A fish hook includes a wire strand resilient bait guard. The core may be formed of layers of metal and plastic, or an injection molded plastic having metal particles dispersed therein. The at least one NFET has a gate stack structure comprising a gate dielectric, a first gate electrode layer, a barrier layer, a Si-containing second gate electrode layer and a compressive metal, and the at least one PFET has a gate stack structure comprising a gate dielectric, a first gate electrode layer, a barrier layer and a tensile metal or a silicide. %; wherein the humectant is present in the aqueous phase in the range of from about 1 to 99 wt.