Abstract: A particle including a core particle; and a vapor deposited colorant including an organic colored material that encapsulates the core particle. The particle can be a special effect pigment or a thin film interference pigment. Methods of making the particle are also disclosed.

Abstract: An assembly including a first magnet; a substrate positioned above the first magnet, and having a surface for receiving a composition including a plurality of magnetizable platelets; and a second magnet, positioned above the substrate is disclosed. The assembly can be used in a method of making an optical security element. The optical security element and the method of making the optical security element are also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, machine-readable media, and methods related to vehicle diagnosis and repair are described. Receiving vehicle status information from a control panel and/or on board diagnostic (OBD) unit of a vehicle at a vehicle diagnosis and repair too can provide valuable information to an owner and/or user of a vehicle. Computing devices (e.g., mobile devices and/or modules having a computing device) can be configured to run an application (e.g., a vehicle diagnosis and repair tool) to determine whether a vehicle needs to be repaired or serviced according to examples of the present disclosure. The vehicle diagnosis and repair tool can receive vehicle status information, determine the repairs and/or service that the vehicle needs, and initiate the vehicle repairs and/or service.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a risk of a subject getting a specific disease includes steps of: storing a reference database that contains original parameter sets; selecting target alleles from an SNP profile derived from genome sequencing data of a subject; selecting target parameter sets from among the original parameter sets; calculating, for each of the target parameter sets, a race factor based on a global risk allele frequency and a group-specific risk allele frequency included in the target parameter set; calculating a genetic factor based on statistics, global reference allele frequencies, the race factors for the target parameter sets, and numbers of chromosomes in homologous chromosome pairs included in the target parameter sets; calculating a citation factor based on numbers of citation times included in the target parameter sets; and calculating a risk score based on the genetic factor and the citation factor.

Abstract: A security article may include a substrate. The security article may include a layer of security ink. The layer of security ink may include a set of color-shifting interference particles. The security article may include a layer of magnetic color-shifting ink. The layer of magnetic color-shifting ink may include a set of magnetically aligned magnetic particles. A color-shifting property of the layer of security ink and a color-shifting property of the layer of magnetic color-shifting ink may have a threshold level of similarity to create a color matching effect.

Abstract: A particle including a core particle; and a vapor deposited colorant including an organic colored material that encapsulates the core particle. The particle can be a special effect pigment or a thin film interference pigment. Methods of making the particle are also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, machine-readable media, and methods related to vehicle diagnosis and repair are described. Receiving vehicle status information from a control panel and/or on board diagnostic (OBD) unit of a vehicle at a vehicle diagnosis and repair too can provide valuable information to an owner and/or user of a vehicle. Computing devices (e.g., mobile devices and/or modules having a computing device) can be configured to run an application (e.g., a vehicle diagnosis and repair tool) to determine whether a vehicle needs to be repaired or serviced according to examples of the present disclosure. The vehicle diagnosis and repair tool can receive vehicle status information, determine the repairs and/or service that the vehicle needs, and initiate the vehicle repairs and/or service.

Abstract: A security article may include a substrate. The security article may include a layer of security ink. The layer of security ink may include a set of color-shifting interference particles. The security article may include a layer of magnetic color-shifting ink. The layer of magnetic color-shifting ink may include a set of magnetically aligned magnetic particles. A color-shifting property of the layer of security ink and a color-shifting property of the layer of magnetic color-shifting ink may have a threshold level of similarity to create a color matching effect.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for implementation of hypergraph-based collaborative filtering recommendations. The electronic device receives a collaborative filtering graph corresponding to a set of users and a set of items. The electronic device determines a first set of user embeddings and a first set of item embeddings. The electronic device applies a semantic clustering model to determine a second set of user embeddings and a second set of item embeddings. The electronic device constructs a hypergraph to determine a third set of user embeddings and a third set of item embeddings. The electronic device determines a first contrastive loss and a second contrastive loss to determine a collaborative filtering score. The electronic device determines a recommendation of an item for a user based on the determined collaborative filtering score. The electronic device renders the determined recommended item on a display device.

Abstract: Apparatuses, machine-readable media, and methods related to vehicle occupant emergency monitoring are described. Information regarding a medical condition of person can be used when the person is driving a vehicle according to embodiments of the present invention. Computing devices (e.g., mobile devices and/or modules having a computing device) can be configured to run an application (e.g., a vehicle occupant emergency monitoring tool) to determine whether a occupant of the vehicle is unable to continue driving the vehicle. The vehicle occupant emergency monitoring tool can receive information regarding a medical condition of the occupant, determine that the occupant is experiencing a medical emergency and that occupant can no longer safely drive the vehicle, and initiate a response to the medical emergency by providing instructions to drive the vehicle to a medical facility and/or disable the vehicle while signaling emergency services (e.g., police and/or ambulance services) for help.

Abstract: A thin film structure including a reflector layer; and a hybrid layer including an organic colored material and at least one of an organic filler and an inorganic filler; wherein a concentration of the at least one of an organic filler or an inorganic filler is in a range of from about 3 wt. % to about 30 wt. %. A method of making a thin film structure is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic multilayer pigment flake and a magnetic coating composition that are relatively safe for human health and the environment. The pigment flake includes one or more magnetic layers of a magnetic alloy and one or more dielectric layers of a dielectric material. The magnetic alloy is an iron-chromium alloy or an iron-chromium-aluminum alloy, having a substantially nickel-free composition. The coating composition includes a plurality of the pigment flakes disposed in a binder medium.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for implementation for machine learning model update based on dataset or feature unlearning are disclosed. The electronic device receives a data subset of a first dataset associated with a user. A first machine learning model is trained based on the first dataset. The electronic device trains a second machine learning model based on the received data subset. The electronic device applies a transformation function on the trained first machine learning model based on the trained second machine learning model. The electronic device updates the trained first machine learning model, based on the application of the transformation function. The update of the trained first machine learning model corresponds to an unlearning of at least one of the received data subset or a set of features associated with the second machine learning model.

Abstract: An electronic device for generation of recommendations using trust-based embeddings is provided. The electronic device determines first correlation information of a first set of users associated with a first domain. The electronic device generates, based on the first correlation information, a first vector indicating a trust embedding of a first user with respect to the first set of users, in the first domain. The electronic device receives second correlation information associated with a second set of users associated with a second domain. The electronic device utilizes a Graph Attention Network model for the second correlation information to generate a second vector indicative of a trust embedding of the first user, with respect to the second set of users, in the second domain. The electronic device applies a recommendation model on the first vector and the second vector to recommend one or more items to the first user.

Abstract: Techniques and structures to facilitate automatic adjustment of a database connection pool, including calculating a first value indicating a number of connections of to be provided by a first of a plurality of application servers, determining whether the first value is equal to a second value previously calculated to indicate the number of connections to be provided by the first application server and adjusting the database connection pool by providing the number of connections to access the database as indicated by the first value upon a determination that the first value is not equal to the second value.

Abstract: A printing machine including a printing plate on a surface of a rotating cylinder, in which the printing plate has a fixed pattern for receiving a toner; a vessel containing the toner, which includes a pigment and a thermoplastic binder, in which the fixed pattern is a permanent pattern in a form of selected portions of an image is disclosed. A plate for use in the printing machine is also disclosed. A printing system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of printing a toner, including: rotating a cylinder having a printing plate with a fixed pattern; transferring a toner from a vessel onto the fixed pattern of the printing plate, in which the toner includes a pigment with a metallic reflective layer; and transferring the toner onto a substrate; in which the fixed pattern defines select portions of an image; and in which the toner correlates to the selected portions of the image is disclosed.

Abstract: A recorded and fixed color image, including: a plurality of pixels; in which a pixel, of the plurality of pixels, contains two or more additive process color areas; in which each additive process color area, of the two or more additive process color areas, has a centroid located within an area of the pixel; in which locations of the centroids, within the area of the pixel, are present in two or more configurations in the plurality of pixels is disclosed. A method of forming a color image is also disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques and structures to prevent exhaustion of a database connection pool, including receiving a plurality of events from a plurality of application servers operating as a database connection pool, categorizing each of the plurality of events, including generating a categorization message for each of the plurality events, wherein each categorization message includes one or more fields having contextual information to identify an event type to which an event is associated, analyzing the categorization messages to generate an event record; and generating a report based on the event record including one or more performance measurements to indicate an effectiveness of management of the database connection pool.

Abstract: Apparatuses, machine-readable media, and methods related to vehicle occupant emergency monitoring are described. Information regarding a medical condition of person can be used when the person is driving a vehicle according to embodiments of the present invention. Computing devices (e.g., mobile devices and/or modules having a computing device) can be configured to run an application (e.g., a vehicle occupant emergency monitoring tool) to determine whether a occupant of the vehicle is unable to continue driving the vehicle. The vehicle occupant emergency monitoring tool can receive information regarding a medical condition of the occupant, determine that the occupant is experiencing a medical emergency and that occupant can no longer safely drive the vehicle, and initiate a response to the medical emergency by providing instructions to drive the vehicle to a medical facility and/or disable the vehicle while signaling emergency services (e.g., police and/or ambulance services) for help.