Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a device with a self-aligned inner spacer sidewall structures. The structure includes: a gate structure on a semiconductor substrate; a gate metal connecting to the gate structure and offset from edges of the gate structure; and inner sidewall spacers on an upper surface of the gate structure and surrounding the gate metal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to devices with an outer conductive spacer and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure; a gate metal connecting to the gate structure; inner spacers contacting and surrounding the gate metal; a passivation layer on the inner spacers; and outer conductive spacers on the passivation layer and adjacent to sides of the gate structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a device with inner and outer spacer structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a gate structure on a semiconductor substrate; a gate metal connecting to the gate structure; inner sidewall spacers contacting and surrounding the gate metal; a passivation layer on the inner sidewall spacers; and outer sidewall spacers on the passivation layer and adjacent to sides of the gate structure.

Abstract: A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a nasal prong assembly including a pair of nasal prongs structured to sealingly communicate with nasal passages of a patient's nose in use and headgear to maintain the nasal prong assembly in a desired position on the patient's face. The headgear includes side straps and rigidizers provided to respective side straps. Each rigidizer includes a first end portion that provides a connector structured to engage a respective end of the nasal prong assembly and an inwardly curved protrusion in the form of a cheek support that curves inwardly of the connector. The cheek support is adapted to follow the contour of the patient's cheek and guide a respective end portion of the side strap into engagement with the patient's cheek to provide a stable cheek support.

Abstract: Embodiments as disclosed provide data processing systems and methods for controlling an automated survey system. One embodiment comprises: a processor; a data store storing a plurality of transactions thereon, each transaction comprising transaction metadata and a voice session recording of an inbound call, the transaction metadata for each transaction comprising an identifier for that transaction; a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions executable on the processor for: generating, by the processor, a worklist for the survey campaign to control conducting of surveys by an automated survey system that is configured to execute the worklist, the worklist comprising a work item for each of the set of transactions and each work item comprising transaction identification data for a transaction from the set of transactions and contact information for the survey target for the transaction corresponding to the transaction identification data in the work item.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.

Abstract: Secure and efficient access to host memory for guests is disclosed. For example, a system includes (i) a processor, (ii) a host memory, (iii) a hypervisor including a filesystem daemon, (iv) a guest including a storage controller, and (v) a first filesystem queue. The storage controller is configured to receive a file request, translate the file request, and add the translated file request to a filesystem queue. The filesystem daemon is configured to retrieve the translated file request from the filesystem queue and provide access to a file in the host memory identified in the file request to the guest.

Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.

Abstract: Disclosure herein are various forms of hybrid baseball bats comprising a wood shell having a radial wall and an outer radial surface profile defining a baseball bat. The wood shell having a central core with a central surface thereon extending from a distal end of the bat to the proximal end of the bat. The central surface being profiled with a taper that in some embodiments extends entirely through to the proximal end. A fibrous construct is housed in the central core and infiltrated with an epoxy resin for strength, shape adherence and bonding to the central surface. Disclosed are various manufacturing techniques for manufacturing hybrid bats including resin epoxy infiltration from removable or permanent core forced volume displacement means and/or high-pressure two-part epoxy injection means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical products comprising fluticasone furoate for use in the treatment of COPD patients, particularly a subgroup of COPD patients that through analysis have been identified as possessing an eosinophil blood count of ?150 cells/?l. The present invention is further directed to methods for treating a patient with COPD which methods include identifying a patient that will respond to treatment and administering a pharmaceutical product of the present invention comprising fluticasone furoate to said patient.

Abstract: A process for separating iron-bearing impurities from silica sand is described. The process comprises the steps of subjecting a silica sand slurry to froth flotation in the presence of a collector, frother and depressant selected to concentrate the iron-bearing impurities of the silica sand in a flotation froth, thereby producing a silica sand depleted in iron-bearing impurities in a tail product. The collector comprises ?60 to ?70 w/w % tall oil acids, ?10 to ?30 w/w % poly-?-hydroxyl alkyl ethers and up to 3 w/w % tall oil rosin. The frother comprises a non-ionic surfactant, in particular one or more alkyl polypropoxy CnPm and/or polyethoxy CnEm frothers, wherein n=0-6 and m=1-3. The depressant comprises sodium silicate.

Abstract: A dielectrophoretic (DEP) sensor includes a graphene electrode adjacent a channel for confining a target particle in a liquid, a surface probe attached to a surface of the graphene electrode, the surface probe having a selective reaction with the target particle, and a voltage source electrically connected to the graphene electrode and configured to apply a voltage to the graphene electrode to cause DEP trapping of the target particle at the graphene electrode.

Abstract: A text mining engine running on an artificial platform is trained to perform conversation role identification, semantic analysis, summarization, language detection, etc. The text mining engine analyzes words in a transcript that represent unique characteristics of a conversation and, based on the unique characteristics and utilizing classification predictive modeling, determines a conversation role for each participant of the conversation and metadata describing the conversation such as tonality of words spoken by a participant in a particular conversation role. Outputs from the text mining engine are indexed and useful for various purposes. For instance, because the system can identify which speaker in a customer service call is likely an agent and which speaker is likely a customer, words spoken by the agent can be analyzed for compliance reasons, training agents, providing quality assurance for improving customer service, providing feedback to improve the performance of the text mining engine, etc.

Abstract: The disclosed device may include a waveguide; an output coupler that couples electromagnetic radiation from within the waveguide to outside of the waveguide; and a reflector positioned on an opposite side of the waveguide from the output coupler, where the reflector reflects electromagnetic radiation that leaks from the waveguide through the opposite side of the waveguide back toward the output coupler. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: An optical element includes a waveguide body that is configured to guide light by total internal reflection from an input end to an output end, an input coupling element located at the input end for coupling light into the waveguide body, and an output coupling element located at the output end for coupling light out of the waveguide body, where the waveguide body includes an organic solid crystal. The organic solid crystal may be a single crystal having principal axes rotated with respect to the dimensions of the waveguide body. Such an optical element may have low weight and exhibit good color uniformity while providing polarization scrambling of the guided light.

Abstract: Aspects include a multistage collector to receive outputs from plural processing elements. Processing elements may comprise (each or collectively) a plurality of clusters, with one or more ALUs that may perform SIMD operations on a data vector and produce outputs according to the instruction stream being used to configure the ALU(s). The multistage collector includes substituent components each with at least one input queue, a memory, a packing unit, and an output queue; these components can be sized to process groups of input elements of a given size, and can have multiple input queues and a single output queue. Some components couple to receive outputs from the ALUs and others receive outputs from other components. Ultimately, the multistage collector can output groupings of input elements. Each grouping of elements (e.g., at input queues, or stored in the memories of component) can be formed based on matching of index elements.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes message generator circuitry to generate a first message for a first server of a first Internet domain in response to detecting a login event at a client device, the login event associated with an Internet-based service of a second Internet domain, the second Internet domain outside the first Internet domain, and a communication interface to receive a second message from the first server, the second message including a global unique identifier (GUID) and a login timestamp, the GUID identifying at least one of the client device or a user of the client device to the first Internet domain, the message generator circuitry to generate a third message including (a) the GUID, (b) a cookie identifier associated with the second Internet domain, and (c) the login timestamp, the third message to cause generation of an identifier-to-cookie map at a second server of the second Internet domain.

Abstract: A system and method for allocating processing resources in an automated laboratory system configured with processing units at which one or more activities are performed using one or more processing resources are provided. A scheduler component received receiving at least one order requiring the execution of one or more protocols on the automated laboratory system. The scheduler generates one or more optimisation problem instances and utilizes the optimisation problem instances to generate the schedule of activities for the automated laboratory system. The scheduler causes the implementation of the generating schedule such that the activities can be performed according to desired protocol steps.

Abstract: In a system and method for processing computer system events asynchronously for software security operations, a computer memory is configured for a read operation by a computer process. The computer process loads, based on a first event occurring during the read operation, at least one file in the computer memory. At least one thread of the computer process is generated. An execution of the at least one thread of the computer process is delayed based on a second event occurring after the first event. A security operation is performed on the process contemporaneously with the loading of the file in the computer memory and the blocking of the execution of the at least one thread of the computer process. The process is either un-delayed on completion of the previous security operation or other security operations performed on that process.

Abstract: A blower unit for use as part of an integrated blower/humidification system is described. The blower unit has an outer casing, which encloses and forms part of the blower unit, the casing including an air inlet vent. The blower unit further includes a humidifier compartment for receiving a humidifier unit with a separate gases inlet and outlet, the compartment having a heater base for heating the contents of the humidifier unit. The compartment also has a blower inlet port which aligns with the humidifier unit inlet in use, the blower providing a gases path through the casing between the inlet vent and the inlet port. The blower unit also includes a fan for providing a pressurised gases stream along the gases path, and a power supply unit for powering the fan. The gases path is routed over the power supply unit in order to provide a cooling air flow.