Abstract: Described herein are polyhedrin-based slow release growth factor systems and methods of use thereof for neuroprotection of host and donor retinal ganglion cell neurons.

Abstract: Provided is a method for measuring surface characteristics of at least a portion of an object, including providing a light source; generating a first interference pattern on the at least a portion of the object; capturing an image of the first interference pattern; shifting the phase of the light source to generate a second interference pattern; capturing an image of the second interference pattern; filtering distortion from the interference patterns; extracting a wrapped phase of the at least a portion of the object based on the images; unwrapping the wrapped phase of the at least a portion of the object to generate an unwrapped phase; identifying a computed depth map distance to the at least a portion of the object; and fitting an ideal part to the computed depth map of the at least a portion of the object to measure the surface characteristics.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for predicting a blockage of a coronary artery are provided. The method includes: obtaining multiple pieces of electrocardiogram (ECG) data respectively corresponding to a coronary artery set; generating multiple first probabilities corresponding to the multiple pieces of electrocardiogram data respectively according to the multiple pieces of electrocardiogram data and a first phase model, generating a first determined result according to the multiple first probabilities, and selecting a first data subset corresponding to a first probability subset from the multiple pieces of electrocardiogram data in response to each one in the first data subset of the multiple first probabilities being greater than a first threshold; generating multiple second probabilities corresponding to the first data subset according to the first data subset and a second phase model, and generating a second determined result according to the multiple second probabilities.

Abstract: Methods are described for predicting ancestral sequences for viruses or portions thereof. Also described are predicted ancestral sequences for adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid polypeptides. The disclosure also provides methods of gene transfer and methods of vaccinating subjects by administering a target antigen operably linked to the AAV capsid polypeptides.

Abstract: A pile-net flexible cable barrier structure includes a first V-shaped pile, a second V-shaped pile, a left tension pile, a right tension pile, a first flexible cable net disposed between the left tension pile and the first V-shaped pile, a second flexible cable net disposed between the first V-shaped pile and the second V-shaped pile, and a third flexible cable net disposed between the second V-shaped pile and the right tension pile. A second pile body of the first V-shaped pile are disposed parallel to a third pile body of the second V-shaped pile, openings of the first V-shaped pile and the second V-shaped pile face a same side, the left tension pile are disposed parallel to the first pile body of the first V-shaped pile, and the right tension pile are disposed parallel to the fourth pile body of the second V-shaped pile.

Abstract: A flexible hybrid electronic substrate and electronic textile including the same are provided. The flexible hybrid electronic substrate includes a first region and a second region. There is a joint between the first region and the second region. Each of the first region and the second region includes at least one selected from the group consisting of the following structure features: multilayer structure feature, anisotropic structure feature and pre-strained structure feature.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling uplink transmission from a base station; identifying a communication node initiating a channel occupancy time associated with the uplink transmission based on a channel access parameter included in the DCI; and performing the uplink transmission scheduled by the DCI within the channel occupancy time initiated by the communication node, wherein the communication node is the terminal or the base station.

Abstract: An information translation device, information translation method, and an information translation system based on Modbus are provided. The client module of the information translation device receives an information model file including identity information, receives a sensor signal corresponding to first identity information and Modbus data including memory addresses of Modbus protocol, determines a first memory address corresponding to the sensor signal according to sensed values of the sensor signal and values corresponding to each of the memory addresses and builds a memory address mapping table including the first memory address and the first identity information, and receives a first value of the first memory address and searches the first identity information corresponding to the first memory address according to the memory address mapping table. The server module of the information translation device receives the first value and the first identity information and transmits to an OPC UA device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting roadway lane boundaries are disclosed herein. One embodiment receives image data of a portion of a roadway; receives historical vehicle trajectory data for the portion of the roadway; generates, from the historical vehicle trajectory data, a heatmap indicating, for a given pixel in the heatmap, an extent to which the given pixel coincides spatially with vehicle trajectories in the historical vehicle trajectory data; and projects the heatmap onto the image data to generate a composite image that is used in training a neural network to detect roadway lane boundaries, the projected heatmap acting as supervisory data. The trained neural network is deployed in a vehicle to generate and save map data including detected roadway lane boundaries for use by other vehicles or to control operation of the vehicle itself based, at least in part, on roadway lane boundaries detected by the trained neural network.

Abstract: An on-board navigation system for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operating in an unknown environment. A point-cloud sensor system generates point cloud data representing the unknown environment. An on-board processing system processes the point cloud data to generate both a 2-D occupancy grid and a 3-D voxel map, with the 2-D occupancy grid having cells with known (seen) and unknown data. Additional processing determines an amount of known-to-unknown (transitional) data in each cell, thereby determining unexplored regions. A cost is assigned to each unexplored region, based at least in part on the amount of transitional data in cells of the region. The unexplored regions are then sorted based on their costs, thereby determining an optimal region to explore. The 3-D voxel map is used to find a safe area within the optimal region where the UAS may fly. A flight path to the optimal region is then calculated.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to detecting reflection artifacts in a point cloud. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a first convex hull for defining an outline of a first cluster of points in a depth image and generating a second convex hull for defining an outline of a second cluster of points in the depth image. The first cluster of points originates from a point cloud and the second cluster of points originates from the point cloud. The method includes determining whether the second cluster of points is a reflection artifact based on identifying if a portion of the second convex hull is enclosed in the first convex hull and a range of the second convex hull is larger than a range of the first convex hull.

Abstract: In alternative embodiments, provided are compositions, including products of manufacture and kits, and methods, for preventing or slowing the spread of a viral infection, wherein optionally the viral infection is a coronavirus infection, optionally a COVID-19 infection or variant thereof, or a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, preventing or decreasing coronavirus or HIV-co-morbidities in an individual, or inhibiting, or slowing the rate of, coronavirus (optionally COVID-19) or HIV replication in vitro and in vivo.

Abstract: An operation method of a first device may comprise: receiving, from a second device, first configuration information signaled for CLI-related procedures; receiving, from the second device, second configuration information signaled for operating a multiplexing operation of the first device; in response to recognizing, with respect to a first resource, a collision between first DL-UL configuration information indicated by the first configuration information and second DL-UL configuration information indicated by the second configuration information, comparing priorities of the first DL-UL configuration information and the second DL-UL configuration information; and determining a DL-UL configuration applied to the first resource based on the compared priorities.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are provided for measuring eye refraction without a lens, and more particularly, for measuring eye refraction with a mobile device application. An exemplary method includes measuring a distance between a patient and a mobile device, presenting to the patient one or more visual targets sized and shaped to represent perfect vision such as by using Vernier targets or grating targets, instructing the patient to indicate whether the patient can accurately read the visual targets and, if not, to move closer to the mobile device until the patient can accurately read the visual targets, calculating a vision prescription for the patient based on the visual targets and a final distance between the patient and the mobile device, and displaying the vision prescription for the patient.

Abstract: A feature map decoding method according to the present disclosure may include decoding a metadata and the feature map; performing inverse conversion on a decoded feature map; and restoring features from inverse converted features. Here, a feature distortion compensation is performed on at least one of the decoded feature map, the inverse converted features or restored features.

Abstract: A laser speckle contrast imaging system includes a laser light source, configured to emit a laser beam on a subject; a plurality of visible light sources, configured to respectively emit a visible light beam on the subject; an image capturing module, configured to obtain a first image corresponding to the laser beam emitting toward the subject and a plurality of second images corresponding to the plurality of visible light beams emitting toward the subject; and an image processor, coupled to the image capturing module, configured to process the first image with a laser speckle stacking algorithm to determine a variation of a cortical spreading depression (CSD) waveform according to at least a speckle pattern determined in the first image.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for representing dynamic neural radiance fields from unsynchronized videos. A method of acquiring a video at an arbitrary viewpoint based on a dynamic neural radiance fields model according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: inputting one or more videos acquired from one or more views for one scene into the dynamic neural radiance fields model; inputting a time embedding for the one or more videos into the dynamic neural radiance fields model; and rendering the video at the arbitrary viewpoint based on color information and density information output by the dynamic neural radiance fields model. Herein, time synchronization related to the time embedding may be performed by applying an individual time offset learned for each view, for the one or more views.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for gene expression by transient transformation of a wild rice seed using Agrobacterium. The method includes the following steps: subjecting a wild rice seed to induction culture and subculture in sequence, and selecting a resulting callus with a dense structure to allow pre-culture to obtain a pre-cultured callus; transforming a 1305Ubi-Ubi-GFP-H plasmid carrying a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene into an Agrobacterium strain EHA105 or LBA4404 to obtain a positive Agrobacterium strain; subjecting the positive Agrobacterium strain to culture to obtain a bacterial suspension with an optical density (OD) value of 0.02 to 0.5 at a wavelength of 600 nm to obtain an infection bacterial solution; and infecting the pre-cultured callus with the infection bacterial solution to allow co-culture and recovery culture in sequence; observing an infection status of a recovered callus under a stereo fluorescence microscope, and calculating a transient expression rate.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to training a vehicle driver using audio cues. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a deviation of a vehicle between an actual path of the vehicle and an ideal path. The ideal path defines a position and a velocity of the vehicle to optimize driving time through a current section of a road. The method includes generating an audible cue within the vehicle to indicate to a driver the deviation from the ideal path.

Abstract: An image decoding method, according to the present invention, includes the steps of: deriving an MPM candidate mode from neighboring blocks adjacent to a target block to be decoded; generating an MPM list using the MPM candidate mode derived from the neighboring blocks; and deriving an intra prediction mode for the target block to be decoded using the generated MPM list. According to the present invention, image compression efficiency can be improved.