Abstract: Various techniques and apparatus permit fabrication of superconductive circuits. A superconducting integrated circuit comprising a superconducting stud via, a kinetic inductor, and a capacitor may be formed. Forming a superconducting stud via in a superconducting integrated circuit may include masking with a hard mask and masking with a soft mask. Forming a superconducting stud via in a superconducting integrated circuit may include depositing a dielectric etch stop layer. Interlayer misalignment in the fabrication of a superconducting integrated circuit may be measured by an electrical vernier. Interlayer misalignment in the fabrication of a superconducting integrated circuit may be measured by a chain of electrical verniers and a Wheatstone bridge. A superconducting integrated circuit with three or more metal layers may include an enclosed, matched, on-chip transmission line. A metal wiring layer in a superconducting integrated circuit may be encapsulated.

Abstract: A method identifies bottlenecks in a manufacturing system. The method includes: creating a flow diagram showing how parts travel through the manufacturing system, wherein the manufacturing system comprises stations and buffers; identifying work zones in the flow diagram that will be analyzed; identifying predecessors and successors for each of the work zones in the flow diagram; receiving a buffer use and station block/starve data of the manufacturing system; gathering the buffer use and station block/starve data for the predecessors and the successors previously identified by the controller; calculating a block ratio (BR) of the predecessors and the successors previously identified by the controller; calculating bottleneck indicator (BI) values for the work zones using the BR of the predecessors and the successors; making a list of the BI values from the highest to the lowest to identify a top bottleneck work zone of the work zones.

Abstract: A touch screen display assembly including, but not limited to, a touch sensitive screen, a bezel at least partly framing the touch sensitive screen, and a stabilizing member connected to the bezel and disposed proximate the touch sensitive screen. The stabilizing member is configured to stabilize a hand of an operator at multiple positions around a periphery of the touch sensitive screen when the operator interacts with the touch sensitive screen.

Abstract: A method of managing work-in-process (WIP) inventory includes receiving inputs, via a user interface of a computer processing device. The inputs correspond to variables defined for modules. Each of the modules includes a set of instructions for determining and quantifying a corresponding WIP inventory driver. The method also includes executing instructions on the inputs by one or more of the modules. The inputs are applied to corresponding modules based on respective variables defined for the modules. The method further includes deriving a quantified WIP inventory resulting from execution of the instructions categorized by corresponding WIP inventory drivers.

Abstract: A liquid phase that comprises an oxalate-extracting amount of an organic salt is useful as an extractant in a liquid/liquid extraction process for purifying Bayer process streams.

Abstract: A liquid phase that comprises an oxalate-extracting amount of an organic salt is useful as an extractant in a liquid/liquid extraction process for purifying Bayer process streams.