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PMA effects on Al/HfO2 high-K PMOS capacitors

A two-step post-metallization annealing (PMA) process has been developed and it has demonstrated its significant benefit for high-k metal gate (HKMG) in reducing post chemical mechanical polish (CMP) Al corrosion defects. After metal gate CMP, samples are firstly treated with N2O plasma in a 400°C PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition) chamber for surface oxidization, before which the chamber has been cycled with pumping through N2 and noble gas mixture so as to remove moisture and/or particles on chamber wall. Then, N2O gas switched off and NH3/N2 mixture plasma turned on to nitridize the metal oxides. A multi-variable (e.g. Gas ratio, RF power, plasma treatment time, chamber pressure, etc.) statistical design of experiment (DOE) was performed to optimize processes for growing ultra-thin metal oxynitride (e.g. AlON, TiON, TaON, etc.) on top surface of the metal gate, which will work as the 2nd etch stop layer (ESL) as well. TEM results showed that metal has been dragged upwards desirably and 30~60Å self-aligned insulated film grown upon Al/HfO2 capacitor, but 50-100Å diffusing layer was also observed unavoidably, which may induce metal loss and lead to a higher electrical resistance. With PMA treatment, PMOS post-CMP corrosion defects have been reduced significantly by ~85% in isolated SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), by ~50% in dense area, and by ~75% at the gate boundary area. The correlation of IOFF v.s IDSAT and IDSAT v.s VDSAT (saturation voltage at sub-threshold regime) demonstrated a comparable performance with that of non-PMA process. In light of the findings from this study, a trade-off between defect reduction and N/O atom diffusion downward metal gate should achieve with further PMA optimization.
Real-time multi-platform pedestrian detection in a heavy duty driver assistance system

Reliable and fast pedestrian detection in mobile systems is an impor- tant and increasing field of research. The main goal is to save lives of pedestrians in as many situations and environments as possible. Most of the existing reliable pedestrian detection algorithms run on high performance PCs with intense CPU and GPU usage and are therefore not suited for mobile embedded systems. We present a heavy duty multi-platform mobile system running a real-time pedestrian detection. Our approach is to run each part of our software on the hardware part which is suited best for solving the problem. This distribution of the software to the several hardware parts is work in progress, but first experiments with the basic algorithm already show promising results.
Analyzing fixed-priority global multiprocessor scheduling

We consider a multiprocessor where hard real-time tasks are scheduled globally on in processors. Each task has a fixed priority and tasks are executed using preemptive scheduling. The state-of-the-art priority assignment scheme in such cases is called RM-US[US-LIMIT], where US-LIMIT is a parameter to the RM-US algorithm. The challenge is to find the US-LIMIT that can guarantee schedulability for as high utilization as possible. The previously best known US-LIMIT value could guarantee schedulability as long as the multiprocessor utilization is below m/(3m-2), i.e. 0.33333 when m/spl rarr//spl infin/. In this paper we define a new equation for US-LIMIT which guarantees schedulability for higher utilization values than the previous result. When m/spl rarr//spl infin/ we can now guarantee schedulability, for all tasks sets when the multiprocessor utilization is below 0.37482. We also show that our US-LIMIT values are optimal, i.e. we show that there is no room for further improvement of this state-of-the-art priority assignment scheme.
A 55.1 mW 1.62-to-8.1 Gb/s Video Interface Receiver Generating up to 680 MHz Stream Clock Over 20 dB Loss Channel

A 1.62-to-8.1 Gb/s video interface receiver with an adaptive equalizer and a stream clock generator (SCG) is proposed. The adaptation logic is achieved by an edge-based adaptation and it controls the continuous-time linear equalizer ac boost. Using the adaptation logic, the minimum BER point is selected for several cables. The SCG consists of a phase-switching fractional divider and a delta–sigma modulator. The dividing factor is determined by the display resolution and the SCG operates up to 680 MHz which is the 4K UHD pixel frequency. The proposed receiver is fabricated in 65-nm CMOS technology and occupies an active area of 0.282 mm2. The measured BER is less than $10^{-12}$ with a 20-ft-long video cable, whose insertion loss at 4.05 GHz is 20 dB. The receiver consumes 55.1 mW at the data rate of 8.1 Gb/s.
Vibration Torque Suppression for Magnetically Suspended Flywheel Using Improved Synchronous Rotating Frame Transformation

Synchronous vibration, a common issue in active magnetic bearing (AMB) system, is mainly caused by mass imbalance of the rotor. It comes with high-power consumption and serious impact on the housing base, dramatically degrading the performance of AMB. Magnetically suspended flywheel (MSFW), which owns a flat rotor and consequently shows strong gyroscopic effects even at low operating speed, requires additional attention not only for suppressing the synchronous vibration but also for maintaining the overall stability faced with the coupled dynamics. In this work, in order to suppress the vibration torques in MSFW with significant gyroscopic effects, an improved synchronous rotating frame- (SRF-) based control method is proposed. The proposed method introduces the compensation phase for stability adjustment and aims at simultaneously suppressing the synchronous components in the coupled axes. Firstly, the vibration torque model of MSFW is established, and the baseline control strategy for suspension and gyroscopic effects restrain is derived. Then, the principle and implementation of the improved SRF-based vibration torque method are analyzed, which aims at suppressing the synchronous vibration torques through attenuating synchronous components in coil currents. Moreover, the stability of the overall closed-loop system is analyzed. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified through simulation and experimental results.
Increased Transgenerational Intestinal Tumorigenesis in Offspring of Ionizing Radiation Exposed Parent APC1638N/+ Mice

The purpose of the study was to assess transgenerational intestinal tumorigenic effects of low dose ionizing radiation employing a well-characterized mouse model of human colorectal cancer. Mice (6 to 8 weeks old APC1638N/+ mice; n=20 per study group) were exposed to whole-body 25 cGy x-rays and mated 2 days post-irradiation. Intestinal tumorigenesis in male and female F1 mice from No Parents Irradiated (NPI), Both Parents Irradiated (BPI), and Male Parent Irradiated (MPI) groups were compared 210 days after birth. Male and female Direct Parent Irradiated (DPI) groups were additional controls for male and female F1 groups respectively. Data showed higher intestinal tumor frequency (± standard error of the mean) in male and female F1 from BPI (male: 7.81 ± 0.91; female: 5.45 ± 0.36) as well as from MPI (male: 6.30 ± 0.33; female: 4.45 ± 0.33) mice relative to F1 from NPI mice (male: 4.2 ± 0.48; female: 3.35 ± 0.37). Compared to male and female DPI (male: 5.55 ± 0.40; female: 3.60 ± 0.22), tumor frequency in F1 mice of BPI and MPI, though higher, was not statistically significant except for DPI vs. BPI in male mice. Additionally, both BPI and MPI showed increased frequency of larger tumors relative to NPI. In summary, our observations demonstrated that the APC1638N/+ mice due to its low spontaneous tumor frequency could serve as an effective model to study risk of transgenerational carcinogenesis in gastrointestinal tissues after exposure to clinically relevant low doses of ionizing radiation.
Refined molecular hinge between allosteric and catalytic domain determines allosteric regulation and stability of fungal chorismate mutase

The yeast chorismate mutase is regulated by tyrosine as feedback inhibitor and tryptophan as crosspathway activator. The monomer consists of a catalytic and a regulatory domain covalently linked by the loop L220s (212–226), which functions as a molecular hinge. Two monomers form the active dimeric enzyme stabilized by hydrophobic interactions in the vicinity of loop L220s. The role of loop L220s and its environment for enzyme regulation, dimerization, and stability was analyzed. Substitution of yeast loop L220s in place of the homologous loop from the corresponding and similarly regulated Aspergillus enzyme (and the reverse substitution) changed tyrosine inhibition to activation. Yeast loop L220s substituted into the Aspergillus enzyme resulted in a tryptophan-inhibitable enzyme. Monomeric yeast chorismate mutases could be generated by substituting two hydrophobic residues in and near the hinge region. The resulting Thr-212→Asp–Phe-28→Asp enzyme was as stable as wild type, but lost allosteric regulation and showed reduced catalytic activity. These results underline the crucial role of this molecular hinge for inhibition, activation, quaternary structure, and stability of yeast chorismate mutase.
Capillary hemangiomatosis like‐lesions in lung biopsies from children with congenital heart defects

The morphological findings in the lung vessels of children with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with uncorrected congenital cardiac shunts may be qualitatively and quantitatively assessed by lung biopsy in selected cases. Among 297 lung biopsies collected over a period of 11 years two cases were detected presenting the typical findings of pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis, a rare disorder usually associated with pulmonary veno‐occlusive disease. We report the clinical and histological findings and discuss about the impact of this unexpected and not‐previously described associated lesion on the prognosis and on the therapeutic strategy in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2014; 49:E82–E85. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
The automatic creation of OLAP cube using an MDA approach

The Model‐Driven Architecture (MDA) is an approach that aligns modeling and automation for software development. By applying such an approach to data warehouse (DW) projects, we can minimize a great deal of time and cost. Furthermore, most of OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP) platforms seem to be like black boxes that provide wizards only to business intelligence developers to create and manipulate OLAP objects without allowing their sustainability and migration from a platform to another. That is why many works in the literature have proposed using the MDA approach in DW projects. However, most of them have mainly focused on the generation of the DW relational model from the conceptual one, and they overlooked the OLAP model and the cube implementation.
The Writing Catechism and Translation Strategies of Three Jesuits in South India: Henrique Henriques, Roberto de Nobili and Joseph Beschi

Translating Catechisms, Translating Cultures explores the dimensions of early modern transcultural Christianities, the leeway of religious negotiation in and outside of Europe by comparing catechisms and their translations in the context of several Jesuit missions (including China, India, Japan, Ethiopia, Northern America and England).
Predictors of early abstinence in smokers with schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND In patients with schizophrenia, the smoking cessation rate is low and the burden of smoking-related morbidity and mortality is high. Identification of factors associated with abstinence may allow clinicians to optimize treatment prior to a smoking cessation attempt. METHOD To identify factors associated with successful smoking cessation in patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, we analyzed baseline data from 114 stable outpatient smokers with schizophrenia who participated in 1 of 2 smoking cessation trials. The outcome of interest was 4 weeks' continuous abstinence at the end of a 12-week nicotine dependence treatment intervention. Baseline factors associated with abstinence were identified with univariate methods and entered into a manual, forward-selection multivariable regression model to identify independent predictors of abstinence. The study was conducted from March 1999 to February 2004. RESULTS Fourteen of 114 participants (12%) had biochemically verified 4 weeks' continuous abstinence at week 12. We included 10 noncorrelated variables with a univariate association with abstinence in a multivariable model, controlling for pharmacotherapy, age, and gender. Age at initiation of smoking and baseline variability in attentiveness, as measured by Continuous Performance Test-AX (CPT-AX) hit reaction time standard error, were independently associated with abstinence. For every year increase in age at initiation of smoking, the OR for abstinence was 1.36 (95% CI = 1.01 to 1.83), p = . 048. For every millisecond decrease in the variability of the reaction time of CPT-AX, the OR for achieving abstinence was 1.55 (95% CI = 1.07 to 2.24), p = . 021. CONCLUSION Later initiation of smoking was associated with increased and baseline attentional impairment with reduced odds of abstinence. Additional research to further our understanding of the relationship between attentional impairment and cigarette smoking in schizophrenia may lead to improved nicotine dependence treatments for this group.
How response biases affect the factor structure of Big Five personality questionnaires

Several studies have shown that personality self-reports may be affected by response biases, and that this may have consequences on their factor structure, especially in samples with little education or in adolescents. The current study aims to understand the effect of social desirability and acquiescence on the factor structure of three questionnaires based on the Five Factor Model of personality: the Big Five Inventory, the Five Factor Personality Inventory and the Overall Personality Assessment Scale. The data was analysed using a new method that removes the effects of both social desirability and acquiescence from the inter-item correlation matrix used for factor analysis. These effects were assessed in a sample of 392 university students, which contained no individuals with low educational levels, children or adolescents. The results showed that, even in samples with no individuals with low educational levels, controlling for social desirability and acquiescence led to a simpler factor structure that is more congruent with the theoretical solution expected from the five factor model. It also seems that in the domain of inventories based upon the five factor model, this effect may be specially due to acquiescence.
Premier bilan de la tarification à l’activité (T2A) sur la variabilité des coûts hospitaliers

Ce papier etudie la variabilite des couts hospitaliers pour des sejours comparables en pathologies et en procedures (GHM). A l’epoque du budget global, une forte variabilite des couts etait observee entre les hopitaux publics francais. Qu’en est-il aujourd’hui ? Theoriquement, la T2A conduit les etablissements a minimiser leurs couts pour gagner la difference entre le forfait et le cout. Nous montrons une certaine homogeneisation des couts et une reelle prise en compte de l’heterogeneite des individus. Les forfaits par GHM ne capturent cependant pas toute l’heterogeneite entre les etablissements, ni entre les patients. Ainsi, les effets nefastes de selection des patients ou de diminution du niveau de qualite ne sont pas evites par les forfaits actuels.
Breaking the Camel's Back: Bringing Women's Human Rights to Bear on Tobacco Control

Tobacco is the largest single cause of premature death in the United States' and a major cause of preventable death throughout the world.2 Globally, tobacco is now responsible for approximately four million deaths every year.3 Of these, over half a million are women -a yearly loss greater than the entire population of the state of Vermont.5 In the United States now, more women die annually from lung cancer than from breast cancer, and women face increased risk for a host of tobacco-related cancers, reproductive disorders, and other debilitations.6 Confronted with evidence of this magnitude, many policy makers-in the U.S. and abroad-have taken on the issue of tobacco control and decried the spread of tobacco as a global health crisis. 7 Yet despite increased efforts, tobacco control has failed a major segment of its intended beneficiaries and most crucial participants: women. Until recently, tobacco policy did not seriously consider that the epidemic might have unique implications for women's health and women's rights.8 Tobacco control typically was approached without regard to gender and framed as a matter of trade, public health, or economics-never as a matter of women's human rights. As a result, women have suffered as well as the tobacco control movement itself. For instance, failure to recognize the social and economic conditions affecting women's health has meant a decontextualized approach to policy that cannot
Retinal angiomatous proliferation responds safely to a double dose (1.0 mg) of ranibizumab

A 77‐year‐old man presented with sudden foggy central vision in the right eye. The visual acuity (VA) was 6/60 (R) and 6/6 (L). Funduscopy revealed superficial macular haemorrhage in the right eye. Using fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography, retinal angiomatous proliferation was confirmed. Two intra‐vitreal injections of bevacizumab were given but the VA did not improve. Following this, he received an intra‐vitreal injection of ranibizumab. Regression of the retinal angiomatous proliferation was observed and the VA of the right eye returned to 6/10. Simultaneously, his left eye suffered from sudden visual loss and retinal angiomatous proliferation was diagnosed. Three intra‐vitreal injections of ranibizumab were given. Regression of the retinal angiomatous proliferation was observed and the VA of the left eye was stabilised. Another 80‐year‐old man complained of sudden distorted vision in his left eye. Funduscopy and optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed superficial macular haemorrhage and retinal pigment epithelial detachment (RPED). The VA was 6/12 and retinal angiomatous proliferation was diagnosed. He received an intra‐vitreous injection of bevacizumab followed by photodynamic therapy (PDT). The RPED was resolved; however, the VA dropped to 2/60. Optical coherent tomography, fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography were used to indentify retinal angiomatous proliferation. Intra‐vitreal injection(s) of a double dose (1 mg) of ranibizumab is a worthwhile treatment, as it can stabilise and even improve the VA without significant side effects.
Three‐dimensional high‐resolution magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging for absolute quantification of 31P metabolites in human liver

Liver dysfunction correlates with alterations of intracellular concentrations of 31P metabolites. Localization and absolute quantification should help to trace regional hepatic metabolism. An improved protocol for the absolute quantification of 31P metabolites in vivo in human liver was developed by employing three‐dimensional (3D) k‐space weighted spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) with B1‐insensitive adiabatic excitation. The protocol allowed for high spatial resolution of 17.8 ± 0.22 cm3 in 34 min at 3 T. No pulse adjustment prior to MRSI measurement was necessary due to adiabatic excitation. The protocol geometry was identical for all measurements so that one calibration data set, acquired from phantom replacement measurement, was applied for all quantifications. The protocol was tested in 10 young, healthy volunteers, for whom 57 ± 7 spectra were quantified. Concentrations per liter of liver volume (reproducibilities) were 2.24 ± 0.10 mmol/L (1.8%) for phosphomonoesters (PME), 1.37 ± 0.07 mmol/L (7.9%) for inorganic phosphate (Pi), 11.40 ± 0.96 mmol/L (2.9%) for phosphodiesters (PDE), and 2.14 ± 0.10 mmol/L (1.6%) for adenosine triphosphate (ATP), respectively. Taken together, this approach provides fast, simple, and reproducible high‐resolution absolute quantification and detailed mapping of the spatial distribution of hepatic 31P metabolites. This method allows for examination of regional deviations of energy metabolism in human liver diseases. Magn Reson Med 60:796–802, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ON THE RASSIAS STABILITY OF A BI-JENSEN FUNCTIONAL EQUATION

In this paper, we investigate the stability of a bi-Jensen functional equation 4f ( x + y 2 , z + w 2 )= f (x,z )+ f (x,w )+ f (y,z )+ f (y,w) in the sense of Th. M. Rassias. Also, we establish the superstability of a bi-Jensen functional equation.
Driver information system: a combination of augmented reality and deep learning

Improving traffic safety is one of the important goals of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). In vehicle-based safety systems, it is more desirable to prevent an accident than to reduce severity of injuries. One of the solutions to prevent accidents is to provide information on the surrounding environment of the driver. Augmented Reality Head-Up Display (AR-HUD) can facilitate a new form of dialogue between the vehicle and the driver; and enhance ITS by superimposing surrounding traffic information on the users view and keep drivers view on roads. In this paper, we propose a fast deeplearning-based object detection approaches for identifying and recognizing road obstacles types, as well as interpreting and predicting complex traffic situations. A single Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) predicts region of interest and class probabilities directly from full images in one evaluation. We also investigated potential costs and benefits of using dynamic conformal AR cues in improving driving safety.
Ag-B-linked analogue of Ia antigens in the rat.

The reactions of Lewis rat lymphocyte membrane antigens with two alloantisera, BN anti-Lewis and BN anti-Fischer have been studied. Three lines of evidence indicated that these antisera reacted with cell surface antigens homologous to Ia antigens of the mouse. 1) After absorption with Lewis platelets, the antisera killed only 40 to 50% of Lewis spleen cells. The majority of such cells were shown to be Ig-positive B cells by the examination of reaction patterns on lymphocytes after separation on nylon wool into T cell- and B cell-enriched subpopulations. 2) SDS-PAGE analysis of solubilized Lewis spleen cell antigens precipitated with these antisera revealed that the platelet-absorbed antisera reacted with molecules comparable in size to mouse Ia antigens (mw approximately equals 35,000 and 28,000). The unabsorbed sera reacted with these molecules and with additional molecules corresponding in size to mouse K and D antigens (m.w. = 45,000). 3) Neither of these antisera killed significant numbers of spleen cells from the partially congenic strain F.BN (seventh backcross homozygotes), a Fischer rat to which the Ag-B.3 allele is being transferred by repetitive backcrossing, indicating that the genes coding for these Ia-like antigens in the rat are linked to the Ag-B locus.
Development of a reconstituted water medium and preliminary validation of the Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay—Xenopus (FETAX)

A reconstituted water medium was developed for use in the Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay—Xenopus (FETAX). FETAX solution was then tested on three compounds with known mammalian teratogenicity (ethanol, caffeine, and 5‐fluorouracil) as was a non‐teratogen (saccharin). The results obtained were then compared with results from tests on these compounds in two other media that had previously been used in the assay. Saccharin was not teratogenic. Ethanol and caffeine were weak and moderate teratogens, respectively. 5‐fluorouracil was a strong teratogen. The results compare favorably with those obtained in mammalian studies. The amount of growth inhibition in embryos in the 96 h tests was positively correlated with the degree of teratogenicity of the compound. Final validation of FETAX will allow it to be used to screen and rank compounds for further testing and as a tool for studying the basic mechanisms of teratogenesis.