Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: A method of evaluating a region of a sample, the method comprising: positioning a sample within a vacuum chamber; generating an electron beam with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) column that includes an electron gun at one end of the column and a column cap at an opposite end of the column; focusing the electron beam on the sample and scanning the focused electron beam across the region of the sample, while the SEM column is operated in tilted mode, thereby generating secondary electrons and backscattered electrons from within the region; and during the scanning, collecting backscattered electrons with one or more detectors while applying a negative bias voltage to the column cap to alter a trajectory of the secondary electrons preventing the secondary electrons from reaching the one or more detectors.

Abstract: A method of evaluating a region of a sample, the method comprising: positioning a sample within a vacuum chamber; generating an electron beam with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) column that includes an electron gun at one end of the column and a column cap at an opposite end of the column; focusing the electron beam on the sample and scanning the focused electron beam across the region of the sample, while the SEM column is operated in tilted mode, thereby generating secondary electrons and backscattered electrons from within the region; and during the scanning, collecting backscattered electrons with one or more detectors while applying a negative bias voltage to the column cap to alter a trajectory of the secondary electrons preventing the secondary electrons from reaching the one or more detectors.

Abstract: An objective lens arrangement that may include a magnetic lens and an electrostatic lens. The magnetic lens may include one or more coils, an upper polepiece and a lower polepiece. The electrostatic lens may include an upper electrode, an internal lower electrode and an external lower electrode. A majority of the internal lower electrode may be surrounded by a majority of the external lower electrode. The upper electrode, the internal lower electrode, and the external lower electrode are arranged in a coaxial relationship along an optical axis of the objective lens arrangement. An area of a bottom aperture of the external lower electrode may not exceed an area of a bottom aperture of the internal lower electrode.

Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: An objective lens arrangement that may include a magnetic lens and an electrostatic lens. The magnetic lens may include one or more coils, an upper polepiece and a lower polepiece. The electrostatic lens may include an upper electrode, an internal lower electrode and an external lower electrode. A majority of the internal lower electrode may be surrounded by a majority of the external lower electrode. The upper electrode, the internal lower electrode, and the external lower electrode are arranged in a coaxial relationship along an optical axis of the objective lens arrangement.

Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a specimen includes positioning a detector in an inserted position in which a first distance between a tip of the detector and a plane extending along a surface of the specimen is less than a distance between the plane and a tip of charged particle beam optics. While maintaining the detector at the inserted position, the surface of the specimen is scanned by a primary beam that exits from the tip of the charged particle beam optics. The detector detects x-ray photons and/or charged particles emitted or reflected from the specimen as a result of scanning the specimen with the primary beam. After completion of the scanning, the detector is positioned at a retracted position in which a second distance between the tip of the detector and the plane exceeds a distance between the tip of the charged particle beam optics and the plane.

Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: A method and computer program product for targeted container virtualization, where only separate components of a computer system or a server are virtualized. The OS kernel and other server resources are not virtualized. Only selected components—applications or resources are targeted for virtualization instead of virtualization of the entire system. Targeted virtualization provides for more flexible container isolation from each other and from a host node. This, in turn, provides for optimized more flexible cloud infrastructure. Each element within a container virtualization model is optional in terms of virtualization. The element's virtualization option can be turned on and off by an administrator or by a client who owns the container.

Abstract: A system for providing a gaming experience includes mobile devices in operative communication with the server. Each mobile device is configured to determine its geographical location so as to associate it with a geographical area such as a city. The mobile device obtains game object data associated with the geographical area and display the game object (e.g., a tree). The mobile device further enables a player to play games to acquire game points. The server causes modifying a portion of the game object (e.g., a branch on the tree) in accordance with the game points of the player such that the modified game object can be displayed on mobile devices of all players associated with the same geographical area. The game points of the player can be combined with game points of other players from the same geographical area and then compared to other geographical areas to determine a winner.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a specimen includes positioning a detector in an inserted position in which a first distance between a tip of the detector and a plane extending along a surface of the specimen is less than a distance between the plane and a tip of charged particle beam optics. While maintaining the detector at the inserted position, the surface of the specimen is scanned by a primary beam that exits from the tip of the charged particle beam optics. The detector detects x-ray photons and/or charged particles emitted or reflected from the specimen as a result of scanning the specimen with the primary beam. After completion of the scanning, the detector is positioned at a retracted position in which a second distance between the tip of the detector and the plane exceeds a distance between the tip of the charged particle beam optics and the plane.

Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.

Abstract: A method and computer program product for targeted container virtualization, where only separate components of a computer system or a server are virtualized. The OS kernel and other server resources are not virtualized. Only selected components—applications or resources are targeted for virtualization instead of virtualization of the entire system. Targeted virtualization provides for more flexible container isolation from each other and from a host node. This, in turn, provides for optimized more flexible cloud infrastructure. Each element within a container virtualization model is optional in terms of virtualization. The element's virtualization option can be turned on and off by an administrator or by a client who owns the container.

Abstract: A retarding field scanning electron microscope for imaging a specimen is described. The microscope includes a scanning deflection assembly configured for scanning an electron beam over the specimen, one or more controllers in communication with the scanning deflection assembly for controlling a scanning pattern of the electron beam, and a combined magnetic-electrostatic objection lens configured for focusing the electron beam, wherein the objective lens includes a magnetic lens portion and an electrostatic lens portion. The electrostatic lens portion includes an first electrode configured to be biased to a high potential, and a second electrode disposed between the first electrode and the specimen plane, the second electrode being configured to be biased to a potential lower than the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is configured for providing a retarding field of the retarding field scanning electron microscope.

Abstract: A method and computer program product for targeted container virtualization, where only separate components of a computer system or a server are virtualized. The OS kernel and other server resources are not virtualized. Only selected components—applications or resources are targeted for virtualization instead of virtualization of the entire system. Targeted virtualization provides for more flexible container isolation from each other and from a host node. This, in turn, provides for optimized more flexible cloud infrastructure. Each element within a container virtualization model is optional in terms of virtualization. The element's virtualization option can be turned on and off by an administrator or by a client who owns the container.