Abstract: Described herein are a low-cost, non-destructive, and contact-free intelligent inspection system that is field-deployable on a geometry car, high-rail vehicle, or other types of track inspection platforms to identify broken railway/railroad spikes in real-time.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, a method for efficiently producing a cell population enriched in Natural Killer cells (NK cells) from induced pluripotent cells.

Abstract: Evaluating railway ballast fouling condition is critical to assessing track conditions and arranging proper ballast maintenance. Because fouled ballast materials with different fouling conditions have different material properties, these properties can be used to evaluate the fouling severity. Various previously developed approaches to estimating fouling conditions often require special sensors or equipment, and well-trained technicians. Recently, convolutional neural network (CNN) based computer vision approaches have performed particle segmentation to obtain ballast grain size distribution. While the coarse aggregate fraction can be evaluated, many such approaches do not segment fine particles. This disclosure is an image analysis approach to directly estimate the ballast fouling conditions. First, fouled ballast images with different fouling conditions are taken as the reference. Then, the RGB color distributions of the fouled ballast images are processed through statistical analysis.

Abstract: The disclosure deals with a system and method recognizing the same person from different pictures in order to identify who is who based on photos or videos from different sources. Facial recognition plays an increasingly important role in modern life. Due to the low power consumption of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), this disclosure proposed an SNNs-based facial recognition model converted from a well-known facial recognition network ArcFace. The experimental results show that SNN (duration=200) achieved 99.00% overall accuracy on the testing dataset and outperformed the original ArcFace.

Abstract: Described herein are a low-cost, non-destructive, and contact-free intelligent inspection system that is field-deployable on a geometry car, high-rail vehicle, or other types of track inspection platforms to identify broken railway/railroad spikes in real-time.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an energy-efficient capacitance extraction method based on machine learning, and involves improving parameter extraction efficiency by using a machine learning model to extract parasitic capacitance; generally representing an interconnection line structure by grid-based data representation; reducing a workload of parameter extraction and enhancing the robustness of different semiconductor technologies with the idea of an adaptive extraction window; establishing a machine learning model of capacitance extraction for a two-dimensional interconnection line structure, and extracting grid parameters of a target interconnection line structure and inputting the grid parameters into the machine learning model, thereby obtaining parasitic capacitance parameters. Compared with an existing capacitance extraction technology, an capacitance extractor has achieved excellent performance in accuracy, speed and time and space consumption.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for identifying an optimal travel route for first travelers, such as commuters, first responders, etc., that considers both potential railroad crossing blockages in addition to street traffic congestion conditions to provide real-time optimal vehicle routing based on real-time street and railroad crossing conditions.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods and devices for gathering sound emission data from railway spikes in order to determine if a spike is undamaged, damaged, or broken via initiating sound waves in the spike and analyzing same to determine the structural integrity of the spike being tested.

Abstract: Described herein is a fully autonomous drone-based track inspection system that does not rely on GPS but instead uses optical images taken from the drone to identify the railroad track and navigate the drone to cruise along the track to perform track inspection tasks; track images are taken by the onboard drone camera and processed to provide both navigation information for autonomous drone flight control and track component health evaluation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite comprising (1) a bottom layer comprising expanded thermoplastic elastomer particles; and (2) a surface layer on the bottom layer, and the use of such composites in flooring surfaces sports, sports hall floorings, swimming pool hall floorings, running tracks, sports facilities, playgrounds, kindergartens, park walkway and pavements.

Abstract: Described herein are a low-cost, non-destructive, and contact-free intelligent inspection system that is field-deployable on a geometry car, high-rail vehicle, or other types of track inspection platforms to identify broken railway/railroad spikes in real-time.

Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for a computer vision-based pixel-level rail components detection system using an improved one-stage instance segmentation model and prior knowledge, aiming to inspect railway components in a rapid, accurate, and convenient fashion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, a method for efficiently producing natural killer cells from induced pluripotent cells. The method includes the steps of: (I) culturing pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium to produce CD56+/CD3? immune cells.

Abstract: In an aspect, a system for mobile modular furniture storage and deployment, wherein the system comprises a three-dimensional form having opposite and opposing sides, a plurality of modular furniture elements each configurable from a storage mode to a deployed mode. The three-dimensional form is configured to encapsulate a modular furniture element in a storage mode. The plurality of modular furniture elements are further configured to couple to at least one other of the plurality of furniture elements and two coupled modular furniture elements form at least a portion of a side of the three-dimensional form.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method in a wireless device for initiating a handover from a source base station to a target base station. The method includes calculating a power offset indicative of a difference between a receiving power from the target base station and a receiving power from the source base station. A Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration difference is obtained between a TDD configuration of the target base station and a TDD configuration of the source base station. A TDD offset is calculated based on the TDD configuration difference and an uplink-downlink traffic model of the wireless device. The handover is initiated based on a combination of the power offset and the TDD offset exceeding a threshold. The present disclosure also provides a wireless device, a method in a base station and a base station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite comprising (1) a bottom layer comprising expanded thermoplastic elastomer particles; and (2) a surface layer on the bottom layer, and the use of such composites in flooring surfaces sports, sports hall floorings, swimming pool hall floorings, running tracks, sports facilities, playgrounds, kindergartens, park walkway and pavements

Abstract: Disclosed are the anti-bacterial activity and the anti-tumor activity of a class of new spiro three-membered ring and spiro five-membered ring peptide deformylase inhibitor. The spiro three-membered ring and spiro five-membered ring peptide deformylase inhibitor of the present invention, as a class of new anti-bacterial agent, are effective against many antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive strains by inhibiting the activity of the peptide deformylase required in the synthesis of bacterial proteins, and do not affect the synthetic process of the main proteins of the human body, thus selectively killing bacteria.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method in a wireless device for initiating a handover from a source base station to a target base station. The method includes calculating a power offset indicative of a difference between a receiving power from the target base station and a receiving power from the source base station. A Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration difference is obtained between a TDD configuration of the target base station and a TDD configuration of the source base station. A TDD offset is calculated based on the TDD configuration difference and an uplink-downlink traffic model of the wireless device. The handover is initiated based on a combination of the power offset and the TDD offset exceeding a threshold. The present disclosure also provides a wireless device, a method in a base station and a base station.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method in a wireless device for initiating a handover from a source base station to a target base station. The method includes calculating a power offset indicative of a difference between a receiving power from the target base station and a receiving power from the source base station. A Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration difference is obtained between a TDD configuration of the target base station and a TDD configuration of the source base station. A TDD offset is calculated based on the TDD configuration difference and an uplink-downlink traffic model of the wireless device. The handover is initiated based on a combination of the power offset and the TDD offset exceeding a threshold. The present disclosure also provides a wireless device, a method in a base station and a base station.

Abstract: Disclosed are the anti-bacterial activity and the anti-tumor activity of a class of new spiro three-membered ring and spiro five-membered ring peptide deformylase inhibitor. The spiro three-membered ring and spiro five-membered ring peptide deformylase inhibitor of the present invention, as a class of new anti-bacterial agent, are effective against many antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive strains by inhibiting the activity of the peptide deformylase required in the synthesis of bacterial proteins, and do not affect the synthetic process of the main proteins of the human body, thus selectively killing bacteria.