Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives first downlink control information for scheduling a first UL channel and second downlink control information for scheduling a second UL channel; and a control section that controls at least one of application of first UE operation related to transmission of the first channel and transmission of the second channel in a time domain and application of second UE operation related to order of transmission of each of the downlink control information and each of the UL channels, based on whether or not respective panels or transmission/reception points (TRPs) corresponding to the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are same.

Abstract: This application discloses an encoding and decoding method and apparatus, and a computer device, and is applied to the field of image processing technologies. In the method, a feature map of an image is obtained through an encoding network. A boundary value of a first element in the feature map is determined, and a target range corresponding to the first element is determined based on the boundary value. If the first element is in the target range, entropy encoding is performed on the first element. If the first element is outside the target range, the first element is modified to the boundary value corresponding to the first element, and entropy encoding is performed on the modified first element, or the first element is marked as an out-of-bounds element, and variable-length code encoding is performed on the first element.

Abstract: A compound containing a bis(azanylylidene) sulfonyl structure of formula (I) as a PKR agonist and/or USP9X inhibitor, which can be used for treating related diseases mediated and regulated by PKR and USP9X, wherein the related diseases comprise, but are not limited to: sickle-cell anemia, ?-thalassemia, hereditary non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia, hemolytic anemia, hereditary spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, abetalipoproteinemia, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, acquired hemolytic anemia, congenital anemia, anemia of chronic diseases, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, melanoma, lymphoma, glioblastoma, or multiple myeloma.

Abstract: A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that, when a first reference signal set for beam failure detection and a second reference signal set for a candidate beam, or a third reference signal set for the beam failure detection and a fourth reference signal set for the candidate beam instead of the first reference signal set and the second reference signal set are supported, receives one of information related to the second reference signal set and information related to the fourth reference signal set; and a control section that, when information related to the first reference signal set and information related to the third reference signal set are not provided, determines a reference signal set to be used for the beam failure detection, based on one of the information related to the second reference signal set and the information related to the fourth reference signal set.

Abstract: A server device is provided for authenticating client devices on a communication network. The server device includes a transceiver configured for operable communication with at least one client of the communication network, and a processor including a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the server device to receive an authentication request from a client device, generate a seed for a first key for the client device if the client device authenticates, transmit the seed for the first key to the client device, receive a hash of the first key from the client device, and validate the first key based on the hash of the first key.

Abstract: A durable solid and liquid repellant material is provided having an elastomeric matrix with a plurality of lubricating domains distributed therein formed by a partial crosslinking reaction between an elastomeric precursor having a first reactive functional group and a polyol having a second reactive functional group. The polyol has a limited solubility circle. The first reactive functional group is selected from the group consisting of: alkene, amine, carboxylic acid, hydroxyl, isocyanate, and combinations thereof and the second reactive group is selected from the group consisting of: amine, carboxylic acid, hydroxyl group, and combinations thereof. The partially crosslinked elastomeric matrix has a crosslink density of greater than or equal to about 200 mol/m3 and less than or equal to about 2,000 mol/m3. Methods for forming the durable solid and liquid repellant material are also provided.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines a plurality of groups including a plurality of resources for a physical random access channel, determines one or more pathloss reference signals for the plurality of groups, and determines a plurality of pieces of transmission power corresponding to the plurality of respective resources, based on the one or more pathloss reference signals; and a transmitting section that transmits a plurality of repetitions of the physical random access channel in the plurality of resources. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a coverage of a random access procedure can be improved.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a system, method, and computer storage medium for joint asset and defect detection. The approach includes receiving input data including an input image of a utility asset, the input image including one or more objects. Deep neural networks are configured to generate embeddings for classification labels of the one or more objects, each embedding corresponding to a classification label and including a mapping between the classification label and a subset of feature vectors. Defect classifiers are configured to determine a likelihood of an object from the one or more objects in the input image containing a type of defect. Each defect classifier is trained to determine a type of defect based on the embeddings for the one or more classification labels. The approach includes generating an output image that includes bounding boxes for the objects and an annotation corresponding a respective object from the objects.

Abstract: This application provides a data encoding and decoding method and a related device. In the encoding method, side information feature extraction is performed on a first feature map of current data, and quantization processing is performed, to obtain a first quantized feature map. Entropy encoding is performed based on the first quantized feature map, to obtain a first bitstream of the current data. A scaling coefficient is obtained based on the first quantized feature map, scaling processing is performed on a second feature map based on the scaling coefficient, and quantization processing is performed, to obtain a second quantized feature map. Scaling processing is performed on a first probability distribution parameter based on the scaling coefficient, to obtain a second probability distribution parameter, and entropy encoding is performed on the second quantized feature map based on the second probability distribution parameter, to obtain a second bitstream of the current data.

Abstract: The multi-turn dialogue system based on retrieval includes the following modules: a representation module, a matching module, an aggregation module and a prediction module; the multi-turn dialogue method based on retrieval includes the following steps: (1) by a representation module, converting each turn of dialogue into a cascade vector of the dialogue, and converting a candidate answer into a cascade vector of the candidate answer; (2) by a matching module, dynamically absorbing context information based on a global attention mechanism, and calculating a matching vector; (3) by aggregation module, obtaining a short-term dependence information sequence and a long-term dependence information sequence; (4) by a prediction module, calculating the matching score of the context and candidate answer involved in the matching; (5) selecting a candidate answer with the highest matching score as a correct answer.

Abstract: A terminal includes: a reception unit configured to receive downlink data to which semi-persistent scheduling is applied in a communication with a base station via a satellite or a flying object; and a control unit configured to determine a timing of reception of the downlink data to which the semi-persistent scheduling is applied, based on a timing of feedback transmission corresponding to an indication of a start of the semi-persistent scheduling.

Abstract: A base station in a network system includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit a first reference signal to a terminal via a first non-terrestrial communication device; and a reception unit configured to receive information related to a reception timing at the terminal from the terminal. The transmission unit transmits information related to a propagation delay of the first reference signal and information related to the reception timing to LMF (Location Management Function), and the information related to the reception timing is a time difference between a reception timing of the first reference signal and a reception timing of a second reference signal that is transmitted from the base station or from a second base station that is different from the base station via a second non-terrestrial communication device.

Abstract: This terminal includes: a transmission unit that transmits an uplink control signal including a first confirmation response to a first downlink signal; a reception unit that receives a downlink control signal which triggers retransmission of the first confirmation response; a control unit that controls retransmission of the first confirmation response, with respect to the relationship of a second confirmation response to a second downlink signal.

Abstract: A server includes at least one first processor core, at least one second processor core, and a storage. The at least one first processor core is configured to execute code of an operating system configured to communicate with a cloud management platform, to start and run a first operating system, where a cloud management platform client runs in the first operating system, and the cloud management platform client is configured to obtain, from the cloud management platform, first configuration information of a first virtual machine to be created. The at least one second processor core is configured to execute code of an operating system configured to manage a virtual machine, to start and run a second operating system.

Abstract: A point cloud encoding method, decoding method, encoding device, and decoding device are disclosed. The point cloud encoding method includes calculating a distance from a first point to a parent point of the first point as a first distance; determining a point in un-encoded points closest to the first point as a second point, and calculating residual values on N coordinate components from the second point to the first point; encoding absolute values of the residual values on the N coordinate components from the second point to the first point; encoding signs of the residual values of the second point based on the residual values of the second point and the first distance. The present disclosure utilizes the geometry position relationship between points in a point cloud to encode the absolute values of residual values and the feasible signs of residual values, thereby improving the encoding efficiency of residual values.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives configuration information for enabling two default beam pathlosses for uplink (UL) transmission and information for indicating the UL transmission, and a control section that determines, based on whether the UL transmission is transmission over a plurality of slots, at least one of a default spatial relation and a default pathloss reference signal (PL-RS) to be applied to the UL transmission. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately control operation related to a default TCI state/spatial relation/pathloss reference signal.

Abstract: A micro light-emitting device includes a semiconductor epitaxial structure, a convex lens structure, and a light-reflecting structure. The semiconductor epitaxial structure includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer that are sequentially stacked in such order. The convex lens structure is disposed on a light-exiting side of the semiconductor epitaxial structure and has a lens bottom connected thereof. The convex lens structure protrudes outward in a direction corresponding to a direction along which light exits. The light-reflecting structure is disposed at an outer surface of the convex lens structure proximate to the lens bottom. The light-reflecting structure having a light-reflecting surface that faces the outer surface of the convex lens structure. A display device includes a driver substrate and a pixel unit including a plurality of the micro light-emitting devices above. The micro light-emitting devices are arranged in an array on the driver substrate.

Abstract: Liquid-crystalline (LC) media or LC materials and energy saving liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) containing these media, especially gaming displays and AR/VR headsets addressed by an active matrix and in particular to LC displays of the TN, PS-TN, STN, TN-TFT, OCB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, HB-FFS, XB-FFS, PS-FFS, SA-HB-FFS, SA-XB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-HB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-XB-FFS, positive VA or positive PS-VA type.

Abstract: There is provided a phase shifter having a phase shift region and a peripheral region, and including a first substrate, a second substrate and a dielectric layer between such two substrates; the first substrate includes a first dielectric substrate, a first electrode and a first auxiliary structure; the second substrate includes a second dielectric substrate, a second electrode and a second auxiliary structure; the phase shift region includes overlapping regions; the first electrode and the second electrode are located in the phase shift region, and have orthographic projections, on the first dielectric substrate, overlapped at least partially in the overlapping regions; the first auxiliary structure is in the peripheral region and on a side, close to the dielectric layer, of the first dielectric substrate; the second auxiliary structure is in the peripheral region and on a side, close to the dielectric layer, of the second dielectric substrate.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines spatial relation information for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for a plurality of transmission/reception points by using at least one of radio resource control (RRC) signaling, medium access control (MAC) signaling, and downlink control information (DCI), and a transmitting section that repeatedly transmits the PUSCH by using a spatial domain transmission filter based on the spatial relation information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, PUSCH repetition transmission can be appropriately controlled.