An analyte test strip is provided that includes a generally planar substrate and a plurality of conductive areas disposed on the substrate to define five distinct conductiv e portions comprising at least five contact lands defining respective vertices of a polygon, and i n which two contact lands are located in a single conductive portion. System and method utilizin g the test strip are also descr...

A golf club head includes a perimeter member made of high density material a nd a face plate insert made of lower density material. In one embodiment, the face pla te insert is formed by applying a shell member to a core member so that the shell member encases the core member. Preferably, the shell member is made by electrodepositing a nanometal having a grain size between 10 and 50 nanometers ont...

The present invention provides a process for dewatering a mineral slurry concentrate and increasing the production of the resulting filter cake consisting essentiall y of mixing an aqueous mineral slurry concentrate with an effective amount of a nonionic surfactant and an effective amount of a cationic polymer to form a nonionic surfactant and cationic polymer treated aqueous mineral slurry concen...

Material de relleno fumable que posee un mayor valor de carga y procesos de elaboracion del mismo. El relleno fumable tiene de crga de al menos 5 cc/g y comprende un material de celulosa, un humectante, un relleno inerte, un aglutinante y opcionalmente, un material que contiene tabaco.

A noise reduction device to reduce noise of a video image including multiple input frame images is provided. The noise reduction device includes: a motion detector that detects a dynamic region and a static region other than the dynamic region within the video image; and a temporal smoothing processing unit that generates temporally-smoothed frame images by applying a temporal smoothing process to...

The apparatus has a base provided with an electric motor connected to an engine shaft emerging from the base. A disk supports a processing tool and is supported and driven in rotation by the shaft. A chute forms a duct across which a food to be treated is introduced, where the chute is placed above the disk opposite to the tool. A rotational driving device drives food (4) introduced in the chute a...

The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for recovering energy (25, 26) from any kind of heat sources (2A, 2B), during sustained environmental and economical considerations, by at least one closed circulating system comprising at least one working medium/fluid (30) into an Organic Rankine Cycle - ORC - which fluid in liquid phase is pressurized and vaporized by said heat source, a...

An improved gas riser assembly for transmitting gas from an underground gas service line to a meter manifold includes an elongated plastic tube having a first e nd and a second end. The first end is adapted to be connected below ground to the undergroun d gas service line and the second end is adapted to be disposed above ground. A protective casing is annularly received about the elongated plasti...

A method for limiting debit card transactions includes establishing a limited debit card account linked to a financial funding account. A frequency period for funding the limited debit account and a maximum holding amount for the limited debit account are established by an individual. A debit card linked to the limited debit account is issued to the individual for making withdrawals and purchases....

A proxy video server for managing video surveillance data in a network tha t includes at least one video source and client. The proxy video server includ es a proxy video source manager for managing the video sources to appear as virtual sma rt video sources to video clients, a video client interface for receiving and interpreting requests from video clients and sending responses to video clients ...

A system for the remote control of a plurality of control units (A11 . . . A1n . . . An1 . . . Ann) for irrigation devices is described; the system includes a data processing device (1, B1 . . . Bn) for setting data regarding the duration and frequency of the irrigation periods of the irrigation devices associated to the control units and their position in time. The data processing device (1, B1 ....

A communication system between a main control unit (100) for irrigation devices and at least one secondary control unit (A1 . . . An) for irrigation devices, specifically for battery powered control units, is described; each control unit (100, A1 . . . An) includes a module (10, 20) for the transmission of data to the other control unit and for the reception of data from the other control unit. Th...

A process is described for the industrial scale preparation of 7a-[9-(4,4,5,5,5- 5 pentafluorothiopentyI)nonyl]estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-3,17ß-diol, a precursor of steroids with hormonal activity which include Fulvestrant.

The present invention relates to a new method for the recycling of vulcanized rubber and polyurethane based on the sintering of rubber and/or polyurethane in the form of granules, as such, and the relative products made of recycled rubber and/or polyurethane, alone or coupled with other materials that can be obtained.