Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gamma camera imaging method and a gamma camera imaging device. The method includes: selecting, from energy spectrums captured by a gamma camera on one or more radioactive materials, one or more energy ranges of each radioactive material among the one or more radioactive materials as one or more monitored energy regions of the radioactive material; performing image reconstruction on the monitored energy regions of each radioactive material among the one or more radioactive materials; performing normalization on images obtained through the image reconstruction; and performing superimposing on the normalized images to form a composite image.

Abstract: A system for providing assistance to a user of a surgical robot system, the system comprising: a surgical robot system comprising at least one surgical robot having a base, and an arm extending from the base to an attachment for an instrument, the arm comprising a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered; and an assistance module comprising a list of steps of a task for which procedural assistance can be provided, the assistance module being configured to: receive, while the surgical robot system is being used to perform the task, status data indicating a status of the surgical robot system; determine, from the status data, whether the surgical robot system is in a procedural assistance state, the surgical robot system being in a procedural assistance state when the surgical robot system is being, or, is about to be, used to perform one of the steps of the task for which procedural assistance can be provided; and in response to determining that the surgical robot system is in a

Abstract: An implantable intracardiac apparatus for implantation in a wall of the heart to secure a pressure sensor thereto, the apparatus comprising: a mesh configured to collapse to enable it to be carried, by a catheter, to a deployment site in the heart, and to expand upon deployment from the catheter to provide a conformable mesh layer for securement against the wall of the heart; wherein the conformable mesh layer comprises an opening occupied by a compliant diaphragm that is flush with the mesh layer, or recessed with respect to the mesh layer, when the mesh layer is secured against the wall of the heart; the apparatus further comprising a can for holding said pressure sensor, and the compliant diaphragm provides a wall of the can.

Abstract: A battery cell, a cover assembly, a battery, an electricity-consuming apparatus, a method and a device of manufacturing the battery cell are provided by the present application. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly; a casing accommodating the electrode assembly, in which the casing includes a wall portion, the wall portion includes a stepped hole, the stepped hole includes a first hole segment, a second hole segment and a first stepped face; a sealing member, in which a first sealing interface is formed between the sealing member and the first stepped face, the first sealing interface surrounds the first hole segment, and the sealing member includes a ventilating hole communicating with the first hole segment; a gas-ventilating film including a body and a convex portion, in which the body covers the ventilating hole, a second sealing interface is formed between the body and the sealing member.

Abstract: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a threat with the emergence of new variants, especially Delta and Omicron, without specific effective therapeutic drugs. The present invention provides a method and a composition for preventing and treating COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus infection which includes administering to a subject in need thereof one or more therapeutically effective doses of Virofree which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable combination of grape seed extract, acerola cherry extract, olive leaf extract, marigold extract, green tea extract, pomegranate extract, yeast beta-glucan and soya bean extract for a treatment period.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for continuously producing and secreting recombinant Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) by bacteria, more specifically E. coli. More specifically, the invention relates to use of novel bacterial expression vector for producing and enabling extracellular secretion of GLP-1, use of novel media composition for enhancing the secretion and enabling purification, and a perfusion-based fermentation system for continuous production and separation of recombinant GLP-1 peptide.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerosol-generating device (100) for generating aerosol from an aerosol-generating material. The aerosol-generating device comprises: a housing (102); and a heating assembly arranged in the housing for receiving aerosol-generating material. The heating assembly is configured to heat aerosol-generating material received in the heating assembly. The housing has a characteristic extent (130) in a first direction (120) of not more than 85 mm, a characteristic extent (132) in a second direction (122) perpendicular to the first direction of not more than 45 mm, and a characteristic extent (134) in a third direction (124) perpendicular to the first and second directions of not more than 23 mm.

Abstract: Systems include a prime mover that generates power for a mobile vehicle; a power converter that receives a portion of the generated power, and provides configured electrical power to an aftertreatment heater device configured to selectively heat an exhaust fluid of the prime mover; at least one aftertreatment component positioned downstream of the aftertreatment heater device, and configured to treat a constituent of the exhaust fluid; and a controller including an operating conditions circuit structured to interpret an operating parameter of one of the power converter, the aftertreatment heater device, the prime mover, or the exhaust fluid; a heater management circuit that determines a heating power value in response to the operating parameter; and a heater control circuit that provides a heating command in response to the heating power value; and wherein the power converter is responsive to the heating command to heat the exhaust fluid of the prime mover.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present techniques provide an adhesive tape roll that comprises a plurality of detachable segments. The detachable segments comprise a pull tab to help separate a protective liner layer, or backing layer/backing liner, from the adhesive tape at the point of use. Thus, a user may detach a segment from the roll, and then use the pull tab to separate the adhesive tape from the backing liner.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular heating element for use in an apparatus for heating aerosolizable material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosolizable material. The tubular heating element further includes a heating material layer that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field on a tubular support. The tubular heating element has a wall thickness of no more than one millimeter. Further, the tubular heating element can include a protective layer. The heating layer includes a ferromagnetic material based on cobalt or nickel.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes: an insulating housing including two opposite side walls, a card slot defined between the two side walls and opening forward, and plural passageways on the side wall; a row of terminals received in corresponding passageways respectively and categorized with first terminals and second terminals, two adjacent first terminals being paired to be a pair of differential terminals and the second terminals being non-differential terminals, each of the row of terminals including a retaining portion, an elastic portion extending forward and a leg portion extending rearward from the elastic portion; and plural insulators retained in the insulating housing, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are similarly shaped, each pair of differential terminals is retained in the insulator, and each of the second terminals is directly retained in the passageway.

Abstract: The electronic cigarette chip with automatic closed-loop control for output voltage and a working method thereof are provided. The chip comprises a built-in MCU module, a full bridge buck-boost module, an output voltage feedback circuit module, an operational amplifying unit module, and a plurality of signal terminals. The signal terminal VOUT serves to provide output voltage to a heating element. The output voltage feedback circuit module serves to feed output voltage of the signal terminal VOUT back to the built-in MCU module. The operational amplifying unit module serves to detect a resistance value of the heating element and send it to the built-in MCU module. The built-in MCU module serves to perform operations based on setting signals of the external chip and feedback signals of the output voltage feedback circuit module, and automatically control the full bridge buck-boost module, to provide precisely adjustable output voltage by the signal terminal VOUT.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a battery pack, including: an upper cover including an upper cover body and an explosion-proof exhaust structure, the upper cover body including a top plate in an upper part and a side plate, and an opening in a lower part, the explosion-proof exhaust structure being disposed on the side plate, and an exhaust duct being provided between the top plate and the explosion-proof exhaust structure; and a lower housing, where the upper cover is disposed above the lower housing, the lower housing is disposed with batteries, and each of the batteries is provided with an explosion-proof valve.

Abstract: The technology disclosed can provide capabilities to view and/or interact with the real world to the user of a wearable (or portable) device using a sensor configured to capture motion and/or determining the path of an object based on imaging, acoustic or vibrational waves. Implementations can enable improved user experience, greater safety, greater functionality to users of virtual reality for machine control and/or machine communications applications using wearable (or portable) devices, e.g., head mounted devices (HMDs), wearable goggles, watch computers, smartphones, and so forth, or mobile devices, e.g., autonomous and semi-autonomous robots, factory floor material handling systems, autonomous mass-transit vehicles, automobiles (human or machine driven), and so forth, equipped with suitable sensors and processors employing optical, audio or vibrational detection.

Abstract: Techniques for cryptographic authentication of a physical asset are disclosed, including: operating a trusted application, provided by a trusted entity, on a computing device equipped with an NFC reader to: (a) obtain a single-use authentication link from a cryptographically-secure NFC chip attached to a physical asset; (b) obtain a metadata pointer and a hash digest from the single-use authentication link; (c) obtain, via the metadata pointer, metadata associated with the physical asset, the metadata including a cryptographic signature; (d) obtain a public authentication key associated with the trusted entity; and (e) authenticate the cryptographic signature against the public authentication key and verify whether the hash digest is a cryptographic hash of the metadata obtained via the metadata pointer to obtain an authentication result for the physical asset.

Abstract: An etching apparatus includes: a placement table serving as a lower electrode and configured to place a workpiece to be subjected to an etching processing thereon; a DC power supply configured to generate a negative DC voltage applied to the placement table; and a controller configured to: periodically apply a negative DC voltage to the placement table from the DC power supply when the etching processing on the workpiece placed on the placement table is initiated, and decrease a frequency of the negative DC voltage applied to the placement table with an elapse of processing time of the etching processing.

Abstract: Provided is a compound that can have an effect of inhibiting MALT1 and is expected as useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for cancer, etc. A compound represented by formula (I) [wherein each symbol is as defined in the description], a salt thereof, or a cocrystal, a hydrate or a solvate of the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to photoluminescent signs, in particular to signs in which one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) emit light that excites one or more photoluminescent (PL) elements. In one aspect, a sign may include one or more photoluminescent elements: one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged to excite the one or more photoluminescent elements; and circuitry arranged for connection to an AC power supply and supplying power to the LEDs.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a plasma processing apparatus includes: a plasma processing chamber; a substrate support; a source RF generator coupled to the plasma processing chamber, and configured to generate a source RF pulsed signal; a first bias RF generator configured to generate a first bias RF pulsed signal; a second bias RF generator configured to generate a second bias RF pulsed signal; a first separation circuit connected between the first bias RF generator and the substrate support, and configured to suppress a coupling of the second bias RF pulsed signal from the second bias RF generator to the first bias RF generator, and a second separation circuit connected between the second bias RF generator and the substrate support, and configured to suppress a coupling of the first bias RF pulsed signal from the first bias RF generator to the second bias RF generator.

Abstract: A non-combustible aerosol provision system includes an article comprising a rod of aerosol generating material having a circumference greater than 19 mm and a non-combustible aerosol provision device for heating the aerosol generating material of the article, the non-combustible aerosol provision device comprising a coil.