Abstract: Systems and methods for panoptic image segmentation are disclosed herein. One embodiment performs semantic segmentation and object detection on an input image, wherein the object detection generates a plurality of bounding boxes associated with an object in the input image; selects a query bounding box from among the plurality of bounding boxes; maps at least one of the bounding boxes in the plurality of bounding boxes other than the query bounding box to the query bounding box based on similarity between the at least one of the bounding boxes and the query bounding box to generate a mask assignment for the object, the mask assignment defining a contour of the object; compares the mask assignment with results of the semantic segmentation to produce a refined mask assignment for the object; and outputs a panoptic segmentation of the input image that includes the refined mask assignment for the object.

Abstract: A display region includes: a first display region including a first thin film encapsulation structure; a second display region including a second thin film encapsulation structure; and a transition display region including a third thin film encapsulation structure. The first thin film encapsulation structure includes a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a first organic encapsulation layer and a second inorganic encapsulation layer. The second thin film encapsulation structure includes the first organic encapsulation layer, the second inorganic encapsulation layer and a second organic encapsulation layer. The third thin film encapsulation structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes the first inorganic encapsulation layer, the first organic encapsulation layer, the second inorganic encapsulation layer and the second organic encapsulation layer.

Abstract: A method for crest factor reduction (CFR). The method includes: generating a signal, xs(t); generating a vector, x(t), of size N×1 based on xs(t), wherein N>1; generating a clipping signal vector, z(t), based on x(t), wherein z(t) is a vector of size N×1; producing a transformed signal vector, y(t), based on z(t), wherein y(t) is a vector of size N×1; and generating an output signal vector, xp(t), based on y(t) and x(t), wherein generating xo(t) comprises subtracting y(t) from x(t) and xo(t) is a vector of size N×1.

Abstract: In one aspect, a power amplifier apparatus comprising a power amplifier (PA) and an adaptive controller is provided. The PA comprises at least one transistor and the adaptive controller is configured to control a bias voltage of the transistor based on a measured power efficiency of the PA and a measure output signal quality of the PA. In another aspect, a method of optimizing PA performance is provided. The PA comprises at least one transistor and the method includes initializing a bias voltage of the transistor, receiving measurements indicating a power efficiency and an output signal quality of the PA, evaluating the received measurements, calculating a new bias voltage for the transistor based on the evaluation, and applying the calculated new bias voltage to the transistor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radar ranging system based on a true random generator and a ranging method thereof. The present disclosure adopts the following technical scheme: the system comprises a radar signal modulation and transmission unit and a radar signal receiving and processing unit, wherein the radar signal modulation and transmission unit inputs and stores a true random binary sequence generated by the true random generator in a memory, and cyclically outputs the true random binary sequence to a BPSK modulator for phase modulation. The receiving and amplifying unit receives the reflected radar signal. The down-sampling unit down samples the intermediate frequency signal generated by the mixers. The data processing unit converts the sampled analog signal into a digital signal and cross-correlates the signal with the true random binary sequence in the memory, so as to obtain the distance to the object side to be measured.

Abstract: Systems and methods for ultra-wideband Crest Factor Reduction (CFR) are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless node for performing CFR includes performing a first CFR step on a plurality of input signals at a first sampling rate with joint peak detection and band-specific noise shaping; and performing a second CFR step on the resulting plurality of input signals at a second sampling rate with joint peak detection and joint noise shaping where the second sampling rate is higher than the first sampling rate. In this way, Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) reduction may be increased while the computational complexity is reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and kits for identifying a subject as having breast cancer. Also provided herein are methods and kits for determining the prognosis of a subject having breast cancer and for determining the progression of breast cancer in a subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display substrate, a display panel, a display device, and a manufacturing method of the display panel. The display substrate display substrate includes a display area, the display area including: a plurality of sides, wherein adjacent sides of the plurality of sides intersect to form a plurality of corners; a first display area having a first pixel density; and a second display area having a second pixel density lower than the first pixel density, wherein the second display area is located in at least one of the corners.

Abstract: A flexible display screen includes: a flexible substrate (1); an OLED device layer (2) formed on the flexible substrate (1); an encapsulation layer(3), disposed on the OLED device layer(2) and encapsulating the OLED device layer (2); and an encapsulation protection layer (4) formed on the encapsulation layer (3). The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a flexible display device and a manufacturing method of the flexible display screen.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of increasing the expression rate of epigenetic markers such as ELOVL2, KLF14, and PENK with administration of a therapeutic agent (e.g., vitamin C or its derivatives, analogs, metabolites, prodrugs, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof). Also described herein are methods of modulating the methylation pattern of epigenetic markers such as ELOVL2, KLF14, and PENK with administration of a therapeutic agent (e.g., vitamin C or its derivatives, analogs, metabolites, prodrugs, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and other retinal conditions by interfering with expression of genes, such as those encoding photoreceptor cell-specific nuclear receptor and neural retina-specific leucine zipper protein, in cells of the eye. These methods and compositions employ nucleic acid based therapies.

Abstract: A display panel, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate and a packaging layer. An edge of a first side of the packaging layer has a first slope. Touch lines are disposed on a side of the packaging layer away from the substrate, an extending direction of at least a portion of the touch lines is crossed with an extending direction of the edge of the packaging layer with the first slope. The touch lines include first lines, second lines and a first insulating layer. The second lines are electrically coupled to the first lines through vias in the first insulating layer. An orthographic projection of at least a portion of the first lines on the substrate is not overlapped with an orthographic projection of a portion of the packaging layer with the first slope on the substrate.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a packaging structure for a display substrate, a packaging method and a display device. The packaging structure for the display substrate includes a base substrate, a light-emitting device arranged on the base substrate, and a packaging thin film covering the light-emitting device. The packaging thin film includes an inorganic thin film and an organic thin film that are laminated, and the organic thin film is arranged on a surface of the inorganic thin film away from the base substrate. The packaging thin film includes a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region, the inorganic thin film located in the central region has surface energy greater than that of the inorganic thin film in the peripheral region, and the organic thin film in the central region has a thickness less than that of the organic thin film in the peripheral region.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to self-supervised training for monocular depth estimation. In one embodiment, a method includes filtering disfavored images from first training data to produce second training data that is a subsampled version of the first training data. The disfavored images correspond with anomaly maps within a set of depth maps. The first depth model is trained according to the first training data and generates the depth maps from the first training data after initially being trained with the first training data. The method includes training a second depth model according to a self-supervised training process using the second training data. The method includes providing the second depth model to infer distances from monocular images.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, devices, and media for carrying out diagnosis of myopia onset and progression. Machine learning algorithms enable the automated analysis of relevant features to generate predictions. Also disclosed are treatment methods incorporating the machine learning algorithms to identify suitable treatments and predict treatment efficacy.

Abstract: A method of decoding a color barcode involves simultaneously illuminating the color barcode with three light zones in a manner that illuminates each bar of the color barcode with each of the three spatially separated light zones, where the three light zones are each illuminated by a different one of three colors; capturing a monochrome image of light reflected off of the color barcode that includes each of the bars in the barcode illuminated by the three light zones; and for each bar in the color barcode, determining a color of the bar by analysis of the intensity of the light captured in the image of the reflected light intensity in each of the three light zones.

Abstract: Systems and methods for ultra-wideband Crest Factor Reduction (CFR) are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless node for performing CFR includes performing a first CFR step on a plurality of input signals at a first sampling rate with joint peak detection and band-specific noise shaping; and performing a second CFR step on the resulting plurality of input signals at a second sampling rate with joint peak detection and joint noise shaping where the second sampling rate is higher than the first sampling rate. In this way, Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) reduction may be increased while the computational complexity is reduced.

Abstract: Systems and methods for panoptic image segmentation are disclosed herein. One embodiment performs semantic segmentation and object detection on an input image, wherein the object detection generates a plurality of bounding boxes associated with an object in the input image; selects a query bounding box from among the plurality of bounding boxes; maps at least one of the bounding boxes in the plurality of bounding boxes other than the query bounding box to the query bounding box based on similarity between the at least one of the bounding boxes and the query bounding box to generate a mask assignment for the object, the mask assignment defining a contour of the object; compares the mask assignment with results of the semantic segmentation to produce a refined mask assignment for the object; and outputs a panoptic segmentation of the input image that includes the refined mask assignment for the object.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions relating to synthesized nanopores. The synthesized nanopores can be used for detecting a target molecule (e.g. RNA, DNA, or peptide).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and kits for identifying a subject as having leukemia. Also provided herein are methods and kits for determining a leukemia subtype in subject. Further provided herein are methods and kits for determining the prognosis of a subject having leukemia and for determining the progression of leukemia in a subject.