Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for adaptive block mapping are described. In some examples, a first superblock and a second superblock may be established across one or more dice of a memory device. The superblocks may each include one or more blocks from a plurality of planes of a memory die. In some examples, the second superblock may include at least one bad block (e.g., defective block) in addition to one or more good blocks (e.g., non-defective blocks). The memory device may receive a command for writing data in a first mode and may write a first subset of the data to the first superblock in the first mode, a second subset of the data to the second superblock in the first mode, and one or more blocks associated with the second superblock in a second mode. Additionally or alternatively, the memory device may receive a second command for writing data in the second mode and may write the data to the first superblock in the first mode.

Abstract: A solar absorber coating for a receiver element of a solar thermal or thermodynamic system. An additional aspect is a receiver for solar thermal or thermodynamic systems comprising a coating. The receiver may be an evacuated receiver pipe or a non-evacuated or air-operating receiver pipe.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable media are provided that facilitate establishing a personal health network (PHN). In an embodiment, as system can include an authorization component configured to receive authorization information indentifying one or more entities that a patient authorizes for inclusion in a PHN of the patient. The system can further include an access component configured to provide the one or more entities access to healthcare information regarding healthcare of the patient via respective devices of the one or more entities based on inclusion of the one or more entities in the PHN of the patient, and a connection component configured to facilitate communication between the one or more entities and the patient regarding the healthcare of the patient via the respective devices of the one or more entities and the patient device based on inclusion of the one or more entities in the PHN of the patient.

Abstract: A thin-film spectrally selective coating for receiver tube of vacuumed type for use in thermodynamic solar installations and operating both at medium temperature (up to 400° C.) and at high temperature (up to 550° C.), coating where the optically absorbing layer is a multilayer of cermet material of type: WyN—AlNx or MoyN—AlNx, material prepared with reactive co-sputtering technique from an Al target and a W or Mo target, process conducted under a transition regimen, under PFM (Plasma Emission Monitoring) or CVM (Cathode Voltage Monitoring) monitoring for the sole Al target, with inletting near the Al target of a N2 amount adequate for obtainment of a high-transparency, high growth rate sub-stoichiometric ceramic AlN and with inletting near the W or Mo target of a N2 amount adequate for obtainment of the sole W2N or Mo2N phase, phase very stable at high temperature, such as to make the cermet material as close as possible to the formulation W2N—AlNx or Mo2N—AlNx (with x comprised between 0.90 and 1.

Abstract: A thin-film spectrally selective coating for receiver tube of vacuumed type for use in thermodynamic solar installations and operating both at medium temperature (up to 400° C.) and at high temperature (up to 550° C.), coating where the optically absorbing layer is a multilayer of cermet material of type: WyN—AlNx or MoyN—AlNx, material prepared with reactive co-sputtering technique from an Al target and a W or Mo target, process conducted under a transition regimen, under PFM (Plasma Emission Monitoring) or CVM (Cathode Voltage Monitoring) monitoring for the sole Al target, with inletting near the Al target of a N2 amount adequate for obtainment of a high-transparency, high growth rate sub-stoichiometric ceramic AlN and with inletting near the W or Mo target of a N2 amount adequate for obtainment of the sole W2N or Mo2N phase, phase very stable at high temperature, such as to make the cermet material as close as possible to the formulation W2N—AlNx or Mo2N—AlNx (with x comprised between 0.90 and 1.

Abstract: A surface coating material for heat collector elements (HCE) of solar plants, is a multi-layer structure comprising a lower infrared-reflecting metal layer, an upper layer of a non-reflecting material, and an intermediate layer of a composite ceramic-metallic (CERMET) material having upper and lower layers of different volumetric metal fractions. The lower layer has a volumetric metal fraction higher than that of the upper CERMET layer. The ceramic matrix of the CERMET is formed by amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2). The reflecting metal layer has a thickness ranging from 90 to 110 nm. The lower CERMET layer has a thickness ranging from 70 to 80 nm and a volumetric metal fraction in the range from 0.45 to 0.55. The upper CERMET layer has a thickness ranging from 70 to 80 nm and volumetric metal fraction ranging from 0.15 to 0.25. The layer of anti-reflecting material layer has a thickness ranging from 65 to 75 nm.