Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include methods for determining the sulfur content in an exhaust tract of a motor vehicle. The method may include: determining a change in the nitrogen oxide abatement efficiency of a coated particulate filter arranged in the exhaust tract and/or a determined ammonia storage capacity change of a coated particulate filter arranged in the exhaust tract; comparing the determined change to a threshold value; identifying an excessive sulfur content if the comparison shows that the determined change exceeds the threshold value; and undertaking one or more corrective actions in response to identifying an excessive sulfur content.

Abstract: A massage device includes a shell configured to be inserted into the human body, a driving assembly supported by the shell, and a massage member. The shell defines a moving space therein, and the moving space communicates with an external environment out of the shell. The driving assembly includes a driving wheel and a driven wheel cooperating with the driving wheel. The massage member at least partly extends into the moving space of the shell, and is shaped as an annular belt and mounted around the driving wheel and the driven wheel. The driving wheel engages with the massage member to drive the massage member to rotate, generating a kneading stimulation effect on the human body.

Abstract: A screen zoom-in processing method and apparatus based on a mobile terminal, and a terminal and a medium. The method comprises: detecting and acquiring an application, which is started in a mobile terminal, and determining whether the currently started application is an application of a preset specified type; when the currently started application is an application of the preset specified type, then acquiring and detecting the distance from the face of a user to a screen of the mobile terminal; when the distance from the face of the user to the screen of the mobile terminal is less than a predetermined distance, then automatically prompting whether to start a screen zoom-in function; and when an instruction for selecting to start the screen zoom-in function is detected, then controlling the screen of the mobile terminal to zoom in for display according to a predetermined coefficient.

Abstract: A method performed by a Radio Access Network, RAN, node, the method comprising, after a Multicast and Broadcast Services, MBS, session failure, sending (510, 601), to a first core network node, a first message indicating that the MBS session has failed, wherein the first message comprises an MBS session identifier, ID, (i.e., Temporary Mobile Group Identity, TMGI) for the failed MBS session and/or a cause code for the MBS session failure.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining a size of a leak in a fuel tank system. The method includes: starting an internal combustion engine; calculating a stoppage time for a vehicle and/or a temperature difference between the fuel in the fuel tank system and the environment; and checking whether at least one of a plurality of diagnostic conditions is fulfilled. A first diagnostic condition is fulfilled when the stoppage time is longer than a predetermined minimum stoppage time. A second diagnostic condition is fulfilled when the temperature difference is smaller than a predetermined maximum temperature difference. Additionally, when at least one of the plurality of diagnostic conditions is fulfilled, the method includes: evacuating the fuel tank system; recording a time profile of the pressure in the fuel tank system; and determining the size of a leak based on the recorded time profile of the pressure.

Abstract: A prediction method includes: performing downsampling on a luma component of a to-be-processed image block to obtain an initial signal of the luma component; obtaining a residual signal of the luma component based on the obtained initial signal of the luma component; obtaining a residual signal of a chroma component of the to-be-processed image block based on the chroma component of the to-be-processed image block without downsampling. The method further includes: respectively performing a transform on the residual signal of the luma component and the residual signal of the chroma component, to obtain transform coefficients, performing quantization on the obtained transform coefficients, to obtain quantization coefficients, and performing entropy encoding on the obtained quantization coefficients to obtain a bitstream.

Abstract: An image prediction method and apparatus is disclosed. The image prediction method includes: determining, according to information about adjacent image units adjacent to a to-be-processed image unit, whether a set of candidate prediction modes for the to-be-processed image unit includes an affine merge mode, where the affine merge mode indicates that respective predicted images of the to-be-processed image unit and the adjacent image units of the to-be-processed image unit are obtained by using a same affine model; parsing a bitstream to obtain first indication information; determining, in the set of candidate prediction modes, a prediction mode for the to-be-processed image unit according to the first indication information; and determining a predicted image of the to-be-processed image unit according to the prediction mode. The method reduces a bit rate of encoding a prediction mode, thereby improving encoding efficiency.

Abstract: Systems and methods for planting specified seed products in target growing spaces. An example method includes receiving a request for a planting recommendation related to seeding of a target growing space and, in response, determining, using one or more seed placement prediction models, a prediction output including a predicted yield for multiple seed products at the target growing space at each of one or more different weather conditions. The method also includes determining, using an optimization model, a seed planting recommendation output, based on at least the prediction output and at least one grower constraint parameter associated with the target growing space, where the seed planting recommendation output includes at least one of the multiple seed products, and then directing planting of the at least one of the multiple seed products at the target growing space based on the seed planting recommendation output.

Abstract: Provided are methods for antibody engineering. In one aspect, the methods involve a computer-aided method for high-efficiency antibody engineering optimization.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle and a vehicle having a thermal management system, the thermal management system having a first coolant circuit for a battery and a second coolant circuit for an electric motor for driving the vehicle. The two coolant circuits can be operated in series or in parallel by a multi-way valve. The thermal management system further includes an oil cooling circuit for additionally cooling the electric motor, wherein the oil cooling circuit is thermally connected to the second coolant circuit via a heat exchanger.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle has: a cooling medium circuit with a cooling medium pump for delivering a cooling medium in the cooling medium circuit for cooling a brake and/or a component of an electric drive motor of the vehicle and/or a transmission, a heating medium circuit with at least one heating medium pump for delivering a heating medium in the heating medium circuit for cooling and/or heating a battery and/or power electronics and/or a charging device and/or another component of the electric drive motor of the vehicle and/or an interior of the vehicle, and a heat transfer device for exchanging heat between the cooling medium in the cooling medium circuit and the heating medium in the heating medium circuit.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to multispecific antibodies (e.g., bispecific antibodies or trispecific antibodies) or antigen-binding fragments thereof. In one aspect, the multispecific antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof can bind to a T cell antigen (e.g., CD3) and/or one or two tumor-associated antigens (e.g., CEA-CAM6, EGFR, HER2), or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a masking peptide for an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. Also provided are polypeptides (e.g., antibody masks) that block the binding between an antibody (e.g., an anti-CD3 antibody) and its target, fusion proteins, and protein constructs and uses thereof.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring M candidate quantized state chains of a transform block in multimedia data; acquiring N syntax elements corresponding to a transform coefficient i in the transform block, and acquiring fixed probability models respectively corresponding to K syntax elements; performing context modeling for (N-K) syntax elements according to adjacent coding coefficients of the transform coefficient i, to obtain target probability models respectively corresponding to the (N-K) syntax elements; determining a coefficient rate distortion cost of the transform coefficient i according to the fixed probability models, the target probability models, and a quantization reconstruction value of the transform coefficient i; and determining path rate distortion costs respectively corresponding to the M candidate quantized state chains according to a coefficient rate distortion cost of each transform coefficient.

Abstract: A long-service-life PWS cable with replaceable sleeve and shielding gas. It consists of wire strands, wrapping tape covering the wire strands, and a sheath arranged outside the wire strands, and is characterized in that the sheath is covered with an outer protective sleeve and shielding gas is filled between the wires in the wire strands. The wire strands of the present invention is completely under protection in a shielding gas environment which effectively avoids the corrosion of the wire strands; the protective sleeve outside the sheath of the PWS cable is a replaceable segmented and fragmented sleeve structure, which is convenient to be replaced and installed, substantially prolonging the service life of the PWS cable system with great promotional value achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed are a gait analysis method, a gait analysis device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining consecutive N motion data; determining a plurality of probability distributions based on the N motion data, wherein the probability distributions respectively corresponds to a plurality of gait events; and determining an event time point of each gait event belonging to a specific step according to the plurality of probability distributions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video picture coding method, a video picture decoding method, a coding device, and a decoding device. The method includes: determining a distance between control points for an affine picture block; determining a motion vector difference for the affine picture block, motion vectors of the control points being used to determine the motion vector difference; and performing coding processing on the affine picture block over a size that includes a horizontal length and a vertical length, wherein the horizontal length and the vertical length vary based on the distance between the control points, the motion vector difference, and a motion vector precision.