A porous polyester film comprising a composition comprising a polyester resin and a thermoplastic resin incompatible with the polyester resin, and a number of voids formed by dispersing the incompatible thermoplastic resin to provide particles in the polyester resin and stretching same, wherein the incompatible thermoplastic resin comprises a polyolefin resin, and the film satisfies the following ...

A portable warning light has power supplied by a pair of batteries (1,2) and the output of the batteries is fed through a switching stage (3) to an electronic controller (4) coupled to the lamp (5). LED indicators signal the state of the batteries.

Particulate, expandable styrene polymers capable of being processed into hard foamed plastic materials of a small density and containing, therefore, at least one foaming agent comprise at least aluminum in a particulate form for improving their thermal insulation properties. The styrene polymer particles comprise, after their expansion, a fine cell structure and contain the aluminum particles inco...

The present invention relates to DNA sequences that encode for the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex of an organism belonging to the genus Streptomyces and to polypeptides produced by the expression of such sequences. It also relates to methods of enhancing the production of natural avermectin and of producing avermectin through fermentation.

The vehicle includes a navigation system (29, 32, 33, 34) for determining a path according to one or several drive instructions, a detected position, and a digital roadmap. An arrangement of sensors (1-20) includes respectively at least one distance sensor for detecting objects and condition features of the path, a collision avoidance arrangement (26), and an arrangement (38) for detecting conditi...

The present invention relates to a biaxially oriented polyester film comprising a polyester containing 0.001 to 3.0% by weight of porous spherical silica particles and having a degree of deformation of said porous spherical silica particles of 1.2 to 5.0, which polyester film is obtained from extruding and biaxially stretching said polyester containing said porous spherical silica particles having...

A method for making flexible polyurethane foam in which a polyisocyanate is reacted with a polyol in the presence of a urethane catalyst, a blowing agent, optionally a silicone surfactant cell stabilizer, and a cell opening additive. The cell opening additive comprises an active methylene or methine compound which also contains a tertiary amine. Preferred cell opening additives are 2-cyano-N-Ä3-(d...

A system for efficient delivery of radio frequency (RF) energy to cardiac tissue with an ablation catheter used in catheter ablation, with new concepts regarding the interaction between RF energy and biological tissue. In addition, new insights into methods for coagulum reduction during RF ablation will be presented, and a quantitative model for ascertaining the propensity for coagulum formation d...

The present invention relates to a portable laser treatment device, comprising case ( 10 ), semiconductor laser diode ( 11 ) which is installed inside the case ( 10 ) and irradiates laser, condensing lens ( 12 ) which is installed in front of the semiconductor laser diode ( 11 ), power supply, power switch ( 30 ) which is installed outside the case ( 10 ) and controls the supply of power, irradiat...

A data transmission system for transmitting from a tool (505) in a well (501) when suspended from a deployment member (503). The system allows transmission whilst on the move within surrounding metal tubing (C).

This invention provides an insulating extruded thermoplastic polymer closed-cell foam having a thermal conductivity according to EN-13164 of about 35 mW/m. DEG K or less. The polymer is a monovinyl aromatic polymer with a broad molecular weight distribution. The foam contains blowing agent residuals from production of freshly formed cells of the foam using a blowing agent mixture that includes a p...

A controller 318 is used to determine whether a tension pulse on a slickline 21 comes from a downhole tool 20 or from a winding drum catching the slickline. The tension sensed in sensors 310a and 310b on rollers 302 is stored separately in memory 316 and, depending on which direction a tension pulse originates, the controller 318 analyses the detected tension signals to determine which sensor 310 ...

Apparatus and method for indicating to a user of network interest groups (2,3,4), e.g. chat rooms, news groups etc., that there is activity of interest. This comprises: means for receiving elements of interest of the user; means for determining activity and relevance to the network group user of content occurring in network interest groups based on the received elements of interest; and means for ...

A database search system includes a database of search terms, each search term associated with a bid amount payable by an advertiser of a plurality of advertisers and a search engine responsive to search queries from searchers for searching the database. A flight management agent is responsive to advertiser-specified parameters for adjusting bid amounts of search listings to manage expenditures ov...

A method of filtering incoming e-mail messages for spam is provided which, on receipt of an incoming e-mail issues an e-mail challenge to the sender of the received e-mail requesting that they in turn send an e-mail confirmation confirming that they are the sender of the originally received e-mail, and in which received e-mails are then processed further according to whether or not they are occupi...

A sales order is received at a sales office (110) and entered into a sales terminal (112) . The sales order is communicated to a sales and orders management system (114) located at a central office (116) . A manufacturing requirement is generated from the sales order and a component listing of parts and configurations associated with manufacturing of the products is generated. The component listin...

An axle differential assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a differential housing and a central shaft rotatably mounted within the differential housing. The central shaft has opposing first and second ends, includes a ring gear mounted thereon, and defines a central axis of the axle differential assembly. A pair of clutch packs are mounted to each end of the central shaft. Each of the clutch...

Non-woven fabric is made by, extruding fiber forming resin through spinneret to form filaments; sequentially passing filaments through cooling device, first rollers, and heating device; stretching filaments by passing them through second rollers that operate at a speed greater than that of the first; and forming filaments into non-woven fabric on conveyor screen belt that advances in longitudinal ...

A disc brake caliper having an aluminium body (10) and pair of disc brake pads (11,12) supported in the body for siiding movement towards each other under the action of actuator means (13,14) carried by the body to engage an associated brake disc when the caliper is mounted in its operation position in a vehicle. Two pairs of support surfaces (15,16) are provided on the body, one pair of surfaces ...

A mobile device (24), such as a mobile telephone, that includes a client application that has embedded or hard-coded code or instructions that are customised for a pre-determined user. Preferably, the client application is operable to present a customised user interface (26) to the user, in which the user's account nick-names are presented rather than the actual account numbers. The customised...