Abstract: With respect to a current quarter of unreported revenue for certain Internet companies, by processes performed by a computer revenue to date is analytically determined and future revenue for the remaining quarter is statistically projected by modeling revenue based on “Internet metrics”. Actual revenue performance is obtained and one or more “Internet metrics” are measured for a given Internet company. Using the revenue and measured Internet metric data from prior quarters, a regression analysis is performed in order to generate multiple models that reflect the relationship between the Internet metrics and revenue. From these models, one is selected that will most likely yield the best revenue estimates. This resultant model and current Internet metric data are subsequently used to estimate the company's revenue for the current day, week, month, or quarter. These estimates are also used to project the company's revenue for future days, weeks, months, and quarters.

Abstract: A self-cleaning apparatus for use in a chemical mechanical polishing tool. The apparatus includes a slurry-dispensing arm with a first end suspended over a polishing pad, and a second end for mounting to the chemical mechanical polishing tool. A slurry-dispensing nozzle is positioned under the first end for dispensing a polishing slurry against the polishing pad. The first end has a compound slanted top surface, a front face and adjoining side surfaces. The compound slanted top surface forms a longitudinal peak slanting from center to both sides and from the back end to the front face. The top surface of the first end has a liquid distribution manifold that is mounted distally from the front face and has a plurality of nozzles directed to spray deionized water to wash away slurry splatter from surfaces of the first end of the slurry dispensing arm during the water polishing cycle.

Abstract: Lightweight cement compositions and methods of cementing a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore utilizing the compositions are provided. A lightweight cement composition of the invention is basically comprised of a coarse particulate hydraulic cement, an ultrafine particulate hydraulic cement mixture comprised of slag cement and a Portland or equivalent cement, fly ash, fumed silica, hollow glass spheres and water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an underground shell-pile continuous wall job practice, and meanwhile involves to its special drill for constructing said continuous wall underground. In the job practicing, by sinking tow coupled special drills connected with the male and female connectors fixed on the main trunks of them sequentially, then withdraw the first special drill as pouring concrete into it until finishing the first shell pile, next continue to repeat sinking special drill and withdrawing and pouring concrete to build shell pile until the whole continuous wall is finished. In this way, building an underground continuous wall is became rapid, economic and good effect. Said special drill has a simple structure, due to applying upside simultaneous draining soil, the sinking drag force becomes less, and meanwhile the earthmoving is reduced greatly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a MEMS sensor including a sense element and a single anchor that supports the sense element arranged in a central hub-like fashion that reduces the effects of thermal stress. Usually, two or more anchors are required to suitably constrain the sense element's motion. The anchor disclosed herein, however, supports the sense element with connection elements having a connection geometry that substantially limits the motion of the sense element to a single-degree-of-freedom. The connection elements may include, for example, converging flexures, an extender bar, or both.

Abstract: A consumer electronics device includes a universal control logic unit to interface a plurality of input controls, a display and an antenna to a host system via a bus. The host system is located within a shielded enclosure, while the remaining components (e.g., input controls, display, antenna, universal control logic) are located outside the shielded enclosure. Because a single bus preferably is used to interface the various input/output components located outside the shielded enclosure to the shielded host system, the host system can be more easily and effectively shielded than if numerous separate electrical lines and busses were used to directly connect the various input/output devices to the host system.

Abstract: A data manipulation appliance can be installed or plugged into a computer network between business partners, and can perform many of the difficult and tedious data manipulation operations in a substantially automated manner. Examples of operations that can be performed by an embodiment of the apparatus include, but are not limited to, encryption, authentication, auditing, shaping data to a common intermediate format for exchange between partners, other auditing of data exchanges in transaction logs, filtering data for privacy compliance and risk management, error detection and correction, mapping internal non-standard data elements to external standard code sets, proxy and protocol re-writing, and so on. The appliance can be embedded with various tools to perform these operations, and therefore appears to be “intelligent.

Abstract: A spinal fixation apparatus consists of a connection means, a plurality of implant elements, washers and fastening elements. The implant elements are fastened to chines of the spine, and then the connection means is coupled on the upper side of the implant elements. Then corresponding washers and fastening elements are sequentially assembled. Finally the fastening elements are tightened on the implant elements to fasten the injured or ill-inflicted chines to the splint securely to form an integrated member to achieve a secure anchoring effect.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to remove contamination and control electrostatic discharge in-situ in a semiconductor device manufacture process. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a reticle having first and second planar surfaces into a chamber. A circuit pattern of opaque material may be disposed on the first planar surface of the reticle. The method further includes irradiating the reticle using an ultraviolet light radiation beam to remove contamination disposed on the first and second planar surfaces of the reticle and to neutralize static electricity accumulated by the reticle.

Abstract: A nozzle for a plasma reactor of the type having a processing chamber, with the nozzle comprising a body having interior and exterior sides and a first end. The interior side defines a throughway having a longitudinal axis, and the first end includes an opening in fluid communication with the throughway. The body extends from the first end, terminating in a second end, and includes an aperture formed proximate to the second end. The aperture is configured to create, from a flow of fluid propagating through the throughway and exiting said aperture, a sheet of the fluid moving tangentially to a flow cell established in the processing chamber.

Abstract: Environmentally acceptable well cement fluid loss control additives, cement compositions including the additives and methods of using the compositions are provided. The environmentally acceptable fluid loss control additives are comprised of ethoxylated hydroxyethylcellulose having a reduced molecular weight.

Abstract: Methods and kits for detecting the presence of infectious forms of intracellular pathogenic protozoa, particularly infectious forms of protozoa in the phylum Microspora and the phylum Apicomplexa, in clinical and environmental samples are provided The methods comprise isolating the protozoa from the test sample; adding an aliquot of the isolated protozoa to the culture medium of a culture of CHO cells, and assaying for the presence of the protozoa within the CHO cells. The kit comprises an antibody that binds to a protein on the infectious form of the protozoa and a sample of CHO cells. Methods of rapidly propagating intracellular pathogenic bacteria and protozoa, particularly protozoa belonging to the phylum Microspora, are also provided.

Abstract: Environmentally acceptable well cement fluid loss control additives, cement compositions including the additives and methods of using the compositions are provided. The environmentally acceptable fluid loss control additives are comprised of ethoxylated hydroxyethylcellulose having a reduced molecular weight.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods to protect a photomask that is used for semiconductor photolithography at wavelengths outside the visible spectrum include a hinged pellicle that is rotated away from the photomask during exposure. The pellicle can be transparent or opaque. In one embodiment, the photomask is supported by a photomask base, and the pellicle is hinged to one side of the photomask base. The pellicle can be moved away from the photomask by a robot arm. When covering the photomask base, the pellicle can be secured to it with a securing mechanism such as a vacuum arrangement. Methods of use are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements of out-of-order CPU architectures regarding performance purposes, and in particular to improved methods for serializing and committing instructions. It is proposed to split the prior art commit into at least two cooperating processes: a pre-committer and a ‘main’ committer. According to the invention the main committer is blocked until detecting (335) that a next sequential external instruction is ready for commitment.

Abstract: A reactor and method for cleaning the same, the being of the type having a processing chamber with an exhaust port placing said processing chamber in fluid communication with a pump system. An embodiment of the present invention creates a flow of reactive radicals outside of the processing chamber. The flow of reactive radicals is bifurcated to create first and second tributaries of reactive radicals. The first tributary of reactive radicals flows along a first direction into the processing chamber, and the second tributary of reactive radicals flows along a second direction into the pump system.

Abstract: Delayed thixotropic cement compositions and methods of cementing in subterranean zones penetrated by well bores are provided. The novel cement compositions are basically comprised of a hydraulic cement, sufficient water to form a slurry and a water soluble delayed thixotropy imparting additive selected from the group consisting of carbonic acid and alkali metal carbonates.

Abstract: Delayed thixotropic cement compositions and methods of cementing in subterranean zones penetrated by well bores are provided. The novel cement compositions are basically comprised of a hydraulic cement, sufficient water to form a slurry and a water soluble delayed thixotropy imparting additive selected from the group consisting of carbonic acid and alkali metal carbonates.

Abstract: Testing of a mask which is intended to be used for low wavelength lithography. At lower wavelengths, e.g., 157 nm, certain contaminants may become visible, even though they were transparent under visible or ultraviolet light. A combination of Raman spectroscopy and infrared absorption spectroscopy are used to identify the contaminants.

Abstract: A modular gas control device for use with a compressed gas cylinder (111) comprises a primary module (152) and a secondary module (252) mounted on the primary module. The primary module comprises a first supporting body (154) having a first main gas flow path (155) through the body. The supporting body has input connecting means (156) for mounting the body on the cylinder (111) and connecting the gas flow path (155) to communicate with the gas cylinder through a first flow path (157). Pressure reducing means (166) provides gas in the flow path at a lower pressure than in the container. Output connecting means (170) downstream of the pressure reducing means provides a low pressure outlet from the main gas flow path. A high pressure shut-off valve (164) is positioned upstream of the pressure reducing means, and filling means (161, 160) allows filling of the cylinder with compressed gas through the input connecting means (156) along a second flow path (159) separate from the input flow path (157).