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Abstract of the Disclosure A gapfill process is provided using cycling of HDP-CVD deposition, etching, and deposition step. The fluent gas during the first deposition step includes an inert gas such as He, but includes H2 during the remainder deposition step. The higher average molecular weight of the fluent gas during the first deposition step provides some cusping over structures that define the gap to protect them during the etching step. The lower average molecular weight of the fluent gas during the remainder deposition step has reduced sputtering characteristics and is effective at filling the remainder of the gap.

Disclosed is a heat treatment unit 4 serving as a heat treatment apparatus, which includes a chamber 42 for containing a wafer W on which a low dielectric constant interlayer insulating film is formed, a formic acid supply device 44 for supplying gaseous formic acid into the chamber 42, and a heater 43 for heating the wafer W in the chamber 42 which is supplied with formic acid by the formic acid supply device 44.

Methods of managing employment between an employer and one or more applicants are provided by a system in which job information pertaining to an employment position that needs to be filled that includes but is not limited to data relating to the flexibility of the employment position is provided so one or more users can access it. A correlation between one or more applicants and the job information is created and reported so that the job may ultimately be filled efficiently and effectively. Preferably, the present invention is implemented in the form of a website, which can be password protected if desired and in certain embodiments requires payment of a subscription fee. Typically, the data relating to flexibility comprises data related to the hours, benefits, schedule and location of the employment position, and preferably the data relating to flexibility is categorized into one or more employment mode categories which most preferably include data relating to acceptable experience levels, time out of the workforce and lifestyle data. The employment mode categories can be self-selected by an applicant from a fixed menu of choices, or may be assigned based upon data inputs. Additionally, employers may use the methods disclosed herein to collect flexibility data concerning the correlation and rate of fulfillment of employment positions and analyzing the data to determine a statistical measure of job flexibility within a single organization. The flexibility data may also be collected for a plurality of organizations and an objective flexibility index can be determined to benchmark an organization against a standard. In certain embodiments, a feature is provided by which an employer may elect to “flex” a position or a user may elect to “flex” themselves.

Plasma etch processes incorporating etch chemistries which include hydrogen. In particular, high density plasma chemical vapor deposition-etch-deposition processes incorporating etch chemistries which include hydrogen that can effectively fill high aspect ratio (typically at least 3:1, for example 6:1, and up to 10:1 or higher), narrow width (typically sub 0.13 micron, for example 0.1 micron or less) gaps while reducing or eliminating chamber loading and redeposition and improving wafer-to-wafer uniformity relative to conventional deposition-etch-deposition processes which do not incorporate hydrogen in their etch chemistries.

A novel combination of a suture anchor and a bone void filler composition. Also, a method of using the combination to affix soft tissue to mount a suture anchor in a bone.

An automated system and method for processing prescription requests is disclosed, whereby a patient or physician enters a prescription request to an automated pharmacy prescription processing system. For example, a request for a new or refill prescription can be transmitted from a physician's office to the prescription processing system as a digital file or facsimile message, or using keypad or voice commands in an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system running in the prescription processing system. A request for a prescription refill can also be entered by a patient using an IVR system, or the patient can physically carry the refill prescription request to a pharmacy for entry to the prescription processing system by a technician. The automated pharmacy system determines whether the new or refill prescription request can be filled by a central fill inventory. The automated pharmacy prescription processing system sends eligible, pending prescription requests to an automated central fill prescription request processing system. The automated central fill processing system processes and fills each valid prescription request from a central fill inventory, initiates a quality assurance procedure to double-check each prescription to be filled, labels the double-checked, approved prescriptions, and routes them to a staging area for shipment to the appropriate pharmacy stores.

The invention discloses a single/multi-layer magnetic conductive sheet for wireless charging and a preparation method thereof. The single-layer magnetic conductive sheet comprises a layer of magnetic slice. Multiple strips of cracks are uniformly distributed on the slice and divide the slice into multiple fragment units. Gaps of the cracks are filled with insulation medium, so fragment units on two sides of the cracks are mutually insulated. The single-layer magnetic conductive sheet also comprises a double-faced adhesive tape which is adhered to one face of the magnetic slice. A protection film formed by the insulation medium is formed on the other face of the magnetic slice. The preparation method comprises steps of heat treatment, adhesion of the double-faced adhesive tape, crack processing, gum dipping processing and drying and curing processing. According to the invention, inductance value and quality factor of a charging coil are increased, charging efficiency is increased and loss is reduced. The continuously prepared magnetic conductive sheet is characterized by controllable magnetic conductivity, continuous production, convenient operation and simple insulation processing.

A system and tool for monitoring ground-engaging products for earth working equipment that can monitor characteristics such as part identification, presence, condition, usage, and/or performance of the products on earth working equipment used, for example, in mining, construction, and dredging environments. The monitoring tool includes or is supported by a mobile device that is separate from the earth working equipment. Supporting the monitoring tool on a mobile device can, e.g., provide unique vantage points to monitor the earth working equipment products, monitor the products without inhibiting the operation of the earth working equipment or endangering personnel, closely approach areas of interest for secure and reliable gathering of information, monitor multiple earth working equipment, and/or be protected from the vibrations and impact shocks that can be associated with earth working equipment.

A lateral p-i-n photodetector is provided that includes an array of vertical semiconductor nanowires of a first conductivity type that are grown over a semiconductor substrate also of the first conductivity type. Each vertically grown semiconductor nanowires of the first conductivity type is surrounded by a thick epitaxial intrinsic semiconductor film. The gap between the now formed vertically grown semiconductor nanowires-intrinsic semiconductor film columns (comprised of the semiconductor nanowire core surrounded by intrinsic semiconductor film) is then filled by forming an epitaxial semiconductor material of a second conductivity type which is different from the first conductivity type. In a preferred embodiment, the vertically grown semiconductor nanowires of the first conductivity type are n+ silicon nanowires, the intrinsic epitaxial semiconductor layer is comprised of intrinsic epitaxial silicon, and the epitaxial semiconductor material of the second conductivity type is comprised of p+ silicon.

Methods for filling packagings with at least one medication include producing filling instructions, operating a packaging station to fill packagings, and verifying that each of the packagings is filled correctly. The production of filling instructions includes an allocation of medications to separated compartments in the packagings. Each packaging receives a single medication pass for a specified time on a specified day, or a medicine pass for administration on an as needed basis. The packaging station may include a manual packaging station at which an operator follows prompts to move canisters of medications, pills from the canisters, and trays of packagings to fill the packagings. The manual packaging station includes a shutter assembly with shutters configured to selectively provide access to only one compartment in each packaging at a time, thereby reducing the likelihood of filling errors. Apparatus for filling packagings may include the same manual packaging station.

In a first intense suction, a supply line K is subjected to suction by a suction pump 23 with a portion of the supply line K held in a blocked state. Subsequently, the blocked portion of the supply line K is opened and trapped bubbles are discharged from a pressure chamber 46, which is located relatively upstream. In a subsequent second intense suction, the suction by the suction pump 23 is performed on the supply line K with a portion of the supply line K held in a blocked state, until a maximum negative pressure smaller than a maximum negative pressure of the first intense suction is obtained. The blocked portion of the supply line K is then opened, thus discharging trapped bubbles from an upper filter chamber 64, which is located relatively downstream.

In accordance with some embodiments of the inventions, a display system is disclosed for manipulation of images on tiled displays. The display system can include at least one discrete display device and a control module configured to allow a user to move a graphical representation of an image to a plurality of positions on the at least one discrete display device to thereby define a requested position. The control module can be configured to determine a difference between the requested position and a plurality of predetermined positions on the at least one discrete display device. The control module can also be configured to move and/or stretch the image toward one of the predetermined positions based on the determination of the determined difference.

The invention relates to a phosphate cement based patching material and a preparation method thereof. The patching material is prepared from the following ingredients in parts by weight: 100 parts of magnesium phosphate cement, 20 to 40 parts of mineral admixtures, 120 to 140 parts of fine aggregates, 0.5 to 1 part of water glass, 0.5 to 1 part of fiber and 20 to 30 parts of water. The preparation method is characterized in that the raw materials are proportionally weighed; magnesium oxide, monopotassium phosphate and composite retarders are firstly stirred and mixed; then, the magnesium phosphate cement is obtained; then, the mineral admixtures and the fine aggregates are added; after uniform stirring, the water glass, the fiber and the water are added; stirring is performed for 3 to 4 minutes by a stirring machine; the phosphate cement based patching material is obtained. The prepared phosphate cement based patching material by the invention has the advantages that the coagulation time is about 30 minutes; the restoration time is short; the construction is not influenced; the restoration effect is obvious; the application requirement of fast patching the damaged road surface is met; the phosphate cement based patching material is applicable to fast restoration projects of cement concrete pavements.

This invention pertains to alkaline electrochemical cells, typically to metal-air cells of the button-type. Non-reactive elements of cells of the invention are thinner than corresponding non-reactive elements of prior art cells. Such elements can be made thinner because of improved structures of such elements. The anode can is made from a metal strip structure having a higher steel content. The cathode can has a modified temper, which improves relative stiffness and rigidity while retaining sufficient ductility. By so reducing the thicknesses of non-reactive elements of the cell, and thus the volume occupied by such non-reactive elements, the fraction of the cell devoted to holding electrochemically reactive anode material therein is increased, with corresponding increase in the milliampere hour capacity of the cell.

Systems and methods are disclosed for forming a pontic in a polymeric shell dental appliance, including providing a polymeric shell dental appliance of the type which is removably placeable over a patient's dentition, said shell having a concave trough which conforms to the teeth when the appliance is placed over the dentition and a location in the trough corresponding to a missing tooth; and depositing a flexible, durably affixed material in the location to form the pontic.