Abstract: This disclosure provides methods of treating cytokine storm syndrome and related diseases, including infectious diseases such as COVID-19. In particular, this disclosure provides a method of treating cytokine storm syndrome (CSS) in a subject in need thereof comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of pimozide, artemisinin and its derivatives, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof, to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: A mid-infrared semiconductor saturable absorber mirror based on InAs/GaSb superlattice comprises a GaSb substrate with an anti-reflection film coated on the lower surface of the GaSb substrate; InAs/GaSb superlattice which has a specific structure and thickness and is arranged on the GaSb substrate; and Bragg reflection film which is arranged on the InAs/GaSb superlattice, wherein Bragg reflection film is composed of multiple pairs of ZnS and YbF3 film layers with a thickness of ¼ wavelength, and the YbF3 film layer is connected with the InAs/GaSb superlattice. The device not only has a mid-infrared working range with a broadband operation bandwidth, but also has the advantages of designable parameters, outstanding robustness, high damage threshold and the like, and sets a foundation for the development of mid-infrared ultrafast mode-locked lasers.

Abstract: A method of processing a speech, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which relate to a field of an artificial intelligence technology, in particular to fields of speech, cloud computing.

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by formula XI, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, or a solvate of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, use thereof, and a composition containing the same. The compound is novel in structure and has good STAT5 inhibitory activity.

Abstract: A method for removing etchant byproduct from an etch reactor and discharging a substrate from an electrostatic chuck of the etch reactor is provided. One or more layers on a substrate electrostatically secured to an electrostatic chuck within a chamber of the etch reactor is etched using a first plasma, causing an etchant byproduct to be generated. A portion of the one or more layers are covered by a photoresist. After the etching is complete, a second plasma is provided into the chamber for a time period sufficient to trim the photoresist and remove a portion of the etchant byproduct. A second time period sufficient to electrostatically discharge the substrate using the second plasma is determined. Responsive to deactivating one or more chucking electrodes of the electrostatic chuck, the second plasma is provided into the chamber for the second time period and the substrate is removed from the chamber.

Abstract: A method for training an image processing model includes: acquiring a to-be-corrected eye image set matching a usage environment of the image processing model; performing style transfer on to-be-corrected eye images in the to-be-corrected eye image set through a style transfer network in the image processing model, to obtain a target eye image; acquiring a training sample matching the usage environment of the image processing model based on the to-be-corrected eye images and the target eye image, the training sample including object eye images matching different gaze positions; and training a correction network in the image processing model through the training sample matching the usage environment of the image processing model, to obtain a model update parameter matching the correction network, and generating a trained image processing model based on the model update parameter.

Abstract: A mechanism for predicting or recommending how often a subject should undergo a treatment or diagnosis procedure for one or more diseases and/or conditions. Thus, the mechanism recommends a frequency for the treatment or diagnosis procedure. The recommended frequency is responsive to a risk level of the subject, which is derived from at least location information of the subject.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is described. The method comprises receiving an indication of at least one risk factor associated with at least one geographical area. The method further comprises determining a risk level for a user along at least one candidate navigation route comprising the at least one geographical area. The risk level is determined based on: the at least one risk factor; and at least one characteristic associated with the user.

Abstract: In the field of artificial intelligence technologies, a gaze correction method and apparatus for a face image, a device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product are provided. The method includes: acquiring an eye image from a face image; determining an eye movement flow field based on the eye image and a target gaze direction, the target gaze direction being a gaze direction to which an eye gaze in the eye image is to be corrected; adjusting a pixel position in the eye image based on the eye movement flow field, to obtain a corrected eye image; and generating a face image with a corrected gaze based on the corrected eye image.

Abstract: This invention relates to the bioproduction of substituted or unsubstituted phenylacetaldehyde, 2-phenylethanol, phenylacetic acid or phenylethylamine by subjecting a starting material comprising glucose, L-phenylalanine, substituted L-phenylalanine, styrene or substituted styrene to a plurality of enzyme catalyzed chemical transformations in a one-pot reaction system, using recombinant microbial cells overexpressing the enzymes. To produce phenylacetaldehyde from styrene, the cells are modified to overexpress styrene monooxygenase (SMO) and styrene oxide isomerase (SOI). To produce phenylacetic acid from styrene, SMO, SOI and aldehyde dehydrogenase are overexpressed. Alternatively, to produce 2-phenylethanol, SMO, SOI and aldehyde reductase or alcohol dehydrogenase are overexpressed, while to produce phenylethylamine, SMO, SOI and transaminase are overexpressed.

Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate detection of an adversarial backdoor attack on a trained model at inference time are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a log component that records predictions and corresponding activation values generated by a trained model based on inference requests. The computer executable components can further comprise an analysis component that employs a model at an inference time to detect a backdoor trigger request based on the predictions and the corresponding activation values. In some embodiments, the log component records the predictions and the corresponding activation values from one or more layers of the trained model.

Abstract: Encoding an extended-reality (XR) video frame may include obtaining an XR video frame comprising a background image and a virtual object; obtaining, from an image renderer, a first region of the background image over which the virtual object is overlaid; dividing the XR video frame into a virtual region and a real region, wherein the virtual region comprises the first region of the background image and the virtual object and the real region comprises a second region of the background image; determining, for the virtual region, a corresponding first quantization parameter based on an initial quantization parameter associated with virtual regions; determining, for the real region, a corresponding second quantization parameter based on an initial quantization parameter associated with real regions; and encoding the virtual region based on the corresponding first quantization parameter and the real region based on the corresponding second quantization parameter.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a speech control method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a speech to be processed; obtaining a speech feature vector by performing feature analysis on the speech to be processed; determining whether the speech to be processed belongs to a target type based on the speech feature vector; and in response to the speech to be processed belonging to the target type, performing wake-up control on a target device based on the speech to be processed.

Abstract: In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, a stack of alternating insulating layers and sacrificial layers are formed over a substrate. A staircase having a plurality of steps are formed in the stack, where each of the plurality of steps has a tread and a riser and further includes a respective pair of the insulating layer and the sacrificial layer over the insulating layer of the respective step. A dielectric layer is formed along the treads and risers of the plurality of steps. The dielectric layer is doped with one or a combination of carbon, phosphorous, boron, arsenic, and oxygen. The sacrificial layers are further replaced with a conductive material to form word line layers that are arranged between the insulating layers. A plurality of word line contacts are formed to extend from the word line layers of the plurality of steps, and further extend through the dielectric layer.

Abstract: Compositions for regeneration of inner cells and for treating hearing loss comprise at least one modulator of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) sufficient to induce reprogramming proliferation and regeneration of inner ear cells. The composition include, in some instances, an effective amount of one or more phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) inhibitors, MYC/NOTCH modulators, Atonal Homolog 1 (Atoh1) modulators or combinations thereof.

Abstract: An image gaze correction method, apparatus, electronic device, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product. The image gaze correction method includes: acquiring a to-be-corrected eye image from a to-be-corrected image, generating, based on the to-be-corrected eye image, an eye motion flow field and an eye contour mask, the eye motion flow field being used for adjusting a pixel position in the to-be-corrected eye image, and the eye contour mask being used for indicating a probability that the pixel position in the to-be-corrected eye image belongs to an eye region, performing, based on the eye motion flow field and the eye contour mask, gaze correction processing on the to-be-corrected eye image to obtain a corrected eye image, and generating a gaze corrected image based on the corrected eye image.

Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate universal and efficient privacy-preserving vertical federated learning are provided. In various embodiments, a key distribution component can distribute respective feature-dimension public keys and respective sample-dimension public keys to respective participants in a vertical federated learning framework governed by a coordinator, wherein the respective participants can send to the coordinator respective local model updates encrypted by the respective feature-dimension public keys and respective local datasets encrypted by the respective sample-dimension public keys. In various embodiments, an inference prevention component can verify a participant-related weight vector generated by the coordinator, based on which the key distribution component can distribute to the coordinator a functional feature-dimension secret key that can aggregate the encrypted respective local model updates into a sample-related weight vector.

Abstract: An image gaze correction method, apparatus, electronic device, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product related to the field of artificial intelligence technologies are provided. The image gaze correction method includes: acquiring an eye image from an image; performing feature extraction processing on the eye image to obtain feature information of the eye image; performing, based on the feature information and a target gaze direction, gaze correction processing on the eye image to obtain an initially corrected eye image and an eye contour mask; performing, by using the eye contour mask, adjustment processing on the initially corrected eye image to obtain a corrected eye image; and generating a gaze corrected image based on the corrected eye image.

Abstract: A method for calculating a temperature-dependent mid-span vertical displacement of a girder bridge includes: setting a joint rotation of a main girder at each support as an unknown quantity, and establishing an equation according to a bending moment equilibrium condition at the joint; then introducing a sequence to establish a quantitative relationship between each unknown quantity; substituting the relationship into the equation, to obtain an analytical formula for a rotation at each joint; establishing an analytical formula for a bending moment at each joint through a principle of superposition; and finally, establishing an analytical formula for a mid-span vertical displacement of each span girder through a principle of virtual work. This method provides an analytical formula with exact solutions for prismatic girder bridges which have equal side spans yet have any number of spans.

Abstract: A cable having a transmission wire, a first metal covering layer, an inner insulating layer, a second metal covering layer, an outer insulating layer, an insulating protective layer, and an outer metal layer and method of making such. The transmission wire, a first metal covering layer , and inner insulating layer extend along a first direction, wherein the first metal covering layer and inner insulating layer cover the transmission wire. The first metal covering layer comprises a first axial end part. The inner insulating layer comprises a second axial end part. The second metal covering layer extends along the first direction and covers the inner insulating layer. The second metal covering layer comprises a third axial end part. The outer insulating layer extends along the first direction and covers the second metal covering layer. The outer insulating layer comprises a fourth axial end part.