Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cyclic peptide carrier in the field of pharmaceutical technology and its various forms, where the cyclic peptide has the general sequence formula P-(X)m-Cys-(Y)n-Cys-(Z)o-P. The invention also encompasses the construction and preparation technology of a composition or formulation formed by the novel cyclic peptide carrier carrying nucleic acids, drugs, or therapeutic agents. Furthermore, it involves a method for effectively delivering nucleic acids to cells, tissues, or organisms using the composition or formulation, as well as its medical applications.

Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of electromagnetic-isolation shielding materials, and in particular to a heat-resistant nanocrystalline magnetic-isolation shielding material and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method includes the following steps: S1, applying a double-sided adhesive tape onto a nanocrystalline soft-magnetic alloy ribbon to prepare a adhesive-coated nanocrystalline ribbon; S2, performing primary magnet cracking treatment on the adhesive-coated nanocrystalline ribbon to obtain a single-layered nanocrystalline magnetic layer; S3, performing multi-layer combination on the single-layered nanocrystalline magnetic layer to obtain a composite, and performing stress relief treatment on the composite to obtain a multi-layered nanocrystalline magnetic layer; and S4: performing secondary magnet cracking treatment on the multi-layered nanocrystalline magnetic layer to obtain a heat-resistant nanocrystalline magnetic-isolation shielding material.

Abstract: An interface device for performing off-chip coupling in optical waveguides includes an optical waveguide core for propagating light of a particular wavelength or a plurality of wavelengths and an array of radiative elements configured to change the propagation direction of the light. The optical waveguide core is configured to control the effective refractive index of the propagation mode of the light. The device can thus serve as an optical antenna for coupling between a waveguide mode and a free-space propagating beam or a plurality of free-space propagating beams in an arrayed configuration.

Abstract: An antenna device for performing off-chip light coupling comprising an array of radiating elements whose thickness is larger than ?/2, the radiating elements being chosen such that the length of the array is smaller than 10?, where ? is the wavelength of light in the material chosen for the radiating elements. An advantage of this method is that, unlike in conventional waveguide grating antenna, by reducing the number of the radiating elements in the array, the dependence of the off-chip emission angle on the wavelength of light can be greatly reduced. Another advantage is that by using thick radiating elements the antenna efficiency can be greatly enhanced, thereby compensating for the reduced efficiency occurring as a consequence of using only a small number of radiating elements in the array.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus for cross-protocol opportunistic routing, an electronic device, and a storage medium, the method includes: when there is a first data packet in a low-power wireless network, simulating the first data packet to generate a second data packet including to-be-transmitted data in the first data packet; obtaining identification information of a destination node in the first data packet, and selecting a low-power node with the lowest delay to the destination node in the low-power wireless network, except the first low-power node, as a forwarding low-power node based on the identification information of the destination node; sending the generated second data packet to the forwarding low-power node, so that the forwarding low-power node forwards the to-be-transmitted data to the destination node.

Abstract: A routing method and apparatus for SDN-based LEO satellite network are disclosed. The LEO satellite network includes a control plane and a data plane. The control plane includes a central controller and a plurality of local controllers. The data plane includes a plurality of LEO satellite nodes and user terminals connecting to the LEO satellite nodes. The control plane may be located on the earth, and thus the centralized management and control of the data plane are placed on the earth. A local controllers monitors LEO satellite nodes in a subnet or subnets of the local controller. The distance between a local controller and a LEO satellite node is much smaller than the distance between a GEO satellite node and the LEO satellite node, and thus the time delay and the traffic loss of communication are reduced.

Abstract: A multi-spectral tomography imaging system includes one or more source devices configured to direct beams of radiation in multiple spectra to a region of interest (ROI), and one or more detectors configured to receive the beams of radiation. The system includes a processor configured to cause movement in at least one of the components such that a first beam of radiation with a first spectrum is directed to the ROI for less than 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is also configured to process data detected by the one or more detectors, where the data results at least in part from the first beam of radiation with the first spectrum that is directed to the ROI for less than the 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is further configured to generate an image of the ROI based on the processed data.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus for cross-protocol opportunistic routing, an electronic device, and a storage medium, the method includes: when there is a first data packet in a low-power wireless network, simulating the first data packet to generate a second data packet including to-be-transmitted data in the first data packet; obtaining identification information of a destination node in the first data packet, and selecting a low-power node with the lowest delay to the destination node in the low-power wireless network, except the first low-power node, as a forwarding low-power node based on the identification information of the destination node; sending the generated second data packet to the forwarding low-power node, so that the forwarding low-power node forwards the to-be-transmitted data to the destination node.

Abstract: A multi-spectral tomography imaging system includes one or more source devices configured to direct beams of radiation in multiple spectra to a region of interest (ROI), and one or more detectors configured to receive the beams of radiation. The system includes a processor configured to cause movement in at least one of the components such that a first beam of radiation with a first spectrum is directed to the ROI for less than 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is also configured to process data detected by the one or more detectors, where the data results at least in part from the first beam of radiation with the first spectrum that is directed to the ROI for less than the 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is further configured to generate an image of the ROI based on the processed data.

Abstract: A multi-spectral tomography imaging system includes one or more source devices configured to direct beams of radiation in multiple spectra to a region of interest (ROI), and one or more detectors configured to receive the beams of radiation. The system includes a processor configured to cause movement in at least one of the components such that a first beam of radiation with a first spectrum is directed to the ROI for less than 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is also configured to process data detected by the one or more detectors, where the data results at least in part from the first beam of radiation with the first spectrum that is directed to the ROI for less than the 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is further configured to generate an image of the ROI based on the processed data.

Abstract: A routing method and apparatus for SDN-based LEO satellite network are disclosed. The LEO satellite network includes a control plane and a data plane. The control plane includes a central controller and a plurality of local controllers. The data plane includes a plurality of LEO satellite nodes and user terminals connecting to the LEO satellite nodes. The control plane may be located on the earth, and thus the centralized management and control of the data plane are placed on the earth. A local controllers monitors LEO satellite nodes in a subnet or subnets of the local controller. The distance between a local controller and a LEO satellite node is much smaller than the distance between a GEO satellite node and the LEO satellite node, and thus the time delay and the traffic loss of communication are reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for computed tomography (CT) imaging to reduce artifacts due to objects outside the field of view (FOV) of a reconstructed image. The artifacts are suppressed by using an iterative reconstruction method to minimize a cost function that includes a de-emphasis operator. The de-emphasis operator operates in the data domain, and minimizes the contributions of data inconsistencies arising from attenuation due to objects outside the FOV. This can be achieved by penalizing images that manifest indicia of artifacts due to outside objects especially those outside objects have high-attenuation densities and minimizing components of the data inconsistency likely attributable to the outside object.

Abstract: A multi-spectral tomography imaging system includes one or more source devices configured to direct beams of radiation in multiple spectra to a region of interest (ROI), and one or more detectors configured to receive the beams of radiation. The system includes a processor configured to cause movement in at least one of the components such that a first beam of radiation with a first spectrum is directed to the ROI for less than 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is also configured to process data detected by the one or more detectors, where the data results at least in part from the first beam of radiation with the first spectrum that is directed to the ROI for less than the 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is further configured to generate an image of the ROI based on the processed data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to generate a multiresolution image having at least two regions with different pixel pitches. The multiresolution image is reconstructed using projection data having various pixel pitches corresponding to the pixel pitches of the multiresolution image. By using a higher resolution inside regions of interest (ROIs) in both the image and projection domains and lower resolution outside the ROIs, fast image reconstruction can be performed while avoiding truncation artifacts, which result imaging is limited to an ROI excluding attenuation regions. Further, those regions of greater clinical relevance and greater structural variance within the reconstructed images can be selected to be within the ROIs to improve the clinical benefit of the multiresolution image. The multiresolution image can be reconstructed using an iterative reconstruction method in which the high- and low-resolution regions are uniquely evaluated.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for computed tomography (CT) imaging to reduce artifacts due to objects outside the field of view (FOV) of a reconstructed image. The artifacts are suppressed by using an iterative reconstruction method to minimize a cost function that includes a de-emphasis operator. The de-emphasis operator operates in the data domain, and minimizes the contributions of data inconsistencies arising from attenuation due to objects outside the FOV. This can be achieved by penalizing images that manifest indicia of artifacts due to outside objects especially those outside objects have high-attenuation densities and minimizing components of the data inconsistency likely attributable to the outside object.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to generate a multiresolution image having at least two regions with different pixel pitches. The multiresolution image is reconstructed using projection data having various pixel pitches corresponding to the pixel pitches of the multiresolution image. By using a higher resolution inside regions of interest (ROIs) in both the image and projection domains and lower resolution outside the ROIs, fast image reconstruction can be performed while avoiding truncation artifacts, which result imaging is limited to an ROI excluding attenuation regions. Further, those regions of greater clinical relevance and greater structural variance within the reconstructed images can be selected to be within the ROIs to improve the clinical benefit of the multiresolution image. The multiresolution image can be reconstructed using an iterative reconstruction method in which the high- and low-resolution regions are uniquely evaluated.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photoelectric conversion apparatus. The photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a carbon nanotube layer, a first thermoelectric conversion layer, a second thermoelectric conversion layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. An areal density of the carbon nanotube layer is in a range from about 0.16 g/m2 to about 0.32 g/m2.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photoelectric conversion apparatus. The photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a carbon nanotube layer, a first thermoelectric conversion layer, a second thermoelectric conversion layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. An areal density of the carbon nanotube layer is in a range from about 0.16 g/m2 to about 0.32 g/m2.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reconstruction of a region of interest for an object is provided. The reconstruction of the object may be based on chords which may fill a part, all, or more than all of the region of interest. Using chords for reconstruction may allow for reducing data acquired and/or processing for reconstructing a substantially exact image of the ROI. Moreover, various methodologies may be used in reconstructing the image, such as backprojection-filtration, and modified filtration backprojection.

Abstract: A technique for high sensitivity evanescent field molecular sensing employs a detection scheme that simultaneously couples a polarized beam to a single mode of a waveguide, and couples the polarized beam out of the waveguide to specularly reflect the beam by the same grating. Strong interaction with the single (preferably TM) mode is provided by using a silicon on insulator (SOI) wafer having a waveguide thickness chosen between 10-400 nm so that the majority of the mode field strength spans the evanescent field. Well known, robust techniques for producing a grating on the waveguide are provided. Interrogation from a backside of the SOI wafer is taught.