Abstract: The present invention is in relation to the fields of nanotechnology and cancer therapeutics. In particular, the present disclosure relates to improved methods for preparing lipid-conjugated platinum compounds with high purity and good yields. The present disclosure also relates to nanoparticles comprising lipid-conjugated platinum compounds with high drug loading efficiency for use in chemotherapy, and to methods for producing said nanoparticles.

Abstract: An epicyclic gearbox is configured to transfer rotational motion between a first rotating component and a second rotating component of the gas turbine engine. The gearbox includes a centrally located sun gear, two or more planet gears circumscribing the sun gear, and a ring gear circumscribing the plurality of planet gears. The gearbox is configured such that the sun gear is drivingly coupled to the first rotating component, such that rotation of the sun gear causes rotation of each planet gear, and such that the ring gear rotates relative to the plurality of planet gears. The gearbox includes one or more shape memory alloy dampers provided in association with the sun gear, the ring gear, and/or the plurality of planet gears. The shape memory alloy damper(s) is configured in order to reduce vibrations transferred through the epicyclic gearbox to the frame, the first rotating component, and/or the second rotating component.

Abstract: Techniques for inducing non-uniform cooling are described. According to an embodiment, a system is provided. The system can comprise at least one processor device that executes components stored in a memory, wherein the components comprise: a flow control device that distributes coolant to a location of the at least one processor device; and a sensor controller component that detects a location of a thermal anomaly of the at least one processor device. The components can also comprise a cooling controller component that adjusts the flow control device to direct the coolant to the location of the thermal anomaly.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to system and method for enabling a robot to perceive and detect socially interacting groups. Various known systems have limited accuracy due to prevalent rule-driven methods. In case of few data-driven learning methods, they lack datasets with varied conditions of light, occlusion, and backgrounds. The disclosed method and system detect the formation of a social group of people, or, f-formation in real-time in a given scene. The system also detects outliers in the process, i.e., people who are visible but not part of the interacting group. This plays a key role in correct f-formation detection in a real-life crowded environment. Additionally, when a collocated robot plans to join the group it has to detect a pose for itself along with detecting the formation. Thus, the system provides the approach angle for the robot, which can help it to determine the final pose in a socially acceptable manner.

Abstract: Techniques facilitating voltage droop reduction and/or mitigation in a processor core are provided. In one example, a system can comprise a memory that stores, and a processor that executes, computer executable components. The computer executable components can comprise an observation component that detects one or more events at a first stage of a processor pipeline. An event of the one or more events can be a defined event determined to increase a level of power consumed during a second stage of the processor pipeline. The computer executable components can also comprise an instruction component that applies a voltage droop mitigation countermeasure prior to the increase of the level of power consumed during the second stage of the processor pipeline and a feedback component that provides a notification to the instruction component that indicates a success or a failure of a result of the voltage droop mitigation countermeasure.

Abstract: A device includes a network having a first material (e.g. electron donor, hole transporting material, p-type semiconductor) for transporting positive electrical charges and a second material (e.g. electron acceptor, electronic transporting material, n-type semiconductor) for transporting negative electrical charges. The first and second materials are dispersed within the network to form a plurality of electrical junctions. A plurality of nanoparticles are dispersed within the network, wherein the nanoparticles have at least one dimension larger than twice an exciton Bohr radius for the nanoparticles and at least one dimension less than 100 nm. In use, the nanoparticles convert incoming radiation into free positive and negative electrical charges for transportation by the first and second materials respectively.

Abstract: Operations include diagnosing performance hotspots with minimal performance impact. A system selectively extracts a subset of in-memory application data, for failure analysis, based on application metadata associated with an application. The selective data extraction may be used to generate succinct reports that are customized to explore the specific vulnerabilities of each particular application. Application metadata identifies application data attributes for value extraction. The application metadata may identify, for example, a client attribute which indicates the client which requested the execution of a failed operation (or execution of an operation with a failed sub-function). The application metadata may identify a particular function, associated with an operation, that is to be analyzed in case of operation failure. The application metadata may identify a thread-local variable of a thread, executing an operation, that is to be analyzed in case of operation failure.

Abstract: A slow reacting epoxy resin system is disclosed. The slow reacting epoxy resin system comprises a high purity epoxy resin component selected from the group comprising of a high purity Bisphenol A(BPA), a high purity Bisphenol F (BPF), and a combination thereof, and an amine curing agent. The initial viscosity after mixing the high purity epoxy resin component and the amine curing agent is less than 350 mPa·s at 25° C.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to methods and systems for enabling human-robot interaction (HRI) to resolve task ambiguity. Conventional techniques that initiates continuous dialogue with the human to ask a suitable question based on the observed scene until resolving the ambiguity are limited. The present disclosure use the concept of Talk-to-Resolve (TTR) which initiates a continuous dialogue with the user based on visual uncertainty analysis and by asking a suitable question that convey the veracity of the problem to the user and seek guidance until all the ambiguities are resolved. The suitable question is formulated based on the scene understanding and the argument spans present in the natural language instruction. The present disclosure asks questions in a natural way that not only ensures that the user can understand the type of confusion, the robot is facing; but also ensures minimal and relevant questioning to resolve the ambiguities.

Abstract: This invention relates to water-soluble/dispersible film system with embedded/entrapped water dispersible materials. Said invention discloses water dispersible film system with crop and vegetables seed strip with embedded/entrapped therein such as to provide precise and desired release of actives ingredients there from and its method of manufacturing for diverse applications, in which a variety of substances such as Fertilizers, Micronutrients, Organic fertilizer, Plant growth hormones, Bio-pesticides, Bioinsecticides, Bio fungicide, Organic Soil Conditioners, Plant growth promoter, Neem pesticides, Humicacid, Weed control (herbicide, preemergence herbicide) including treatments for the removal of dormancy. The invention further discloses novel online and offline process for the manufacture of such multi layered water dispersible film with or without liners and of desired shapes to selectively entrap interacting/non-interacting materials and their combinations.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to human-robot interaction (HRI) to enable a robot to execute tasks that are conveyed in a natural language. The state-of-the-art is unable to capture human intent, implicit assumptions and ambiguities present in the natural language to enable effective robotic task identification. The present disclosure provides accurate task identification using classifiers trained to understand linguistic and semantic variations. A mixed-initiative dialogue is employed to resolve ambiguities and address the dynamic nature of a typical conversation. In accordance with the present disclosure, the dialogues are minimal and directed to the goal to ensure human experience is not degraded. The method of the present disclosure is also implemented in a context sensitive manner to make the task identification effective.

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to communication over relatively low power protocols by adding reliability functionality are presented. Sent messages having reliability functionality include an acknowledgment request flag that indicates that the message includes a request to acknowledge the request once received and an application payload that includes data for the message. The acknowledgment request flag causes responding devices to send an acknowledgment message to the sending device indicating that the sent message has been received.

Abstract: A first graphical depiction transitions into a second graphical depiction. Initially, a hierarchy of entities is presented as graphical elements that are distributed across concentric circular areas such that at least two of the graphical elements that correspond to sibling entities at a higher level of the hierarchy are presented in an inner circular area and such that at least one additional graphical element that corresponds to a lower level of the hierarchy is presented in an outer circular area. Responsive to an indication, the graphical elements of the inner circular area are rotated such that a selected one of the sibling entities at a higher level of the hierarchy is repositioned within the inner circular area and such that any unselected sibling entities of the higher level remain visible and selectable after being rotated.

Abstract: An electric driveline for an electric vehicle, comprising: a battery unit, a motor unit and a motor control unit which are fixed to a vehicle chassis. A drive axle unit supporting the vehicle chassis. The motor unit placed in a cradle member, and directly coupled to the drive axle unit by means of a coupling member. The electric driveline allowing for a transmission to be eliminated from vehicles, thereby simplifying the production process of the vehicles and reducing manufacturing costs of the vehicles.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the conversion of documents to reusable content types are disclosed herein. Embodiments may extract the content and metadata of the original document and identify a set of reusable resources from the content and metadata. These reusable resources can each be one of a set of content types common across a plurality of document authoring platforms. Each of the content types may be represented using a content type object associated with that content type. The reusable resources identified by the parsing of the content and metadata of the original document may thus be represented with corresponding reusable objects in a content type format common to a plurality of document authoring tools.

Abstract: An epoxy resin component(s) for a recyclable epoxy resin system is disclosed. The recyclable epoxy resin system comprises an epoxy resin component having a structural Formula I or an epoxy resin component having a structural Formula II and a curing agent. A process(es) for preparing the epoxy resin component having the structural Formula I and the epoxy resin system having the structural Formula II is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for classifying semi-structured documents. According to one embodiment, the method includes accessing a number of documents, and identifying in each of the documents pairs of character segments. The method also includes generating a map of unique identified segment pairs across all documents in the several documents. The method further includes generating for each of the several documents a respective feature vector based on one or more unique pair of segments in the map that are also identified in the document, and clustering the plurality of documents into a plurality of clusters, using the feature vectors.

Abstract: The present invention discloses in situ generated catalyst bound alpha radical compound represented by formula (I) or (II) and a single pot process for the preparation of oxo compounds by using in situ generated catalyst bound alpha radical compound of formula (I) or (II).

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve electronic power assisted steering in a vehicle. An example apparatus includes memory and a processor to execute instructions to determine a steering column torque associated with a steering column of an electronic power assisted steering (EPAS) system in a vehicle, determine a steering column torque derivative based on a derivative of the steering column torque, determine a compliance compensation torque based on the steering column torque and the steering column torque derivative, and adjust a steering response of the steering column based on the compliance compensation torque.

Abstract: Methods and systems for authenticating users based on contextual data in a privacy preserving way are disclosed.