Abstract: Syringes for holding fluids susceptible to void formation when the syringe and fluid are frozen and thawed before use. The interior surface of the syringe barrel is modified by exposure to a plasma such that the incidence of void formation in the fluid is prevented or, at the least, significantly reduced in comparison with conventional syringes.

Abstract: Syringes for holding fluids susceptible to void formation when the syringe and fluid are frozen and thawed before use. The interior surface of the syringe barrel is modified by exposure to a plasma such that the incidence of void formation in the fluid is prevented or, at the least, significantly reduced in comparison with conventional syringes.

Abstract: Syringes for holding fluids susceptible to void formation when the syringe and fluid are frozen and thawed before use. The interior surface of the syringe barrel is modified by exposure to a plasma such that the incidence of void formation in the fluid is prevented or, at the least, significantly reduced in comparison with conventional syringes.

Abstract: Systems and methods for concatenating web accessible content may receive a plurality of URLs, user data, user identifying data, metadata, a user message, at least one user intention, and at least one context. The plurality of URLs may be related to a distinct item of web accessible content. The user intention may be a description of a desired action to be taken by future users. The context may be a conceptual frame-of-reference for possible concatenations between the web accessible content. Systems and methods may concatenate the plurality of URLs, user data, user identifying data, metadata, and user intention within the context to create concatenated content; create one or more new URLs for the concatenated content; store the concatenated content or one or more new URLs and user message in the one or more databases; and output the one or more new URLs together with the user message.

Abstract: Wablet is a real time messaging platform that allows people to communicate with each other over the Internet. Unlike current methods of Internet communication, contact can be established and maintained without disclosing personal identity or permanent contact information such as an email address, IM handle, phone number or first and last name. Thus, communication can be undertaken without binding any user to any instant messaging system, and can be accessed over the web from any browser on any desktop platform without downloading or installing a client side application. In essence, Wablet acts as form of online calling card that allows instant communication from any web page, comment on a page, email signature, or URL. such that internet communication and contact with strangers is enabled by providing mechanisms to represent contextual online identity and reputation in the form of a digital caller ID that can be presented in order to initiate contact.

Abstract: Cross IM group chat allows a host user to initiate a group conference between other users each registered on different chat systems (or not registered at all), as long as the host user is registered on each of the chat systems. Each user can participate in a semi-public chat that is viewable by the other participants of the chat, and private chats in which each participant can chat one on one with other participants in the group are also provided.

Abstract: Syringes for holding fluids susceptible to void formation when the syringe and fluid are frozen and thawed before use. The interior surface of the syringe barrel is modified by exposure to a plasma such that the incidence of void formation in the fluid is prevented or, at the least, significantly reduced in comparison with conventional syringes.

Abstract: Cross IM group chat allows a host user to initiate a group conference between other users each registered on different chat systems (or not registered at all), as long as the host user is registered on each of the chat systems. Each user can participate in a semi-public chat that is viewable by the other participants of the chat, and private chats in which each participant can chat one on one with other participants in the group are also provided.

Abstract: Wablet is a real time messaging platform that allows people to communicate with each other over the Internet. Unlike current methods of Internet communication, contact can be established and maintained without disclosing personal identity or permanent contact information such as an email address, IM handle, phone number or first and last name. Thus, communication can be undertaken without binding any user to any instant messaging system, and can be accessed over the web from any browser on any desktop platform without downloading or installing a client side application. In essence, Wablet acts as form of online calling card that allows instant communication from any web page, comment on a page, email signature, or URL. such that internet communication and contact with strangers is enabled by providing mechanisms to represent contextual online identity and reputation in the form of a digital caller ID that can be presented in order to initiate contact.

Abstract: A heater assembly for an ALD or CVD reactor provides protection for an electrical conductor associated with a heating element by using a purge gas to isolate the conductor from the corrosive environment of the reactor chamber. The purge gas is introduced into a sleeve surrounding the conductor and from there is allowed to leak into the reactor chamber to be pumped out with the process gasses. This arrangement avoids the need for airtight seals at the junction of the sleeve and the heating element easing manufacturing requirements and potentially reducing component costs.

Abstract: A heater assembly for an ALD or CVD reactor provides protection for an electrical conductor associated with a heating element by using a purge gas to isolate the conductor from the corrosive environment of the reactor chamber. The purge gas is introduced into a sleeve surrounding the conductor and from there is allowed to leak into the reactor chamber to be pumped out with the process gasses. This arrangement avoids the need for airtight seals at the junction of the sleeve and the heating element easing manufacturing requirements and potentially reducing component costs.

Abstract: A process for fabricating a non-volatile memory device in which extraneous electrical charge is removed from charge-storage layers during fabrication includes exposing a charge-storage layer to infrared radiation prior to forming additional layers of the non-volatile memory cell. For example, in a memory cell incorporating a dielectric floating-gate electrode, such as silicon nitride, the infrared radiation exposure step is carried out after forming the floating-gate electrodes and prior to formation of the control-gate electrode. By exposing the charge-storage layer to infrared radiation prior to forming additional layers, extraneous electrical charge arising from previous processing steps can be efficiently removed from the floating-gate electrodes.

Abstract: A 3D graphics generation and display application for PCs and laptops in a business environment includes an authoring mode screen which lists database elements sought to be graphically displayed, along with a list of variables pertaining to the database elements. Also, the application presents a menu of graphics attributes, including each of the three spatial dimensions and time, as well as various graphics object attributes, such as color, size, rotation, opacity, intensity, texture, etc. The user determines whether the graphics objects are balls for a scatter plot, bars for a bar chart, pie-shaped elements for a pie chart, or other 3D representation. By clicking on a database variable in the list of variables and dragging it over an attribute on the attribute menu, the user can correlate the database variable with the graphics attribute. When the user correlates a variable to a graphics attribute, the correlation is noted by a legend that is displayed with the menu of attributes.