ProbIBR: Fast Image-Based Rendering with Learned Probability-Guided Sampling.

We present a general, fast, and practical solution for interpolating novel views of diverse real-world scenes given a sparse set of nearby views. Existing generic novel view synthesis methods rely on time-consuming scene geometry pre-computation or redundant sampling of the entire space for neural volumetric rendering, limiting the overall efficiency. Instead, we incorporate learned MVS priors into the neural volume rendering pipeline while improving the rendering efficiency by reducing sampling points under the guidance of depth probability distributions.

Chemical profiling of Fritillariae thunbergii Miq prepared by different processing methods reveals two new quality markers: Zhebeininoside and imperialine-3-β-D-glucoside.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Fritillariae thunbergii Miq (FTM)exhibit versatile biological activities including the significant antitussive and expectorant activities. As a herbal medicine, the therapeutic effects of FTM may be expressed by multi-components which have complicated integration effects on multi-targets. With the time going, the different processing methods of FTM has been changed a lot.

Enhanced phytoremediation of PAHs and cadmium contaminated soils by a Mycobacterium.

This study investigated Fire Phoenix (Festuca L.) and Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench inoculated with a Mycobacterium strain N12 in remediation of soils contaminated with both polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and cadmium (Cd).

Fire Phoenix facilitates phytoremediation of PAH-Cd co-contaminated soil through promotion of beneficial rhizosphere bacterial communities.

Pot experiments were conducted in a growth chamber to evaluate the phytoremediation efficiency and rhizosphere regulation mechanism of Fire Phoenix (a mixture of Festuca L.) in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-cadmium (PAH-Cd) co-contaminated soils. Plant biomass, removal rates of PAHs and Cd, soil enzyme activity, and soil bacterial community were determined.