Abstract: A drug coated balloon includes a balloon body and a drug loaded coating layer. The drug loaded coating layer includes a first drug loaded coating component having at least two controllable sustained release drugs with different drug release kinetics, and a second drug loaded coating component including an active drug. The second drug loaded coating component is dispersed among the controllable sustained release drugs and couples the controllable sustained release drugs on the balloon body. The first and second drug loaded coating components are both non-hydrophilic compositions. The drug coated balloon provides sufficient initial drug loading dosage to the lesion site, and has adjustable drug release rate, thereby allowing the drug coated balloon to provide bioactive drugs to the treatment site at different stages of the cascade reaction of vascular restenosis, providing the controllable long-acting therapeutic drugs, and improving the overall vascular drug release efficacy.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing auxiliary transformer winding turns are disclosed. In one aspect, a circuit includes a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding and an auxiliary winding having a first end and a second end, a diode having a cathode and an anode, the anode coupled to the first end of the auxiliary winding, and a capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the second end of the auxiliary winding, and a second terminal coupled to the cathode.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a system performing a method of operating the vehicle. The system includes a battery pack, a sensor associated with the battery pack, a cooling system for cooling the battery pack, and a processor. The processor is configured to measure a battery pack parameter of the battery pack for an occurrence of a battery pack fault, measure a sensor parameter for the occurrence of a sensor fault in the sensor, measure a cooling system parameter of the cooling system for the occurrence of a cooling system fault, determine an ingress of a fluid into the battery pack based on the occurrence of the battery pack fault and one of the sensor fault and the cooling system fault, and perform an action based on the ingress of the fluid into the battery pack.

Abstract: Innovations in adaptive encoding and decoding for units of a video sequence can improve coding efficiency. For example, some of the innovations relate to encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of color spaces between units within a video sequence. Other innovations relate encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of color sampling rates between units within a video sequence. Still other innovations relate encoding/decoding that includes adaptive switching of bit depths between units within a video sequence.

Abstract: Innovations in encoder-side options for intra block copy (“BC”) prediction mode facilitate intra BC prediction that is more effective in terms of rate-distortion performance and/or computational efficiency of encoding. For example, some of the innovations relate to concurrently performing block vector (“BV”) estimation and making block splitting decisions for a block. Other innovations relate to selectively merging blocks into a larger block during BV estimation.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods and compositions for use in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cpf1 genome editing systems.

Abstract: A ceramic-based composite material used for low-concentration formaldehyde degradation, and preparation method therefor belonging to the technical field of environmental engineering. The present invention comprises: utilizing an alkali metal-transition metal (i.e. A-T) alcohol solution mixed at low temperature with a TiO2 sol to obtain an A-T-TiO2 sol; immersing activated ceramic (HFC) into the A-T-TiO2 sol, and stirring at normal temperature to obtain A-T-TiO2/HFC; subjecting the obtained A-T-TiO2/HFC to primary drying and primary low-temperature calcination to form A-T-TiO2/FC; then immersing the A-T-TiO2/FC into a metal-organic framework (MOF)-amino silane sol to obtain an aminated A-T-TiO2/MOF/NFC precursor; and finally, subjecting the obtained precursor to secondary drying and secondary low-temperature calcination, forming an A-T-TiO2/MOF/NFC composite material. The present invention effectively degrades low-concentration formaldehyde in indoor environments or in air.

Abstract: The photovoltaic cell includes a silicon substrate, a first passivation layer, a second passivation layer, at least one silicon oxynitride layer, and at least one silicon nitride layer. The second passivation layer includes a first silicon oxide layer and at least one aluminum oxide layer, and a thickness of the at least one aluminum oxide layer is in a range of 4 nm to 20 nm. The number of silicon atoms is greater than the number of oxygen atoms in the at least one silicon oxynitride layer and the number of oxygen atoms is greater than the number of nitride atoms in the at least one silicon oxynitride layer. The first silicon oxide layer is disposed between the substrate and the at least one aluminum oxide layer, and a thickness of the first silicon oxide layer is in a range of 0.1 nm to 5 nm.

Abstract: Innovations in intra block copy (“BC”) prediction mode facilitate intra BC prediction that is more effective in terms of rate-distortion performance and/or computational efficiency of encoding and decoding. For example, some of the innovations provide ways to select block vector (“BV”) values more effectively. Other innovations provide ways to encode/decode BV values more efficiently. Still other innovations address how to perform in-loop deblock filtering when a block has intra BC prediction mode, or address how to perform intra BC prediction when constrained intra prediction is enabled.

Abstract: Implementations of the subject matter described herein provide a solution for rate control based on reinforcement learning. In this solution, an encoding state of a video encoder is determined, the encoding state being associated with encoding of a first video unit by the video encoder. An encoding parameter associated with rate control in the video encoder is determined by a reinforcement learning model and based on the encoding state of the video encoder. A second video unit different from the first video unit is encoded based on the encoding parameter. In this way, it is possible to achieve a better quality of experience (QOE) for real time communication with computation overhead being reduced.

Abstract: A coil decoupling method for a magnetic resonance imaging device, including: sending an instruction causing a transmitter to send a transmitted signal, acquiring a received signal received by a receiver, wherein the received signal is a signal arriving at the receiver after the transmitted signal passes through two coils to be adjusted of a plurality of coils, determining the coupling value between the two coils to be adjusted based on the transmitted signal and the received signal, and sending an instruction for adjusting a decoupling component based on the coupling value.

Abstract: Techniques for coding and deriving (e.g., determining) one or more coded-block-flags associated with video content are described herein. A coded-block-flag of a last node may be determined when coded-block-flags of preceding nodes are determined to be a particular value and when a predetermined condition is satisfied. In some instances, the predetermined condition may be satisfied when log2(size of current transform unit) is less than log2(size of maximum transform unit) or log2(size of current coding unit) is less than or equal to log2(size of maximum transform unit)+1. The preceding nodes may be nodes that precede the last node on a particular level in a residual tree.

Abstract: A device and a method of whole lifecycle multi-indicator synchronous detection of yarns or fabrics are provided. The device includes a hairiness detection unit, a first guide unit, a tension adjustment unit, and a friction unit. The device is used for circularly rubbing a closed-loop object to be detected with a preset length on the friction unit, and collecting hairiness data in real time through the hairiness detection unit. The tension adjustment unit is a free-falling tension adjustment unit used to automatically adjust tension of the object to be detected in real time to ensure the stability of friction and transmission of the object to be detected. By arranging the circulating friction closed-loop circuit and arranging the free-falling tension adjustment unit on the circuit, the friction stability is improved. The synchronous and rapid detection of multiple indicators of the object to be detected can be realized.

Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor a base over a collector, the base including a III-V ternary semiconductor alloy including first, second, and third elements. The LI-V ternary semiconductor alloy has a narrower bandgap than a binary semiconductor alloy including only the first and second elements. A ledge between an emitter and a base contact being 0.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating and displaying a latent image, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided.

Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor has a collector over a substrate, a base over the collector, and an emitter over the base. The base includes a III-V ternary semiconductor alloy including first, second, and third elements, and having a narrower bandgap than a binary semiconductor alloy including only the first and second elements. At least a portion of the base has a differential concentration of the third element such that a concentration of the third element at a first location in the base is greater than at a second location in the base, the second location between the first location and the collector.

Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor has a collector over a substrate and a base structure over the collector, the base including a III-V ternary semiconductor alloy, the base having a base contact formed thereon. An emitter is over the base structure, and a ledge between the emitter structure and the base contact is 0.3 ?m or less.

Abstract: A pressure ring for an electric machine rotor, an electric machine rotor, and an electric machine. The pressure ring comprises an annular shell and at least one balancing block. The annular shell comprises an annular flat surface and a columnar flat surface. An annular groove and at least one first fixing hole are provided on the annular flat surface.

Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor has a collector over a substrate and a multi-layer base structure over the collector, and an emitter over the base structure. The multi-layer base structure includes a first layer having a first III-V semiconductor alloy and a second layer having a second III-V semiconductor alloy having a different composition of elements than the first III-V semiconductor alloy. The second layer has a narrower bandgap than the first layer. The first layer is positioned between the collector and the second layer.