Abstract: A method for decoding point cloud data comprises, based on a comparison of a maximum difference value and a threshold, applying an inverse function to a set of one or more jointly coded values to recover (i) residual values for attribute values of a current point of point cloud data and (ii) a predictor index that indicates a predictor in a predictor list, wherein predictors in the predictor list are based on attribute values of one or more neighbor points; determining predicted attribute values based on the predictor index; and reconstructing the attribute values of the current point based on the residual values and the predicted attribute values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel protein pores and their uses in analyte detection and characterisation. The invention particularly relates to an isolated pore complex formed by a CsgG-like pore and a modified CsgF peptide, or a homologue or mutant thereof, thereby incorporating an additional channel constriction or reader head in the nanopore. The invention further relates to a transmembrane pore complex and methods for production of the pore complex and for use in molecular sensing and nucleic acid sequencing applications.

Abstract: A device comprises one or more processors configured to: obtain a value for a first laser, the value for the first laser indicating a number of probes in an azimuth direction of the first laser; decode a syntax element for a second laser, wherein the syntax element for the second laser indicates a difference between the value for the first laser and a value for the second laser, the value for the second laser indicating a number of probes in the azimuth direction of the second laser; determine the value for the second laser indicating the number of probes in the azimuth direction of the second laser based on the first value and the indication of the difference between the value for the first laser and the value for the second laser; and decode a point based on the number of probes in the azimuth direction of the second laser.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for global motion modeling. Embodiments include receiving a first image and a second image from a camera attached to a moving object. Embodiments include identifying a pixel in the first image. Embodiments include determining, based on one or more parameters associated with the camera, a vector representing a range of locations in which a real-world point corresponding to the pixel is likely to be found in the second image, wherein the parameters associated with the camera comprise: a first parameter related to a location of the camera relative to a ground surface; a second parameter related to motion of the moving object; and a third parameter related to an orientation of the camera relative to the ground surface. Embodiments include determining, using the vector, a location of the real-world point in the second image.

Abstract: A G-PCC encoder and G-PCC decoder may quantize and scale, respectively, a position of a child node. The G-PCC encoder may control the precision of the quantization and scaling using a quantization parameter (QP) value and a parameter value k, wherein the parameter value k specifies a number of QP points per doubling of a scaling step size to be used at the G-PCC decoder.

Abstract: A contact system for a horse back rider allows a rider to maintain contact between their boot and the stirrup of a saddle while riding. The rider wears magnetic footwear such as a riding boot with an affixed magnet. The stirrup has a contact patch that includes a plate of ferrous metal or another magnet oriented such that it attracts the magnetic footwear. The contact patch is positioned such that it will be proximate to the magnet in the footwear when riding. During normal riding maneuvers, magnetic attractive forces between the footwear and the contact patch will maintain contact between the rider's feet and the stirrup. However, if the rider falls, the magnetic attractive forces do not bind the rider's feet to the stirrup.

Abstract: The invention relates to the discovery that the dibenzodiazepinone analogues have growth inhibiting activities on tumorigenic cells that are driven by expression of RAS or mutated RAS. Thus the invention includes methods for inhibiting the activity of RAS using dibenzodiazepinone analogues; methods for inhibiting the growth of a RAS driven cancer cell using dibenzodiazepinone analogues; methods for inhibiting the growth of a RAS driven cancer using dibenzodiazepinone analogues; and methods for treating a subject having a RAS driven cancer using dibenzodiazepinone analogues.

Abstract: A downhole electricity transmission system utilizes the wall of an electrically conductive reelable pipe of which the other surface is covered by an electric insulating material to transmit electric signals and/or power to and/or from a downhole location of an underground borehole.