omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Bastiaan Quast. Bastiaan Quast is a Dutch-Swiss Machine learning researcher. He is the author and lead maintainer of the open-source rnn and transformer deep-learning frameworks in the R programming language, and the datasets.load GUI package, as well as R packages on Global Value Chain decomposition & WIOD and on Regression Discontinuity Design. Quast is a great-great-grandson of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tobias Asser.

Early life and education 
Bastiaan Quast graduated from University of Groningen with a bachelor's degree in Economics and bachelor's degree in Theoretical philosophy. He holds a master's degree in Econometrics from the University of St. Gallen He obtained his Ph.D from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies with advisors Richard Baldwin and Jean-Louis Arcand, his work on local languages and internet usage was discussed at the 2017 G20 meeting in Germany.

Career 

Quast is an functionary of the United Nations at the International Telecommunication Union, as Secretary of the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health and AI for Good.

Bastiaan Quast created the popular machine learning framework rnn in R, which allows native implementations of recurrent neural network architectures, such as LSTM and GRU (>100,000 downloads). While working at UNCTAD, Quast developed the popular package datasets.load, which is part of the top 10% of most downloaded R packages (>100,000). The R packages decompr and wiod have been downloaded >20,000 times.

Bibliography 
Kummritz, Victor; Quast, Bastiaan (2017). Global value chains in developing economies. London, United Kingdom: VoxEU.

References

External links
 Bastiaan Quast

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Dutch computer scientists
Data scientists
Computer programmers
Swiss computer scientists
University of Groningen alumni
University of St. Gallen alumni
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni
Dutch expatriates in Switzerland
R (programming language) people
Instant Software. Instant Software was a company that produced game, utility, and education software in the late 1970s and early 1980s primarily for the TRS-80 line of home computers. Instant Software was a subsidiary of Kilobaud Microcomputing, headquartered in Peterborough, New Hampshire and run by Wayne Green.

History
Green said in 1980 that although his company Instant Software had published "hundreds of programs for the TRS-80 [and] want to translate as many as possible for use on the TI-99/4", it could not find anyone among more than 1,000 developers in its network who could port software to the computer, adding "We understand the problems with the system and the efforts Texas Instruments made to make translation difficult".

Games
Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio (1978)
Casino II - Craps (1978)
Dungeon of Death (1979)
Who-Dun-It? (1979) 
Wordwatch (1979)
Airmail Pilot (1980)
Cosmic Patrol (1980)
Money Madness (1980)
Danger in Orbit (1981)
Master Reversi (1981)

References

Defunct software companies of the United States
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Chery eQ1. The Chery eQ1 () is a battery electric city car that is manufactured by Chinese manufacturer Chery.

Overview
The eQ1 was originally planned to be called the Chery @ant during the reveal in 2016, but was later given the eQ1 name in line with the Chery eQ. The Chinese nickname was still the "Ant" during the official launch in 2017.

Originally code-named the Chery S51 EV, the Chery eQ1 is powered by a permanent magnet synchronous electric motor putting out  and . The top speed of the eQ1 is .

The Chery eQ1 was available as part of the EvCard electric car-sharing service in China as of 2018.

The battery capacity has been upgraded since the launch. For the 2019 model year, the stated battery capacity is at least 30.6 kWh, with the latest version reportedly having a 38 kWh battery. The stated NEDC range is .

Charging takes 5–7 hours using a 6.6kW charger, while fast charging from 30% to 80% takes 30–50 minutes.

2023 facelift 
On October 28, 2023 Chery launched an updated version of the Little Ant in China called the New Edition, which will be sold alongside the previous version which will be marketed as the Classic Edition. Changes to the exterior include a new a new front clip that lacks a grille, a 'floating roof' paint design, black-painted 15-inch wheels, and updated badging, while the dimensions remain the same and the headlights and lower front air intake is retained. The chassis is now made fully of aluminium. The interior features two-tone seating and steering wheel upholstery, with a digital gauge cluster and a 10.1-inch central infotainment display with Bluetooth and WeChat integration along with a wireless charging pad.

Powertrain 
The Little Ant comes standard with a permanent magnet electric motor outputting  and  of torque. Several battery packs are available, including 24.0kWh LFP, 25.1kWh LFP, 28.9kWh NMC, and 29.2kWh LFP; the first two have a CLTC range rating of , while the latter two are rated at .

At launch of the facelift, a higher end powertrain with an upgraded electric motor making  and  of torque and a 40.3kWh NMC battery pack with a CLTC range rating of  was available. However, this version appears to have been discontinued by 2024.

All versions have a top speed of  and are capable of DC fast charging, allowing for 3080% charging time of 40 minutes.

Notes

References

External links

Production electric cars
eQ1
Cars introduced in 2017
Cars of China
Anke Kracke. Anke Kracke (born Anke Wagner, 8 September 1983 in Mainz) is a German experimental physicist affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (MPIK).

Kracke studied physics at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. In 2007, she began doctoral work with Klaus Blaum at MPIK. She defended her thesis, The g-factor of the valence electron bound in lithiumlike silicon 28Si11+: The most stringent test of relativistic many-electron calculations in a magnetic field, in 2013. She subsequently worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Florida State University with Edmund G. Myers.

In 2012, she won the Helmholtz Prize for precision measurements together with her doctoral supervisor Klaus Blaum and Sven Sturm.

References 

1983 births
Living people
21st-century German physicists
21st-century German women scientists
German women physicists
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni
Levoglucosenone. Levoglucosenone is an organic compound with the formula .  A pale yellow liquid, it is an unsaturated bicyclic ketone-diether formed from levoglucosan by loss of two molecules of water. As a product of the acid-catalysed pyrolysis of cellulose, D-glucose, and levoglucosan, this liquid hydrocarbon is of interest as a biofuel and biofeedstock.

Production 
The compound was first identified in 1970 as a product of the thermal decomposition of cellulose.

The primary way of obtaining levoglucosenone is via pyrolysis of carbohydrates, particularly cellulose. Levoglucosenone can be derived from biomass or from other cellulosic materials including domestic/commercial waste paper. The availability of multiple sources is a key advantage when compared to other platform chemicals which are solely derived from biomass.

The title compound is produced when cellulose is heated above 170 °C with sulfuric acid with various additives. Alongside levoglucosenone as a major product, 2-furfuraldehyde is sometimes formed in 5-10%. The bio-oil can be vacuum distilled, resulting in purified levoglucosenone. The use of polar, aprotic solvents such as THF, γ-valerolactone and sulfolane has been found to improve pyrolytic yields, as the solvents cause swelling of the cellulose and inhibit repolymerisation back to levoglucosan. These solvents also promote catalytic dehydration of levoglucosan to levoglucosenone. 

Microwave irradiation of microcrystalline cellulose can also be used to produce levoglucosenone.

Cellulose-containing waste from biorefineries can also be converted into 6-8% LGO under microwave irradiation in addition to the usual decomposition products such as hydroxymethylfurfural HMF, formic acid, formaldehyde, CO2 and water.

Reactions 
As a highly functionalized, chiral compound, levoglucosenone is a precursor to a variety of compounds. Levoglucosenone is a promising bio-renewable platform for the production of commodity chemicals, being especially interesting the new insight provided by Huber and co-workers into how to transform this molecule into α,ω-diols, monomers for the production of polyesters and polyurethanes.

Palladium on carbon (and related Pd- and Pt-based catalysts) act on the title compound by hydrogenation (i.e. dihydrolevoglucosenone and levoglucosanol) and hydrogenolysis (i.e. tetrahydrofurandimethanol (THFDM) and 1,6-hexanediol). 

Levoglucosenone is a Michael acceptor enabling its conversion to a variety of derivatives.

See also
Dihydrolevoglucosenone

References 

Enones
Oxygen heterocycles
Nef isocyanide reaction. The Nef isocyanide reaction is an addition reaction that takes place between isocyanides and acyl chlorides to form imidoyl chloride products, a process first discovered by John Ulrich Nef.

The product imidoyl chloride can be hydrolyzed to give the amide, trapped with other nucleophiles, or undergo halide abstraction with silver salts to form an acyl nitrilium intermediate.

The reaction is of some theoretical interest, as kinetic measurements and DFT studies have indicated that the addition occurs in one step, without the intermediacy of a tetrahedral intermediate that is commonly proposed for carbonyl addition reactions.

See also 
 Carbene
 Insertion reaction

References 

Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions
Addition reactions
Name reactions
Apex Leisure and Wildlife Park. Apex Leisure and Wildlife Park is an urban park and wildlife centre in Highbridge, Somerset, England. The park was created on the site of a former clay pit and brickwork manufacturing site and provides a link between Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea. There are various facilities including an outdoor gym, a lake and birdlife.

History
In the 19th and early 20th centuries clay was extracted for brick and tile making on the site. A railway line to Burnham-on-Sea ran along the current north-eastern part of the park. A brickworks manufacturing bricks, roof tiles and pipes operated on the site with four kilns. Manufacturing ceased in 1966 ending the brick and tile trade in the Highbridge area. In 1969 Burnham-on-Sea Urban District Council bought the land holding of "Colthurst Symonds & Co", including flooded clay pits, Apex being the name of the previous brick and tile company bought out by Colthurst Symonds. The clay pits were required for storm water drainage for the council's drainage scheme and this involved creating a link between the two towns via a public park. The clay pits were sculpted into one lake, during excavation an ordance dump of bombs, mines and grenades left by the Ministry of Defence during 1939 - 1945 was discovered and removed by the Explosive Ordance Royal Engineers. In 1972 drainage work began connecting an outfall pipe to the River Brue allowing a wider choice of recreation for the public.

Location
The park straddles both Highbridge and adjacent Burnham-on-Sea, it is listed as Apex Wildlife and Leisure Park, Highbridge on the Somerset Council website. The park runs along the River Brue.

Facilities
There is a children's play area, a cafe, a lake, toilets, picnicking, a skate park, an outdoor gym with a cross trainer, arm pull down, chest press, seated rower, shoulder press, spinning bike and leg press. There are model boating facilities and a BMX track. Burnham and Highbridge Parkrun takes place every Saturday morning at 9am. The area covered is .

Nature
There are semi-natural habitats with lake, reed bed, scrub, woods, wildflower and grassland used by a wide range of plants and birds. Water birds spotted include mute swans, cormorants, pochard ducks and tufted ducks, coots, Canada geese and moorhens.

References

Parks and open spaces in Somerset
Burnham-on-Sea
Advanced Drainage Systems. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) is a company that designs, manufactures and markets polypropylene and polyethylene pipes, plastic leach field chambers and systems, septic tanks and accessories, storm retention/detention and septic chambers, polyvinyl chloride drainage structures, fittings, and water filters and water separators. It is the largest maker of high-density polyethylene pipe in the United States. It is headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio. In 2020, 93% of the company's sales were in the United States and 6% were in Canada.

History
The company was founded in 1966 by Ron Martin and Marty Sixt, two engineers. In the early 1970s, it moved to central Ohio.

In 2004, Joe Chlapaty became CEO of the company; he retired in 2017 and was succeeded by Scott Barbour.

In July 2014, the company became a public company via an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, raising $232 million.

In February 2015, the company acquired Ideal Pipe of Ontario for $45 million.

In July 2019, the company acquired Infiltrator Water Technologies from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for $1.08 billion.

In 2019, approximately 65% of its pipes were made from recycled materials.

References

External links

2014 initial public offerings
American companies established in 1966
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Water companies of the United States
Companies in the S&P 400
Sebastian Kind. Sebastian Alejandro Kind (born 1979) is an Argentinian engineer, policymaker and advisor. He served as Undersecretary of Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy in Argentina between 2016 and 2019. Kind led the country's energy transition towards a cleaner matrix through a program titled RenovAr. In 2018, he was appointed as Chair of the Council of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Career and education 
Kind attended the National Technological University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), where he completed his Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering.

In 2010, he founded the MS in Renewable Energy at the National Technological University (Argentina) and served as director until 2017.

Between 2013 and 2015, he performed as an advisor to the Senate and drafted Act 27,191, that was unanimously approved by Congress. This law set the policy framework and objectives that he is currently putting in practice as a government official.

Throughout the course of his tenure as Undersecretary of Renewable Energy, he was responsible for the drafting of the regulatory framework for renewables including the enovar, the FODER trust fund and the PPA regulation, among others. During Argentina's G20 presidency in 2018, he co-led the first Forum on renewable energy and energy efficiency at the Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG) meetings in Buenos Aires.  Kind earned MS in Renewable Energy from the EUREC Agency in Brussels (Belgium)/ NTUA in Athens (Greece)/University of Zaragoza (Spain).

Awards and fellowships 

In 2018, he was appointed as Chair of the Council of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and was selected as Fellow of the Eisenhower Foundation (EF) in Philadelphia and as Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva in recognition of his accomplishments. In 2019, he received the Clean Energy Award of the Latin American and Caribbean Council on Renewable Energy (LAC-CORE) and the Climate Breakthrough Award (an initiative of the Packard Foundation with the support of the Oak, Good Energies, and IKEA Foundations) for developing GREENMAP (Global Renewable Energy Mass Adoption Program). His objective for GREENMAP is to create a platform that fosters favorable market conditions and financial safeguards for renewable energy. The platform will enable the large-scale adoption of renewable energy in countries that have traditionally struggled to access international capital markets.

Personal life 
Kind lives in Spain with his wife and two children.

References 

Living people
1979 births
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
National Technological University alumni
International Renewable Energy Agency people
Political office-holders in Argentina
Climate Breakthrough awardees
21st-century Argentine engineers
Toptica Photonics. TOPTICA Photonics is a German manufacturer of lasers for quantum technologies, biophotonics and material inspection.

History 
The company was initially founded in February 1998 under the name TuiOptics GmbH for selling grating tuned diode lasers, but in 2001 it was renamed to TOPTICA Photonics AG.
TOPTICA won the contract to provide laser guide stars for the Very Large Telescope in 2010 and for the Extremely Large Telescope in 2017.
TOPTICA sponsored the joint OSA/DPG Herbert Walther Award and the American Physical Society's 2018 Norman F. Ramsey Prize. Since 2021 Toptica is entitled for research and development incentivation from the state of Germany (BSFZ).

Locations and corporate structure
TOPTICA Photonics AG is a privately held joint-stock company headquartered in Graefelfing near Munich in Germany with more than 490 employees and appr. 130 M€ turnover.
Its subsidiary  TOPTICA Photonics Inc. maintains the US facilities in New York State, whereas the Japanese subsidiary TOPTICA Photonics K.K. is headquartered in Tokyo and the Chinese subsidiaries are located in Beijing and Shanghai.
The subsidiary TOPTICA Projects GmbH develops laser guide stars.
In 2023 Azurlight Systems (France) was acquired and added under the name TOPTICA Photonics SAS.

References

Further reading 
 High-end Laser Systems for Scientific and Industry

1998 establishments in Germany
Laser companies
Technology companies established in 1998
Companies based in Bavaria
Electronics companies of Germany
Unifly. Unifly is a European software company that provides a platform for drone telematics services for unmanned traffic management. The company provides mapping and location data to connect authorities with pilots for the safe integration of drones into the airspace and unmanned aviation. The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of VITO until a corporate spin-off in 2015. Unifly is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

History
Unifly was founded in 2015 by aerospace experts Andres Van Swalm, Jurgen Verstaen, Koen Meuleman and Hans Schrauwen. They worked on creating a platform to facilitate unmanned traffic management solutions in the aerospace for drones. The company received $1.2 million in seed funding from PMV and Qbic Fund. Again in 2016, it raised another round of series A funding of $5 million from Terra Drone for the business expansion and development.

In May 2018, Unifly announced that it has partnered with UNICEF to create a UTM drone corridor in Africa. Later in the year the company announced its partnership with the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) program for New York's UAS Test Site to test drone mission for the proposed corridor. As of 2018, the company has operations in Spain, France, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the US, Malawi, China and Japan.

Partnerships
Unifly partnered with HERE Technologies that specialises in digital mapping and location services to enable airspace maps for drones. In 2018, Unifly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China's Huawei Technologies to cooperate in the field of unmanned traffic management (UTM) systems. In August 2018, Unifly formed a partnership with Integra Aviation Academy, NUAIR and Griffiss International Airport to visualize and manage drone traffic in the low-altitude airspace.

Projects
The company  works on European projects for Horizon 2020 including, CORUS, CLASS, SECOPS and PODIUM.

Awards
2018: Infosecurity Tech Startup of the Year
2017: Luciad Geospatial Excellence Awards: Best Aviation Application.
2017: Tech Startup Day: Scale-up of the Year.
2017: EU Drone Awards: Best Emerging Drone Company.
2016: Nacht van de KMO / Night of the SME: Most Promising Company

References

Air traffic management
Regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles
Belgian companies established in 2015
Inmarsat-6 F1. Inmarsat-6 F1 is a communications satellite to be operated by the British satellite operator Inmarsat and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar 3000EOR satellite bus. Part of the Inmarsat-6 satellite fleet, it will be Inmarsat's first dual-payload satellite, with capabilities in both L-band (ELERA) and Ka-band (Global Xpress). Claimed to be the largest and most sophisticated commercial telecommunications satellite ever launched, as the first of two such vehicles, it was placed into supersynchronous transfer orbit on 22 December 2021.

The platform uses electric propulsion for orbit raising in order to reduce the mass compared to traditional systems. The I-6 satellites will be powered by Safran/Snecma PPS-5000 electric propulsion will then raise the satellite into final geosynchronous orbit and will include two deployable solar arrays and batteries. The design life of the I-6F1 will be 15 years.

Objectives 
The L-band payload supports Inmarsat's ELERA communication system, while the Ka-band payload augments the Global Xpress constellation. The L-band capabilities will augment the 10 year old I4 satellite L-band communication systems increasing the network bandwidth by four times. The L-band is primarily used for non-government communication of voice calls, messaging, and the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. The Ka-band can support video and other high data rate web transfers used by commercial and government customers.

F2  
The F2 satellite was launched in February 2023 and suffered a power system failure in orbit. It is not operational and is not expected to become operational.

See also 

 Inmarsat

References

External links 

Communications satellites in geostationary orbit
Satellites using the Eurostar bus
Inmarsat satellites
Spacecraft launched in 2021