Abstract: Described herein are compounds, pesticidally acceptable salts thereof, and compositions thereof that are useful, for example, for pest management and for controlling pests. In certain embodiments provided are enantioenriched and/or enantiopure compounds and pesticidally acceptable salts thereof, and methods of making same. Methods of controlling pests with the compounds of the disclosure are also provided.

Abstract: Aerodynamic aquatic weed removal and decontamination devices and decontamination methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, the aerodynamic aquatic weed removal and decontamination device includes a boat body and a shore-based device for remotely controlling the boat body. The boat body includes a power unit, a weed removal and decontamination unit, a positioning system, an environment perception system, and a shipborne controller. The power unit includes an engine, a propeller connected to the engine, and a rudder servo motor configured to control a heading of the boat body. The weed removal and decontamination unit includes a mesh conveyor. The positioning system includes a positioner configured to obtain real-time location information and heading information of the boat body. The environment perception system includes a wind sensor and a visual sensor. The shipborne controller is configured to control a navigation state of the boat body.

Abstract: System and method to improve drug delivery to identified regions in the brain or elsewhere through direct infusion of a therapeutic agent or the like into that region. This direct infusion will allow for greater concentrations of the agent in the target region while reducing concentrations elsewhere in the body where these agents may be toxic. The system and method improves efficacy while reducing unwanted side effects. The system includes an array of multiple, independently targeted, microporous catheters for insertion into the target region and a distribution system that allows for individualized flow control to each catheter. The system may be connected to a reservoir that contains the therapeutic agent, and flow to the system is maintained through one or more pumps. This system will greatly improve on the current single catheter infusion design and shall provide therapy, delivered through multiple catheters, thus delivering the therapy evenly over a customizable volume.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a six-primary color system for display. A six-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. The six-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a six-primary color system for display. A six-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. The six-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.

Abstract: Systems and methods for human-robot communication are proved. More particularly, some embodiments use augmented reality to facilitate communication of robot intention and teleoperation in human-robot cooperative environments. Various embodiments of the present technology provide a middleware that integrates augmented reality (AR) with novel teleoperation interfaces to increase operation effectiveness, support the user in conducting concurrent work, and decrease stress. Various embodiments provide predictive graphical interfaces such that a teleoperator controls a virtual robot surrogate, rather than directly operating the robot itself, providing the user with foresight regarding where the physical robot will end up and how it will get there. In accordance with various embodiments a user may select between two AR interfaces using such a surrogate: one focused on real-time control and one inspired by waypoint delegation.

Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve coagulase Domains 1-2 and variants thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a three-dimensional data alignment apparatus, a three-dimensional data alignment method, and a recording medium, which may align a location between volumetric data and surface data even without a segmentation process of extracting a surface from the volumetric data. A three-dimensional data alignment apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a three-dimensional data alignment unit for aligning a location between first three-dimensional data and second three-dimensional data expressed in different data forms with regard to a target to be measured. The first three-dimensional data are three-dimensional data acquired in a voxel form with regard to the target to be measured, and the second three-dimensional data are three-dimensional data acquired in a surface form with regard to the target to be measured.

Abstract: This system is designed to color correct a targeted color or colors in a video stream comprising: a computer device having a computer readable medium; and, a set of computer readable instructions embodied on the computer readable medium that are configured to: receive a dataset that includes one or more pairs of video frames where a first frame of the pair of an incorrect color frame and the second frame of the pair is a color correct frame, using a machine learning module to create a mask according to the dataset, receiving an image, correcting the image, and, transmitting the corrected image to a display.

Abstract: A method for determining space allocation and signal timing of an isolated signalized intersection consists of at least one remote server and a processing module that is communicably coupled with the at least one remote server. A plurality of traffic-related data, wherein the plurality of traffic-related data reflects activity at the isolated signalized intersection, is received through the processing module. A space determination process is performed on the plurality of traffic-related data through the processing module. Next, a timing determination process is performed on the plurality of traffic-related data through the processing module in order to minimize the average intersection delay at the isolated signalized intersection. Based upon the results from the space determination process and the timing determination process a cycle length is determined for the isolated signalized intersection.

Abstract: Provided herein, in some embodiments, are compositions and methods for producing a molecular expression map of a biological sample using Deterministic Barcoding in Tissue for spatial omics sequencing (DBiT-seq).

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems correcting bulk-motion artifacts in phase-based functional OCT images. The disclosed methods and systems are based on the use of the standard deviation of the phase shift signal present in phase-based OCT imaging. When applied with functional OCT techniques such as OCT angiography, Doppler OCT, and OCT elastography, the disclosed methods provide improved image quality and decreased computational cost compared to other methods of bulk motion compensation.

Abstract: The invention discloses a circuit aging detection sensor based on voltage comparison. A control circuit generates an aging voltage signal, a standard voltage signal and a reference voltage signal. The aging voltage signal passes through a first voltage-controlled oscillator to generate an aging frequency signal. The standard voltage signal passes through a second voltage-controlled oscillator to generate a standard frequency signal. The standard frequency signal and the aging frequency signal pass through an aging detection circuit to generate a frequency difference signal. A level signal generated by a serial data detector passes through a beat-frequency oscillator to generate a reset signal. A counter quantizes aging information, which is converted by a digital-analog converter into a quantized voltage signal. The quantized voltage signal is compared with the reference voltage signal by a voltage comparator, to generate a hopping signal at a voltage superposition node, and an aging signal is output.

Abstract: A high temperature creep-resistant aluminum alloy microalloyed with manganese and molybdenum and/or tungsten is provided. The aluminum alloy includes scandium, zirconium, erbium, silicon, at least one of molybdenum and tungsten, manganese and the balance aluminum and incidental impurities. The concentration of the alloying elements, in atom %, is greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.15 scandium, greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.35 zirconium, greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.15 erbium, greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.2 silicon, greater than 0.0 and less or equal to 0.75 molybdenum when included, greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 0.35 tungsten when included, and greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 1.5 manganese. And the total concentration of Zr+Er+Sc is greater than or equal to 0.1.

Abstract: An imaging and display system for guiding medical interventions includes a wearable display, such as a goggle display, for viewing by a user. The display presents a composite, or combined image that includes pre-operative surgical navigation images, intraoperative images, and in-vivo microscopy images or sensing data. The pre-operative images are acquired from scanners, such as MRI and CT scanners, while the intra-operative images are acquired in real-time from a camera system carried by the goggle display for imaging the patient being treated so as to acquire intraoperative images, such as fluorescence images. A probe, such as a microscopy probe or a sensing probe, is used to acquire in-vivo imaging/sensing data from the patient. Additionally, the intra-operative and in-vivo images are acquired using tracking and registration techniques to align them with the pre-operative image and the patient to form a composite image for display by the goggle display.

Abstract: Some aspects of this invention provide nucleic acid constructs for transgene expression. Some aspects of this invention provide multicistronic nucleic acid constructs, for example, comprising an expression cassette encoding a hairpin RNA and a reporter expression cassette. Some aspects of this invention provide nucleic acid constructs comprising two or more self-complementary nucleic acid sequences, for example, hairpin RNA encoding nucleic acid sequences and AAV inverse terminal repeats. Methods for the use of the constructs in therapy and research are also provided.

Abstract: A method for making an improved fuel cell using a porosity gradient design for gas diffusion layers in a hydrogen fuel cell, a gas diffusion layer made by the method and a fuel cell containing the gas diffusion layer.

Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge system, employed to reform/remove organosilicon contaminants off a carrier stream to provide a sustainable, end-of-technology way of siloxane removal that will ensure siloxane does not re-enter the carrier stream, as well as generates useful end-products.

Abstract: A peptide is disclosed that has an amino acid sequence selected from X1-X2-X3-Gln-Leu-Met-Leu-Cys-Val-Leu-X4-X5-X6 (SEQ ID NO: 3), X1-X2-X3-Gln-X7-Met-X10 -Cys-Val-X11-X4-X5-X6 (SEQ ID NO: 4), Ile-Ser-Phe-Gln-Leu-Met-Leu (SEQ ID NO: 5), Leu-Cys-Val-Leu-Asp-Tyr-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 6), X1-X2-X3-Gln-Leu-X8-Leu-X9-Val-Leu-X4-X5-X6 (SEQ ID NO: 7), X1-X2-X3-Gln-Leu-X8-Leu-X9-Val-Leu-X4-X5-X6 (SEQ ID NO: 7), X1-X2-X3-X12-Leu-Met-Leu-Cys-X13-Leu-X4-X5-X6 (SEQ ID NO: 10), Gln-X7-Met-X10-Cys-Val-X11 (SEQ ID NO: 11), Gln-Leu-X8-Leu-X9-Val-Leu (SEQ ID NO: 12), X12-Leu-Met-Leu-Cys-X13-Leu (SEQ ID NO: 13), Asp-Leu-Val-Ile-Ser-Phe-Gln-Leu-Met-Leu-Cys-Val-Leu-Asp-Tyr-Phe-Ile-Lys (SEQ ID NO: 14) and retro-inverso peptides thereof. The peptides disclosed herein may be used to treat liver cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, or brain cancer.

Abstract: The invention discloses a methodology for the biomimetic culture of urothelial cells from mammalian bladders, including murine, porcine, bovine and human sources to isolate and expand urothelial cells for use in various applications, such as intravesical urothelial cell therapy to treat cystitis and bladder cancer.