Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: forming a first fin extending from a substrate, the substrate including silicon, the first fin including silicon germanium; forming an isolation region around the first fin, an oxide layer being formed on the first fin during formation of the isolation region; removing the oxide layer from the first fin with a hydrogen-based etching process, silicon at a surface of the first fin being terminated with hydrogen after the hydrogen-based etching process; desorbing the hydrogen from the silicon at the surface of the first fin to depassivate the silicon; and exchanging the depassivated silicon at the surface of the first fin with germanium at a subsurface of the first fin.

Abstract: A method includes depositing a silicon layer, which includes first portions over a plurality of strips, and second portions filled into trenches between the plurality of strips. The plurality of strips protrudes higher than a base structure. The method further includes performing an anneal to allow parts of the first portions of the silicon layer to migrate toward lower parts of the plurality of trenches, and performing an etching on the silicon layer to remove some portions of the silicon layer.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to forming a gate layer in high aspect ratio trenches using a cyclic deposition-treatment process. In an embodiment, a method includes subjecting a substrate surface having at least one feature to a film deposition process to form a conformal film over a bottom surface and along sidewall surfaces of the feature, subjecting the substrate surface to a treatment process to form respective halogen surface layers or respective halogen-terminated layers on the conformal film formed at respective upper portions of the sidewall surfaces, and performing sequentially and repeatedly the film deposition process and the treatment process to fill the feature with the film.

Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a compound for manufacturing a medicament for treating an allergic disease, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of ovatodiolide, 1?-acetoxychavicol acetate, zerumbone and combination thereof. Also provided is a method and a composition for treating an allergic disease.

Abstract: A method includes depositing a silicon layer, which includes first portions over a plurality of strips, and second portions filled into trenches between the plurality of strips. The plurality of strips protrudes higher than a base structure. The method further includes performing an anneal to allow parts of the first portions of the silicon layer to migrate toward lower parts of the plurality of trenches, and performing an etching on the silicon layer to remove some portions of the silicon layer.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to forming a gate layer in high aspect ratio trenches using a cyclic deposition-treatment process. In an embodiment, a method includes subjecting a substrate surface having at least one feature to a film deposition process to form a conformal film over a bottom surface and along sidewall surfaces of the feature, subjecting the substrate surface to a treatment process to form respective halogen surface layers or respective halogen-terminated layers on the conformal film formed at respective upper portions of the sidewall surfaces, and performing sequentially and repeatedly the film deposition process and the treatment process to fill the feature with the film.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to forming a gate layer in high aspect ratio trenches using a cyclic deposition-etch process. In an embodiment, a method for semiconductor processing is provided. The method includes performing a cyclic deposition-etch process to form a conformal film over a bottom surface and along sidewall surfaces of a feature on a substrate. The method includes reflowing the conformal film. The method includes forming a cap layer on the reflowed film. The method includes depositing a crystalline film on the cap layer. The method includes crystallizing the reflowed film and the cap layer after depositing the crystalline film.

Abstract: A method includes depositing a silicon layer, which includes first portions over a plurality of strips, and second portions filled into trenches between the plurality of strips. The plurality of strips protrudes higher than a base structure. The method further includes performing an anneal to allow parts of the first portions of the silicon layer to migrate toward lower parts of the plurality of trenches, and performing an etching on the silicon layer to remove some portions of the silicon layer.

Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method for treating stroke or reducing nerve injury, which comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound isolated and purified from Antrodia camphorata fruiting body by methanol extraction. In particular, the compound is dehydroeburicoic acid, dehydrosulphurenic acid or 4,7-Dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,3-benzodioxole.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating stroke or reducing nerve injury comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or formula (II) wherein W represents R1 represents R2 represents R3 represents R4 represents and R represent H or alkyl groups of C1-C6.

Abstract: A process for treating halide contaminated waste includes bringing the contaminated waste into contact with a reductone in an aqueous solution to obtain a mixture having a pH value, and adjusting the pH value to permit dissociation of two hydrogen ions from an enediol group of the reductone and to permit subsequent reaction of the reductone with an electrophilic site of halide contained in the contaminated waste. Halide can thus be removed.

Abstract: A process for treating halide contaminated waste includes bringing the contaminated waste into contact with a reductone in an aqueous solution to obtain a mixture having a pH value, and adjusting the pH value to permit dissociation of two hydrogen ions from an enediol group of the reductone and to permit subsequent reaction of the reductone with an electrophilic site of halide contained in the contaminated waste. Halide can thus be removed.

Abstract: A method for accelerating signal transmission in a USB network protocol architecture having a USB server, a processing device and a peripheral device connected to the USB server. The method includes: intercepting request signals sent from the processing device according to the USB network protocol; sending, by the USB server, virtual request signals to the peripheral device so as to cause the peripheral device to generate control signals corresponding to the virtual request signals; receiving, by the USB server, the control signals from the peripheral device, and transmitting, by the USB server, the control signals to the processing device; and matching, by the processing device, the control signals and the intercepted request signals so as to perform operations corresponding to the control signals. Therefore, the present invention eliminates the need to wait for the arrival of request signals before making responses, thereby accelerating the speed of signal transmission.

Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for location-aware content detection. In particular, content may be grouped into topic clusters (e.g., images, articles, and/or websites may be grouped into a football cluster, an earthquake cluster, etc.). A topic of a cluster may be assigned a global ranking (e.g., based upon an importance of a topic on a global scale) and/or local rankings for local regions (e.g., based upon importance of a topic to various local regions). A local ranking may be based upon user interaction with content associated with the topic (e.g., many users from Japan may be reading about the earthquake). In this way, content may be provided to users based upon global rankings and/or local rankings (e.g., content from around the world about the earthquake may be presented to users in Japan and/or other areas that have expressed interest in the earthquake).

Abstract: A speaker diaphragm structure includes a speaker diaphragm and a coating formed on the speaker diaphragm and is composed of at least one dense layer and relatively porous layer alternately arranged with respect to the at least one dense layer.

Abstract: This invention proposes a flexible electrical heating element comprising a substrate, a metal interlayer coating and a far-infrared emissive carbon film. The flexible electrical heating element utilizes a low-cost and environmental friendly vacuum coating technique to deposit the metal interlayer coating and the far-infrared emissive carbon film on the flexible and insulating substrate which can provide uniform heating, and the far-infrared emissive carbon film can emit far-infrared.

Abstract: A speaker diaphragm structure includes a speaker diaphragm and a coating formed on the speaker diaphragm and is composed of at least one dense layer and relatively porous layer alternately arranged with respect to the at least one dense layer.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition with an immunomodulating function is provided, including an extract of Bupleurum obtained by grinding the Bupleurum, adding the ground Bupleurum to a solvent and isolating the extract from the solvent, wherein the Bupleurum comprises Bupleurum krlovianum, Bupleurum longiradiatum, Bupleurum smithii, Bupleurum pusillum, Bupleurum longicaule, Bupleurum salicifolium, Bupleurum scorzonerifolium and Bupleurums with at least one of the nucleotide sequences selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOs. 1˜6 and a nucleotide sequence with no more than 1% of the nucleotide sequence divergences of SEQ ID NOs. 1˜6, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A coating method on diamond abrasive grains is used to form a conductive film on diamond abrasive grains. The conductive film has chemical composition gradient giving the diamond abrasive grain an outwardly increasing electrical conductibility as a function of film thickness. The subsequent electroplating layer can therefore more effectively embed the modified diamond abrasive grains, whilst the adhesion/bonding strength between substrate (work piece for electroplating) and the diamond abrasive grains is improved.

Abstract: A method for accelerating signal transmission in a USB network protocol architecture having a USB server, a processing device and a peripheral device connected to the USB server. The method includes: intercepting request signals sent from the processing device according to the USB network protocol; sending, by the USB server, virtual request signals to the peripheral device so as to cause the peripheral device to generate control signals corresponding to the virtual request signals; receiving, by the USB server, the control signals from the peripheral device, and transmitting, by the USB server, the control signals to the processing device; and matching, by the processing device, the control signals and the intercepted request signals so as to perform operations corresponding to the control signals. Therefore, the present invention eliminates the need to wait for the arrival of request signals before making responses, thereby accelerating the speed of signal transmission.