Abstract: The present disclosure relates to microencapsulated friction modifiers additives used in lubricants or other solutions, to their preparation, and to the use thereof to improve fuel economy of the engines and machines by enhancing friction reduction and prolonging the friction reduction time period.

Abstract: An icephobic substrate includes a base substrate and an icephobic coating on a first surface of the base substrate, the icephobic coating comprising nanoparticles on the first surface of the substrate, carbon nanotubes bound to the nanoparticles, and fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) compounds impregnated into and/or onto the carbon nanotubes, wherein the icephobic substrate has a plurality of flowpaths for the movement of solids and/or liquids relative to the icephobic coating.

Abstract: An icephobic substrate includes a base substrate and an icephobic coating on a first surface of the base substrate, the icephobic coating comprising nanoparticles on the first surface of the substrate, carbon nanotubes bound to the nanoparticles, and fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) compounds impregnated into and/or onto the carbon nanotubes, wherein the icephobic substrate has a plurality of flowpaths for the movement of solids and/or liquids relative to the icephobic coating.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to microencapsulated friction modifiers additives used in lubricants or other solutions, to their preparation, and to the use thereof to improve fuel economy of the engines and machines by enhancing friction reduction and prolonging the friction reduction time period.

Abstract: The embodiments herein disclose a method and apparatus for mixing sludge retained in a digester. A jet nozzle assembly for mixing contents of a vessel is used. The jet nozzle assembly having a central outlet pipe terminating at a jet nozzle, a low pressure nozzle assembly disposed concentrically about the central outlet pipe, the low pressure low pressure nozzle having a plurality of openings disposed circumferentially about the low pressure nozzle assembly. The plurality of openings are an axial distance from the outlet jet nozzle.

Abstract: The metallurgical composition of a machine surface may be determined. Based on the composition of the surface layer and its substrate materials, a mixture of pure metal nanoparticles, each coated with a monomolecular organic layer adsorbed on its surface can be mixed with catalysts, reaction initiators, and/or other necessary ingredients for the repair action of the machine surface, depending on the specific machine, operational type, and/or the nature of the damage. The nanoparticles are applied to the machine surface, the organic monolayer wears away from the nanoparticles under shear stresses and the nanoparticles adhere to the machine surface to form a repair layer on the machine surface, thereby providing a repaired surface.

Abstract: Compositions and methods of rapidly killing, inactivating, or otherwise reducing the spores such as bacterial spores are disclosed. The methods typically include reducing or preventing spore reactivation comprising contacting spores with an effective amount of one or more green tea polyphenols (GTP), one or more modified green tea polyphenols (LTP), or a combination thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the LTP is (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) esterified at the 4? position with stearic acid, EGCG esterified at the 4? position with palmitic acid, or a combination thereof. The compositions and methods can be used in a variety of applications, for example, to increase the shelf-life of a food or a foodstuff, to reduce or delay the spoilage of a food or a foodstuff, or to decontaminate a device contaminated with spores.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for defining an action node series at a database system are described. In some examples, the workflow may include one or more nodes are associated with an action. When executed, the workflow may produce an outcome based on the occurrence of an event or parameter associated with the one or more nodes. In some examples, the workflow may include one or more branch nodes. A branch node may include logic such that, when the workflow is executed, the logic selects a particular workflow path that includes its own specific nodes. The path may be selected based on the occurrence of an event or a value of one or more parameters. Thus, when a workflow including one or more branch nodes is executed, the outcome of the workflow may be based on the occurrence of the event or the value of the parameter.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for defining an action node series at a database system are described. In some examples, the workflow may include one or more nodes are associated with an action. When executed, the workflow may produce an outcome based on the occurrence of an event or parameter associated with the one or more nodes. In some examples, the workflow may include one or more branch nodes. A branch node may include logic such that, when the workflow is executed, the logic selects a particular workflow path that includes its own specific nodes. The path may be selected based on the occurrence of an event or a value of one or more parameters. Thus, when a workflow including one or more branch nodes is executed, the outcome of the workflow may be based on the occurrence of the event or the value of the parameter.

Abstract: The embodiments herein disclose a method and apparatus for mixing sludge retained in a digester. A jet nozzle assembly for mixing contents of a vessel is used. The jet nozzle assembly having a central outlet pipe terminating at a jet nozzle, a low pressure nozzle assembly disposed concentrically about the central outlet pipe, the low pressure low pressure nozzle having a plurality of openings disposed circumferentially about the low pressure nozzle assembly. The plurality of openings are an axial distance from the outlet jet nozzle.

Abstract: In a crowd sourcing approach, responses to customer service inquiries are provided by routing a subset of the inquiries to an independent group of experts. The customer service inquiries are optionally routed to specific experts based on matches between identified subject matter of the inquiries and expertise of the experts. Embodiments include methods of classifying customer service inquiries, training a machine learning system, and/or processing customer service inquiries. Multiple experts may provide responses to a particular customer service inquiry, optionally within a single chat window.

Abstract: In a crowd sourcing approach, responses to customer service inquiries are provided by routing the inquiries to an independent group of experts. Machine learning based systems are used in combination with contact center staff and/or the independent experts to resolve the customer service inquiries. The AI based systems can be configured to determine which of the customer service inquiries should be routed to the independent experts, and/or to generate content for inclusion in responses to the customer service inquiries. The machines systems are optionally trained based on scored responses to prior customer service inquiries. These scored responses can include content provided by a machine learning system and/or a human expert.

Abstract: In a crowd sourcing approach, responses to customer service inquiries are provided by routing a subset of the inquiries to an independent group of experts. The customer service inquiries are optionally routed to specific experts based on matches between identified subject matter of the inquiries and expertise of the experts. Embodiments include methods of classifying customer service inquiries, training a machine learning system, and/or processing customer service requests.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating users to create multi-faceted social media objects (e.g., text, images, videos, etc.) with one public facing front side and multiple secondary facets that have optional privacy controls are provided. Users can scroll down a feed and perform gestures on each social media object to transition them to flipsides to view optionally private content in an intuitive manner. Graphical animations for transitioning from the front side of the social media object to the secondary facets can be simultaneously viewed within the feed interface. This enables a user to create a publicly visible social media object and essentially hide a message on the flipside(s) for selected other users to access. The hidden message may be contextual to the public side.

Abstract: In a crowd sourcing approach, responses to customer service inquiries are provided by routing a subset of the inquiries to an independent group of experts. The customer service inquiries are optionally routed to specific experts based on matches between identified subject matter of the inquiries and expertise of the experts. Embodiments include methods of classifying customer service inquiries, training a machine learning system, and/or processing customer service requests.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating users to create multi-faceted social media objects (e.g., text, images, videos, etc.) with one public facing front side and multiple secondary facets that have optional privacy controls are provided. Users can scroll down a feed and perform gestures on each social media object to transition them to flipsides to view optionally private content in an intuitive manner. Graphical animations for transitioning from the front side of the social media object to the secondary facets can be simultaneously viewed within the feed interface. This enables a user to create a publicly visible social media object and essentially hide a message on the flipside(s) for selected other users to access. The hidden message may be contextual to the public side.

Abstract: The system to proctor an examination includes a first camera worn by the examination taking subject and directed to capture images in subject's field of vision. A second camera is positioned to record an image of the subject's face during the examination. A microphone captures sounds within the room, which are analyzed to detect speech utterances. The computer system is programmed to store captured images from said first camera. The computer is also programmed to issue prompting events instructing the subject to look in a direction specified by the computer at event intervals not disclosed to subject in advance and to index for analysis the captured images in association with indicia corresponding to the prompting events.

Abstract: Thermal therapy ablation detection uses medical diagnostic ultrasound. Since acoustically measured information becomes unreliable for temperature estimation at a temperature close the time at which treatment is complete, the information is instead or additionally used to detect a tissue condition indicating sufficient treatment, such as detecting cell death. Using multiple different types of parameters as input and/or a machine-learnt classifier, the completion of treatment from a tissue alteration perspective is detected using the transition that makes temperature estimation less reliable.

Abstract: A method, system, electronic device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for behavior based user interface layout display are provided. The method includes: displaying service information on an user interface in the form of a first layout arrangement with a first set of components, receiving a service information request from the user interface, establishing an user profile based on the service information request, reconfiguring the service information based on the user profile, and displaying the reconfigured service information on the user interface in the form of a second layout arrangement with a second set of components. A size of each of the first set and the second set of the components is variable.

Abstract: Methods of treating liver disease in a subject, including administering to the subject an effective amount of one or more modified green tea polyphenols to reduce, decrease, limit or prevent one or more symptoms of liver disease relative to an untreated control subject are provided. In a preferred embodiment the one or more modified green tea polyphenols are administered at a dose of 400 mg/kg body weight five times weekly. In some embodiments the disclosed methods further include administering to the subject one or more additional pharmaceutically active agents. In one embodiment the one or more additional pharmaceutically active agents is a chemotherapeutic agent.