Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a radio frequency (RF) coil comprising a first combination coil and a second combination coil. The first combination coil comprises a first resonant coil and a first resonant shield coupled inductively or by a capacitor, and the first combination coil has a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency. The second combination coil comprises a second resonant coil and a second resonant shield coupled inductively or by a capacitor, and the second combination coil has a third resonant frequency and a fourth resonant frequency. The first and second resonant coils are inductively coupled to each other and respectively to the second and first resonant shields. The first and third resonant working frequencies are the same, and the second and fourth resonant isolation frequencies are such that inductive coupling between the first and second resonant coils is negated.

Abstract: Chemoselective conjugation is achieved through redox reactivity by reacting an N-transfer oxidant with a thioether substrate in a redox reaction in an aqueous environment to form a conjugation product. In embodiments, Redox-Activated Chemical Tagging (ReACT) strategies for methionine-based protein functionalization. Oxaziridine (Ox) compounds serve as oxidant-mediated reagents for direct functionalization by converting methionine to the corresponding sulfimide conjugation product.

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the field of preparation technology and provides an ultralimit alloy and a preparation method therefor. The ultralimit alloy comprises an alloy matrix. A bonding layer and a ceramic layer are successively deposited on a surface of the alloy matrix. The alloy matrix includes one of a magnesium alloy matrix, an aluminium alloy matrix, a titanium alloy matrix, an iron alloy matrix, a nickel alloy matrix, a copper alloy matrix, a zirconium alloy, and a tin alloy. For an ultralimit magnesium alloy, an ultralimit aluminium alloy, an ultralimit nickel alloy, an ultralimit titanium alloy, an ultralimit iron alloy and an ultralimit copper alloy, the bonding layer is a composite bonding layer, the ceramic layer is a composite ceramic layer, and the outside of the composite ceramic layer is further successively deposited with a reflecting layer, a catadioptric layer, an insulating layer and a carbon foam layer.

Abstract: Bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) may be bypassed, for a current coding block, based on whether symmetric motion vector difference (8MVD) is used in motion vector coding for the current coding block, A coding device (e.g., an encoder or a decoder) may determine whether to bypass BDOF for the current coding block based at least in part on an SMVD indication for the current coding block, The coding device may obtain the SMVD indication that indicates whether SMVD is used in motion vector coding for the current coding block. If SMVD Indication indicates that SMVD is used in the motion vector coding for the current coding block, the coding device may bypass BDOF for the current coding block. The coding device may reconstruct, the current coding block without performing BDOF if it determines to bypass BDOF for the current coding block.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a buck converter portion of a buck-boost converter configured to operate under a constant on-time control scheme, wherein an on-time of a high-side switch of the buck converter portion is determined by a buck on-time timer, and a boost converter portion of the buck-boost converter configured to operate under a constant off-time control scheme, wherein an off-time of a low-side switch of the boost converter portion is determined by a boost off-time timer.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provides a preparation method of a mask assembly, including: fixing, after stretching and aligning a blocking, the blocking on a side of a frame; opening at least one stretching align hole and at least one evaporation align mark in the fixed blocking and frame; fixing, after stretching and aligning a mask sheet, the mask sheet on a side of the blocking away from the frame according to the stretching align hole; and opening at least one evaporation align mark in the fixed mask sheet to obtain the mask assembly.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a flexible magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) array coil configured to operate in at least one of a transmit (Tx) mode or a receive (Rx) mode. The MRI RF array coil includes a first row of saddle coil elements. At least a first saddle coil element and a second saddle coil element are in the first row. The first and second saddle coil elements partially overlap with one another. Each of the first and second saddle coil elements include a left loop and a right loop that is coupled to the left loop by two connection segments.

Abstract: A method of controlling an isolated switching converter having an output voltage that is adjustable, can include: sampling an output voltage of the isolated switching converter; setting an overvoltage protection threshold corresponding to the output voltage of the isolated switching converter when the isolated switching converter enters a protection mode; and triggering the overvoltage protection by comparing an output voltage feedback signal representing the output voltage against the overvoltage protection threshold.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil configured to operate in at least one of a transmit mode or a receive mode. A first birdcage coil includes a pair of first-birdcage end rings and at least four first-birdcage rungs circumferentially arranged along the first-birdcage end rings. A second birdcage coil including a pair of second-birdcage end rings and at least four second-birdcage rungs circumferentially arranged along the second-birdcage end rings. The first and second birdcage coils neighbor and are spaced by a first non-zero distance along an axis. The axis is surrounded by the first-birdcage end rings and the second-birdcage end rings, and the first non-zero distance is greater than individual lengths of the first and second birdcage coils along the axis.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to MRI coils and arrays comprising an all-in-one circuit that can perform all the functions of decoupling, balun, tuning, and preamplifier decoupling. One example embodiment is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil element, comprising: a coil comprising at least one inductor, at least one capacitor, and two connection points; a lattice balun comprising two inputs and two outputs, wherein the two inputs of the lattice balun are connected across the two connection points of the coil; one or more shunt reactive elements connected across the two outputs of the lattice balun, wherein the one or more shunt reactive elements comprises at least one of one or more shunt capacitors or one or more shunt inductors; one or more protection diodes in parallel with the one or more shunt reactive elements; and a low input impedance preamplifier in parallel with the one or more protection diodes.

Abstract: A storage device includes a flash memory array and a controller. The flash memory array includes a plurality of blocks. A minimal erase number of blocks have a minimal erase count in the plurality of blocks. When one of the minimal erase number of blocks is erased, the controller subtracts 1 from the minimal erase number.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparation of an aluminum matrix composite including preparation of in-situ reaction mixed salt, preparation of a TiB2 enhanced 6061 aluminum matrix composite and ultrasonic treatment of a composite melt. The obtained composite contains TiB2 enhancing particles which are fine in size and uniform in distribution and may remarkably improve the mechanical performance indicators of a matrix alloy. In the TiB2 enhanced 6061 aluminum matrix composite according to the present disclosure, the size of the TiB2 enhancing particles is 200-500 nm and the particles are uniform in distribution in the matrix alloy.

Abstract: A display substrate and a mask plate assembly includes a base substrate, a pixel defining layer, a functional layer, a cathode layer, and a covering layer that are sequentially stacked in a direction away from the base substrate, wherein the size of orthographic projection of the functional layer on the base substrate is jointly determined by the size of a display area and a first minimum distance. The first minimum distance is the minimum distance in a direction from the display area to a non-display area and between the boundary of the display area and the boundary of the functional layer, and is determined by a first shadow width of the functional layer extending from the display area to the non-display area. The first shadow width is the maximum width of a shadow area formed within a preset region when the functional layer is vapor deposited in the preset region.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to cylindrical MRI coils with at least one row as a birdcage row in a transmit mode. One example embodiment is a MRI Radio Frequency (RF) coil array comprising two or more rows of four or more RF coil elements each. Each of the RF coil elements can be configured to resonate at a working frequency of the coil array in a receive mode. At least one of the rows can be configured as a birdcage coil in the transmit mode, and the two or more rows can inductively couple together such that all the two or more rows can resonate together in the transmit mode at the working frequency.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to cylindrical MRI coil arrays with reduced coupling between coil elements. One example embodiment comprises two or more rows, wherein each row comprises at least three RF coil elements of that row enclosing a cylindrical axis; and a ring comprising an associated portion of each RF coil element of a first row and a second row electrically connected together, wherein the associated portion of each RF coil element of the first row and of each RF coil element of the second row comprises an associated capacitor of that RF coil element, and wherein the associated capacitor of that RF coil element is configured to reduce coupling among the RF coil elements of the first row and the RF coil elements of the second row.

Abstract: A single-layer magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil element configured to operate in a transmit (Tx) mode and a receive (Rx) mode, the coil element comprising: an LC coil and a failsafe circuit electrically connected with the LC coil, where the LC coil, upon resonating with a primary coil of an MRI system, generates a local amplified Tx field based on an induced current generated in the LC coil by inductive coupling between the LC coil and the primary coil, where the failsafe circuit provides, upon injection of a forward DC bias current into the failsafe circuit, a first impedance, and upon the absence of the forward DC bias current, a second, higher impedance; where the failsafe circuit, upon the single-layer MRI RF coil array element being disconnected from an MRI system, provides the second, higher impedance, and reduces the magnitude of the induced current.

Abstract: A method of controlling an isolated switching converter having an output voltage that is adjustable, can include: generating an output voltage setting signal characterizing an expected output voltage of a load; increasing a time period when an output voltage reference signal changes from a current value to the output voltage setting signal; and making overvoltage protection not trigger due to a change of the output setting signal.

Abstract: A device and a method for simultaneously inspecting defects of a surface and a subsurface of an optical element are provided. Combined with laser-induced ultrasound and laser scattering inspection technologies, through generating acoustic sound waves on the surface and the subsurface of the optical element to be tested by lasers, a static light scattering effect of subsurface defects under modulation of the acoustic sound wave is observed and analyzed; through analyzing amplitude and phase changes of scattered light intensity and reflected light intensity, inspection for the defects of the surface and the subsurface of the optical element is realized. The present invention can be applied in quality inspection of precise optical elements, especially in finished product inspection of ultra-precise optical elements having strict requirements on the subsurface defects.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil array configured to operate in a transmit (Tx) mode or in a receive (Rx) mode, comprising: a plurality of rows configured in an anatomy-specific shape, a row including a plurality of RF coil elements, an RF coil element including an LC coil and a magnitude/phase control component, where the LC coil, upon resonating with a primary coil at the working frequency of the primary coil, generates a local amplified Tx field based on an induced current in the LC coil, where a magnitude or a phase of the induced current is independently adjustable, where the magnitude/phase control component is configured to adjust the magnitude or phase of the induced current, and where the magnitude or phase of the induced current of a first RF coil element is independently adjustable from that of a second, different RF coil element.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing crystalline an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb), wherein the mAb is pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab variant, comprising (1) mixing a solution comprising (a) the mAb, (b) polyethylene glycol (PEG), and (c) an additive selected from the group consisting of: caffeine, theophylline, 2? deoxyguanosine-5?-monophosphate, a bioactive gibberellin, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said bioactive gibberellin, to form a crystallization solution, (2) incubating the crystallization solution for a period of time sufficient for crystal formation; and (3) optionally harvesting the crystalline anti-PD-1 mAb from the solution. In specific embodiments, the PEG is PEG 3350 and the additive is caffeine. The invention also relates to the novel anti-human PD-1 mAb crystals produced by the methods described herein.