PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a thick-coatable cement-based composition having high durability even after set by formulating cement with each specified amount of an aggregate and a water-soluble polymeric compound which has thickening and water-holding effect and adhesion-enhancing effect. SOLUTION: This composition is obtained by formulating 100 pts.wt. of conventional cement such as Portland c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject highly safe construction material by conferring long-term antimicrobial and deodorant effect to a construction material molded with an inorganic material holding fire resistance, aseismic resistance, lightweightness and thermal insulation. SOLUTION: This construction material consists of an inorganic material, which has been molded at <=900 deg.C and hol...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an equalizer and an equalizing method for an OFDM receiver. SOLUTION: A channel characteristic updating device 112 updates a sub channel characteristic value of a distributed pilot, having a period of 12 sub channels received for each symbol to obtain a channel characteristic value at distributed pilot positions having a 3 sub channel period of the remaining distrib...

A process for the production of fibre-reinforced cement sheets which allows the thermo-hygrometric resistance thereof to be improved without adversely affecting the strength is described.

The tool comprises a syringe holder 18 in the form of an open framework, means 40 for withdrawing the plunger 38 of a held syringe and means including plate 54 and trigger rod 64 for discharging the filled syringe. The plunger withdrawal means may include means for capturing the free end of the plunger, means for pulling the plunger away from the syringe and means for holding the plunger out with ...

A method of controlling a plurality of instruction streams operating in a data processing apparatus including a SIMD (single instruction multiple data) array (10) of processing elements comprises providing a plurality of semaphore values which serve to indicate the status of respective resources within the data processing apparatus; and controlling operation of the instruction streams in dependenc...

A conductive structure for use in microwave food packaging which adapts itself to heat food articles in a safer, more uniform manner is disclosed. The structure includes a conductive layer disposed on a non-conductive substrate. Provision in the structure's conductive layer of fuse links and base areas causes microwave induced currents to be channeled through the fuse links, resulting in a control...

A conductive structure for use in microwave food packaging which adapts itself to heat food articles in a safer, more uniform manner is disclosed. The structure includes a conductive layer disposed on a non-conductive substrate. Provision in the structure's conductive layer of fusel inks and base areas causes microwave induced currents to be channeled through the fuse links, resulting in a control...

Winching apparatus provided on a vehicle, comprising a winch (10), a winch cable (18) and a cable path comprising a first pulley (14) mounted about a fixed pivot and a second pulley (15), the winch cable being passed partially around the first pulley and the second pulley, so that the return angle of the cable to the winch remains constant regardless of the varying angle of the cable past the seco...

Radiolabeled annexin and modified annexin conjugates useful for imaging vascular thrombi are described. Methods for making and using such radiolabeled annexin conjugates are also provided.

A mechanism for accurate dispensing of pre-set quantities of medicament from a syringe has a plunger (17) rotatable within a housing (13), which plunger (17) has a cam surface (19) engaged by a fixed follower (22) such that rotation of the plunger (17) moves the plunger away from the synringe. Internally within the plunger there is a number of parallel racks (40) each of which in turn comes into e...

A prosthetic nucleus (10) for a vertebral disc is made of a hydrogel material. The hydrogel prosthetic nucleus has a shape generally conforming to the natural nucleus pulposus, and it exhibits diminished lateral bulging under high compressive loads. The hydrogel has a water content of from 30% to 90% and has a compressive strength of 4NM<-2> or greater. When the hydrogel material is dehydrated, it...

A process for macromolecularizing phenolic compounds or aromatic amine compounds by the action of a catalyst comprising an enzyme having a polyphenol oxidizing activity in the alkali region; applications of the compounds obtained by the above process to thickeners, stabilizers, coagulants, emulsifiers, dispersants, water retainers, antioxidants, adhesives, concrete admixtures, dyes, coating materi...

A method and apparatus for mapping physical addresses to virtual addresses in a computer system such that thrashing is minimized and performance is enhanced is provided. The computer system includes a storage device such as a cache for storing data from a subset of pages of a physical memory. Each page of the cache is referred to as a cache page, and has an associated cache page address. Physical ...

Das beschriebene Verfahren und die beschriebene Vorrichtung zeichnen sich dadurch aus, daß die ausgelesenen Daten und die modifizierten Daten vor dem Überschreiben der ausgelesenen Daten durch die modifizierten Daten miteinander verglichen und nur diejenigen Bestandteile der ausgelesenen Daten überschrieben werden, die sich von den modifizierten Daten unterscheiden. Dadurch kann auf äußerst einfac...

Containers made from polymeric material comprising: a shaped first material layer formed from a linear alternating polyketone polymer having repeating units of the formula -CO &lparstr& A &rparstr& wherein A represents a moiety derived from the same or different ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbons polymerized through the ethylenic linkage, a cooperatively shaped second material layer formed ...

This information processing device which is more particularly adapted to a chained computer language of the FORTH type especially, comprises: - a main memory (10) for containing an execution program with its instruction data which consist of a plurality of instructions which are directly or indirectly executable and which are grouped together into at least one subprogram, - a first memory (30) o...

The kit comprises an external cup (1), an internal cup (2) and fastening elements (3, 3a) which can be attached to the external cup (1) so as to project radially. The fastening elements each comprise a support plate (17) located on a stalk-like support member (18) and supportable in an anchorage bore (6) in the osseous tissue (6), and a head member (20) releasably connected to the support member (...

After removing coarse fragments of glass and metal splinters from the grinding stock from motor vehicle rear light and indicator light units, it is possible to obtain from said stock a high-grade moulding composition comprising 50-65% PMMA, 25-40% ABS and 1-20% PC for the production of new rear-light and indicator-light housings. The constituents which melt at over 250@C and are longer than 0.2mm,...

An anchoring organ for receiving prostheses, artificial joint parts and the like which is intended for implantation in tissues, preferably osseous tissues, essentially has a rotationally symmetrical design, is made of a tissue-compatible material and comprises an external screw thread (4) which is provided at least along part of its surface and extends in the direction of the insertion end, was pr...