Abstract: Various embodiments provide an apparatus, a method and a computer program product for end-to-end learned predictive coding of media frames. An example apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: encode or decode one or more media frames for at least one neural network; wherein an inter-frame codec is applied to at least one media frame of the one or more media frames; and wherein a first decoded reference frame and a second decoded reference frame refer to reference frames for the at least one media frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing high-purity vanadium pentoxide from vanadium-bearing shale by all-wet process. The technical solution is: the “Gradient continuous leaching system of vanadium-bearing shale” is used to wet activate and compound leach vanadium-bearing shale to obtain vanadium-containing acid leachate. The “pH adjusting device of the vanadium-containing acid leachate” is used to adjust the pH of vanadium-containing acid leaching leachate. The post-treatment solution is subjected to hydroxime countercurrent extraction after oxidation, and the raffinate returns to the water using in the wet activation and electrodialysis after neutralization, and the loaded organic phase is regenerated by countercurrent reduction stripping. The regenerated organic phase directly returns to hydroxime countercurrent extraction.

Abstract: A pod deployment method is provided, to increase container deployment flexibility, and meet an access requirement of a user, including: A scheduler obtains requirement information and a pod annotation from an application management cluster. The requirement information includes a time period and a user quantity corresponding to the time period, and the pod annotation indicates a user quantity supported by a single pod. The scheduler determines, based on the user quantity corresponding to the time period and the user quantity supported by the single pod, a quantity M of pods that need to be deployed in the time period, and determines a target node used to deploy the M pods. The scheduler generates a deployment plan based on the quantity M of pods that need to be deployed in the time period and the target node used to deploy the M pods.

Abstract: A holographic 3D display system based on virtual array splicing of a spatial light modulator includes a laser configured to generate a coherent light beam, first, second and third beam splitters, first and second reflectors, a shutter array, a spatial filter array, a solid lens, first and second light beam deflection elements and a spatial light modulator. The first and second beam splitters and the first reflector are configured to split the light beam generated by the laser into three parallel light beams to irradiate the shutter array. The shutter array is configured to control the three parallel light beams to sequentially pass therethrough according to a set time sequence. The three parallel light beams passing through the shutter array are expanded and collimated by the spatial filter array and the solid lens to form three parallel light beams with the same size and uniform intensity.

Abstract: A compound bow is disclosed. The bow, in an embodiment includes a handle component, pulleys, strings and limbs. Both ends of the structure are connected with limbs via screws. A notch is provided for the upper limbs. The pulley assembly is detachably arranged in the notch. The two pulleys constitute axisymmetric. The string assembly is respectively connected with the pulley assembly and the limbs. The handle component includes an upper section, a position mounting structure and a lower section. The upper end of the handle and the lower end of the upper section are fixed and connected in a detachable manner. The lower end of the handle and the upper end of the lower section are fixed and connected in a detachable manner.

Abstract: In a communication method, a first user equipment sends first data to second user equipment over a sidelink (SL); and if the first user equipment does not receive first feedback information, the first user equipment initializes a first counter, or keeps a count value of the first counter unchanged, where the first feedback information indicates whether the second user equipment successfully receives the first data and the first counter is used for RLF detection.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solar cell, including: a substrate; an emitter, a first passivation film, an antireflection film and a first electrode sequentially disposed on an upper surface of the substrate; a tunneling layer, a retardation layer, a field passivation layer, a second passivation film and a second electrode sequentially disposed on a lower surface of the substrate. The retardation layer is configured to retard a migration of a doped ion in the field passivation layer to the substrate. The retardation layer includes a first retardation sub-layer overlapping with a projection of the second electrode and a second retardation sub-layer misaligning with a projection of the second electrode, and at least the second retardation sub-layer is an intrinsic semiconductor. A thickness of the first retardation sub-layer is smaller than a thickness of the second retardation sub-layer in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for transient electromagnetic-induced polarization field separation and multi-parameter information extraction. The method includes the following steps: obtaining electromagnetic data influenced by an induced polarization effect; performing a separating treatment of an induced polarization field and an electromagnetic field on the electromagnetic data influenced by the induced polarization effect to obtain a pure electromagnetic response field and a pure induced polarization response field; based on the pure electromagnetic response field and the pure induced polarization response field, respectively performing a multi-parameter information inversion to complete an extraction of geoelectric parameters. This system includes a data obtaining module, a field separation module and a parameter inversion module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to instance deployment methods, apparatuses, cloud systems, computing devices, and storage mediums. One example method includes obtaining a resource requirement of a service, and deploying instances of the service across a central cloud and an edge cloud based on the resource requirement of the service. In the example method, global resources of the central cloud and the edge cloud are scheduled in combination.

Abstract: A resource scheduling apparatus receives a first resource reservation request and a second resource reservation request, and reserves a first elastic resource for a first tenant and a second resource for a second tenant in a cloud infrastructure. The resource scheduling apparatus receives a resource allocation request requesting to allocate a resource to the first tenant, and when determining that a quantity of resources requested by the resource allocation request is greater than a quantity of first elastic resources reserved by the resource scheduling apparatus for the first tenant in advance, allocates a resource to the first tenant from the second elastic resource.

Abstract: A method for improving an etching rate of wet etching involves an etching reaction chamber used for etching work. The etching reaction chamber is connected with an etchant supply mechanism. The etchant supply mechanism is connected with a purified water supply mechanism. The purified water supply mechanism injects purified water into the etchant supply mechanism according to a change range of pH of the etchant in the etchant supply mechanism to ensure that a hydrogen ion concentration and a fluoride ion concentration of the etchant in the etchant supply mechanism are stable.

Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescent material and a device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent material is a metal complex comprising a metal M and a ligand La having a structure of Formula 1, and the metal complex can be applied to an electroluminescent device as a light-emitting material. The metal complex is applied to the electroluminescent device so that the metal complex, while maintaining a very narrow full width at half maximum, can effectively adjust a light emission wavelength to better meet a requirement of saturated red light emission and can obtain higher device efficiency at a lower voltage, thereby providing better device performance. Further provided are an electroluminescent device comprising the metal complex and a compound composition comprising the metal complex.

Abstract: In a streaming media transmission method, a streaming media server receives a first message sent by a terminal device. The first message includes a streaming media identifier, and the first message is used to request streaming media corresponding to the streaming media identifier. The streaming media server processes the streaming media based on scalable video coding SVC to obtain at least one data stream. The streaming media server determines quality of service QoS for each data stream. The streaming media server sends a second message to a first edge streaming media server. The second message includes the QoS of each of the at least one data stream, and the second message indicates the first edge streaming media server to transmit the at least one data stream to the terminal device by using a resource corresponding to the QoS of each data stream.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining an image of a scene from a first perspective, the image including an object, and detecting the object in the image using a machine learning process, where the object may be representative of a known shape with at least four vertices at a first set of points. The method may also include automatically predicting a second set of points corresponding to the at least four vertices of the object in a second perspective of the scene based on the known shape of the object. The method may additionally include constructing, without user input, a transformation matrix to transform a given image from the first perspective to the second perspective based on the first set of points and the second set of points.

Abstract: A solar cell is provided, including: a semiconductor substrate including a front surface and a rear surface arranged opposite to each other; an emitter located on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate; a front passivation layer located over the front surface of the semiconductor substrate; a tunneling layer located over the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; a doped conductive layer located over a surface of the tunneling layer; a rear passivation layer located over a surface of the doped conductive layer; a front electrode in contact with the emitter; and a rear electrode in contact with the first doped conductive layer. The doped conductive layer includes a first doped conductive layer corresponding to a rear metallized region, and a second doped conductive layer corresponding to a rear non-metallized region. The first doped conductive layer has an oxygen content less than the second doped conductive layer.

Abstract: A terminal device obtains a first group of parameters corresponding to a first mode. A network device obtains a second group of parameters corresponding to the first mode, where the first group of parameters correspond to the second group of parameters. When a compatibility problem exists between the terminal device and the network device, the terminal device initiates initial access to the network device based on the first group of parameters, and the network device accepts, based on the second group of parameters, the initial access initiated by the terminal device.

Abstract: A sidelink communication method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A first communication device receives sidelink control information from a second communication device. The first communication device starts a first timer based on an SL HARQ feedback resource, where the SL HARQ feedback resource is used for transmitting a HARQ feedback of the sidelink control information or SL data scheduled by using the sidelink control information. The first communication device starts or skips starting a second timer based on the first timer. According to the method of embodiments of this application, the first communication device can start the first timer and the second timer associated with SL DRX.

Abstract: A display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of light sources arranged into an array, angle selection sheets on the light emitting sides of the light sources, and reflective layers on the sides of the light sources away from the angle selection sheets. The angle selection sheets are used for reflecting light rays of a first incident angle range and transmitting light rays of a second incident angle range, wherein an incident angle value corresponding to the first incident angle range is smaller than an incident angle value corresponding to the second incident angle range. The reflective layers can conduct diffuse reflection on the light rays reflected by the angle selection sheets and the light rays re-enter the angle selection sheets, so that light rays of a second incident angle subjected to the diffuse reflection are transmitted while light rays of a first incident angle repeat the described reflection operation.

Abstract: The invention presents an example-based real-time clothing synthesis method, which includes the following steps: creating the 3D human model according to the input body pose parameters and the body shape parameters; generating 3D clothing deformation on the standard shape and the input pose through a clothing pose model; searching nearby clothing shape models according to the body pose parameters; for each nearby clothing shape model, generating corresponding 3D clothing mesh based on the body shape parameters, and then deforming the clothing mesh toward the input pose using Linear Blend Skinning (LBS) method; synthesizing the clothing deformation for the input body pose and shape using the clothing data obtained in above steps; resolving the interpenetrations between the clothing data and the human model. The invention can generate real-time clothing animation results with detailed wrinkles for various body poses and shapes with different clothing types on a commodity CPU, without resizing the cloth model.

Abstract: A cell selection or reselection method includes that a terminal device obtains first information that corresponds to a first cell and that is not specific to a frequency band or a frequency. When a first condition that corresponds to the first information and that is used to determine whether the terminal device can access the first cell is not met, the terminal device is allowed to select or reselect a cell on a same frequency as the first cell.