A central management system 2 exchanges data with a store at a remote site 3, where a display 32 imparts visible and/or audible information to store customers. Monitoring means at the store monitors behaviour of store customers. Predetermined content data is transmitted from the central management system 2 to the remote store site 31 for display. Monitored customer behaviour data may be transmitte...

A method for marketing products using a bidding process, includes accepting offers at a server from users who wish to participate in bid and updating a table of offers at the server accordingly. When a winner is chosen, payments are charged, refunds are paid and products are supplied to the winner. If a bid is cancelled, the participant's commitments are cancelled. The winner is chosen to be the o...

A nonwoven fabric of polyester composite fibers which has a satisfactory color tone (low value of b*). It is formed from short composite fibers obtained from a polyester polymer obtained with the following catalyst and a fusion-bondable polymer. The catalyst comprises: (1) a mixture of a phosphorus compound ingredient comprising a phosphorus compound represented by the formula (III) with a titaniu...

Polyester fiber structures having good color tones (low b* values) and being excellent in moldability can be made from polyester fiber produced in the presence of a catalyst which comprises (I) a mixture consisting of a Ti compound component composed of one or more members selected from among titanium alkoxides of the general formula (I) and products of reaction of these alkoxides with carboxylic ...

Method for delivering mail (10) comprises allocating a charging area of a packet mailbox (60) to the recipient (30) of the mail using a barcode, and applying the barcode to a notification message (50) together with position information of the packet mailbox and data of the recipient so that the collector is able to collect the mail with the aid of a notification card on the packet mailbox. An inde...

A process for producing a water-absorbent resin particle comprising subjecting a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer to a reverse phase suspension polymerization, characterized in that the process for producing a water-absorbent resin particle comprises the steps of (A) subjecting the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer to a first-step reverse phase suspension polymerizatio...

Foamable compositions which are preferably isocyanate-free and which exhibit good foaming properties including short application times and freedom from cracks in the cured foam, are obtained from alkoxysilane-terminated prepolymers preferably containing polyurethane moieties, a blowing agent component, and a solvent having a boiling point in excess of 30° C.

Disclosed are silica-filled rubber granules comprised of a cocoagulation product of rubber and silica, which are extremely less powdery and excellent in handling and kneading, as well as an industrially advantageous process for producing same. The silica-filled rubber granules of the present invention are dried granules of a cocoagulation product of rubber and silica particles, which are characte...

Coatings for an implantable medical device and a method of fabricating thereof are disclosed, the coatings comprising polymers of lactic acid.

A method and system for blending components obtained from a feed stock. The method includes flowing a first stream through a membrane member, with the membrane member having a first wafer assembly comprising a first thin film polymer membrane, a first permeate zone, and heat transfer means for transferring heat from the first permeate zone to the polymer membrane. The method includes exposing the ...

A method and a device for warning the driver of a motor vehicle about a traffic situation involving an increased collision risk are provided. For this purpose, signals of at least one object detector representing motion quantities of detected objects and signals of at least one motion sensor system of the host vehicle are suppliable to an analyzer device. The computing device precalculates all pos...

A monolayer film of a polymer blend of a first component selected from the group consisting of an ethylene containing polymer, the first component present in an amount by weight of the film from about 60% to about 1%, the first component having a first melting point temperature determined by DSC, a second component selected from the group consisting of propylene containing polymers and methyl pent...

The invention relates to an apparatus for processing food wherein food items are conveyed through processing stations where they are cut into pieces and optionally mixed with items originating differently. In particular, the invention relates to a system wherein information related to each food item and the positions of the food items throughout the processing are traced so that the origination of...

A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A cellular telephone is used to obtain and claim priority status. In other forms different priorities are established based on where, when and the number of priority spaces required. Different hierarchies are established for computer controlling...

A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A cellular telephone is used to obtain and claim priority status. In other forms different priorities are established based on where, when and the number of priority spaces required. Different hierarchies are established for computer controlling...

A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A cellular telephone is used to obtain and claim priority status. In other forms different priorities are established based on where, when and the number of priority spaces required. Different hierarchies are established for computer controlling...

Apparatus (method implemented with a machine, the machine, and the method for making the machine, and products produced thereby). The computer system can, for example, be structured (e.g., including programmed) to carry out the steps of: calculating an insurance reserve requirement from data; segmenting, for the reserve requirement, an insured contingency risk from a corresponding capital requirem...

The invention provides a charged filter material composed of a combination of polyester fiber and polyolefin fiber, which can exhibit high particle collection efficiency with low pressure loss, and further provides a charged filter material which is self-extinguishing in the combustibility classification according to JIS D 1201 (1977) "method of combustibility test for organic materials disposed i...

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a latex-based foam, in which, in addition to the auxiliaries commonly used for foam preparation, a blowing agent is added to the latex, after which the blowing agent is activated with heating and the mixture is vulcanised and formed into a latex foam. One aim of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a latex-based foam in ...

The gear noise reduction measures is simplified as well as the optional setting alteration of the total gear ratio on the engine side is enabled without altering the mutual positions between axes. A hybrid drive apparatus is formed from an engine (E/G), a generator (G), a differential gear mechanism (P) linking the above two, an electric motor (M), and a differential apparatus (D). The power trans...