At a procedure to, at a telecomunication and data communication system, temporary lend local resource (10) in said system to service and/or goods/product supplier for delivery of service or product by said resource, the allocation of the local resource is performed by utilization of Jini-based platform (14). A telecommunication and data communication system includes local resources (10) and set up...

This invention relates to a suspension of a water-soluble, nonionic cellulose ether having a fairly low content of an electrolytic salt exhibiting a high stability and a low viscosity. The suspension having a pH-value of below 8.0, contains 10-30% by weight of a water-soluble, nonionic cellulose ether, and 10-22% by weight of an electrolytic salt, wherein the electrolytic salt containsa) 10-90% by...

A process for recovering fluoropolymers, which comprises contacting an ion exchange membrane comprising a fluoropolymer having carboxylic acid groups (hereinafter referred to as a C-polymer) and a fluoropolymer having sulfonic acid groups (hereinafter referred to as a S-polymer) and having inorganic particles deposited on the surface, with a solvent to let it swell and to remove the inorganic part...

The invention relates to a process for converting an elastomer from scrap to a regenerated elastomer which comprises the steps of: (a) introducing the elastomer from scrap into a vessel; (b) agitating the elastomer from scrap; (c) heating the elastomer from scrap to a temperature below a temperature where the elastomer begins to degrade; (d) introducing an oil into the vessel and admixing together...

A method an composition for the bonding fibres to rubbers. The method comprising the steps of the fibres with a primer, treating the fibres with a resorcinol/formalin/latex preparation and curing the rubber in intimate contact with the treated fibres, wherein the primer comprises a ring-opened, maleinised polybotadiene and a phenolic derivative comprising electron-withdrawing groups. The compositi...

The invention relates to a flat film for thermoforming with high toughness, high stiffness and high transparency, comprising a polyolefin composition, which polyolefin composition comprises: A) a heterophasic propylene copolymer containing a) 75 - 95 wt% of a matrix phase comprising a propylene homopolymer or a propylene copolymer with up to 5 mol% of ethylene and/or at least one C4-C8 alpha-olefi...

The present invention relates to a cast film or blown film comprising a composition comprising 80 to 95 wt% of a polypropylene matrix (A) with an MFR 2 of 1 to 30 g/10min being a homopolymer or a copolymer, which has a comonomer content of less than 3 wt%, 5 to 20 wt% of an ethylene-propylene-rubber (EPR) (B) with at least 55 wt% propylene having an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of 1 to 2.5 dl/g; and ...

Data management method in which a data workbook (12) on a computer has a quantity of structured data with dependencies between individual data being extracted by use of a method that automatically extracts at least a class and an instance. The class structure information is in the form of reference (14) and attribute definitions (15), while the instance data is in the form of attribute values (17)...

The actuator has a first coil (2) controlled by a first control unit (1) for operating an armature (3) and the method involves using at least one second coil (5) controlled by a second control unit (4). The coils are controlled mutually independently and at least one control parameter from the first control unit and at least one from the second control unit are evaluated by an evaluation unit (6) ...

The present invention provides systems, methods and computer program-product for calculating and storing time and distance information in an economical and efficient manner. The time and distance information may be used in the development of traversable networks for the delivery and retrieval of items from multiple locations in a timely and efficient manner.

Resin beads having an average particle size of from 0.001 mm to 10 mm and containing a continuous phase and a particulate dispersed phase are described. The continuous phase includes elastomeric polymers; the dispersed phase includes homopolymers and/or copolymers containing repeat units resulting from the polymerization of one or more aryl polymerizable monomers. The unexpanded polymer resin bead...

A user interface that integrates and uniformly presents to a healthcare consumer all or most of the consumer's health, health-related, and financial data is described. The interactive user interface is comprised of multiple dashboards which all have a generally uniform appearance and contain one category of health or financial data. A user can configure the size of each dashboard and its placement...

A method of analysing a reservoir pressure in an underground formation surrounding a well, comprising: determining the permeability of mud cake on the wall of the well in the region in which the pressure measurement is made; determining the thickness of mud cake on the well of the well in the region in which the pressure measurement is made; determining the hydrostatic pressure in the well in the ...

A system and method for communicating data between a downhole tool and a surface controller is provided that comprises a rotating drill string extending in a borehole and having a downhole telemetry module disposed proximate a bottom end thereof and transmitting a first signal across a telemetry channel. A surface telemetry module is disposed proximate a top end of the rotating drill string and is...

The invention provides improved security for stored-value instruments. For example, an instrument-authority system may receive a first identifier for an instrument and may thereupon authenticate the instrument, but the system may wait before activating the instrument, such that the instrument may be unusable for a period of time to allow for cancellation of activation if payment is not received fo...

A formaldehyde-free curable aqueous composition containing polyvinyl alcohol, a multi-functional crosslinking agent, and, optionally, a catalyst. The composition may be used as a binder for non-woven products such as fiberglass insulation. The non-woven products are formed by contacting the formaldehyde-free curable aqueous composition with fibrous components and the mixture is cured to form a rig...

A solvent cement for bonding PVC, CPVC and ABS plastic pipe and other molded articles comprises a minor amount of an acrylic resin and one or more solvents capable of dissolving the acrylic resin and further capable of dissolving at least the surfaces of PVC, CPVC and ABS molded articles, wherein the acrylic resin constitutes at least 75 wt. % of the dissolved thermoplastic resin in the cement.

A method for conducting transactions over a POS network where account information associated with a user is collected and verified. Data is then entered into the POS access point which is associated with a particular ancilliary action. The data is then transmitted as a POS packet to a processing intermediary and the processing intermediary receives the POS packet, analyses the contents of the pack...

The invention provides improved security for stored-value instruments. For example, a point-of-sale device may receive a request to process a transacti on (such as an activation, redemption, funds recharge, etc.) with a presentatio n instrument. The point-of-sale device may receive a first identifier associat ed with the instrument. Merely by way of example, the first identifier may be encoded on ...

A pulmonary testing device and method are provided that measure an inspired volume of a selected gas component. In one configuration, the selected gas component is injected into the device in an airway of the device upstream of a gas analyzer. The device has opposing open ends, one for the patient's mouth and the other for inspiration of air.