Abstract: A system includes a wearable device including sensors arranged at different locations on the wearable device. Each sensor measures electrical signals transmitted from a wrist or arm of a user. A position computation circuit is coupled to the sensors. The position computation circuit computes, using information derived from the electrical signals with a machine learning model, an output that describes a hand position of a hand of the wrist or arm of the user.

Abstract: The migration of dislocations into pristine single crystal material during crystal growth of an adjacent conductive strap is inhibited by a conductive barrier formed at the interface between the layers. The conductive barrier may be formed by implanting carbon impurities or depositing Si:C layer that inhibits dislocation movement across the barrier layer, or by forming a passivation layer by annealing in vacuum prior to deposition of amorphous Si to prevent polycrystalline nucleation at the surface of single crystalline Si, or by implanting nucleation promoting species to enhance the nucleation of polycrystalline Si away from single crystalline Si.

Abstract: A method and system for improving a network search query is provided. The method includes receiving a natural language Internet search request and executing a real time search with respect to a database associated with an Internet based search for specified digital information. Categories associated with the natural language Internet search request are identified and associated intent information is received. Digital attributes data identified during the real time search are identified and an associated concept is extracted. The associated concept is mapped to the digital attributes and search based software code is generated and executed. Resulting relevant results are presented and the database is configured such that the relevant results are stored within a logical partition of the database.

Abstract: Improvements to atom interferometers. An improved atom interferometer has a single polarization-preserving fiber, coupled for propagation of beams of two Raman frequencies, and a parallel displacement beamsplitter for separating the laser beams into respective free-space-propagating parallel beams traversing at least one ensemble of atoms. A reflector generates one or more beams counterpropagating through the ensemble of atoms. Other improvements include interposing a beam-splitting surface common to a plurality of parallel pairs of beams counterpropagating through the ensemble of atoms, generating interference fringes between reflections of the beams to generate a detector signal; and processing the detector signal to derive at least one of relative phase and relative alignment between respective pairs of the counterpropagating beams.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for patient management using multi-dimensional analysis and computer vision. The system includes a base unit having a microprocessor connected to a camera and a beacon detector. The beacon detector scans for advertising beacons with a packet and publishes a packet to the microprocessor. The camera captures an image in a pixel array and publishes image data to the microprocessor. The microprocessor uses at least a Beacon ID from the packet to determine if an object is in a room, and Camera Object Coordinates from the image data to determine the coordinates of the object in the room.

Abstract: A method and system for improving a network search query is provided. The method includes executing a real time search with respect to a database associated with an Internet based search for specified digital information. Digital attributes of digital data identified during the real time search are identified and keywords associated with the digital attributes are ranked. In response, search based software code associated with an Internet search for the digital information is generated and associated real time user interactions are recorded. The search based software code is modified resulting in generation of modified search based software code. The modified search based software code is executed and relevant results associated with the Internet based search are presented via a GUI. The database is configured such that the modified search is stored within a logical partition of the database.

Abstract: A method includes receiving and processing an electronic signal that represents television content to provide a first media signal that is playable to present a forward-playback of the television content. The method also includes, responsive to a first instruction, providing a second media signal that is playable to present a reverse-playback of the television content, and recording a portion of the television content that corresponds to the reverse-playback. Further, the method includes, responsive to a second instruction, stopping the recording of the television content. In addition, the method includes, responsive to a third instruction, saving one or more recorded portions of the television content. The method also includes, responsive to receiving a fourth instruction, communicating the saved recording of the television content to a separate computing device.

Abstract: An article is prepared with surface regions having different contact angles. A reactive silane material is attached to a surface having a reactive tail component that is contacted with a first corresponding reactant, followed by imagewise UV exposure to cause imagewise reaction of the reactive tail component and first corresponding reactant, forming reacted regions and latent reaction regions. After rinsing, a second corresponding reactant that is capable of reaction with the reactive moiety is applied. Uniform UV exposure leads to a second reaction product only in the latent reaction regions. After rinsing, first regions comprise exclusively the first reaction product and second regions comprising exclusively the second reaction product. These first and second regions have contact angles that differ by 10-110 degrees. A composition can be applied that is exclusively attracted to either the first regions or the second regions, but not to both the first and second regions.

Abstract: A system for a high temperature, high energy density secondary battery that includes an electrolyte comprising an ionic liquid solvent, and electrolyte salts; a metallic anode; a cathode, compatible with the electrolyte and comprising an active material and a polyimide binder; and a separator component that separates the cathode and anode.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing spectroscopic measurements of semiconductor structures including ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths greater than two micrometers are presented herein. A spectroscopic measurement system includes a combined illumination source including a first illumination source that generates ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared wavelengths (wavelengths less than two micrometers) and a second illumination source that generates mid infrared and long infrared wavelengths (wavelengths of two micrometers and greater). Furthermore, the spectroscopic measurement system includes one or more measurement channels spanning the range of illumination wavelengths employed to perform measurements of semiconductor structures. In some embodiments, the one or more measurement channels simultaneously measure the sample throughout the wavelength range. In some other embodiments, the one or more measurement channels sequentially measure the sample throughout the wavelength range.

Abstract: A system of extending functionalities of a host device using a smart flash storage device comprises the host device having a host interface and configured to perform a specific function to generate a first set of data. The host device is coupled with a flash storage device. The flash storage device is configured to conform to a flash memory interface. A set of data generated by the host device is to be stored in flash memory storage of the flash storage device. A processor of the flash storage device is configured to run one or more user applications to process the set of data. The processor is to operate using power supplied by the host device.

Abstract: Arylclobutene-containing multi-functional monomers are useful in the preparation of arylcyclobutene-based polymer coatings. Compositions comprising one or more arylclobutene-containing multi-functional monomers and one or more oligomers comprising as polymerized units one or more arylcyclobutene monomer provide arylcyclobutene-based polymer coatings having reduced stress. Such compositions are useful in the manufacture of electronic devices.

Abstract: Migrating a logical partition with a native logical port including establishing in the target computing system a target VIOS that includes a virtual network interface controller (vNIC) server, the vNIC server of the target VIOS coupled for data communications to a first target virtual adapter; copying the logical partition including a vNIC client to the target computing system; starting the logical partition; establishing, by the vNIC client of the logical partition, data communications with the vNIC server of the target VIOS, including performing I/O data communications between the logical partition and the first target virtual adapter; establishing a second logical port in the logical partition on the target computing system, including coupling for I/O data communications the second logical port to a second target virtual adapter; and performing I/O data communications from the logical partition to the second target virtual adapter through the second logical port.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing broadband spectroscopic metrology with reduced sensitivity to focus errors are presented herein. Significant reductions in sensitivity to focus position error are achieved by imaging the measurement spot onto the detector such that the direction aligned with the plane of incidence on the wafer surface is oriented perpendicular to the direction of wavelength dispersion on the detector surface. This reduction in focus error sensitivity enables reduced focus accuracy and repeatability requirements, faster focus times, and reduced sensitivity to wavelength errors without compromising measurement accuracy. In a further aspect, the dimension of illumination field projected on the wafer plane in the direction perpendicular to the plane of incidence is adjusted to optimize the resulting measurement accuracy and speed based on the nature of target under measurement.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a hot melt adhesive composition including: a) an ethylene/?-olefin multi-block copolymer having a weight molecular weight (Mw) less than 20,000; b) a tackifier having a softening temperature from 90° C. to 150° C.; and c) a wax.

Abstract: Provided is a virtual interface, a “Forwarder” and a Virtual Block Storage Device (VBSD). The virtual interface is the interface between a Command/Response Queue (CRQ), which receives CRQ commands from a virtual machine monitor, and a common interface of the Forwarder. The Forwarder receives I/O commands in a format associated with the common interface and converts the commands into a generic I/O format. The reformatted command is transmitted to the VBSD. The virtual machine monitor sends a read or write (R/W) request to the virtual interface, which passes the request to the Forwarder. The Forwarder receives the request, converts the request into a form readable by the VBSD and transmits the converted request to the VBSD. The VBSD transmits the request to a block storage device and returns the response to the Forwarder. The Forwarder replies to the request from the virtual interface with the response from the ABSD. The virtual interface then responds to the virtual machine monitor.

Abstract: Improved reaction processes comprise reacting a mixture to form a product comprising a metal alkyl, metal oxide, or mixture thereof and then passing said product to a post-reactor heat exchanger. The improvement comprises one or more of the following: (1) reacting said metal alkyl compound with an acid to produce a soluble metal ester; or (2) adding an ionic surfactant; or (3) adding a mixture comprising an antioxidant to the product under conditions sufficient to avoid formation of significant amounts of insoluble metal or metal compounds derived from said metal alkyl compound; or (4) purging said post-reactor heat exchanger with an inert gas under conditions to remove metal oxide from the post-reactor heat exchanger.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing spectroscopic reflectometry measurements of semiconductor structures at infrared wavelengths are presented herein. In some embodiments measurement wavelengths spanning a range from 750 nanometers to 2,600 nanometers, or greater, are employed. In one aspect, reflectometry measurements are performed at oblique angles to reduce the influence of backside reflections on measurement results. In another aspect, a broad range of infrared wavelengths are detected by a detector that includes multiple photosensitive areas having different sensitivity characteristics. Collected light is linearly dispersed across the surface of the detector according to wavelength. Each different photosensitive area is arranged on the detector to sense a different range of incident wavelengths. In this manner, a broad range of wavelengths are detected with high signal to noise ratio by a single detector.

Abstract: The migration of dislocations into pristine single crystal material during crystal growth of an adjacent conductive strap is inhibited by a conductive barrier formed at the interface between the layers. The conductive barrier may be formed by implanting carbon impurities or depositing Si:C layer that inhibits dislocation movement across the barrier layer, or by forming a passivation layer by annealing in vacuum prior to deposition of amorphous Si to prevent polycrystalline nucleation at the surface of single crystalline Si, or by implanting nucleation promoting species to enhance the nucleation of polycrystalline Si away from single crystalline Si.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing simultaneous spectroscopic measurements of semiconductor structures over a broad range of angles of incidence (AOI), azimuth angles, or both, are presented herein. Spectra including two or more sub-ranges of angles of incidence, azimuth angles, or both, are simultaneously measured over different sensor areas at high throughput. Collected light is linearly dispersed across different photosensitive areas of one or more detectors according to wavelength for each subrange of AOIs, azimuth angles, or both. Each different photosensitive area is arranged on the one or more detectors to perform a separate spectroscopic measurement for each different range of AOIs, azimuth angles, or both. In this manner, a broad range of AOIs, azimuth angles, or both, are detected with high signal to noise ratio, simultaneously. This approach enables high throughput measurements of high aspect ratio structures with high throughput, precision, and accuracy.