The invention concerns a composition for warm compaction comprising a water-atomised standard stainless steel powder including, in addition to iron and 10-30 % by weight of chromium, optional alloying elements and inevitable impurities, 0.8 %-2.0 % by weight of a warm compaction lubricant. The invention also concerns a process for the preparation of sintered bodies from this composition.; La inven...

The invention relates to substituted xanthines of general formula (I) wherein R1 to R3 have the designations cited in patent claims 1 to 16, and to the tautomers, stereoisomers, mixtures, prodrugs and salts thereof, which have precious pharmacological properties, especially an inhibiting effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).; El presente invento se relaciona a xanti...

A portable electronic device (1) comprising a housing (3) and at least one detachable cover element (4) and being provided with strap-attaching means provided on the housing (3) for attaching a carrying strap (2) to the electronic device (1). The strap-attaching means is concealed by the detachable cover element (4) and an opening (10) giving access to a carrying strap (2) from outside of the elec...

An adjustable, shoulder-strap assisting device (10) having an elongate support member (13) with a non-smooth surface on a shoulder engaging side. The elongate support member also has a deformable, rigid insert (40) disposed therein such that the support member is capable of being custom fitted about the shoulder (37) of the user in a non-slipping position. The shoulder-strap assisting device (10) ...

A method of analyzing train operational data recorded during each run of a train and transferred to a processing station. Operational and informational parameters are derived from the recorded operational data for each run. The operational and identification parameters and the corresponding operational data are stored as a standard database record for each run. The operational parameters are compa...

An automated guided vehicle control system and method which allows overall conveying time to be reduced by simultaneously moving a plurality of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to working locations without interfering with each other. For this purpose, when there is a conveyance request, one of a plurality of the AGVs operated on a single guide path is assigned work. Further, it is determined whet...

Described is an apparatus for detecting and removing deposits from a surface exposed to wellbore fluids. The apparatus can monitor the rate of deposition and subsequently remove the deposited material. The combination of detection apparatus and removal apparatus provides an instrument with self-cleaning operation mode.

An automotive control module includes a plastic housing with a snap-fit metal cover. A printed circuit board is positioned within a cavity formed in the housing, and is attached to the housing with a plurality of fasteners. Resilient tabs are formed on side walls of the housing and grip a cover plate surface to define a snap-fit attachment. Once the cover is attached to the plastic housing, the pr...

Wrinkles are cosmetically removed from a superficial area of mammalian skin tissue having an epidermal layer, a basal layer, and a dermal layer, by irradiating the dermal layer through the basal layer, the irradiation having an energy density in the range 5J/cm² or less, and being selected to be absorbed by a chromophore in the dermal layer such that collagen present in the dermal layer...

A film which is a single polymer film and has a smaller phase difference as the wavelength becomes shorter. This film is made from an olefin-based polymer which has an alicyclic group in the side chain, such as hydrogenated polystyrene, the amount of the alicyclic group in the side chain being 60 to 90 wt % based on the whole polymer, and satisfies the following expression:

A method for producing submicron polytetrafluoroethylene ("PTFE") powder in a free-flowing, readily dispersible form. The irradiated PTFE starting material is placed in a desired solvent and undergoes grinding until the PTFE particles reach submicron size. The submicron particles are subsequently recovered from the solvent and dried to form a powder that may have particles less than 1.00 mum in si...

The present invention provides: a production process for a basic water-absorbent resin to be a main component of a water-absorbing agent which exhibits an excellent water absorption capacity under a load with high productivity; a production process for a water-absorbing agent; and use thereof. The production process for an irregular shape basic water-absorbent resin comprises the step of reacting ...

A polypropylene material is prepared from a blend of heterophasic propylene copolymers and propylene homopolymers. The material is prepared by blending the polymers while they are in a molten state, and forming a film or sheet from the polymer blend. The material has particular application to forming slit film tapes and similar materials. The resultant materials exhibit increased tenacity, elongat...

In a case for housing an electronic circuit board, the opening edge of the case body is formed with a prescribed distance below the board mounting surface. The board is fastened on the mount of the case body with the fastening means. The case body is then inverted and is placed over a rising coating bath, and then the coating bath is raised close to the opening edge such that the board is dipped i...

A system and method for providing a plurality of client applications access to data in a distributed file system. In various embodiments, read requests are separated from write requests and the read requests are processed by dedicated read servers. A plurality of read servers are coupled to the client applications and each read server reads file data from the distributed file system and returns th...

In a data storage device, a system of method of optimizing cache management. A method includes selecting a set of cache management algorithms associated with a predetermined pattern in a sequence of commands. Statistics based on a sequence of commands are gathered and a pattern is detected from the statistics. The pattern is associated with predetermined known patterns to identify a set of cache m...

An emission reduction trading system and method can include a registry that stores emission allowance and offset holding information for participants in a greenhouse gas emissions market and a trading platform communicatively coupled to the registry and enabling trades of emission allowances and offsets by participants. The method of conducting trades among participants includes establishing basel...

A process for producing solid forms comprising the steps of: (1) forming an aqueous composition comprising the low DE starch hydrolysate of the invention; (2) drying said aqueous composition to result in a substantially dry low DE starch hydrolysate composition; (3) shaping said dry low DE starch hydrolysate composition to result in a solid form.A process for producing a coated solid form, compris...

A remote ordering device (10) for placing orders though cell phones or other data entry and wireless transmission devices (12) and a data receiving station (14) to receive the data, process the orders and keep track of accounts, inventory and retain other data as required. The receiving station can be in communication with other receiving stations to forward orders or data. The receiving station c...

The invention is directed to a hydroentangled nonwoven fabric, the outer surface of which exhibits highly entangled fibers whereas the inner layer exhibits lightly entangled fibers. In particular, the present invention contemplates that a fabric is formed from a fibrous batt that is subjected to fluidic energy, preferably hydraulic energy, applied to one or both faces of a fibrous batt. The hydrau...