Abstract: An artificial intelligence diagnosis system includes a diagnosis model responsive to data received from a plurality of sensors. Each of the sensors is a part of an input channel further including a converter operative to process the received sensor data. A system manager is provided and is operative with an allocator to selectively distribute sensor data to the converters. The system manager operates with the converters such that a converter which is allocated with the sensor data processes the allocated sensor data and inputs the processed sensor data into the artificial intelligence diagnosis model. A converter which is not allocated with the sensor data generates virtual sensor data according to an instruction of the allocator and inputs the virtual sensor data into the artificial intelligence diagnosis model.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a coronavirus-targeting universal DC cell vaccine, and belongs to the technical field of virus vaccine preparation. The preparation method includes the following steps: ligating a fusion gene including a HLA gene and a coronavirus antigen gene onto an expression vector to obtain a recombinant vector; then transferring the recombinant vector into antigen-presenting cells to be transfected to obtain the coronavirus-targeting universal DC cell vaccine. The universal DC cell vaccine of the present invention has a targeting property against a coronavirus, can effectively stimulate a CTL, and has a killing effect on a target cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparation method of 4-(heptafluoro-2-propyl)-2-trifluoromethylaniline and an application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: reacting 2-aminobenzotrifluoride and 2-bromoheptafluoropropane in the presence of sodium formate or hydrates thereof and a SO2 reagent, so as to obtain 4-(heptafluoro-2-propyl)-2-trifluoromethylaniline. The present disclosure adds sodium formate or hydrate thereof and the SO2 reagent during the reaction of 2-aminobenzotrifluoride and 2-bromoheptafluoropropane. Under the cooperation of these two compounds, the yield of the reaction is high. And the purity of the product is high, the operation method is simple, the cost is relatively low, and the pH of the reaction doesn't need to be controlled.

Abstract: A pallet lifting rack includes a pair of lifting devices. Each of the lifting devices has a frame, a movable bracket mounted on the frame and movable in a vertical direction relative to the frame, a support member connected to the movable bracket, and a driving device driving the movable bracket and the support member to move along the vertical direction. The support members of the pair of lifting devices support a bottom surface of a pallet from a pair of sides of the pallet, so that the pallet is supported on the support members and movable to different height positions in the vertical direction by the support members.

Abstract: A loop filter utilized in an encoder includes a constrained directional enhancement filter and a decision circuit. The constrained directional enhancement filter is arranged to process multiple frames, wherein for a first frame in the multiple frames, the constrained directional enhancement filter determines a best filter strength of each block in the first frame in a first filter strength list, and determines a second filter strength list according to content of the first frame. The decision circuit is coupled to the constrained directional enhancement filter, and is arranged to record which index in the first filter strength list is the best filter strength corresponding to each block in the first frame, and provide the first filter strength list and the index corresponding to each block to an encoding circuit of the encoder as an output of the encoder.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an environment-friendly mildew prevention method for bamboo. The mildew prevention method for bamboo includes the following steps: soaking the bamboo in an acid solution to obtain a reaction system; subjecting the reaction system to a hydrolysis reaction to obtain a hydrolyzed product; and washing and drying the hydrolyzed product in sequence to obtain mildew-proof bamboo, where the acid solution is an inorganic acid solution or an organic acid solution; the inorganic acid solution has a mass concentration of 0.5-8%; the organic acid solution has a mass concentration of 2-40%. The present disclosure uses an inorganic acid solution or an organic acid solution to treat the bamboo, and reduces the content of starch in the bamboo through a hydrolysis reaction, thereby reducing a carbon source with starch as the main nutrient on which a mildew fungus depends and achieving the purpose of preventing the bamboo from mildewing.

Abstract: A product inspection system includes a separating device separating a pair of adjacent products in a row of products by a predetermined distance, an image capturing device simultaneously capturing a plurality of images of a plurality of surfaces of all the products of the row of products that have been separated by the separating device, and a rotating device simultaneously rotating the products in the row of products separated by the separating device. The surfaces to be inspected of each product in the row of products are successively rotated to an orientation facing the image capturing device.

Abstract: Imaging agents comprising an isolated polypeptide conjugated with a radionucleide and a chelator; wherein the isolated polypeptide binds specifically to HER2, or a variant thereof; and methods for preparing and using these imaging agents.

Abstract: Provided are a preparation method of trophoblasts with limited generations, a culture method of SNK cells and a method for treating tumor. The preparation method of trophoblasts includes the following steps: ligating a TAX2 gene to a lentiviral expression vector, followed by transferring into competent cells to obtain a lentivirus containing the TAX2 gene; infecting PBMCs with the lentivirus containing the TAX2 gene and culturing, and collecting CD3-cells; ligating a 41BBL-MICA fusion gene to the lentiviral expression vector, followed by transferring into the competent cells to obtain a lentivirus containing the 41BBL-MICA fusion gene; and mixing the CD3-cells with the lentivirus containing the 41BBL-MICA fusion gene and culturing to obtain the trophoblasts with limited generations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparation method of 4-(heptafluoro-2-propyl)-2-trifluoromethylaniline and an application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: reacting 2-aminobenzotrifluoride and 2-bromoheptafluoropropane in the presence of sodium formate or hydrates thereof and a SO2 reagent, so as to obtain 4-(heptafluoro-2-propyl)-2-trifluoromethylaniline. The present disclosure adds sodium formate or hydrate thereof and the SO2 reagent during the reaction of 2-aminobenzotrifluoride and 2-bromoheptafluoropropane. Under the cooperation of these two compounds, the yield of the reaction is high. And the purity of the product is high, the operation method is simple, the cost is relatively low, and the pH of the reaction doesn't need to be controlled.

Abstract: A product inspection system includes an image acquisition system having a camera generating an inspection image of a product arranged between a plurality of mirrors. The inspection image has a plurality of sub images of different sides of the product. The inspection system has a calibration member with a plurality of correction patterns on different sides; the camera receives light from the calibration member reflected by the mirrors to generate a calibration image of the calibration member. A computer of the product inspection system receives the inspection image and the calibration image and determines a relative mirror position relationship between the mirrors. The computer forms a single spliced image of the product.

Abstract: An STL model slicing method includes: reading and loading an STL model; obtaining a first slice plane; according to a first set thickness, making the first slice plane be horizontally tangential to an STL model to obtain a first profile curve, which is a profile curve of a tangent plane of the STL model and the first slice plane; determining whether the profile curve contains a physical portion of the STL model; if the profile curve contains the physical portion of the STL model, filling the physical portion with white to obtain a white portion; determining a non-physical portion in the profile curve according to the physical portion; filling the non-physical portion with black to form a mask of the tangent plane; and projecting the mask onto a liquid photosensitive resin by means of a first 3D printer, and then curing the white portion to be a first cured profile.

Abstract: An analysis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an extraction unit, a calculation unit, and an evaluation unit. The extraction unit extracts a detection value in a tumor region, a blood region, and a muscle region from a nuclear medicine image of a subject administered with a drug containing a radiolabeled anticancer drug that works by accumulating in a tumor. The calculation unit calculates a first comparison value that is a comparison result between the detection value in the blood region and the detection value in the tumor region, and a second comparison value that is a comparison result between the detection value in the muscle region and the detection value in the tumor region. The evaluation unit evaluates an accumulation of the drug in the tumor, based on the first comparison value and the second comparison value calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: An imaging system includes a mirror and an imaging device. The mirror includes a body and a conical hole formed in the body. An inner wall surface of the conical hole is a conical mirror. The imaging device faces a first opening of the conical hole and captures an image of a product in the conical hole. A light from a side surface of the product is reflected by the conical mirror to the imaging device and the imaging device captures a side surface image of the product.

Abstract: An encoder includes a frame level processing circuit, a coding tree unit (CTU) level processing circuit and an encoding circuit. The frame level processing circuit is arranged to calculate a bit number of a current frame according a target bitrate and a frame rate, and the frame level processing circuit is further arranged to calculate a quantization parameter of the current frame according to the bit number of the current frame and at least one parameter. The CTU level processing circuit is arranged to use an adaptive quantization mode to adjust the quantization parameter to generate an adjusted quantization parameter. The encoding circuit is arranged to encode the current frame to generate output data according to the adjusted quantization parameter.

Abstract: Described herein are a synthetic cascading bistable switches (Syn-CBS) circuit. In some aspects, the SynCBS circuit is single-strain circuit with two coupled self-activation modules to achieve two successive cell fate transitions. In other aspects, the SynCBS circuit is a two-strain circuit where the self-activation modules are divided in two cells instead of being expressed in a single cell. Also described are plasmids encoding the Syn-CBS circuits.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of performing text-to-text transformation includes performing a text transformation operation on an original input text of a specific task to generate a plurality of transformed text. A task-specific performance metric that measures an operation of the specific task is applied to each one of the plurality of transformed text. Each of the plurality of transformed text are paired with the task-specific performance metric. A training dataset is updated to include each pairing of the plurality of transformed text with the task-specific metric.

Abstract: A self-calibrating inspection system includes an inspection device adapted to visually inspect or measure an article placed on a carrier, and a motion actuator moving the inspection device along a predetermined motion trajectory relative to the carrier and the article placed thereon. A correction member of the system is fixedly positioned with respect to the carrier. A distance sensor is fixedly positioned relative to the inspection device and adapted to sense a first spacing between the distance sensor and the correction member during the movement of the inspection device by the motion actuator.

Abstract: An encoder includes a frame level processing circuit, a coding tree unit (CTU) level processing circuit and an encoding circuit. The frame level processing circuit is arranged to calculate a bit number of a current frame according a target bitrate and a frame rate, and the frame level processing circuit is further arranged to calculate a quantization parameter of the current frame according to the bit number of the current frame and at least one parameter. The CTU level processing circuit is arranged to use an adaptive quantization mode to adjust the quantization parameter to generate an adjusted quantization parameter. The encoding circuit is arranged to encode the current frame to generate output data according to the adjusted quantization parameter.