Abstract: Methods, compositions, and kits for adhering polymers and other materials to another material, and in particular to bone or bone-like structures or surfaces. A composition of matter includes a urethane dimethacrylate-methyl methacrylate copolymer with a plurality of first polymer regions based on urethane dimethacrylate and a plurality of second polymer regions based on methyl methacrylate. The method includes placing an orthopedic joint implant having an attachment surface in a joint space, applying a first non-urethane-containing precursor, a second urethane-containing precursor, and a initiator to the attachment surface; contacting the first and second precursors and the initiator with the joint surface; and copolymerizing the first and second precursors and forming an adhesive copolymer and attaching the implant to the joint.

Abstract: Methods and devices for video decoding are provided. The method includes: receiving a control variable associated with the video block at a coding level, where the control variable enables adaptive switch between a plurality of motion vector refinement (MVR) offset sets, and the video block comprises first and second geometric partitions; receiving one or more syntax elements to determine a first MVR offset for the first geometric partition and a second MVR offset for the second geometric partition from a selected MVR offset set; obtaining a first motion vector (MV) and a second MV from a candidate list for the first and second geometric partitions; calculating a first refined MV and a second refined MV based on the first and second MVs and the first and second MVR offsets; and obtaining prediction samples for the video block based on the first and second refined MVs.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for image filtering in video coding using a neural network are provided. The method includes: loading, a plurality of quantization parameter (QP) map (QpMap) values at a plurality of QpMap channels into the neural network; obtaining a QP scaling factor by adjusting a plurality of input QP values related to an input frame; and adjusting, according to a QP scaling factor, the plurality of QpMap values for the neural network to learn and filter the input frame to the neural network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: in which Y1, Y2, R1, R2 and R3 are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the activity of SHP2. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in the management of diseases or disorders associated with the aberrant activity of SHP2.

Abstract: Anti-CD48 antibody-drug conjugates are disclosed. The anti-CD48 antibody-drug conjugates comprise an Mcl-1 inhibitor drug moiety and an anti-CD48 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds an antigen target, e.g., an antigen expressed on a tumor or other cancer cell. The disclosure further relates to methods and compositions for use in the treatment of cancers by administering the antibody-drug conjugates provided herein. Linker-drug conjugates comprising an Mcl-1 inhibitor drug moiety and methods of making same are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for decoding a video block in geometry partition mode (GPM). The method includes: partitioning the video block into first and second geometric partitions; obtaining a first prediction list for the first geometric partition and obtaining a second prediction list for the second geometric partition; obtaining motion vectors (MVs) for the first and second geometric partitions by applying a GPM with explicit motion signaling (EMS) to the first and second geometric partitions based on the first and second prediction lists; and obtaining prediction samples of the first and second geometric partitions based on the MVs.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video coding with a low-delay transform skip residual coding (TSRC) method. The TSRC method includes: deriving, by an encoder, a rice parameter based on coded information of a current slice of a video. The coded information may include one or more of following parameters: a quantization parameter or a coding bit-depth associated with a slice, a picture, or a sequence of the video; or a hash ratio associated with the slice, the picture, or the sequence of the video.

Abstract: A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by generating a multi-model linear model (MMLM) including a first linear model between the minimum luma value and the threshold luma value, and a second linear model between the threshold luma value and the maximum luma value from a group of reference luma samples and a group of reference chroma samples; and reconstructing a respective sample value of the chroma block from a weighted combination of a respective first corresponding reconstructed sample value of the luma block using the multi-model linear model, and a respective second reconstructed sample value of a neighboring chroma block from an intra prediction mode.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video coding. The method for video coding includes: receiving, by a decoder, a residual coding rice constraint flag to provide general constraint controls for at least one of other flags; and in response to determining that a value of the residual coding rice constraint flag equals to 1, determining that a value of the at least one of other flags equals to 0.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a microphone that acquires a speech signal, and at least one processor. In a case in which the processor determines a wake word is included in first recognition data derived from the speech signal, when the processor determines that control information, that is information related to a control processing, is included in second recognition data derived from the speech signal after the wake word, the processor executes a first control processing corresponding to the control information. When the processor determines that the control information is included in third recognition data derived from the speech signal acquired by the microphone during a first period after a predetermined condition related to an event that occurs after the wake word is satisfied or during execution of the first control processing, the processor executes a second control processing corresponding to the control information included in the third recognition data.

Abstract: A method for video decoding is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of sub-blocks within an affine coding unit (CU) of a video frame, where the plurality of sub-blocks include a plurality of boundary sub-blocks and a plurality of non-boundary sub-blocks. Further, the method may include applying both overlapped block motion compensation (OBMC) and affine secondary prediction (ASP) to at least one sub-block to generate a sub-block-based prediction for the affine CU or enabling the ASP for the plurality of non-boundary sub-block and disabling the OBMC for the plurality of non-boundary sub-blocks.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data, comprising: receiving, from the video signal, a picture frame that includes a first component and a second component in a first color space; determining a classifier for the second component in the first color space from a set of one or more samples of the first component associated with a respective sample of the second component in the first color space, wherein the set of one or more samples are in a second color space; determining a sample offset for the respective sample of the second component in the first color space according to the classifier; and modifying the value of the respective sample of the second component in the first color space based on the determined sample offset.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data. The method includes: receiving, from the video signal, a picture frame that includes a first component and a second component; determining a classifier for the second component from a set of one or more samples of the first component associated with a respective sample of the second component; determining whether to modify a value of the respective sample of the second component within a region of the picture frame according to the classifier; in response to the determination to modify the value of the respective sample of the second component within the region according to the classifier, determining a sample offset for the respective sample of the second component according to the classifier; and modifying the value of the respective sample of the second component based on the determined sample offset.

Abstract: A method for enriching niobium and titanium in a mineral containing iron, niobium, and titanium, includes: reacting raw materials comprising 1 part by weight of a mineral containing iron, niobium, and titanium, 0.1-0.8 part by weight of a nickel-containing substance and 0.2-1 part by weight of carbon at 800-1500° C. to obtain a nickel-iron alloy and a niobium-titanium rich slag, where an amount of the mineral containing iron, niobium, and titanium is counted in terms of iron element, and an amount of the nickel-containing substance is counted in terms of nickel element. The nickel-containing substance is one or more selected from the group consisting of oxides of nickel and nickel minerals.

Abstract: A mobile terminal (1), a switch control method, and a computer readable storage medium. The mobile terminal (1) comprises a hardware security processor (11), a first information input device (12), and a control switch (14); when the control switch (14) is turned on, if first security information currently collected by the first information input device (12) does not match second security information stored in a storage module, or the second security information does not exist in the storage module when the first security information currently collected by the first information input device (12) is obtained, the hardware security processor (11) controls the control switch (14) to be turned off, so as to prevent a second information input device (15) of the mobile terminal (1) from uploading the collected information to a main processor (16) of the mobile terminal (1).

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data, comprising: receiving, from the video signal, a picture frame including a first component, and a second component; determining a classifier for the first component based on a first set of one or more samples of the second component associated with a respective sample of the first component and a second set of one or more samples of the first component associated with the respective sample of the first component; determining a sample offset for the respective sample of the first component according to the classifier; and modifying a value of the respective sample of the first component based on the determined sample offset. In some embodiments, the first component is a luma component and the second component is a chroma component, and the classifier is determined by a combination of a band offset classifier and edge offset classifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piglet feed based on bacteria enzyme synergistic fermentation process. The piglet feed is composed of basic components and bacteria enzyme synergistic fermentation feed. Basic components include soybean protein concentrate, whey powder, fish meal, sodium chloride, choline chloride, stone powder, calcium hydrogen phosphate, composite vitamins, composite trace elements, and composite amino acids. The bacterial enzyme synergistic fermentation feed includes a fermentation substrate, an enzyme preparation, and a bacterial strain. The bacterial enzyme synergistic fermentation feed can not only improve the production performance of piglets, but also improve the utilization rate of feed nutrients, especially the utilization rate of feed phosphorus, thereby reducing the excretion of phosphorus in feces.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data. The method comprises: receiving, from the video signal, a picture frame that includes a first component, and a second component; determining a classifier for the first component based on a first set of one or more samples of the second component associated with a respective sample of the first component; determining a sample offset for the respective sample of the first component according to the classifier; and modifying a value of the respective sample of the first component based on the determined sample offset, wherein the first component and the second component are chroma components. The picture frame further includes a third component, and the classifier for the first component is additionally based on a second set of one or more samples of the third component associated with the respective sample of the first component.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of video encoding. The method comprises: obtaining a video picture that includes a first component and a second component; determining a plurality of offsets associated with the second component; utilizing a sample value of the first component to obtain a class index associated with the second component; selecting an offset from the plurality of offsets for the second component according to the class index; and obtaining a sample value of the second component based on the selected offset, wherein utilizing the sample value of the first component to obtain the class index associated with the second component comprises: utilizing a first sample value of the first component to obtain a first parameter; utilizing a second sample value of the first component to obtain a second parameter; and obtaining the class index according to the first parameter and the second parameter.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video coding. The method for video coding includes: receiving, by a decoder, a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS) range extension flag that indicates whether a syntax structure, sps_range_extension, is present in Slice Head (SH) Raw Byte Sequence Payload (RBSP) syntax structures based on a value of the SPS range extension flag.