Abstract: An on-demand insurance (ODI) server for generating dynamic user offerings may be provided. The ODI server may include at least one processor in communication with a memory device. The at least one processor may be programmed to (i) receive, from a user computing device associated with a user, an insurance policy request for a trip from a start location to an end location, (ii) determine at least one transportation mode available for the trip, (iii) access contextual data associated with the trip, (iv) assess a risk associated with the at least one transportation mode, (v) calculate a risk score associated with the at least one transportation mode based upon at least the contextual data, (vi) generate an insurance offering associated with the at least one transportation mode, and/or (vii) transmit the insurance offering in real time to the user computing device for purchase by the user.

Abstract: Embodiments of alkali aluminosilicate glass articles that may be chemically strengthened to achieve a maximum surface compressive stress that exceeds compressive stresses that have been achieved in similar glasses are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the fictive temperature of these glass articles may be equal to the 1011 poise (P) viscosity temperature of the glass article. In some embodiments, the strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles described herein may exhibit a maximum compressive stress of at least about 400 MPa, 800 MPa, 930 MPa or 1050 MPa. In some embodiments, the strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles described herein may exhibit a compressive stress layer extending to a depth of layer of at least about 40 ?m (in samples having a thickness of 1 mm). In still other embodiments, these strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles exhibit a parabolic or near-parabolic tensile stress profile in the central region of the glass articles.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a flavouring composition comprising hesperetin and hesperetin dihydrochalcone for improving the taste profile in a preparation. Furthermore, the present invention relates to preparations having a balanced taste profile as well as a method for improving the taste profile of a preparation.

Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved fracture resistance. The glass-based articles herein provide high fracture resistance after multiple drops.

Abstract: A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle comprises a coupling arm, on the free end region of which a ball neck is formed, on which a coupling ball is arranged. The coupling ball is spherical on the side facing away from the ball neck and has a spherical segment plane on the side facing the ball neck. Between the spherical segment plane and a portion of the ball neck has a smaller outer circumference than the spherical segment plane there is arranged a throat portion having a transition contour extending in a concave manner between the ball neck and the spherical segment. The transition contour transitions with a coupling ball transition region into an external contour of the coupling ball and transitions with a ball neck transition region into an outer surface of the ball neck. The transition contour has a curved configuration having a non-constant radius.

Abstract: Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a display or touch panel disposed on the curved surface. The display includes a cold-bent glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 20 mm or greater, and a display module and/or touch panel attached to the glass substrate having a second radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A laminate includes a first glass article having a first thickness, a first annealing point (TA1), and a first softening point (TS1), a second glass article having a second thickness, a second annealing point (TA2), and a second softening point (TS2), and an interlayer disposed between the first glass article and the second glass article. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness, the second annealing point (TA2) is less than or equal to the first annealing point (TA1), and the second softening point (TS2) is greater than the first softening point (TS1).

Abstract: Foldable apparatus comprise a foldable substrate comprising a substrate thickness. The second major surface of the foldable substrate faces an end portion of a first inner surface area of a first housing member extending along a first plane. The second surface faces an end portion of a second inner surface area of a second housing member extending along a second plane. A support is attached to at least the second housing member. The support contacts the second major surface when an angle between the first plane and the second plane ranges from about 80° to about 135°. The support is spaced from the second major surface when an angle between the first plane and the second plane ranges from about 0° to about 30°. In some embodiments, the foldable substrate comprises a neutral stress configuration at a parallel plate distance ranging from about 20 millimeters to about 200 millimeters.

Abstract: Glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t), and a stress profile are disclosed having a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less, and wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than 0.7·t, comprise a tangent with a slope that is less than about ?0.1 MPa/micrometers or greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometers. Also disclosed are glass-based articles having a thickness (t) in a range of 0.1 mm and 2 mm; and wherein at least one point of the stress profile in a first thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.020·t and greater than 0.98·t comprises a tangent with a slope of from about ?200 MPa/micrometer to about ?25 MPa/micrometer or about 25 MPa/micrometer to about 200 MPa/micrometer, and wherein all points of the stress profile in a second thickness range from about 0.035·t and less than 0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a borosilicate glass composition as may be useful for windshield and other applications in particular due to unique fracture behavior.

Abstract: A personalized insurance (“PI”) computing device for determining an optimal insurance product for a driver operating a vehicle for a transportation network company (“TNC”) during a period of increased demand includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory. The processor is configured to: (i) receive, from a TNC, data indicating increased demand for transportation services, (ii) retrieve driver data that includes the driver history, (iii) generate an optimal pricing model for the driver based upon the increased demand and the driver data, (iv) execute the model to determine an optimal insurance product having characteristics reflecting at least one risk factor associated with the increased demand for transportation services and a risk profile determined from analyzing the driver data, and (v) transmit an offer to the driver to provide transportation services at an increased earnings rate and with the determined optimal insurance product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (01) for additively manufacturing an, in particular rotationally symmetric, component (02), said device (01) having a material application unit (03) which is movable along at least two axes and which has an extruder (04) and a nozzle (05) for applying a material strand (06), a rotary head (07) having a compressor (08) for compressing a material strand (06) and having a heating device (09) for heating at least one material application area (10) being disposed on the material application unit (03), the rotary head (07) being rotatable around the nozzle (05), and a control device (11) being comprised which is configured to control at least the rotary head (07) and the compressor (08) and the heating device (09).

Abstract: A glass article including any one or several of SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, Li2O, SnO2 and a fusion line. The glass article can also include a liquidus viscosity less than or equal to 100 kP. In some embodiments, the glass article includes, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, from 3 mol % to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, from 0 mol % to 5 mol % P2O5, from 5 mol % to 11 mol % Li2O, less than or equal to 0.2 mol % SnO2.

Abstract: Glasses comprising SiO2, Al2O3, and P2O5 that are capable of chemical strengthened by ion exchange and having high damage resistance. These phosphate-containing glasses have a structure in which silica (SiO2) is replaced by aluminum phosphate (AlPO4) and/or boron phosphate (BPO4).

Abstract: Glasses that undergo rapid ion exchange. The glasses comprise SiO2, Al2O3, P2O5, Na2O, K2O, and, in some embodiments, at least one of MgO and ZnO. The glass may, for example, be ion exchanged in a molten KNO3 salt bath in less than 1 hour at temperatures in a range from about 370° C. to about 390° C. to achieve a depth of surface compressive layer of greater than about 45 microns, or in a range from about 0.05t to about 0.22t, where t is the thickness of the glass. The glasses are fusion formable and, in some embodiments, compatible with zircon.

Abstract: A glass article including, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, from 3 mol % to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, from 0 mol % to 5 mol % P2O5, from 5 mol % to 11 mol % Li2O, less than or equal to 0.2 mol % SnO2, and from 0.5 mol % to 6.5 mol % divalent cation oxides. The glass article has a molar ratio of Al2O3:(R2O+RO) greater than or equal to 0.9, where R2O is a sum of alkali metal oxides in mol % and RO is a sum of divalent cation oxides in mol %.

Abstract: The instant disclosure generally relates to a multicomponent composition for coating mammalian or synthetic keratin material and textiles, the composition comprising a first and second components and a third component. The first and second components comprise first and second compounds respectively. Any one or more of the first, second and third components may also comprise pigment microparticles. The first, second and third compounds meld together on keratin material and textiles and especially on hair to form a coating that can be formulated to provide temporary coverage or provide permanent coverage. The multicomponent composition formed and set in situ as a solid linked coating ranges from ready removability to substantially permanent lastingness.

Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved fracture resistance. The glass-based articles herein provide high fracture resistance after multiple drops.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for performing analysis of parametric events. The method may include: (1) receiving weather data from a weather oracle network; (2) calculating, using a first trained machine learning algorithm, a likelihood of a trigger activation for a parametric event (or a trigger event) for a user based at least upon the weather data; (3) calculating, using a second trained machine learning algorithm, an estimated loss for the user based at least upon the likelihood of the trigger activation; (4) determining an initial coverage for the user; and (5) determining whether to offer the user updated coverage for the parametric event based at least upon a comparison of the initial coverage and the estimated loss for the user.

Abstract: A user analytics computing device for processing vehicle-based telematics data and generating user offerings responsive to the vehicle-based telematics data includes at least one processor in communication with a memory device. The processor is programmed to: (i) receive, from a vehicle computing device, telematics data associated with a plurality of trips taken by a first driver using a first vehicle, (ii) generate a driver profile of the first driver based at least in part upon the telematics data, (iii) access, from the memory device, contextual data associated with an environment in which the first vehicle travelled during the plurality of trips, (iv) synthesize the driver profile and the contextual data to generate a contextualized driver profile, (v) based upon the contextualized driver profile, generate a user offering to influence the driver profile, and (vi) transmit the user offering to a user computing device associated with the first driver.