An abrasive article with improved packing density and mechanical properties and method of making are disclosed. A method of making an abrasive mix with improved processability facilitates improved packing density, resulting in abrasive articles with improved mechanical properties.

A method for use in producing a patch having a number of projections thereon. The method includes providing a distribution member and filling material on a mold surface, the mold including a number of cavities extending from the mold surface for defining the patch projections, filling the cavities with filling material, at least in part by urging filling material from the distribution member into ...

This invention relates to compositions containing a retinoid and use of the compositions for treating skin condi-tions.

The invention relates to a mixture comprising by weight, to give a total of 100%, 99-10% a polyamide block and polyether block copolymer (A) predominately consisting of lauryl lactam radicals, 1-99% at least on type of polymer (B) selected from polyamides other than polyamide 12, copolyamides which do not consist of the lauryl lactam radicals and the polyamide block and polyether block copolymers ...

A polyimide varnish for forming an alignment film of an LCD(Liquid Crystal Display), an alignment film, and an LCD having the alignment film are provided to produce an LCD having excellent black display characteristic. A polyimide varnish forms an alignment film of an LCD, which has an alignment index of larger than 1.3 after liquid crystal processing. The LCD is an in-plane mode switching LCD. Th...

The present invention relates to a barrier composition comprising a dispersion, emulsion or solution of a polymer, starch or starch derivative; colloidal silica particles and a curing agent capable of cross-linking said polymer, starch or starch derivative and coupling said silica particles thereto. The invention also relates to a barrier layer obtainable from said barrier composition and a method...

An insulating-film-forming composition including an organic solvent and a hydrolysis-condensation product which is obtained by hydrolysis and condensation of a component (A) in the presence of a component (B), the component (A) being at least one silane compound selected from a group consisting of compounds shown by the following formulas (1) to (3), €ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒR a Si(OR 1 ) 4-a €ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ(...

An organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer having a light-emitting area and arranged between the anode and the cathode. The organic layer contains in at least a part thereof at least one aminostyrylnaphthalene compound represented by the following formula [I], [II] or [III]: €ƒ€ƒ€ƒ wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 11 , R 12 , R 23 and R 24 are each a phenyl or...

A phosphate phosphor and method for manufacturing the same. The general formula of the phosphor is AaBbPO4:Mm, wherein 0 < a, b, m ≤ 1, A represents at least one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs; B represents at least one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn; and M is at least one or more elements selected from ra...

The invention provides compositions and methods for planarizing or polishing a surface. One composition comprises about 0.01 wt. % to about 20 wt. % α-alumina particles, wherein the α-alumina particles have an average diameter of 200 nm or less, and 80% of the α-alumina particles have a diameter of about 500 nm or less, an organic acid, a corrosion inhibitor, and water. Another composition compris...

A polishing slurry for polishing an aluminum film used for LSI or the like and a method for polishing an aluminum film using the same are provided. A polishing slurry for polishing an aluminum film comprising a polyvalent carboxylic acid having a first stage acid dissociation exponent at 25° C. of 3 or lower, colloidal silica, and water, and having a pH from 2 to 4, and a polishing method for poli...

The present invention provides a microorganism carrier device. It is made by foamed polyurethanes and evenly cut into block-like or strip-like units. The plurality of pores occupy 80-95% of the volume of each block-like unit or strip-like unit. The average diameter of a pore is between 0.5-2mm so that the microorganism may be implanted to grow in the plurality of holes evenly. The grown microorgan...

In this invention, two phytase genes from two generally-regarded-as-safe microorganisms, Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus subtilis 168, were cloned and characterized. A process for phytase enzyme over-expression and purification was also developed. The enzymes have molecular weight of about 48 kilodaltons and showed extracellular phytate-hydrolyzing activities. The recombinant enzyme can be use...

The invention relates to a thermostable DNA polymerase DPOL, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the DNA polymerase DPOL, a vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule, a cell comprising the vector, and uses of the DNA polymerase DPOL.

The object of the present invention is to determine inflammatory diseases such as myocardial infarction by identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with myocardial infarction and utilizing these SNPs. The present invention provides a method for determining an inflammatory disease, which comprises detecting at least one gene polymorphism existing in at least one gene selected f...

This invention discloses an rapid analysis method for nucleic acid blot. Firstly the nucleic acid to be analyzed is impressed on a base substance and the nucleic acid prepared for analysis is immobilized on the base substrate. After that, the blocking process of the prehybridization which is commonly needed is omitted. Under the situation that the area in which the nucleic acid prepared for analys...

A method for gender identification of eagles includes: providing a DNA of an eagle; performing a probe-based real-time PCR using the DNA as a template, a universal primer pair P2/P8 as a primer pair and a first probe and a second probe as probes, wherein the 5' ends of the first probe and the second probe are labeled with a first fluorescent dye and a second fluorescent dye, respectively, and the ...

An induction heating apparatus for heating a traveling metal plate includes an induction coil for surrounding the metal plate. The induction coil includes an upper induction coil for being located above the metal plate and a lower induction coil for being located below the metal plate. The upper and lower induction coils are spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction of the metal plate a c...

A low-carbon resulfurized free-machining steel is excellent in machinability and contains 0. 02% to 0.15% by mass of C; 0.004% by mass or less (exclusive of 0%) of Si; 0.6% to 3% by mass of Mn; 0 . 02% to 0.2% by mass of P; 0.35% to 1% by mass of S; 0. 005% by mass or less (exclusive of 0% by mass) of Al; 0.008% to 0.03% by mass of O; and 0 .007% to 0. 03% by mass of N, with the remainder being ir...