Abstract: A nanocapsule includes a liquid hydrophobic care including an essential oil, and a shell encapsulating the core. The shell includes a copolymer having repeating units of Formula (I) and (II) wherein X, L1, R1, R2, y, and p are as described herein. A dispersion is also disclosed, wherein the dispersion includes a plurality of nanocapsules. The nanocapsules described herein are particularly useful for the treatment of bacterial biofilms.

Abstract: Described herein is a lifting device for raising and lowering a contact member. The lifting device includes an actuator configured to move the contact member between a lowered position and a raised position, wherein in a first mode of operation of the lifting device, the actuator moves the contact member from the lowered position to the raised position without rotating the contact member about a reference axis, and in a second mode of operation of the lifting device, the actuator permits rotational motion of the contact member about the reference axis from the raised position to a modified raised position.

Abstract: Various implementations provide an inherently safer design feature for microchannel reactors that provides temperature control at the individual channel level. This approach relies on bimetallic strips embedded within the combustion channel, forming a thermally-actuated “valve”. Bimetallic strips convert a temperature change into a mechanical displacement. Heating the strip increases its deflection and thereby restricts flow in the combustion channels, which consequently reduces the rate of heat generation. The thermally-actuated valve is not limited to use in microchannel reactors and may be used in other structures for which thermally actuated flow control is desired, according to some implementations.

Abstract: Described herein are an apparatus and a method of fulfilling an order. The method includes: determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus, the order to be processed; selecting an operator station where the order will be fulfilled, a rack that includes an item required to fulfill the order, and a vehicle to transport the rack to the operator station; transmitting at least a portion of a transportation path to the selected vehicle; and monitoring locations of the selected vehicle along the transportation path based on marker information received for each marker of a plurality of markers that is detected by the selected vehicle, wherein the plurality of markers is located at predetermined positions.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to video analysis, and more particularly to systems and methods for mapping object co-ordinates from a video frame view to real world co-ordinates using perspective transformation. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented video frame coordinate transformation method is disclosed. The method may include obtaining an image from an image capture device and identifying, via one or more hardware processors, an object depicted in the image. Further, the method may include determining image-frame object coordinates for the object, and selecting one of a plurality of coordinate transformation matrices associated with the image capture device, based on the image-frame object coordinates for the object.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure refer to an article collation system and method for collating articles where ‘article’ may indicate an object, thing, item, unit, piece of merchandise, commodity, product, good or an entity synonymous with the definition provided. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an article collation system comprises at least one identifier associated with each article where one or more attributes are associated with each identifier. Further, the system comprises one or more transporters for moving each article along a common path to one of a plurality of collection points, where a plurality of diverters are associated with one or more said transporters for routing each article to said collection point, and a controller dynamically adapting operation of said transporters and said diverters to fulfill user requirements considering the attributes of each article and optimizing the system functions based on instantaneous load conditions.

Abstract: Methods, electronic devices and systems for transferring hotspot session are provided. The methods include detecting an event to transfer a hot spot session of an electronic device which is a host access point in a network to a different electronic device, in response to detecting the event, determining at least one different electronic device from among the plurality of electronic devices as a target access point of the network, and sending a request for hotspot session transfer and client configuration details corresponding to a plurality of client devices which are coupled to be communicable with the electronic device to the at least one different electronic device, wherein, in response to the at least one different electronic device receiving the hotspot session transfer request through the communication interface, the at least one different device operates as a host access point providing a hotspot session in the network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing recommendations to obfuscate an entity context in a sensory environment are described. In one implementation, the method comprises receiving entity data and sensory environment data from a plurality of sources. Further, the method comprises analyzing the entity data to obtain categorized entity data. The categorized entity data comprises a plurality of features indicating characteristics of the entity context. Further, the method comprises analyzing the sensory environment data to obtain categorized sensory environment data. Further, the method comprises determining a correlation score for each of the plurality of features by correlating the categorized entity data and the categorized sensory environment data. Further, the method comprises recommending at least one of the plurality of features, based on the correlation score, to obfuscate the entity context in the sensory environment.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and a data management computing device that assists with identifying relationship between entities includes including obtaining heterogeneous data associated with two or more primary entities from one or more data sources. Only relevant data associated with the two or more primary entities is identified from the obtained heterogeneous data. A masked relationship between the two or more primary entities is determined based on the identified relevant data and a generated entity relationship mapping. A related context for the determined masked relationship between the two or more primary entities are identified and provided.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and productivity assessment computing device that identifies entities present in frames of a video. Entity movement across the frames is plotted to obtain a trajectory of the entities. Interactions of one or more of the entities in each of the frames are identified. A unique sequence encoding is generated for subtasks performed by each of the entities. One of the subtasks is classified as a waste subtask based on one or more of the interactions corresponding to the one of the subtasks and the trajectory and a type of each of the entities associated with the interactions. The sequence encodings of the one of the subtasks are correlated with a number of frames per second of the video to determine waste duration value(s) for a task and the waste duration value(s) are output.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to video analysis, and more particularly to systems and methods for mapping object co-ordinates from a video frame view to real world co-ordinates using perspective transformation. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented video frame coordinate transformation method is disclosed. The method may include obtaining an image from an image capture device and identifying, via one or more hardware processors, an object depicted in the image. Further, the method may include determining image-frame object coordinates for the object, and selecting one of a plurality of coordinate transformation matrices associated with the image capture device, based on the image-frame object coordinates for the object.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing recommendations to obfuscate an entity context in a sensory environment are described. In one implementation, the method comprises receiving entity data and sensory environment data from a plurality of sources. Further, the method comprises analyzing the entity data to obtain categorized entity data. The categorized entity data comprises a plurality of features indicating characteristics of the entity context. Further, the method comprises analyzing the sensory environment data to obtain categorized sensory environment data. Further, the method comprises determining a correlation score for each of the plurality of features by correlating the categorized entity data and the categorized sensory environment data. Further, the method comprises recommending at least one of the plurality of features, based on the correlation score, to obfuscate the entity context in the sensory environment.

Abstract: A partially condensed hydrocarbon feed stream is sent to a column. An overhead vapour hydrocarbon stream from the column is then partially condensed by indirect heat exchanging against an expanded cooling fluid flowing through a first section of a cold side heat exchanging channel. The cooling fluid consists of a mixed refrigerant composition, and liquid from the expanded cooling fluid is continuously transformed to vapour thereby forming a residual liquid portion of not evaporated expanded cooling fluid. The residual liquid is used to progressively condense the hydrocarbon feed stream to produce the partially condensed hydrocarbon feed stream that is sent to the column, by allowing the hydrocarbon feed stream to lose heat to the residual liquid passing through a second section of the cold side heat exchanging channel. The liquid component that is condensed out of the overhead vapour hydrocarbon stream is used as reflux for the column.