Abstract: Agrobacterium rhizogenes are described herein along with methods of transforming cells and methods of using Agrobacterium rhizogenes and/or transformed cells. Also described herein are plants, such as plants in the Rubus family, including a modified nucleic acid, optionally wherein the plants are transgene-free and include a modified nucleic acid.

Abstract: A component for a turbine engine may be formed by spraying particulate with a nozzle toward a substrate. The particulate may be deposited to form one or more annular layers and a reinforcing structure. The component may be a closed loop annular component having a reinforcing structure of specific dimensions enabled by the methods described.

Abstract: A component for a turbine engine may be formed by spraying particulate with a nozzle toward a substrate. The particulate may be deposited to form one or more annular layers and a reinforcing structure. The component may be a closed loop annular component having a reinforcing structure of specific dimensions enabled by the methods described.

Abstract: Practical method for constructing materials composed of layers that are a few nanometers thick is disclosed which comprises of plating a substrate with layers of substantially a first metal and substantially a second metal using an electrolytic plating process and using plating cell(s) to locally plate the layers by alternating multiple cells with different plating solutions or alternating plating solutions in a cell.

Abstract: A system for generating an output audio signal includes a context encoder, a text-prediction network, and a text-to-speech (TTS) model. The context encoder is configured to receive one or more context features associated with current input text and process the one or more context features to generate a context embedding associated with the current input text. The text-prediction network is configured to process the current input text and the context embedding to predict, as output, a style embedding for the current input text. The style embedding specifies a specific prosody and/or style for synthesizing the current input text into expressive speech. The TTS model is configured to process the current input text and the style embedding to generate an output audio signal of expressive speech of the current input text. The output audio signal has the specific prosody and/or style specified by the style embedding.

Abstract: A method for estimating an embedding capacity includes receiving, at a deterministic reference encoder, a reference audio signal, and determining a reference embedding corresponding to the reference audio signal, the reference embedding having a corresponding embedding dimensionality. The method also includes measuring a first reconstruction loss as a function of the corresponding embedding dimensionality of the reference embedding and obtaining a variational embedding from a variational posterior. The variational embedding has a corresponding embedding dimensionality and a specified capacity. The method also includes measuring a second reconstruction loss as a function of the corresponding embedding dimensionality of the variational embedding and estimating a capacity of the reference embedding by comparing the first measured reconstruction loss for the reference embedding relative to the second measured reconstruction loss for the variational embedding having the specified capacity.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a structure of an engine component, including a first plurality of unit cells offset from a neutral plane in a first direction, a second plurality of unit cells offset from the neutral plane in a second direction, a plurality of nodes joining ones of the first plurality of unit cells and ones of the second plurality of unit cells, wherein the first plurality of unit cells and the second plurality of unit cells are arranged in pairs such that ones of the first plurality of unit cells are laterally adjacent to and interconnected with ones of the second plurality of unit cells, and wherein the structure is a stiffened structure.

Abstract: A toe kick plate system includes a fixed plate configured to affix to an appliance, and the fixed plate includes a plurality of threaded inserts. A plurality of plate brackets are each threaded to a respective one of the plurality of threaded inserts of the fixed plate. The plurality of plate brackets are attached such that a gap formed between the fixed plate and the plurality of plate brackets are selectively adjustable by rotating the respective one of the plurality of plate brackets. A toe kick plate may be removably connected to the ends of the plurality of plate brackets.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for transaction log validation in a database transaction log service. A transaction log service may perform egress validation to confirm transaction logs match previously served transaction logs and are free of corruption. A transaction log service may determine whether a transaction log (e.g., in the form of a log block) was previously served based on transaction log (e.g., log block) identity indicating a position in a logical stream of transaction logs (e.g., log blocks). Egress validation may improve log service reliability by providing an added layer of defense against corruption of a transaction log payload.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for consolidating transaction log requests and transaction logs in a database transaction log service. A scalable log service may manage log requests and logs to reduce resource consumption, such as memory and I/O. Log requests may be managed by consolidating (e.g., organizing, merging and/or de-duplicating) the log requests. Transaction log requests may be mapped to read requests for transaction log storage devices in less than a one-to-one ratio. Transaction logs may be managed by using the consolidated log requests to consolidate (e.g., and prefetch) transaction logs from multiple cache and/or storage tiers to a log pool cache. Log requests may be served from the log pool cache.

Abstract: Systems and methods for text-to-speech with novel speakers can obtain text data and output audio data. The input text data may be input along with one or more speaker preferences. The speaker preferences can include speaker characteristics. The speaker preferences can be processed by a machine-learned model conditioned on a learned prior distribution to determine a speaker embedding. The speaker embedding can then be processed with the text data to generate an output that includes audio data descriptive of the text data spoken by a novel speaker.

Abstract: A system for generating an output audio signal includes a context encoder, a text-prediction network, and a text-to-speech (TTS) model. The context encoder is configured to receive one or more context features associated with current input text and process the one or more context features to generate a context embedding associated with the current input text. The text-prediction network is configured to process the current input text and the context embedding to predict, as output, a style embedding for the current input text. The style embedding specifies a specific prosody and/or style for synthesizing the current input text into expressive speech. The TTS model is configured to process the current input text and the style embedding to generate an output audio signal of expressive speech of the current input text. The output audio signal has the specific prosody and/or style specified by the style embedding.

Abstract: A method for estimating an embedding capacity includes receiving, at a deterministic reference encoder, a reference audio signal, and determining a reference embedding corresponding to the reference audio signal, the reference embedding having a corresponding embedding dimensionality. The method also includes measuring a first reconstruction loss as a function of the corresponding embedding dimensionality of the reference embedding and obtaining a variational embedding from a variational posterior. The variational embedding has a corresponding embedding dimensionality and a specified capacity. The method also includes measuring a second reconstruction loss as a function of the corresponding embedding dimensionality of the variational embedding and estimating a capacity of the reference embedding by comparing the first measured reconstruction loss for the reference embedding relative to the second measured reconstruction loss for the variational embedding having the specified capacity.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a structure of an engine component, including a first plurality of unit cells offset from a neutral plane in a first direction, a second plurality of unit cells offset from the neutral plane in a second direction, a plurality of nodes joining ones of the first plurality of unit cells and ones of the second plurality of unit cells, wherein the first plurality of unit cells and the second plurality of unit cells are arranged in pairs such that ones of the first plurality of unit cells are laterally adjacent to and interconnected with ones of the second plurality of unit cells, and wherein the structure is a stiffened structure.

Abstract: A fingerprint reader includes a display screen composed of an array of energy emitting pixels covered by a transparent cover, at least one sensor coupled along an edge of the display screen, a display driver directing the array of energy emitting pixels of the display screen to illuminate in a predetermined sequence, and a microprocessor in communication with the display driver and the at least one sensor. The microprocessor knows the location of the energy emitting pixel being illuminated and the specific time at which the illumination occurs. In use, and when at least one finger is placed on the transparent cover and the display driver is activated, energy from each energy emitting pixel sequentially illuminated is reflected off the fingerprint to the at least one sensor. The energy received at the at least one sensor is at different intensity levels depending upon the ridges and valleys of the at least one fingerprint.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for consolidating transaction log requests and transaction logs in a database transaction log service. A scalable log service may manage log requests and logs to reduce resource consumption, such as memory and I/O. Log requests may be managed by consolidating (e.g., organizing, merging and/or de-duplicating) the log requests. Transaction log requests may be mapped to read requests for transaction log storage devices in less than a one-to-one ratio. Transaction logs may be managed by using the consolidated log requests to consolidate (e.g., and prefetch) transaction logs from multiple cache and/or storage tiers to a log pool cache. Log requests may be served from the log pool cache.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for asynchronous processing of transaction log requests in a database transaction log service. A scalable log service may continuously process log requests. Log request processing may be paused and resumed without reducing log service processing capabilities. Log service threads executing a request that pauses may proceed to process other tasks in the same request or tasks for other new or partially processed requests. Any of multiple log service threads may resume processing of a paused request. Requests may be paused by preserving an execution state and deferring the request from a work queue to a deferral queue. Resumed requests may shift from a deferral queue to a work queue following a wait point.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for transaction log validation in a database transaction log service. A transaction log service may perform egress validation to confirm transaction logs match previously served transaction logs and are free of corruption. A transaction log service may determine whether a transaction log (e.g., in the form of a log block) was previously served based on transaction log (e.g., log block) identity indicating a position in a logical stream of transaction logs (e.g., log blocks). Egress validation may improve log service reliability by providing an added layer of defense against corruption of a transaction log payload.

Abstract: A component for a turbine engine may be formed by spraying particulate with a nozzle toward a substrate. The particulate may be deposited to form one or more annular layers and a reinforcing structure. The component may be a closed loop annular component having a reinforcing structure of specific dimensions enabled by the methods described.

Abstract: A blade for a measuring tape device may include a first end configured to extend from a housing of the measuring tape device through an aperture, a second end configured to be wound on a reel assembly within the housing, and a first cupped portion having a first amount of cupping over a selected portion of a longitudinal length of the blade. The first cupped portion may be defined by a curved portion extending from an apex of the curved portion toward lateral edges of the blade, and wings extending from each of the lateral edges toward the curved portion on each side of the apex. The curved portion includes a first radius proximate to the apex of the curved portion, and a second radius at a point spaced apart from the apex on both sides of the apex, the second radius being different than the first radius.