sees real normal activity.

Abstract: Techniques are described for allocating resources to a task from a shared hardware structure. A plurality of tasks may execute on a processor, wherein the processor may include one or more processing cores and each task may include a plurality of computer executable instructions. In accordance with one technique for allocating resources to a task from a shared hardware structure amongst multiple tasks, aspects of the disclosure describe assigning a first identifier to a first task from the plurality of tasks, associating a portion of the shared hardware resource with the first identifier, and restricting access and/or observability for computer executable instructions executed from any other task than the first task to the portion of the hardware resource associated with the first identifier.

Abstract: The invention relates to stent-grafts having a continuous anchoring machine stitching and methods of attachment of a stent to the graft material. The continuous anchoring machine stitching includes a series of loop points used to attach the stent to the graft material.

Abstract: A dental cleaning appliance includes a handle, a fluid reservoir for storing a working fluid, a fluid delivery system for receiving working fluid from the fluid reservoir, and for delivering a burst of working fluid to the teeth of a user, and an external collar comprising a fluid port, the collar being moveable relative to the handle between a first position in which the fluid port is exposed to allow the fluid reservoir to be replenished, and a second position in which the fluid port is occluded.

Abstract: A system having a damper with six or more indentations on alternating sides of the damper, where each indentation is open to an outer circumferential surface of the damper and extends over halfway through a width of the damper, and six or more slots, each slot open to an undulating inner circumferential surface of the damper and extending through the width of the damper.

Abstract: Provided herein are metal organic framework/polymer mixed-matrix hollow fiber membranes and metal organic framework/carbon molecular sieve mixed-matrix hollow fiber membranes. The materials have high MOF particle loading and are easily scalable. The MOF/polymer mixed-matrix hollow fibers are formed using a dry-jet/wet-quench fiber spinning technique and show C3H6/C3H8 selectivity that is significantly enhanced over the pure polymer fiber and that is consistent with the selectivity of mixed-matrix dense films of the same MOF/polymer combination. The MOF/CMS mixed-matrix hollow fibers are formed by pyrolyzing the MOF/polymer mixed-matrix hollow fibers and show increased C3H6 permeance and increased selectivity over the MOF/polymer mixed-matrix hollow fiber membranes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) where A is a heterocycle ring system and B is a heterocycle ring system or aryl ring system, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for depth concatenation using a matrix computation unit. One of the methods includes: receiving a request to process network inputs to a neural network using an integrated circuit, the neural network comprising a depth concatenation neural network layer; and generating instructions that, when executed by the integrated circuit, cause the integrated circuit to performing operations comprising: for each spatial location in a first input tensor to the depth concatenation layer and a second input tensor to the depth concatenation layer: multiplying, using the matrix computation unit, a second depth vector for the spatial location by a shift weight matrix for the depth concatenation layer to generate a shifted second depth vector; and adding the shifted second depth vector and a first input depth vector for the spatial location to generate a concatenated depth vector.

Abstract: A dispenser for applying at least two compositions, the dispenser including at least two reservoirs for storing the at least two compositions separately, at least two pumps for pumping the at least two compositions, an optional premix chamber for mixing the two compositions before dispensing, at least two channels for delivering the compositions from the reservoirs to the premix chamber or swirl chamber, an exit orifice, an actuator, and a lever assembly for reducing the actuation force required to activate the two pumps; wherein the first composition includes microcapsules and the second composition includes a volatile solvent.

Abstract: Method of marking a hydrocarbon liquid includes adding to the liquid, a tracer compound of Formula I or II: wherein at least one of R1-R6 in Formula I and at least one of R7-R14 in Formula II is selected from: i. a bromine or fluorine atom; ii. a partially or fully halogenated alkyl group; iii. a branched or cyclic C4-C20 alkyl group; iv. an aliphatic substituent linking two positions selected from R1-R6 in Formula I to one another or two positions selected from R7-R14 in Formula II to one another; or v. a phenyl group substituted with a halogen atom, an aliphatic group or halogenated aliphatic group ?and none of R1-R6 and none of R7-R14 being a sulphonate group or COOR15, where R15 represents H, C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C3-C15 cycloalkyl or aryl.

Abstract: Systems, processes, and manufactures are provided that employ a casing associated with an electrical component to provide some, most, substantially all or all electrical insulative protection necessary for the electrical component. This casing may be further employed with potting or other materials to supplement and add additional or different protections for the component. These additional protections can include additional insulative resistance, thermal protection, moisture protection and other buffers to and from the environment.

Abstract: A tag for attachment to an animal including: a transponder casing (40) housing a transponder; a cartridge (12) for housing the transponder casing; a female component (10) and a male component (28) adapted to engage one another; said male component (28) having a pair of penetrating members (32, 34) and said female component (10) having a pair of apertures (14, 16), each aperture arranged to receive and retain a respective penetrating member when applied by an applicator through skin of the animal; wherein the cartridge (12) and transponder casing (40) are encapsulated within said tag to prevent dislodgment, movement or damage to the transponder.

Abstract: The present invention includes the complete genome sequence for the methanogen, Methanobrevibacter ruminantium, including polynucleotides which encode M. ruminantium polypeptides or peptides, as well as polynucleotides from non-coding regions. Also included are the encoded M. ruminantium polypeptides and peptides, and antibodies directed to these peptides or polypeptides, in addition to expression vectors and host cells for producing these peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies. The invention further includes methods and compositions for detecting, targeting, and inhibiting microbial cells, especially methanogen cells such as M. ruminantium cells, using one or more of the disclosed peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, antibodies, expression vectors, and host cells.