Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel chimeric cell wall hydrolases with anti-Staphylococcus activity. The disclosure also relates to compositions comprising these chimeric cell wall hydrolases and uses thereof in the treatment of conditions associated with Staphylococcus sp.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to inhibitors of zinc-dependent histone deacetylases (HDACs) useful in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with an HDAC, e.g., HDAC6, having a Formula I: where R, L, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are described herein.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus for docking vehicles includes a housing structure comprising two side portions and a top portion connecting the two side portions, the two side portions and the top portion forming a cavity for receiving a portion of a vehicle, an electrically-powered locking assembly, carried by the housing structure, for securing the housing structure to the vehicle in response to the portion of the vehicle being received by the cavity of the housing structure, an electrically-powered communication device, coupled to the housing structure, for enabling data communication over a network, and a solar panel, carried by an external surface of one of the side portions of the housing structure, for independently converting light received by the solar panel into electrical energy.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for compounds of the general Formula (I) wherein R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and Ring A have any of the values defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.

Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for simulating operating systems. The mechanisms train, for each operating system, a corresponding artificial intelligence (AI) computer model that learns, by way of machine learning training, patterns of input features of inputs to the operating system and corresponding responses from the operating system. A request to simulate a requested operating system is received along with a simulation input whose processing by the requested operating system is to be simulated. An AI computer model corresponding to the requested operating system is executed on the simulation input to simulate processing the simulation input to generate a simulated response. The simulated response is returned as a simulated output of the requested operating system responsive to the input.

Abstract: A method for detecting content generated by artificial intelligence is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes monitoring interaction between a user and a generative AI model. The method intercepts a response returned from the generative AI model to the user and embeds, within the response prior to its return to the user, codes that are invisible to the user when viewing the response. In certain embodiments, these codes are embedded within the response in a particular invisible code insertion pattern to indicate that the response was generated by the generative AI model. The method returns the response to the user for viewing. A third party may utilize the embedded codes to determine whether the response was generated by the generative AI model. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: This application relates to session establishment by user equipment over a plurality of heterogenous access networks. In one aspect, the heterogenous access networks may include 3GPP and non-3GPP access networks (106). The non-3GPP access networks (106) may include one or more non-3GPP trusted access networks (108) or one or non-3GPP, non-trusted access networks (110).

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and apparatuses are provided for enabling efficient update of steering of roaming information. An apparatus may include a processor and a memory storing computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to generate a registration request message associated with a user equipment, said registration request comprising a steering of roaming (SoR) information update request, and cause transmission of said registration request message to a network entity of a mobile network. Alternatively, the memory, computer program code, and processor may be configured to cause the apparatus to receive a registration request message comprising an indication of whether a user equipment expects to receive SoR information, and, in an instance in which it is determined that said user equipment expects to receive SoR information, triggering retrieval of said SoR information from a home network of said user equipment.

Abstract: The described aspects and implementations enable privacy-respecting detection, separation, and localization of sounds in vehicle environments. The techniques include obtaining, using audio detector(s) of a vehicle, a sound recording that includes a plurality of elemental sounds (ESs) in a driving environment of the vehicle, and processing, using a sound separation model, the sound recording to separate individual ESs of the plurality of ESs. The techniques further include identifying a content of individual ESs and causing a driving path of the vehicle to be modified in view of the identified content of the individual ESs. Further techniques include rendering speech imperceptibly by redacting temporal portions of the speech, using sound recognition models to identify and discard recordings of speech, and driving at speeds that exceed threshold speeds at which speech becomes imperceptible from noise masking.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel cell wall binding domains, enzymatically active domains, and chimeric cell wall hydrolases with anti-Cutibacterium acnes activity. The disclosure also relates to compositions comprising these, and uses thereof in the treatment of conditions associated with Cutibacterium acnes.

Abstract: Techniques for security management in communication systems are provided. For example, a method includes receiving, from user equipment, a request indicating one or more security capabilities of the user equipment. The method also includes determining whether the indicated one or more security capabilities meet one or more designated criteria of a communication network, and rejecting the request by the user equipment responsive to determining that the indicated one or more security capabilities do not meet the one or more designated criteria of the communication network. For example, the request is rejected when it is determined that the user equipment does not support any encryption and/or integrity algorithms, or fails to support mandatory encryption and/or integrity algorithms. This serves to prevent malicious user equipment from gaining access to the communication network.

Abstract: A content provider can provide content, such as advertisements or other promotional material, to a recipient. A distribution system of the content provider can receive a query and select one or more advertisements and a user interface for presenting the advertisements based on the query, information associated with the user, a set of queries received from the user, and/or other information. A model for selecting the user interface can be generated by serving available user interfaces randomly or pseudo-randomly and monitoring user interaction with the served user interfaces. The model can be updated during regular use based on the performance of the user interfaces.

Abstract: Systems and methods that provide NAS security protection for mobile networks. In one embodiment, a network element of a mobile network performs a NAS procedure in multiple phases to establish a NAS communication session with User Equipment (UE) when no NAS security context exists. For a first phase, the network element receives an initial NAS message from the UE populated with a subset of NAS protocol Information Elements (IEs) designated for security-related handling, selects a NAS security algorithm for the NAS security context, and sends a response to the UE that indicates the NAS security algorithm. For a second phase, the network element receives a subsequent NAS message from the UE having a NAS message container that contains the initial NAS message populated with each of the NAS protocol IEs for the NAS procedure, and decrypts the NAS message container of the subsequent NAS message using the NAS security algorithm.

Abstract: A non-access stratum (NAS) control protocol includes procedures for control plane cellular internet of things (CP-CIOT) service requests and attach requests. A user equipment (UE) in idle mode may transmit an NAS service request message including user data to a mobility management entity (MME) over the control plane. The MME extracts the user data from the NAS service request message and determines a type of the user data. The MME may forward non-IP data to a Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) and forward IP data to a packet gateway.

Abstract: Systems and methods that provide NAS security protection for mobile networks. In one embodiment, a network element of a mobile network performs a NAS procedure in multiple phases to establish a NAS communication session with User Equipment (UE) when no NAS security context exists. For a first phase, the network element receives an initial NAS message from the UE populated with a subset of NAS protocol Information Elements (IEs) designated for security-related handling, selects a NAS security algorithm for the NAS security context, and sends a response to the UE that indicates the NAS security algorithm. For a second phase, the network element receives a subsequent NAS message from the UE having a NAS message container that contains the initial NAS message populated with each of the NAS protocol IEs for the NAS procedure, and decrypts the NAS message container of the subsequent NAS message using the NAS security algorithm.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibers prepared using decellularized liver ECM. The disclosure further provides in vitro cultures of human hepatocytes on decellularized liver ECM fibers, and the use of the cultures in developing and screening drugs.

Abstract: A content provider can provide content, such as advertisements or other promotional material, to a recipient. A distribution system of the content provider can receive a query and select one or more advertisements and a user interface for presenting the advertisements based on the query, information associated with the user, a set of queries received from the user, and/or other information. A model for selecting the user interface can be generated by serving available user interfaces randomly or pseudo-randomly and monitoring user interaction with the served user interfaces. The model can be updated during regular use based on the performance of the user interfaces.

Abstract: Systems and methods that update configuration parameters on a UE using control plane functionalities. In one embodiment, an AMF element of a mobile network receives a control plane message from a UDM element that includes a UE configuration parameter update for the UE. The UE configuration parameter update is security protected via a secured packet, integrity protection, etc. The AMF element is configured to transparently send the UE configuration parameter update to the UE. Thus, AMF element inserts the UE configuration parameter update (that is security protected) in a container of a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message, and sends the NAS message to the UE. The UE may then update its configuration parameters based on the update when security checks are complete.