TREATMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FOR UPGRADING OF A PRODUCT CONTAINING ASBESTOS

Procédé de traitement d'un produit contenant de l'amiante comprenant comme étapes a) fourniture d'un produit solide divisé contenant de l'amiante, b) préparation d'un premier milieu réactionnel comprenant le produit solide divisé contenant de l'amiante et une solution aqueuse d'un premier acide minéral, c) traitement par lixiviation du produit solide divisé à l'aide de la solution aqueuse du premier acide minéral, d) séparation solide/ lixiviat liquide, et d'une part e) traitement à pH acide du lixiviat liquide obtenu à l'étape d) par addition d'un agent alcalin et d'un agent oxydant, f) séparation solide/liquide, g) traitement à pH basique du liquide obtenu à l'étape f) par addition d'un agent alcalin, h) séparation solide/liquide pour obtenir dans la phase solide un mélange contenant des dérivés de nickel et de cobalt et dans la phase liquide un sel de magnésium et d'autre part i) préparation d'un second milieu réactionnel par mélange du solide obtenu à l'étape d) avec une solution aqueuse ...

DAMP-PROOF LAMP, DUST AND CORROSION

EXHAUST LINE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH AN ELEMENT

L'élément de ligne d'échappement comprend : - un volume d'échappement (3) comprenant une enveloppe métallique (7) d'épaisseur inférieure à 1 mm ; - au moins une plaque métallique (5) d'épaisseur comprise entre 0,5 et 5 mm, comprenant une partie centrale (17) sans contact avec l'enveloppe métallique (7) et entre 2 et 4 pattes de fixation (19) solidaires de la partie centrale (17), chaque patte de fixation (19) étant soudée à l'enveloppe métallique (7) par point et par transparence.

A LIQUID PUMP

Un dispositif de pompe à liquide comprend un compartiment principal de pompage, un dispositif de pression en caoutchouc souple (20), une voie de distribution (15), un bouchon de distribution hermétique (30) et un tube de guidage de matériel (40). Le compartiment principal de pompage comprend un compartiment supérieur (11) et un compartiment inférieur (12) qui, après avoir été reliés entre eux, forment une cavité avec laquelle la voie de distribution (15) communique ; le dispositif de pression en caoutchouc souple (20) est fixé sur le compartiment supérieur et couvre la cavité. Le dispositif de pression en caoutchouc souple (20) et le compartiment inférieur (12) forment une cavité (21) ; au moins une encoche est prévue sur le bouchon de distribution hermétique (30), et cette encoche forme une ouverture de distribution dissimulée (17) qui est emmanchée sur une extrémité de la voie de distribution (15). La présente invention utilise un système d'ouverture de distribution dissimulée, évitant ...

INDUSTRIAL THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL RETICULATION MODIFY

New viral genome construction of a recombinant Marek's disease virus, comprising fragments as their identification markers of two fragments, useful for the preparation of vaccines against the Marek's disease virus

La présente invention concerne la construction et l'utilisation des souches vaccinales SC9-1 et SC9-2 de virus recombinant de la maladie de Marek (MDV). Le procédé de construction du virus recombinant permet de dépasser la difficulté technique liée à la suppression du second gène Kanr après la double délétion de deux gènes fonctionnels spécifiques, contenu dans le génome viral avec la même cassette Kanr flanquée de deux sites de reconnaissance flp des deux côtés. Les virus SC9-1 et SC9-2 recombinants obtenus peuvent être utilisés pour la préparation d'un vaccin vivant protégeant les poulets contre la maladie de Marek (MD), et pour la prévention chez les poulets de la maladie de Marek induite par les virus vvMDV ou les virus émergents vv+MDV. Non seulement ces deux souches ne présentent pas de pathogénicité ou de tumorigénicité chez les poulets, mais elles n'induisent également pas d'immunosuppression.

INDUSTRIAL PROCESS PROCESSING AND UPGRADING OF A PRODUCT CONTAINING ASBESTOS

TIGHT, DUST PROTECTION AND ANTI-CORROSIVE LAMP

Cette lampe comprend une coque et une plaque à circuit placée dans ladite coque, ainsi qu'un ensemble de connexion qui comprend une prise de connexion (3) permettant de relier un fil d'alimentation à des fils de ladite plaque à circuit. Selon l'invention, l'ensemble de connexion comprend une douille de protection (4) démontable située à l'extérieur de ladite coque, et ladite prise de connexion (3) est située dans ladite douille de protection (4) ; une extrémité de la douille (4) comprend un siège (5) ayant une portion filetée (6) et une portion d'extrémité (7) dont la section va en se réduisant en direction de cette extrémité ; ladite portion d'extrémité (7) est bouchée par un bouchon (8), et un écrou de serrage (9) est destiné à être vissé sur ladite portion filetée (6) ; l'autre extrémité de ladite douille (4) est destinée à être connectée avec un siège étanche (10) de ladite coque.

Material, useful to prepare composition e.g. food composition, comprises an acidic polysaccharide comprising poly(galacturonate), heparin, hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate, pectin or neutral polysaccharides such as cellulose or dextran

La présente invention concerne un matériau comprenant, voire consistant en au moins un polysaccharide acide choisi parmi les poly(galacturonate)s, l'héparine et ses dérivés, l'acide hyaluronique et ses dérivés, les chondroïtine sulfates, la pectine et ses dérivés, les polysaccharides neutres, tels que la cellulose ou le dextrane et leurs dérivés, modifiés par des groupements carboxylates et/ou sulfates, comprenant un motif hydrophobe à une teneur molaire d'au moins 2 % par rapport à l'unité de répétition, au moins un biopolymère cationique choisi parmi les polyaminoacides et les polysaccharides porteurs de groupements cationiques, choisi parmi les groupements mono-, di-, tri-alkylamino ou tétraalkylammonium, ce biopolymère cationique comprenant une teneur molaire en groupement cationique d'au moins 25 % par rapport à l'unité de répétition, et éventuellement au moins une substance active, notamment hydrophobe, un procédé permettant l'obtention d'un tel matériau, une compositioj comprenant ...

INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FOR TREATING A PRODUCT CONTAINING ASBESTOS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

ELECTRIC MACHINE TO ACTUATE MANNER MOTORISEE OF the MOVING PARTS Of a VEHICLE AND ITS MANUFACTORING PROCESS

Machine électrique, notamment pour actionner de façon motorisée des pièces ou composants mobiles d'un véhicule et son procédé de réalisation. La machine électrique (10) comporte une partie de boîtier (16) recevant une plaque de circuit (20) pour la commande électrique de la machine électrique (10). La partie de boîtier (16) comporte au moins une broche de centrage (44) pour recevoir l'orifice de centrage (45) de la plaque de circuit (20). L'extrémité libre (46) de la broche de centrage (44) est ensuite déformée plastiquement pour former une tête de fixation (56).

A LIQUID PUMP

INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF A PRODUCT CONTAINING ASBESTOS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

Procédé de traitement d'un produit contenant de l'amiante comprenant les étapes suivantes: fourniture d'un produit solide divisé contenant de l'amiante, préparation d'un milieu réactionnel comprenant le produit solide divisé contenant de l'amiante et une solution aqueuse d'un acide minéral, traitement par lixiviation du produit solide divisé à l'aide de la solution aqueuse d'un acide minéral (acide sulfurique), séparation solide/ lixiviat liquide, traitement à pH acide du lixiviat obtenu à l'étape d) par addition d'un agent alcalin et d'un agent oxydant, séparation solide/liquide, traitement à pH basique du liquide obtenu à l'étape f) par addition d'un agent alcalin séparation solide/liquide pour obtenir dans la phase solide un mélange contenant des hydroxydes de nickel et de cobalt, que l'on traite optionnellement pour en extraire le nickel ou le cobalt ou ces deux métaux et dans la phase liquide un sel de magnésium qu'optionnellement l'on soumet à un traitement de transformation en oxyde ...

VORRICHTUNG ZUR ELEKTROPORATION VON GENEN, PROTEINEN ODER ZUR VERABREICHUNG VON MEDIKAMENTEN

Compuesto 3-({4-(2,2-difluoroetil)-3-(1h-pirrolo [2,3-b] piridin-5-il)-1h-pirazol-4-il] pirimidin-2-il}amino)propanonitrilo, inhibidor de raf; composicion farmaceutica que comprende a dicho compuesto; y uso del compuesto para el tratamiento del crecimiento celular anormal o cualquier enfermedad o afeccion mediada por raf.

Compuestos derivados de pirazol, composición farmacéutica que comprende a dicho compuesto y uso del compuesto para el tratamiento del crecimiento celular anormal.

DIGITAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CLOCK SYSTEM

A clock system includes a digital phase/frequency detector (DPFD), a buffer, a digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) including a sigma-delta modulator (SDM), an adder, a first frequency divider. The DPFD may have a first input for a reference input clock, a second input for a feedback signal, the DPFD generating an output representing a difference between the reference input clock and the feedback signal. The buffer may be coupled to the DPFD for accumulating the difference signal over time. The sigma-delta modulator (SDM) may have a control input coupled to the buffer. The adder may have inputs coupled to the (SDM) and a source of an integer control word. The first frequency divider may have an input for a clock signal and a control input coupled to the adder, the DCO generating an output clock signal having an average frequency representing a frequency of the input clock signal divided by (N+F/M), wherein N is determined by the integer control word and F/M is determined by an output of the SDM. The system clock also may include a second frequency divider coupled to the DCO output clock signal outputting the feedback signal to the DPFD. 1. A digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) , comprising:a sigma-delta modulator (SDM) with a modulus (M), responsive to a digital control signal (F) for generating a pattern of integer values that, averaged over a period of time, have a fractional value (F/M) as determined by the control signal;an adder having a first input coupled to the SDM and a second input for receiving an integer value (N); anda multi-modulus divider (MMD) having a control input coupled to an output of the adder and a clock input terminal coupled to a source clock, the MMD performing integer frequency division of a clock signal presented at the clock input based on values present at the control input, wherein the division takes the form 1/(N+F/M) averaged over the period of time.2. The digitally-controlled oscillator of claim 1 , wherein the F is a value ...

Mechanisms of doping oxide for forming shallow trench isolation

The embodiments described provide mechanisms for doping oxide in the STIs with carbon to make etch rate in the narrow and wide structures equal and also to make corners of wide STIs strong. Such carbon doping can be performed by ion beam (ion implant) or by plasma doping. The hard mask layer can be used to protect the silicon underneath from doping. By using the doping mechanism, the even surface topography of silicon and STI enables patterning of gate structures and ILD0 gapfill for advanced processing technology.

Method of fabricating gate elctrode using a treated hard mask

A hard mask layer with a limited thickness is formed over a gate electrode layer. A treatment is provided on the hard mask layer to transform the hard mask layer to be more resistant to wet etching solution. A patterning is provided on the treated hard mask layer and the gate electrode to from a gate structure.

MAGNETIC STEEL COOLING STRUCTURE FOR PERMANENT MAGNETIC MOTOR OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND COOLING METHOD THEREOF

A magnetic steel cooling structure for permanent magnetic motor of electric vehicle, which comprises a rotor core, magnet steels, and at least one heat pipe, the magnet steels are mounted in the rotor core, the heat pipe has an inner cavity inside which is contained a phase change material, the heat pipe is mounted in the rotor core and the outer wall of the heat pipe is contacted with the rotor core tightly, the inner cavity is inclined with respect to the axis of the rotor core 1. A magnetic steel cooling structure for permanent magnetic motor of electric vehicle , comprising a rotor core and magnet steels , the magnet steels are mounted in the rotor core , characterized in that , the magnetic steel cooling structure for permanent magnetic motor of electric vehicle further comprises at least one heat pipe , the heat pipe has an inner cavity inside which is contained a phase change material , the heat pipe is mounted in the rotor core and the outer wall of the heat pipe is contacted with the rotor core tightly , the inner cavity is inclined with respect to the axis of the rotor core.2. The magnetic steel cooling structure for permanent magnetic motor of electric vehicle according to claim 1 , characterized in that claim 1 , the heat pipe is arranged in parallel with the axis of the rotor core claim 1 , and the inner cavity is inclined along the length direction of the heat pipe with respect to the outer wall of the heat pipe.3. The magnetic steel cooling structure for permanent magnetic motor of electric vehicle according to claim 2 , characterized in that claim 2 , the inner cavity is inclined along the length direction of the heat pipe about 1.5° with respect to the outer wall of the heat pipe.4. The magnetic steel cooling structure for permanent magnetic motor of electric vehicle according to claim 1 , characterized in that claim 1 , the number of the heat pipes is more than or equal to 2 claim 1 , and the inner cavities of two heat pipes are arranged in a ...

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

A printed circuit board includes a substrate, at least one pad on the substrate, and permanent mold coatings capable of coating on the copper foil. Each pad includes a copper foil and a solder resist coating on the substrate and surrounding the copper foil. The copper foil defines an opening. The opening is coated with solder resist, whereby the permanent mold coatings form a recess corresponding to the opening when coated on the copper foil. A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board is also provided. 1. A printed circuit board , comprising:a substrate;at least one pad on the substrate, each pad comprising a copper foil and a solder resist coating on the substrate and surrounding the copper foil; andpermanent mold coatings capable of coating on the copper foil;wherein each copper foil define an opening, the opening is coated with solder resist, whereby the permanent mold coatings form a recess corresponding to the opening when coated on the copper foil.2. The printed circuit board of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of copper tracks arranged on the substrate claim 1 , where the copper tracks is used for linking electronic components soldered to the at least one pad.3. The printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the permanent mold coatings is solder paste.4. The printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the opening is defined in the middle of the copper foil.5. The printed circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the solder resist is green lacquer in the embodiment.6. A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board claim 1 , the printed circuit board comprising at least one pad for soldering an electronic component claim 1 , the method comprising:providing a substrate with copper foil bonded thereon;designing a circuit pattern corresponding to the printed circuit board, wherein the circuit pattern includes at least one pin corresponding to the at least one pad, each pin defines a vacancy corresponding to the opening of the at least one pad; ...

DUST CAP ASSEMBLY FOR SEALING AN OPTICAL FIBER FERRULE AND RELATED METHODS

A dust cap assembly for sealing an end face of a fiber optic ferrule includes a sleeve and a sealant. The sleeve is configured to be placed onto the fiber optic ferrule and frictionally engage a medial portion of the fiber optic ferrule. The sealant, which is at least partially disposed on the sleeve, comprises a curable liquid configured to create a removable seal that directly contacts the end face on the fiber optic ferrule when the sleeve is placed onto the fiber optic ferrule. The sealant is also configured adhere to contaminants present on the end face such that upon removal of the sleeve and sealant from the fiber optic ferule remedial cleaning of the end face occurs. 1. A dust cap assembly for sealing an end face of a fiber optic ferrule , the dust cap assembly comprising:a sleeve configured to be placed onto the fiber optic ferrule and frictionally engage a medial portion of the fiber optic ferrule; anda sealant at least partially disposed on the sleeve, the sealant comprising a curable liquid configured to create a removable seal that directly contacts the end face on the fiber optic ferrule when the sleeve is placed onto the fiber optic ferrule, the sealant further being configured adhere to contaminants present on the end face such that upon removal of the sleeve and sealant from the fiber optic ferule remedial cleaning of the end face occurs.2. The dust cap assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sealant comprises a curable liquid polymer selected from the group consisting of a heat curable liquid polymer claim 1 , an ultraviolet light curable liquid polymer and a chemically reactive liquid polymer.3. The dust cap assembly of claim 2 , wherein the curable liquid polymer has a pre-cure viscosity range of about 1000 poise or less at 23 degrees Celsius.4. The dust cap assembly of claim 2 , wherein the curable liquid polymer has a pre-cure viscosity range of about 250 poise to about 850 poise at 23 degrees Celsius.5. The dust cap assembly of claim 2 , wherein the ...

CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE

A connector assembly that includes an insulation displacement member including a hydrophobic organosilane mono-layer protective coating is disclosed. In one embodiment, the connector assembly may be manufactured by a method that includes assembling the connector assembly, contacting the connector assembly with an organosilane coating solution, and curing the organosilane coating solution. The connector assembly may be assembled by mechanically supporting the insulation displacement member with a connector framework. The connector assembly may be contacted with the organosilane coating solution by contacting at least the wire engaging portion of the insulation displacement member and at least a portion of the connector assembly with the organosilane coating solution. 1. A method for manufacturing a connector assembly , the method comprising:assembling the connector assembly by mechanically supporting an insulation displacement member with a connector framework such that the connector framework comprises an insulated-wire passage that is sized and oriented to receive an insulated electrically conductive wire, the insulation displacement member comprising a conductive wire engaging portion permitting forcible engagement of the wire engaging portion with the insulated electrically conductive wire when mechanically supported by the connector framework, the insulation displacement member formed primarily of a material that is hydrophilic relative to a material of the connector framework and defining an electrically conductive path extending from the wire engaging portion to an electrical coupling node of the connector assembly;contacting at least the wire engaging portion of the insulation displacement member and at least a portion of the connector assembly with an organosilane coating solution; andcuring the organosilane coating solution at a temperature of at least about 50° C. to form the connector assembly comprising an insulation displacement member comprising a ...

Gate Structure, Semiconductor Device and the Method of Forming Semiconductor Device

A gate structure, a semiconductor device, and the method of forming a semiconductor device are provided. In various embodiments, the gate structure includes a gate stack and a doped spacer overlying a sidewall of the gate stack. The gate stack contains a doped work function metal (WFM) stack and a metal gate electrode overlying the doped WFM stack.

Source and Drain Formation Technique for Fin-Like Field Effect Transistor

Source and drain formation techniques for fin-like field effect transistors (FinFETs) are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes forming a fin structure, wherein the fin structure include a channel region disposed between a source region and a drain region; forming a gate structure over the channel region of the fin structure; forming a solid phase diffusion (SPD) layer over the source region and the drain region of the fin structure; and performing a microwave annealing (MWA) process to diffuse a dopant from the SPD layer into the source region and the drain region of fin structure. In some implementations, the SPD layer is disposed over the fin structure, such that the dopant diffuses laterally and vertically into the source region and the drain region to form heavily doped source/drain features.

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEALING MULTIPORT SPLITTERS

A sealed multiport splitter device and method are disclosed. The fiber optic multiport comprises housing with an interior defining a first chamber and an adjacent second chamber. An optical splitter with a plurality of splitter legs connect to a plurality of optical fibers located in the first chamber. Potting material is disposed in the first chamber to physically secure the optical splitter, the splitter legs and the optical fibers. A wall having a first face and a second face separates the first chamber from the second chamber. The wall has a plurality of slots extended from the first face to the second face. The plurality of optical fibers route through the plurality of slots between the first chamber and the second chamber. A blocking material is adjacent to the wall to inhibit ingress of the potting material into the second chamber while the potting material is being cured. 1. A fiber optic multiport , comprising:an enclosure defining an interior;a first chamber defined by the interior, wherein the first chamber has an optical splitter with a plurality of splitter legs extended therefrom and optically connected to a plurality of optical fibers located therein, and wherein a potting material is disposed in the first chamber to physically secure the optical splitter, the plurality of splitter legs and the plurality of optical fibers in the first chamber;a second chamber defined by the interior adjacent the first chamber;a wall separating the first chamber from the second chamber, wherein the wall has a first face and a second face, and wherein the wall has a plurality of slots extended therethrough from the first face to the second face, and wherein the plurality of optical fibers route through the plurality of slots between the first chamber and the second chamber; anda blocking material positioned adjacent to the wall to retain the potting material in the first chamber.2. The fiber optic multiport of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of fiber organizers ...

Method of Constructing Navigation Map by Robot using Mouse Hippocampal Place Cell Model

A robot constructs a navigation map based on the cognitive mechanism of rat hippocampus. The robot collects current self-motion cues and color depth map information through exploring the environment; self-motion cues form spatial environment codes gradually through path integral and feature extraction of spatial cells in hippocampus, place field of place cells is gradually formed during exploring the process and covers the whole environment to form a cognitive map. Further, Kinect collects scene view and color depth map information of the current position in right ahead direction as an absolute reference, proceeding path closed-loop detection to correct the errors of the path integral. At a close-loop point, the system proceeds reset of spatial cells discharging activity to correct the errors of the path integral. The final point in navigation map includes coding information of place cells series, corresponding visual cues and position topological relationship.

Gap-filling germanium through selective bottom-up growth

A method includes depositing a silicon layer on a plurality of strips. The silicon layer is etched back to remove top portions of the silicon layer, and to expose some portions of the plurality of strips. Some bottom portions of the silicon layer at bottoms of trenches between the plurality of strips remain after the etching back. A germanium layer is selectively grown from remaining portions of the silicon layer, and exposed portions of the plurality of strips remain exposed after the germanium layer is selectively grown.

Work function layers for transistor gate electrodes

The embodiments described herein are directed to a method for the fabrication of transistors with aluminum-free n-type work function layers as opposed to aluminum-based n-type work function layers. The method includes forming a channel portion disposed between spaced apart source/drain epitaxial layers and forming a gate stack on the channel portion, where forming the gate stack includes depositing a high-k dielectric layer on the channel portion and depositing a p-type work function layer on the dielectric layer. After depositing the p-type work function layer, forming without a vacuum break, an aluminum-free n-type work function layer on the p-type work function layer and depositing a metal on the aluminum-free n-type work function layer. The method further includes depositing an insulating layer to surround the spaced apart source/drain epitaxial layers and the gate stack.

Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming the Same

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a NMOS gate structure over a substrate. The method further includes forming an amorphized region in the substrate adjacent to the NMOS gate structure. The method also includes forming a lightly doped source/drain (LDD) region in the amorphized region. The method further includes depositing a stress film over the NMOS gate structure, performing an annealing process, and removing the stress film.

METHODS FOR SECURING AN OPTICAL FIBER TO A FERRULE AND OPTICAL CONNECTORS FORMED BY SUCH METHODS

A method of securing an optical fiber to a ferrule includes: heating an adhesive composition that is disposed within the ferrule to melt the adhesive composition; inserting the optical fiber into a fiber-receiving passage defining an inner surface of the ferrule and into contact with the melted adhesive composition; and cooling the melted adhesive composition. The adhesive composition is a solid material disposed within the fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule and in contact with the inner surface of the ferrule prior to the heating step. Additionally, the adhesive composition comprises a partially cross-linked resin and a coupling agent that covalently bonds the partially cross-linked resin to respective inorganic surfaces of the optical fiber and the ferrule following the cooling step. 1. A method for securing an optical fiber to a ferrule , wherein the ferrule is part of ferrule adhesion system that also includes an adhesive composition disposed within the ferrule , the method comprising the steps of:heating the adhesive composition to a temperature sufficient to melt the adhesive composition;inserting the optical fiber into a fiber-receiving passage defining an inner surface of the ferrule and into contact with the melted adhesive composition; andcooling the melted adhesive composition; the adhesive composition is a solid material disposed within the fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule and in contact with the inner surface of the ferrule prior to the heating step;', 'the adhesive composition comprises a partially cross-linkable resin prior to the heating step;', 'the adhesive composition comprises a partially cross-linked resin following the cooling step; and', 'the adhesive composition further comprises a coupling agent that chemically bonds the partially cross-linked resin to an inorganic surface of at least one of the optical fiber and the ferrule following the cooling step., 'wherein2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heating step further comprises ...

MATERIAL FORMULATION FOR OVER MOLD COVER FIBER OPTIC CABLE

A polyurethane composition is provided. The polyurethane composition includes a first part of a first polytetramethylene oxide, a second polytetramethylene oxide, and a castor oil based polyol. The second polytetramethylene oxide has a higher viscosity than the first polytetramethylene oxide. The polyurethane composition also includes a second part of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. Also provided is a fiber optic cable assembly incorporating the polyurethane composition as an overmold. The overmold has a glass transition temperature of less than −40° C. measured according to differential scanning calorimetry. Further provided is a method of applying an overmold to a fiber optic cable assembly. 1. A polyurethane composition , comprising: a first polytetramethylene oxide;', 'a second polytetramethylene oxide, wherein the second polytetramethylene oxide has a higher viscosity than the first polytetramethylene oxide; and', 'a castor oil based polyol; and, 'a first part, comprisinga second part of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate.2. The polyurethane composition of claim 1 , wherein the first polytetramethylene oxide comprises between 150 and 300 parts by weight of the first part claim 1 , wherein the second polytetramethylene oxide comprises between 100 and 250 parts by weight of the first part claim 1 , and wherein the castor oil based polyol comprises between 20 and 80 parts by weight of the first part.3. The polyurethane composition of claim 1 , wherein the first polytetramethylene oxide has a viscosity of between 0.5 cP to 1.5 cP at a temperature of 65° C. and wherein the second polytetramethylene oxide has a viscosity of between 3.5 cP and 4.5 cP at a temperature of 65° C.4. The polyurethane composition of claim 1 , wherein the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate has a % NCO content of 13 and a viscosity of 800 cPs at 45° C.5. The polyurethane composition of claim 1 , wherein the first part and second part are mixed in a ratio of between 1:1 and 2:1 of first part to ...

OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND FERRULE ADHESION SYSTEM INCLUDING ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, AND RELATED METHODS

An optical connector for terminating an optical fiber includes a ferrule, an optical fiber, and an adhesive composition disposed within a fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule. The adhesive composition, which is in contact with the inner surface of the ferrule and the optical fiber, includes a partially cross-linked resin that is a polymer and a coupling agent that chemically bonds the partially cross-linked resin to an inorganic surface of at least one of the optical fiber and the ferrule. 1. An optical connector for terminating an optical fiber , the optical connector comprising:a ferrule having a fiber-receiving passage defining an inner surface;an optical fiber extending through the fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule; and a partially cross-linked resin that is a polymer; and', 'a coupling agent that chemically bonds the partially cross-linked resin to an inorganic surface of at least one of the optical fiber and the ferrule., 'an adhesive composition disposed within the fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule and in contact with the inner surface of the ferrule and the optical fiber, wherein the adhesive composition comprises2. The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein the coupling agent covalently bonds the partially cross-linked resin to respective inorganic surfaces of both the optical fiber and ferrule.3. The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein the partially cross-linked resin has no functional groups which can react with inorganic surfaces.4. The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein the partially cross-linked resin has a melting point of at least about 250° C.5. The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein the partially cross-linked resin is configured to cross-link in the presence of air at temperatures of at least 300° C.6. The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive composition comprises the partially cross-linked resin in an amount greater than or equal to about 30% by weight of the adhesive composition.7. The optical connector of ...

RECOMMENDATION PLATFORM

Disclosed are some examples of systems, apparatus, methods and storage media for providing customized recommendations to users. Some implementations more particularly relate to a recommendation platform that enables authorized third parties to create, customize and add new recommendations that are then available to be served to target users or audiences of users. Some implementations further relate to a recommendation platform that enables authorized users to define audiences, scheduling settings, scheduling policies, and rules to customize or influence the provision of associated recommendations to the users. The recommendation platform includes a recommendation engine that serves the recommendations to users based on such defined audiences, scheduling settings, policies or other rules. 1. A database system configurable to: organization data for a plurality of organizations that are tenants of the database system;', 'a plurality of recommendation definitions, each recommendation definition defining a respective recommendation; and', 'a plurality of audience definitions, each audience definition defining an audience of users;, 'maintain a database configurable to storehost a recommendation engine configurable to serve recommendations based on the recommendation definitions and the audience definitions; and create a recommendation definition or edit an existing recommendation definition in the database;', 'create an audience definition or edit an existing audience definition in the database; and', 'associate a recommendation definition with an audience definition., 'host at least one application programming interface (API) defining interactions between the recommendation engine and the database, the API configurable to enable an authorized third party user to2. The database system of claim 1 , wherein: determine that a recommendation is to be served to a user, and', 'identify one or more audience definitions that include the user; and, 'the API is configurable to ...

Process tool having third heating source and method of using the same

A processing tool includes a chamber configured to receive a wafer, the chamber having a sidewall and a sidewall heating source configured to heat the sidewall of the chamber. The processing tool further includes a first heating source configured to provide energy to an interior of the chamber through a top surface of the chamber and a second heating source configured to provide energy to the interior of the chamber through a bottom surface of the chamber. The sidewall heating source is separate from the first heating source and the second heating source.

Method and system for service agent assistance of article recommendations to a customer in an app session

A method and system for recommending articles including: receiving a customer request from the customer during the session; generating case data for a case, by an article recommender app; configuring a training set based on the subject and description data of the customer request; identifying, by an artificial intelligence (AI) app, a first pool of articles from a knowledge database; identifying by at least one query, a second pool of articles from a case article database to into a merged pool of articles; assigning, by the AI app, an implicit label to one of the first pool and the second pool of the articles; applying a model derived by the AI app based on customer behavior and a set of features related to the case to classify each article of the merged pool of articles based at least in part on the predicted relevance of the article.

MAGNIFYING FEATURE MAP

An example of the present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses and devices for magnifying a feature map, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving a source feature map to be magnified; obtaining N reassembly kernels corresponding to each source position in the source feature map by performing convolution on the source feature map, wherein N refers to a square of a magnification factor of the source feature map; obtaining, for each of the reassembly kernels, a normalized reassembly kernel by performing normalization; obtaining, for each source position in the source feature map, N reassembly features corresponding to the source position by reassembling features of a reassembly region determined according to the source position with N normalized reassembly kernels corresponding to the source position; and generating a target feature map according to the N reassembly features corresponding to each source position in the source feature map. 1. A method of magnifying a feature map , comprising:receiving a source feature map to be magnified;obtaining N reassembly kernels corresponding to each source position in the source feature map by performing convolution on the source feature map, wherein N refers to a square of a magnification factor of the source feature map;obtaining, for each of the reassembly kernels, a normalized reassembly kernel by performing normalization;obtaining, for each source position in the source feature map, N reassembly features corresponding to the source position by reassembling features of a reassembly region determined according to the source position with N normalized reassembly kernels corresponding to the source position; andgenerating a target feature map according to the N reassembly features corresponding to each source position in the source feature map.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing convolution for the source feature map comprises:{'sub': up', 'up', 'up, 'obtaining reassembly ...

Methods for Forming FinFETs with Self-Aligned Source/Drain

A method includes forming a gate stack to cover a middle portion of a semiconductor fin, and doping an exposed portion of the semiconductor fin with an n-type impurity to form an n-type doped region. At least a portion of the middle portion is protected by the gate stack from receiving the n-type impurity. The method further includes etching the n-type doped region using chlorine radicals to form a recess, and performing an epitaxy to re-grow a semiconductor region in the recess.

Tuning Threshold Voltage in Field-Effect Transistors

A semiconductor structure includes an interfacial layer disposed over a semiconductor layer, a high-k gate dielectric layer disposed over the interfacial layer, where the high-k gate dielectric layer includes a first metal, a metal oxide layer disposed between the high-k gate dielectric layer and the interfacial layer, where the metal oxide layer is configured to form a dipole moment with the interfacial layer, and a metal gate stack disposed over the high-k gate dielectric layer. The metal oxide layer includes a second metal different from the first metal, and a concentration of the second metal decreases from a top surface of the high-k gate dielectric layer to the interface between the high-k gate dielectric layer and the interfacial layer.

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SEMANTIC IMAGE LABELING

Disclosed is a method for generating a semantic image labeling model, comprising: forming a first CNN and a second CNN, respectively; randomly initializing the first CNN; inputting a raw image and predetermined label ground truth annotations to the first CNN to iteratively update weights thereof so that a category label probability for the image, which is output from the first CNN, approaches the predetermined label ground truth annotations; randomly initializing the second CNN; inputting the category label probability to the second CNN to correct the input category label probability so as to determine classification errors of the category label probabilities; updating the second CNN by back-propagating the classification errors; concatenating the updated first and second CNNs; classifying each pixel in the raw image into one of general object categories; and back-propagating classification errors through the concatenated CNN to update weights thereof until the classification errors less than a predetermined threshold. 1. A method for generating a semantic image labeling model , comprising:forming a first CNN and a second CNN, respectively;randomly initializing the first CNN;inputting a raw image and a plurality of predetermined label ground truth annotations to the first CNN to iteratively update weights of the first CNN so that a category label probability for the raw image, which is output from the first CNN, approaches the predetermined label ground truth annotations;randomly initializing the second CNN;inputting the category label probability to the second CNN to correct the input category label probability so as to determine classification errors of the category label probabilities;updating the second CNN by back-propagating the classification errors;concatenating the updated first CNN and the updated second CNN;classifying each pixel in the raw image into one of a plurality of general object categories; andback-propagating classification errors through the ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING VIDEO OBJECT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A method and an apparatus for segmenting a video object, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a program include: performing, among at least some frames of a video, inter-frame transfer of an object segmentation result of a reference frame in sequence from the reference frame, to obtain an object segmentation result of at least one other frame among the at least some frames; determining other frames having lost objects with respect to the object segmentation result of the reference frame among the at least some frames; using the determined other frames as target frames to segment the lost objects, so as to update the object segmentation results of the target frames; and transferring the updated object segmentation results of the target frames to the at least one other frame in the video in sequence. The accuracy of video object segmentation results can therefore be improved. 1. A method for segmenting a video object , comprising:performing, among at least some frames of a video, inter-frame transfer of an object segmentation result of a reference frame in sequence from the reference frame, to obtain an object segmentation result of at least one other frame among the at least some frames;determining other frames having lost objects with respect to the object segmentation result of the reference frame among the at least some frames;using the determined other frames as target frames to segment the lost objects, so as to update the object segmentation results of the target frames; andtransferring the updated object segmentation results of the target frames to the at least one other frame in the video in sequence.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference frame comprises: the first frame among the at least some frames; the performing inter-frame transfer of an object segmentation result of a reference frame in sequence from the reference frame comprises: performing inter-frame transfer on the object segmentation result of the first frame in a ...

SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION MODEL TRAINING METHODS AND APPARATUSES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIA

A semantic segmentation model training method includes: performing, by a semantic segmentation model, image semantic segmentation on at least one unlabeled image to obtain a preliminary semantic segmentation result as the category of the unlabeled image; obtaining, by a convolutional neural network based on the category of the at least one unlabeled image and the category of at least one labeled image, sub-images respectively corresponding to the at least two images and features corresponding to the sub-images, where the at least two images comprise the at least one unlabeled image and the at least one labeled image, and the at least two sub-images carry the categories of the corresponding images; and training the semantic segmentation model on the basis of the categories of the at least two sub-images and feature distances between the at least two sub-images. 1. A semantic segmentation model training method , comprising:performing, by a semantic segmentation model, image semantic segmentation on at least one unlabeled image to obtain a preliminary semantic segmentation result as a category of the at least one unlabeled image;obtaining, by a convolutional neural network based on the category of the at least one unlabeled image and a category of at least one labeled image, sub-images respectively corresponding to at least two images and features corresponding to the sub-images, wherein the at least two images comprise the at least one unlabeled image and the at least one labeled image, and the at least two sub-images carry the categories of the corresponding images; andtraining the semantic segmentation model on the basis of the categories of the at least two sub-images and feature distances between the at least two sub-images.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the training the semantic segmentation model on the basis of the categories of the at least two sub-images and feature distances between the at least two sub-images comprises:establishing a patch ...

METHOD FOR DETECTING ANTI-ISLAND PROTECTION PERFORMANCE OF INVERTER

The present invention provides a method for detecting the anti-island protection performance of an inverter. An RLC circuit is serially connected between the inverter and a grid connection switch, the resonant frequency of the RLC load is set as three different numerical values for enabling the same to present resistance, capacitance and inductance, and a time value from the disconnection of the grid connection switch to the operation stop of the inverter under detection is recorded after a fundamental current value of the grid connection switch is set to a different value each time; and weighted calculation is performed on the time value to obtain a test result and grade evaluation of the anti-island protection ability of the inverter. By adoption of the detection method provided by the present invention, the problem that the anti-island protection ability of the photovoltaic inverter is difficult to precisely evaluate is solved; the anti-island protection performance of the inverter is comprehensively and objectively reflected; and meanwhile the phenomenon that a part of inverters cannot correctly reflect the anti-island ability of the inverters with respect to characteristic load design is effectively avoided, a technical support is provided for the existing method for detecting the anti-island protection performance, and related standard systems in the field of detection of the anti-island protection performance are further enriched and perfected. 1. A method for detecting the anti-island protection performance of an inverter , wherein the inverter to be detected is connected to a power distribution network through a closed grid connection switch , and the method comprises the following steps:step 1, serially connecting an RLC circuit between the inverter and the grid connection switch through a load switch, wherein the RLC load comprises an inductor, a capacitor and a resistor, which are connected in parallel;{'sub': 1', 'N, 'step 2, setting initial conditions ...

Source and Drain Formation Technique for Fin-Like Field Effect Transistor

Source and drain formation techniques for fin-like field effect transistors (FinFETs) are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes forming a fin structure, wherein the fin structure include a channel region disposed between a source region and a drain region; forming a gate structure over the channel region of the fin structure; forming a solid phase diffusion (SPD) layer over the source region and the drain region of the fin structure; and performing a microwave annealing (MWA) process to diffuse a dopant from the SPD layer into the source region and the drain region of fin structure. In some implementations, the SPD layer is disposed over the fin structure, such that the dopant diffuses laterally and vertically into the source region and the drain region to form heavily doped source/drain features.

Energy Storage and Power Generation System and Method

A combined gas-liquid two-phase energy storage and power generation system includes a compressed gas storage unit, a first gas pipeline, a liquid piston device, a hydraulic energy conversion unit and a first pumped power generation unit. The combined gas-liquid two-phase energy storage and power generation system connects the liquid piston device and a first port group of the hydraulic energy conversion unit and receives/outputs the hydraulic potential from/to the first port group, and connects the first pumped power generation unit with the second port group of the hydraulic energy conversion unit and receives/outputs the hydraulic potential from/to the second port group. 1. A system comprising:a compressed gas storage unit comprising a liquid storage space, a gas storage space connected to the liquid storage space and a first high-pressure liquid pipe connected to the liquid storage space, wherein the gas storage space is configured to store compressed gas with a stable pressure, and the liquid storage space is configured to store liquid, and the first high-pressure liquid pipe is configured to maintain a pressure of the compressed gas by inputting or outputting liquid to/from the liquid storage space;a first gas pipe configured to transport gas to be compressed in an energy storage process and deliver expanded gas in a power generation process;a liquid piston device connected to the gas storage space and the first gas pipe respectively;a hydraulic potential energy conversion unit comprising a first port group and a second port group and configured to convert hydraulic potential energy between the first port group and the second port group; anda first pumped power generation unit configured to convert electric energy into the hydraulic potential energy through extracting the liquid, and generate electricity by utilizing the hydraulic potential energy, wherein the liquid piston device is connected to the first port group and configured to receive/output the ...

LOW TEMPERATURE CONTROLLABLE NUCLEAR FUSION DEVICE AND REALIZATION MODE THEREOF

The present invention discloses a low temperature controllable nuclear fusion device and a realization method thereof. The nuclear fusion device comprises a neutron source, an energy transmission system and a shielding layer. Neutrons radiated by the neutron source are used to irradiate the target nucleus-containing substance; the target nucleus of the neutron absorption is fissioned into a plurality of sub-nuclei; the released energy is transmitted by the energy transmission system; and the residual neutrons not absorbed by the target nucleus are completely absorbed by the shielding layer. The sub-nuclei and electrons produced by fission are finally combined into atoms and energy is released. The overall process of the present invention can be realized at low temperature, is easy to control, has no problem with Lawson conditions, and produces no radioactive spent nuclear fuel. 1. A low temperature controllable nuclear fusion device comprising a neutron source , an energy transmission system and a shielding layer , wherein neutrons radiated by the neutron source arc used to irradiate the target nucleus-containing substance; the energy of the neutrons is adjusted according to a selected target nucleus; the target nucleus of the neutron absorption is fissioned into a plurality of sub-nuclei; at the same time , energy is released; the released energy is transmitted by the energy transmission system; the residual neutrons not absorbed by the target nucleus are completely absorbed by the shielding layer; and the sub-nuclei and electrons produced by fission are finally combined into atoms and energy is released.2. The low temperature controllable nuclear fusion device according to claim 1 , further comprising a target nucleus-containing substance conveying system which keeps the target nucleus-containing substance in updating the flow; the target nucleus after neutron absorption are fissioned into a plurality of sub-nuclei; due to thermal motion and interaction claim 1 , ...

Interlayer Dielectric Film in Semiconductor Devices

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes depositing a flowable dielectric layer on a substrate and annealing the flowable dielectric layer. The method further includes performing a high temperature (HT) doping process on the flowable dielectric layer. The HT doping process may include implanting dopant ions into the flowable dielectric layer and heating the substrate during the implanting of the dopant ions. The heating of the substrate may include heating a substrate holder upon which the substrate is disposed and maintaining the substrate at a temperature above 100° C. An example benefit reduced the wet etch rate (WER) of the flowable dielectric layer.

IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND NETWORK TRAINING METHOD AND DEVICE

An image processing method and a device, and a network training method and a device are provided. The image processing method includes determining a guide group arranged on an image to be processed and directed at a target object, the guide group comprising at least one guide point, and the guide point being used to indicate the position of a sampling pixel, and the magnitude and direction of the motion speed of the sampling pixel; and on the basis of the guide point in the guide group and the image to be processed, performing optical flow prediction to obtain the motion of the target object in the image to be processed. 1. An image processing method , comprising:determining a guidance group set for a target object in a to-be-processed image, the guidance group comprising at least one guidance point, the guidance point being configured to indicate a position of a sampling pixel and a magnitude and direction of a motion velocity of the sampling pixel, and the sampling pixel being a pixel of the target object in the to-be-processed image; andperforming, according to the guidance point in the guidance group and the to-be-processed image, optical flow prediction to obtain a motion of the target object in the to-be-processed image.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing claim 1 , according to the guidance point in the guidance group and the to-be-processed image claim 1 , optical flow prediction to obtain the motion of the target object in the to-be-processed image comprises:performing, according to the magnitude and direction of the motion velocity of the sampling pixel indicated by the guidance point in the guidance group, the position of the sampling pixel indicated by the guidance point in the guidance group and the to-be-processed image, optical flow prediction to obtain the motion of the target object in the to-be-processed image.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing claim 1 , according to the guidance point in the guidance group and the to-be- ...

Integrated magnetics component

The present invention relates to an integrated magnetics component comprising a magnetically permeable core comprising a base member extending in a horizontal plane and first, second, third and fourth legs protruding substantially perpendicularly from the base member. First, second, third and fourth output inductor windings are wound around the first, second, third and fourth legs, respectively. A first input conductor of the integrated magnetics component has a first conductor axis and extends in-between the first, second, third and fourth legs to induce a first magnetic flux through a first flux path of the magnetically permeable core. A second input conductor of the integrated magnetics component has a second coil axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the first conductor axis to induce a second magnetic flux through a second flux path of the magnetically permeable core extending substantially orthogonally to the first flux path. Another aspect of the invention relates to a multiple-input isolated power converter comprising the integrated magnetics component.

Fin-type field effect transistor structure and manufacturing method thereof

A fin-type field effect transistor comprising a substrate, at least one gate structure, first spacers, second spacers and source and drain regions is described. The substrate has fins and insulators disposed between the fins. The at least one gate structure is disposed over the fins and disposed on the insulators. The first spacers are disposed on opposite sidewalls of the at least one gate structure. The source and drain regions are disposed on two opposite sides of the at least one gate structure and beside the first spacers. The second spacers are disposed on the two opposite sides of the at least one gate structure and beside the first spacers. The source and drain regions are sandwiched between the opposite second spacers.

Method, device and system of touch panel display control

The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a device and a system of touch panel display control. The method of touch panel display control comprises: acquiring the changes of the capacitances at respective positions of coupling capacitors, and determining pressed pixel units; determining the pressure on the pressed pixel units according to a first corresponding relationship between the changes and the pressure; and according to a second corresponding relationship between the pressure and a current gray level and a compensation signal, outputting a compensation signal corresponding to the pressure on the pressed pixel units, and the compensation signal is used for keeping the consistency of the light transmittance of the pressed pixel units with that of non-pressed pixel units. The method of the present invention keeps a consistent light transmittance between the liquid crystal molecules of the pressed pixel units and the liquid crystal molecules of the non-pressed pixel units, so that the image display of the overall touch panel keeps consistent, and the quality of the image displayed by the touch panel is improved.

Frequency synthesizer with dynamic phase and pulse-width control

An agile frequency synthesizer with dynamic phase and pulse-width control is disclosed. In one aspect, the frequency synthesizer includes a count circuit configured to modify a stored count value by an adjustment value. The frequency synthesizer also includes an output clock generator configured to generate an output clock signal having rising and falling edges that are based at least in part on the stored count value satisfying a count threshold. The count circuit is further configured to alter at least one of the period or phase of the output clock signal based at least in part on modifying an adjustment rate of the count circuit.

DIGITAL CONTACTLESS SIGNING SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE TOBACCO DISTRIBUTION

The disclosure provides a digital contactless signing system for the flexible tobacco distribution, which comprises a cigarette store, a vehicle system, a vehicle access system, a database, a historical database, a server, an information entry unit, an information transmission unit, a distribution system, a client terminal and a two-dimensional code information unit, wherein the cigarette store is connected with the vehicle access system connected with the vehicle access system. The disclosure changes paper tickets into network electronic tickets, and adopts two-dimension code scanning to complete a confirmation of the tobacco handing-over between a distributor and a customer, thereby effectively saving expenses of the paper tickets. An error rate of the signing system is extremely low and almost close to zero due to changing the paper tickets to the network electronic tickets, and a whole data accuracy is improved for signing for the cigarette materials. 1. A digital contactless signing system for a flexible tobacco distribution , comprising:a cigarette store, a vehicle system, a vehicle access system, a database, a historical database, a server, an information entry unit, an information transmission unit, a distribution system, a client terminal and a two-dimensional code information unit,wherein the cigarette store is connected with the vehicle access system, the vehicle system is connected with the vehicle access system, the vehicle access system is connected with the server, the server is connected with the database, the server is connected with the historical database, the server is connected with the information entry unit, the server is connected with the information transmission unit, the information transmission unit is connected with the distribution system, the distribution system is connected with the client terminal, and the client terminal is connected with the two-dimensional code information unit.2. The digital contactless signing system for the ...

USE OF GABAA RECEPTOR REINFORCING AGENT IN PREPARATION OF SEDATIVE AND ANESTHETIC MEDICAMENT

The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical preparation of a compound of formula (I) or a stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or prodrug thereof. The present disclosure further provides a method for general anesthesia or sedation for mammals. Also provided are kits and manufactured products of the medicament and the pharmaceutical composition and a method for using the medicament and the pharmaceutical composition. 2. The pharmaceutical formulation according to claim 1 , wherein Ris selected from methyl claim 1 , ethyl or isopropyl claim 1 , and wherein Ris selected from methyl claim 1 , ethyl claim 1 , isopropyl or cyclopropyl.5. The pharmaceutical formulation according to claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical formulation is an aqueous solution claim 1 , further comprising:a solubilizing agent in an amount of 0.1 w/v % to 20 w/v %; anda co-solvent in an amount of 0 w/v % to 30 w/v %.6. The pharmaceutical formulation according to claim 5 , wherein the active ingredient is in an amount 0.05 w/v % to 3 w/v % claim 5 , and wherein the pharmaceutical formulation further comprisesa solubilizing agent in an amount of 0.1 w/v % to 15 w/v %; anda co-solvent in an amount of 0.1 w/v % to 20 w/v %.7. The pharmaceutical formulation according to claim 6 , wherein the active ingredient is in an amount of 0.1 w/v % to 2 w/v % claim 6 , thesolubilizing agent is in an amount of 0.2 w/v % to 10 w/v %, andthe co-solvent is in an amount of 0.1 w/v % to 10 w/v %.8. The pharmaceutical formulation according to claim 7 , wherein the solubilizing agent is selected from the group consisting of one or more of Tween-80 claim 7 , Tween-20 claim 7 , PEG-35 castor oil claim 7 , PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil claim 7 , PEG-15 hydroxystearate and poloxamer claim 7 , and wherein the co-solvent is selected from the group consisting of one or more of ethanol claim 7 , glycerol claim 7 , propylene glycol and PEG.9. The pharmaceutical formulation according to claim 1 , whereinthe active ...

Video Frame Synthesis with Deep Learning

The present disclosure provides systems and methods that leverage machine-learned models (e.g., neural networks) to provide video frame synthesis. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage a machine-learned video frame synthesis model to allow for video frames to be synthesized from videos. In one particular example, the video frame synthesis model can include a convolutional neural network having a voxel flow layer and provides one or more synthesized video frames as part of slow-motion video. 1. A computer-implemented method for video frame synthesis , the method comprising:receiving, by one or more computing devices, a video;inputting, by the one or more computing devices, a first set of sequential frame data descriptive of the video into a machine-learned video frame synthesis model, wherein the machine-learned video frame synthesis model comprises at least one convolutional neural network having a voxel flow layer;receiving, by the one or more computing devices, one or more synthesized frames from the video, the one or more synthesized frames output by the machine-learned video frame synthesis model; andproviding, by the one or more computing devices, information regarding the one or more synthesized frames.2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the convolutional neural network comprises a convolutional encoder-decoder network.3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the convolutional encoder-decoder network includes at least one skip connection between at least one convolution layer and at least one deconvolution layer.4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:providing, by the one or more computing devices, information regarding the one or more synthesized frames as part of a slow-motion video.5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more synthesized frames output by the machine-learned video frame ...

Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication

A method includes providing a substrate including a first fin element and a second fin element extending from the substrate. A first layer including an amorphous material is formed over the first and second fin elements, where the first layer includes a gap disposed between the first and second fin elements. An anneal process is performed to remove the gap in the first layer. The amorphous material of the first layer remains amorphous during the performing of the anneal process.

METHODS FOR SECURING AN OPTICAL FIBER TO A FERRULE AND OPTICAL CONNECTORS FORMED BY SUCH METHODS

A method of securing an optical fiber to a ferrule includes disposing an adhesive composition in a fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule to form a ferrule adhesion system. The adhesive composition in the ferrule adhesion system comprises a polymeric material in a solid form. The method also involves assembling an optical connector with the ferrule adhesion system, heating the ferrule in the optical connector to melt the adhesive composition, and inserting the optical fiber into the fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule and into contact with the adhesive composition that has been melted. The adhesive composition bonds the optical fiber to an inner surface of the ferrule upon cooling and solidifying. 1. A method of securing an optical fiber to a ferrule , comprising:disposing an adhesive composition in a fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule to form a ferrule adhesion system, wherein the, adhesive composition in the ferrule adhesion system comprises a polymeric material in a solid form;assembling an optical connector with the ferrule adhesion system, wherein the optical connector includes a connector housing in which the ferrule is at least partially disposed;heating the ferrule in the optical connector to melt the adhesive composition; andinserting the optical fiber into the fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule and into contact with the adhesive composition that has been melted, wherein the adhesive composition bonds the optical fiber to an inner surface of the ferrule upon cooling and solidifying.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ferrule is biased relative to the connector housing when the optical connector is assembled.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein heating the ferrule comprises heating the adhesive composition to a temperature of at least about 300° C.4. The method of claim I claim 1 , wherein heating the ferrule comprises heating the adhesive composition to a temperature of at least about 325° C.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:the polymeric ...

Semiconductor device including a fin-fet and method of manufacturing the same

A method of forming a semiconductor device including a fin field effect transistor (FinFET), the method includes forming a first sacrificial layer over a source/drain structure of a FinFET structure and an isolation insulating layer. The first sacrificial layer is patterned, thereby forming an opening. A first liner layer is formed on the isolation insulating layer in a bottom of the opening and on at least side faces of the patterned first sacrificial layer. After the first liner layer is formed, forming a dielectric layer in the opening. After the dielectric layer is formed, removing the patterned first sacrificial layer, thereby forming a contact opening over the source/drain structure. A conductive layer is formed in the contact opening. The FinFET is an n-type FET, and the source/drain structure includes an epitaxial layer made of Si 1-y-a-b Ge a Sn b M2 y , wherein 0<a, 0<b, 0.01≤(a+b)≤0.1, 0.01≤y≤0.1, and M2 is P or As.

Elastic support structure and display device including the same

An elastic support structure for a display module and a display device including the elastic support structure are provided. The elastic support structure includes a first support member and a second support member. A first angle is formed between the first support member and the second support member, and the first angle is variable, so as to enable the elastic support structure to provide elastic support. The elastic support structures are arranged at an identical interval between an outer frame of a back plate and an inner frame of a housing, so as to support the display module.

Source/Drain Junction Formation

A device includes a first channel region and a first gate structure formed over the first channel region. A first source/drain region is adjacent the first channel region and the first source/drain region includes a crystalline structure doped with a first dopant. A first silicide is formed over the first source/drain region. The first source/drain region includes a first concentration of the first dopant between 2.0×10 21 atoms per centimeter cubed and 4.0×10 21 atoms per centimeter cubed at a depth of 8 to 10 nanometers. A gradient of decreasing concentration of the first dopant is one decade for every 5.5 to 7.5 nanometers deeper than the first concentration.

Breathing light adjusting method, apparatus and electronic device

The present disclosure provides a breathing light adjustment method, an apparatus and an electronic device, a relation curve representing relationship between a visual brightness and an electrical signal of a breathing light is determined; the visual brightness interval is equally divided according to a brightness level limit, and an electrical signal value corresponding to each brightness level after the equally dividing is determined; a ratio between the electrical signal value corresponding to each brightness level and a maximum electrical signal value is determined; and a magnitude of the electrical signal value inputted into the breathing light is adjusted according to the ratio between the electrical signal value corresponding to each brightness level and the maximum electrical signal value, so that the brightness of the breathing light presents an effect of linear gradual change which suits human vision.

INTEGRATED CAPSTAN AND APPARATUS FOR SCREEN TESTING AN OPTICAL FIBER

An integrated capstan for use in fiber processing and testing apparatus. The integrated capstan features a fiber-engaging material that provides a contact surface for fibers. The hardness of the contact surface is controlled to minimize transfer of stress to the fibers to prevent damage to fiber coatings or fiber splice junctions during conveyance or screen testing of fibers during production. The fiber-engaging material includes a resilient material and an optional capping layer. The resilient material may be a lightly crosslinked polyurethane gel. Capping layers include polymers formed by UV curing of aliphatic urethane diacrylate compounds or moisture curing of diisocyanate compounds. 1. An integrated capstan comprising:a capstan; anda fiber-engaging material, said fiber-engaging material formed on the surface of said capstan, said fiber-engaging material having a hardness in the range from 40 Shore 00 to 70 Shore 00.2. The integrated capstan of claim 1 , wherein said capstan includes a channel claim 1 , said fiber-engaging material occupying said channel.3. The integrated capstan of claim 1 , wherein said fiber-engaging material comprises a polyurethane material.4. The integrated capstan of claim 3 , wherein said polyurethane material comprises the cured product of a formulation that includes an isocyanate component and a hydroxy component.5. The integrated capstan of claim 4 , wherein said isocyanate component includes a di-functional isocyanate compound.6. The integrated capstan of claim 5 , wherein said di-functional isocyanate compound is a polymer containing urethane groups.7. The integrated capstan of claim 6 , wherein said polymer is a polyether.8. The integrated capstan of claim 5 , wherein said isocyanate compound has an isocyanate content in the range from 4 wt % to 12 wt %.9. The integrated capstan of claim 5 , wherein said hydroxy component is a polymer containing hydroxy groups.10. The integrated capstan of claim 9 , wherein said hydroxy groups ...

DC GENERATOR WITHOUT REVERSING

A DC generator without reversing, belonging to the electromechanical field. The main elements are: ring-shaped magnets of which the magnetic field direction is perpendicular to the ring surfaces or along the radial direction of the ring surfaces, a magnetic conductive plate or magnetic conductive tube which is made of high permeability magnetic material, provided with holes through which a conducting wire can pass, has a surface completely insulated from the rest part, and has high resistance or is insulated, a conducting wire coil provided with an insulation layer on the surface and twined around the conducting wire frame through the holes of the magnetic conductive plate, and drive wheels at the same angular velocity; the conducting wire, and the magnetic conductive plate or magnetic conductive tube are installed between the magnets or one the end surfaces, and the two ends of the conducting wire are directly connected to the wiring posts or are connected by an electric brush; driven by power, the magnets and the conducting wire perform relative motion which makes the conducting wire cut magnetic lines of force, and DC electromotive force is generated; or the magnetic conductive plate or magnetic conductive tube is not used, but two groups of serial conducting wires or conducting strips move in opposite directions or perform relative motion of cutting the magnetic line of force between the magnets having opposite magnetic field directions. Such generator generates DC electromotive force without reversing; and has simple structure, low cost and long life. 1. A DC generator without reversing , characterized by mainly comprising: ring-shaped magnets , a magnetic conductive plate which is made of high permeability magnetic material , provided with holes through which a conducting wire can pass and has a surface completely insulated from the rest part , a conducting wire of which the surface is provided with an insulation layer , drive wheels , a center shaft Aand a ...

Model training

Provided in various embodiments are a model training method and apparatus, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium, belonging to the technical field of computers. In those embodiments, at least one sample subset can be obtained according to a sample set configured to train models. For each of the sample subsets, a plurality of machine learning models can be trained corresponding to the sample subset according to the sample subset, and predicted values of the plurality of machine learning models can be obtained for the sample subset. A fusion sample set can then be determined according to the predicted values of the machine learning models for each of the sample subsets, and a target machine learning model can be trained according to the fusion sample set.

Work Function Layers for Transistor Gate Electrodes

The embodiments described herein are directed to a method for the fabrication of transistors with aluminum-free n-type work function layers as opposed to aluminum-based n-type work function layers. The method includes forming a channel portion disposed between spaced apart source/drain epitaxial layers and forming a gate stack on the channel portion, where forming the gate stack includes depositing a high-k dielectric layer on the channel portion and depositing a p-type work function layer on the dielectric layer. After depositing the p-type work function layer, forming without a vacuum break, an aluminum-free n-type work function layer on the p-type work function layer and depositing a metal on the aluminum-free n-type work function layer. The method further includes depositing an insulating layer to surround the spaced apart source/drain epitaxial layers and the gate stack.

LENS STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE LAMP SYSTEM

A lens structure includes a lens body; an outer surface of the lens body is provided as a single curved surface; and an inner surface of the lens body is provided thereon with at least two inner curved surfaces that are continuously connected. In the present solution, through the design of the plurality of inner curved surfaces, the light pattern and the energy distribution can be controlled flexibly, the applicability of the lens design is maximally greatly improved, and meanwhile, a truly feasible solution is provided for the defect where in some scenes it is impossible for the existing conventional structure to distribute light. In addition, multiple functions may be implemented at the same time, such as, low beam, high beam, bending and fog lamp; and multiple functions are combined into one lens module for implementation. 1. A lens structure , comprising:a lens body, wherein an outer surface of the lens body is provided as a single curved surface, and an inner surface of the lens body is provided thereon with at least two inner curved surfaces that are continuously connected.2. The lens structure according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is an arc curved surface claim 1 , and the inner surface is provided thereon with three inner curved surfaces.3. The lens structure according to claim 2 , wherein a radian of each of the inner curved surfaces is less than a radian of the outer surface.4. The lens structure according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inner curved surfaces is determined according to one light source focal point.5. The lens structure according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of the inner curved surfaces are arranged in multiple rows and columns.6. The lens structure according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface of the lens body is an arc curved surface;the inner surface comprises a first inner surface, a second inner surface, and a third inner surface; andthe first inner surface, the second inner surface, and the three inner ...

Polyester gel adapted for use with polycarbonate components

There is provided a polyester gel including a part A including a maleinized polybutadiene family member in an amount of at least 50 parts of part A, a plasticizer in the amount of at least 30 parts of part A, and a stabilizer in an amount of at least 1 part of part A. The polyester gel also includes a part B including a liquid hydroxyl terminated polymer of butadiene in an amount of at least 60 parts of part B, a plasticizer in an amount of at least 30 parts of part B, and a catalyst in at least .0007 parts of part B, wherein parts A and B are about in a one to one ratio. The polyester gel is adapted for use with polycarbonate components, including housings for electronic components, such that the gel does not chemically attack or otherwise compromise the material properties of the polycarbonate component.

Nanocone silicone gel for telecommunication interconnect devices

A silicone-based gel for use with telecommunication interconnect devices. The silicone gel includes roughly equal Parts A and B by weight or volume. Part A includes (i) between about 15 to 20 parts vinyl terminated polydimethyl siloxane of non-agglomerated SiO 2 (nanocone) nanoparticles, (ii) between about 80 to 85 parts unmodified polydimethylsiloxane, and (iii) between about 0.1 to 0.3 parts of approximately 0.5% platinum catalyst. Part B includes (i) between about 5 to 10 parts vinyl terminated polydimethyl siloxane of non-agglomerated SiO 2 (nanocone) nanoparticles, (ii) between about 15 to 30 parts hydride terminated polydimethylsiloxane, (iii) between about 0.2 to 10 parts hydride functional polydimethylsiloxane, and (iv) between about 50 to 80 parts unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. A telecommunication interconnect device that uses the silicone gel is also disclosed.

CONNECTION ELEMENT, CONNECTION ASSEMBLY, BATTERY MODULE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, AND BATTERY MODULE

Method of forming a semiconductor device

A semiconductor device having dislocations and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device is disclosed. The exemplary semiconductor device and method for fabricating the semiconductor device enhance carrier mobility. The method includes providing a substrate having an isolation feature therein and two gate stacks overlying the substrate, wherein one of the gate stacks is atop the isolation feature. The method further includes performing a pre-amorphous implantation process on the substrate. The method further includes forming a stress film over the substrate. The method also includes performing an annealing process on the substrate and the stress film.

Use of gabaa receptor reinforcing agent in preparation of sedative and anesthetic medicament

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical preparation of a compound of formula (I) or stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug thereof, and a novel method for general anesthesia or sedative for mammals. Also provided are kits and manufactured products of the medicament and the pharmaceutical composition and a method for using the medicament and the pharmaceutical composition. R1, R2 and n are defined as stated in description. FIG. 1

Dust cap assembly for sealing an optical fiber ferrule and methods thereof

A dust cap assembly includes a sleeve and a sealant that seals an end face portion of a fiber optic ferrule from contaminants and, upon removal, provides remedial cleaning of any foreign matter present on the ferrule when the dust cap assembly was initially installed along with methods of making the same. The sleeve of the dust cap assembly has a through bore and a distal end for receiving the sealant. Further, the sealant may optionally have advantageous mechanical and optical properties such that the dust cap assembly may function as a terminator for testing.

Dry aftertreatment method for spent fuel employing plasma

The present disclosure discloses a spent fuel dry reprocessing method based on plasma, the method includes the following steps: S1, processing a spent fuel after removal of a cladding thereof into a spent fuel powder, and sending the spent fuel powder into a plasma reactor; S2, fully mixing and reacting the spent fuel powder with a plasma containing F atoms, to generate a product; S3, rapidly cooling the product, to generate a gas-solid two-phase flow and a solid-state product; S4, filtering the gas-solid two-phase flow to remove a solid-state product therein, then carrying out condensation, adsorption, desorption and distillation, to obtain a mixed gas; S5, performing a recovery process to the mixed gas to generate a corresponding oxide or metal. Through reaction of the F atoms of the plasma with U, Pu and other components in the spent fuel in the present disclosure, compared with a flame fluorination process, the plasma has effects of a wider temperature range and a stronger activity of a fluorinating agent, a complete conversion of Pu to PuF₆ is realized, the problem of separation of Pu from a fluoride of a fission product is solved, the separation of U and Pu from the fission product is promoted, a recovery rate is improved, and a process is simplified.

Semiconductor device structure with gate dielectric layer and method for forming the same

A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate and an insulating layer over the substrate. The insulating layer has a trench partially exposing the substrate. The method includes forming a gate dielectric layer over an inner wall and a bottom of the trench. The method includes forming a mask layer over the gate dielectric layer over the bottom. The method includes removing the gate dielectric layer over the inner wall. The method includes removing the mask layer. The method includes forming a gate electrode in the trench.

Phosphorus substituted group-containing quinoline-like compound, its preparation process, medical composition containing the compound and application

Phosphorus-containing group-substituted quinolines of formula (I) are provided in the present invention. The preparation process and application of the compound, and formulation comprising phosphorus-containing group-substituted quinolines are also disclosed. The compounds are protein kinase inhibitor and can be used for treating protein kinase abnormal activity-associated diseases, such as tumor, etc.

Multilayered composite for organ augmentation

The present invention relates to devices and methods for tissue augmentation or regeneration and specifically, to a composite of bioabsorbable scaffold material and autologous tissue, suitable for implantation in tissue or organs.

Repair and regeneration of cartilage and bone using postpartum-derived cells

Connector assemblies and methods of manufacture

A connector assembly that includes an insulation displacement member including a hydrophobic organosilane mono-layer protective coating is disclosed. In one embodiment, the connector assembly may be manufactured by a method that includes assembling the connector assembly, contacting the connector assembly with an organosilane coating solution, and curing the organosilane coating solution. The connector assembly may be assembled by mechanically supporting the insulation displacement member with a connector framework. The connector assembly may be contacted with the organosilane coating solution by contacting at least the wire engaging portion of the insulation displacement member and at least a portion of the connector assembly with the organosilane coating solution.

Cartilage and bone repair and regeneration using postpartum-derived cells

Cells derived from postpartum tissue and methods for their isolation and induction to differentiate to cells of a chondrogenic or osteogenic phenotype are provided by the invention. The invention further provides cultures and compositions of the postpartum-derived cells and products related thereto. The postpartum-derived cells of the invention and products related thereto have a plethora of uses, including but not limited to research, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications, for example, in the treatment of bone and cartilage conditions.

Selective high-K formation in gate-last process

A method includes removing a dummy gate stack to form an opening between gate spacers, selectively forming an inhibitor film on sidewalls of the gate spacers, with the sidewalls of the gate spacers facing the opening, and selectively forming a dielectric layer over a surface of a semiconductor region. The inhibitor film inhibits growth of the dielectric layer on the inhibitor film. The method further includes removing the inhibitor film, and forming a replacement gate electrode in a remaining portion of the opening.

Pseudo-CT generation with multi-variable regression of multiple MRI scans

The present invention comprises a method for generating a pseudo-CT image volume from multiple MRI scans through determining and then applying multi-variable polynomial mapping functions. An exemplary example extracts intensity values of voxels in images from acquired multiple MRI scans and CT scan from a plurality of training subjects to determine a multi-variable high-degree polynomial function for each of three regions, which is then applied to voxels in corresponding regions from images of multiple MRI scans of the target subject to generate the pseudo-CT image volume.

Adhesive compositions including partially cross-linked resins and methods for use thereof

An optical connector for terminating an optical fiber may include a ferrule, an optical fiber, and an adhesive composition. The ferrule may include a fiber-receiving passage defining an inner surface and the adhesive composition may be disposed within the ferrule and in contact with the inner surface of the ferrule and the optical fiber. The adhesive composition may include a partially cross-linked resin and a coupling agent that provides chemical coupling between the partially cross-linked resin and the optical fiber and/or the ferrule.

Method, diagnostic device and system for determining fault conditions in an electrical machine

Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device

In a method of forming a FinFET, a first sacrificial layer is formed over a source/drain structure of a FinFET structure and an isolation insulating layer. The first sacrificial layer is recessed so that a remaining layer of the first sacrificial layer is formed on the isolation insulating layer and an upper portion of the source/drain structure is exposed. A second sacrificial layer is formed on the remaining layer and the exposed source/drain structure. The second sacrificial layer and the remaining layer are patterned, thereby forming an opening. A dielectric layer is formed in the opening. After the dielectric layer is formed, the patterned first and second sacrificial layers are removed to form a contact opening over the source/drain structure. A conductive layer is formed in the contact opening.

Self-calibrating, highly accurate, long-lived, dual rhodium vanadium emitter nuclear in-core detector

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for calibrating a first self-powered neutron detector for long term use in a nuclear reactor core with a second self-powered neutron detector, where the emitter material of the second self-powered neutron detector has a neutron absorption cross-section that is greater than the neutron absorption cross-section of the first emitter material for the first self-powered neutron detector.

Method and server for processing item identifiers, and computer readable storage medium

A method and server for processing item identifiers and a computer readable storage medium are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining item transform information of the item identifiers and calculating item transform scores of the item identifiers based on the corresponding item transform information. The method also includes sorting the item identifiers according to the item transform scores of the item identifiers. The method further includes providing the sorted item identifiers to a display terminal.

Regenerative medicine devices and foam methods of manufacture

The invention relates generally to devices for organ replacement and regenerative medicine providing a biocompatible and biodegradable scaffold capable of integral cell growth that forms a hollow chamber, as well as methods for producing such devices by lyophilizing biocompatible, biodegradable polymers to produce a seamless, three-dimensional shape.

Mutated viruses, method of preparation and use thereof

La presente invención se refiere a un virus mutado. Dicho virus puede ser un virus de influenza de origen humano o de otro animal. La presente invención también se refiere a un método para preparar el virus mutado, comprendiendo el método la introducción de codones de UAG en posiciones corriente arriba de los codones de terminación per se de uno o más genes de un genoma viral mediante técnicas de genética inversa. La presente invención se refiere además a usos del virus mutado, por ejemplo, como una vacuna viva atenuada, o en la replicación de modelos de virus controlables y seguros, y similares. The present invention relates to a mutated virus. Said virus may be an influenza virus of human or other animal origin. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing the mutated virus, the method comprising introducing UAG codons at positions upstream of the termination codons per se of one or more genes of a viral genome by reverse genetics techniques. The present invention further relates to uses of the mutated virus, for example, as a live attenuated vaccine, or in the replication of controllable and safe virus models, and the like.

Repair and regeneration of cartilage and bone using postpartum-derived cells

Cells derived from postpartum tissue and methods for their isolation and induction to differentiate to cells of a chondrogenic or osteogenic phenotype are provided by the invention. The invention further provides cultures and compositions of the postpartum-derived cells and products related thereto. The postpartum-derived cells of the invention and products related thereto have a plethora of uses, including but not limited to research, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications, for example, in the treatment of bone and cartilage conditions.

Small molecule inhibitors of BCL-2 proteins

Small molecule inhibitors of Bcl-2 function are used to induce apoptosis of cells which are subject to Bcl-2, which cells are otherwise subject to Bcl-2 mediated blockage of apoptosis. The compounds are useful for treating cancer, autoimmune disorders and viral infection.

Methods and apparatus for monitoring plasma parameters in plasma doping systems

Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring plasma parameters in plasma doping systems. A plasma doping system includes a plasma doping chamber, a platen located in the plasma doping chamber for supporting a workpiece, an anode spaced from the platen in the plasma doping chamber, a process gas source coupled to the plasma doping chamber, a pulse source for applying pulses between the platen and the anode, and a plasma monitor. A plasma containing ions of the process gas is produced in a plasma discharge region between the anode and the platen. The pulses accelerate ions from the plasma into the workpiece. The plasma monitor may include a sensing device which senses a spatial distribution of a plasma parameter, such as plasma density, that is indicative of dose distribution of ions implanted into the workpiece.

Methods and apparatus for monitoring plasma parameters in plasma doping systems

Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring plasma parameters in plasma doping systems. A plasma doping system includes a plasma doping chamber, a platen located in the plasma doping chamber for supporting a workpiece, an anode spaced from the platen in the plasma doping chamber, a process gas source coupled to the plasma doping chamber, a pulse source for applying pulses between the platen and the anode, and a plasma monitor. A plasma containing ions of the process gas is produced in a plasma discharge region between the anode and the platen. The pulses accelerate ions from the plasma into the workpiece. The plasma monitor may include a sensing device which senses a spatial distribution of a plasma parameter, such as plasma density, that is indicative of dose distribution of ions implanted into the workpiece.

Adhesive compositions including partially cross-linked resins and methods for use thereof

Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication

A method of semiconductor device fabrication includes providing a substrate having a hardmask layer thereover. The hardmask layer is patterned to expose the substrate. The substrate is etched through the patterned hardmask layer to form a first fin element and a second fin element extending from the substrate. An isolation feature between the first and second fin elements is formed, where the isolation feature has a first etch rate in a first solution. A laser anneal process is performed to irradiate the isolation feature with a pulsed laser beam. A pulse duration of the pulsed laser beam is adjusted based on a height of the isolation feature. The isolation feature after performing the laser anneal process has a second etch rate less than the first etch rate in the first solution.

MHC peptides and methods of use

MHC or HLA Class I peptides and compositions thereof are provided for the specific induction of apoptosis of cancer cells in a patient. Methods of treating cancer cells in patients suffering from cancer employing the MHC or HLA Class I peptides of the invention. Also provided are methods of identifying MHC or HLA Class I peptides and variants thereof capable of killing cancerous cells in vivo in a patient suffering from cancer.

Adhesive compositions including partially cross-linked resins and methods for use thereof

An optical connector for terminating an optical fiber may include a ferrule, an optical fiber, and an adhesive composition. The ferrule may include a fiber-receiving passage defining an inner surface and the adhesive composition may be disposed within the ferrule and in contact with the inner surface of the ferrule and the optical fiber. The adhesive composition may include a partially cross-linked resin and a coupling agent that provides chemical coupling between the partially cross-linked resin and the optical fiber and/or the ferrule.

Integrated magnetics transformer assembly

Method for fabricating fin field effect transistor and semiconductor device

A method for fabricating a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) is provided. The method includes steps as follows. A gate stack is formed over a substrate having a semiconductor fin. Recesses are formed in the semiconductor fin beside the gate stack. A pre-clean process is performed to remove native oxides on surfaces of the recesses. After the pre-clean process, a selectivity proximity push process is performed using a fluorine-containing gas and a first hydrogen gas to the recesses. Strained layers are formed in the recesses.

Adhesive compositions including partially cross-linked resins and methods for use thereof.

Un conector óptico para terminación de una fibra óptica puede incluir una férula, una fibra óptica, y una composición adhesiva. La férula puede incluir un pasaje de recepción de fibra que defina una superficie interior y la composición adhesiva puede ser dispuesta dentro de la férula y en contacto con la superficie interna de la férula y la fibra óptica. La composición adhesiva puede incluir una resina parcialmente entrelazada y un agente de acoplamiento que proporciona acoplamiento químico entre la resina parcialmente entrelazada y la fibra óptica y/o la férula.

Navigation system with touchless command mechanism and method of operation thereof

A navigation system includes: an image capture unit, configured to capture a gesture; a control unit, coupled to the image capture unit, configured to distinguish between a command motion and a natural motion based on the gesture, an auditory cue, and a contextual information; and generate a command combination for instructing the navigation system based on the command motion and the auditory cue.

Tissue engineering devices and methods for luminal organs

Tissue engineering devices and methods are provided for the reconstruction, repair, augmentation, or replacement of a luminal organ or tissue structure involving the use of a biodegradable polymer matrix conforming to a portion of a laminarly arranged luminal organ, the processing of autologous, allogeneic or xenogeneic tissue comprising multiple cell populations to obtain a minced tissue composition, the seeding of the matrix with the composition, and the implanting of the seeded polymer matrix into a patient.

Lighting jig for inspection of a liquid crystal panel

A lighting jig for inspection of a liquid crystal panel, which includes: a base plate; a first supporting plate and a second supporting plate, which are respectively located on and orthogonal to the base plate; and an adsorption platform disposed between the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate and being able to move up and down along a direction orthogonal to the base plate. The adsorption platform has an adsorption surface for adsorbing probes, and the adsorption positions of the probes on the adsorption surface can be adjusted according to distributed locations of circuit test points of various liquid crystal panels to be inspected. The lighting jig provided by embodiments of the present invention can be used for lighting various types of liquid crystal panels, thereby improving the universality and use efficiency of the lighting jig.

Gate structures having interfacial layers

Examples of a method of forming an integrated circuit device with an interfacial layer disposed between a channel region and a gate dielectric are provided herein. In some examples, the method includes receiving a workpiece having a substrate and a fin having a channel region disposed on the substrate. An interfacial layer is formed on the channel region of the fin, and a gate dielectric layer is formed on the interfacial layer. A first capping layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer, and a second capping layer is formed on the first capping layer. An annealing process is performed on the workpiece configured to cause a first material to diffuse from the first capping layer into the gate dielectric layer. The forming of the first and second capping layers and the annealing process may be performed in the same chamber of a fabrication tool.

Dual-flattening transformer through decomposed row and column queries for semantic segmentation

Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing dual-flattening transformer ("DFlatFormer") through decomposed row and column queries for semantic segmentation. In various embodiments, a computing system may flatten the input feature map into a row-wise (and a column-wise) flattened feature sequence, by concatenating each successive row (and column) of the input feature map to a first row (and a first column, respectively) thereof; may implement one or more row (and column) transformer layers based on the row-wise (and column-wise) flattened feature sequence, to output a row-wise (and a column-wise) output feature map; may generate a column-expanded row-wise (and a row-expanded column-wise) output feature map; and may generate the output feature map, by combining the column-expanded row-wise output feature map and the row-expanded column-wise output feature map, the output feature map having a resolution that is greater than a resolution of the input feature map.

Image processor, image processing method, and image processing system

【課題】現在の画像処理環境においては、ユーザ操作に対するフィードバックの提供が遅く、ユーザは操作の結果をリアルタイムで確認できない。そのため、ユーザはフィードバックを確認するたびに、操作を中断せざるを得なく、画像処理の作業時間が長引いてしまう。【解決手段】リアルタイムオブジェクト分離システム２００において、ガイダンス情報生成部２０４は、ユーザから入力された対象画像２０１における画像オブジェクトを分離するための軌道情報を取得し、当該軌道情報に基づいて、ユーザの所望の分離領域を示すガイダンス情報を生成することで、ユーザの意図に応じた分離領域をリアルタイムで提示することができ、スムーズ、かつ、継続的なオブジェクト分離手段を提供する。【選択図】図２

Methods for forming FinFETs with self-aligned source/drain

A method includes forming a gate stack to cover a middle portion of a semiconductor fin, and doping an exposed portion of the semiconductor fin with an n-type impurity to form an n-type doped region. At least a portion of the middle portion is protected by the gate stack from receiving the n-type impurity. The method further includes etching the n-type doped region using chlorine radicals to form a recess, and performing an epitaxy to re-grow a semiconductor region in the recess.

Preparation method of COF-5 crystal

A preparation method for covalent organic framework 5 (COF-5) includes: adding 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene and 1,4-phenylenebisboronic acid to a mixed solution of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and 1,4-dioxane to form a mixture in the anhydrous and oxygen-free environment; and the addition ratio of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene:1,4-phenylenebisboronic acid:1,3,5-trimethylbenzene:1,4-dioxane is 0.02-0.8 mmol:0.08-1.4 mmol:10-15 mL:10-15 mL; sealing the mixture in an airtight container; and obtaining a uniform dispersion solution after shaking the container for wholly mixing the components; heating the dispersion solution to a temperature ranging from 80-100° C.; reacting for a period of time ranging from 72-120 h; and obtaining a precipitate after the reaction; and washing the precipitate, drying the precipitate in vacuum, and heating the precipitate at a temperature ranging from 200-300° C. for a period of time ranging from 1-3 h with a protective atmosphere to obtain COF-5 crystal.

Chemokine-derived synthetic peptides

Synthetic peptide analogs of chemokines are designed to include the N- and C-terminal portions of the corresponding naturally occurring chemokine. In particular, synthetic peptide analogs of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) are effective in inhibiting HIV-1 entry and infection via the CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4). Each peptide comprises a peptide segment analog of the SDF-1 N-terminal region joined to a peptide segment analog of the SDF-1 C-terminal region. The peptides are useful for HIV treatment and prophylaxis.

Integrated magnetic transformer set

Un conjunto (200) transformador magnético integrado que comprende: - un primer núcleo (202) magnéticamente permeable que forma una primera trayectoria (Φ 1) de flujo magnético sustancialmente cerrada, - un segundo núcleo (210) magnéticamente permeable que forma una segunda trayectoria (Φ 2) de flujo magnético sustancialmente cerrada, - un primer devanado (P1) de inducción de entrada enrollado alrededor de un primer segmento (203) predeterminado del primer núcleo (202) magnéticamente permeable y un segundo devanado (P2) de inducción de entrada enrollado alrededor de un primer segmento (211) predeterminado del segundo núcleo (210) magnéticamente permeable, - un primer devanado de inducción de salida que comprende semi-devanados (S1, S3) primero y segundo acoplados en serie, en el que el primer semi-devanado (S1) está enrollado alrededor de un segundo segmento predeterminado del primer núcleo (202) magnéticamente permeable y el segundo semidevanado (S3) está enrollado alrededor de un segundo segmento predeterminado del segundo núcleo (210) magnéticamente permeable, - un segundo devanado de inducción de salida que comprende semi-devanados (S2, S4) primero y segundo acoplados en serie, en los que el primer semi-devanado (S2) está enrollado alrededor de un tercer segmento predeterminado del primer núcleo (202) magnéticamente permeable y el segundo semidevanado (S4) está enrollado alrededor de un tercer segmento predeterminado del segundo núcleo (210) magnéticamente permeable; en el que el primer núcleo (202) junto con el primer devanado (P1) de inducción de entrada, el primer semidevanado (S1) del primer devanado de inducción de salida y el primer semi-devanado (S2) del segundo devanado de inducción de salida forman el primer transformador (T1), y el segundo núcleo (210) junto con el segundo devanado (P2) de inducción de entrada, el segundo semi-devanado (S3) del primer devanado de inducción de salida y el segundo semi-devanado (S4) del segundo devanado de inducción de ...

Structure and formation method of semiconductor device with fin structures

A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The method includes forming a first fin structure, a second fin structure, and a third fin structure over a semiconductor substrate. The method includes forming first spacer elements over sidewalls of the first fin structure and the second fin structure and partially removing the first fin structure and the second fin structure. The method includes forming second spacer elements over sidewalls of the third fin structure and partially removing the third fin structure. The second spacer element is taller than the first spacer element. The method includes epitaxially growing a semiconductor material over the first fin structure, the second fin structure, and the third fin structure such that a merged semiconductor element is formed on the first fin structure and the second fin structure, and a semiconductor element is formed on the third fin structure.

Connector assemblies and methods of manufacture

A connector assembly that includes an insulation displacement member including a hydrophobic organosilane mono-layer protective coating is disclosed. In one embodiment, the connector assembly may be manufactured by a method that includes assembling the connector assembly, contacting the connector assembly with an organosilane coating solution, and curing the organosilane coating solution. The connector assembly may be assembled by mechanically supporting the insulation displacement member with a connector framework. The connector assembly may be contacted with the organosilane coating solution by contacting at least the wire engaging portion of the insulation displacement member and at least a portion of the connector assembly with the organosilane coating solution.

Polyester gel adapted for use with polycarbonate components

There is provided a polyester gel including a part A including a maleinized polybutadiene family member in an amount of at least 50 parts of part A, a plasticizer in the amount of at least 30 parts of part A, and a stabilizer in an amount of at least 1 part of part A. The polyester gel also includes a part B including a liquid hydroxyl terminated polymer of butadiene in an amount of at least 60 parts of part B, a plasticizer in an amount of at least 30 parts of part B, and a catalyst in at least 0.0007 parts of part B, wherein parts A and B are about in a one to one ratio. The polyester gel is adapted for use with polycarbonate components, including housings for electronic components, such that the gel does not chemically attack or otherwise compromise the material properties of the polycarbonate component.

Magnifying feature map

An example of the present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses and devices for magnifying a feature map, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving a source feature map to be magnified; obtaining N reassembly kernels corresponding to each source position in the source feature map by performing convolution on the source feature map, wherein N refers to a square of a magnification factor of the source feature map; obtaining, for each of the reassembly kernels, a normalized reassembly kernel by performing normalization; obtaining, for each source position in the source feature map, N reassembly features corresponding to the source position by reassembling features of a reassembly region determined according to the source position with N normalized reassembly kernels corresponding to the source position; and generating a target feature map according to the N reassembly features corresponding to each source position in the source feature map.

A laser confocal microscope carrier device for eukaryotic cell culture

The present invention provides a laser confocal microscope carrier device for eukaryotic cell culture, comprising a lower carrier, an upper carrier, a gasket, bolts, a carrier slide and a detachable upper cover. The lower carrier has a large circular hole through the center of the surface of the lower carrier. The lower carrier has small circular holes through the left and right sides of the surface symmetrically. Besides, a carrier slide is set above the lower carrier. Two bolts pass through the lower carrier and the gasket and are fixed in the small circular hole of the upper carrier. The carrier slide is sandwiched between the lower carrier and the gasket. The present invention has the feature of easy disassembly, which can be sterilized by sterilization pot and can be reused for many times. The present invention can not only reduce the environmental treatment pressure, but also reduce the cost. 2/7 - 50 cqc 'CC~J 107 27 Figure 3 Figure 4

Notification lamp adjustment method and apparatus, and electronic device

Monitoring plasma ion implantation systems for fault detection and process control

A plasma ion implantation system includes a process chamber, a source for producing a plasma in the process chamber, a platen for holding a substrate in the process chamber and a pulse source for generating implant pulses for accelerating ions from the plasma into the substrate. In one aspect, the system includes a plasma monitor configured to measure ion mass and energy in the process chamber and an analyzer configured to determine an operating condition of the system in response to the measured mass and energy. In another aspect, the system includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire samples of the implant pulses and analyzer configured to determine an operating condition of the system based on the acquired samples.