Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics, the method including: a pretreatment process of pretreating waste plastics; a pyrolysis process of producing pyrolysis gas by introducing the waste plastics pretreated in the pretreatment process into a pyrolysis reactor; a lightening process of producing pyrolysis oil by introducing the pyrolysis gas into a hot filter; and a distillation process of distilling the pyrolysis oil to obtain refined hydrocarbons, wherein a liquid condensed in the hot filter is re-introduced into the pyrolysis reactor, and a system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics.

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an cellular preference service. The cellular preference service may include a network-side service that manages cellular access preference relative to non-cellular access offload for end devices. The cellular preference service may transmit information to the end devices that may be used to override or direct use of cellular access when non-cellular access is available. The cellular preference service may include an end device side service that manages cellular access preference relative to non-cellular access offload based on the information received from the network.

Abstract: This document generally describes bed systems for automatically determining which side of a bed a detected snore originates from, where two sleepers are in the bed. A bed system can include sensors for collecting acoustic readings and pressure readings, on respective sides of the bed. The collected sensor readings can be processed by a computer system to determine whether a snore is detected at the bed system and which side of the bed system the snore originates from. Based on the determination of the snorer side of the bed system, the computer system can also generate one or more actions, which can be used to mitigate, reduce, or otherwise stop the snoring on the determined snorer side of the bed system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for predicting a potential accident of an agricultural machine that performs autonomous driving and operates a power take-off (PTO), and controlling an operation to avoid a potential accident, in a communication system. Embodiments of the present disclosure determine a probability of occurrence and predicted severity of a potential accident according to a change in distance to a person or an obstacle over time in an agricultural machine that performs autonomous driving and operates the PTO, and, when the probability of occurrence is greater than a threshold probability, notify a user terminal after taking proactive measures to avoid the accident according to the predicted severity, or initially notifying the user terminal of a recommended operation for avoiding the accident and then performing post measures for accident avoidance on the basis of an operation received from the user terminal.

Abstract: The present application provides an array base plate and a method for manufacturing the same, a display panel, the array base plate including a substrate; a first conducting layer located at one side of the substrate, and including a plurality of data lines arranged in an array; a second conducting layer located at one side of the first conducting layer away from the substrate, and in direct contact with a part of a region of the first conducting layer, and including a pixel electrode and a compensating electrode; wherein an orthographic projection of the compensating electrode on the substrate is located within orthographic projections of the data lines on the substrate. The embodiments of the present application provide an array base plate with low cost, high preparation yield, and good reliability.

Abstract: A secondary battery manufacturing method includes: an electrode assembly manufacturing step of manufacturing an electrode assembly in which electrodes and separators are fixed by an adhesive so that the electrodes and the separators are alternately stacked, and a battery cell manufacturing step of housing the electrode assembly together with an electrolyte solution and sealing them within the pouch case to manufacture a battery cell. The electrode assembly manufacturing step comprises a step of forming a first adhesive part formed between the electrode and the separator, and a second adhesive part formed between separators adjacent to each other among the plurality of separators contained in the electrode assembly. The second adhesive part is formed so as to be arranged on the outside of the first adhesive part along a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the electrodes and the separators are stacked.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics. The method and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may minimize formation of an ammonium chloride salt (NH4Cl) and may prevent an adhesion phenomenon of impurity particles in a reactor in a refining process of waste plastic pyrolysis oil containing impurities including chlorine and nitrogen. The method and system for producing refined hydrocarbons according to the present disclosure may have excellent refining efficiency and may implement a long-term operation of a process because a catalyst used in the process is prevented from being deactivated, and may produce lightened and refined hydrocarbons having a low content of impurities and a low content of olefins from waste plastics.

Abstract: A method and associated system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics. The method includes: pretreating waste plastics; producing pyrolysis gas by introducing the waste plastics pretreated in the pretreatment process into a pyrolysis reactor; producing in a lightening process pyrolysis oil by introducing the pyrolysis gas into a hot filter; and isomerizing the pyrolysis oil, wherein a liquid condensed in the hot filter is re-introduced into the pyrolysis reactor. The system produces refined hydrocarbons from the waste plastics.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for managing uplink transmit opportunity bursting for wireless local area networking. A wireless device may initiate a transmit opportunity to perform an uplink transmission to an access point. The wireless device may receive an acknowledgement from the access point. The acknowledgement may include an indication that the wireless device can initiate a second transmit opportunity without wireless medium contention. The wireless device may initiate the second transmit opportunity without wireless medium contention based at least in part on the indication received from the access point.

Abstract: An array of compliant connectors for electronic assemblies is provided. In one aspect, a system includes an array of first electronic components and an array of second electronic components. Each of the second electronic components is paired with corresponding to one of the first electronic components. Each pair of the first and second electronic components is coupled via a plurality of compliant connectors.

Abstract: A driving circuit includes a sensing component including a sensing channel shared by a first sub-sensing line connected to a first pixel and a second sub-sensing line connected to a second pixel, and a timing controller that converts input data supplied from an external device in response to sensing data supplied from the sensing component, and generates output data. The sensing component further includes a sampling line that receives a first sensing voltage from the first sub-sensing line and a second sensing voltage from the second sub-sensing line, and a sampling switch connected between the sampling line and the first and second sub-sensing lines. The sampling switch is turned on during a first time the first sensing voltage is supplied to the sampling line, and is turned on during a second time different from the first time the second sensing voltage is supplied to the sampling line.

Abstract: A building controller receiving base for receiving a building controller. The building controller may include a building controller housing that houses a building controller electrical connector that includes a spring contact extending outside of the building controller housing. The building controller receiving base includes a base housing including one or more attachment features for releasably securing the building controller to the base housing, and a base electrical connector housed by the base housing. The base electrical connector includes a spring contact extending outside of the base housing at a location that is aligned with the spring contact of the building controller electrical connector when the building controller is secured to the base housing via the one or more attachment features. The base electrical connector further comprises a first terminal pin that extends outside of the base housing and is accessible from outside of the base housing.

Abstract: A hydrocarbyl tetralin polyethersulfonate, preparation method therefor and use thereof are provided. The hydrocarbyl tetralin polyethersulfonate is of formula (I-0), The hydrocarbyl tetralin polyethersulfonate has a high surface and interface activity, can be used in an oil reservoir exploitation, especially in a high-temperature and high-salt oil reservoir exploitation, to improve crude oil recovery.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for engineering mutant enzymes with reduced star activity where the mutant enzymes have a fidelity index (FI) in a specified buffer that is greater than the FI of the non-mutated enzyme in the same buffer.

Abstract: A substrate transferring apparatus includes a support plate including an upper surface on which a substrate is configured to be seated, and a vacuum pad detachably coupled to the support plate and configured to vacuum suction the substrate to fix the substrate on the upper surface of the support plate, wherein the vacuum pad includes a suction area and a support protrusion surrounding the suction area, an upper surface of the support protrusion is at a higher vertical level than an upper surface of the suction area to support the substrate, and the upper surface of the support protrusion is inclined relative to horizontal.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastic pyrolysis oil. The methods and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastic pyrolysis oil according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may minimize formation of an ammonium salt (NH4Cl) and may prevent an adhesion phenomenon of impurity particles in a reactor in a refining process of waste plastic pyrolysis oil containing impurities including chlorine and nitrogen. In addition, the methods and system for producing refined hydrocarbons according to embodiments of the present disclosure may have excellent refining efficiency and may implement a long-term operation of a process because deactivation of a catalyst used in the process is prevented, and may produce refined hydrocarbons having a low content of impurities and a low content of olefins, and solid coke, from waste plastic pyrolysis oil.

Abstract: An air compressor for a vehicle includes a chamber portion including an inlet and an outlet mounted thereto, and configured to receive air introduced thereinto through the inlet, a joint, mounted inside the chamber portion, connected to a driving motor, and including eccentric circular portions eccentrically coupled to a center shaft in directions providing equal forces to the center shaft, respectively, and piston portions, coupled to the eccentric circular portions, respectively, inserted into a first cylinder and a second cylinder, respectively, the first cylinder and the second cylinder being disposed to face each other inside the chamber portion, and configured to selectively compress air introduced into the cylinders while reciprocating by a discharge process and an intake process performed by rotation of the joint and to discharge the compressed air through the outlet.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for measuring water depth. In order to solve a problem of water depth measurement apparatuses and methods in the related art, provided are a system and a method for measuring water depth using radar image processing, wherein an underwater environment, such as the shape of a seafloor surface, is more accurately recognized through analysis of a SAR image using synthetic-aperture radar (SAR), and thus, more efficient and accurate water depth measurement is achieved for a wide region with a relatively simple configuration and low cost.

Abstract: An emission driving circuit comprises a pull-up circuit configured to output a first power voltage as an emission signal in response to a voltage of a pull-up control node, a first pull-down control circuit configured to control a voltage of a pull-down control node in response to the voltage of the pull-up control node, and a pull-down circuit configured to output a second power voltage as the emission signal in response to the voltage of the pull-down control node, wherein the first pull-down control circuit comprises a first transistor and a second transistor which are electrically connected in series.

Abstract: A connector system is disclosed. The connector system can include a support structure, a holder coupled to the support structure, an alignment adjustment structure positioned between the support structure and the holder, and an actuator. The holder can receive a first connector of a connection line. The alignment adjustment structure is compressible along a first axis and movable along a second axis different from the first axis. The actuator is configured to provide movement of the holder so as to connect the first connector to a second connector of a processor system, such as a system on wafer (SoW) assembly.