DETECTING ANOMALOUS USER RESPONSES TO HAPPY-PATH FLOW

Presented herein are techniques through which video and other potential inputs can be used by a software product or system in order to detect sudden increases in user frustration or confusion during certain system transitions, such as a call being hung up manually, in order to automatically detect when such things occur in a way that is unexpected by the user. For such increases, additional information and/or interactions can be provided to the user in accordance with techniques herein to help the user better understand and/or remediate the issue, such as providing a dialog box that explains that the other participant hung up the call manually, and providing a button to immediately call them back

AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF ON-SCREEN ADDRESSES IN VIDEO ENDPOINTS USED AS COMPUTER MONITORS

When someone is making a video or audio call, manually typing in the address or the telephone number is both slow and error-prone. This is particularly true when the person is using a dedicated video endpoint with a contextual touchscreen keyboard. The situation is further exacerbated when video endpoints are employed as monitors in which the user interface (UI) of an endpoint when making calls frequently obscures or completely occludes the desktop screen. To address these challenges, techniques are presented herein that support, for situations in which a video endpoint is being used as a monitor, the video endpoint capturing text (when a call is placed) from the monitor feed to which it has access, automatically identifying any addresses or contact numbers, and providing such information as destinations that may be called either directly or once a user starts typing (e.g., through predictions). Aspects of the presented techniques may perform optical character recognition (OCR) during the analysis of text, may employ algorithms to calculate a confidence value for an identified address, and may employ one or methods to suggest identified addresses to a user

The Tragedy of Caspian: C. S. Lewis and His Trauma

This thesis reconsiders C.S.Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia as a type of scriptotherapy that enabled Lewis to process and come to terms with a life full of serious and significant traumatic events. Trauma theory offers a vehicle for us to consider the alignments and connections between Lewis himself and his fictional creation, Caspian. In the specifics of both characterization and incident, Lewis mirrors the events and relationships that instilled and healed the trauma in his own life. In situating Caspian as his alter-ego, Lewis allowed his writing to function as a gender-specific therapeutic process for addressing the effects of his traumatic past

Coordination polymers and isomerism; a study using silver(I) and a ∏-stacked ligand

The ligand 2,5-bis(2-pyridylmethylsulfanylmethyl)pyrazine (L) was prepared by the base coupling of 2-(sulfanylmethyl)pyridine and 2,5-bis(chloromethyl)pyrazine. This new ligand was treated with AgClO₄ in a 1 1 metal-to-ligand ratio and with AgNO₃in a 2 1 metal-to-ligand ratio to give coordination polymers. The crystal structures of {[Ag(L)]ClO₄}∞ ( 1) and {[Ag₂(L)](NO₃)₂}∞ ( 2) were determined. The Ag(I) ions in the one-dimensional polymeric chains of 1 adopted square-pyramidal geometries with the pyridine and pyrazine N donors coordinated in an extremely bent fashion. The structure of 2 revealed two isomeric polymer chains in the one crystal forming a single supramolecular array. The isomeric polymers differed in the donor atoms about the Ag(I) ions and in the arrangement of adjacent ligands along the chain. A feature of both structures was that L adopted a three-layer ∏-stacked arrangement

Use of Smartphones to Capture Measures of Functional Status in Frail and Non-Frail Community Dwelling Older Adults

Numerous important health outcomes directly relate to one\u27s ability to maintain normal gait speed. The purpose of this study is to employ ubiquitous smartphone technology, using algorithms developed and validated by our lab in a controlled setting, to continuously and noninvasively measure aspects of subject health status, including step counts, gait speed, and activity level, in a naturalistic community setting. A total of 33 ambulatory, independently dwelling older adults were recruited from Nebraska Medicine, including 22 healthy control and 11 frail individuals. Clinical performance measurements of frailty (4MW, TUG, F8W) and validated survey responses (LLFDI, SAFFE, PROMIS) were compared to our smartphone based metrics collected in the community over 24-hours. We identified significant differences between control and frail subjects in percent activity (

IDENTIFYING AI PARTICIPANTS IN CALLS AND ESCALATING AI-ONLY CALLS INTO AN OPTIMIZED MACHINE COMMUNICATION MODE

The embodiments presented herein enable two human-emulating artificial intelligence (AI) speech agents to identify each other in situations where the two are engaged in a conversation. Once two speech agents recognize each other as artificially intelligent, they may transition to a more efficient method of communication in order to complete tasks more quickly, accurately, and inexpensively

Microstructural evolution in Grade 91(9CR-1MoVNb) power plant steels

The aim of this research project was to gam a complete, quantified, understanding of microstructural changes in high Cr ferritic-martensitic power plant steels, as a function of preservice heat treatment, stress, time and temperature. The creep strength, which is the main design criteria for this class of alloys, depends on the stability of the microstructure, which consists of tempered martensite and a fine dispersion of carbide precipitates. An understanding of the changes of these two features forms an essential process towards the creation of a physically or microstructural-based model, which may improve the current approaches towards the prediction of remanent operational lifetime of these materials in service in conventional fossil-fired power plant... cont'd

Commentary: Environmental Influences on Elite Sport Athletes Well Being: From Gold, Silver, and Bronze to Blue, Green and Gold

A commentary on Environmental Influences on Elite Sport Athletes Well Being: From Gold, Silver, and Bronze to Blue, Green and Gold by Donnelly, A. A., MacIntyre, T. E., O'Sullivan, N., Warrington, G., Harrison, A. J., Igou, E. R., et al. (2016). Front. Psychol. 7:1167. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.0116