Abstract: A process is provided in which the resulting Fe-tCDTA contrast agent has a reduced osmolality. The process according to the invention comprises the following steps: a) preparing an aqueous solution of tCDTA and FeO(OH), tCDTA and FeO(OH) being present in a molar ratio of from 1:1 to 1:1.4; b) b.1) adjusting a pH of the aqueous solution to between pH 2.5 and pH 4.5 by adding a base, preferably meglumine, and separating the precipitate; or b.2) precipitating the Fe-tCDTA contrast agent from the aqueous solution by adding acetone, separating the precipitate, and preparing an aqueous solution from the precipitate; and c) adjusting a pH of the aqueous solution to between pH 6.5 and pH 8.0 by adding a base, preferably meglumine, and separating the precipitated FeO(OH).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a hydraulic valve mechanism with variable valve opening times and an internal combustion engine, which can effectively implement a single-opening working mode, a two-opening working mode or a multi-opening working mode of a valve in the same working cycle, and can implement a rapid and stable switchover among various working modes according to working condition requirements of the internal combustion engine. A main structure thereof includes a housing, a valve cam including a main protrusion and at least one auxiliary protrusion, a hydraulic rotary valve having a hydraulic switch valve function, a hydraulic drive component, a valve drive component, and the like. Oil passages of the hydraulic drive component, the hydraulic rotary valve, and the valve drive component are in communication.

Abstract: The present invention relates to micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays and fabrication method thereof, and discloses a fabrication method and applications for the molded polymer parts with the micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays on their surfaces, which exhibit both hydrophobicity and light trapping. The fabrication method for the molded polymer parts with the micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays includes following steps.

Abstract: A color display panel and a control method thereof are provided. The color display panel includes pixel units arranged in an array, and each pixel unit at least includes a red sub-pixel unit, a green sub-pixel unit, a blue sub-pixel unit, and a white sub-pixel unit, where white light of the color display panel is achieved through the white sub-pixel unit. With aid of the above, the white light of the color display panel of the disclosure is realized by a single white sub-pixel unit, which can effectively alleviate color separation during mixing of red, green, and blue light of traditional display panels, and greatly improve the display effect of the display panel.

Abstract: Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. An ultrasound imaging system comprising a communication interface in communication with an ultrasound imaging device and configured to receive a ultrasound image of a subject's anatomy; and a processor in communication with the communication interface and configured to apply a predictive network to the ultrasound image to identify a plurality of locations of potential malignancies in the subjects anatomy; and determine a plurality of malignancy likelihoods at the plurality of locations of potential malignancies; and output, to a display in communication with the processor, the plurality of locations of potential malignancies and the plurality of malignancy likelihoods for the plurality of locations of potential malignancies to guide a biopsy determination for the subjects anatomy.

Abstract: CFET devices having a gate-all-around structure are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a CFET device includes: forming a nanosheet device stack(s) on a substrate including alternating first/second nanosheets of a first/second material, wherein lower nanosheets in the nanosheet device stack(s) are separated from the substrate and from upper nanosheets in the nanosheet device stack(s) by sacrificial nanosheets; forming a ?-shaped dielectric spacer separating the lower and upper nanosheets; forming lower/upper source and drains on opposite sides of the lower/upper nanosheets, separated by an isolation spacer; selectively removing the first nanosheets; and forming a first gate surrounding a portion of each of the lower nanosheets including a first workfunction-setting metal(s), and a second gate surrounding a portion of each of the upper nanosheets including a second workfunction-setting metal(s), wherein the first and second workfunction-setting metals are separated by the ?-shaped dielectric spacer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for forming a complementary field effect transistor (CFET) structure having a wrap-around contact. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a complementary nanosheet stack is formed over a substrate. The complementary nanosheet stack includes a first nanosheet and a second nanosheet separated by a dielectric spacer. A first sacrificial layer is formed over a source or drain (S/D) region of the first nanosheet and a second sacrificial layer is formed over a S/D region of the second nanosheet. A conductive gate is formed over channel regions of the first nanosheet and the second nanosheet. After the conductive gate is formed, the first sacrificial layer is replaced with a first wrap-around contact and the second sacrificial layer is replaced with a second wrap-around contact.

Abstract: A production apparatus and production method for colored spun yarn with fiber dyeing and mixing in a spinning process is provided. The production apparatus is a ring spinning machine. The ring spinning machine includes a front table board and a rear table board with a same structure. Each of the front table board and the rear table board is formed by a plurality of spindles with a same structure. Each spindle includes a drafting system. A roving feeding bell mouth is connected at the rear of the drafting system, and a splitting plate is arranged at the front of the drafting system. A dyeing system is arranged at the front of the splitting plate. A color fixing system is added at the front of the dyeing system. A bunching bell mouth device and a delivery roller pair are arranged at the front of the color fixing system.

Abstract: A system for predicting medications to prescribe to a patient includes a text encoding module and a medication prediction module. The text encoding module is configured to obtain a clinical-information vector from clinical information of the patient. The medication prediction module configured to apply a machine-learned medication-prediction algorithm to the clinical-information vector to select a subset of medications to prescribe to the patient. The machine-learned medication-prediction algorithm is designed with a diversity-promoting regularization model, and is configured to simultaneously consider correlations among different medications and dependencies between patient information and medications when selecting a subset of medications to prescribe to the patient.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for network configuration. The method includes: sending an acquisition request to a second device, in response to determining that a first device requires network configuration; receiving network configuration information sent by the second device according to the acquisition request, the network configuration information including network configuration information of one or more wireless networks to which the second device had been connected; and configuring, based on the network configuration information, a wireless network accessible by the first device.

Abstract: A lane line tracking method and device are provided. The method can include: projecting a lane line detection result of previous K frames preceding a current frame in a camera coordinate system to a world coordinate system, to obtain a first projection result, wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and the previous K frames are consecutive K frames preceding the current frame; projecting the first projection result of the previous K frames in the world coordinate system to a camera coordinate system of the current frame, to obtain a second projection result; and determining, in the camera coordinate system of the current frame, lane line groups of the current frame, according to lane line groups in the second projection result of the previous K frames.

Abstract: A method for forming layers suitable for a V-NAND stack is disclosed. Specifically, the method may include multiple cycles for forming an oxide and a nitride in order to form an oxynitride layer.

Abstract: The invention belongs to the field of chemical analysis and detection, and specifically relates to a pretreatment method for LC-MS detecting metabolomics of Aspergillus flavus. The method includes: culturing a strain of Aspergillus flavus; quenching the Aspergillus flavus; disrupting the cell membrane of Aspergillus flavus, and extracting a metabolome. The invention adopts a cold glycerol buffer solution combined with a rapid filtration method for quenching, and a MeOH/DCM/ACN/EA/HCOOH mixture is used as an metabolome extract, thereby achieving the object of efficiently extracting different polar compounds, and metabolome compound coverage is high; pretreatment of the cell metabolomics of Aspergillus flavus by the method of the invention can ensure the repeatability and stability of the metabolomics analysis method and reduce the false positive of the test results.

Abstract: Methods form devices by creating openings in sacrificial gates between nanosheet stacks (alternating layers of a first material and channel structures), forming spacers in the openings, and removing the sacrificial gates to leave the spacers. The first material is then removed from between the channel structures. A first work function metal is formed around and between the channel structures. Next, first stacks (of the stacks) are protected with a mask to leave second stacks (of the stacks) exposed. Then, the first work function metal is removed from the second stacks while the first stacks are protected by the mask and the spacers. Subsequently, a second work function metal is formed around and between the channel structures of the second stacks. A gate material is then formed over the first work function metal and the second work function metal.

Abstract: A structure of aligned (e.g., radially and/or polygonally aligned) fibers, and systems and methods for producing and using the same. One or more structures provided may be created using an apparatus that includes one or more first electrodes that define an area and/or partially circumscribe an area. For example, a single first electrode may enclose the area, or a plurality of first electrode(s) may be positioned on at least a portion of the perimeter of the area. A second electrode is positioned within the area. Electrodes with rounded (e.g., convex) surfaces may be arranged in an array, and a fibrous structure created using such electrodes may include an array of wells at positions corresponding to the positions of the electrodes.

Abstract: A projection system includes a projection device including a projector unit and a camera unit, a signal transmitter unit mounted to a projection screen, and a processing unit. The camera unit captures an image of a projection image projected by the projector unit onto the projection screen, and the processing unit obtains a position of the projection image accordingly. The processing unit obtains a position of the projection screen based on signals wirelessly transmitted by the signal transmitter unit and adjusts setting parameter(s) related to the projector unit based on a comparison between the positions of the projection image and the projection screen to reduce dimensional and/or positional differences between the two.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a GPR84 receptor antagonist and use thereof. The GPR84 receptor antagonist of the present invention has a structure as represented by formula (I), the definitions of R1, R2, R3, R4, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, Y, Z, and rings A, B, C, and D are as described in the description and claims. The GPR84 receptor antagonist of the present invention can competitively inhibit the activation of the receptor caused by an agonist of GPR84, and can be used in the preparation of a medicament for treating related diseases caused by high expression or high excitability of GPR84 receptor, the diseases including multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and the like.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting water in multiphase flows are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a conduit including an inlet to receive a multiphase flow and an electromagnetic sensor coupled to a liquid-rich region of the conduit to measure a permittivity of the multiphase flow, and a water detection manager to determine that water is detected in the multiphase flow based on the permittivity.

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for determining thresholds are provided. For example, first activity associated with a plurality of client devices may be detected. A first activity distribution associated with the plurality of client devices may be determined based upon the first activity. A plurality of peaks of the first activity distribution may be identified. A plurality of gradients associated with pairs of peaks of the plurality of peaks may be determined. A target peak of the plurality of peaks may be determined based upon the plurality of gradients. A threshold amount of activity associated with the first activity may be determined based upon the target peak. A first set of activity associated with a first client device may be detected. A fraudulence label associated with the first client device may be determined based upon the first set of activity and/or the threshold amount of activity.

Abstract: The invention discloses a core-shell structured non-ionic nanoemulsion system and the preparation and use thereof. The system comprises a non-ionic gemini surfactant, an oil phase material, a solubilizer, and water; wherein the microemulsion has a core-shell structure, with the outer shell being the non-ionic Gemini surfactant, and the inner core being the oil phase material. The non-ionic Gemini surfactant is di(octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether)-substituted dicarboxylic acid diphenyl ether having the structural formula: The non-ionic nanoemulsion system of the present invention is homogeneous and transparent, and has a spherical core-shell structure with nanometer-sized (3-40 nm) droplets, narrow particle size distribution, low tendency to agglomerate, good stability, and both an ultra-low interfacial tension and the ability to reduce viscosity of crude oil.