Abstract: An RF receiving coil assembly for an MRI system includes a flexible enclosure and an RF coil disposed within the flexible enclosure. The flexible enclosure is configured to be disposed on a first side of a portion of a subject to be imaged. The RF receiving coil assembly further includes an adaptive compression system. The adaptive compression system includes a flexible retaining element separate from the flexible enclosure that is configured to be disposed on a second side of the portion of the subject. The adaptive compression system also at least one band coupled to both the flexible enclosure and the flexible retaining element. The adaptive compression system includes a tension adjustment mechanism coupled to the at least one band and configured to adjust a tension of the at least one band to adjust how tight the flexible enclosure is disposed about the portion of the subject to be imaged.

Abstract: A current cable trap includes a ceramic toroid body having a first end and a second end. The ceramic toroid body includes grooves disposed on a surface of the ceramic toroid body and extending between the first end and the second end. The current cable trap also includes conductive traces formed within the grooves. A method for manufacturing a current cable trap includes forming a ceramic toroid body having a first end and a second end. The ceramic toroid body includes grooves disposed on a surface of the ceramic toroid body and extending between the first end and the second end. The grooves extend along both an inner surface and an outer surface of the ceramic toroid body between the first end and the second end. The method also includes performing metallization to form conductive traces within the grooves.

Abstract: A current cable trap includes a first body half having a first end and a second end and a second body half having a third end and a fourth end. The first body half and the second body half are configured to be snapped together about a cable to form a toroid body. The current cable trap includes a first wire and a second wire wrapped around the first body half and the second body half, respectively. The current cable trap includes a first printed circuit board and a second printed board disposed within a first receptacle and a second receptacle, respectively, when the first body half and the second body half are snapped together. The first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board each provide electrical connection points with wire ends of both the first wire and the second wire.

Abstract: A wireless coil adaptor includes a first plug connector configured to be inserted within a receptacle connector of an MRI system, the receptacle connector being configured for receiving a second plug connector of a wired radio frequency (RF) coil. The wireless coil adaptor also includes a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless RF coil.

Abstract: An MRI system includes an MRI scanner having a bore and a table configured to move a subject to be imaged into and out of the bore. The MRI system includes a flexible RF receiving coil array integrated within the bore and electronically coupled directly to the MRI scanner, wherein the flexible RF receiving coil array remains in the bore regardless of a position of the table, and the flexible RF receiving coil array is located underneath the table when the table is located within the bore. The MRI system includes an automated mechanism configured to automatically move the flexible RF receiving coil array from underneath the table on a first side of the subject, to pull the flexible RF receiving coil array over the subject from the first side to a second side of the subject, and to fasten the flexible RF receiving coil on the second side.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF receiving coil assembly also includes an RF coil disposed within the flexible enclosure, wherein the RF coil comprises a plurality of flexible loops having a malleable conductor. The RF receiving coil assembly further includes at least one cutout in the flexible enclosure located outside an area where the RF coil is disposed within the flexible enclosure. The at least one cutout is configured to provide a handle for handling the RF receiving coil assembly.

Abstract: A wireless coil adaptor includes a first plug connector configured to be inserted within a receptacle connector of an MRI system, the receptacle connector being configured for receiving a second plug connector of a wired radio frequency (RF) coil. The wireless coil adaptor also includes a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless RF coil.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) multistage receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The RF multistage receiving coil assembly includes a plurality of RF coils, wherein each RF coil of the plurality of RF coils includes a plurality of flexible loops having a malleable conductor. The RF multistage receiving coil also includes a plurality of flexible enclosures, wherein a respective RF coil of the plurality of RF coils is disposed within a respective flexible enclosure of the plurality of flexible enclosures. The RF multistage receiving coil assembly is configured to be adjusted and disposed about an extremity of a subject to enable functional imaging of the extremity with the MRI system.

Abstract: An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

Abstract: An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

Abstract: An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for extracting cannabis-derived proteins from cannabis plant material, including the preparation of samples of extracted cannabis-derived proteins for proteomic analysis and methods for analysing a cannabis plant proteome.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for profiling plant endophyte microbiomes, wherein the method provides for identification of endophyte strains that are phylogenetically related to a desired endophyte strain. More particularly, the present invention relates to method for identifying, characterising and/or comparing endophyte strains and to novel endophyte strains selected and/or isolated by the method. The present invention also relates to methods for transferring endophyte strains between plants.

Abstract: The binder comprises two faces, a back and two flaps respectively extending from a face and adapted to be folded to close the binder, an external envelope of transparent plastic material, a ring mechanism fixed inside the back, and a magnetic closure arranged on the flaps, this magnetic closure being constituted by a magnet positioned in a housing of the plastic envelope defining a flap, and a metallic plate positioned in a housing of the envelope defining the second flap with the plate and the first magnet having identical dimensions and are placed so that their perimeters coincide to be applied one against the other.

Abstract: The binder comprises two faces, a back and two flaps respectively extending a face and adapted to be folded to close the binder, an external envelope of plastic material, a ring mechanism fixed inside the back, and a magnetic closure arranged on the flaps, this magnetic closure being constituted by a magnet positioned in a housing of the plastic envelope defining a flap, and a metallic plate positioned in a housing of the envelope defining the second flap. The plate and the magnet have identical dimensions and a placed so that their perimeters coincide to be applied one against the other.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl,R.sub.2 represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl,A represents, with the nitrogen and carbon atoms to which it is attached, a nitrogenous mono- or polycyclic structure, andB represent any one of the radicals a through j as defined in the description, and medicaments containing the same, are useful as human leucocyte elastase inhibitors.

Abstract: Compound of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 represents 1-adamantyl, dicyclopropylmethyl, substituted or unsubstituted (C.sub.3 -C.sub.6) cycloalkyl or substituted or unsubstituted bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl,R.sub.2 represents: ##STR2## in which: m represents 1, 2 or 3,X represents oxygen or sulfur or N--R,R.sub.3 or R.sub.4, which are identical or different, represent hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl or trifluoromethyl, ##STR3## n represents 0, 1 or 2, R.sub.5 represents hydroxy, or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkoxy, and anti-inflammatory medicinal products containing the same.

Abstract: Compound of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 represents halogen, or hydroxy, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, amino, mercapto, alkylthio or phenoxy,R.sub.2 and R'.sub.2 represent two hydrogen when the ring is unsaturated, or alternatively identical or different, represent hydrogen or halogen, or hydroxy, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, amino or oxo when the ring is saturated,R.sub.3 represents any one of the following groups: ##STR2## in which: m represents 1, 2 or 3,X represents oxygen or sulfur or N-R, R.sub.5 or R.sub.6, which are identical or different, represent hydrogen or alkyl or trifluoromethyl or form (C.sub.3 -C.sub.6) cycloalkyl,n represents 0, 1 or 2,R.sub.7 represents hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, or --O--CH.sub.2 --CO--NRR',R.sub.4 represents hydrogen or halogen or alkyl, alkoxy or trihaloalkyl.

Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: A represents, with the nitrogen and carbon atoms to which it is bound, a heterocycle,B represents, with the nitrogen atom to which it is bound, a heterocycle,R.sub.1 represents alkoxy, benzyloxy, phenoxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl or substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl,their enantiomers, diastereoisomers and epimers as well as their addition salts with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid, medicinal products containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve including a valve member co-operating with a seat provided with a crenellated portion disposed around the portion of the seat on which the valve member rests, said crenellated portion being constituted by teeth separated by gaps, the inside walls of the teeth being portions of a vertical axis cylinder, the width l of the gaps being less than the width b of the inside walls of the teeth, wherein the end wall of the valve member facing the crenellated portion when the valve member is in its closed position is convex in shape, co-operating with the inside wall of each tooth to form a channel that flares from top to bottom of the tooth, the point of contact C between the valve member and the seat being at a distance d from the base B of the crenellated portion lying in the range 0.25 times to 0.5 times the width l of the gap. Vibrations are eliminated at partial load and pressure fluctuations downstream from the valve are reduced.