A polyimide precursor solution which comprises a polyimide precursor and a solvent wherein the polyimide precursor and the solvent are not solvated strongly. A process for the production of the polyimide precursor solution, as well as moldings and coatings obtained from the solution. The polyimide precursor solution of the present invention has excellent storage stability, and the solvent can be r...

A system is provided for use as a source of information and for providing to a user who makes a request for information, an answer to that request. The system includes an information library that includes at least a human resource profile source that typically includes details on a number of persons to whom the request can be selectively sent and from whom an answer is obtained. The system selects...

A vending machine, meter or gaming machine crediting method and a device for implementing the method is disclosed. A creditable machine such as a vending machine, gaming machine or payment meter such as a parking meter generally requires the deposition of cash or the use of a magnetic or electronic payment card in order to be enabled. The use of cash or card readers implies security and other prob...

A mask pattern generating method capable of automatically arranging phase shifters efficiently without any discrepancies and to correct a line width difference caused by different densities of fine patterns; wherein shapes and phases of a plurality of phase shift patterns are determined based on positional relationships of a plurality of fine patterns, and the phases are determined so as to give a...

In order to locate an inaccessible object such as an underground boring tool, the inaccessible object having means, for example a solenoid, to generate a magnetic field, a locator is provided with a detector for detecting the generated magnetic field. The detector may be an aerial array of three mutually perpendicular coils. When the locator is moved from a first position to a second position erro...

A mobile end-user selects a number of required services provided by individual service providers and prepares a composite request for these services. The composite request is transmitted to an agent program running on a remote server for execution. The method allows a mobile user to access online services in disconnected mode. In the embodiment the mobile user builds a custom request to fetch a re...

A gas discharge display device comprising a front side substrate having a plurality of first electrodes and a back side substrate having a plurality of second electrodes, wherein at least said first electrodes or second electrodes are formed by wet etching using a resist made of an inorganic material, is excellent in the ability to suppress the breakage of wiring in electrodes.

A biaxially orientated polypropylene film (I) has an n-heptane insoluble fraction with a chain isotactic index (as measured by 13CNMR) of at least 95% and the base layer contains no resin. The modulus of elasticity of the film in the longitudinal and transverse directions is greater than 2,500 N/mm<2> and 4,000 N/mm<2> respectively. The film is of a single layer and has a thickness of less than 20...

The present invention provides a polarizing film having a dichroic ratio of at least 20 and comprising a polyvinyl alcohol derivative with a polyvinylene structure as obtained from a polyvinyl alcohol material having a degree of polymerization of at least 2000. The polarizing film of the present invention has excellent polarizing properties in the range of the visible ray spectrum, and exhibits ex...

A method of manufacturing cellulose microspheres is proposed which is high in productivity, and takes into consideration the safety and environmental aspects. The cellulose microspheres are manufactured by mixing at least three parts by weight of a water-soluble polysaccharide with an alkaline cellulose solution containing one part by weight of cellulose to prepare a minute dispersion in which are...

Ein Verfahren zur Datenübermittlung in einem Rechnernetzwerk weist die Schritte auf, individualisierte Identifizierungsdaten zu erzeugen, einen Rückmeldeaufruf (20) zu erzeugen, eine Postnachricht (30) zu erzeugen, die Postnachricht (30) an einen Benutzer zu senden, die zurückübermittelten Identifizierungsdaten zu empfangen, und einen Datenbankeintrag in Reaktion auf den Empfang der Identifizierun...

The invention relates to a drive system, especially for an automobile, comprising a drive unit, especially an internal combustion engine (1), a gear mechanism (2) with variable transmission between said drive unit (1) and the drive mechanism (4), especially continuously or finely graduated variable transmission, at least one secondary unit (5) driven by said drive unit, especially an electric gene...

The present invention is directed to films prepared from a composition comprising a long chain branched syndiotactic vinyl aromatic polymer. Long chain branches can be produced during polymerization by polymerizing in the presence of a small amount of a difunctional monomer.

Disclosed is a process for producing a polymer blend wherein a first phase containing a polyacrylate polymer prepared by radical polymerization and a source of radicals, and a second phase containing a polyolefin polymer are compounded by melt processing.

A computer-implemented method for compressing a portfolio of financial instruments is described. Financial instruments to be compressed are identified, and a compressed subportfolio corresponding to the identified financial instruments is generated. The compressed subportfolio and any non-compressed financial instruments are then combined into a compressed portfolio.

A web interface (12) to a service creation environment (14) includes a service logic parser (42) adapted to receive a service logic description (32) from the service creation environment (14), parse the service logic description (32), and generate a web browser readable service data file (44). At least one web page (22) is adapted to display information in the service data files (44) and prompt fo...

The invention concerns an inductive plasma torch comprising an external tube, an intermediate tube and a central injector (16) including at least a central tube (20, 21) injecting reagent and a peripheral sheathing tube (22). A gas similar to plasma gas is injected into the space between the central tube (20, 21) and the sheathing tube (22), in conditions suited for obtaining a laminar flow, said ...

Carbon fibre sheet support for restoration of mural paintings and producing pictorial and sculptural works. New support for restoration of mural paintings in specific cases of transferring large size mural paintings requiring a flexible support, incorporating a new intervention layer, and for producing pictorial and sculptural works, based on a simple sheet of advanced composite materials: high re...

A biaxially oriented polyester film, comprising a polyester (A) at least mainly composed of ethylene terephthalate and a polyether imide (B), having a single glass transition temperature, and having a refractive index of 1.60 to 1.80 at least in either the machine direction or the transverse direction, has excellent thermal dimensional stability, clarity and is easy to produce. It can be prepared ...

An arc jet CVD system (10) includes a plurality of plasma jet distribution heads (18). The distribution heads (18) are preferably linearly arranged, preferably angled relative to a line normal to the substrate surface on which a diamond film is being coated, and preferably spaced relatively apart with respect to a defined profile width. In addition, the plasma jets are preferably configured in acc...