Abstract: Methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In one example, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming an isolation trench between two fin structures on an integrated circuit substrate, forming a flowable film in the isolation trench using a flowable chemical vapor deposition process, and annealing the flowable film to form a silicon oxide dielectric layer in the isolation trench. The annealing is performed at a temperature of less than about 200° C. with a process gas including N2 and H2O2.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described to assignment of communication devices heuristically to green relays in a wireless network. According to some examples, a first device pair that includes a source device and a destination device assigned to a green relay among multiple green relays may be detected. A second device pair that includes another source device and destination device assigned to the green relay may also be detected. Data rates of the first device pair and the second device pair may be compared to select one of the first or second device pairs as a low traffic pair with a minimum data rate. A search among the green relays may then be executed to locate another green relay to assign the low traffic pair. The low traffic pair may be assigned to the other green relay in order to reduce an average traffic load of the original green relay.

Abstract: Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment and prevention of stroke and the sequelae of stroke. Additional compositions and methods are provided which employ a phorbol ester or derivative compound in combination with at least one additional agent to yield more effective treatment tools to treat or prevent stroke and the long term effects of stroke in mammalian subjects.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for reducing overall power consumption of a wireless network such as a cellular network through spectrum trading. According to some examples, spectrum may be shared between primary base stations (PBSs) and secondary base stations (SBSs) to reduce a power consumption of PBSs and increase the spectral efficiency of cellular networks. A PBS may share a portion of its licensed bandwidth with SBSs, to provide data services to primary users (PUs) within SBSs' coverage area. Due to their proximity to the PUs, the SBSs may satisfy the PUs' quality of service (QoS) requirements by utilizing a portion of the allocated bandwidth. Thus, PBSs may reduce their power consumption by offloading some of the PUs to SBSs. Because the SBSs typically use lower power compared to the PBS, the overall power consumption of the network may be reduced as well.

Abstract: Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment of chronic and acute conditions. Such conditions may be caused by disease, be symptoms, treatments, or sequelae of disease. The phorbol esters described are particularly useful in the treatment of neoplastic diseases and/or managing the side effects of chemotherapeutic and radiotherapeutic treatments of neoplastic diseases.

Abstract: A security authentication method includes: receiving, by a control plane of a BFD device, a first BFD packet that is sent by a control plane of a peer BFD device; generating, by the control plane, a first token value according to the random nonce; sending the first token value to a data plane; receiving, by the data plane, a second BFD packet that is sent by a data plane of the peer BFD device, where the second BFD packet carries authentication information, and the authentication information includes a random nonce; and generating, by the data plane, a second token value according to the random nonce included in the authentication information and by using a calculation method the same as that of the control plane, and successfully authenticating, by the data plane, the second BFD packet if the first token value and the second token value are the same.

Abstract: A method for delivering packets in a wireless communications system includes determining a cause of loss for a previously transmitted packet based on a packet acknowledgement corresponding to the previously transmitted packet, the packet acknowledgement including at least one of a wireless loss indicator and a congestion warning indicator for the wireless communications system. The method also includes adjusting a transmission parameter in a packet transmission protocol according to the cause of loss, and retransmitting the previously transmitted packet.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a primerless paint composition comprising a carboxylated chlorinated polyolefin elastomer; one or more of a polyacrylic binder, a polyvinylchloride binder and a vinyl aromatic block copolymer binder; a pigment; and a liquid carrier. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising blending a primerless paint composition comprising a carboxylated chlorinated polyolefin elastomer; one or more of a polyacrylic binder, polyvinylchloride binder and a vinyl aromatic block copolymer binder; a pigment; and a liquid carrier; and disposing the primerless paint composition on a polyolefin elastomer substrate that does not have a primer disposed on it prior to the disposing of the primerless paint composition.

Abstract: Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment of chronic and acute conditions. Such conditions may be caused by disease, be symptoms or sequelae of disease. Chronic and acute conditions may be due to viral infections such as HIV and AIDS, neoplastic diseases stroke, kidney disease, urinary incontinence, autoimmune disorders, Parkinson's disease, prostate hypertrophy, aging, or the treatment of such diseases. Additional compositions and methods are provided which employ a phorbol ester or derivative compound in combination with at least one additional agent to yield more effective treatment tools against acute and chronic conditions in mammalian subjects.

Abstract: Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment and prevention of stroke and the sequelae of stroke. Additional compositions and methods are provided which employ a phorbol ester or derivative compound in combination with at least one additional agent to yield more effective treatment tools to treat or prevent stroke and the long term effects of stroke in mammalian subjects.

Abstract: A method of forming spacers and the resulting fin-shaped field effect transistors are provided. Embodiments include forming a silicon (Si) fin over a substrate; forming a polysilicon gate over the Si fin; and forming a spacer on top and side surfaces of the polysilicon gate, and on exposed upper and side surfaces of the Si fin, the spacer including: a first layer and second layer having a first dielectric constant, and a third layer formed between the first and second layers and having a second dielectric constant, wherein the second dielectric constant is lower than the first dielectric constant.

Abstract: Radio-over-fiber (ROF) antenna extender systems and methods are disclosed for high speed train communications which utilize cellular networks as backhauls to avoid the expensive capital expenditure involved in providing broadband Internet services in high speed trains. Employing ROF technology, on-roof antennas are deployed in strategic configurations to address the drawbacks of utilizing cellar networks as backhauls. The systems and methods provide broadband Internet service to a train and include a plurality of antennas mounted to an exterior of the train and operable to communicate with a cellular network, wireless access points mounted to the train, and a control system operably coupled to the plurality of antennas and to the wireless access points, wherein the control system is operable to receive and process data received from the plurality of antennas and the one wireless access points.

Abstract: A chassis includes a shell, two sliding rails, a slider and a bracket. The two sliding rails are fixed to the shell. The slider is slidably fixed to one of the two sliding rails. The slider includes a positioning post. The bracket defines a groove. The positioning post is located in the groove and moves from a first position to a second position along the groove. When the positioning post is located at the first position, the bracket is locked with the shell. When the positioning post is located at the second position, the bracket is unlocked from the shell and can move away relative to the shell.

Abstract: Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester in combination with G-CSF or in combination with EPO, are provided for the treatment of cytopenia in mammalian subjects. The compositions and methods also reduce the duration of cytopenia such as neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and/or anemia.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a device for measuring characteristics of polymeric fluids (semi-dilute and concentrated polymer solutions and melts) in extremely strong elongational flows. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a device for measuring characteristics of polymeric fluids (semi-dilute and concentrated polymer solutions and melts) in extremely strong elongational flows in spinning jets and/or electrified jets. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for determining the elastic modulus and the relaxation time of a polymeric fluid. Also, the present invention enables one to determine and/or measure the primary parameters needed to describe a viscoelastic material.

Abstract: Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment of chronic and acute conditions. Such conditions may be caused by disease, be symptoms or sequelae of disease. Chronic and acute conditions may be due to viral infections such as HIV and AIDS, neoplastic diseases stroke, kidney disease, urinary incontinence, autoimmune disorders, Parkinson's disease, prostate hypertrophy, aging, or the treatment of such diseases. Additional compositions and methods are provided which employ a phorbol ester or derivative compound in combination with at least one additional agent to yield more effective treatment tools against acute and chronic conditions in mammalian subjects.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for reducing the from-power-grid energy consumption of a wireless network such as a cellular network over a period of time through cell size adaptations. According to some examples, cell sizes for the base stations may be optimized by decomposing the cell size optimization into two approaches: a multi-stage energy allocation approach and an energy consumption minimization approach. By implementing an energy allocation policy based on available energy type (e.g., from-power-grid or renewable) and an approximation technique for the energy consumption minimization, cell size optimization for each base station may be achieved resulting in network-wide enhancement of renewable energy usage vs. from-power-grid energy usage.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described to provide a distributed scheme that enables a Green-energy Aware and the Latency Aware (GALA) user-base station (BS) associations in wireless networks, whose BSs are powered by both on-grid energy and green energy. According to some examples, the GALA approach may consider traffic delivery latency and green energy generation rate in BSs to determine the user-BS association. The GALA approach may converge to a particular solution, which may reduce the summation of the weighted latency ratios of BSs, while enabling a trade-off between the on-grid power consumption and the average traffic delivery latency.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and a method for main distribution network graph/model/data integration based on remote access and information interaction. The system integrates graph information, model information, and real-time data of a main power transmission and transformation system into an application system by using processing methods such as remote access, SVG graphic file import, CIM model file import, an event service mechanism, and a message mechanism, to minimize mutual information dependence when the application system imports the model information, the graph information, and the real-time data in the main network power transmission and transformation system.