Abstract: An electrochemical charge storage device includes an ionic transistor and an ionic capacitor, the ionic transistor including a reservoir layer forming an ion reservoir; a source electrode in contact with a part of the reservoir layer; a drain electrode in contact with another part of the reservoir layer, the drain electrode and the source electrode being physically separated from each other, the source electrode and the drain electrode each being made of an electrically conductive material; and a gate electrode of an electrically conductive material, the gate electrode being separated from the reservoir layer by an ionic conductive layer of an ionic conductive and dielectric material, the ionic conductive layer being in contact with the source electrode and with the drain electrode. The ionic capacitor includes two electrodes. The ionic capacitor includes an ionic conductive layer separating the two electrodes from the ionic capacitor.

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and virtual workplace management devices are disclosed that obtain and store virtual workplace data and a avatars for users. The virtual workplace data includes images captured at physical locations associated with physical rooms of a workplace. An immersive virtual workplace environment is provided to a remote user device for display and includes a first avatar corresponding to a first user associated with the remote user device and virtual rooms corresponding to the physical rooms. The presence of a second user within a physical room corresponding to a virtual room is determined based on occupancy data following a received request to move the first avatar within the virtual room. The virtual room is modified to include a second avatar associated with the second user. An interaction is facilitated between the first and second users following selection of an interaction element displayed proximate the virtual room.

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and virtual workplace management devices are disclosed that obtain and store virtual workplace data and a avatars for users. The virtual workplace data includes images captured at physical locations associated with physical rooms of a workplace. An immersive virtual workplace environment is provided to a remote user device for display and includes a first avatar corresponding to a first user associated with the remote user device and virtual rooms corresponding to the physical rooms. The presence of a second user within a physical room corresponding to a virtual room is determined based on occupancy data following a received request to move the first avatar within the virtual room. The virtual room is modified to include a second avatar associated with the second user. An interaction is facilitated between the first and second users following selection of an interaction element displayed proximate the virtual room.

Abstract: The present invention provides a noise modeling method to improve the speech recognition quality to help the recognition system perform better in real-life environments. With this method, we not only add noise to the training audio signal to simulate different environments, but we also add noise labels to the speech transcripts. Since then, the recognition model will perform better in different environments and increase the accuracy of the recognition model.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for speech separation and recognition. The present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the existing techniques by providing automatic speech recognition and separation that helps managers see what their service agents and customers are saying. From there, quickly and objectively knowing the wishes and concerns of customers as well as whether their service agents can give accurate and correct advice. In addition, the system is constantly updated based on the semi-supervised training mechanism, which means that the system can self-learn from actual data during operation, thereby helping to improve the system's accuracy.

Abstract: An electrolyte-based field effect transistor includes a dielectric layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode located on top of the dielectric layer; the electrolyte-based transistor further including an electrolyte layer between and on top of the source electrode and the drain electrode, the part of the electrolyte layer located between the source electrode and the drain electrode being in direct contact with the dielectric layer; and a gate electrode on top of the electrolyte layer, the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode in a plane including the source and drain electrodes being located, at least in part, between the source and the drain electrodes.

Abstract: An object comprising: a blend of (i) a phenol-containing polymer and (ii) a nitrile butadiene rubber; wherein the phenol-containing polymer is present in an amount of at least 5 wt % and up to about 95 wt % by total weight of components (i) and (ii). The object may further contain an electrically conducting component dispersed within the blend or on a surface of the blend. Also described is a method of thermal-activated reversible mechanical deformation of the object by (i) deforming the object at a first temperature, which is at or above the glass transition temperature of the object, and applying a stress on the object; (ii) fixing the deformed state by cooling the object to a second temperature of no more than 0° C. while under stress, and removing the stress; and (iii) recovering the object to the original shape by raising the temperature of the object to the first temperature.

Abstract: An object comprising: a blend of (i) a phenol-containing polymer and (ii) a nitrile butadiene rubber; wherein the phenol-containing polymer is present in an amount of at least 5 wt % and up to about 95 wt % by total weight of components (i) and (ii). The object may further contain an electrically conducting component dispersed within the blend or on a surface of the blend. Also described is a method of thermal-activated reversible mechanical deformation of the object by (i) deforming the object at a first temperature, which is at or above the glass transition temperature of the object, and applying a stress on the object; (ii) fixing the deformed state by cooling the object to a second temperature of no more than 0° C. while under stress, and removing the stress; and (iii) recovering the object to the original shape by raising the temperature of the object to the first temperature.

Abstract: Novel pharmaceutical compositions, particularly sustained release pharmaceutical compositions, of (+)-(2S,3S)-2-(3-chlorophenyl)-3,5,5-trimethyl-2-morpholinol or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof are disclosed.