Abstract: A pellicle that includes graphene is constructed and arranged for an EUV reticle. A multilayer mirror includes graphene as an outermost layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic composition with improved hydrolytic stability, comprising: 30 to 50 percent by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) having a carboxylic end group concentration (CEG) of 40 to 120 mmol/kg and an intrinsic viscosity of 0.63 to 0.68 dl/g as measured in a 60:40 phenol/tetrachloroethane; 0.01 to 0.1 percent by weight of a catalyst; 0.01 to 5 percent by weight of an epoxy chain extender; wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the composition.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a process to prepare propylene from a mixture of hydrocarbons by performing the following steps. (a) extracting aromatics from the mixture of hydrocarbons thereby obtaining a mixture of hydrocarbons poor in aromatics, (b) contacting the mixture obtained in step (a) with a heterogeneous cracking catalyst as present in a fixed bed thereby obtaining a cracked effluent, (c) separating propylene from the cracked effluent thereby also obtaining a higher boiling fraction, (d) recycling part of the higher boiling fraction to step (b) and at least 5 wt % of the higher boiling fraction to step (a).

Abstract: A cleaning unit for removing debris from an ink transfer surface includes a cleaning roller having: a microcellular material outer layer; a wetting module to supply cleaning fluid to the microcellular material outer layer of the cleaning roller; and an extractor to remove cleaning fluid and debris from the cleaning roller.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for establishing lane-level data from probe data. Methods may include receiving probe data points associated with a plurality of vehicles; determining, for each of the probe data points, a location and road segment corresponding to the location; generating, from the probe data points associated with a first road segment, a probe density histogram for the first road segment, where the probe density histogram represents a volume of probe data points at each of a plurality of positions across a width of the first road segment; applying a deconvolution method to the probe density histogram to obtain a multi-modal histogram; determining, from the multi-modal histogram, a number of statistically significant peaks, where each statistically significant peak represents a lane of the first road segment; and computing, from the multi-modal histogram, lane-level properties of the probe data of the first road segment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a) seawater-hydrolyzable groups covalently linked to a polymer backbone, which seawater-hydrolyzable groups are capable of undergoing hydrolysis or ion-exchange when exposed to sea-water, rendering the polymer partially soluble or dispersible in seawater, and b) zwitterionic groups covalently linked to a polymer backbone wherein the polymer backbones to which the sea-water-hydrolyzable groups and the zwitterionic groups are attached serve as a film-forming binder in the coating composition, and wherein the molar ratio of the seawater-hydrolyzable groups a) to the zwitterionic groups b) is 0.1 or higher. The invention also relates to a method of providing a substrate with anti-fouling performance and to a coated substrate.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a fingerprint sensing system is provided, comprising: a sensing unit configured to measure a physical property of a sensing cell and to produce a voltage in dependence on said physical property; and an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert said voltage into a digital signal, wherein said analog-to-digital converter implements a non-linear conversion function. According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding fingerprint sensing method is conceived. According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding computer program product is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tire building drum having tire components thereon, wherein the tire building drum is provided with a turn-up mechanism for turning-up parts of the tire components, wherein the turn-up mechanism includes a group of arms, wherein each group of arms includes primary arms and secondary arms interposed between the primary arms, wherein, the primary arms and the secondary arms are provided with primary pressing elements and secondary pressing elements, respectively, for exerting a pressing force onto the tire components during the turning-up, wherein the primary pressing elements are in a leading position, wherein the secondary arms are provided with actuators which are arranged for displacing the secondary pressing elements from an axially trailing position with respect to the axial position of the primary pressing elements in the leading position towards the same axial position as the primary pressing elements in the leading position.

Abstract: A seat sensor array for use in an aircraft or the like, including: a passenger presence sensor operable for determining if a passenger is present in/absent from a seat; a seat back position sensor operable for determining if a seat back of the seat is in a reclined/upright position; a seat cushion engagement sensor operable for determining if a seat cushion of the seat is dislodged/removed from the seat; and a controller in communication with the passenger presence sensor, the seat back position sensor, and the seat cushion engagement sensor operable for receiving passenger presence information from the passenger presence sensor, seat back position information from the seat back position sensor, and seat cushion engagement information from the seat cushion engagement sensor and communicating this passenger presence information, seat back position information, and seat cushion engagement information to a crew member via wired or wireless means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of light olefins and aromatics from a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising the following steps of: (a) feeding a hydrocarbon feedstock into a FCC unit (b) separating reaction products, which are generated from the FCC reaction, into a bottom stream, and middle stream and a top stream; (c) feeding the middle stream from (b) to a gasoline hydrocracker (GHC) unit, (d) separating reaction products of said GHC of step (c) into an overhead gas stream comprising hydrogen, methane and C2-C4 paraffins, and a bottom stream comprising aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, (e) feeding the overhead stream from the gasoline hydrocracker (GHC) unit into a steam cracker unit.

Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a biometric sensing system is provided, comprising: a sensor module configured to generate sensing data; a processing unit configured to process data received from said sensor module; wherein the sensor module and the processing unit are communicatively coupled to each other via a universal synchronous asynchronous receiver transmitter (USART) communication interface. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding communication method is conceived. In accordance with a third aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding computer program is provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to an implantable medical system, where an implantable device including a power source operable connected to electrical components is adapted to generate electrical pulses, and a probe having a distal-end and a proximal-end. The distal-end has one or more electrodes adapted to be in electrical contact with a target tissue and wires for connecting the one or more electrodes to the implantable device. The wires conduct the electrical pulses from the implantable device to the one or more electrodes and into the target tissue. The probe has at least one capacitor and wires for connecting the at least one capacitor to the electrical components in the implantable device such that the at least one capacitor forms a part of the electrical components of the implantable device.

Abstract: An object table to support an object, the object table having a support body, an object holder to hold an object, an opening adjacent an edge of the object holder, and a channel in fluid communication with the opening via a passageway, wherein the channel is defined by a first material which is different to a second material defining the passageway.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a digital elevation model. For example, the approach involves processing, by a processor, map elevation data to create a hierarchical resolution tile representation of the digital elevation model for a geographic area. The hierarchical resolution tile representation includes a plurality of resolution levels, wherein each of the plurality of levels represents the digital elevation model at a different resolution. The digital elevation model includes a plurality of control points, wherein each of the plurality of control points is associated with an elevation data point determined from the map elevation data.

Abstract: Droplet generators, such as used in an EUV radiation source, and associated EUV radiation sources and lithographic apparatuses. A droplet generator can include a nozzle assembly to emit the fuel as droplets, the nozzle assembly being within a pressurized environment at substantially the same pressure as the fuel pressure within the droplet generator. A droplet generator can include an actuator in contact with and biased against a pump chamber by means of a biasing mechanism having an actuator support biased against the actuator. The actuator acts on the fuel within the pump chamber to create droplets. The actuator support has a material with a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than its surrounding structure, such that it is moveable within the surrounding structure at ambient temperature, but expands against the surrounding structure at an operating temperature, so as to clamp the actuator support against the surrounding structure at the operating temperature.

Abstract: A substrate has first and second target structures formed by a lithographic process. Each target structure has a two-dimensional periodic structure formed in a single layer using first and second lithographic steps. The first target structure has features defined in the second lithographic step displaced relative to features defined in the first lithographic step by a first bias amount. The second target structure has features defined in the second lithographic step displaced relative to features defined in the first lithographic step by a second bias amount. An angle-resolved scatter spectrum of the first target structure and an angle-resolved scatter spectrum of the second target structure is obtained. A measurement of a parameter of a lithographic process is derived from the measurements using asymmetry found in the scatter spectra of the first and second target structures.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Dovewihop’, characterized by its compact, semi-trailing and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; and red-colored flowers that become light red purple and white with development; flowers held above and beyond the foliar plane in mounded umbels.

Abstract: A new cultivar of xGasteraloe plant named ‘Kyaka’ that is characterized by green leaves with grey-green orbicular dots, leaf margins with white teeth and a basal rosette plant shape.