Abstract: A mobile positioning device for an MRI inductively coupled coil, has at least one pair of coupled coils which are coupled with each other for transmitting signals, wherein one of the at least one pair of coupled coils is deployed on a surface of a patient's bed. A moveable platform is provided that can move in a direction parallel to the patient's bed, and the other one of the at least one pair of coupled coils is deployed on the moveable platform opposite to the coupled coil deployed on the patient's bed. The device can be driven by a motor or a spring. When the patient's bed needs to be placed at different positions for an examination, the coupled coil deployed on the moveable platform can be aligned completely and in parallel to the coupled coil fixed on the patient's bed by moving the moveable platform, so as to achieve the best coupling effects.

Abstract: A volume coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system is composed of a number of coil units. In the coil, there are overlapped parts between two adjacent ones of the coil units for eliminating coupling between these two adjacent coil units. Two next-adjacent ones of the coil units, which are separated from each other by one coil unit, are each provided with an inductor, and these two inductors are coupled with each other for eliminating coupling between these two next-adjacent coil units. All coil units are collected on one axial end face of the coil. Two coil units in the coil that are neither adjacent coil units nor next-adjacent coil units are connected with each other on the end face by a capacitance circuit or a inductance circuit for eliminating the coupling between these two coil units that are neither adjacent coil units nor next-adjacent coil units.

Abstract: An examination bed for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system, has a bed board, a bottom antenna for an RF coil and a main body antenna for an RF coil. The bottom antenna is integrated in the inside or surface of the bed board, and forms a loop with the main body antenna, to form an RF coil. The thickness of the base plate is thereby reduced by integrating the bottom antenna into the bed board, thus increasing the available space to make the most of the limited space of the magnetic field for examination so that the examination bed can be used for those patients or other tested objects that would otherwise be oversized for the bed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a self-quenching primer comprising; a fluorophore that can be quenched by guanine; an oligonucleotide sequence that forms a hairpin; an oligonucleotide that is a target specific sequence and; use in amplification reactions, particularly in polymerase chain reactions, during which the fluorophore is released thereby emitting fluorescence.

Abstract: A wrist coil for magnetic resonance imaging has a tubular coil formed by a number of coil splicing units spliced together in succession, and an annular coil unit that is wound around the surface of the tubular coil. Since the annular coil unit is wound around the surface of the tubular coil, and the current direction in the annular coil unit is perpendicular to the current direction in each of the coil splicing units, when some of the coil splicing units in the tubular coil do not acquire signals due to the fact that their magnetic field direction is parallel to that of the main magnetic field direction, the annular coil unit will carry out signal acquisition. Furthermore, since the magnetic flux of the annular coil unit is relatively large, this ensures a relatively high signal-to-noise ratio in the acquired signals no matter whatever layout position is adopted for the wrist coil, thus reducing equipment costs and eliminating restrictions for clinical applications in the prior art.

Abstract: A separate type coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system has a first partial coil in a first partial casing and a second partial coil in a second partial casing, the first and second partial coils being connected to a connector for connection to the imaging system via a first cable and a second cable, respectively. The coil also has a coupler having a first part and a second part that are coupled to each other. The first part of the coupler is disposed in the first partial casing and is connected to the first partial coil, the second part of the coupler is disposed in the second partial casing The first cable is disposed in the second partial casing, and the second part of the coupler is connected to the connector for connection to the imaging system via the first cable. This separate type coil couples and connects the signals in the first partial coil to the cable and the connector via the coupler, so as to ensure the reliability of the electrical connections.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for improving the brightness uniformity in an image, signals are acquired using a radio frequency receiving coil, and noise in the acquired signals is normalized so as to produce an image, then the brightness of various pixels in the image is determined according to the sensitivity of the radio frequency receiving coil. The brightness of the image is then made uniform by compensating the brightness of the various pixels in the image.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) switch device has at least two RF switch units, each RF switch unit having an output terminal and at least two input terminals. The RF switch units select one channel of RF signals from several channels of the RF signals that are supplied as inputs to their input terminals for emission as an output from their output terminals. A magnetic resonance imaging system and an RF signal transmission method employ such an RF switch device. The use of such an RF switch device reduces the number of channels of the RF signals that need to be further transmitted, which in turn reduces the number of the corresponding long RF cable channels and the number of channels of the subsequent devices, thereby preventing waste and reducing the cost of the system. Moreover, if the subsequent devices include a receiver coil channel selector, then the complexity of the receiver coil channel selector will also be reduced as the number of RF signal channels is decreased.

Abstract: Disclosed is a packet forwarding apparatus and method for virtualization switch, applicable to switch environments built by Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) connections. The packet forwarding apparatus comprises a header extractor, a dispatcher, and a forwarding unit. After completion of the authorization for iSCSI session connections, the header extractor receives at least an iSCSI packet and extracts the header for the at least an iSCSI packet. The dispatcher decides the flow directions for the received packets. The forwarding unit forwards the packets between the client-side connection and the storage-side connection, including converting the virtual address into physical address for the received iSCSI packets, building the mapping between the client-side interface and the storage-side interface, and delivering the payload associated with the connections.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel 6-arylamino-5-cyano-4-pyrimidinones of formula (I) methods for the production thereof, and the use thereof for producing medicaments utilized for improving awareness, concentration, learning capacity, and/or retentiveness of memory. Said compounds (I) show activity as PDE9 inhibitors.

Abstract: A peptide for diagnosing, preventing and treating atherosclerosis, and a use thereof, comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, and a use thereof. The peptide effectively targets atherosclerotic plaques, and binds to IL-4R to thereby exhibit antagonistic effects on IL-4-mediated signaling of cellular inflammatory reaction and survival reaction. The peptide of the present invention can be used for diagnosis of atherosclerosis, prevention and treatment of IL-4-induced inflammatory reaction and prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis which is primarily caused by the inflammatory reaction, as well as for prevention or treatment of atherosclerosis via conjugation with an anti-atherosclerotic drug.

Abstract: A coordinating apparatus for coordinating data transmission between a data providing device and a display device is provided. The display device conforms to a transmission standard. The coordinating apparatus includes a programmable coordinating module and an outputting module. The programmable coordinating module is programmed according to the transmission standard. The programmable coordinating module is used for receiving M bits of image data from the data providing device, extracting N bits of image data among the M bits of image data, and arranging the N bits of image data into N bits of arranged data. The outputting module is used for outputting the N bits of arranged data to the display device.

Abstract: This application provides a recombinant expression cassette for expressing the H subunit of Mg-chelatase, a plant gene product that is newly identified as an abscisic acid receptor. Also provided are a transgenic plant with drought-resistance and a method for producing such plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel 6-arylamino-5-cyano-4-pyrimidinones of formula (I) methods for the production thereof, and the use thereof for producing medicaments utilized for improving awareness, concentration, learning capacity, and/or retentiveness of memory. Said compounds (I) show activity as PDE9 inhibitors.

Abstract: A mobile positioning device for an MRI inductively coupled coil, has at least one pair of coupled coils which are coupled with each other for transmitting signals, wherein one of the at least one pair of coupled coils is deployed on a surface of a patient's bed. A moveable platform is provided that can move in a direction parallel to the patient's bed, and the other one of the at least one pair of coupled coils is deployed on the moveable platform opposite to the coupled coil deployed on the patient's bed. The device can be driven by a motor or a spring. When the patient's bed needs to be placed at different positions for an examination, the coupled coil deployed on the moveable platform can be aligned completely and in parallel to the coupled coil fixed on the patient's bed by moving the moveable platform, so as to achieve the best coupling effects.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of Acacia mangium regeneration through organogenesis and a method of genetic transformation of Acacia mangium. The method of regeneration comprises inducing callus from different parts of seedlings and vegetatively micropropagated plantlets as explants; adventitious bud induction followed by pinnate leaf and bud elongation and eventually, elongated shoots were induced to root. Based on the regeneration system, a marker gene GUS under cauliflower mosaic virus promoter was introduced to Acacia mangium via Agrobacterium infection. GUS staining in the regenerated plants and Southern blot hybridization prove the incorporation of the foreign gene into the host genome and expression of the foreign gene.

Abstract: A light reflecting device includes: a substrate having front and back surfaces; a light absorbing layer formed on a selected one of the front and back surfaces of the substrate; a buffer layer formed on the light absorbing layer when the light absorbing layer is formed on the front surface of the substrate and on the front surface of the substrate when the light absorbing layer is formed on the back surface of the substrate; and a light reflecting layer formed on the buffer layer. The light absorbing layer has an extinction coefficient greater than 0.15 and a layer thickness ranging from 10 to 500 nm.

Abstract: A curve tracing system and method of extracting a smooth curve from a plurality of image data points includes the steps of: partitioning the data points into a plurality of groups each defined by a center point, manipulating the center points into a sequential order, and re-partitioning the data points into a plurality of groups each defined by a center point with the condition that a curve passing through the center points must be smooth.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel 6-arylamino-5-cyano-4-pyrimidinones of formula (I) methods for the production thereof, and the use thereof for producing medicaments utilized for improving awareness, concentration, learning capacity, and/or retentiveness of memory. Said compounds (I) show activity as PDE9 inhibitors.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for identifying the presence of a transgene of a genetically modified organism in a sample wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the transgene is replicated and detected as the release of PPi from the deoxynucleotide triphosphate precursors consumed in the replication reaction. This pyro luminescent detection system can be applied qualitatively or quantitatively to detect the presence of a specific transgene in a target DNA sample such as sample containing DNA from a genetically modified organism.