Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for semiconductor processing including feature fill processes. The methods comprise providing a substrate having a feature to be filled with a metal in a chamber, and flowing a metal precursor and a reducing agent into the chamber to deposit metal in the feature in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) operation, wherein the CVD operation comprises a ramp down stage in which the flow rate of the metal precursor into the chamber is ramped down from a first flow rate to a second flow rate. or a ramp up stage in which the flow rate of the metal precursor into the chamber is ramped up from the first flow rate to the second flow rate.

Abstract: Provided is a cosmetic composition in which the effect of improving ultraviolet absorption ability in at least the UVA region is increased by ultraviolet irradiation or sunlight irradiation. The cosmetic composition includes a polar oil and a compound I having a structure of formula (I) below, wherein the compound I is 0.01 parts by mass or more and 50 parts by mass or less relative to a total of 100 parts by mass of the polar oil and the compound I. where —OA represents an alkoxy group.

Abstract: The invention provides fusion proteins that comprise a human IFN-?2, a first antigen-binding domain capable of binding to human PD-L1, a second antigen-binding domain capable of binding to human PD-L1 and to human IFN-?2, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for managing data using keys. The method includes receiving a request to access data, wherein the data is encrypted based on a tenant service encryption key (TSEK) corresponding to the tenant database, determining a wrapper key used in connection with encrypting the TSEK based on a TSEK metadata, determining a top-level key used in connection with encrypting the wrapper key based on wrapper key metadata stored in association with the encrypted version of the wrapper key, obtaining the data stored within the tenant database, comprising decrypting at least part of the data based on (i) the TSEK, (ii) the wrapper key, and (iii) the top-level key, and providing the data in response to the request. The TSEK metadata is stored in the tenant database. An encrypted version of the wrapper key is stored in a key management service.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to adaptive content control and display for internet media. A playback component provides for playback of media content. An input component detects user inputs during playback of the content. In response to the user inputs being detected, a menu component displays a level of a pivot menu during playback of the content. The pivot menu is displayed on top, or in front, of a portion of the content during playback, and the pivot menu can be at least partially transparent to enable consumption of the content to continue without complete obstruction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for the at least partial optical overlay on at least one piece of information in the foreground of a digital image of an observed region, recorded by a medical imaging device, with pieces of image information corresponding to the region in the field of view of the medical imaging device concealed by the at least one piece of information.

Abstract: A method of manipulating microdroplets having an average volume in the range 0.5 femtolitres to 10 nanolitres comprised of at least one biological component and a first aqueous medium having a water activity of aw1 of less than 1 is provided. It is characterised by the step of maintaining the microdroplets in a water-immiscible carrier fluid which further includes secondary droplets having an average volume less than 25% of the average volume of the microdroplets up to and including a maximum of 4 femtolitres and wherein the volume ratio of carrier fluid to total volume of microdroplets per unit volume of the total is greater than 2:1. The method may be employed for example with microdroplets containing biological cells or with microdroplets containing single nucleoside phosphate such as are prepared in a droplet-based nucleic acid sequencer.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve including a frame, leaflet structure, and sealing member disposed around an outer surface of the frame is disclosed. An inflow end of the frame is defined by a plurality of spaced apart inflow apices. As one example, the sealing member has a circumferentially extending inflow edge and a circumferentially extending outflow edge, where the inflow edge is attached to the plurality of inflow apices, and where the inflow edge has an undulating shape around a circumference of the frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific anti-CCL2 antibodies binding to two different epitopes on human CCL2, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, their manufacture, and use as medicaments for the treatment of cancers, inflammatory, autoimmune and ophthalmologic diseases.

Abstract: A mattress for a patient support apparatus has a cover having bottom and top surfaces, and an inflatable section disposed between the bottom and top surfaces. The inflatable section has a plurality of upper bladders in fluid communication with each other and a plurality of lower bladders in fluid communication with each other. The upper and lower bladders are selectively inflated independently from each other. The upper and lower bladders are formed by three sheets including an upper sheet, a lower sheet disposed below the upper sheet, and an intermediate sheet disposed between the upper and lower sheets. The upper sheet is fixed to the intermediate sheet to define the upper bladders between the upper sheet and the intermediate sheet. The lower sheet is fixed to the intermediate sheet to define the lower bladders between the lower sheet and the intermediate sheet. Other aspects of the mattress are also disclosed.

Abstract: A tool for working a substrate, having a stator and a working piston, which is intended to move relative to the stator along a working axis, and having a drive, which is intended to drive the working piston along the working axis from a starting position onto the substrate, the drive having a stator coil arranged on the stator and being intended to apply electrical current of a first current intensity I1 to the stator coil in order to generate a magnetic field which accelerates the working piston relative to the stator, the drive having a piston coil arranged on the working piston and being intended to apply electrical current of a second current intensity I2 to the piston coil in order to generate a magnetic field which accelerates the working piston relative to the stator, the second current intensity I2 being less than the first current intensity I1.

Abstract: A display cell of the subject technology includes two electrodes electrically coupled with a voltage supply, two alignment layers formed over surfaces of the two electrodes, and a liquid crystal (LC) material layer embedded between the two alignment layers. The alignment layers includes grooves and molecules of the LC material layer that are enabled to align along the grooves when no voltage is applied to the two electrodes. The two alignment layers include a polymer formed with a combination of an electron-donor monomer and an electron-acceptor monomer.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to robotic devices, artificial intelligence, and computer vision. More specifically, some embodiments relate to an imaging process for detecting failure modes in a robotic motion environment. In one embodiment, a method of detecting failure modes in a robotic motion environment comprises collecting one or more images of a multiple scenes throughout a robotic motion cycle. Images may be collected by one or more cameras positioned at one or more locations for collecting images with various views. Images collected throughout the robotic motion cycle may be processed in real-time to determine if any failure modes are present in their respective scenes, report when failure modes are present, and may be used to direct a robotic device accordingly.

Abstract: An extruder head assembly, which is for an additive manufacturing machine, includes a melt zone component, and a nozzle operatively connected to the melt zone component. The melt zone component is operatively connected to a cold end component for receiving and heating filament. The melt zone component includes a heat source, and an interior member in thermal communication with the heat source. The interior member defines therein a passage, at least one melt channel, and at least one aperture fluidly connecting the passage to the at least one melt channel. The passage and the at least one melt channel are fluidly connected downstream from the at least one aperture, the nozzle being configured to receive heated filament material from the passage and the at least one melt channel.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a microfluidic device comprising a microfluidic space configured to contain a plurality of microdroplets; a first light source for illuminating the microfluidic device; a voltage source for supplying a voltage to the microfluidic device in order to generate an electric field across the microfluidic space; a first modulator configured to generate a waveform signal to modulate the electric field applied across the microfluidic space, wherein the first modulator is configured to switch between an active state, in which the electric field is applied across the microfluidic space to hold the plurality of microdroplets; and a non-active state, in which the electric field is not applied across the microfluidic space; and an optical imaging device for generating an image of at least a subset of the microdroplets; wherein the first modulator is further configured to, directly or indirectly, control the first light source such that at least a portion of the light is provided across the microflui

Abstract: Techniques are described in which a digital customer consent engine maintains one or more rules configured to identify one or more customer contact restrictions from customer data. The digital customer consent engine, in response to receipt of the customer data of a plurality of customers at a point in time, applies the one or more rules to the customer data to identify the one or more customer contact restrictions for one or more customers of the plurality of customers. The digital customer consent engine outputs a first report comprising a plurality of customer identifiers and that includes, for a particular customer identifier for a particular customer, an indicator of which customer contact restrictions apply to the particular customer and outputs a second report comprising a list of customer identifiers as a subset of the plurality of customer identifiers that are permitted to be contacted for a marketing campaign.

Abstract: Compositions containing curable recombinant human collagen, and kits comprising same, which are usable in preparing modeling material formulations for additive manufacturing (e.g., 3D bioprinting) of 3D objects are provided. Methods utilizing such modeling material formulations in additive manufacturing of 3D objects having a collagen-based material in at least a portion thereof, are also provided. The formulations feature a desired viscosity at a temperature higher than 10° C. (e.g., room temperature or 37° C.) and allow performing the additive manufacturing without cooling the system or a part thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices that may include brackets and clamps for assembling mounting structures built from pipes and cross-braces. These mounting structures support solar panels. The devices may include a rail-pipe bracket that secures a rail to a pipe. The rail-pipe bracket may include openings for seating a pipe and include hooks for securing the rail. The devices may also include one or more pipe clamps that secure the pipes together. These pipe clamps are adjustable and may accommodate pipes of various sizes thanks to a multi-tier hinge structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides engineered pantothenate kinase (PanK) enzymes, polypeptides having PanK activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing PanK enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the PanK enzymes and methods of using the engineered PanK enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.