Disclosed is a process making polyolefin pellet products that contain at least one unreacted free radical generator which, when heated, undergo chemical degradation producing a low viscosity polymer. The process includes contacting the polyolefin pellet with the at least one free radical generator to coat the pellet, and contacting the coated pellets and at least one unreacted free radical generat...

The invention relates to a method for producing non-flammable, high-temperature resistant fibers from glass, aramide or carbon, whereby the fibers are impregnated with a PTFE dispersion. According to the invention, the fibers with zerotwist or with a producer twist of

A process and resulting product is provided in which a vulcanized solid particulate, such as vulcanized crumb rubber, has select chemical bonds altered by biotreatment with thermophillic microorganisms selected from natural isolates from hot sulfur springs. Following the biotreatment, microwave radiation is used to further treat the surface and to treat the bulk interior of the crumb rubber. The r...

A system for shopping for goods and services includes central communications facilities and remote communications facilities connected by communications links and means permitting data communications between them. Central communications facilities offer goods and services in competition with each other. Each central communications facility stores, in addition to data, graphics in the form of video...

The invention relates to a data processing system (10) and to a method for transmitting data, comprising at least one first program module (14) that requests data from a second program module (18). Said second program module (18) transmits the requested data and additional data to the first program module (14).

A method creates an adjusted credit risk transition matrix and related matrices. The method uses the steps of obtaining a real probability measure (P) transition matrix, and adjusting the (P) transition matrix to be consistent with default probabilities under martingale measure (Q) by making the last column (default probabilities) in the (P) transition matrix consistent...

The invention provides a system and method for multiple death life insurance in the event of simultaneous or coincident death of two or more insured parties, or a defined group of two or more insured parties. More particularly, embodiments of the invention provide a computer system and method for providing simultaneous multiple death life insurance designed to provide benefits to alleviate the fin...

The present invention provide a method of conveying and classifying content and services of all kind of data sources over a global media information network system to provide end user with most relevant data content and services available fitting his preferences, habits and taste. It is thus another object of the invention to provide the media suppliers with method and system for personalizing and...

A method for management of valuable documents (6). The method is carried out in a computer (1) which is connected to a computer network and comprises the steps of receiving an order from the computer network relating to a valuable document (6), and, in response to the order, creating said valuable document (6). The document creation comprises the step of associating the valuable document (6) with ...

The present invention is an effective method for directing coffee consumers to one or more types of coffee from a plurality of options by a consumer.

An interactive wagering application is provided that allows users to place parimutuel wagers on future events. An interactive wagering system may enable the user to place a wager on the future event by providing multiple wagering pools. When a future event wagering pool is closed, final odds and payouts may be determined for that wagering pool and a new wagering pool, for the same future event, ma...

According to this invention, it is possible for a general server to manage, by using an Internet, point distribution between virtual shops belonging to different local servers without imposing any complicated works on the local servers, and for a customer to make a shopping at more virtual shops than would be possible if the local network to which the customer belongs remained independent. Accordi...

A method is provided for conducting a financial transaction by a purchaser with a merchant having an acquirer bank, over a communications network. The method includes the steps of sending a first authorization request using a pseudo account number associated with a real account number to a service provider which forwards a second authorization request to the issuer using the real account number an...

New bank/market organizational model whith rights reserved for future services relating to the deposit and/or withdrawal of cash between the operator or of a "mobile counter" and a customer holding a smart card and/or credit card, as well as for other services relating to the use of the "mobile counter".

A direction indicator placed on one site of a sorting block indicates, for a given good, the direction towards a nominated slot through which the good is to be placed in the block. This arrangement makes it possible for the hauler to immediately put a good into a nominated slot without looking around at sorting blocks at large, which will lead to the improvement of work efficiency. Moreover, becau...

A high gloss sheet or pipes or tubes or connector joints prepared from a metallocene-produced polyethylene having a density of from 0.910 g/cm<3> up to 0.966 g/cm<3>, or up to homopymer densities, and a melt index MI2 of from 0.01 to 20 g/10min.

A storage system for receiving, delivering and storing items, e.g. mail items, to be distributed. Items are stored in a flexible manner allowing sufficient space to be allocated to each item while ensuring that the total available space is utilised in an optimal manner. Items may be carried on trays. The size of the items is determined in order to allocate the correct amount of space. Items may be...

Fluorhaltige Emulgatoren können aus Fluorpolymerdispersionen abgetrennt werden, indem man die Dispersion mit einem nichionischen Emulgator versetzt, den fluorhaltigen Emulgator durch Inberührungbringen mit einem Anionenaustauscher abtrennt und die Dispersion vom Anionenaustauscher abtrennt. Die erhaltenen Dispersionen können aufkonzentriert und für Beschichtungsanwendungen verwendet werden.; An aq...