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A system can process an indication of user data, wherein the user data comprises a food item including at least one recipe having one or more ingredients, and a query, wherein the query is associated with at least one ingredient, and generate, based at least in part on the query, nutrition data associated with the at least one ingredient, wherein the nutrition data comprises preparation data, sourcing data, delivery data, and a list of nutrients for the at least one ingredient. The system can further estimate, based at least in part on the nutrition data associated with the least one ingredient, a nutritional score, then compare the estimated nutritional score to a threshold, and based on the compared nutritional score, generate one or more instructions to cause an indication of the nutritional score on a user device.

The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for transferring contexts from a generic chatbot to a domain-specific chatbot. In one example, a registration at a first conversational interface is received that identifies at least one endpoint associated with a first entity that is separate from the first conversational interface and is associated with a domain-specific conversational interface. The first conversational interface can interact with a user through a natural language search interaction. The interface can identify at least one response associated with one of the at least one endpoints associated with the first entity, and can provide the response and an interactive response associated with initiating a transfer of the interaction from the first conversational interface to a domain-specific conversational interface of the first entity. Once accepted, the interaction is transferred to the first entity and its domain-specific conversational interface.

A method for reacting one or more hydrocarbons by steam cracking including conducting one or more input streams containing the one or more hydrocarbons, obtaining one or more product streams, through one or more radiation zones of one or more cracker furnaces, in which the one or more radiation zones are heated by firing heating gas with combustion air, in which at least a portion of the combustion air is subjected to combustion air preheating in which steam is produced from feed water, and in which the feed water is subjected to feed water preheating in one or more convection zones of the one or more cracker furnaces. The combustion air preheating is carried out at least in part and / or at least temporarily using heat withdrawn from at least part of the feed water upstream of the feed water preheating.

A method of capturing analytes from a sample is provided. A first substrate including a sample is mounted on a first member of a sample handling device and mounting a second substrate including an array of capture probes on a second member of the sample handling device. A first reagent medium is applied to the first and / or second substrate and moving the first member and / or the second member to fluidically couple the sample and the array of capture probes via the first reagent medium. The sample and the array of capture probes are fluidically decoupled by moving the first member and / or the second member and a second reagent medium is applied to the first and / or second substrate and moving the first member and / or the second member to fluidically couple the sample and the array of capture probes via the second reagent medium. Related systems and apparatuses are also provided.

Various embodiments of freeze dryers and drying processes are disclosed that can be used to dry materials with low water content (no more than 20 wt % water) and / or high sugar content (at least 20 wt % sugar). Such materials include candy, confections, and the like. In one embodiment, a drying process includes drying the materials without freezing them. In another embodiment, a drying process includes warming the materials before drying them. In another embodiment, a drying process includes drying two batches of materials with low water content sequentially without defrosting the interior of freeze dryer.

A brush comprising a brush head having a brush pad with a plurality of bristles and a plurality of channels disposed along at least one side of the brush head, wherein each of the plurality of channels has a predetermined depth.

A vacuum insulating panel may include: a first substrate; a second substrate; a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second substrates, wherein the gap is at pressure less than atmospheric pressure; a pump-out / evacuation tube extending at least partly into an aperture in one of the substrates; and a pump-out / evacuation tube seal. The pump-out / evacuation tube seal may include at least one of: (a) from about 20-80 wt. % tellurium oxide, the tellurium oxide comprising TeO4 and TeO3, wherein the pump-out tube seal comprises more TeO3 than TeO4 by wt. %; and / or (b) tellurium oxide and from about 10-50 wt. % vanadium oxide, wherein the pump-out tube seal by wt. % comprises more tellurium oxide than vanadium oxide, and wherein the vanadium oxide comprises VO2 and V2O5, and wherein more V in the pump-out tube seal is in a form of VO2 than V2O5. A substantially donut-shaped laser beam may be used to heat pump-out tube material in order to form a pump-out tube seal.

Toilet tissue having a dynamic surface comprising a surface material that overlays a textured web material such that the toilet tissue exhibits one or more novel properties and method for making same are provided.

A computer-implemented method of predicting quality of a food product sample after a mixing process, based on properties of the food product, comprises: building a hybrid model by: training an autoencoder in an unsupervised learning step using historical process data of food product samples; training a supervised model in a supervised learning step using the output of the autoencoder; and predicting the quality of the food product by inputting process data of current samples into the hybrid model and classifying the samples.

At least selectively utilizing a large language model (LLM) in generating a natural language (NL) based summary to be rendered in response to a query. In some implementations, in generating the NL based summary additional content is processed using the LLM. The additional content is in addition to query content of the query itself and, in generating the NL based summary, can be processed using the LLM and along with the query content—or even independent of the query content. Processing the additional content can, for example, mitigate occurrences of the NL based summary including inaccuracies and / or can mitigate occurrences of the NL based summary being over-specified and / or under-specified.

The invention discloses a method for in vitro slow release performance evaluation of a slow and controlled release preparation based on the overflow principle. A container with an upper outlet and a lower outlet is adopted to serve as a release tank, a to-be-detected medicine and a dissolution medium are placed in the release tank, a stirring device is adopted in the release tank to perform stirring, and the dissolution medium is added from the lower outlet of the release tank through a peristaltic pump; the dissolution medium dissolved with the medicine is taken away through the overflow from the upper outlet so as to offset medicine absorption or metabolism, and the slow and controlled release speed of the medicine, the total medicine overflow quantity and the total release amount are calculated by measuring the concentration of the medicine contained in the dissolution medium flowing out, the volume of the release tank and the overflow quantity. According to the method, the releasing degree of the slow and controlled release medicine can be evaluated accurately, the effective medicine release time of the slow and controlled release preparation is evaluated, and slow release performances of the slow and controlled release preparation are evaluated comprehensively.

The invention belongs to the field of biochar adsorbing materials, and relates to a method for preparing modified biochar with aquatic plant waste and hematite. The method includes the following steps: (1) naturally drying aquatic plants prior to crushing to obtain aquatic plant powder; (2) crushing the hematite to obtain hematite powder; (3) weighing the hematite powder prior to putting the hematite powder into deionized water, and performing ultrasonic treatment to obtain suspension; (4) weighing the aquatic plant powder, soaking the aquatic plant powder in the suspension, and stirring and drying to obtain fully mixed aquatic plant and hematite mixture; (5) weighing the fully mixed aquatic plant and hematite mixture, putting the mixture in a batch-type atmosphere furnace, and feeding nitrogen into the furnace; performing temperature programming to the target temperature, and maintaining final-temperature pyrolysis; after the pyrolysis process is finished, obtaining the target product, namely the modified biochar. The modified biochar has strong adsorbability in nitrate and phosphate, high in stability and reusable.

The invention relates to the technical field of compression molding of carbon fiber prepregs, in particular to a partitioned pressurization control method and system for compression molding of the carbon fiber prepregs and a molding process. S2, initial pressure calculation; s3, gradient pressurization control; s4, dynamic pressure adjustment; and S5, a global pressure maintaining stage: when the resin curing degree alpha reaches 0.6-0.8, switching to a full-screen pressure maintaining mode, and maintaining the pressure of each region to be 90%-95% of the current maximum pressure value until curing is completed. The invention provides a zoning pressurization control method and system for compression molding of carbon fiber prepreg and a molding process, and realizes the compression molding method and system with accurate zoning pressure regulation and control and directional discharge of volatile components. And by integrating intelligent sensing, multi-channel hydraulic control and a data driving optimization algorithm, the limitation of a traditional process is broken through, and a technical support is provided for efficient forming of the high-performance carbon fiber composite material.

To enable accurate estimation of a degree of deterioration of a secondary battery with a metal lithium layer on an anode.SOLUTION: A battery deterioration estimation device comprises a current measurement part, a voltage measurement part, a calculation part, and an estimation part. The current measurement part measures a discharge current of a secondary battery at predetermined timing immediately after the start of discharge of the secondary battery. The voltage measurement part measures a drop voltage that is a difference between a voltage of the secondary battery before the start of discharge and a voltage of the secondary battery at the predetermined timing. The calculation part calculates an internal impedance of the secondary battery at the predetermined timing from the measured discharge current and the measured drop voltage. The estimation part estimates a degree of deterioration of the secondary battery from the calculated internal impedance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A method for circumscribing an insulating barrier region around a singular conductive microneedle structure or plurality of conductive microneedle structures adhered to a fixed substrate for the purpose of spatially defining a conduit for the routing of an electrical signal from the surface of said microneedle or microneedles to the posterior surface of the substrate is disclosed herein. A microneedle-based electrochemical biosensors structure comprises a substrate, a microneedle biosensor, a primary electrically conductive element, a secondary electrically conductive element and an electrically insulative annular barrier.

The invention discloses an operation state monitoring method and system for AEM water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment, particularly relates to the technical field of electrolytic bath operation monitoring control, and aims to solve the problem of efficiency nonlinear fluctuation caused by polarization mode alternating dominance and microstructure degradation under a low current density working condition in the prior art. Extracting polarization fluctuation characteristics by generating a dynamic response sequence and calculating a dynamic coupling degree to identify a polarization alternating dominant mode; analyzing a local blocking probability based on frequency characteristics, positioning an active site sparse region in combination with temperature gradient spatial distribution characteristics, and generating an efficiency fluctuation evaluation coefficient; an active site sparse region and a dynamic compensation factor matrix of a cathode flow field pressure gradient are constructed to cooperatively adjust an anode current density distribution weight and a cathode pressure gradient parameter, so that an adjusting variable is accurately matched with a local blocking probability and a dynamic coupling degree; the multi-scale correlation analysis of the microcosmic degradation state and the macroscopic efficiency fluctuation of the electrolytic cell is realized, and the operation stability under the low current density is remarkably improved.

A computerized method is disclosed for automated handling of data ingestion anomalies. The method features operations of detecting a data ingestion anomaly and determining a cause for the data ingestion anomaly. The causal determination may be conducted by at least (i) determining features of an anomalous data ingestion volume, (ii) training a second data model, after a first data model being used to detect the data ingestion anomaly, with data sets consistent with the determined features, (iii) applying the second data model to predict whether a data ingestion sub-volume is anomalous, (iv) obtaining system state information during ingestion of the anomalous data ingestion sub-volume, and (v) determining the cause of the anomalous data ingestion volume based on the system state information.

Methods and analyte sensors including at least a first working electrode having a first active area thereon, and performing a dip coating operation to deposit a bilayer membrane upon the first working electrode and the first active area. The bilayer may include an inner layer having a first membrane polymer and an outer layer having a second membrane polymer, the first membrane polymer and the second membrane polymer differing from one another. The dip coating operation may comprise one or more first dips in a first membrane formulation to form the inner layer of the bilayer membrane and one or more second dips in a second membrane formulation to form the outer layer of the bilayer membrane upon the inner layer.

A sample holder includes a first member featuring a first retaining mechanism configured to retain a first substrate that includes a sample, a second member featuring a second retaining mechanism configured to retain a second substrate that includes a reagent medium, and an alignment mechanism connected to at least one of the first and second members, and configured to align the first and second members such that the sample contacts at least a portion of the reagent medium when the first and second members are aligned.

The invention discloses an on-line detection method for gas in transformer oil based on photoacoustic spectrum self-correction, and relates to the technical field of spectrum detection and power equipment state monitoring, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, emitting modulation laser with a specific wavelength to a gas sample released by the transformer oil through a laser, and exciting gas molecules to generate photoacoustic signals; and S2, detecting the photoacoustic signal by using a photoacoustic sensor, converting the signal into an electric signal, and outputting the electric signal. According to the online detection method for the gas in the transformer oil, the correction coefficient is adjusted in real time through a self-correction algorithm, errors caused by light path changes and sensor aging are effectively compensated, the precision and stability of long-term detection are remarkably improved, and the detection accuracy is improved by combining a gas spectrum database and a mode recognition algorithm. According to the method, accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis of various gases is realized, the problem of cross sensitivity of multiple components is solved, and the method also has temperature and pressure compensation functions and can automatically adapt to environmental changes.

Methods and systems utilizing quantitative imaging are presented herein. Advantageously, the systems and methods of the present disclosure utilize a hierarchical analysis framework that identifies and quantifies biological properties / analytes from imaging data, and then identifies and characterizes one or more pathologies based on the quantified biological properties / analytes. This hierarchical approach using imaging to examine underlying biology as an intermediate for assessing pathology provides numerous analysis and processing advantages over systems and methods configured to directly determine and characterize pathology from underlying imaging data.

The invention discloses a radiator salt spray corrosion life prediction method based on dynamic time warping, which belongs to the technical field of material corrosion test and life prediction, and comprises the following steps: collecting time sequence data of surface impedance and thermal resistance change of a radiator, constructing a dual-channel corrosion characteristic data set, and recording a salt spray concentration data value. The temperature data value and the humidity data value are combined, and an environment sensitivity weight vector is established. Accelerated corrosion in a salt spray environment is simulated, a laboratory accelerated corrosion test spectrum is generated, meanwhile, an actual environment fluctuation spectrum is monitored, the two spectrums are aligned by using a weight vector, accelerated corrosion data are obtained, and a basic life prediction value is calculated. And calculating an environment-structure coupling factor by combining the interaction between the three-dimensional structure characteristic parameters of the radiator and the temperature and humidity data values, correcting the basic life prediction value, and generating a final life prediction result. According to the method, double-channel feature alignment and coupling factor correction are adopted, and the corrosion life of the radiator of the specific structure under the actual working condition can be predicted.

Systems and methods for analyzing pathologies utilizing quantitative imaging are presented herein. Advantageously, the systems and methods of the present disclosure utilize a hierarchical analytics framework that identifies and quantify biological properties / analytes from imaging data and then identifies and characterizes one or more pathologies based on the quantified biological properties / analytes. This hierarchical approach of using imaging to examine underlying biology as an intermediary to assessing pathology provides many analytic and processing advantages over systems and methods that are configured to directly determine and characterize pathology from underlying imaging data.

Systems and methods for analyzing pathologies utilizing quantitative imaging are presented herein. Advantageously, the systems and methods of the present disclosure utilize a hierarchical analytics framework that identifies and quantify biological properties / analytes from imaging data and then identifies and characterizes one or more pathologies based on the quantified biological properties / analytes. This hierarchical approach of using imaging to examine underlying biology as an intermediary to assessing pathology provides many analytic and processing advantages over systems and methods that are configured to directly determine and characterize pathology from underlying imaging data.

Various embodiments described herein relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems for post-development treatment of a metal-containing photoresist mask to improve lithographic performance. After development, the metal-containing photoresist mask may be exposed to one or more of the following treatments: thermal anneal, plasma exposure, exposure to reactive gases, and selective deposition of a protective film. In some embodiments, the metal-containing photoresist mask is exposed to one or more reactive gases to compositionally change the photoresist mask and / or selectively deposit a protective film on top surfaces and sidewalls of the photoresist mask. The treated photoresist mask may exhibit increased line CD for reduced dose-to-size and improved etch resistance.

A brush comprising a brush head having a brush pad with a plurality of bristles and a plurality of channels disposed along at least one side of the brush head, wherein each of the plurality of channels has a predetermined depth.

The invention relates to the field of energy storage, and provides a 1.5 V lithium ion battery thermal management method based on temperature strain analysis, which comprises the following steps: monitoring the surface temperature of a battery in real time, collecting temperature strain data, extracting a key sequence value to analyze a strain trend, carrying out risk assessment to obtain a corresponding risk level and a risk index, and carrying out thermal management on a 1.5 V lithium ion battery based on the risk index. The method comprises the following steps: evaluating a battery state and performing thermal load evaluation, querying a corresponding thermal influence factor, marking a key influence area, determining a thermal management path, calculating path transfer quantity and thermal transfer efficiency, optimizing operation parameters to improve a thermal drop ratio, extracting multi-thermal energy characteristics, querying a hot spot distribution state, and analyzing hot spot labels. A thermal management scheme for the battery is generated. The thermal management level of the 1.5 V lithium ion battery can be improved.

The invention discloses a temperature control method and system for Chinese food cooking based on multi-modal representation recognition, and relates to the technical field of temperature control for Chinese food cooking, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the data collection through a sensor, and carrying out the preprocessing; analyzing the food state change, monitoring the food state change in real time, and performing multi-dimensional feature fusion; capturing texture dynamic characteristics, monitoring a cooking image, introducing a feedback variable, and controlling and adjusting the temperature; environment variables are monitored, and preference setting is carried out; analyzing the big data and user historical data; according to the method, comprehensive monitoring of multi-dimensional data such as temperature, humidity and color is realized through fusion processing of a multi-modal sensor, and accuracy and real-time performance of cooking data are ensured; by combining multiple technologies such as multi-modal sensor data fusion, big data analysis, time and space attenuation modeling and user preference setting, the food state is dynamically analyzed, the cooking stage is accurately judged, the temperature control strategy is optimized, and the extensive control problem of a traditional method is avoided.

The invention relates to the field of solar cells, and discloses a buried interface modified trans-perovskite solar cell and a preparation method thereof. The trans-perovskite solar cell structurally comprises a substrate, a conductive layer, a hole transport layer, a perovskite light absorption layer, an electron transport layer and a metal counter electrode which are sequentially layered, the hole transport layer adopts a hole transport material [4-(3, 6-dimethyl-9H-carbazole-9-yl) butyl] phosphoric acid (Me-4PACz), and the hole transport layer adopts a hole transport material [4-(3, 6-dimethyl-9H-carbazole-9-yl) butyl] phosphoric acid (Me-4PACz). According to bottom-buried interface modification provided by the invention, a hole transport material Me-4PACz is modified by adopting a (2-phenethyl) phosphonic acid small molecule material, the modified Me-4PACz hole transport layer has high perovskite layer coverage rate, the preparation process is simple, the efficiency of the assembled solar cell is high, the stability is obviously improved, and the commercial application value is very good.

A lipid feedstock including fatty acid(s) is treated in a process flow through a moving bed reactor with catalyst to produce a treated stream. The catalyst may include metal oxide catalyst on a particulate oxide support. The catalyst may be transferred, using a catalyst withdrawal line, from the bottom of the moving bed reactor to a fluidized bed regenerator, and regenerated. The catalyst may be transferred from the fluidized bed regenerator to a cyclone that separates the catalyst from flue gas. The catalyst may be transferred from the cyclone to the top of the moving bed reactor using a catalyst feed line. A first separation gas may be flowed into the catalyst feedline, and a second separation gas may be flowed into the bottom of the moving bed reactor or into the catalyst withdrawal line, to generate pressure differentials driving the process flow through the moving bed reactor.