Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit structure includes forming an etch stop layer over a conductive feature, forming a dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, forming an opening in the dielectric layer to reveal the etch stop layer, and etching the etch stop layer through the opening using an etchant comprising an inhibitor. An inhibitor film comprising the inhibitor is formed on the conductive feature. The method further includes depositing a conductive barrier layer extending into the opening, performing a treatment to remove the inhibitor film after the conductive barrier layer is deposited, and depositing a conductive material to fill a remaining portion of the opening.

Abstract: An autonomous robot vehicle in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes a land vehicle conveyance system, a sensor system configured to capture information including surrounding environment information and/or vehicle subsystem information, a communication system configured to communicate with a remote human operator management system, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the autonomous robot land vehicle to, autonomously, determine based on the captured information to request a remote human operator, and communicate a request to the remote human operator management system for a remote human operator to assume control of the land vehicle conveyance system, where the request includes at least a portion of the captured information.

Abstract: Films made from at least two polyethylene polymers differentiated in density, melt index, melt index ratio, or branching index and optionally, with other polymers, are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of amyloid fibrils for providing nutritional minerals to the human body, particularly as a component in a food product, a dietary supplement or in a pharmaceutical product. The invention further provides for new compositions comprising composite materials of amyloid fibrils and nutritional minerals. The invention further relates to the use of such composite materials in the treatment of diseases and disorders and to the fortification of food and dietary supplements with nutritional minerals.

Abstract: A cooling fan module includes a fan frame, a light emitting part installed in the fan frame, an LED controller installed in the fan frame and electrically connected to the light emitting part, a fan body, and an external connector. The fan body includes a supporting stand detachably connected to the fan frame, a blade set installed on the supporting stand and can rotate with respect to the supporting stand, and a fan connector fixed to the supporting stand and electrically connected to the blade set. The external connector is fixed to the fan frame. The external connector can be electrically plugged in the fan connector to send a first signal; the external connector is electrically connected to the LED controller to send a second signal. Therefore, the cooling fan module has the advantages of easy assembly and reduced incorrect connection.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for flexible carrier uplink and downlink pairing for 4G, 5G and future networks. Downlink and uplink channels can be assigned to different bands that are not contiguous or bands that have different bandwidths. This enables base station devices to have the flexibility to assign uplink and downlink communications to bands that have lower load and thus improve the efficiency and throughput of the communication link for both uplink and downlink. The base station device can also assign uplink and downlink pairing in order to minimize passive intermodulation interference. Passive intermodulation interference from a transmission can cause interference in bands near the transmission band, and so the base station device can assign downlink and uplink bands that are separate from each other in order to reduce the passive intermodulation interference.

Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of shields (e.g., board level shields, etc.). In an exemplary embodiment, a shield generally includes one or more sidewalls. An upper portion of the one or more sidewalls define an opening having a perimeter. A lower portion of the one or more sidewalls is configured for installation to a substrate generally about one or more components on the substrate. An electrically-conductive material is disposed along the upper portion of the one or more sidewalls and around the perimeter of the opening. The electrically-conductive material is configured to establish an electrically-conductive pathway between the one or more sidewalls and a device housing when a portion of the device housing is positioned over the opening.

Abstract: The technology provides designs and methods for the transit management system, which facilitates transit vehicle operations and control for connected automated transit vehicles (CATVs) systems. The transit management system provides transit vehicles with customized/non-customized information and time-sensitive control instructions for transit vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as vehicle routing, lane changing, turning. The transit management system also realizes transit vehicle lane design, transportation operations and management services for transit vehicle. The transit management system consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside Unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) Vehicle Onboard Unit (OBU), (4) Traffic Operations Centers (TOCs), (5) Cloud platform.

Abstract: The invention provides designs and methods for a heavy vehicle operations and control system for heavy automated vehicles, which facilitates heavy vehicle operation and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. The heavy vehicle management system provides heavy vehicles with individually customized information and real-time vehicle control instructions to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, route guidance. The heavy vehicle management system also realizes heavy vehicle related lane design, transportation operations, and management services for both dedicated and non-dedicated lanes. The heavy vehicle management system consists of one or more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicles and onboard units (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud platform.

Abstract: A security appliance with one or more processors and a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors is described. The memory includes behavior profiling service logic that, when executed by the one or more processors, (i) creates a behavior profile for a particular entity based on received incoming data, and (ii) determines whether the behavior profile identifies that a malicious attack is being performed by the particular entity based on a comparison of the behavior profile to a reference profile. The reference profile represents historical behavior of the particular entity that is monitored over a prescribed period of time.

Abstract: A system for performing quality control for nucleic acid sample sequencing is disclosed. The system comprises a set of solid supports, each solid support having attached thereto a plurality of nucleic acid sequences, wherein the set comprises plural groups of solid supports and each group contains solid supports having the same nucleic acid sequences attached thereto. The nucleic acid sequences of each group differ from each other. The nucleic acid sequences are synthetically derived, and the nucleic acids sequences are designed such that the nucleic acid sequences produce a predefined pattern of detectable signals during a sequencing run. A method of preparing a quality control for performing nucleic acid sample sequencing, a method of validating a nucleic acid sequencing instrument during a nucleic acid sequencing experiment, and a method of processing nucleic acid sequencing data during a nucleic acid sequencing experiment are also disclosed.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a compressed UE capability message that can indicate to a mobile network the various capabilities of the UE. In particular, the carrier aggregation and dual connectivity capabilities are compressed as disclosed herein. In traditional implementations, each carrier aggregation and dual connectivity combination and implementation that is supported is explicitly indicated in the message. As disclosed herein, rather than listing explicit combinations, the UE capability message can be compressed by instead listing boundary values of several different parameters which can be used by the network to derive the carrier aggregation and dual connectivity combinations. The UE capability message can also list the boundary values for LTE (Long Term Evolution), NR (New Radio, or 5G), and Dual Connectivity separately within the message to reduce ambiguity.

Abstract: Collaborative and adaptive threat intelligence. Data collected on a first customer network is received. One or more local models are trained with at least the received data, where the one or more local models are related to security. An amount of data to transmit to a centralized controller is determined based at least on a result of the training one or more local models and the determined amount of data is transmitted to the centralized controller. Result data is received from the centralized controller that is a result of one or more global models trained on the centralized controller using data collected on multiple customer networks including the first customer network. The one or more local models are adjusted using the received result data and the one or more adjusted local models are trained.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems for applying materials to components. The system comprises a tool operable for transferring a portion of a material from a supply of the material to a component. A first portion of the tool may be configured for cutting along a side or edge of the portion of the material. A second portion of the tool may be configured for tamping, pressing, or pushing against the portion of the material to cause uncut sides or edges of the portion of the material attached to the supply of the material to be torn, severed, detached, or separated from the supply of the material.

Abstract: For a virtual distributed network environment employing physical forwarding elements that includes both software forwarding elements and third party devices serving as hardware forwarding elements, a scalable method for synchronizing configuration data of logical forwarding elements that are distributed across the various physical forwarding elements is provided. The method generates and updates the configuration data at a set of central controllers and then distributes the configuration data to the physical forwarding elements. The method delivers the updated configuration data to some of the physical forwarding elements by (i) determining a delta/differential between the updated configuration data held at the central controller and the obsolete configuration data held at those physical forwarding elements and (ii) delivering the determined differential configuration data to the physical forwarding elements.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a system, a method, and/or a computer program product for data display, comprising: acquiring raw data content; determining a first set of data entries to be aggregately displayed from the raw data content; and in response to a request for an aggregate display, aggregately displaying the first set of data entries.