Abstract: Calculating, for each frame of a plurality of frames, a corresponding quality value; calculating, for each frame of the plurality of frames, based on one or more visual attributes of a frame, a weight for the corresponding quality value of the frame; calculating an aggregate quality value for the plurality of frames based on the weight and the corresponding quality value for each frame of the plurality of frames; and providing an assessment of the plurality of frames based on the aggregate quality value for the plurality of frames.

Abstract: Systems and methods for training neural networks. One embodiment is a system that includes a memory configured to store samples of training data for a Deep Neural Network (DNN), and a distributor. The distributor identifies a plurality of work servers provisioned for training the DNN by processing the samples via a model of the DNN, receives information indicating Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) processing powers at the work servers, determines differences in the GPU processing powers between the work servers based on the information, and allocates the samples among the work servers based on the differences.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) useful as agonists of stimulator of interferon genes (STING), the preparation method therefor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and the pharmaceutical uses for the treatment of STING-mediated diseases or disorders are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for preparing needle coke for ultra-high power (UHP) electrodes from heavy oil is provided. In this method, heavy oil is used as a raw material. The size exclusion chromatography (SEC) is conducted with polystyrene (PS) as a packing material to separate out specific components with a relative molecular weight of 400 to 1,000. The ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) is conducted to remove acidic and alkaline components to obtain a neutral raw material. The neutral raw material is subjected to two-stage consecutive carbonization to obtain green coke, and the green coke is subjected to high-temperature calcination to obtain the needle coke for UHP electrodes. The needle coke has a true density of more than 2.13 g/cm3 and a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of ?1.15×10?6/° C. at 25° C. to 600° C.

Abstract: This invention relates to heterocyclic compounds and their use in medicine. In particular, the present invention discloses heterocyclic compound of formula I, or an isotopically labeled compound thereof, or an optical isomer thereof, a geometric isomer thereof, a tautomer thereof or a mixture of various isomers, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in medicine.

Abstract: A method for piercing a titanium alloy solid billet, the method including: 1) providing a Mannesmann rotary piercer including two rollers, a feed channel, a plurality of centering devices, and a mandril including a plug; fixing the mandril using the plurality of centering devices, where the Mannesmann rotary piercer has a feeding angle of 6-18°, a cross angle of 15°, and a roll speed of 30-90 rpm; 2) heating a titanium alloy solid billet to 930-990° C.; 3) transferring the titanium alloy solid billet to the feed channel of the Mannesmann rotary piercer; and 4) aligning the titanium alloy solid billet with the plug of the mandril, and driving the titanium alloy solid billet to pass through the plug of the mandril, thereby piercing the titanium alloy solid billet and yielding a titanium alloy tube.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) useful as inhibitors of ADAMTS-5 and/or ADAMTS-4, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and use of them as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases involving degradation of cartilage or disruption of cartilage homeostasis, in particular osteoarthritis and/or rheumatoid arthritis, are disclosed.

Abstract: An adjusting mechanism for tile display screens and a tiled display device are provided. The adjusting mechanism for tile display screens is configured to adjust a gap between two adjacent tile display screens, and includes first support plates, a second support plate, and adjusting fixtures. The first support plates are used to fix the tile display screens in one to one correspondence and are movably connected to the second support plate. Each adjusting fixture is operable to be connected between two adjacent first support plates and includes two adjusting members in threaded connection. A threaded connection length between the two adjusting members is adjustable so that the gap between at least two tile display screens is adjusted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a data standardization technology, and discloses an XBRL-based global data standardization platform system and a construction method thereof, so as to efficiently and conveniently integrate various types of data, and implement the data localization and globalization.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a nanobolometer cell including a base layer, a dielectric spacer layer above and adjacent to the base layer, an ultrathin silicon film above and adjacent to the spacer layer, and at least one plasmonic optical antenna resonator above and adjacent to the silicon film.

Abstract: A combined remediation method of petroleum-contaminated soil includes: impurity removal pretreatment, photocatalytic pre-oxidation, stepwise thermal desorption of petroleum from soil, and high-temperature oxidation; with iron-titanium composite metal oxide (ITCMO) as a catalyst, conducting oxidation pretreatment under light conditions so that some cross-linked structures in macromolecular petroleum contaminants are broken and degraded; and conducting stepwise pyrolysis to achieve a removal rate of more than 98.00%. The new method adopts a combined remediation technology of photocatalytic pre-oxidation-stepwise pyrolysis, which realizes a relatively-high removal rate of petroleum hydrocarbons and the efficient and harmless remediation of high-concentration petroleum-contaminated soil, and remedied soil can be reused.

Abstract: A voltage compensation method includes: within a touch time period, multiplexing common electrode blocks as touch electrodes, and scanning the common electrode blocks in at least one column sequentially to detect a capacitance of each scanned common electrode block; within a time period between detecting the capacitance of each scanned common electrode block and starting an Nth display time period after the touch time period, calculating power consumption for each scanned common electrode block in accordance with the capacitance thereof, acquiring a corresponding common electrode voltage compensation value based on the power consumption, and adding the common electrode voltage compensation value to a reference common electrode voltage to acquire a compensated common electrode voltage applied to each scanned common electrode block; and within the Nth display time period, adjusting a common electrode voltage applied to each scanned common electrode block into the compensated common electrode voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device and a method for measuring Fabry-Parot (FP) transmittance curve by using a whispering gallery mode laser source. The device includes: a seed laser, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a spectroscope, a beam reduction system, a lens, and Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic chip arranged in sequence.

Abstract: An operating controller and a terminal device are provided. The operating controller includes a controller housing and an adsorption structure. The controller housing includes a plurality of movable function buttons. The adsorption structure is arranged on the controller housing. At least one of the plurality of function buttons includes a button body and a button column. The button body includes a surface for operation and a back surface arranged opposite to the surface for operation. The back surface of the button body is connected to the button column, and the button column is linked with the button body, the button column includes a first end and a second end and a touch layer, the first end and the second end are arranged opposite to each other, the first end is connected to the button body, the second end is provided with the touch layer formed by a material that is enabled to touch and control the touch screen.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control circuit, a display apparatus, and a method for supplying power to a light source in a display apparatus. The control circuit includes a first power source, a second power source, and a control device. The first power source and the second power source are both coupled to the control device. The control device is configured to control a connection between the first power source and a light source and a connection between the second power source and the light source.

Abstract: Preparation methods of a high modulus carbon fiber (HMCF) and a precursor (mesophase pitch (MP)) thereof are provided. The preparation method of MP includes: separating components with a molecular weight distribution (MWD) of 400 to 1,000 from a heavy oil raw material through size-exclusion chromatography (SEC); subjecting the components to ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) to obtain modified feedstock oil, where, the components are passed through macroporous cation-exchange and anion-exchange resins in sequence to remove acidic and alkaline components; and subjecting the modified feedstock oil to thermal polycondensation and carbonization to obtain high-quality MP with prominent spinnability. With high mesophase content, low softening point, low viscosity, and prominent meltability and spinnability, the obtained MP is a high-quality raw material for preparing HMCFs. The obtained MP can be subjected to melt spinning, pre-oxidation, carbonization, and graphitization to obtain an MP-based HMCF.

Abstract: This application discloses a new class of fused tricyclic heterocycles of formula (I), preparation methods thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or prodrugs thereof, and their uses for the treatment of diseases in which modulation of STING is beneficial, for example, cancers, pre-cancerous disorders, and viral infections.

Abstract: The invention discloses a recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum for producing lysine by biofilm continuous fermentation and a construction method thereof, wherein the recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum is constructed by overexpressing a protease gene FtsH in a Corynebacterium glutamicum; and the construction method comprises the following steps of: (1) performing PCR on a genome of the Corynebacterium glutamicum, and amplifying the FtsH gene to obtain an amplified FtsH gene segment; (2) cloning the FtsH gene segment to an overexpression plasmid to obtain a recombinant plasmid; and (3) introducing the recombinant plasmid into the Corynebacterium glutamicum, and screening to obtain the recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum.

Abstract: A volume adjustment method includes performing analysis on the collected sound signal surrounding a user terminal to obtain composition information, where the composition information includes sound types included in the sound signal and proportions of sounds of the various types, and the sound types include blank sound, human sound, and noise, determining a current scene mode of the user terminal according to the composition information, and adjusting volume of the user terminal according to the determined scene mode.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing lysine by utilizing adsorption and immobilized fermentation of a recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum, wherein the recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum is constructed by simultaneously overexpressing an adenosine triphosphate ATPase while knocking out an extracellular nuclease ExeR in a Corynebacterium glutamicum. The recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum can effectively improve eDNA secretion of the Corynebacterium glutamicum and reduce eDNA degradation of the Corynebacterium glutamicum, so that the Corynebacterium glutamicum can be more easily adsorbed on a surface of a solid carrier for immobilized fermentation, such that a yield of continuous immobilized fermentation of the Corynebacterium glutamicum is increased by 49.67% than that of free fermentation of an original bacterium, and a fermentation cycle is shortened by 29.17%.