Abstract: Methods of forming devices comprise forming a dielectric layer on a substrate, the dielectric layer comprising at least one feature defining a gap including sidewalls and a bottom. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) is formed on the bottom of the gap, and a barrier layer is formed on the SAM before selectively depositing a metal liner on the barrier layer. The SAM is removed after selectively depositing the metal liner on the barrier layer.

Abstract: Provided are methods of treating a disease or condition by administering a circular RNA (circRNA) encoding a therapeutic polypeptide (e.g., an antigenic polypeptide, a functional protein, a receptor protein, or a targeting protein (e.g., antibody)), wherein the circRNA is naked; and pharmaceutical composition(s) comprising the circRNA(s) as disclosed herein.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package is provided, including: a die having circuitry with one or more bond pads on a first surface of the die; a conductive supporting structure allowing connection to the die, the conductive supporting structure including a slot; and a passive component inserted into the slot of the conductive support structure, and a first terminal of the passive component is electrically connected to the conductive supporting structure and the circuitry of the die.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for image reconstruction and processing. The method may include obtaining image data of an object acquired by an imaging device. The method may include determining one or more regions of interest (ROIs) of the object. The method may also include determining, based on each ROI of the one or more ROIs, a target portion of the image data corresponding to the ROI among the image data. The method may further include reconstructing, based on the target portion of the image data, one or more images of the ROI.

Abstract: The invention provides an electric valve including a valve core, an actuating assembly to actuate the valve core and a housing receiving the valve core and the actuating assembly. The housing is provided with a partition plate dividing an internal space of the housing into a first space and a second space. The valve core and the actuating assembly are respectively accommodated in the first and second space and connected with each other via a through hole defined in a centre of the partition plate. The partition plate defines at least one diversion groove communicating with the through hole. Said at least one diversion groove extends through a sidewall of the housing.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display area and a binding area. The display panel includes a color film substrate and an array substrate, wherein the color film substrate includes a near-field communication antenna, the near-field communication antenna includes a coil structure, and the coil structure is at least partially located in the display area; and the array substrate includes a first base substrate, a channel region and a non-channel region, wherein an orthographic projection of the coil structure on the first base substrate is located within an orthographic projection of the non-channel region on the first base substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a method and system for controlling interactive live streaming co-hosting, a device, and a medium. The method includes acquiring a first interactive image and receiving a mirror interactive image of a second terminal by a first terminal, where the first terminal and the second terminal are in a live streaming co-hosting state, and the mirror interactive image of the second terminal is obtained by performing mirror processing on a second interactive image of the second terminal; and combining the first interactive image and the mirror interactive image by the first terminal to obtain a target interactive image.

Abstract: A window system is provided, and belongs to the field of window technology. The window system provided by the present disclosure includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate opposite to each other, and a radiation structure and a dimming structure sequentially arranged on a side of the first transparent substrate close to the second transparent substrate; wherein an orthographic projection of the dimming structure on the first transparent substrate at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the radiation structure on the first transparent substrate. The window system provided by the present disclosure can have functions of transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals as well as dimming, and the radiation structure and the dimming structure are stacked together to save space.

Abstract: Provided are circular RNAs (circRNAs) encoding an antigenic polypeptide of a SARS-CoV-2 variant. Provided are circRNA vaccines against a SARS-CoV-2 variant, such as a Delta or Omicron variant. The circRNA vaccine comprises a circRNA comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide comprising a Spike(S) protein or a fragment thereof of a SRAS-CoV-2 variant. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing a SARS-CoV-2 infection using the circRNAs or compositions thereof.

Abstract: A phase shifter, a phase shifter array, an antenna array and an electronic device are provided and belong to the field of communication technology. The phase shifter includes: first and second dielectric substrates opposite to each other, a first transmission line and a second transmission line on a side of the first dielectric substrate close to the second dielectric substrate, patch electrodes on a side of the second dielectric substrate close to the first dielectric substrate, and a tunable dielectric layer between a layer where the transmission lines are located and a layer where the patch electrodes are located; wherein orthographic projections of two ends of each patch electrode on the first dielectric substrate overlap with orthographic projections of the first and second transmission lines on the first dielectric substrate, respectively; and at least two of the plurality of patch electrodes are connected to different first bias voltage lines.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a phase shifter, an antenna and an electronic device, and belongs to the field of communication technology. The phase shifter includes a plurality of phase shifting units, a first power division network and a second power division network; each phase shifting unit includes a first transmission structure and a second transmission structure; the first power division network includes a first feeding port and a plurality of second feeding ports; the second power division network includes a third feeding port and a plurality of fourth feeding ports; and the first transmission structure of the phase shifting unit is electrically connected to one second feeding port; the second transmission structure of the phase shifting unit is electrically connected to one fourth feeding port.

Abstract: An iron-carbon composite material, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof related to microbial technology applications. The method includes the following steps: a cross-linking and curing step: carrying out cross-linking and curing to iron powder and biological activated carbon by using an alkaline earth metal salt and a cross-linking agent; and a mineralization treatment step: soaking the cross-linked and cured iron-carbon composite material in a mineralization bacteria solution for 5-15 min, and carrying out drying to obtain an iron-carbon composite material.

Abstract: The present application provides methods for producing circular RNAs (circRNAs) from a DNA construct encoding a linear RNA precursor, wherein the linear RNA precursor comprises from the 5?-end to the 3? end: a 3? catalytic Group I intron fragment, a 3? exon sequence, an effector RNA sequence, a 5? exon sequence, and a 5? catalytic Group I intron fragment, wherein the method comprises an in vitro single-pot reaction. In some embodiments, the single-pot reaction does not comprise supplementing the reagent composition with GTP, a divalent metal ion such as Mg2+, or DNase I prior to circularization of a linear RNA precursor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a power switching component configured to control the flow of current through a load path, a current sensing component configured to sense the current flow through the load path, and an electrostatic discharge “ESD” protection component configured to protect the current sensing component from an electrostatic discharge. The ESD protection component has an ESD transistor. The ESD transistor has a gate that connected to a discharge path so that the presence of a discharge of a first polarity causes the ESD transistor to switch on to form a further path for dissipation of a discharge.

Abstract: Methods of forming devices comprise forming a dielectric layer on a substrate, the dielectric layer comprising at least one feature defining a gap including sidewalls and a bottom. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) is formed on the bottom of the gap, and a barrier layer is formed on the SAM before selectively depositing a metal liner on the barrier layer. The SAM is removed after selectively depositing the metal liner on the barrier layer.

Abstract: A guide rail is mounted on a frame of a massage chair and contains: a support track, a seat track, and a flexible guiding assembly. An end of the flexible guiding assembly is connected with the support track, and the other end of the flexible guiding assembly is connected with the seat track. The flexible guiding assembly includes multiple flexible modules arranged along the extending path of the guide rail. A gap is defined between any two adjacent flexible modules, and any two adjacent flexible modules are rotatably connected by using a rotatable connector. A rotation axial line of the rotatable connector is perpendicular to the extending path of the guide rail, and a width of the gap is adjustable by rotating any two adjacent flexible modules to bend the flexible guiding assembly, hence an angle between the support track and the seat track is changeable.

Abstract: A cascode transistor circuit including a depletion mode semiconductor device, an enhancement mode transistor having a drain terminal connected to a source terminal of the depletion mode semiconductor device, and a gate driver coupled to a first node between the source of the depletion mode semiconductor device and the drain of the enhancement mode transistor. The gate driver is powered by the depletion mode semiconductor device.

Abstract: A system for sensing a current through a transistor is provided and a DC-DC converter including one or more such systems. The system includes a transistor module, including: a primary transistor electrically connected between a first and a second terminal; and a secondary transistor electrically connected between the first and a third terminal, a control terminal of the secondary transistor is electrically connected to a control terminal of the primary transistor. The system includes a current sensing module electrically connected to the transistor module and having an output terminal. The system is operable in a first mode in which the current sensing module outputs, at the output terminal, a first output signal indicative of a current through the primary transistor in a first current direction based on a voltage difference between the third and the second terminal, the first current direction being from the first to the second terminal.

Abstract: A device that includes one or more charging circuits is disclosed. Each charging circuit includes an input for connecting to an energy source, an output for connecting to an energy storage device, a signal generator and a switching circuit. The signal generator is configured to generate a control signal that includes enabling and disabling signal portions having a duty cycle that is based on an output voltage at the output. The switching circuit is configured to alternately couple the output to the input and a ground during the enabling signal portions of the control signal, and to isolate the output from the input and the ground during the disabling signal portions of the control signal. A method of charging an energy storage device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A circuit for mitigating single-effect-transients (SETs) comprising: a first sub-circuit comprising a first p-type transistor arrangement configured to generate a first output and a first n-type transistor arrangement configured to generate a second output; and a second sub-circuit comprising a connecting p-type transistor arrangement and a connecting n-type transistor arrangement connected in series, wherein the first output and the second output are electrically coupled to each other through the second sub-circuit.