A disposable absorbent article comprising a backsheet, a topsheet, a fluid acquisition / distribution region and at least one fluid storage region, said article having a total product acquisition performance of more than 3.75 ml / sec in the first gush and more than 0.5 ml / sec in the fourth gush and an in bag stack height of less than 9.9 mm, characterised in that said topsheet allows to retain ...

A system for controlling a gaming operation comprises a secure processing and memory apparatus in the form of a smart card, together with non-secure input and display means connectable to the smart card. The memory of the smart card stores software controlling the operation of the game and also data relating to gains or losses of the player. Input signals generated by the player are processed with...

A transurethral radio frequency apparatus for ablation of the prostate gland through the urethra formed by a wall, a probe consisting of a flexible elongate tubular member with proximal and distal extremities and sized so as to be adapted to be inserted into the urethra, and an ablation electrode carried by the distal extremity of the flexible elongate member. The flexible elongate tubular member ...

There is therefore provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker ( 48 ) located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot ( 40 ) with a navigation system ( 41 ) that navigated the robot ( 40 ) in generally straight, parallel lines fr...

A procedure is described for wet chemical surface modification of formed articles and substrates coated with made of organopolysiloxanes: the articles formed were contacted with metal hydroxide solutions to tailor the binding capacity for ions, particularly metal ions, bivalent cations, organic macro anions, and organic macro cations, e.g. proteins. The procedure creates organopolysiloxane surface...

An advertising method through the Internet that includes providing multitude campaign banners associated with sellers. Each banner is associated with a campaign budget related information and banner terms. There is further provided advertisers that select a desired banner and download the banner to the advertiser's site in the network. A client utilizes the campaign banner through the advertiser s...

A radiation therapy apparatus includes a compensator having a plurality of leaves to divide a radiation beam into rays each of which may be effectively and individually attenuated over a range of attenuations by controlling the ratio of time in which each leaf is in the open and closed states. The compensator is used to compensate for the non-uniform source fluence profile of the radiation beam. I...

The invention involves new compositions and methods of use and delivery of amorphous calcium compounds such as: amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP), amorphous calcium phoshate fluoride (ACPF), amorphous calcium carbonate phosphate (ACCP), amorphous calcium carbonate phosphate fluoride (ACCPF), and amorphous calcium fluoride (ACF) for use in remineralizing and fluoridating teeth. These amorphous comp...

A set-top electronics and network interface unit arrangement is connected to an internal digital network interconnecting devices in the home. The digital network operates on a single, nomodulated, baseband channel. Entertainment services are introduced into the network through network interface units that are coupled to an external network and to the internal network. The network interface units p...

A (injectable biologically active) polypeptide is stabilized by dissolving said polypeptide forming a liquid solution in citrate buffer of about pH 5.0-5.5.

Extracorporeal affinity adsorption treatments which are aimed at the substantial removal of two or more compounds that are etiological in the pathogenesis of diseases in man provide effective therapeutic intervention means for these diseases. The methods are particularly suitable for the treatment of atherosclerosis, cancer, degenerative and autoimmune diseases. Extracorporeal chelation and immuno...

Painted metal sheet pretreated with an insoluble, composite layer containing siloxane. The composite layer is formed by rinsing the sheet with an alkaline solution containing at least 0.005M of a dissolved silicate or a dissolved aluminate, at least 0.1 vol.-% of an organofunctional silane and at least 0.02 vol.-% of a crosslinking-agent having two or more trialkoxysilyl groups. After the sheet is...

A prosthesis socket material includes a pre-formed tubular sleeve-like reinforcement web of fibers pre-impregnated with an uncured, preferably water activatable, moldable, hardenable resin material, with an integrated prosthesis coupler at one end, the coupler provided with a central aperture. The material is moldable under compression using a one-step compressive molding system. The web of fibers...

This invention discloses a device for testing a smart card interface, including a mimic of a smart card designed for the interface; and test electronics for measuring parameters of signals output by the interface.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for reducing or controlling inflammation and for treating inflammatory disease processes and other pathological conditions mediated by intercellular adhesion. Compositions which selectively bind a selectin receptor and which have at least one selectin-binding moiety are provided by the present invention. The selectin-binding moieties have t...

Etoposide phosphate is prepared by coupling dibenzyl 4'-demethyl-4-epipodophyllotoxin-4'-phosphate with 2,3-di-O-benzyl-4,6-O-ethylene- alpha , beta -D-glucopyranose in a solvent and subsequently removing the protecting groups. The tetra-benzyl protected etoposide phosphate is recrystallized from methanol or directly crystallized from acetonitrile by adding methanol to yield substantially the pure...

A process for selective graphic representation and/or evaluation of the Doppler spectrum of objects limitedly resistant to sonic intensity, for example biological organs and tissues, by an ultrasonic process wherein a material is introduced in the examination area to be acoustically irradiated, nonlinear oscillations are produced in the examination area by irradiated ultrasonic waves and the signa...

Azithromycin is prepared from an imino ether by carrying out the reduction and reductive methylation sequentially with a noble metal catalyst and hydrogen in the presence of formaldehyde, or a source thereof, both reactions being conducted in the same reaction vessel.

Lipopolyamines useful for the transfection of nucleic acid and methods of preparation thereof are disclosed. The lipopolyamines are of general formula I, in which R4 comprises at least one C10-C22 aliphatic radical.

A home network architecture has an internal digital network interconnecting devices in the home. Entertainment services are introduced into the network through network interface units that are coupled to an external network and to the internal network. The network interface units perform the necessary interfacing between the external and internal networks, and make the entertainment services avail...