Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for implementing virtualized Road-Side Units (vRSUs). Edge computing devices implementing one or more vRSU services may associate vehicles with identifiers that are based at least in part upon the locations of the vehicles. The locations may be established by location services of the edge computing devices, based upon communication received from the vehicles via wireless cellular communication links. The edge computing devices may then process infrastructure information that they receive, for distribution to the vehicles, at the vRSU services. Based upon the processing of infrastructure information at the vRSU services, messages may be generated for transmission to the vehicles (e.g., over the wireless cellular communication links), with the messages carrying information based upon the infrastructure information, such as in the form of safety messages and/or information messages.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly composition and method which increase the API gravity, increase the solubility, and reduce the viscosity of hydrocarbon materials to provide enhance extraction and removal of the hydrocarbon materials for purposes of recovery or cleaning.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly composition and method which increase the API gravity, increase the solubility, and reduce the viscosity of hydrocarbon materials to provide enhance extraction and removal of the hydrocarbon materials for purposes of recovery or cleaning.

Abstract: This presentation provides methods to track pedestrians heading angle using smart phone data. Tracking heading angle especially at or from stationary position is key for pedestrian safety, e.g., for smart cross system and pedestrian collision mitigation system. It provides pedestrian-to-vehicle (P2V) platform. It deploys smart phones or mobile devices, equipped with DSRC (Dedicated short range communication) support, to act as beacons for pedestrians: Phone can alert driver to pedestrian presence in path; Pedestrian Basic Safety Message (BSM) can aid awareness for vehicles; It can be used for bicycles, as well. It also provides pedestrian-to-infrastructure (P2I) platform. Smart phone, through DSRC/cellular, transmits pedestrian presence to crosswalks/signals: It enables advanced crosswalk lighting/warning scheme; It enables bundling of pedestrian presence to vehicles. In this presentation, we provide various examples and variations on these.

Abstract: This presentation provides methods to track pedestrians heading angle using smart phone data. Tracking heading angle especially at or from stationary position is key for pedestrian safety, e.g., for smart cross system and pedestrian collision mitigation system. It provides pedestrian-to-vehicle (P2V) platform. It deploys smart phones or mobile devices, equipped with DSRC (Dedicated short range communication) support, to act as beacons for pedestrians: Phone can alert driver to pedestrian presence in path; Pedestrian Basic Safety Message (BSM) can aid awareness for vehicles; It can be used for bicycles, as well. It also provides pedestrian-to-infrastructure (P2I) platform. Smart phone, through DSRC/cellular, transmits pedestrian presence to crosswalks/signals: It enables advanced crosswalk lighting/warning scheme; It enables bundling of pedestrian presence to vehicles. In this presentation, we provide various examples and variations on these.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for advanced hybrid geopolymeric functional materials possessing very broad application spectrum ranging from cementitious materials to advanced functional materials having “Inorganic-Organic Hybrid” matrix in contrast to the limited application of conventional geopolymeric materials having “Inorganic matrix” only. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of these materials. The process obviates the need of external addition of sodium silicate which is one of the costliest and main raw materials in conventional geopolymerisation processes. Interestingly, in the present invention the sodium silicate has been synthesized in situ by designing of conditions for synergistic and simultaneous mechano-chemical reactions among the selected raw materials viz. inorganic and organic wastes under alkaline environment.

Abstract: A composite cube for use in high pressure high temperature technology may provide improved rigidity, stability, consistency in heating, flow, pressure transmission, and thermal insulation during manufacturing. The composite cube may comprise an inner core and an outer shell. The inner core may comprise at least one ring and at least one inner cap that surround an internal bore region of the composite cube. The inner core may be formed from a binder and a nonflowable material. The outer shell may be formed from a flowable material and binder.

Abstract: Described are methods, systems and apparatus for hypothesizing a biological relationship in a biological system. A database of biological assertions is provided consisting of biological elements, relationships among the biological elements, and relationship descriptors characterizing the properties of the elements and relationships. A biological element may be selected from the database and a logical simulation may be performed within the biological database, from the selected biological element, through relationship descriptors, along a path defined by potentially causative biological elements to discern a biological element hypothetically responsible for the change in the selected biological element.

Abstract: A cutting element for a mining or drilling tool provides a body that provides a recess for receiving a ballistic insert. The ballistic insert provides a top portion having a shape characterized by a first radius (R1) and a second radius (R2), and R1 and R2 have a tangential relationship. A sleeve may be positioned on the body to protect the body from erosion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for advanced hybrid geopolymeric functional materials possessing very broad application spectrum ranging from cementitious materials to advanced functional materials having “Inorganic-Organic Hybrid” matrix in contrast to the limited application of conventional geopolymeric materials having “Inorganic matrix” only. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of these materials. The process obviates the need of external addition of sodium silicate which is one of the costliest and main raw materials in conventional geopolymerisation processes. Interestingly, in the present invention the sodium silicate has been synthesized in situ by designing of conditions for synergistic and simultaneous mechano-chemical reactions among the selected raw materials viz. inorganic and organic wastes under alkaline environment.

Abstract: Method and system for managing and evaluating life science data. Life Science data is placed in a knowledge base, that may be used for a variety of analysis tasks. Creating a knowledge base from the life science data involves generating two or more nodes indicative of life science data, assigning to one or more pairs of nodes a representation descriptor that corresponds to a relationship between the nodes, and assembling the nodes and the relationship descriptor into a database, such that at least one of the nodes is joined to another node by a representation descriptor. In some embodiments, the representation descriptor includes a case frame that describes the relationships between elements of life science data.

Abstract: Method and system for managing and evaluating life science data. Life Science data is placed in a knowledge base, that may be used for a variety of analysis tasks. Creating a knowledge base from the life science data involves generating two or more nodes indicative of life science data, assigning to one or more pairs of nodes a representation descriptor that corresponds to a relationship between the nodes, and assembling the nodes and the relationship descriptor into a database, such that at least one of the nodes is joined to another node by a representation descriptor. In some embodiments, the representation descriptor includes a case frame that describes the relationships between elements of life science data.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and apparatus for constructing assemblies of biological knowledge constituting a biological knowledge base, and for subsetting and transforming life sciences-related data and information into biological models to facilitate computation and electronic reasoning on biological information. A subset of data is extracted from a global knowledge base or repository to reconstruct a more specialized sub-knowledge base or assembly designed specifically for the purpose at hand. Assemblies generated by the invention permit selection and rational organization of seemingly diverse data into a model of any selected biological system, as defined by any desired biological criteria. These assemblies can be mined easily and can be logically reasoned with great productivity and efficiency.

Abstract: A low temperature process for making radiopac materials is disclosed. The process utilizes industrial/agricultural waste as raw materials and includes mixing 11-88% w/w of the industrial/agricultural waste materials, 11-88% w/w of an alkali or alkaline earth metal compound and 7-15% w/w of a phosphatic binder to obtain a homogenized mixture. The homogenized mixture is compressed at a pressure in the range of 100-300 Kg/cm2 to obtain compacted green material samples. The compacted green material samples are baked for 1-3 hours in an Air oven in the temperature range of 90-130° C., and are sintered at a temperature in the range of 920 to 1300° C. for a soaking period of 1-3 hours under air environment in a muffle furnace to obtain the radiopac material.

Abstract: A novel process is for making ceramic based radiopac materials useful for X-ray radiation attenuation. The process is lead as well as rare earth free and thus obviates (i) the use of conventionally used lead metal and its compounds—which are toxic in nature and are heavy weight as the density of lead is 11.34 gm/cm-2. Further the low melting points of lead (325° C.) prohibits its use in high temperature shielding structures and (ii) the use of Rare earth is restricted because they are very costly and scarcely available. The novel process of the present invention utilizes different varieties of waste as raw materials such as fly ash (from thermal power plants), Red mud (from aluminum production), Rice husk silica (an agro waste) and pyrophyllite (an underutilized clay mineral). These waste materials contain various necessary constituents required for making radiopac materials namely silicon, titanium, iron and aluminum.

Abstract: An epistemic engine system and methods are provided, which accept biological data from experiments or other sources, and automatically produce a model, such as a genomic and protein interaction network, which attempts to explain the operation of a biological system. The system and methods identify interrelationships among components of a biological system, consistent with the biological data and other life science knowledge. In preferred embodiments, evolutionary algorithms are used, in combination with information from a life science knowledge base and experimental data, to generate models that may identify these interrelationships. The output of an epistemic engine permits scientists to better understand biological systems, to propose hypotheses, to build more complete models, and to propose new experiments to test the validity of their hypotheses.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating the retrieval of information from a system of distributed computers or information resources is disclosed. In particular, the system and method of the present invention improves upon metasearch techniques by including information resource profiles that provide directives to the metasearch engine for facilitating information recovery. These information resource profiles additionally allow for metasearches to recover information from non-indexed information resources such as when browsing the web. Contextual searching is further provided via a grouping of the information resource profiles. The present invention is further directed to tools for the creation and management of the information resource profiles.

Abstract: A system and method for relative ranking and contextual summarization of search hits from multiple distributed, heterogeneous information resources based upon the original content of each hit is disclosed. In particular, the system and method of the present invention improve upon metasearch engine techniques by downloading the original documents (text or multimedia) identified by standard search engines as relevant and using the original content of each “hit” to re-rank them relative to each other according to the original query pattern for the search, providing a uniform ranking methodology for the user. The present invention is also directed to an improved summarization process where the downloaded documents are re-summarized relative to each other according to the original query pattern for the search, providing a uniform summarization methodology for the user.