Abstract: The present invention is directed to a naturally derived surfactant system and an end use composition comprising the surfactant system. The naturally derived surfactant system comprises an anionic and nonionic surfactant that is stable in an end use composition having a pH from 4.8 to 6.5. Such end use compositions are mild, have excellent lathering characteristics, and do not require glycinates, polyglycosides, betaines, sultaines and sulfates.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a user's video avatar, wherein the apparatus comprises a processor communicatively connected to a memory, wherein the memory instructs the processor to receive, from a user application and a user input device, user data, validate a user's identity as a function of the user data, and generate a video avatar as a function of the identity validation and user data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal care composition for protection of skin against undesirable bacteria. The present invention is especially useful in formulating compositions which ensure growth of skin commensal bacteria like S. epidermidis while inhibiting growth of harmful bacteria like E. coli, S. aureus among others. The present invention which comprises a mixture of very select amino acids thus provides for microbiome balancing on the skin.

Abstract: An ancillary laundry composition comprising: hydrolysed protein, free perfume and 0 to 2 wt. % anionic and/or cationic surfactant.

Abstract: An apparatus for predictive scoring, the apparatus comprising a processor and a display device. The processor is configured to receive a posting query, generate a past posting datum, determine predictive metrics as a function of the posting query, and provide a score related to an expected value of a posting. The display device is configured to display a predictive score to the originator.

Abstract: A concentrated laundry detergent composition premix comprising 10 to 70% wt. surfactant, a fatty acid, and methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA), from 3 to 15% wt. hydrotrope, and having a pH of from 6 to 8.. A method for forming a laundry detergent composition by diluting such a premix in water such that the final concentration of fatty acid anti-foam is from 0.5 to 1.5% wt. A container comprising a premix.

Abstract: The use of inhibitors upstream of mTOR in the CSF1 pathway of neuroinflammation, inhibitors of chemokine receptor CXCR3, functional derivatives thereof, and/or immunosuppressant drugs to reduce neuroinflammation are disclosed. The inhibitors and/or immunosuppressant drugs can treat genetic or environmental encephalopathies and/or reduce microglial activation. Treated encephalopathies include Leigh Syndrome and Wernicke encephalopathy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a unit dose capsule (101) for treatment of a substrate, the capsule (101) comprising three compartments (102, 103, 104) containing a substrate treatment composition, wherein: the capsule (101) is formed from two sheets of water-soluble film, the two sheets of film being sealed together forming a sealing web lying on a sealing plane, the sealing web comprising a peripheral sealing skirt (108), inter-compartment sealing webs (1024, 1023, 1034) between compartments thereby separating the compartments from one another and a central sealing web (10234), wherein wherein the compartments have an average surface extention ratio in the range of 1.5 to 3, the surface extension ratio is the surface area of the film above the sealing plane to surface area of footprint the compartments located in the sealing plane.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a unit dose capsule for treatment of a substrate comprising the steps of a. placing a first sheet of water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol film over a mould having sets of cavities, each set comprising three cavities arranged on the sealing plane one after the other in circumferential direction such that footprint area of the second and the third compartments is from 0.8 to 2.5 times the area of the footprint of the first compartment; b. heating and applying vacuum to the film to mould the film into the cavities and hold it in place to form three recesses in the film; a first recess, the second recess, and a third recess, the three recesses being connected to respective side recesses by the film; c. filling three different parts of a substrate treatment composition into the three recesses, the three parts together forming a full substrate treatment composition; d.

Abstract: Methods and systems describe multicasting the messages over a broadcast medium (e.g., a TV network). In particular, the methods and systems recite the use of Advanced Television Systems Committee (“ATSC”) 3.0, a new broadcast television transmission standard in the United States. Using ATSC 3.0, the methods and systems can disseminate messages to all the electrical equipment.

Abstract: An antibacterial composition comprises water, alcohol, a thickening agent, and a moisturizing oil, wherein at least 50% of droplets of the moisturizing oil present in the antibacterial composition have a particle size of 5 micrometers to 10 millimeters. A method of making an antibacterial composition comprises dispersing a thickening agent in water to form a first phase; combining a moisturizing oil and a humectant to form a second phase; combining the first phase with an alcohol to form a third phase; adding the second phase to the third phase, forming a fourth phase; and adding a neutralizer to the fourth phase, thereby forming the antibacterial composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oil-in-water nanoemulsions. The oil phase contains oil selected from the group consisting of triglyceride oil and/or petrolatum as well as C8 to C18 fatty acid; and the aqueous phase contains specific N-acyl derivatives of amino acid salt as emulsifier.

Abstract: An improved snap-on/twist off closure which is very durable. The invention is also directed to a package comprising the closure, e.g., a bottle in combination with the closure. The closure includes an upper wall defining an opening and a cylindrical snap on pipe depending from the upper wall. The pipe includes threads designed to mate with external threads on a neck of the bottle. The threads on the pipe and threads on the neck of the bottle pass over each other when the closure is snapped onto the bottle during manufacture. The pipe includes a resistance recess and a guidance recess.

Abstract: A system for transmitting medically-necessary video or images over a collaborative set of wireless and/or satellite networks is provided. The system utilizes a number of interfaces to one or more wireless networks and bonds these connections together to provide a reliable data stream, such as for streaming an ultrasound image from an ambulance or other remote location for viewing by a waiting surgeon or other medical professional.

Abstract: Aspects relate to apparatuses and methods for integrated application tracking. An exemplary apparatus includes a cloud platform, a processor, and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to receive a plurality of user data related to a user, parse the plurality of user data into a key work record, generate a user metric, as a function of the key work record, based on a plurality of weighted values reflecting desirability, wherein generating the user metric includes identifying at least a negative factor in the key work record, and adjusting the plurality of weighted values as a function of the at least a negative factor and a temporal displacement of the at least a negative factor.

Abstract: Communications systems and methods for communicating data are provided. In one example, the communications system includes an outer ring having an inner surface and an inner ring having an outer surface. The inner surface and the outer surface are separated by a gap that extends around the inner ring to define a loop. A modulating light arrangement receives data and produces modulated light. A first light diffusing optical fiber and a second light diffusing optical fiber are disposed on a first side of the gap and extend in the loop to define an optical data ring. The first light diffusing optical fiber and the second light diffusing optical fiber cooperate to diffuse the modulated light along the optical data ring. A detector is disposed on the second side of the gap and detects the diffuse modulated light.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a natural preservative system that comprises a substituted amino acid and with benzoic acid and/or a derivative thereof. The preservative system provides superior antimicrobial benefits and color stability to end use compositions even when the compositions are formulated to have a pH in the range of 3.5 to 8.2.

Abstract: An antibacterial composition comprises water, alcohol, a moisturizing oil, wherein at least 50% of droplets of the moisturizing oil present in the antibacterial composition have a particle size of 5 to 25 micrometers, preferably 6 to 15 micrometers; and optionally a sensory oil. A method of making an antibacterial composition comprises dispersing a thickening agent in water forming a first phase; combining a moisturizing oil, a sensory oil, and a humectant forming a second phase; combining the first phase with an alcohol forming a third phase; adding the second phase to the third phase, forming a forth phase; and adding a neutralizer to the fourth phase, thereby forming the antibacterial composition.

Abstract: The invention provides the use of a hair care composition comprising piroctone olamine, a zinc salt and a silicone for preventing or reducing shedding of hair club fibres from hair follicles, and/or preventing or reducing hair breakage, thereby preventing or reducing hair fall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a secondary alkane sulfonate surfactant, wherein wherein greater than 50 wt. % of the secondary alkane sulfonate is C17 and/or C18 secondary alkane sulfonate; the invention also concerns a detergent composition comprising the secondary alkane sulfonate surfactant; the invention also concerns a method, preferably a domestic method of treating a textile.