Abstract: The present application is generally directed to novel pneumococcal polypeptide antigens and nucleic acids encoding such antigens, and immunogenic compositions comprising such antigens for treating and preventing pneumococcal infection. The present invention further provides method of using the antigens to elicits an immune response (e.g., IL-17A response, a T cell-mediated and/or B-cell-mediated immune responses). The present invention also provides methods of prophylaxis and/or treatment of pneumococcal-mediated diseases, such as sepsis, comprising administering an immunogenic composition including one or more of a combination of pneumococcal antigens or functional fragments thereof as disclosed herein. In some embodiments, one or more pneumococcal antigens can be present in a polysaccharide conjugate. The compositions induce an anti-pneumococcus immune response when administered to a mammal.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium for obtaining an input image comprising a plurality of pixels. A machine learning model generates annotation information indicating whether each of the plurality of pixels is synthetically generated. A combined image is generated based on the annotation information. In some cases, the combined image shows a synthetically generated region of the input image.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure perform training attribution by identifying a synthesized image and a training image, where the synthesized image was generated by an image generation model that was trained with the training image. A machine learning model computes first attribution features for the synthesized image using a first mapping layer and second attribution features for the training image using a second mapping layer that is different from the first mapping layer. Then, an attribution score is generated based on the first attribution features and the second attribution features, where the attribution score indicates a degree of influence for the training image on generating the synthesized image.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and providing an aggregated feed interface that includes or presents aggregate summaries for thread data across multiple data feeds of a user account. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate an aggregate summary by extracting digital communications and other thread data from a variety of data feeds across multiple computer applications and by utilizing a summary generation model to generate an aggregate summary that combines and condenses the thread data from the different data feeds. For example, the disclosed systems determine topics associated with thread data from various data feeds and generates different aggregate summaries for different topics.

Abstract: Provided are methods for determining the amount of thyroglobulin in a sample using various purification steps followed by mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve adding an internal standard to the test sample; digesting thyroglobulin from the test sample and the internal standard to form thyroglobulin peptides; purifying the thyroglobulin peptides; ionizing the thyroglobulin peptides to generate one or more ions detectable by mass spectrometry; quantifying the amount of the one or more ions by mass spectrometry, wherein the one or more ions comprise an ion having a mass/charge ratio of 541.3±0.5, 612.3±0.5, 636.4±0.5, 726.4±0.5, 797.4±0.5, 912.4±0.5, and/or 1059.5±0.5; and relating the amount of the one or more ions to the amount of thyroglobulin in the test sample.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for accurately and flexibly generating modified digital images utilizing a novel swapping autoencoder that incorporates scene layout. In particular, the disclosed systems can receive a scene layout map that indicates or defines locations for displaying specific digital content within a digital image. In addition, the disclosed systems can utilize the scene layout map to guide combining portions of digital image latent code to generate a modified digital image with a particular textural appearance and a particular geometric structure defined by the scene layout map. Additionally, the disclosed systems can utilize a scene layout map that defines a portion of a digital image to modify by, for instance, adding new digital content to the digital image, and can generate a modified digital image depicting the new digital content.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is related to a method for measuring and controlling linear chirp level of ultrafast laser pulse. The method includes steps as follows. A carrier-envelope phase-chirp (CEP-chirp) relation which serve as a chirp monitor is extracted, in which the CEP-chirp relation is generated from an ultrafast laser pulse. A linear chirp level of a target pulse is measured in response to the CEP-chirp relation. According to the measuring with respect to the linear chirp level of the target pulse, a dispersion element which the ultrafast laser pulse passes through is varied to control and stabilize the linear chirp level of the target pulse.

Abstract: Electromagnetic shields, vehicles, wireless charging systems, and related methods are disclosed. An electromagnetic shield includes a shield member including a coil side to face one or more inductive coils. The electromagnetic shield also includes one or more perimeter shield members configured in a loop proximate to a perimeter of the coil side of the shield member. The shield member and the one or more perimeter shield members are configured to shield electromagnetic radiation emitted by the one or more inductive coils.

Abstract: Stabilizing camera preview frames involves obtaining preview frames and associated camera motion signals, smoothing out the trajectory of these frames to correct for camera movement, and then displaying the corrected frames. The process includes comparing current and prior preview frames and their motion signals to calculate smoothed trajectories and apply appropriate rotation and translation corrections. The specifics of trajectory smoothing take into account factors such as motion state, lighting, or capture mode, which can influence the strength of the smoothing parameter. Transform matrices are utilized based on correction rotation to adjust sample points within images, and special considerations like camera sag are factored into the image corrections.

Abstract: A luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) device is provided. The LSC device has an active layer including a modified luminophore having a polymethine component including a plurality of methine groups (?CH—)n, where n is an odd integer greater than 1. A hydrogen atom (H) of one of the plurality of methine groups is replaced by one of -AR1R2 or -DR3, where A is selected from nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) and D is selected from oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), and tellurium (Te), R1 and R2 are independently selected from H, aliphatic groups, and aromatic groups bound to A through a carbon atom, or R1 and R2 together form an alicyclic ring containing A, and R3 is selected from H, aliphatic groups, aromatic groups, and alicyclic groups bound to D through a carbon atom.

Abstract: A system for determining a state of health (SOH) of an energy storage device comprises a controller configured to be coupled to the energy storage device. The controller is configured to determine a current value drawn by or supplied to the energy storage device over a predefined period of time. In response to the current value not satisfying a current threshold, the controller determines a current gain factor and determines an adjusted current value from the determined current value based on the current gain factor. The controller is configured to determine an estimated SOH of the energy storage device based on the adjusted current value, and indicate the estimated SOH on a user interface.

Abstract: A power control method includes obtaining, by a first terminal, parameter information required for power control, where the parameter information includes at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, and a third parameter, and determining, by the first terminal based on the parameter information, uplink transmit power used when uplink transmission is performed on a target beam or a target beam pair; where the first parameter includes a beam reception gain of a network device and/or a beam sending gain of the first terminal, where the second parameter is used to indicate interference caused by a second terminal to the first terminal on the target beam, and where the third parameter includes beam-specific target power and/or terminal-specific target power.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for coordinating processing of data by multiple networked computing resources include monitoring data associated with a plurality of networked computing resources, and coordinating the routing of data processing segments to the networked computing resources.

Abstract: The disclosure provides modified biotin-binding proteins which can be expressed in soluble form in high yield in bacteria. Also provided are fusion proteins comprising the modified biotin-binding protein and an antigen. The disclosure further provides non-hemolytic variants of alpha-hemolysin from S. aureus and fusion protein comprising non-hemolytic variant of alpha-hemolysin and a biotin-binding domains. Immunogenic compositions comprising the proteins are also disclosed and use of such immunogenic compositions for inducing an immune response or for vaccinating a subject are also disclosed.

Abstract: Technologies for the prevention and/or treatment of Salmonella infections.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery system including a housing, a battery terminal disposed on a first side of the housing of the battery module, and a cover disposed on the housing, wherein the cover comprises a battery terminal cover extending from the cover. The battery terminal cover is configured to adjust between a first position and a second position. The battery terminal cover, in the first position, is configured to at least partially shroud the battery terminal, and in the second position, is configured to expose the battery terminal.

Abstract: An image generation system enables user input during the process of training a generative model to influence the model's ability to generate new images with desired visual features. A source generative model for a source domain is fine-tuned using training images in a target domain to provide an adapted generative model for the target domain. Interpretable factors are determined for the source generative model and the adapted generative model. A user interface is provided that enables a user to select one or more interpretable factors. The user-selected interpretable factor(s) are used to generate a user-adapted generative model, for instance, by using a loss function based on the user-selected interpretable factor(s). The user-adapted generative model can be used to create new images in the target domain.

Abstract: A method for measuring overlay between an interest level and a reference level of a wafer includes applying a magnetic field to a wafer, detecting at least one residual magnetic field emitted from at least one registration marker of a first set of registration markers within the wafer, responsive to the detected one or more residual magnetic fields, determining a location of the at least one registration marker of the first set registration markers, determining a location of at least one registration marker of a second set of registration markers, and responsive to the respective determined locations of the at least one registration marker of the first set of registration markers and the at least one registration marker of the second set of registration markers, calculating a positional offset between an interest level of the wafer and a reference level of the wafer. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Method for nanoparticle-mediated deposition of radiation (NMDR) and targeted radiation therapies using a biodegradable and bioabsorbable iron oxide nanoparticle with a biocompatible coating that is effective to overcome various extra- and intra-cellular barriers and selectively accumulate in solid and metastatic tumors to improve the energy transfer of conventional radiotherapy

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating digital images depicting photorealistic scenes utilizing a digital image collaging neural network. For example, the disclosed systems utilize a digital image collaging neural network having a particular architecture for disentangling generation of scene layouts and pixel colors for different regions of a digital image. In some cases, the disclosed systems break down the process of generating a collage digital into generating images representing different regions such as a background and a foreground to be collaged into a final result. For example, utilizing the digital image collaging neural network, the disclosed systems determine scene layouts and pixel colors for both foreground digital images and background digital images to ultimately collage the foreground and background together into a collage digital image depicting a real-world scene.