Abstract: Encoding a group of frames of a video sequence can include determining a stillness of the group of frames, in response to determining that the stillness of the group of frames meets stillness conditions, encoding the group of frames using a coding structure that is a one-layer coding structure, and, in response to determining that the stillness of the group of frames does not meet the stillness conditions, encoding the group of frames using the coding structure that is a multi-layer coding structure. Instructions for decoding a group of frames include instructions to determine, from an encoded bitstream, an indication of a coding structure used to encode the group of frames, receive the group of frames in a coding order of the coding structure, and decode the group of frames using the coding structure. The indication is one of a one-layer coding structure indication or a multi-layer coding structure indication.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a multilayer material includes a splitter module and a uniaxial crystal element. The splitter module, located in a transmission path of an incident light beam, is used for splitting the incident light beam into a first polarized light beam and a second polarized light beam. The uniaxial crystal element is disposed adjacent to the splitter module and on a transmission path of the first polarized light beam and the second polarized light beam. The first polarized light beam and the second polarized light beam pass through the uniaxial crystal element individually by having the first polarized light beam and the second polarized light in correspondence to different index of refractions, so that two focuses with different focal lengths can be obtained. In addition, a method for cutting a multilayer material method is also provided.

Abstract: A mixed-flow fan includes a base including a bottom channel, an outer cover disposed on the base, a motor disposed on the base, a hub located between the outer case and the motor, and a blade connected to the hub. A main channel is formed between the outer cover and the hub, and is connected to the bottom channel. The main channel extends in the first direction, and the bottom channel extends in the second direction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for constructing a plasma Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing library. The method includes: extracting a plasma DNA; making the plasma DNA ligate to a sequencing linker, and purifying a ligation product; performing Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification for the purified ligation product, purifying the PCR amplification product, and obtaining the plasma DNA sequencing library, wherein, the method does not include the step of performing 5?-terminus phosphorylation for the plasma DNA.

Abstract: The disclosure relates a method for constructing a plasma Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing library. The method includes: extracting a plasma DNA; making the plasma DNA ligate to a sequencing linker, and purifying a ligation product; performing Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification for the purified ligation product, purifying the PCR amplification product, and obtaining the plasma DNA sequencing library, wherein, the method does not include the step of performing 5?-terminus phosphorylation for the plasma DNA. The kit provided by the disclosure includes: a reagent which ligates a plasma DNA to a sequencing linker, including the sequencing linker, a ligase and a ligation buffer; and reagents and instruments for purifying the ligation product; a reagent which performs PCR amplification for a purified ligation product, and reagents and instruments for purifying the PCR amplification product; wherein, the kit does not include the reagent which performs 5?-terminus phosphorylation for the plasma DNA.

Abstract: Groups of video frames can be compressed using reversed ordering. For a group of a video sequence having a display order, a determination is made as to whether to arrange the group in a reversed display order before a prediction process of an encoder for the group. Responsive thereto, the group is arranged in the reversed display order as an input order to the prediction process. Otherwise, the group is provided to the prediction process in the display order as the input order. In performing the prediction process, the group, received in the input order, is arranged in a coding order using a group coding structure that defines at least one backward reference frame for inclusion within a set of candidate reference frames. Multiple backward reference frames may also be defined. The group is predicted in the coding order using the set of candidate reference frames.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present invention generally relate to compositions and methods for treating a bone disease, for example a genetic bone disease. In one embodiment the bone disease is fibular hemimelia, proximal femoral focal deficiency, tarsal coalition or humeroradial synostosis.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating organization data for an efficient presentation and/or organization of a collection of items. In some embodiments, the organization data may be based on metadata associated with items, such as keywords. The metadata may be generated from natural language processing of the items. Organization data and/or a hierarchical data organization may be a tree data structure that can be efficiently navigated to reach and/or locate an item. In some embodiments, organization data may be automatically updated in response to a document removal, addition, and/or a user selection. For example, as items are removed and/or added to the collection, keywords, counts, directories, nodes, and/or levels of the organization data may update and/or change to reflect the updated collection of items.

Abstract: The disclosure relates a method for constructing a plasma Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing library. The method includes: extracting a plasma DNA; making the plasma DNA ligate to a sequencing linker, and purifying a ligation product; performing Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification for the purified ligation product, purifying the PCR amplification product, and obtaining the plasma DNA sequencing library, wherein, the method does not include the step of performing 5?-terminus phosphorylation for the plasma DNA. The kit provided by the disclosure includes: a reagent which ligates a plasma DNA to a sequencing linker, including the sequencing linker, a ligase and a ligation buffer; and reagents and instruments for purifying the ligation product; a reagent which performs PCR amplification for a purified ligation product, and reagents and instruments for purifying the PCR amplification product; wherein, the kit does not include the reagent which performs 5?-terminus phosphorylation for the plasma DNA.

Abstract: A method and a system for voice transmission control. The method comprises: receiving, by a voice answering device, a voice command and transmitting the voice command to a sound control server through a network data transmission channel; recognizing, by the sound control server, the voice command, generating corresponding second VXML control information based on a recognition result, and transmitting the second VXML control information to the voice answering device through the network data transmission channel; and performing, by the voice answering device, an operation according to the received second VXML control information. With this method, the architecture and workflow of the communication system can be simplified, and the difficulty of design thereof can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a freezing-illumination method for preparing porous gels, comprising the steps of: (a) synthesizing the gels containing dynamic exchangeable bonds; (b) illuminating the gels under frozen state by certain wavelength light source; (c) elevating the temperature and melt the ice crystals within the gels to get the porous structure. The dynamic exchangeable bonds existing in the gels include double/multi-sulfur bond, hydrazine bond, boronic ester bond. Catalyst is also included in the gel composition to activate the bond exchange reactions under illumination. This new method for preparing porous gels is easy to operate and suitable for most kinds of gels. Meanwhile, it can spatially control the pore structure within the gels by local illumination.

Abstract: A method and a system for voice transmission control. The method comprises: receiving, by a voice answering device, a voice command and transmitting the voice command to a sound control server through a network data transmission channel; recognizing, by the sound control server, the voice command, generating corresponding second VXML control information based on a recognition result, and transmitting the second VXML control information to the voice answering device through the network data transmission channel; and performing, by the voice answering device, an operation according to the received second VXML control information. With this method, the architecture and workflow of the communication system can be simplified, and the difficulty of design thereof can be reduced.

Abstract: A method and a system for voice transmission control. The method comprises: receiving, by a voice answering device, a voice command and transmitting the voice command to a sound control server through a network data transmission channel; recognizing, by the sound control server, the voice command, generating corresponding VXML control information based on a recognition result, and transmitting the VXML control information to the voice answering device through the network data transmission channel; and performing, by the voice answering device, an operation according to the received VXML control information. With this method, the architecture and workflow of the communication system can be simplified, and the difficulty of design thereof can be reduced.

Abstract: A method of protecting a semiconductor structure from water and a semiconductor structure formed by the method. The semiconductor structure includes a wide-bandgap semiconductor material in which at least one semiconductor device is formed. The method includes heating the semiconductor structure in a vacuum to a temperature of at least 200° C. to remove water from the semiconductor structure. The method also includes, after the heating of the semiconductor structure, forming a layer comprising a hydrophobic material over the semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure is kept in the vacuum between the heating of the semiconductor structure and the forming of the layer comprising the hydrophobic material.

Abstract: A method and a system for voice transmission control. The method comprises: receiving, by a voice answering device, a voice command and transmitting the voice command to a sound control server through a network data transmission channel; recognizing, by the sound control server, the voice command, generating corresponding VXML control information based on a recognition result, and transmitting the VXML control information to the voice answering device through the network data transmission channel; and performing, by the voice answering device, an operation according to the received VXML control information. With this method, the architecture and workflow of the communication system can be simplified, and the difficulty of design thereof can be reduced.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein provides for high particle removal rate and/or heat transfer from surfaces. The device removes particulate matter from a surface using a bounded vortex generated over the surface, with suction in the vortex center and jets for blowing air along the periphery. The jets are tilted in the tangential direction to induce vortex motion within the suction region. The vortex is said to be bounded because streamlines originating in the downward jets are entrained back into the central vortex.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for treating cancer, such as a cyclin D1-overexpressing cancer, including administering to a subject in need of such treatment a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that mediates downregulation of cyclin D1 and/or increases sumoylation of cyclin D1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal light valve comprising: a first substrate where a first polymer layer is formed thereon; a second substrate where a second polymer layer is formed thereon, the first polymer layer is opposite to the second polymer; and a liquid crystal material layer filled in between the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer, wherein the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer have a roughened surface, and the roughened surface is disposed between the first polymer layer and the liquid crystal material layer, or between the second polymer layer and the liquid crystal material layer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus records at a first mobile device, separately, each of an upstream component and a downstream component of a speech data associated with users of the first mobile device and a second mobile device in a full-duplex communication system. Speech endpointing is performing on each recorded component to delimit speech chunks in each component using timing information common to both components. The speech chunks are converted to text chunks using at least one automatic speech recognition process and the text chunks are displayed, based on the timing information, in chronological order on a graphical user interface of the first mobile device as diarized text.

Abstract: The disclosure claims a method for tracking a sample in a second-generation Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing technology and a detection kit, wherein the method includes the following steps of: 1) incorporating DNA molecular tag with a known sequence into a sample, and obtaining a sequencing sample; 2) sequencing the sequencing sample; 3) screening the molecular tag sequence from the sequencing result of step 2), and comparing with the known sequence of the molecular tag. As the sequencing process of the tag is synchronously implemented during the sequencing process of the DNA molecular, this method can be conveniently operated, and the confusion of the samples caused by manual operation can be found instantly; thereby, this method not only has important significance for the technical research, but also greatly improves the strictness of the clinical detection if applied to the clinical detection.