The present invention provides smooth and even ultraviolet (UV) cured powder coatings for wood comprising one, two or three layers of one or more waterborne stains, or clear or tinted waterborne basecoat coatings and one or more topcoat layers of clear or tinted clear powder coatings made from one or more than one free radical UV curing resin, one or more than one photoinitiator, and one or more t...

A system for controlling the operation of conductive plates immersed in an aqueous solution, such as in water treatment applications. The system allows independent control of the current sourced or sunk by each of a plurality of plates. The system also allows each plate to be placed in a high-impedance state in which no appreciable current is sourced or sunk by the system. A plate or a group of pl...

The present invention provides a light transmitter with a stable IQ amplitude ratio relative to the characteristic change of a modulating system. The QPSK light modulator of the present invention includes a laser light source for outputting light; an optical demultiplexer for inputting light and branching it in two directions; two optical phase modulators for inputting respectively one of the bran...

Apparatus for creating a communication signal, comprising a modulator adapted to: modulate a first and a second beam of continuous wave electromagnetic radiation with a source signal, assemble modulated portions of the first and second beams into a first electromagnetic radiation signal of interposed regular and alternate data bit sequences comprising asserted non return to zero coded data bits, e...

The invention relates to a method for separating a medium mixture into at least two fractions with differing mass density. The method provides a mixture for separating, subjects the medium mixture to a volume force, and discharges at least one of the separated fractions, with the proviso that, prior to being subjected to the volume force, the medium mixture is cooled to below the temperature assoc...

The present invention is a system and technique for the electromagnetic heating of ballast water to kill unwanted organisms. More specifically, the invention is based on a novel applicator (30) design that is easily installed on ships or used in ports. It incorporates an array of channels that simultaneously heat, by electromagnetic means, and convey the water from storage, or into storage tanks. ...

An energy absorbing article having a direction in which impact resistance is desired is formed of extruded thermoplastic foam exhibit anisotropic compressive strength. The extrusion direction of the thermoplast ic foam is aligned substantially parallel with the direction in which impact resistance is desired to provide an energy absorbing article exhibiting a high ratio of compressive strength to ...

PROCESSO PARA A PRODUçãO DE UM ELEMENTO DESLIZANTE, ELEMENTO DESLIZANTE E DISPOSITIVO PARA PRODUçãO DE UM ELEMENTO DESLIZANTE A invenção refere-se a um processo e a um dispositivo para a produção de um elemento deslizante plano ou arqueado com raio de curvatura bem grande. O elemento deslizante apresenta uma camada deslizante à base de um plástico reforçado por fibra com uma matriz de plástico e u...

The prevention of latex inversion in saltwater cement compositions for use in subterranean formations by inclusion of a combination of latex stabilizers and associated methods of cementing. Saltwater cement compositions comprising saltwater, a cement, a latex, a first latex stabilizer comprising a surfactant having the formula: R-O-(OCH...

A controlled volume injection/aspiration device includes a syringe having a body for containing a medicament, a needle and a piston slidably disposed within the body. A shell is provided for receiving the syringe body and a plunger rack is disposed within the shell. A manually operated control is disposed in an operative relationship with the plunger rack for moving the plunger rack in a stepwise ...

A method for treating a lesion of an animal, the animal having at least one vessel that carries blood to the lesion, comprising locating the vessel, administering a composition comprising a photodynamic agent, applying energy to the vessel to photocoagulate the vessel and thereby reduce the rate at which the treatment composition exits said lesion and applying energy to said lesion, of a type and ...

A prosthetic device for insertion into an intervertebral space is provided. The prosthetic device includes a first component having a first recess formed therein, the first recess defining a substantially concave recess surface of the first component, a second component having a second recess formed therein, the second recess defining a substantially planar recess surface, and a projection member ...

An anatomical knee prosthesis configured to be oriented on an anatomical line of an interarticular space of the knee and not oriented on a mechanical axis as far as the interarticular space of the knee is concerned.

This invention is directed to systems and methods for removing lipids from a fluid or from lipid-containing organisms from a fluid, such as plasma. These systems combine a fluid with at least one extraction solvent, which causes the lipids to separate from the fluid or from the lipid-containing organisms. The separated lipids are removed from the fluid. The at least one extraction solvent is remov...

The invention concerns a method for diagnosing cavernous angiomas for detecting mutations in the Krit1 gene. More particularly, said detection is performed by using nucleotide sequences. The invention further concerns the use of the Krit1 gene for therapeutic purposes in the field of angiogenesis.

A method of forming a protective barrier in an organic light emitting device is disclosed, wherein the organic light emitting device is formed on a substrate and includes a plurality of layers of materials, the plurality of layers of materials including an organic light emitting layer. The method includes forming an inorganic layer and a semi-crystalline parylene-based polymer layer over an underl...

In an electronic component comprising a semiconductor chip packaged in a molded part from which the lead terminals of the semiconductor chip project, a main cutting notch is formed on the obverse surface of each lead terminal before molding the molded part while leaving unnotched portions adjoining both ends of the main notch. Then, each lead terminal is cut at the main notch after molding the mol...

A digital lithographic process first deposits a mask layer comprised of print patterned mask features. The print patterned mask features define gaps into which a target material may be deposited, preferably through a digital lithographic process. The target material is cured or hardened, if necessary, into target features. The mask layer is then selectively removed. The remaining target features m...

A microwave insulating material includes a dimensionally stable support, a patterned adhesive layer overlying at least a portion of the support, a polymer film layer overlying the patterned adhesive layer, and a plurality of expandable cells disposed between the support and the polymer film layer and defined by the patterned adhesive layer, wherein the expandable cells vary in size. A self-sealing...

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, by which a transistor including an active layer, a gate insulating film in contact with the active layer, and a gate electrode overlapping the active layer with the gate insulating film therebetween is provided; an impurity is added to a part of a first region overlapped with the gate electrode with the gate insulati...