Abstract: A method includes receiving two-dimensional images. The two-dimensional images are slices from three-dimensional electronic scans. The two-dimensional images are for a region of interest within a person's mouth. The method includes generating a benchmark database. The benchmark database includes views of different mouth areas, previous information from dentists relating to annotations on the views of the different mouth areas, bilateral mandible electronic images; and unilateral mandible electronic images. The method includes determining a mandibular canal area with the person's mouth.

Abstract: Remote sensing and social sensing for flood mapping is provided by identifying where floodwater is present in an image of a location affected by a flooding event; identifying a social media post posted on a social media platform from the location and associated with the flooding event; and overlaying the image with the social media post. In some embodiments, the remote and social sensing includes one or more of: generating a permanent water mask identifying where permanent water is located at the location, and applying the permanent water mask to the image to differentiate the floodwater from permanent water for the location; identifying where the social media post was posted from; and overlaying the image with the social media post includes positioning a photograph included in the social media post for display with the image where a subject of the photograph is located at the location.

Abstract: A solvent extraction (SX) cell for rare earth recovery comprising a mixer and a settler. The mixer includes a height and/or position adjustable mixer impeller and/or a fluid retaining inlet collar around a lower portion of the mixer impeller and/or one or more sample ports across a height of the mixer. The mixer impeller controlled at least in part in response to analysis of a sample from the one or more sample ports. The settler includes an automated interface regulator and/or one or more interface detection sensor adapted to identify at least an interface between an aqueous layer surface and emulsion layer in the settler. The height of the automated interface regulator controls at least in part in response to the one or more interface detection sensor. A plurality of mixers and a plurality of settlers operatively connected in a modular layout to provide a battery of solvent extraction (SX) cells. A water seal is provided between a lid and walls of the mixers, the settlers, and/or the battery.

Abstract: A method of forming ruthenium nanoparticles over cobalt oxide encapsulated nitrogen rich carbon nanotubes (Ru@CoOx/N-CNTs) from ZIF-12. The method includes mixing 510 a first solution of cobalt nitrate hexahydrate, a benzimidazole solution, and N, N-dimethyl formamide. The first solution is transferred 520 to a Teflon lined autoclave and heated at 150° C. The first solution is allowed to cool 530. The first solution is filtered 540 and dried 550 in an oven to produce a first composition. The method includes calcinating 560 the first composition at 850° C. to obtain the cobalt oxide encapsulated nitrogen rich carbon nanotubes (CoOx/N-CNTs). The method includes coating 570 the CoOx/N-CNTs with ruthenium to obtain Ru@CoOx/N-CNTs and dispersing 580 the Ru@CoOx/N-CNTs in a Nafion+ isopropanol mixture. The electrochemical activity of Ru@CoOx/N-CNTs towards oxygen reduction reaction is measured.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for synthesizing pentlandite-type bimetallic (Fe·Co)9S8 compounds. The method includes grinding and mixing sulfur powder with metal salts of Fe and Co to form a homogeneous mixture, and conducting solid-state pyrolysis of the mixture at a temperature of 900° C. in an Argon atmosphere. The synthesized (Fe·Co)9S8 compound can be used as electrode material in electrochemical processes. In some embodiments, the method further includes dispersing the synthesized (Fe·Co)9S8 in a Nafion and isopropanol mixture to form a suspension, and coating the suspension on a glassy carbon electrode to form an electrode comprising (Fe·Co)9S8 pentlandite. The method provides a streamlined approach to synthesizing (Fe·Co)9S8 pentlandite, a material with potential applications in renewable energy technologies including electrocatalyst for OER in water splitting for hydrogen production.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for synthesizing cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles. The method involves dissolving potassium hydroxide in a mixture of ethylene glycol and N, N-dimethylformamide. Cobalt II acetylacetonate and nickel II acetylacetonate are added to the solution. The cobalt II acetylacetonate and nickel II acetylacetonate are stirred into the solution until the cobalt II acetylacetonate and nickel II acetylacetonate have dissolved. The solution is transferred to an autoclave, which in some embodiments is lined with PTFE. The autoclave is heated until the nanoparticles have been synthesized. In some embodiments, the autoclave is heated at 180° C. for 8 hours. The synthesized nanoparticles are collected by centrifuging the product having the synthesized nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are characterized and evaluated for oxygen reduction reaction.

Abstract: A fingerprint recognition system for recognizing fingerprints includes a processor operatively configured for executing digital instructions, and digital storage media operatively connected to the processor and configured for storing instructions configured for directing the processor to carry out the steps of enhancing at least one or more fingerprint images, extracting minutia features from the enhanced fingerprint images, and encoding the fingerprint extracted minutia features as a digital fingerprint.

Abstract: It is described a process for the production of metal halide-based nanoparticles endowed with optoelectronic activity and characterized by an improved stability against polar solvents and laser irradiation compared to metal halide nanoparticles of the prior art.

Abstract: A method of processing off gas from a chemical plant, where the off gas includes carbon dioxide and water. The processing of the off gas involves separating the off gas into a gas phase and a liquid phase and using one or more ion-exchange resin bed(s) and one or more granular activated carbon bed(s) to separate unwanted organic materials from the liquid phase. Based on this separation, water can be recovered that has less than 10 wt. % of the unwanted organic compounds originally in the liquid phase of the off gas.

Abstract: Remote sensing and social sensing for flood mapping is provided by identifying where floodwater is present in an image of a location affected by a flooding event; identifying a social media post posted on a social media platform from the location and associated with the flooding event; and overlaying the image with the social media post. In some embodiments, the remote and social sensing includes one or more of: generating a permanent water mask identifying where permanent water is located at the location, and applying the permanent water mask to the image to differentiate the floodwater from permanent water for the location; identifying where the social media post was posted from; and overlaying the image with the social media post includes positioning a photograph included in the social media post for display with the image where a subject of the photograph is located at the location.

Abstract: A vehicle (2) comprising a working equipment (4) equipped with a movable loading arrangement (5) comprising a first attachment member (7), said vehicle further comprises a sensor system (6) configured to capture environmental data reflecting the environment around the vehicle and to determine, based on said data, image data (8) representing an area at least partly surrounding the vehicle (2). The sensor system (6) is configured to detect and track positions of the first attachment member (7) and a mating second attachment member (9) of the object (20) to load in said image data representation, and, the detected and tracked positions of the first and second attachment members (7, 9) are used to generate a first set of operation instructions for the loading arrangement (5) of the working equipment that decreases the distance between said first and second attachment members such that said attachment members (7, 9) come into position to engage to each other.

Abstract: A method of processing off gas from a chemical plant, where the off gas includes carbon dioxide and water. The processing of the off gas involves separating the off gas into a gas phase and a liquid phase and using one or more ion-exchange resin bed(s) and one or more granular activated carbon bed(s) to separate unwanted organic materials from the liquid phase. Based on this separation, water can be recovered that has less than 10 wt. % of the unwanted organic compounds originally in the liquid phase of the off gas.

Abstract: A vehicle (2) comprising a working equipment (4) equipped with a movable loading arrangement (5) comprising a first attachment member (7), said vehicle further comprises a sensor system (6) configured to capture environmental data reflecting the environment around the vehicle and to determine, based on said data, image data (8) representing an area at least partly surrounding the vehicle (2). The sensor system (6) is configured to detect and track positions of the first attachment member (7) and a mating second attachment member (9) of the object (20) to load in said image data representation, and, the detected and tracked positions of the first and second attachment members (7, 9) are used to generate a first set of operation instructions for the loading arrangement (5) of the working equipment that decreases the distance between said first and second attachment members such that said attachment members (7, 9) come into position to engage to each other.

Abstract: A drug delivery system comprising the synthesis of resorcinarene based novel amphiphilic supramolecular macrocycle that is capable of self-assembling in nano-scale vesicles upon its contact with aqueous medium and its use as nano-drug loading vehicle when mixed with cholesterol (2:1 ratio w/w).

Abstract: A method for making low emissivity panels, including control the composition of a barrier layer formed on a thin conductive silver layer. The barrier structure can include a ternary alloy of nickel, titanium, and niobium, which showed improvements in overall performance than those from binary barrier results. The percentage of nickel can be between 5 and 15 wt %. The percentage of titanium can be between 30 and 50 wt %. The percentage of niobium can be between 40 and 60 wt %.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., NixTiyOz). The provision of a layer including nickel titanium and/or an oxide thereof may permit a layer to be used that has good adhesion to the IR reflecting layer, and reduced absorption of visible light (resulting in a coated article with a higher visible transmission). When a layer including nickel titanium oxide is provided directly over and/or under the IR reflecting layer (e.g., as a barrier layer), this may result in improved chemical and mechanical durability. Thus, visible transmission may be improved if desired, without compromising durability; or, durability may simply be increased.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for forming low emissivity panels. In some embodiments, a partially fabricated panel may be provided that includes a substrate, a reflective layer formed over the substrate, and a barrier layer formed over the reflective layer such that the reflective layer is formed between the substrate and the barrier layer. The barrier layer may include a partially oxidized alloy of three or more metals. A first interface layer may be formed over the barrier layer. A top dielectric layer may be formed over the first interface layer. The top dielectric layer may be formed using reactive sputtering in an oxygen containing environment. The first interface layer may prevent further oxidation of the partially oxidized alloy of the three or more metals when forming the top dielectric layer. A second interface layer may be formed over the top dielectric layer.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., NixTiyOz). The provision of a layer including nickel titanium and/or an oxide thereof may permit a layer to be used that has good adhesion to the IR reflecting layer, and reduced absorption of visible light (resulting in a coated article with a higher visible transmission). When a layer including nickel titanium oxide is provided directly over and/or under the IR reflecting layer (e.g., as a barrier layer), this may result in improved chemical and mechanical durability. Thus, visible transmission may be improved if desired, without compromising durability; or, durability may simply be increased.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of this invention relates to a coated article including a low-emissivity (low-E) coating supported by a substrate (e.g., glass substrate) for use in a window, where the low-E coating is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation in order to improve the coating's and thus the coated article's electrical, optical and/or thermal blocking properties. The low-E coating includes at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver which is located on and directly contacting a contact/seed layer of or including metal oxide such as zinc oxide and/or zinc stannate. Exposing the low-E coating to UV radiation, e.g., emitted from a UV lamp(s) and/or UV laser(s), allows for selective heating of the contact/seed layer which in turn transfers the heat energy to the adjacent IR reflecting layer. This heating of the silver inclusive layer improves the silver layer's electrical, optical and/or thermal blocking properties.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of this invention relates to a coated article including a low-emissivity (low-E) coating supported by a substrate (e.g., glass substrate) for use in a window, where the low-E coating is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation in order to improve the coating's and thus the coated article's electrical, optical and/or thermal blocking properties. The low-E coating includes at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver which is located on and directly contacting a contact/seed layer of or including metal oxide such as zinc oxide and/or zinc stannate. Exposing the low-E coating to UV radiation, e.g., emitted from a UV lamp(s) and/or UV laser(s), allows for selective heating of the contact/seed layer which in turn transfers the heat energy to the adjacent IR reflecting layer. This heating of the silver inclusive layer improves the silver layer's electrical, optical and/or thermal blocking properties.