Abstract: Various embodiments may provide methods, systems, and devices for supporting application level discovery of Radio Access Network (RAN) statistics and/or events. Various embodiments may provide methods, systems, and devices for supporting application level signaling of Quality of Service (QoS) requirements.

Abstract: A system may identify a defined rectangular picture area and render video corresponding to the defined rectangular picture area. The system may receive a video bitstream comprising a picture having a header and may receive data specifying a structure of the picture. The system may parse the data specifying the structure of the picture for an identifier corresponding to a defined rectangular area in the first picture and for a tile index of a top left tile in the defined rectangular area. The system may determine one or more tiles comprised in the defined rectangular area based on the identifier corresponding to the defined rectangular area and the tile index of the top left tile. The system may reconstruct the picture including a sub-picture that comprises the defined rectangular area based upon the identifier corresponding to the defined rectangular area. The computing system may render the sub-picture in the defined rectangular area.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining, by a first node/second node, first information; and establishing a first communication connection to the second node based on the first information, where the first communication connection is used to transmit data of a first service, and the first communication connection is corresponding to a first communication technology; and the first node is a node that accesses a network corresponding to a second communication technology, and the first service is a service of the first communication technology or a service of the second communication technology.

Abstract: Sample analyzers and a method for controlling the sample analyzer are provided. The sample analyzer includes a reaction device, a detection device, a processor and a display. The reaction device is configured to obtain a reaction product. Multiple types of emitting lights are emitted after the irradiation light from the detection device irradiates the reaction product. An optical signal acquisition component is configured to acquire, in each light acquiring period, optical signals corresponding to a detection wavelength and at least one wavelength other than the detection wavelength for at least one type of emitting light. The processor is configured to calculate, for the at least one type of emitting light, optical data corresponding to the detection wavelength and the at least one wavelength other than the detection wavelength in each light acquiring period. The display is configured to display the optical data in multiple light acquiring periods.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems directed to adaptive streaming of V-PCC (Video-based Point Cloud Compression) data using an adaptive HTTP streaming protocol, such as MPEG DASH. A method includes signaling the point cloud data of the point cloud in a DASH MPD including: a main AdaptationSet for the point cloud, including at least (1) a @codecs attribute that is set to a unique value signifying that the corresponding AdaptationSet corresponds to V-PCC data and (2) an initialization segment containing at least one V-PCC sequence parameter set for a representation of the point cloud; and a plurality of component AdaptationSets, each corresponding to one of the V-PCC components and including at least (1) a VPCCComponent descriptor identifying a type of the corresponding V-PCC component and (2) at least one property of the V-PCC component; and transmitting the DASH bitstream over the network.

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof: which inhibit the Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK-1), which is associated with autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from ASK-1 related disease. The invention also relates to methods of treating an ASK-1 related disease in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention specifically relates to methods of treating ASK-1 associated with hepatic steatosis, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, ester, stereoisomer, tautomer, solvate, hydrate, or combination thereof: which inhibit the Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK-1), which associated with autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from ASK-1 related disease. The invention also relates to methods of treating an ASK-1 related disease in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention specifically relates to methods of treating ASK-1 associated with hepatic steatosis, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcohol steatohepatitis disease (NASH).

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for rapidly collecting greenhouse gas from farmland in batches, relating to the technical field of greenhouse gas collection. The system for rapidly collecting greenhouse gas from farmland in batches includes a static chamber, a static chamber placement device, a gas collection device, and a control device. The static chamber is arranged inside the static chamber placement device, and each static chamber is sleeved outside crops. The gas collection device is arranged in the static chamber placement device. The static chamber, the static chamber placement device and the gas collection device are all in wireless connection with the control device.

Abstract: Disclosed are an automatic sampling device and method for determining greenhouse gas emission flux from farmland. The device includes a static chamber, a current meter, and a collection box. The static chamber communicates with a gas inlet of the collection box. The current meter is arranged in a gas pipe between the static chamber and the collection box. The static chamber is used to cover plants to be tested and to keep the plants to be tested in a closed environment. The current meter is used to determine a gas flow rate in the gas pipe between the static chamber and the collection box in real time. The collection box is internally provided a plurality of collection loops and a controller. Each collection loop is used to collect a gas in the static chamber at different time according to collection settings of the controller.

Abstract: A streaming device may request and download multi-layer video segments based on a number of factors including the artistic interest associated with the video segments and/or the status of a buffer area managed by the streaming device. The multi-layer segments may be coded using scalable coding techniques or a combination of scalable coding and simulcast coding techniques by which each of the video segments may be coded into one or more representations of different qualities and/or bitrates. When requesting the multi-layer segments, the streaming device may ensure that the fullness of the buffer area falls between a buffer underflow threshold and a backfilling threshold under various network conditions. The streaming device may estimate the available network bandwidth in order to facilitate the scheduling decisions. The streaming device may consider the artistic interest associated with the video segments during scheduling and may give priority to those segments with higher artistic interest.

Abstract: Disclosed is an unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills and an attitude adjustment method, relating to the technical field of intelligent agricultural equipment in mountainous and hilly regions. The unmanned vehicle includes a frame and side arms arranged on both sides of the frame. The lower end of each side arm is provided with a traveling device, and each side arm is provided with an attitude adjustment device. The attitude adjustment devices are respectively connected to both sides of the frame, and the attitude adjustment devices are configured to adjust an attitude of the frame. The frame is provided with a control structure and a triaxial angle sensor, both of which are electrically connected to the control structure, and the triaxial angle sensor is configured to detect an angle of inclination of the frame. The unmanned vehicle can achieve the slope adaptation in the mountainous and hilly areas.

Abstract: A directed chemical conjugate of a glucagon-like peptide-2 mutant, and a use thereof are provided. The glucagon-like peptide-2 mutant is based on the human glucagon-like peptide-2 through multiple site mutations and carboxy terminus extensions. By introducing a targeted chemical modification site, the glucagon-like peptide-2 mutant has biological activities consistent with the natural human glucagon-like peptide-2, and meanwhile, the half-life period in vivo is significantly prolonged, and the administration frequency is reduced, thereby achieving the purpose of treating or preventing short intestinal syndrome, intestinal mucosa injury caused by chemotherapy medicaments or radioactive treatment factors, ulcerative enteritis, chronic enteritis and non-inflammatory bowel injury disease.

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit coronavirus replication activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: An example device for retrieving media data includes a memory; and a processing system comprising one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the processing system being configured to: receive a packet including a packet header and a payload including at least a portion of a frame of video data, the packet header being separate from the payload; extract, from the packet header, a video frame identifier for the frame of video data; and process the payload according to the video frame identifier.

Abstract: A secondary content such as an advertisement may be inserted based on users' interests in 360 degree video streaming. Users may have different interests and may watch different areas within a 360 degree video. The information about area(s) of 360 degree scenes that users watch the most may be used to select an ad(s) relevant to their interests. One or more secondary content viewports may be defined within a 360 degree video frame. Secondary content viewport parameter(s) may be tracked. For example, statistics of the user's head orientation for some time leading to the presentation of the ad(s) may be collected. Secondary content may be determined based on the tracked secondary content viewport parameter(s).

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof: which inhibit the Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK-1), which is associated with autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from ASK-1 related disease. The invention also relates to methods of treating an ASK-1 related disease in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention specifically relates to methods of treating ASK-1 associated with hepatic steatosis, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Abstract: A container kernel upgrade based on a programmable container kernel, includes, in response to receiving a container kernel upgrade request, freezing an application container in which a to-be-upgraded first container kernel is located. Current container status data of an application container including first container kernel status data and application status data is stored. The application container is restarted by using a second container kernel used for upgrading a container kernel, where restarted container status data of the restarted application container includes second container kernel status data corresponding to the second container kernel when the application container is restarted. Using the stored current container status data, a corresponding data field is updated in a data structure of the restarted container status data.

Abstract: A valve including a flexible tube having two ends, a first structure disposed at one of the two ends and rotationally anchored thereto, and a second structure at the other of the two ends and rotationally anchored thereto, at least one of the first and second structures being rotatable relative to the other of the first and second structures. A method for controlling a flow of fluid including rotating one of the first structure and second structure relative to the other of the first structure and second structure of the valve reducing a dimension of a flow path within a flexible tube. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and a valve disposed in the borehole.