Abstract: The general inventive concepts are based on the discovery that mammalian fertility and embryo development can be enhanced by a CHK1 inhibitor. A method for treating human infertility is disclosed. The method comprises identification of an individual having altered CHK1 function and administering a therapeutically effective amount of a CHK1 inhibitor. Further, embryonic development can be enhanced by the use of a culture medium comprising CHK1 inhibitor.

Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods and systems for coding video. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining encoded video data comprising a plurality of blocks and obtaining a motion vector predictor (MVP) candidate block from a MVP list based on a MVP index. The method further includes in accordance with a determination that a block of the plurality of blocks is designated for a warp extend mode, determining whether the MVP candidate block is suitable for the warp extend mode. The method also includes, in accordance with a determination that the MVP candidate block is not suitable for the warp extend mode, identifying a backup MVP candidate block that is suitable for the warp extend mode. The method further includes obtaining a warp model from the backup MVP candidate block; and performing a warp extend operation on the block using the warp model.

Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods and systems for coding video. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining encoded video data comprising a plurality of blocks and parsing the encoded video data for each block in the plurality of blocks without reconstructing an entire motion vector predictor (MVP) list. The method also includes first determining whether warped motion compensation is allowed for the block and whether warped motion compensation is enabled for a first spatial neighbor block; and determining whether to perform warped motion compensation for the block during a subsequent reconstruction operation based on the first determination. The method further includes designating the block for a warp extend operation or a warp delta operation in accordance with a determination to perform warped motion compensation for the block during the subsequent reconstruction operation.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods a crypto chat social software system can use the user's biological information to ensure the security of the account through a secure encryption method, which is not easy to be cracked, so that the user can fully control the security of his account. Encryption on each data generated by the user's application of social chat software is performed to ensure that only the users themselves can view the application's data and digital assets. The server storage can be decentralized in that al data stored and backed up are encrypted information. Accordingly, users' private data and digital assets cannot be stolen and abused. At the same time, the user's data will not be affected, the user still owns, and only the user owns their private data and digital assets.

Abstract: A transfer impedance calibration device for transducers based on spatial frequency domain smoothing technology is provided. The calibration device comprises a signal transmitter, a power amplifier, a transducer pair, a measurement amplifier, a signal collector, a measurement processor and a current sampler. The device extracts acoustic channel information through the sound filed spatial information or measurement method to design a spatial domain smoothing filter, and then comprehensively processes the transmitted current signal and the received signal through the spatial frequency domain smoothing technology to obtain the transfer impedance of the transducer pair.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to video coding and particularly to methods and systems for determining context for coding and decoding various syntax elements of a video stream in inter prediction modes. Various example implementations are disclosed for limiting numbers of possible coding contexts for syntax elements related to the inter prediction mode, and for selecting coding contexts for a current block based on coding information of spatially neighboring blocks and temporal motion prediction information.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to video coding and particularly to methods and systems for determining context for coding and decoding various syntax elements of a video stream in inter prediction modes. Various example implementations are disclosed for limiting numbers of possible coding contexts for syntax elements related to the inter prediction mode, and for selecting coding contexts for a current block based on coding information of spatially neighboring blocks and temporal motion prediction information.

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected word lines. The memory cells are disposed in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage. A control means is configured to apply a program voltage to selected ones of the word lines while applying pass voltages to unselected ones of the word lines and ramp down both the selected ones of the plurality of word lines and the unselected ones of the word lines to a recovery voltage at a start of a verify phase of each of a plurality of program loops and apply a targeted word line bias to each of the word lines during the verify phase. The control means is also configured to adjust the recovery voltage based on the targeted word line bias applied to each of the plurality of word lines during the verify phase.

Abstract: An optical device and the prism module thereof are provided. The prism module includes a first prism, a second prism, and a third prism. The second prism is disposed beside the first prism. The third prism is adhered to the second prism. First light enters the first prism, is reflected plural times in the first prism, enters the second prism, and is emitted from the second prism. Second light enters the second prism, is reflected plural times in the second prism, and is emitted from the second prism. Third light sequentially passes through the third prism and the second prism, enters the first prism, is reflected plural times in the first prism, and is emitted from the first prism.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives, from a coded video bitstream, coded information associated with a current block in a current picture. The coded information indicates that the current block is coded in a geometric partition mode (GPM), the current block is partitioned into at least a first partition and a second partition in the GPM by a partition edge. The processing circuitry determines that at least the first partition is coded in a subblock motion mode. The first partition includes a plurality of subblocks. The processing circuitry determines a plurality of motion vectors for the plurality of subblocks in the first partition of the current block, and reconstructs the plurality of subblocks in the first partition of the current block according to the plurality of motion vectors respectively.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a multi-utterance training sample that includes audio data characterizing utterances spoken by two or more different speakers and obtaining ground-truth speaker change intervals indicating time intervals in the audio data where speaker changes among the two or more different speakers occur. The method also includes processing the audio data to generate a sequence of predicted speaker change tokens using a sequence transduction model. For each corresponding predicted speaker change token, the method includes labeling the corresponding predicted speaker change token as correct when the predicted speaker change token overlaps with one of the ground-truth speaker change intervals. The method also includes determining a precision metric of the sequence transduction model based on a number of the predicted speaker change tokens labeled as correct and a total number of the predicted speaker change tokens in the sequence of predicted speaker change tokens.

Abstract: A system, marketplace, and method for developers to develop and provide games and/or non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to users for use across multiple gaming environments is provided. The system provides tools enabling the developers to implement games and/or NFTs that are compatible with multiple gaming environments standards. The system also converts information pertaining to the NFTs from non-standardized formats to standardized formats as required by the different gaming environments. The system also provides a marketplace for developers to showcase their games and/or NFTs to potential users. The system also links new and/or existing user accounts from various games with a system account such that the users may only require use of the system account across all of the games in the marketplace.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for splitting an image into coding units. An image is divided into coding tree units (CTUs) which are hierarchically partitioned. Hierarchical partitioning includes multi-type partitioning such as binary tree or quad tree splitting. For CTUs completely within the image and CTUs on the boundary, respective multi-type partition depths are chosen. The present disclosure provides for multi-type partitioning flexibility in a boundary portion of the image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a sulfone-group containing resin obtainable by reaction of a polyamine containing at least one sulfone-group with a polyepoxide and optionally a hardener, as well as adhesives and coating compositions comprising said compositions having gas-barrier properties, methods for bonding substrates using said adhesives and the thus obtained articles as well as the use of the compositions described herein as adhesive or coatings having gas-barrier properties.

Abstract: A reference block is determined from a plurality of candidate reference blocks for a current block in a current picture based on template matching (TM) costs of the plurality of candidate reference blocks. The TM costs indicate differences between a template of the current block and respective reference templates of the plurality of candidate reference blocks. Samples of the determined reference block are classified into a plurality of classes of samples. A partitioning pattern of the current block is derived based on the determined reference block from a predetermined plurality of partitioning patterns. The derived partitioning pattern indicates a plurality of partitions of the current block. Each of the plurality of classes of the samples of the determined reference block corresponds to a respective partition of the plurality of partitions of the current block. The current block is reconstructed based on the derived partitioning pattern of the current block.

Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for coding video. In one aspect, a method includes receiving video data including a picture, wherein the picture is coded using at least a first color component and a second color component, and the picture includes a first block that is coded in a geometric partition mode, the first block including a first geometric partition and a second geometric partition; reconstructing samples in a first geometric partition of the first color component of the first block; deriving samples in the first geometric partition of the second color component of the first block based on the reconstructed samples of the first color component of the first block; and decoding the first block in the picture based at least on the reconstructed samples in the first geometric partition of the first color component and the second color component of the first block.

Abstract: A method of coding implemented by a decoding device, comprising obtaining a bitstream; obtaining a value of an indicator for a current block according to the bitstream; obtaining a value of a first parameter for the current block and a value of a second parameter for the current block, according to the value of the indicator and a predefined lookup table; obtaining a value of a sample distance for a sample which is located in the current block, according to the value of the first parameter and the value of the second parameter; obtaining a prediction value for the sample, according to the value of the sample distance for the sample.

Abstract: A deblocking method, for deblocking a transform block boundary within a coding block in an image encoding and/or an image decoding is provided, wherein the coding block comprising transform blocks is coded in inter prediction mode and the transform blocks comprises a first transform block and a second transform block. The method comprises: determining, when the boundary between the first transform block and the second transform block is a transform block boundary and at least one of the first transform block and the second transform block has one or more non-zero transform coefficients, a value of a BS parameter for the boundary between the first transform block and the second transform block to be a first value; and performing de-blocking filtering process to the boundary between the first transform block and the second transform block at least based on the value of the boundary strength parameter.

Abstract: An optical system. A light source component generates a light beam. A light adjustment component adjusts a ratio of the S-polarized light and a ratio of the P-polarized light in the light beam. A first polarization beamsplitter mirror component splits a light beam adjusted by the light adjustment component into a first light beam and a second light beam, where the first light beam is a light beam of the S-polarized light, and the second light beam is a light beam of the P-polarized light. The first lens component projects the first light beam or a modulated first light beam to a first region. The second lens component projects the second light beam or a modulated second light beam to a second region.

Abstract: An image processing device for use in an image encoder and/or an image decoder, for deblocking a block edge between a first block and a second block of an image encoded with a block code, is provided. The image processing device comprises a filter for filtering the block edge, configured to, for at least some of the pixels to be filtered, within a deblocking range from the block edge, the deblocking range being perpendicular to the block edge, determine a filtered pixel value from an original pixel value of the pixel and at least one further pixel value, determine a clipping value of the pixel, dependent upon a distance of the pixel from the block edge, and clip the filtered pixel value, using the clipping value resulting in a deblocked pixel value.