The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.

The present disclosure provides processes to convert heavy hydrocarbons to light distillates. The present disclosure further provides compositions including light distillates. In an embodiment, a process for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed includes dehydrogenating a C.sub.3-C.sub.50 cyclic alkane and an C.sub.2-C.sub.50 acyclic alkane in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst to form a C.sub.3-C.sub.50 cyclic olefin and a C.sub.2-C.sub.50 acyclic olefin. The process includes reacting the C.sub.3-C.sub.50 cyclic olefin and the C.sub.2-C.sub.50 acyclic olefin in the presence of a group 6 or group 8 transition metal catalysts to form a C.sub.5-C.sub.200 olefin. The process further includes hydrogenating the C.sub.5-C.sub.200 olefin in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to form a C.sub.5-C.sub.200 hydrogenated product. Processes of the present disclosure may further include hydroisomerizing the C.sub.5-C.sub.200 hydrogenated product in the presence of a hydroisomerization catalyst to form a C.sub.5-C.sub.200 hydroisomerized product.

The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.

The present invention relates to a process for producing cycloalkenamer-containing compositions and to such cycloalkenamer-containing compositions. The invention further relates to the use of these cycloalkenamer-containing compositions in the field of packaging materials, especially for food and drink.

Described herein are associative polymers capable of controlling a physical and/or chemical property of non-polar compositions that can be used when the non-polar composition is in a flow, and related compositions, methods and systems. Associative polymers herein described have a non-polar backbone with a longest span having a molecular weight that remains substantially unchanged under the flow conditions and functional groups presented at ends of the non-polar backbone, with a number of the functional groups presented at the ends of the non-polar backbone formed by associative functional groups capable of undergoing an associative interaction with another associative functional group with an association constant (k) such that the strength of each associative interaction is less than the strength of a covalent bond between atoms and in particular less than the strength of a covalent bond between backbone atoms.

Materials (e.g., particles, hydrogels) that provide extended release of one or more therapeutic agents are useful platforms for drug delivery. In part, the present invention relates to new triblock (ABC) bottlebrush copolymers which can be used in the formulation of particles and hydrogels for the extended release of therapeutic agents. In certain embodiments, the triblock bottlebrush copolymers, particles, and hydrogels described herein are thermally-responsive and gel at physiological temperature (e.g., upon administration to a subject), providing injectable and/or implantable gels which can be used for extended release drug delivery. The present invention also provides methods for extended release drug delivery, and methods of treating and/or preventing a disease or conditions in a subject, using the inventive copolymers, particles, and hydrogels. In addition, the present invention provides methods of preparing the triblock bottlebrush copolymers described herein.

A method of carrying out a metathesis reaction includes the combination of at least one alkene or non conjugated diene with a Ruthenium-based catalyst with an cyclic(alkyl)(amino)carbene ligand to form a reaction mixture and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of 100 C. or greater. The reaction can be an ADMET, ROMP, a metathesis ring-closure or an olefin exchange reaction.

A method of forming a buoyancy providing component, the method comprising locating a plurality of macrospheres in a mould, providing a composition including DCPD (dicyclo pentadiene) resin, a ruthenium or osmium catalyst, and a plurality of microspheres, dispensing the composition in liquid form into the mould to encapsulate the macrospheres, and allowing the mixture to set in the mould.

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions encompassing a latent catalyst and a compound capable of generating a Bronsted acid along with one or more monomers which undergo ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) when said composition is exposed to a suitable radiation to form a substantially transparent film. The monomers employed therein have a range of refractive index from 1.4 to 1.6 and thus these compositions can be tailored to form transparent films of varied refractive indices. The composition of this invention also features low dielectric constant (low k in the range of from about 2.2 to 3). Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful in various opto-electronic applications, including as coatings, encapsulants, fillers, leveling agents, among others.

1) Hydrocarbon copolymer P comprising 2 alkoxysilane end groups F.sup.1 and F.sup.2 of formulae: F.sup.1: (RO).sub.3-tR.sub.tSi(CH.sub.2).sub.g1- and F.sup.2: (CH.sub.2).sub.d1SiR.sub.t(OR).sub.3-t; or F.sup.1: (RO).sub.3-tR.sub.tSiRO(O)C(CH.sub.2).sub.g2 and F.sup.2: (CH.sub.2).sub.d2C(O)ORSiR.sub.t(OR).sub.3-t; wherein t is 0, 1 or 2; g1 and d1 are 1, 2 or 3; g2 and d2 are 0, 1, 2 or 3; R et R represent a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl; R is a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkylene radical; the main chain comprising motifs (I) and (II) in which R.sup.0 is in particular the methyl radical; and the number average molecular mass Mn thereof being between 400 and 100,000 g/mol. 2) Method for producing said copolymer, comprising: (i) a step of heating a statistical bipolymer A selected from a poly(butadiene-isoprene), a poly(butadiene-myrcene) and a poly(butadiene-farnesene); and subsequently (ii) a step of heating the formed product, in the presence of a chain transfer agent of formula (C). 3) Adhesive composition comprising said copolymer.