Abstract: A battery and an electric device are provided. The battery includes a first box portion, a second box portion, a battery cell, and an insulating liquid. The first box portion and the second box portion fit together to define an accommodating space. The battery cell is accommodated in the accommodating space. The battery cell is provided with an electrode terminal and a pressure relief mechanism. The electrode terminal is closer to the first box portion relative to the pressure relief mechanism. The pressure relief mechanism is configured to be actuated when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, to release the internal pressure or high-temperature gas. The insulating liquid is provided in the accommodating space and immerses the pressure relief mechanism. When the insulating liquid is provided in the accommodating space, the first box portion is located above the second box portion.

Abstract: Techniques for storing metadata involve: storing first metadata associated with a system operation in a volatile memory of a storage system while the storage system is in a startup stage. The storage system does not perform read/write requests of a client during the startup stage. Such techniques further involve: suspending the system operation of the storage system during the startup stage in response to determining that the intermediate persistent storage device has failed. Such techniques further involve: storing the first metadata in the volatile memory into the persistent storage device. Such techniques further involve: storing the first metadata into the intermediate persistent storage device in response to determining that the intermediate persistent storage device is available again. Accordingly, the risk of losing metadata when the storage device is powered down can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a coating device including: a first shell, having a top portion and a side portion; and a second shell, accommodated in the first shell and at least partially divergently extending downwards from the top portion of the first shell. The first shell and the second shell define a first space in between, the second shell defines a second space, and the first space surrounds the second space and the two are not in communication.

Abstract: A method of processing video data includes determining that a non-linear adaptive loop filtering operation is applied for a current video region of a video; deriving a first filtering index for the current video region and deriving a first filtering parameter based on the first filtering index; deriving a first clipping parameter from a clipping parameter set based on the first filtering index; performing a clipping operation that is part of the non-linear adaptive loop filtering operation based on the first clipping parameter, where the first clipping parameter is used to clip differences between reference sample values of a current sample value of the current video region and the current sample value before applying the first filtering parameter; and performing a conversion between the current video region and a bitstream of the video based on the non-linear adaptive loop filtering operation.

Abstract: Methods and endpoint nodes and controllers are disclosed for mutual authentication and key exchange. In an embodiment, physical unclonable function circuits on the endpoint nodes are used in combination with key masks to allow mutual authentication and key exchange between the endpoint nodes.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a base substrate; a plurality of pixel units arranged on the base substrate in an array, wherein each pixel unit comprises a pixel driving circuit and a light-emitting element, and the pixel driving circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element; a plurality of signal lines, electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit, respectively; and a light shielding portion on the base substrate. Orthographic projections of at least two of the signal lines on the base substrate are spaced apart by a gap, at least one of interference and diffraction is generated due to a plurality of gaps in response to that at least a part of light passes through the gaps, and an orthographic projection of the light shielding portion on the base substrate covers at least orthographic projections of the gaps on the base substrate.

Abstract: A mutation site of an ideal brittle culm mutant ibc in rice, a controlling gene IBC, and use thereof are provided. The controlling gene IBC has: (1) a nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2; or (2) a nucleotide sequence of a mutant, an allele, or a derivative generated by adding, substituting, inserting or deleting one or more nucleotides. The present disclosure further provides an encoded protein of the controlling gene IBC, a recombinant construct, a recombinant host cell, a method for embrittling culms in a rice ripening stage by using the controlling gene IBC, and use thereof. In a mutant with allelic variation in the gene IBC and loss of gene editing function, culms exhibit a brittle culm phenotype at the late ripening stage, leaves are not brittle, yield traits are excellent, and other agronomic traits are not obviously changed.

Abstract: A display panel includes: a base substrate including a display region and a fan-out region, and the fan-out region is located between the display region and a chip; a plurality of data wires/touch wires located in the fan-out region for respectively electrically connecting a plurality of data lines/touch signal lines with the chip. A portion of the plurality of data wires is located in a first conductive layer while a rest portion thereof is located in the second conductive layer. A portion of the plurality of touch wires is located in at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer while a rest portion thereof is located in the third conductive layer. A pitch between any two adjacent wires in the first/second/third conductive layer is a first/second/third wire pitch, respectively. The first wire pitch and the second wire pitch are smaller than the third wire pitch.

Abstract: An energy storage container comprises: a battery compartment accommodating a plurality of batteries, wherein a venting channel is provided between each battery of the plurality of batteries and a compartment wall of the battery compartment, the venting channel being used to discharge gases generated inside the battery to the outside of the battery compartment, and an interior space of the venting channel and an interior space of the battery compartment being isolated from each other; and wherein the compartment wall of the battery compartment and/or the venting channel are/is provided with a thermal insulation member, the thermal insulation member being used to thermally insulate the interior space of the battery compartment.

Abstract: Video coding and decoding techniques, including history-based motion vector prediction with default parameters, are described. One example video processing method includes resetting for a conversion between a video unit of a video and a bitstream of the video, a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) table of size N by adding K HMVP motion candidates to the HMVP table, where the K HMVP motion candidates have default values, where N and K are positive integers, and where K?N; and performing the conversion between the video unit and the bitstream using the HMVP table resulting from the resetting.

Abstract: A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video including multiple video blocks and a coded representation of the video, and from types of reference pictures used for the conversion, applicability of a coding tool to the current video block and performing the conversion based on the determining. The method may be performed by a video decoder or a video encoder or a video transcoder.

Abstract: A method for video processing includes: refining motion information of a video block by using a multi-step refinement processing, multiple refined motion vectors (MVs) of the video block being derived iteratively in respective steps of the multi-step refinement processing, and performing a video processing on the video block based on the multiple refined MVs of the video block.

Abstract: An energy storage container, a method and an apparatus for producing an energy storage container are provided. The energy storage container includes: a pressure relief mechanism; and an isolating member provided on a side of the pressure relief mechanism facing an interior of the energy storage container, the interior of the energy storage container being configured to accommodate at least one battery, and an enclosed space being formed between the isolating member and the pressure relief mechanism; where the isolating member is configured to be actuated when an internal pressure or temperature of the energy storage container reaches a threshold, to relieve the internal pressure or temperature to the enclosed space, and the pressure relief mechanism is configured to be actuated when a pressure or temperature of the enclosed space reaches a threshold, to relieve the internal pressure or temperature.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head with a Tunable Pole Protrusion or Tunable Pole Performance (TPP) side bridge design. A PMR write head can include a main pole including a tip portion configured to be disposed at an air-bearing surface (ABS) and configured to interact with a magnetic recording medium. The PMR write head can also include a hot seed (HS) portion and a first write shield. The PMR write head can also include a first metallic side bridge disposed between the tip portion of the main pole and the HS portion. The PMR write head can also include a bias circuit including at least a first bias electrical pad and a second electrical bias pad directing an electrical current flow along an electrical path between the tip portion of the main pole and the write shield portion via the first metallic side bridge.

Abstract: A system and a method for assessing quality of a high-dynamic range (HDR) image. The system comprises a feature extraction module arranged to extract a plurality of frequency features on a pair of reference image and a distorted image generated based on the reference image; a comparison module arranged to compare a pair of feature maps obtained by processing the extracted frequency features on both the reference image and the distorted image; and a scoring module arrange to output an image quality assessment (IQA) score of the distorted image with reference to the reference image provided; wherein the plurality of frequency features are associated with sensitive information in a human visual system (HVS).

Abstract: The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind tau. The antibodies inhibit or delay tau-associated pathologies and associated symptomatic deterioration.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for guiding topic in a conversation between a user and a chat engine. At least one first topic is determined. A first message is provided to the user based on the at least one first topic, to guide the conversation to the at least one first topic. A first response to the first message is received from the user. It is determined whether the first response is associated with the at least one first topic. In the case of determining that the first response is associated with the at least one first topic, at least one second topic is determined based on the at least one first topic. At least one second message is provided based at least on the at least one second topic, wherein if the at least one second topic is associated with resource or service, the at least one second message includes at least the resource or service.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for network risk analysis. A plurality of risk reports relating to a network device in a network are obtained, wherein each risk report is associated with a particular dimension of a plurality of dimensions of risk for the network device in the network. A count of the plurality of risk reports is determined for each dimension of the plurality of dimensions of risk. A regression model is applied to determine a risk value for the network device in the network based on the count of the plurality of risk reports for each dimension and based a role of the network device in the network.

Abstract: Polyphosphate compositions are produced by a process that includes the steps of continuously introducing a phosphate compound into a polymerization vessel, polymerizing the phosphate compound at a temperature of 250-450° C. for a time period sufficient to form the polyphosphate composition, and continuously discharging the polyphosphate composition from the polymerization vessel. The phosphate compound can be fed to the polymerization vessel in the form of an aqueous slurry containing 5-50 wt. % of the phosphate compound. Resulting polyphosphate compositions often contain at least 8 wt. % of a polyphosphate and less than 35 wt. % of the phosphate compound.

Abstract: A directional exhaust device includes a first exhaust portion and a second exhaust portion. The first exhaust portion is in communication with a case of a battery. The second exhaust portion is in communication with the first exhaust portion and an ambient environment and configured to exhaust gas generated by the battery through the first exhaust portion and the second exhaust portion.