Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a random access preamble in a given cell when beam failure is detected, and a control section that assumes a same antenna port quasi-co-location parameter as that associated with an index of a reference signal corresponding to the random access preamble for monitoring of a downlink control channel in a given control resource set after a given period from timing at which contention resolution is successful in random access procedure corresponding to the random access preamble and until specific information related to a Transmission Configuration Indication state (TCI state) for a downlink control channel is received. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately update a beam in relation to BFR.

Abstract: A system and method may include receiving data acquired by a downhole tool of a tool string disposed at least in part in a borehole in a subsurface region. The system and method may also include inverting the data using a trained machine learning model to generate a structural feature of the subsurface region. The system and method may further include controlling operation of the tool string based at least in part on the structural feature of the subsurface region.

Abstract: Disclosed are a compound of formula (I) capable of regulating and controlling the activity of 15-PGDH, or a stereoisomer thereof, a tautomer thereof or a mixture thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and use of the compound in the preparation of a 15-PGDH inhibitor.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that determines a precoder, based on a codebook for transmission using more than four antenna ports, when a codebook subset indicating “non coherent” or “partial coherent” is configured, and a transmitting section that performs uplink full power transmission, based on the precoder. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, UL full power transmission using more than four antenna ports can be appropriately controlled.

Abstract: A device, a chip, and a method for data processing is provided. The device includes: a data transmission unit for receiving a plurality of groups of quantized data, each of the groups of quantized data including a quantization parameter and k first matrix elements in a first low-precision format; and converting the format of the k first matrix elements into a first high-precision format; and a systolic array including a processing element, which further includes: an arithmetic logic unit for calculating an accumulated sum of the element products of k first matrix elements in the first high-precision format multiplied by corresponding k second matrix elements; and a k-dimensional accumulator configured to calculate, by a floating-point multiplication unit arranged therein, a plurality of products of the quantization parameter included in each group of quantized data and a corresponding accumulated sum, and perform accumulation to the products.

Abstract: Provided is a balun structure, including: a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a ground electrode, an unbalance electrode, and a balance electrode. The first dielectric layer, the ground electrode, the second dielectric layer are successively stacked, and the ground electrode has a coupling hole therein. The coupling hole extends from a surface facing the first dielectric layer to a surface facing the second dielectric layer. The unbalance electrode is disposed on a first side of the first dielectric layer, wherein the first side of the first dielectric layer is a side, distal from the ground electrode, of the first dielectric layer. The balance electrode is disposed on a first side of the second dielectric layer, wherein the first side of the second dielectric layer is a side, distal from the ground electrode, of the second dielectric layer.

Abstract: This application provides an audio/video or picture compression method and apparatus, which relates to the field of artificial intelligence (AI)-based audio/video or picture compression technologies, and to the field of neural network-based audio/video or picture compression technologies. The method includes: transforming a raw audio/video or picture to feature space through a multilayer convolution operation, extracting features of different layers in the feature space, outputting rounded feature signals of the different layers, predicting probability distribution of shallow feature signals by using deep feature signals or entropy estimation results, and performing entropy encoding on the rounded feature signals. In this application, signal correlation between different layers is utilized. In this way, audio/video or picture compression performance can be improved.

Abstract: Technologies for secure multi-party computation include computing first double-encrypted data, computing second double-encrypted data, and, in a trusted execution environment, executing a query on the first double-encrypted data and the second double encrypted data to create a query-processed double-encrypted data set. The trusted execution environment can provide the query-processed double-encrypted data set to a requester such as another computer, system, or process.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for image signal processing that support improved demosaicing of color image signal. In a first aspect, a method of image processing includes receiving a first image frame and a second image frame. The method may also include determining a first demosaiced image frame by applying a first demosaic process to the first image frame and determining a second demosaiced image frame by applying a second demosaic process to the first image frame based on the second image frame. Blending weights may be determined based on the first image frame and the second image frame and a blended image frame may be determined by combining pixel values from corresponding portions of the first demosaiced image frame and the second demosaiced image frame according to the blending weights. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives one channel state information (CSI) report configuration, and a control section that performs control of transmitting first CSI at a first timing and second CSI being different from the first CSI at a second timing being different from the first timing, based on the one CSI report configuration. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, preferable channel estimation/use of resources can be implemented.

Abstract: Bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of Rapidly Accelerated Fibrosarcoma (Raf, such as c-Raf, A-Raf, and/or B-Raf), are described herein. In particular, the hetero-bifunctional compounds of the present disclosure contain on one end a moiety that binds to the cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds Raf, such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of target protein. The hetero-bifunctional compounds of the present disclosure exhibit a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with degradation/inhibition of target protein. Diseases or disorders that result from aberrant regulation of the target protein are treated or prevented with compounds and compositions of the present disclosure.

Abstract: Systems and methods of verifying pairings of price tag labels and products at a product storage facility include an image capture device that moves about and captures images of product storage structures at the product storage facility, and a database that stores inventory data associated with the products stocked at the product storage facility. A computing device processes the images to extract one or more characters from the price tag labels and products detected in the images, correlates the extracted characters to the inventory data to identify a product code and a product name that matches the characters extracted from the price tag labels and the products. If the characters extracted from the price tag and from the on-shelf product to which the price tag label is allocated match, the database is updated to reflect that the price tag label is properly allocated to the appropriate on-shelf product.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides use of a hematopoietic cell kinase (HCK) inhibitor in preparation of a drug for treating pulmonary fibrosis, and relates to the technical field of biomedicine. In the present disclosure, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) model mice are used as a subject to allow research. Administration of an HCK inhibitor RK-20449 to IPF mice can effectively alleviate the progression of pulmonary fibrosis. A weight and a survival rate of the IPF mice have improved to a certain extent, and their lung function has improved significantly. The transcription levels of inflammatory factors Il-1?, Il-6, and Tnf-? in a lung tissue of the IPF mice have decreased, while the concentrations of inflammatory factors IL-1? and IL-6 in the alveolar lavage fluid have also decreased. The transcription levels of fibrosis factors Col-I and Fn-1 are decreased, the collagen-specific amino acid hydroxyproline is decreased, and the degree of lesions is alleviated.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives information related to timing advance groups corresponding to a plurality of transmission/reception points of a specific cell, and a control section that, when the timing advance groups corresponding to the plurality of transmission/reception points are configurable separately, controls a timing advance per transmission/reception point, wherein control section judges a timing advance group serving as a primary timing advance group, based on at least one of a cell type and a transmission/reception point index belonging to each timing advance.

Abstract: Provided is a use of a Galectin-1 inhibitor in preparation of a drug for treating pulmonary fibrosis. Taking silicosis model mice as a subject, administration of a Galectin-1 inhibitor OTX008 to silicosis mice can effectively alleviate the progression of pulmonary fibrosis. Studies have shown that the lung function of mice with silicosis is improved significantly; transcription levels of inflammatory factors Il-1? and Il-6 in the lung tissue of silicosis mice are decreased, concentrations of IL-1? and IL-6 in the alveolar lavage fluid are also decreased, and the infiltration of inflammatory cells is decreased. In the lung tissue of silicosis mice, the transcription levels of fibrosis factors Col-I and Fn-1 are decreased, the collagen-specific amino acid hydroxyproline is decreased, the fibrosis lesions are decreased, and the degree of lesions is alleviated. Therefore, the Galectin-1 inhibitor can be used as a new treatment strategy for pulmonary fibrosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of targeted ubiquitination, especially inhibitors of a variety of polypeptides and other proteins which are degraded and/or otherwise inhibited by bifunctional compounds according to the present invention. In particular, the present invention is directed to compounds, which contain on one end a VHL ligand which binds to the ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds a target protein such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of that protein. The present invention exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with compounds according to the present invention, consistent with the degradation/inhibition of targeted polypeptides.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits position information of the terminal, a receiving section that receives at least one of first information related to an angle of arrival of a signal in the terminal based on the position information and second information related to an angle of departure of a signal in the terminal based on the position information, and a control section that judges at least one of a receive beam of a downlink signal based on the first information and a transmit beam of an uplink signal based on the second information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, preferable overhead reduction/channel estimation/use of resources can be implemented.

Abstract: A vulcanizing agent is added during the processing of a polymer, and can form a crosslinking structure network in the polymer, thereby improving the mechanical properties of the material. Furthermore, the crosslinking agent can also de-crosslink the polymer material at a high temperature, and after being cooled, same can be crosslinked again to produce a network structure, thus endowing the polymer material with thermoplasticity for repeated processing.