A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product; the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10, 11) respectively having a number of jaws (12) and a number of counter-jaws (13), which interact with and grip the tube (14) to heat-seal cross sections of the tub...

Apparatus for cutting and placing limp pieces of material is particular constructed for positioning the relative placement of two cut pieces. The apparatus employs a slip cut configuration and has an anvil roll with a circumferential groove receiving and guiding a uncut end segment of a web of material to be cut. The groove tapers off to a surface substantially flush with the wheel surface. When t...

A hard metal of WC for tools for mechanical working of stone, concrete, and asphalt conatins 5 to 25% by weight of a binder based on Co or Co and Ni. The hard metal has a coercive field strength up to 17.0 kA/m, and the binder contains up to 30% of Fe. The hard metal has a magnetic saturation (sigma or 4pisigma, in units of microtesla times cubic meter per kilogram, respectively) as a function of ...

A hard metal of WC for tools for mechanical working of stone, concrete, and asphalt conatins 5 to 25% by weight of a binder based on Co or Co and Ni. The hard metal has a coercive field strength up to 17.0 kA/m, and the binder contains up to 30% of Fe. The hard metal has a magnetic saturation (sigma or 4pisigma, in units of microtesla times cubic meter per kilogram, respectively) as a function of ...

The invention relates to an apparatus, notably an X-ray apparatus, which comprises two components which are displaceable relative to one another. A position visualization unit is arranged on one component of the apparatus and the other component of the apparatus is provided with an image acquisition unit whose acquisition zone contains a segment of the position visualization unit which changes due...

An X-ray computed tomograph for forming a sharp reconstructed image of a heart and a coronary artery. The diastolic phase between R-waves of an electrocardiogram is divided into a rapid inflow period, a slow inflow period, and atrial systole period. The rapid inflow period is a period during which blood rapidly flows in a ventricle, the heart moves, and collection of projection data is not suited....

The present invention provides a flexible metallized polyurethane foam, wherein it contains heat-conducting metal powder having heat conductivity greater than 30W/m.K; Also, when the foam is to be used as a new kind of polymer material, it will have relatively higher heat­conductivity, in particular a heat-conductivity great than 0.2W/m.K, while maintaining the advantages of conventional polyureth...

A vehicle of the industrial truck type comprises a chassis ( 3 ), at least three wheels ( 4 ) arranged to support the chassis while resting on the ground and a lifting unit ( 8 ) connected to the chassis having one or more members ( 9 ) arranged to carry loads and a power arrangement to raise and lower the load-carrying members relative to the chassis. The lifting unit is carried by the chassis vi...

The invention concerns the use of at least one polynucleotide fragment comprising 18 consecutive nucleotides whereof the sequence corresponds to all or part of a human chromosome 6 gene selected among the HLAG, NT__007592.445, NT_007592.446, NT_007592.506, NT_007592.507, NT_007592.508, HSPAIB, G8, NEU1, NG22, BAT8, HLA-DMB, HLA-DMA, BRD2, HLA-DQA1, HLA-DQA2, NT_007592.588, GRM4, RNF23, FLJ22638, N...

The invention concerns the use of at least one polynucleotide fragment comprising 18 consecutive nucleotides whereof the sequence corresponds to all or part of a human chromosome 6 gene selected among the HLAG, NT__007592.445, NT_007592.446, NT_007592.506, NT_007592.507, NT_007592.508, HSPAIB, G8, NEU1, NG22, BAT8, HLA-DMB, HLA-DMA, BRD2, HLA-DQA1, HLA-DQA2, NT_007592.588, GRM4, RNF23, FLJ22638, N...

A process for producing a synthetic resin foam which comprises reacting at least one polyol with at least one polyisocyanate compound in the presence of a blowing agent, characterized in that the blowing agent is a mixture comprising a combination of at least one glycol compound and/or at least one amide compound with 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane.

The present invention relates to a poly-gamma-glutamate (PGA) having an ultra-high molecular weight greater than 5,000 kDa. The ultra-high molecular weight PGA according to the present invention has a mean molecular weight greater than 13,000 kDa, and more than 95% of its molecules have a molecular weight ranging from 3,000 to 15,000 kDa. Also, it can be produced by the culturing of Bacillus subti...

The present invention relates to a gene and gene product, SGA-72M that is differentially expressed in cancer tissues and cell-lines. Suppression Subtractive Hybridization and microarray screening were used to screen for differential expression of SGA-72M in cancer tissues and cell-lines. Northern blot analysis and semi-quantitative RT­PCR demonstrated over expression of SGA-72M in breast cancer ti...

The present invention relates to a gene and gene product, SGA-72M that is differentially expressed in cancer tissues and cell-lines. Suppression Subtractive Hybridization and microarray screening were used to screen for differential expression of SGA-72M in cancer tissues and cell-lines. Northern blot analysis and semi-quantitative RT­PCR demonstrated over expression of SGA-72M in breast cancer ti...

An apparatus and a method for manufacturing an absorbent core for an absorbent product containing a first material and a second material dispersed throughout at least a portion of said first material, comprising a rotating forming wheel (13) for producing said absorbent core in a mold provided on its circumferential surface and said forming wheel (13) having a rotating air pervious belt (21) along...

Biodegradable films include two biodegradable components. One component preferably is starch while the other component is a water insoluble, synthetic polymer, preferably a hydroxy-functional polyester.

A system and methods for shipping a package (12) from a package sender (16) to an intended recipient (18), utilizing Internet communications (30) to place shipping orders, request on demand package pickup, maintain and utilize pre-stored profile information, view shipping history, track orders, etc. A package sender (16) with an Internet-accessible computer (20) accesses an Internet site and assoc...

System and methods are described for assisting a contractor in managing information associated with a construction project. The amount of information relating to labor, materials, scheduling and billing and the number of individuals accessing the information can be overwhelmingly large for even a simple construction project. As such, the system and methods described are particularly useful for gat...

The method to organize and track information is a method to track information such as a person's name, telephone number, follow up dates, priority, and task number. A person may use the method to track information and to easily and quickly store, retrieve, and sort the information (figure 1). In the preferred embodiment, the method to organize and track information can sort the information base on...

A system for a manufacturer to analyze purchase current of a commodity sold at a store. The system includes a server (1) communicably connected to a first terminal (3) installed at the manufacturer and a second terminal (2) installed at the store. The server (1) includes entry means enabling commodity information of the commodity to be input from the first terminal (3), commodity information displ...