Abstract: To generate a plasma for processing a workpiece, an electron beam is introduced into a plasma reactor chamber by radial injection using an annular electron beam source distributed around the circular periphery of the chamber to provide azimuthal uniformity. The electron beam propagation path is tilted upwardly away from the workpiece, either by tilting the electron beam source or by a magnetic field. In other embodiments, there are plural opposing electron beams from linear electron beam sources directed toward the center of the plasma reactor chamber.

Abstract: A component for a semiconductor processing chamber includes a ceramic body having at least one surface with a first average surface roughness of approximately 8-16 micro-inches. The component further includes a conformal protective layer on at least one surface of the ceramic body, wherein the conformal protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide film having a substantially uniform thickness of less than 300 ?m over the at least one surface and having a second average surface roughness of below 10 micro-inches, wherein the second average surface roughness is equal to or less than the first average surface roughness.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article comprises performing ion assisted deposition (IAD) to deposit a protective layer on at least one surface of the article, wherein the protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide film having a thickness of less than 300 ?m and an average surface roughness of 10 micro-inches or less.

Abstract: Techniques for fabricating horizontally aligned nanochannels are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a device having nanochannels is provided. The method includes: providing a SOI wafer having a SOI layer on a buried insulator; forming at least one nanowire and pads in the SOI layer, wherein the nanowire is attached at opposite ends thereof to the pads, and wherein the nanowire is suspended over the buried insulator; forming a mask over the pads, the mask having a gap therein where the nanowire is exposed between the pads; forming an alternating series of metal layers and insulator layers alongside one another within the gap and surrounding the nanowire; and removing the nanowire to form at least one of the nanochannels in the alternating series of the metal layers and insulator layers. A device having nanochannels is also provided.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a method of operating a plasma reactor having an electron beam plasma source for independently adjusting electron beam energy, plasma ion energy and radical population. The disclosure further concerns an electron beam source for a plasma reactor having an RF-driven electrode for producing the electron beam.

Abstract: Methods of removing oxygen from a metal are described. In one example, a method (100) can include forming a mixture (110) including a metal, a calcium de-oxygenation agent, and a salt. The mixture can be heated (120) at a de-oxygenation temperature for a period of time to reduce an oxygen content of the metal, thus forming a de-oxygenated metal. The de-oxygenation temperature can be above a melting point of the salt and below a melting point of the calcium de-oxygenation agent. The de-oxygenated metal can then be cooled (130). The de-oxygenated metal can then be leached with water and acid to remove by-products and obtain a product (140).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for enhancing a plurality of electronic communication systems for a plurality of users include, for example, providing data regarding at least one project, and linking the data regarding the at least one project with the plurality of electronic communication systems regarding the plurality of electronic communications for the plurality of users.

Abstract: Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of making and using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.

Abstract: A medical device including an array of microneedles and a coating disposed on or within the microneedles and a method of making such a device are disclosed. The coating includes a peptide therapeutic agent and an amino acid. A method of stabilizing a peptide therapeutic agent with an amino acid on an array of microneedles is also disclosed. In some cases, the peptide therapeutic agent and the amino acid either both have a net positive charge or both have a net negative charge. In some cases, the peptide therapeutic agent is histidine.

Abstract: Snippets can be represented in a language-independent semantic manner. Each portion of a snippet can be represented by a combination of a semantic representation and a syntactic representation, each in its own dimensional space. A snippet can be divided into portions by constructing a dependency structure based on relationships between words and phrases. Leaf nodes of the dependency structure can be assigned: A) a semantic representation according to pre-defined word mappings and B) a syntactic representation according to the grammatical use of the word. A trained semantic model can assign to each non-leaf node of the dependency structure a semantic representation based on a combination of the semantic and syntactic representations of the corresponding lower-level nodes. A trained syntactic model can assign to each non-leaf node a syntactic representation based on a combination of the syntactic representations of the corresponding lower-level nodes and the semantic representation of that node.

Abstract: The described technology can provide semantic translations of a selected language snippet. This can be accomplished by mapping snippets for output languages into a vector space; creating predicates that can map new snippets into that vector space; and, when a new snippet is received, generating and matching a vector representing that new snippet to the closest vector for a snippet of a desired output language, which is used as the translation of the new snippet. The procedure for mapping new snippets into the vector space can include creating a dependency structure for the new snippet and computing a vector for each dependency structure node. The vector computed for the root node of the dependency structure is the vector representing the new snippet. A similar process is used to train a transformation function for each possible node type, using language snippets already associated with a dependency structure and corresponding vectors.

Abstract: A method to detect prostate cancer comprising contacting a sample of prostate cells from the patient with a set of detectably labeled probes under hybridization conditions and determining the presence of chromosomal abnormalities in prostate tumor tissue, PIN (intra-epithelial neoplasia), histologically benign tissue and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); a method to combine immunofluorescence and FISH (IF-FISH) to facilitate the assessment of chromosomal abnormalities; a set of probes; and a kit comprising the set of probes and instructions for diagnosing prostate cancer in a patient.

Abstract: An OLED display panel, a packaging method thereof, and an OLED display device are provided. The OLED display panel comprises a substrate and a cover plate opposite to the substrate. An OLED device is provided on the substrate. The cover plate is attached onto the substrate so that the OLED device is located between the substrate and the cover plate. A packaging structure is provided between the substrate and the cover plate. The packaging structure surrounds periphery of the OLED device to hermetically package the OLED device in a dry and anti-oxidation manner. The packaging structure provided in periphery of the OLED device between the substrate and the cover plate in the OLED display panel can not only absorb moisture and oxygen well, but also hermetically package the OLED device more tightly, thereby protecting the OLED display panel against erosion of moisture and oxygen and ensuring better hermetical packaging effects.

Abstract: A method implemented by a network service provider to provide a virtual network to tenants requiring bandwidth in a cloud computing environment, where the virtual network includes a first set of one or more virtual switches that manage a second set of one or more physical servers that host virtual machines (VMs). The method starts with receiving by one virtual switch a request for a first plurality of VMs, where at least one VM of the first plurality of VMs contains a bandwidth different from bandwidths of the rest of one or more VMs. The it is determined whether to accept the request for the first plurality of VMs by calculating a set of allocation ranges (ARs) associated to the virtual switch, wherein each AR of the set of ARs denotes at least one discontinuous VM allocation space within a virtual switch. Then VMs are allocated for the request.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof, formulations thereof, conjugates thereof, derivatives thereof, forms thereof and uses thereof are described. In certain aspects and embodiments, the described compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof, formulations thereof, conjugates thereof, derivatives thereof, forms thereof are active on at least one Raf protein kinase. In certain aspects and embodiments, the described compounds are active in inhibiting proliferation of a Ras mutant cell line. Also described are methods of use thereof to treat diseases and conditions, including diseases and conditions associated with activity of B-Raf V600E mutant protein kinase, including melanoma, glioma, glioblastoma multiforme, pilocytic astrocytoma, colorectal cancer, thyroid cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, liver cancer, gallbladder cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, biliary tract cancer, and cholangiocarcinoma.

Abstract: The present invention provides a SAPO-34 molecular sieve, whose chemical composition in the anhydrous state is expressed as: mDGA.(SixAlyPz)O2; wherein DGA is diglycolamine, distributing in the cages and pores of said molecular sieve; m is the molar number of the template agent diglycolamine per one mole of (SixAlyPz)O2, and m is from 0.03 to 0.25; x, y, z respectively represents the molar number of Si, Al, P, and x is from 0.01 to 0.30, and y is from 0.40 to 0.60, and z is from 0.25 to 0.49, and x+y+z=1. Said SAPO-34 molecular sieve can be used as an acid-catalyzed reaction catalyst, such as a methanol to olefins reaction catalyst. The present invention also concerns the application of said SAPO-34 molecular sieve in adsorption separation of CH4 and CO2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tail gas treatment device and a tail gas treatment method. The tail gas treatment device comprises: a gas inlet; a gas circulation passage connected with the gas inlet; a first water orifice used for spraying water to the tail gas in the gas circulation passage; a waste water pool used for accommodating waste water generated from treating the tail gas; a gas outlet; a water quality detection unit used for detecting water quality of waste water in the waste water pool; a drainage port used for draining waste water in the waste water pool; and a water return port connected with the first water orifice via a water return pipeline, and used for delivering water in the waste water pool to the first water orifice when the water quality of the water in the waste water pool meets a recycling requirement.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides forming nanostructures with precision dimension control and minimum lithographic related errors for features with dimension under 14 nanometers and beyond. A self-aligned multiple spacer patterning (SAMSP) process is provided herein and the process utilizes minimum lithographic exposure process, but rather multiple deposition/etching process to incrementally reduce feature sizes formed in the mask along the manufacturing process, until a desired extreme small dimension nanostructures are formed in a mask layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a thin-film transistor and a fabricating method thereof, an array substrate and a display apparatus. An active layer in the thin-film transistor comprises a first active layer and a second active layer which are stacked; wherein, an orthographic projection of the first active layer on the substrate covers orthographic projections of the source electrode, the drain electrode as well as a gap located between the source electrode and the drain electrode on the substrate, and covers an orthographic projection of the gate electrode on the substrate; the second active layer is located at the gap between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and an orthographic projection of the second active layer on the substrate is located in a region where the orthographic projection of the gate electrode on the substrate is located.

Abstract: In a video coding system, a method includes transmitting a first encoded picture from an encoder for reception by a decoder as part of an encoded bitstream. The first encoded picture acts a first reference picture for one or more subsequent pictures in the output encoded bitstream. The method further includes receiving, at the encoder, an indication from the decoder that there was an error in receiving the first encoded picture, and selecting a second reference picture from a buffer of reference pictures at the encoder. The selected second reference picture selected as being earlier than the first reference picture in an encoding order of the encoded bitstream. The method further includes configuring the encoder to encode a set of one or more pictures for the encoded bitstream using the second reference picture and signaling the first reference picture as a non-reference picture.