Abstract: Printable resin precursor compositions and polishing articles including printable resin precursors are provided that are particularly suited for polishing substrates utilized in hybrid bonding applications. Methods and articles may include a plurality of first polishing elements, where at least one of the plurality of first polymer layers forms the polishing surface; and one or more second polishing elements, where at least a region of each of the one or more second polishing elements is disposed between at least one of the plurality of first polishing elements and a supporting surface of the polishing pad. One or more first polishing elements have a Shore D hardness of greater than 60, one or more second polishing elements have a Shore D hardness of from about 20 to less than 60, and the polishing article has a total Shore D hardness of greater than or about 50.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a support to hold a polishing pad, a carrier head to hold a substrate against the polishing pad during a polishing process, an in-situ monitoring system configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of material on the substrate, a temperature control system to control a temperature of the polishing process, and a controller coupled to the in-situ monitoring system and the temperature control system. The controller is configured to cause the temperature control system to vary the temperature of the polishing process in response to the signal.

Abstract: Implementations are directed to receiving a set of tuples, each tuple including an entity and a product from a set of products, for each tuple: generating, by an embedding module, a total latent vector as input to a recommender network, the total latent vector generated based on a structural vector, a textual vector, and a categorical vector, each generated based on a product profile of a respective product and an entity profile of the entity, generating, by a context integration module, a latent context vector based on a context vector representative of a context of the entity, and inputting the total latent vector and the latent context vector to the recommender network, the recommender network being trained by few-shot learning using a multi-task loss function, and generating, by the recommender network, a prediction including a set of recommendations specific to the entity.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a support to hold a polishing pad, a carrier head to hold a substrate against the polishing pad during a polishing process, an in-situ monitoring system configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of material on the substrate, a temperature control system to control a temperature of the polishing process, and a controller coupled to the in-situ monitoring system and the temperature control system. The controller is configured to cause the temperature control system to vary the temperature of the polishing process in response to the signal.

Abstract: A hotel demand evaluation method includes setting a plurality of keywords, collecting a plurality of texts according to the plurality of keywords, selecting a plurality of valid texts from the plurality of texts, performing a semantic analysis operation to identify at least one time keyword and at least one location keyword in the plurality of valid texts, generating a classification result according to at least the at least one time keyword and the at least one location keyword, classifying each valid text of the plurality of valid texts into a positive impact group, a no impact group or a negative impact group according to the classification result, and generating a hotel demand score of a specific region according to at least one valid text of the positive impact group and/or at least one valid text of the negative impact group.

Abstract: A method of automatically selecting beans includes dispersing a plurality of beans on at least a first and a second parallel rows on a motion plane; capturing images of a first part of the beans on the first and second rows; capturing images of a second part of the beans on the first and second rows; determining a plurality of appearance features of the beans; removing the beans with the first appearance feature on the first row; collecting the beans without the first appearance on the first row; removing the beans with the first appearance feature on the second row; and collecting the beans without the first appearance on the second row. The timing of removing the beans with the first appearance feature is related to the motion speed of the motion plane and the positions for capturing the images of the first or second part of the beans.

Abstract: A method of automatically selecting beans includes dispersing a plurality of beans on at least a first and a second parallel rows on a motion plane; capturing images of a first part of the beans on the first and second rows; capturing images of a second part of the beans on the first and second rows; determining a plurality of appearance features of the beans; removing the beans with the first appearance feature on the first row; collecting the beans without the first appearance on the first row; removing the beans with the first appearance feature on the second row; and collecting the beans without the first appearance on the second row. The timing of removing the beans with the first appearance feature is related to the motion speed of the motion plane and the positions for capturing the images of the first or second part of the beans.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a closed-loop DBS system and method for regulating motor symptoms of a subject. The DBS system comprises: neural electrodes for being implanted in deep brain nuclei of the subject and a closed-loop stimulation generator in communication with the neural electrodes. The stimulation generator includes: a data acquisition unit configured to receive the LFP signals transmitted from the neural electrodes and convert the LFP signals to LFP data; a processing unit in communication configured to analyze the LFP data to determine presence of abnormal beta band oscillation and generate a DBS signal upon determining presence of abnormal beta band oscillation; and a pulse generation unit configured to generate, in response to the DBS signal, the DBS pulses to the deep brain nuclei through the neural electrodes. The provided system and method can save stimulation time and avoid adverse side effects of continuous stimulation while maintaining treatment efficacy.

Abstract: Methods of curing a polymer layer on a substrate using variable microwave frequency are provided herein. In some embodiments, methods of curing a polymer layer on a substrate using variable microwave frequency include (a) forming a first thin-film polymer layer on a substrate, the first thin-film polymer layer including at least one first base dielectric material and at least one microwave tunable material, (b) applying a variable frequency microwave energy to the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to heat the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to a first temperature, and (c) adjusting the variable frequency microwave energy applied to the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to tune at least one material property of the first thin-film polymer layer.

Abstract: A method for predicting operational indicators includes performing a training operation according to first data to train a demand model, inputting second data into the demand model to generate predicted demand data, collecting actual demand data, and performing an adjustment operation according to the predicted demand data and the actual demand data to update the demand model.

Abstract: A method for feature extraction and data prediction based on pre-training, includes building a first neural network, inputting first processed data to the first neural network to perform a first training operation to generate a first trained neural network, inputting second processed data to the first trained neural network and fixing a first portion of neurons of the first trained neural network to perform a second training operation to generate a second trained neural network, and inputting third processed data to the second trained neural network to generate a predicted result. A first portion of neurons of the second trained neural network is the same as the first portion of neurons of the first trained neural network.

Abstract: An apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing includes a rotatable platen having a surface to support a polishing pad, a carrier head to hold a substrate in contact with the polishing pad, and a polishing liquid distribution system. The polishing liquid distribution system includes a dispenser positioned to deliver a polishing liquid to a portion of a polishing surface of the polishing pad, and a curved barrier positioned after the dispenser to spread fresh polishing liquid from the dispenser.

Abstract: A method for allocating perishable products based on machine learning, includes using a sales estimation model to evaluate estimated sales of a plurality of perishable products in a predetermined period, using a rating model to calculate a predetermined rate of the plurality of perishable products in the predetermined period according to the estimated sales, using an allocation model to adjust an allocation ratio of the plurality of perishable products in a plurality of marketing channels according to the estimated sales and the predetermined rate if a current rate is lower than the predetermined rate, and determining the numbers of perishable products allocated to the plurality of marketing channels according to the allocation ratio.

Abstract: A rate adjustment method includes a rate estimation model generating a plurality of estimated rates according to a plurality of training data, a revenue estimation model generating an estimated revenue according to the plurality of estimated rates, updating the rate estimation model according to the estimated revenue to generate an updated rate estimation model, and inputting a plurality of current data into the updated rate estimation model to update the plurality of estimated rates.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for reducing warpage of a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for reducing warpage of a substrate includes: applying an epoxy mold over a plurality of dies on the substrate in a dispenser tool; placing the substrate on a pedestal in a curing chamber, wherein the substrate has an expected post-cure deflection in a first direction; inducing a curvature on the substrate in a direction opposite the first direction; and curing the substrate by heating the substrate in the curing chamber.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to support a polishing pad having a polishing surface, a source of coolant, a dispenser having one or more apertures suspended over the platen to direct coolant from the source of coolant onto the polishing surface of the polishing pad; and a controller coupled to the source of coolant and configured to cause the source of coolant to deliver the coolant through the nozzles onto the polishing surface during a selected step of a polishing operation.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to support a polishing pad having a polishing surface, a source of coolant, a dispenser having one or more apertures suspended over the platen to direct coolant from the source of coolant onto the polishing surface of the polishing pad; and a controller coupled to the source of coolant and configured to cause the source of coolant to deliver the coolant through the nozzles onto the polishing surface during a selected step of a polishing operation.

Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element through an eighth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The eighth lens element has negative refractive power. At least one lens surface of the imaging lens assembly has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.

Abstract: A method for retrieving data on a web page includes performing a simulated user operation on a target web page to generate a result web page, retrieving a source code of the result web page, creating a data table according to the source code, and performing a data cleaning operation with the data table to generate cleaned data and store the cleaned data in a database. Each temporary row of the data table is corresponding to a quotation plan.