Abstract: This invention describes ways of obtaining nano-particulated adjuvants formed by different synthetic variants of GM3 ganglioside. Depending on the fine structure of the fatty acid in the ceramide of the synthetic GM3, said adjuvants are able to stimulate specifically and in a specialized way the humoral or cellular immune response against accompanying antigens. Particularly, this invention provides immunogenic vaccine compositions that comprise peptides, polypeptides or proteins and the aforementioned nanoparticles, which are formed through the dispersion of hydrophobic proteins of the outer membrane complex (OMC) of Neisseria meningitidis in solutions containing fully synthetic variants of the GM3 ganglioside.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of producing a trained Machine Learning based Task Contention Model to predict time delays resulting from contention between tasks running in parallel on a multi-processor system is provided herein.

Abstract: A method of generating training data for training a Machine Learning based Task Contention Model, ML based TCM, to predict time delays resulting from contention between tasks running in parallel on a multi-processor system is provided herein. The method includes: executing a plurality of microbenchmarks, ?Benchmarks Bj, on the multi-processor system in isolation and measuring a number of resultant Performance Monitoring Counters, PMCs, over time to extract ideal characteristic footprints of each ?Benchmark when operating in isolation; performing a feature correlation analysis on the PMCs resulting from the plurality of ?Benchmarks to determine the degree of correlation between each resultant PMCs and the executed plurality of ?Benchmarks; selecting a number of PMCs based upon their degree of correlation between the plurality of ?Benchmarks to form a reduced PMC array.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method of selectively distributing media content to consumers, the system comprising essentially of a USB-type storage device loaded with media content, a network and a user interface system. The method comprises essentially of providing a USB-type storage device loaded with media content, distributing the device to retail outlets, instructing a user to contact a network that is in electronic communication with the USB-type storage device, selectively registering the media content on the network, activating the USB-type storage device, displaying the activated media content to the consumer on a display device associated with the user interface system, and providing a means to upload media content onto the USB-type storage device in the event the media content becomes corrupted or erased.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method of selectively distributing media content to consumers, the system comprising essentially of a USB-type storage device loaded with media content, a network and a user interface system. The method comprises essentially of providing a USB-type storage device loaded with media content, distributing the device to retail outlets, instructing a user to contact a network that is in electronic communication with the USB-type storage device, selectively registering the media content on the network, activating the USB-type storage device, displaying the activated media content to the consumer on a display device associated with the user interface system, and providing a means to upload media content onto the USB-type storage device in the event the media content becomes corrupted or erased.