Abstract: A processing apparatus for semiconductor work pieces and related methodology is disclosed and which includes a processing chamber having an internal cavity, and which has a plurality of rotatable processing stations positioned therein and wherein the rotatable processing stations each process a semiconductor work piece.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention and treatment of pancreatitis comprising a naphthoquinone-based compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug, a solvate, or an isomer of the same. Particularly, the naphthoquinone-based compounds ?-lapachone and dunnione can reduce the pancreatic weight/body weight ratio, which is increased by pancreatitis; reduce the increased activities of digestive enzymes (amylase and lipase); reduce the expressions of cytokines (IL-1? (interleukin-1?) and MCP-1); reduce or inhibit the inflammation, edema, and cell necrosis of the pancreatic tissues; and inhibit the lung damage caused by pancreatitis. Therefore, the naphthoquinone-based compound, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt, the pro-drug, the solvate, or the isomer thereof can be effectively used as a composition for the prevention and treatment of pancreatitis.

Abstract: Disclosed are a non-oriented electrical steel plate with low iron loss and high magnetic conductivity and a manufacturing process therefor. The casting blank of the steel plate comprises the following components: Si: 0.1-2.0 wt %, Al: 0.1-1.0 wt %, Mn: 0.10-1.0 wt %, C: ?0.005 wt %, P: ?0.2 wt %, S: ?0.005 wt %, N: ?0.005 wt %, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The magnetic conductivity of the steel plate meets the following relationship formula: ?10+?13+?15?13982?586.5P15/50; ?10+?13+?15?10000, wherein P15/50 is the iron loss at a magnetic induction intensity of 1.5 T at 50 Hz; ?10, ?13, and ?15 is are relative magnetic conductivities at induction intensities of 1.0 T, 1.3 T, and 1.5 T at 50 Hz, respectively. The steel plate can be used for manufacturing highly effective and ultra-highly effective electric motors.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-oriented electrical steel plate having a good surface state, a high magnetic induction and a low iron loss, the contents of various chemical elements of the non-oriented electrical steel plate in mass percentage being: 0<C?0.004%, 0.1%?Si?1.6%, 0.1%?Mn?0.8%, 0.1%?Al?0.6%, Ti?0.0015%, and the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities, with 0.2%?(Si+Al)?2.0% being met. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the above-mentioned steel plate, comprising the steps: a liquid iron pretreatment, smelting with a converter, RH refining, casting into slabs, hot rolling, acid pickling, cold rolling, annealing and coating. The non-oriented electrical steel plate of the present invention has an excellent magnetic property, an ultralow iron loss and a higher steel purity; in addition the surface quality of the steel plate is good and the production cost is low.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of construction of underground buildings, specifically to an inverse construction method for a deep, large and long pit assembling structure of a suspension-type envelope enclosure. A method includes design and calculation; engineering construction of foundation piles; control over underground water; construction of a pit enclosure; building of a basement reinforcing and anti-seeping layer; inverse construction; and floor structure construction. By the inverse construction method for a deep, large and long pit assembling structure of a suspension-type envelope enclosure of the present invention, the pit construction quality is easily controlled, the basement is well waterproofed and easily monitored, and the quality control, service and maintenance are easy.

Abstract: A method for treating sulfur-containing exhaust gases is provided, comprising the following steps: step i): mixing the sulfur-containing exhaust gases, air, and a hydrocarbon fuel, and controlling a reaction between the air and the hydrocarbon fuel therein, to obtain a procedure gas stream comprising the sulfur-containing exhaust gases, hydrogen, and carbon oxides; step ii): controlling a hydrogenation reaction between the hydrogen contained in the procedure gas stream and a sulfur-containing substance in the sulfur-containing exhaust gases, to obtain hydrogenated tail gases containing hydrogen sulfide; and step iii): absorbing the hydrogen sulfide contained in the hydrogenated tail gases with an absorbing agent to obtain purified tail gases.

Abstract: A computer system aligns two or more sequences with each other to identify similarities and differences between the aligned sequences. The sequences may, for example, represent proteins. The system performs alignment quickly and accurately by representing the sequences as perceptual information and conceptual information having mappings between them in a knowledgebase, and then performing the alignment based on the representations of the sequences in the knowledgebase. The alignment may be performed in polynomial time, regardless of the number of sequences that are aligned.

Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: R1, R2, R3, R5, A1, A2, and are defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein the syndrome, disorder or disease is rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis. The invention also comprises a method of modulating ROR?t activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula I.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a soldering system containing a soldering apparatus and a heating apparatus. The soldering apparatus includes a heating plate having a body defining a plurality of first air exits, each first air exit extending through the body of the heating plate and the heating plate being configured to supply hot air through the first air exits; a cover disposed on the heating plate, the cover and the heating plate defining a hot air chamber; a plurality of axially movable positioning shafts extending though the body of the heating plate, in which each shaft has a first end and a second end, the first end is in the hot air chamber, and the second end is outside the hot air chamber; and a conduit attached to the cover, the conduit being configured to supply hot air to the hot air chamber.

Abstract: A method for producing a silicon steel normalizing substrate comprises: steelmaking, hot rolling and normalizing steps. The normalizing step uses a normalizing furnace having a nonoxidizing heating furnace section. The nonoxidizing heating furnace section comprises more than 3 furnace zones. An energy investment ratio of the furnace zones used in the nonoxidizing heating furnace section is adjusted, so as to control an excess coefficient ? of the nonoxidizing heating furnace section to be within a range of 0.8??<1.0.

Abstract: A manufacture method of high-efficiency non-oriented silicon steel with excellent magnetic property includes the steps of smelting a chemical composition of non-oriented silicon steel, by weight percent, is: C?0.0040%, Si:0.1˜0.8%, Al:0.002˜1.0%, Mn:0.10˜1.50%, P:?0.2%, Sb:0.04˜0.08%, S?0.0030%, N?0.0020%, Ti?0.0020%, and the rest is Fe and unavoidable inclusions. The molten steel is then cast into billets which are hot-rolled into a hot-rolled product. The heating temperature for the billet is 1100°˜1150° and the finish-rolling temperature is 860°˜920°. The hot-rolled product is then air cooled for a period of time within a range determined by air cooling time t: (2+30xSb %)s?t?7 s. The hot-rolled product is reeled at a temperature ?720° and cold-rolled to form cold-rolled plate with a target thickness at a reduction ratio of 70˜78% followed by heating up the cold-rolled plate to 800˜1000° at heating rate of ?15°/s, and holding time of 10 s˜25 s.

Abstract: The invention features 4-((phenoxyalkyl)thio)-phenoxyacetic acids and analogs, compositions containing them, and methods of using them as PPAR delta modulators to treat or inhibit the progression of, for example, dyslipidemia.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a filtration skid configured to generate a filtrate through at least one of microfiltration and ultrafiltration. The apparatus further includes a desalination skid fluidly connected to the filtration skid. The desalination skid is configured to perform reverse osmosis desalination on the filtrate to generate a permeate, where the filtrate travels from the filtration skid to the desalination skid without traversing a storage tank. In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a controller, where the filtration skid and the desalination skid are integrated to provide self-adaptive operation of the filtration skid and the desalination skid in response to control by at least one of a supervisory controller and a local controller. In one embodiment, the control responds to at least one of temporal variability of feed water quality, a permeate production capacity target, and a permeate quality target.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic product metal shell and a method of manufacturing the same. The electronic product metal shell includes: a metal layer; a first hard anodic oxidation layer formed on an upper surface of the metal layer; a second hard anodic oxidation layer formed on a lower surface of the metal layer; an antenna groove penetrating through the metal layer and the first hard anodic oxidation layer; and a non-conductive material filled in the antenna groove.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic product metal shell with an antenna groove and a method of manufacturing the same. The electronic product metal shell includes a metal layer, a hard anodic oxidation layer, a step recess, an antenna groove and a non-conductive material filled in the antenna groove. The metal layer may have a first surface and a second surface. The hard anodic oxidation layer may be coated on the first surface and the second surface of the metal layer. The step recess may be formed through the hard anodic oxidation layer on the first surface of the metal layer and partially into the metal layer. The antenna groove may be formed within the step recess extending through the metal layer to expose an inner side of the hard anodic oxidation layer on the second surface of the metal layer.

Abstract: Integrated systems are provided for the production of higher hydrocarbon compositions, for example liquid hydrocarbon compositions, from methane using an oxidative coupling of methane system to convert methane to ethylene, followed by conversion of ethylene to selectable higher hydrocarbon products. Integrated systems and processes are provided that process methane through to these higher hydrocarbon products.

Abstract: A pearl grading method includes the following steps: (1) determining the color type of the pearl to be graded; (2) generating a simulated three-dimensional graph of the pearl to be graded; (3) calculating roundness, so as to obtain a roundness grade; (4) calculating the diameter of the simulated three-dimensional graph, so as to obtain a diameter grade; (5) drawing an illumination-wavelength reflection spectrum; (6) changing a detected part, and drawing an illumination-wavelength reflection spectrum again; (7) repeating the step (6) for at least two times; (8) performing weighted average to obtain a correction curve; and (9) comparing the correction curve with each glossiness grade spectrum baseline, so as to determine a glossiness grade according to the spectrum baseline with the highest coincidence degree. The method has the beneficial effects of low cost, high speed, good result consistency and high detection precision.

Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis. The invention also comprises a method of modulating ROR?t activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of claim 1.

Abstract: A uniform cluster of nanocompositions suspended in a liquid media is provided. Methods of making such nanocompositions, and uses of such nanocompositions are also provided. The nanocompositions can be used for nucleic acid extraction and diagnostic assays, for immunoassays, for cell separation, identification and modulation, for controlled functional molecule protection and release, for assays used in the clinic (companion diagnostics) or in the therapeutic development process (drug target validation), and in a system for transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, and demonstrate superior performance due to the uniform property or monodispersity.

Abstract: The invention features 4-((phenoxyalkyl)thio)-phenoxyacetic acids and analogs, compositions containing them, and methods of using them as PPAR delta modulators to treat or inhibit the progression of, for example, dyslipidemia.