Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a first opening extending through a stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. A nitride structure is within the first opening and narrows the first opening to form a second opening. Detectable oxide is between the nitride structure and one or more of the conductive levels. Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a conductive material, a select device gate material over the conductive material, and vertically-stacked conductive levels over the select device gate material. A first opening extends through the vertically-stacked levels to the conductive material and has opposing sidewalls along a cross-section. Nitride liners are along the sidewalls of the first opening. Detectable oxide is between at least one of the nitride liners and one or more of the vertically-stacked conductive levels. Some embodiments include methods for forming integrated structures.

Abstract: A light fixture delivers light to an illuminated space. The light fixture includes a housing that defines a skylight aperture therethrough, and movable louver blades coupled within and spanning the skylight aperture. Open, the louver blades do not substantially block light through the skylight aperture; closed, the louver blades block substantially all light through the skylight aperture. In intermediate positions, the louver blades block a portion of light through the skylight aperture. The light fixture also includes a dimmable artificial light source, integrated with the housing and configured to project light toward the illuminated space; a light sensor; and a control unit that is integrated with the housing and communicatively coupled with the light sensor. The control unit receives a signal from the sensor, and controls position of the louver blades and brightness of the artificial light source, in response to at least the signal from the light sensor.

Abstract: A patient monitoring system for monitoring a patient undergoing radiotherapy comprising a projector operable to project a pattern of light onto a patient undergoing radiation treatment, a patient restraint operable to restrain the patient relative to a treatment apparatus, an image detector operable to obtain images of the patient, and a model generation module operable to process images of the patient obtained by the image detector to generate a model of the surface of a portion of the patient, wherein at least a portion of the patient restraint is colored and the model generation module is inhibited from generating a model of the colored portion of the patient restraint.

Abstract: A patient monitoring system for monitoring a patient undergoing radiotherapy comprising a projector operable to project a pattern of light onto a patient undergoing radiation treatment, a patient restraint operable to restrain the patient relative to a treatment apparatus, an image detector operable to obtain images of the patient, and a model generation module operable to process images of the patient obtained by the image detector to generate a model of the surface of a portion of the patient, wherein at least a portion of the patient restraint is colored and the model generation module is inhibited from generating a model of the colored portion of the patient restraint.

Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a first opening extending through a stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. A nitride structure is within the first opening and narrows the first opening to form a second opening. Detectable oxide is between the nitride structure and one or more of the conductive levels. Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a conductive material, a select device gate material over the conductive material, and vertically-stacked conductive levels over the select device gate material. A first opening extends through the vertically-stacked levels to the conductive material and has opposing sidewalls along a cross-section. Nitride liners are along the sidewalls of the first opening. Detectable oxide is between at least one of the nitride liners and one or more of the vertically-stacked conductive levels. Some embodiments include methods for forming integrated structures.

Abstract: A disclosed example to modulate slit stress in a semiconductor substrate includes controlling a first process to apply a first material to a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes a slit between adjacent stacked transistor layers. The first material coats walls of the slit to reduce a first width of the slit between the adjacent stacked transistor layers to a second width. A second process is controlled to apply a second material to the semiconductor substrate. The second material is to be deposited in the second width of the slit. The first material and the second material are to form a solid structure in the slit between the adjacent stacked transistor layers.

Abstract: A registration authority (RA) server registers unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their owners/operators (O/O). A UAV is maintained in a flight lock state until a flight plan request from the O/O is approved by the RA, which sends an key-signed approval to unlock the UAV's flight lock. The RA server evaluates a UAV's proposed flight plan based on the attributes of the O/O and UAV, the location and time of the requested flight plan, and a set of flight rules and exclusion zones that are developed in view of privacy assurance, security assurance, flight safety assurance, and ground safety assurance. The flight plan key-signed approval supplied to the UAV by the RA server specifies an inclusion zone that corresponds to a flight plan trajectory to be followed. Once in flight, the UAV maintains real-time knowledge of its position and time to ensure its flight remains within the approved inclusion zone.

Abstract: An automatic injector dispenses a predetermined dose of medicament without a user having to manually force the needle into an injection site. The automatic injector includes a needle cover having a locked retracted position with respect to the injector housing prior to a medicament dispensing operation. The needle cover is operative to engage an injection site prior to a medicament dispensing operation.

Abstract: A light fixture includes a housing with a skylight aperture, and one or more louver blades spanning the skylight aperture. When open, the one or more movable louver blades block little of the light passing through the skylight aperture; in intermediate positions, the louver blades block a portion of the light; when closed, the louver blades block most light from passing through the skylight aperture. The light fixture also includes: a dimmable artificial light source configured to project artificial light toward the illuminated space; a light sensor that detects light illuminating the space; and a control unit that is integrated with the housing and communicates with the light sensor. The light sensor detects intensity and chromaticity information of the light illuminating the space. The control unit controls position of the louver blades and brightness and chromaticity of the dimmable artificial light source, in response to the light sensor.

Abstract: Methods and systems for predicting network performance include receiving a number of sets of data points of a number of network elements. Each of the number of sets of data points includes performance counter values and a performance indicator of a respective network element of the number of network elements. A global model representing a global relationship pattern between the performance indicator and the performance counter values is determined based on the number of sets of data points of the number of network elements. For each network element, residual features are determined based on error measures between the global model and the set of data points including the performance indicator and the performance counter values of the network element. The number of network elements are clustered into a number of clusters based on the determined residual features of the number of network elements.

Abstract: Methods are provided for predicting and determining a subject's immune response to allograft. Methods include assessing immune response to an allograft by characterizing the diversity and distribution of clones of the adaptive immune repertoire. Methods are also provided for characterizing the adaptive immune response of a subject to an allograft using a mixed lymphocyte reaction culture.

Abstract: A memory array has first and second memory cells over a semiconductor and an isolation region extending into the semiconductor. The isolation region includes an air gap between charge-storage structures of the first and second memory cells and a thickness of dielectric over the air gap and contained between the first and second memory cells.

Abstract: Convergence times associated with simulated annealing based (SA-based) optimization in wireless networks can be reduced by introducing an additional local or cell-level evaluation step into the evaluation of global solutions. In particular, new local solutions may be evaluated based on local performance criteria when the new solutions are in a global solution deemed to have satisfied a global performance criteria. New local solutions that satisfy their corresponding local performance criteria remain in the new global solution. New local solutions that do not satisfy their corresponding local performance criteria are replaced with a corresponding current local solution from a current global solution, thereby modifying the new global solution. The resulting modified global solution includes both new local solutions and current local solutions prior to being accepted as the current global solution for the next iteration.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting configuration parameters, such as antenna tilt or transmit power, of a plurality of cells in a wireless network based on measurement reports received during a data collection period of the wireless network, so that coverage and capacity of the wireless network may be improved. Cell status labels or blames are assigned to each of the cells based on the measurement reports, and configuration parameters of the cells are adjusted based on the assigned cell status labels or blames.

Abstract: A light fixture delivers light to an illuminated space. The light fixture includes a housing that defines a skylight aperture therethrough, and movable louver blades coupled within and spanning the skylight aperture. Open, the louver blades do not substantially block light through the skylight aperture; closed, the louver blades block substantially all light through the skylight aperture. In intermediate positions, the louver blades block a portion of light through the skylight aperture. The light fixture also includes a dimmable artificial light source, integrated with the housing and configured to project light toward the illuminated space; a light sensor; and a control unit that is integrated with the housing and communicatively coupled with the light sensor. The control unit receives a signal from the sensor, and controls position of the louver blades and brightness of the artificial light source, in response to at least the signal from the light sensor.

Abstract: A method of fabrication and device made by preparing a photosensitive glass substrate comprising at least silica, lithium oxide, aluminum oxide, and cerium oxide, masking a design layout comprising one or more holes to form one or more electrical conduction paths on the photosensitive glass substrate, exposing at least one portion of the photosensitive glass substrate to an activating energy source, exposing the photosensitive glass substrate to a heating phase of at least ten minutes above its glass transition temperature, cooling the photosensitive glass substrate to transform at least part of the exposed glass to a crystalline material to form a glass-crystalline substrate and etching the glass-crystalline substrate with an etchant solution to form one or more angled channels that are then coated.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter is directed to defining a framework that enables wireless communicability between base stations for maintenance and configuration purposes, even while disconnected from an operator network, and/or deployed in the field. Embodiments are particularly applicable in the cases of small-cell base transceiver stations deployed in inconvenient, secluded, elevated and/or difficult to reach locations. The small cell base transceiver station is operable to communicate wirelessly to wireless terminals and mobile computing devices by emulating select functionality from dedicated components in an operator network.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter is directed to defining a framework that enables wireless communicability between base stations for maintenance and configuration purposes, even while disconnected from an operator network, and/or deployed in the field. Embodiments are particularly applicable in the cases of small-cell base transceiver stations deployed in inconvenient, secluded, elevated and/or difficult to reach locations. The small cell base transceiver station is operable to communicate wirelessly to wireless terminals and mobile computing devices by emulating select functionality from dedicated components in an operator network.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter is directed to defining a framework that enables wireless communicability between base stations for maintenance and configuration purposes, even while disconnected from an operator network, and/or deployed in the field. Embodiments are particularly applicable in the cases of small-cell base transceiver stations deployed in inconvenient, secluded, elevated and/or difficult to reach locations. The small cell base transceiver station is operable to communicate wirelessly to wireless terminals and mobile computing devices by emulating select functionality from dedicated components in an operator network.

Abstract: An automatic injector dispenses a predetermined dose of medicament without a user having to manually force the needle into an injection site. The automatic injector includes a needle cover having a locked retracted position with respect to the injector housing prior to a medicament dispensing operation. The needle cover is operative to engage an injection site prior to a medicament dispensing operation.