Abstract: A stitched hardcover book and method of making same wherein the stitching is at least partly concealed. A stack of sheets to be bound is disposed intermediate first and second end leafs, with each of the end leafs including an attached reinforcing strip extending along an edge of the end leaf. The combined assembly is provided with stitching which extends through the stack and the reinforcing strips. The first and second end leafs are secured to an inner surface of respective first and second covers of a hardcover assembly, with the components of the hardcover book being configured such that when the first and second cover sections are positioned in a common plane, a bound end of the sheets of the stack is disposed on a first side of the common plane, with the sheets extending to an opposite second side of the common plane and with the stitching line being disposed on said first side of the plane.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for fabricating an integrated circuit entail directing a vapor flux toward a substrate surface from a plurality of directions associated with a plurality of azimuth angles, and selecting a deposition angle of the vapor flux, relative to a normal incidence, to obtain a substantially conformal film. The surface feature can be associated with, for example, one or more vias and/or one or more trenches.