Abstract: A cast iron alloy is provided with a composition in weight percent (wt. %) of carbon between 2.6 to 3.4 wt. %, silicon between 2.4 to 3.2 wt. %, manganese between 0.3 to 0.6 wt. %, molybdenum between 0.4 to 1.2 wt. %, nickel between 0.6 to 1.75 wt. %, magnesium between 0.01 to 0.075 wt. %, aluminum between 1.8 to 3.5 wt. %, sulfur between 0.003 to 0.025 wt. %, zirconium between 0.001 to 0.02 wt. %, cerium between 0.001 to 0.03 wt. %, lanthanum between 0.0005 to 0.02 wt. %, and a balance of iron and unavoidable trace elements. A part formed from the cast iron alloy is also provided and the part has an Ac1 temperature equal to or greater than 895° C. and a thermo-mechanical fatigue lifetime of at least 10,000 cycles when cycled between 400° C. to 800° C. with a total cyclic strain equal to 0.001 m/m.

Abstract: A high absorption photovoltaic material and method of making the material for use in a solar cell are disclosed. The photovoltaic material includes a surface modified with a layer of repeating photonic crystal structures. The photonic crystal structures are approximately inverse conically shaped and have a curved sidewall that has an approximately Gaussian shape. The photonic crystal structures generally have a high vertical depth and sidewall angle. The structures also have a gradient refractive index profile and exhibit the parallel-to-interface refraction light trapping effect. An anti-reflective coating is disposed over the photonic crystal structure layer. The photovoltaic material exhibits near unity light absorption over a broad range of visible and near infrared wavelengths and incidence angles, even at reduced thicknesses.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a pixel unit including a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element, the pixel circuit including a first transistor, the pixel unit including a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit located in a same row and adjacent columns; a first gate line and a second gate line, connected to gate electrodes of the first transistors of the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit; a first gate signal line, connected to the first pixel unit; a second gate signal line, connected to the second pixel unit; a first connection line connected with the first gate signal line through the first connection line; and a second connection line connected with the second gate signal line through the second connection line.

Abstract: A method for establishing a variation model related to circuit characteristics for performing circuit simulation includes: performing first, second, third, and fourth Monte Carlo simulation operations according to a first netlist file and predetermined process model data to generate a first, a second, a third, and a fourth performance simulation results, respectively, where the first netlist file is arranged to indicate a basic circuit in a circuit system; and execute a performance simulation results expansion procedure according to the first, the second, the third, and the fourth performance simulation results to generate a plurality of performance simulation results to establish the variation model, for performing the circuit simulation to generate at least one circuit simulation result according to one or more performance simulation results among the plurality of performance simulation results, where the number of the plurality of performance simulation results is greater than four.

Abstract: A gate driving unit includes a first input node control circuit and a charge pump circuit; the first input node control circuit is configured to connect or disconnect the between an input terminal and the first input node under control of a clock signal provided by the clock signal terminal; the charge pump circuit is configured to control to convert a voltage signal of the first input node into a voltage signal of the first node under the control of an input clock signal provided by the input clock signal terminal when the voltage signal of the first input node is a first voltage signal, so that a polarity of the voltage signal of the first input is the same as a polarity of the voltage signal of the first input node, and an absolute value of the voltage value of the voltage signal of the first node is greater than an absolute value of a voltage value of the voltage signal of the first input node.

Abstract: A lithography system includes: a lithography device; and a mask adapted to the lithography device and having an exposed area and a non-exposed area surrounding the exposed area. The mask includes: a device pattern, arranged in the exposed area and configured to be projected onto photoresist covering a semiconductor structure during exposure; and an Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) ring, arranged in the exposed area and surrounding the device pattern. The ESD ring has a feature size less than a resolution of the lithography device. There is a preset spacing between the ESD ring and the device pattern.

Abstract: An overlay pattern includes a light-transmitting region and a first light-proof region. The first light-proof region and the light-transmitting region are arranged on a same plane, and an area of the first light-proof region is larger than an area of the light-transmitting region. An orthographic projection of the first light-proof region on the plane and an orthographic projection of the light-transmitting region on the plane do not overlap and form a first rectangular region.

Abstract: An array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and the array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units. In each of the plurality of pixel units, the array substrate includes a thin film transistor and a storage capacitor disposed above the base substrate, the storage capacitor includes a metal layer, an intermediate layer, and a reflective layer disposed in a stacked manner, the metal layer being adjacent to the base substrate. The array substrate further includes a common electrode layer disposed on a side of the storage capacitor facing away from the base substrate, the reflective layer is electrically connected to the common electrode layer, and the metal layer is electrically connected to an active layer of the thin film transistor.

Abstract: A method for determining a driving direction is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a driving route for a vehicle; determining a target intersection in the driving route, and obtaining border information about intersection range borders defining a range of the target intersection; predicting, based on the driving route and the border information corresponding to the target intersection, a first direction for the vehicle to enter the target intersection, a second direction for the vehicle to travel within the target intersection, and a third direction for the vehicle to leave the target intersection; and determining, based on the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction, a target driving direction for the vehicle to pass the target intersection.

Abstract: A cast iron alloy is provided with a composition in weight percent (wt.%) of carbon between 2.6 to 3.4 wt.%, silicon between 2.4 to 3.2 wt.%, manganese between 0.3 to 0.6 wt.%, molybdenum between 0.4 to 1.2 wt.%, nickel between 0.6 to 1.75 wt.%, magnesium between 0.01 to 0.075 wt.%, aluminum between 1.8 to 3.5 wt.%, sulfur between 0.003 to 0.025 wt.%, zirconium between 0.001 to 0.02 wt.%, cerium between 0.001 to 0.03 wt.%, lanthanum between 0.0005 to 0.02 wt.%, and a balance of iron and unavoidable trace elements. A part formed from the cast iron alloy is also provided and the part has an Ac1 temperature equal to or greater than 895° C. and a thermo-mechanical fatigue lifetime of at least 10,000.00 cycles when cycled between 400° C. to 800° C. with a total cyclic strain equal to 0.001 m/m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant antigen and an isolated polynucleotide of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), a composition including the same and a method of making the same. The recombinant antigen is a chimeric protein of PRRSV dual structural proteins and T-cell epitope. The polynucleotide encodes an amino acid sequence of the recombinant antigen. The recombinant protein expressed by the polynucleotide in an eukaryotic expression system can be beneficial for mass production and purification. An immunogenic composition including the recombinant antigen can promote pro-inflammatory M1-phenotype polarization of porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs), reduce receptor CD163 expression that is mediated for viral entry and activate T helper (Th1) immune responses, thereby being applied to a vaccine composition against PRRSV.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photodiode, a display substrate, and manufacturing methods thereof, and a display device. The method for manufacturing the photodiode includes: forming a semiconductor material layer on a base substrate in a non-display region of a display substrate, the semiconductor material layer including a first contact area, a second contact area, and a semiconductor area sandwiched therebetween; processing the first contact area of the semiconductor material layer to form a first contact electrode; processing portions of the semiconductor material layer and the second contact area away from the base substrate in the semiconductor area, to form a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer stacked, the second semiconductor layer being located on a side of the first semiconductor layer away from the base substrate; and processing the second semiconductor layer in the second contact area to form a second contact electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a display substrate, the display substrate is provided with a display area and a peripheral area around the display area, and includes: a source/drain layer, a planarization layer and an anode layer which are laminated in sequence, wherein in the peripheral area, the source/drain layer includes at least one pair of first signal lines including a signal line of a gate circuit and the anode layer includes a common power line provided with vent holes; and overlapping areas between two first signal lines in any pair of the first signal lines and a projection pattern of the vent hole are equal, the projection pattern of the vent hole being a pattern of an orthographic projection of the vent hole in the common power line onto the source/drain layer. A display panel and a display device are also provided.

Abstract: A pet liquid feeding appliance includes an appliance body and multiple feeding assemblies installed at an outer end of the appliance body. The appliance body defines a discharge port for use in conjunction with the feeding assembly, and is further provided with a feeding trough. The feeding assembly includes a fixing piece and a nipple installed at one end of the fixing piece. Both ends of the nipple are each provided with a clamping slot. The fixing piece is provided with a clamping column for use in cooperation with the nipple. The fixing piece and the nipple are detachably connected to each other. One end of the clamping column is provided with a hook, and one end of the fixing piece is provided with a liquid outlet. By providing multiple feeding assemblies, multiple pets can drink together at the same time.

Abstract: A pet liquid feeding appliance includes an appliance body and multiple feeding assemblies installed at an outer end of the appliance body. The appliance body defines a discharge port for use in conjunction with the feeding assembly, and is further provided with a feeding trough. The feeding assembly includes a fixing piece and a nipple installed at one end of the fixing piece. Both ends of the nipple are each provided with a clamping slot. The fixing piece is provided with a clamping column for use in cooperation with the nipple. The fixing piece and the nipple are detachably connected to each other. One end of the clamping column is provided with a hook, and one end of the fixing piece is provided with a liquid outlet. By providing multiple feeding assemblies, multiple pets can drink together at the same time.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided inter alia a medical device for delivering a paclitaxel to a tissue, the device the device having a coating layer applied to a surface of the device, the coating layer comprising components i), ii) and iii), wherein component i) is a therapeutic agent which is paclitaxel; and component ii) is urea or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a urea derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and component iii) is succinic acid, glutaric acid or caffeine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any one thereof.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The stent includes a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts, and a plurality of commissure features.

Abstract: An LED lighting device includes a luminescent device driven by a rectified AC voltage, a current detecting circuit, a current regulating circuit, and a duty cycle detecting circuit. The current regulating circuit is configured to provide a regulating current so that the current flowing through the luminescent device does not exceed the regulating current. The current detecting circuit is configured to monitor the value of the regulating current, and the duty cycle detecting circuit is configured to monitor the duty cycle of the regulating current. The present invention can improve the overall line regulation of the LED lighting device when the rectified AC voltage somehow fluctuates between its upper bound and lower bound.

Abstract: A display substrate, a preparation method thereof, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a repeating unit, the repeating unit includes a plurality of sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, a color of light emitted by a light-emitting element of the first sub-pixel is identical to a color of light emitted by a light-emitting element of the second sub-pixel, a shape of a first light-emitting voltage application electrode of the light-emitting element of the first sub-pixel is different from a shape of a first light-emitting voltage application electrode of the light-emitting element of the second sub-pixel.

Abstract: A circuit simulation method includes the following operations: performing Monte Carlo simulations in parallel according to a first netlist file and process model data, in order to generate a performance simulation result, in which the first netlist file is configured to indicate a basic circuit in a circuitry; selecting component parameters lower than a predetermined yield rate according to the performance simulation result; and determining whether an estimated yield rate of the circuitry meets the predetermined yield rate according to the component parameters.