Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities may be used for decoding and/or encoding a coding unit (CD), An intra-prediction mode for a CD may be determined. A split mode may be determined based on the intra-prediction mode, to generate a plurality of sub-partitions in the CU. A prediction for a first sub-partition of the plurality of sub-partitions in the CU may be based on a reference sample in a second sub-partition of the plurality of sub-partitions in the CU. The CU may be decoded and/or encoded, for example, based on the determined split mode.

Abstract: A method of transfer printing. The method comprising: providing a precursor photonic device, comprising a substrate and a bonding region, wherein the precursor photonic device includes one or more alignment marks located in or adjacent to the bonding region; providing a transfer die, said transfer die including one or more alignment marks; aligning the one or more alignment marks of the precursor photonic device with the one or more alignment marks of the transfer die; and bonding at least a part of the transfer die to the bonding region.

Abstract: Presented herein is a system including a cold plate configured to thermally couple to a heat source and conduct heat from the heat source to a fluid. A heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the cold plate is configured to dissipate heat from the fluid. A first pump and a second pump are configured to induce a flow in the fluid, and a reservoir is configured to store at least a portion of the fluid. A manifold is directly fluidly coupled to each of the cold plate, the heat exchanger, an inlet and an outlet of the first pump, an inlet and an outlet of the second pump and an inlet and an outlet of the reservoir.

Abstract: A fan silencer module includes a housing having a first end of the housing, a second end of the housing, and an interior surface between the first end of the housing and the second end of the housing. Acoustic absorbing material is disposed on the interior surface. A honeycomb air flow director is disposed at the second end of the housing. And an electromagnetic interference gasket surrounds an outer edge of the honeycomb air flow director. In an embodiment, a depth of the electromagnetic interference gasket is at least as deep as a depth of the honeycomb air flow director. Also provided is a handle, and a latch actuator, to enable removal and replacement of the fan silencer module and an associated fan module from a chassis.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure, a source region, a drain region, a first oxide layer, a field plate, and a second oxide layer. The gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The source region and the drain region are disposed in the semiconductor substrate and located at two opposite sides of the gate structure respectively. The first oxide layer includes a first portion disposed between the gate structure and the semiconductor substrate and a second portion disposed between the gate structure and the drain region. The field plate is partly disposed above the gate structure and partly disposed above the second portion of the first oxide layer. The second oxide layer includes a first portion disposed between the field plate and the gate structure and a second portion disposed between the field plate and the second portion of the first oxide layer.

Abstract: An optoelectronic module, including a substrate, a covering member, a light emitting element, and a light receiving element, is provided. The covering member is disposed on the substrate and includes an upper cover portion, a peripheral sidewall portion connected to the upper cover portion, and an inside partition delimiting a first cavity and a second cavity. The first cavity is separated from the second cavity. The light emitting element is disposed on the substrate as corresponding to the first cavity. The light receiving element is disposed on the substrate as corresponding to the second cavity. The inside partition has a first inner wall surface located in the first cavity and a second inner wall surface located in the second cavity. A first protruded-recessed structure is formed on the first inner wall surface.

Abstract: A GAPDH nucleic acid detection kit includes a primer set for detecting GAPDH nucleic acid. The primer set for detecting GAPDH nucleic acid includes a forward inner primer for GAPDH nucleic acids, a forward outer primer for GAPDH nucleic acids, a backward inner primer for GAPDH nucleic acids and a backward outer primer for GAPDH nucleic acids. The primer set for detecting GAPDH nucleic acid is used in a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical assembly and a method of using an optical assembly. The optical assembly includes a carrier, a filter module on a primary surface of the carrier and disposed on a predetermined optical path, wherein the filter module includes a plurality of filter elements corresponding to a plurality of beams of different channels, a focal length adjuster disposed on the predetermined optical path, wherein at least a focal length of one of the plurality of beams is altered by the focal length adjuster, and a receiver extension configured to receive the plurality of beams via a plurality of sensing areas respectively at a receiving surface, wherein a beam size of each beams at the receiving surface is less than an area of each of the corresponding sensing areas.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for clustering-based quantization for neural network (NN) compression. A distribution of weights in weight tensors in NN layers may be analyzed to identify cluster outliers. Cluster inliers may be coded from cluster outliers, for example, using scalar and/or vector quantization. Weight-rearrangement may rearrange weights for higher dimensional weight tensors into lower dimensional matrices. For example, weight rearrangement may flatten a convolutional kernel into a vector. Correlation between kernels may be preserved, for example, by treating a filter or kernels across a channel as a point. A tensor may be split into multiple subspaces, for example, along an input and/or an output channel. Predictive coding may be performed for a current block of weights or weight matrix based on a reshaped or previously coded block or matrix. Arrangement, inlier, outlier, and/or prediction information may be signaled to a decoder for reconstruction of a compressed NN.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method, apparatus, system and terminal device for measuring the total radiated power of an array antenna, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: dividing an array antenna to be measured into N antenna sub-arrays, the N being greater than or equal to 2; determining a sampling interval according to the sizes of the N antenna sub-arrays; determining sampling points according to the sampling interval; and determining the total radiated power of the entire array antenna according to the equivalent isotropic radiated power of the sampling points.

Abstract: A data transmission method includes encapsulating, by a first device, first target data into N remote direct memory access (RDMA) packets according to an RDMA protocol, sequentially sending, by the first device, the N RDMA packets to the second device according to a packet sequence number (PSN) sequence of the N RDMA packets, where each of the N RDMA packets carries a first data write address, and the first data write address is an address for writing data in each of the N RDMA packets into the second device such that the second device directly obtains the first data write address in each RDMA packet from the RDMA packet, and writes the target data into storage space corresponding to the first data write address.

Abstract: An encrypted hard disk device is provided, including a near-field communication (NFC) sensing module, a processor, a storage unit, and a power switch. The NFC sensing module is configured to read a user identification (UID) of at least one sensor element. The processor is electrically connected to the NFC sensing module and the storage unit. The processor receives the UID and generates a control signal when the UID is approved. The power switch is electrically connected to the processor and the storage unit and maintains a conducting state according to the control signal and supplies power to the storage unit for accessing the storage unit.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for using compounds that activate pyruvate kinase.

Abstract: A quinoline derivative used for soft tissue sarcoma combination therapy, relating to a use of the quinoline derivative in combination with a second therapeutic drug to treat soft tissue sarcoma, wherein the second therapeutic drug may be a chemotherapy drug, a small molecule targeted anti-tumour drug or an immunotherapy drug. The chemical name of the quinoline derivative compound I is 1-[[[4-(4-fluoro-2-methyl-1H-indol-5-yl)oxy-6-methoxyquinolin-7-yl]oxy]methyl]cyclopropylamine.

Abstract: A method of transfer printing. The method comprising: providing a precursor photonic device, comprising a substrate and a bonding region, wherein the precursor photonic device includes one or more alignment marks located in or adjacent to the bonding region; providing a transfer die, said transfer die including one or more alignment marks; aligning the one or more alignment marks of the precursor photonic device with the one or more alignment marks of the transfer die; and bonding at least a part of the transfer die to the bonding region.

Abstract: The present invention describes a device and method for touchless palmprint acquisition. The method can be applied to a terminal device (including but not limited to mobile phones, tablet computers and other portable devices) with a display screen and a front-facing camera. The camera is used to capture images of palms. The screen is used as a supplementary light source. When lighting condition in the palm area is undesirable, the screen changes its display to improve the lighting condition inside the palm, which increases the recognizability of the palmprint. The palmprint acquisition device and method described in the present invention can be directly applied to existing terminal devices without requiring any additional hardware. By adopting a variety of ways to change the display of the built-in screen of the terminal device, the lighting condition of the palm area will be improved and the recognizability of the palmprint will be increased.

Abstract: A method for detecting a finger is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of digital images including a first digital image captured by a camera from a field of view containing a background and a hand including at least one finger, and obtaining an identification of pixels of the plurality of digital images that correspond to at least one finger that is visible in the plurality of digital images rather than to the background, the pixels being identified by: obtaining, from the digital images, a Gaussian brightness falloff pattern indicative of at least one finger, identifying an axis of the at least one finger based on the obtained Gaussian brightness falloff pattern indicative of the at least one finger without identifying edges of the at least one finger, and identifying the pixels that correspond to the at least one finger based on the identified axis.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for symmetric merge mode motion vector coding. Symmetric bi-prediction (bi-pred) motion vectors (MVs) may be constructed from available candidates in a merge candidate list for regular inter prediction merge mode and/or affine prediction merge mode. Available MV merge candidates may be symmetrically extended or mapped in either direction (e.g., between reference pictures before and after a current picture), for example, when coding a picture that allows bi-directional motion compensation prediction (MCP). A symmetric bi-pred merge candidate may be selected among merge candidates for predicting the motion information of a current prediction unit (PU). The symmetric mapping construction may be repeated by a decoder (e.g., based on a coded index of the MV merge candidate list), for example, to obtain the same merge candidates and coded MV at an encoder.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a testing apparatus for directional simulation of dynamic collision between a deep-sea shell structure and seabed, including: a launching device, a high-pressure water pump device, a high-speed camera, a sensor system, a data collection and control system, etc. This device is installed in a geotechnical centrifuge for experiment, a super-gravity environment is provided to meet requirements of simulation of a deep-sea environment, and a deep-sea high-pressure environment is created through a high-pressure water pump device by superposition. A direction of the launching device is adjusted through a universal rotating shaft to control the shell structure to be launched from a specified direction to collide with soil at a predetermined position. A high-speed camera is used to capture an entire experiment process, and strain and acceleration sensors are used to collect experiment data.