Abstract: A system for providing video playback comprises a processor configured to synchronize clocks on the plurality of devices to a standard time, provide target video playback positions to the plurality of devices, wherein target video playback positions are based at least in part on the timing information, provide one or more locators for video streams to the plurality of devices, monitor playback status for each of the plurality of devices, and for a device, determine whether the playback status for the device indicates that a selected bitrate is too low or too high or that the playback is fast or slow; in response to determining the selected bitrate is too low, indicate to select a higher bitrate for a device; and in response to determining the selected bitrate is too high, indicate to select a lower bitrate for the device.

Abstract: A system for providing video playback includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a desired video playback request and receive a video content source switching request from a first video content source to a second video content source. The processor is configured to generate a not-all-I-frame first stream for the first video content source, generate an all-I-frame second stream and a not-all-I-frame second stream for the second video content source, switch from the not-all-I-frame first stream for the first video content source to the all-I-frame second stream for the second video content source, and switch from the all-I-frame second stream for the second video content source to the not-all-I-frame second stream for the second video content source on a next I-frame occurrence in the not-all-I-frame second stream for the second video content source.

Abstract: A composite film includes a fiber structure layer and a filling material layer. The fiber structure layer has a plurality of fibers and a first melting temperature. The filling material layer is disposed on the fiber structure layer and has a second melting temperature. At least one of the fibers extends into the filling material layer, and the first melting temperature is greater than the second melting temperature. Wherein the fiber structure layer includes a polymer selected from a group consisting of PI, polyurethanes (PU), polyamide, polybenzimidazole, polycarbonate, polyacrylonitrile, polyethyleneterephtalate, poly(vinylidenefluoride), poly(4-methylpentene) (TPX), and the arbitrary combinations thereof; the filling material layer includes polyolefin or polyester.

Abstract: Some aspects provide determination of a function to rectify functional differences between netlist G1 and netlist G2 having inputs V. The determination may include determination of a signal s of netlist G1 that can be re-synthesized so as to correct the functional differences between netlist G1 and netlist G2, assignment of respective static values to a first plurality of inputs V, assignment of respective initial values to a second plurality of inputs V, determination of a first function based on the assigned static values, the assigned initial values, a first error function reflecting the difference between outputs of netlist G1 and netlist G2 for each vector of inputs V in a case that s equals 0, and a second error function reflecting the difference between the outputs of netlist G1 and netlist G2 for each vector of inputs V in a case that s equals 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell-culturing model and a method for screening compounds which can be applied in treating or preventing hepatic cirrhosis. The cell culturing model comprises a population of hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) derived from co-culturing, and at least one population of the cells comprises a nucleotide sequence fragment of a reporter gene and a cell specific regulatory sequence. The cell-culturing model of the present invention can be applied in high throughput screening for effective compounds of medication, and also in understanding the functional mechanism of the effective compounds.

Abstract: Some aspects provide determination of a function to rectify functional differences between netlist G1 and netlist G2 having inputs V. The determination may include determination of a signal s of netlist G1 that can be re-synthesized so as to correct the functional differences between netlist G1 and netlist G2, assignment of respective static values to a first plurality of inputs V, assignment of respective initial values to a second plurality of inputs V, determination of a first function based on the assigned static values, the assigned initial values, a first error function reflecting the difference between outputs of netlist G1 and netlist G2 for each vector of inputs V in a case that s equals 0, and a second error function reflecting the difference between the outputs of netlist G1 and netlist G2 for each vector of inputs V in a case that s equals 1.

Abstract: A method for modeling a circuit design includes synthesizing the circuit design to create a first gate-level representation of the circuit design. The method also includes analyzing a second gate-level representation of the circuit design to learn architecture information, and resynthesizing the first gate-level representation of the circuit design to incorporate the learned architecture information from the second gate-level representation of the circuit design. A computer-readable storage medium has stored thereon computer instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to synthesize a circuit design to create a first gate-level representation of the circuit design.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cell-culturing model and a method for screening compounds which can be applied in treating or preventing hepatic cirrhosis. The cell culturing model comprises a population of hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) derived from co-culturing, and at least one population of the cells comprises a nucleotide sequence fragment of a reporter gene and a cell specific regulatory sequence. The cell-culturing model of the present invention can be applied in high throughput screening for effective compounds of medication, and also in understanding the functional mechanism of the effective compounds.

Abstract: A method for modeling a circuit design includes synthesizing the circuit design to create a first gate-level representation of the circuit design. The method also includes analyzing a second gate-level representation of the circuit design to learn architecture information, and resynthesizing the first gate-level representation of the circuit design to incorporate the learned architecture information from the second gate-level representation of the circuit design. A computer-readable storage medium has stored thereon computer instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to synthesize a circuit design to create a first gate-level representation of the circuit design.