A thermal spray powder contains granulated and sintered yttria particles and fine yttria particles, the average particle diameter of the fine yttria particles being no more than 1 μm. The content of the fine yttria particles in the thermal spray powder is 1,000 to 10,000 ppm by mass. It is preferred that the thermal spray powder be used in applications for forming a thermal spray coating by plasma...

A method of manufacturing a display device in which a film deposited on a substrate through openings in a covering layer is easily removed from the covering layer. A master layer having a predetermined pattern of openings is formed on a base substrate exposing portions of the base substrate. A light shielding material is sprayed on the master layer to penetrate inside the openings after the surfac...

An information signal processing method is provided which is to be used for special playback operations to make summary (digest) playback of image/voice data signals of a broadcast program. The method includes the steps of detecting a voice level or predetermined voice characteristic of each predetermined section from a predetermined image/voice information signal or an image/voice information sig...

An injector is provided for automatic placement of a subcutaneous infusion set or the like used for delivering a selected medication to a patient. The injector comprises a spring-loaded plunger having a head for receiving and supporting an infusion set in a position for placement of an insertion needle and related cannula through the skin of a patient at a selected insertion site. The plunger head...

A broadband wireless access system including: a base station that allocates an uplink bandwidth to each connected subscriber station according to at least one algorithm; and at least one subscriber station that when there is no voice information to be sent through the uplink bandwidth allocated from the base station according to an unsolicited grant service (UGS) algorithm, detects another packet ...

A lockbolt (100, 200, 300) which includes a head portion (102) and a shaft (104, 302) which extends from the head portion (102). The shaft (104) includes at least a portion which is threaded and has a multi-lobular profile. A collar (120, 304) is swageable onto the multi-lobular threaded portion (104), and thereafter the lobes (114) provide that the collar (120, 304) does not tend to vibrate loose...

New 3-substituted 4-(phenyl-N-alkyl)-piperazine and 4-(phenyl-N-alkyl)-piperidine compounds of Formula 1: wherein X N, CH, or C, however X may only be C when the compound comprises a double bond at the dotted line; R 1 is OSO 2 CF 3 , OSO 2 CH 3 , SOR 3 , SO 2 R 3 , COR 3 , NO 2 , or CONHR 3 and when X is CH or C R 1 may also be CF 3 , CN, F, Cl, Br, or I; R 2 is a C 1 -C 4 alkyl, an allyl...

A horizontal direction component pixel extractor extracts a pixel of interest and a horizontal direction component pixel thereof from an input video signal. A vertical direction component pixel extractor extracts the pixel of interest and a vertical direction component pixel thereof from the input video signal. A threshold setter sets a threshold value from the pixel of interest and the vertical p...

An apparatus for forming scene-based vector animation includes: an animation component database which stores vector information for basic animation components, a scene listing database which stores scene information for each scene which includes the animation components, an alarm generation unit which generates an alarm at predetermined intervals, an animation manager which obtains scene informati...

A host includes a controller configured to collect video data recording device diagnostic information from a video data recording device. The controller is further configured to control displaying of the video data recording device diagnostic information.

A host is configured to communicate with a video data recording device. The host includes a host controller configured to receive a video data recording device diagnostic information request originated external to the host. The host controller is further configured to collect the video data recording device diagnostic information from the video data recording device in response to the external req...

The invention provides a stable concentrated dairy liquid, such as concentrated milk, with improved flavor, color, and mouthfeel, and a method of production thereof. The method utilizes specific thermal treatments to produce the stable concentrated dairy liquid to which a stabilizer and mouthfeel enhancer are added. The resulting products have a sterilization value F_o of at least 5 that...

The aim of the present invention is to propose a method that allows the reduction of the bandwidth needs in a structure that implements an operating center and a plurality of user units, ensuring the availability for the final user, of a product amongst a vast choice and being able to be downloaded by said user in a short period of time. This aim is achieved by a system that implements at least on...

A fan (10) draws air from the outside of a room through an opening (5) and delivers it to the room through an opening (7). A further air intake opening (11) in the room, on the fan suction side (3), allows partial recirculation of room air controlled by a flap (13).

Disclosed herein is a spring structure having a contact-preventing and rigidity-reinforcing function for a bed mattress in which the structure of a connection end portion for connecting a body spring and an exposure wire spring to each other is improved such that the connection end portion is not in close contact with an uppermost winding and/or a lowermost winding of the body spring and such that...

A process for producing an enzyme-resistant starch uses an aqueous feed composition that comprises (i) starch that contains at least about 50% by weight amylose, (ii) water, and (iii) alcohol. The concentration of starch in the feed composition is between about 5% and about 50% by weight, and the pH of the feed composition is between about 3.5 and about 6.5. In a first heating step, the feed compo...

DONDE LAS MEZCLAS CONTIENEN COMO COMPONENTES ACTIVOS: a) POR LO MENOS UNA BIFENILAMIDA DE ACIDO PIRAZOLCARBOXILICO DISUSTITUIDA EN 2,4 DE LA FORMULA (I) DONDE: X ES OXIGENO O AZUFRE; R1 Y R2 SON CIANO, NITRO, HALOGENO, ALQUILO C1-C6, HALOGENOALQUILO C1-C6, METOXI, DIFLUOROMETOXI o TRIFLUOROMETOXI; R3 ES HALOGENO, ALQUILO C1-C4 o HALOGENOALQUILO C1-C4; R4 ES HIDROGENO O HALOGENO; Y, b) POR LO MENOS...

A system is provided for monitoring the food product of a remote food product retailer. The system includes a management center in communication with the remote food product retailer via a communication network. The communication network is accessible via a user interface that may be located at any of the management center, the remote location or some other location. The management center gathers ...