Abstract: Gas distribution faceplates are disclosed that feature clusters of gas passages extending from inlet gas ports on a first side thereof to outlet gas ports on a second side thereof. The gas passages may each have at least a portion thereof that is at an oblique angle with respect to a nominal centerline of the gas distribution faceplate, thereby allowing the inlet gas ports for a given cluster of gas passages to be tightly grouped together and the outlet gas ports for that cluster of gas passages to be more widely spaced apart. This allows for a large numbers of gas passages to be used, thereby allowing for a reduction of flow rate through each gas passage and an attendant decrease in gas passage erosion rate, while reducing or eliminating the effects of overlapping wear zones around each outlet gas port.

Abstract: An iterative etch process includes a plurality of cycles performed in a successive manner on a substrate. Each cycle of the plurality of cycles includes a deposition phase and an activation phase. The deposition phase is performed before the activation phase in each cycle. The deposition phase is defined as a plasma-based process to enable removal of a particular material from a surface of the substrate. The activation phase is defined as a plasma-based process to remove the particular material from the surface of the substrate. One or more feedback control signals are acquired during the iterative etch process, correlated to a condition of the substrate, and analyzed to determine the condition of the substrate. One or more process parameters of the iterative etch process is/are adjusted based on the condition of the substrate as determined by analyzing the one or more feedback control signals.

Abstract: An iterative etch process includes a plurality of cycles performed in a successive manner on a substrate. Each cycle of the plurality of cycles includes a deposition phase and an activation phase. The deposition phase is performed before the activation phase in each cycle. The deposition phase is defined as a plasma-based process to enable removal of a particular material from a surface of the substrate. The activation phase is defined as a plasma-based process to remove the particular material from the surface of the substrate. One or more feedback control signals are acquired during the iterative etch process, correlated to a condition of the substrate, and analyzed to determine the condition of the substrate. One or more process parameters of the iterative etch process is/are adjusted based on the condition of the substrate as determined by analyzing the one or more feedback control signals.

Abstract: A mattress cover including a substantially rectangular piece of material including a top center portion for fitting upon a top surface of a mattress, and a peripheral skirt portion including two end panels and two side panels, wherein the respective end panels and side panels may be attached together at each corner for fitting over corresponding sides and ends of the mattress, corner panels attached to a bottom portion of each corner formed from the respective attached end panels and side panels, wherein the corner panels may be substantially parallel to the top center portion, and one or more elastic bands attached around a bottom periphery of an inside edge of the skirt portion and corner panels.

Abstract: This apparatus is small, compact, and light-weight, relatively inexpensive in terms of manufacturing cost, and will substantially improve the quality of a stamped image, also used for repetitive printing on individual sheets of card stock or any flat printable surface, in the same pre-determined location, set be the user, which provides maximum flexibility in arrangement and adjustment to permit the apparatus to be used with various sizes of stamps, and various types of card stock and to be used to make a consistent inked impression at virtually any location on selected card stock.

Abstract: A method of operating a gas turbine that utilizes vanadium-containing fuels at a combustion stage of the turbine thereby producing a combustion product having vanadium gaseous species, the method comprising increasing the volatility of the vanadium gaseous species in the combustion product atmosphere generated in a combustor of the turbine by increasing concentration of water vapor in the combustion product.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining a channel estimate utilizing partial channel estimates to provide an aggregated channel estimate. A partial channel estimate is determined upon receipt of a data burst, such that a different subset of the channel estimate is updated every data burst. As a result, Fast Fourier Transform computations can be reduced by determining a portion of the channel estimate each data burst as opposed to determining a full channel estimate every data burst.

Abstract: The invention provides polylactic acid (PLA) films substantially free of plasticizers and methods of manufacturing same by blown film process are provided. PLA films are environmentally degradable and have applications in, at least, packaging and labeling.

Abstract: Methods are presented for phase estimation and compensation in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex systems. The methods include the step of extracting training tones from a received digitized data burst. Some of the methods further include the steps of determining a channel impulse response based on the extracted tones; estimating phase shift caused by common phase noise; correcting the impulse response and performing a Fast Fourier transform to provide a channel estimate. Some of the methods include estimating the phase shift caused by common phase noise before an average impulse response is updated with the current impulse impulse. Some of the methods include frequency shifting the spectrum of the channel impulse response and providing partial estimates.

Abstract: The invention provides polylactic acid (PLA) films substantially free of plasticizers and methods of manufacturing same by blown film process are provided. PLA films are environmentally degradable and have applications in, at least, packaging and labeling.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention described herein relate to antibodies directed to platelet derived growth factor-DD (PDGF-DD) and uses of such antibodies. The antibodies of the invention find use as diagnostics and as treatments for diseases associated with the overproduction of PDGF-DD. In particular, in accordance with embodiments of the invention, the use of anti-PDGF-DD antibodies for the treatment of nephritis and related disorders, including diseases caused by mesangial proliferation is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by a pitch variation to a target web. Also disclosed are consumer products, such as disposable absorbent articles including the preprinted objects which were previously included in the webs phased before combining with a target web by utilizing the instant registration system. The pre-printed objects may include pre-printed, pre-bonded, pre-applied, pre-cut, or pre-glued objects or elements of disposable absorbent articles or registration marks produced on a separate independent process not control-linked to the instant registration method. The registration marks may be visible or normally invisible to the human eye.

Abstract: Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by small but significant pitch variation to a target web. Also disclosed are consumer products, such as disposable absorbent articles including the preprinted objects which were previously included in the webs phased before combining with a target web by utilizing the instant registration system. The pre-printed objects may include pre-printed, pre-bonded, pre-applied, pre-cut, or pre-glued objects or elements of disposable absorbent articles or registration marks produced on a separate independent process not control-linked to the instant registration method. The registration marks may be visible or normally invisible to the human eye.

Abstract: Methods are presented for phase estimation and compensation in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex systems. The methods include the step of extracting training tones from a received digitized data burst. Some of the methods further include the steps of determining a channel impulse response based on the extracted tones; estimating phase shift caused by common phase noise; correcting the impulse response and performing a Fast Fourier transform to provide a channel estimate. Some of the methods include estimating the phase shift caused by common phase noise before an average impulse response is updated with the current impulse impulse. Some of the methods include frequency shifting the spectrum of the channel impulse response and providing partial estimates.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining a channel estimate utilizing partial channel estimates to provide an aggregated channel estimate. A partial channel estimate is determined upon receipt of a data burst, such that a different subset of the channel estimate is updated every data burst. As a result, Fast Fourier Transform computations can be reduced by determining a portion of the channel estimate each data burst as opposed to determining a full channel estimate every data burst.

Abstract: Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by a pitch variation to a target web. Also disclosed are consumer products, such as disposable absorbent articles including the preprinted objects which were previously included in the webs phased before combining with a target web by utilizing the instant registration system. The pre-printed objects may include pre-printed, pre-bonded, pre-applied, pre-cut, or pre-glued objects or elements of disposable absorbent articles or registration marks produced on a separate independent process not control-linked to the instant registration method. The registration marks may be visible or normally invisible to the human eye.

Abstract: Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by small but significant pitch variation to a target web. Also disclosed are consumer products, such as disposable absorbent articles including the preprinted objects which were previously included in the webs phased before combining with a target web by utilizing the instant registration system. The pre-printed objects may include pre-printed, pre-bonded, pre-applied, pre-cut, or pre-glued objects or elements of disposable absorbent articles or registration marks produced on a separate independent process not control-linked to the instant registration method. The registration marks may be visible or normally invisible to the human eye.

Abstract: Disclosed is a registration system and a method useful for controlling and correcting the phase and position of simultaneously advancing webs having pre-printed objects spaced at a pitch length characterized by small but significant pitch variation to a target web. Also disclosed are consumer products, such as disposable absorbent articles including the preprinted objects which were previously included in the webs phased before combining with a target web by utilizing the instant registration system. The pre-printed objects may include pre-printed, pre-bonded, pre-applied, pre-cut, or pre-glued objects or elements of disposable absorbent articles or registration marks produced on a separate independent process not control-linked to the instant registration method. The registration marks may be visible or normally invisible to the human eye.

Abstract: Fusion polypeptides and aggregates of polypeptides comprising papillomavirus-derived antigens, and compositions thereof and their use e.g. with adjuvants for immunogenic and vaccine purposes in eliciting e.g. HPV-specific immune responses. The polypeptides can be purified to result in aggregates which when in solution or dispersion can pass through a sterilisation filter, and in amorphous aggregates. An example of such a polypeptide is a fusion protein of human papillomavirus proteins L2 and E7.

Abstract: Fusion polypeptides and aggregates of polypeptides comprising papillomavirus-derived antigens, and compositions thereof and their use e.g. with adjuvants for immunogenic and vaccine purposes in eliciting e.g. HPV-specific immune responses. The polypeptides can be purified to result in aggregates which when in solution or dispersion can pass through a sterilisation filter, and in amorphous aggregates. An example of such a polypeptide is a fusion protein of human papillomavirus proteins L2 and E7.