Abstract: Automated behavioral methods and systems for treating insomnia that use passive means for determining wake/sleep states.

Abstract: A method of enhancing the rate of transistor gate corner oxidation, without significantly increasing the thermal budget of the overall processing scheme is provided. Specifically, the method of the present invention includes implanting ions into gate corners of a Si-containing transistor, and exposing the transistor including implanted transistor gate corners to an oxidizing ambient. The ions employed in the implant step include Si; non-retarding oxidation ions such as O, Ge, As, B, P, In, Sb, Ga, F, Cl, He, Ar, Kr, and Xe; and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A method of enhancing the rate of transistor gate corner oxidation, without significantly increasing the thermal budget of the overall processing scheme is provided. Specifically, the method of the present invention includes implanting ions into gate corners of a Si-containing transistor, and exposing the transistor including implanted transistor gate corners to an oxidizing ambient. The ions employed in the implant step include Si; non-retarding oxidation ions such as O, Ge, As, B, P, In, Sb, Ga, F, Cl, He, Ar, Kr, and Xe; and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A structure which is resistant to corrosion at high temperatures comprises a ductile layer of a platinum group metal, such as iridium, and a layer of a refractory metal having a high strength at high temperatures, such as rhenium. A solid solution of the two metals is present between and metallurgically bonded to the two metal layers. Further, the structure may include a layer of ceramic such as zirconia or hafnia on the exposed face of the platinum group metal layer.

Abstract: A heel lift comprises an elongated body portion having a blunt or pointed upper end for insertion into a shoe heel, a lock washer or ring member with inwardly directed projections fitted and locked about the body portion and a head portion connected to the lower end of the body portion, the head portion having a slot and an annular undercut which cooperate to form passages within the head portion through which a molding material forming a wearing portion can flow when the lock washer and the head portion are coated with the molding material whereby the wearing portion is firmly bonded to the head portion.

Abstract: A supporting structure that deployed resembles a spoked wheel which is retractable into a compact volume by virtue of hinged rim and reelable spokes that is an efficient and stable structure for storing, deploying and supporting surfaces such as radar and communications antennas, shielding, earth sensing, solar cell arrays and solar energy reflectors.