To prevent building material from having to be thrown away after use, building material is proposed which is completely recyclable. The building material contains wood, gypsum and possibly a filler such as, for example, fly ash or sand. The wood used is a scrap material such as, for example, chips or parts of pallets, and the gypsum used can for example be FGD gypsum. The weight ratios between the...

Procedimento di trattamento di acque reflue e/o provenienti da usi industriali, con flocculanti costituiti da almeno un nitrato e/o nitrato basico di un metallo trivalente, in cui le acque così chiarificate vengono poi, dopo un trattamento di denitrificazione per via biologica, almeno parzialmente riutilizzate con grandi risparmi nei consumi.; Process for treating wastewater and/or water from indu...

An acetabular cup for use in a total hip prosthesis which includes an outer portion (1) for location in a patients' pelvis and to be held in place in a cement mantle and means (9) for allowing said portion to move further into said cement mantle and re-engage itself to accommodate creep or movement thereof.

The invention concerns a purification plant for removal of nutrients particularly removal of nitrogen from sewage. The new about the invention is that the recirculation is carried out by turbulence in a hydraulic boundary layer in a processtank, where the oxic and anoxic chamber is separated by one or more partition-walls and where the hydraulic boundary layers are placed in one or more openings i...

This invention relates to metal and ceramic matrix composite brake rotors comprising an interconnected matrix embedding at least one filler material. In the case of metal matrix composite materials, the at least one filler material comprises at least about 26 % by volume of the brake rotor for most applications, and at least about 20 % by volume for applications involving passenger cars and trucks...

PCT No. PCT/GB94/01861 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 11, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 11, 1995 PCT Filed Aug. 25, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/07887 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 23, 1995A grouting material which is self-dispersing when brought into contact with a volume of water containing liquor or slurry and is settable to a solid mass after such dispersion, the material being in the form of self-dispersing granules or pell...

A process for making Fluconazole comprising the steps of:

PCT No. PCT/FR94/01061 Sec. 371 Date May 8, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date May 8, 1995 PCT Filed Sep. 8, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/07753 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 23, 1995The porous granular material according to the invention comprises carbon, silica, water-soluble mineral salts and water-insoluble mineral salts, does not disintegrate in the presence of water and has a particle size of approximately 1 to 5 mm, pref...

In an extended aeration wastewater treatment system having wastewater flowing into a retention basin so as to form mixed liquor within the retention basin, a mixed liquor wasting system is provided, comprising a thickener tank, having a sidewall and a bottom; a waste line having a first end and a second end, the first end fluidly connected to the retention basin, and the second end fluidly connect...

The steel belt (9) runs around a trundle (12) located on the under part of a support frame (5), and its other end is fastened to the bed (1). - The support frame is articulately connected with the part (3) which is pivotable upwards, and the support frame under part is supported by two guides (8) against which two trundles (7) locate rotatably fitted on each side of the support frame under part.

A receiver (FIGURE 2) for decoding associated compressed video and audio information components transmitted in mutually exclusive "frames" of data with respective time stamps PTSvid and PTSaud respectively, includes a controller (216) which is responsive to the respective received time stamps to provide coarse synchronization by delaying or skipping respective frames of one or the other of the com...

SISTEMA DI COMUNICAZIONE OTTICA COERENTE A MODULAZIONE DI POLARIZZAZIONE, IN CUI LA MODULAZIONE DELLA POLARIZZAZIONE DEL SEGNALE OTTICO E' OTTENUTA IMPIEGANDO DUE LASER (1, 2) CHE EMETTONO RADIAZIONI A FREQUENZA DIVERSA POLARIZZATE ORTOGONALMENTE, CHE VENGONO COMBINATE SENZA PERDITE PRIMA DELL'INVIO IN LINEA.(FIG. 1).; A coherent optical communications system using polarisation modulation, wherein...

SISTEMA DI COMUNICAZIONE OTTICA COERENTE CON VARIAZIONE CONTINUA DELLA POLARIZZAZIONE, IN CUI TALE VARIAZIONE E' OTTENUTA SOVRAPPONENDO RADIAZIONI A FREQUENZA DIVERSA POLARIZZATE ORTOGONALMENTE, EMESSE DA DUE SORGENTI INDIPENDENTI (1, 2; 201, 202). LE DUE SORGENTI POSSONO ESSERE IMPIEGATE PER REALIZZARE IL TRASMETTITORE O L'OSCILLATORE LOCALE DEL SISTEMA (FIG. 1).; A coherent optical communication...

Fiber-reinforced plastic articles having a gel coat with high initial gloss and extended gloss retention are made by a process comprising the steps of: A) spreading a peroxide-curable gel coat composition over the surface of a mold that is in negative relief of the article to be molded; B) at least partially curing the gel coat composition; C) spreading a fiber reinforced, plastic composition over...

Fiber-reinforced plastic articles having a gel coat with high initial gloss and extended gloss retention are made by a process comprising the steps of: A) spreading a peroxide-curable gel coat composition over the surface of a mold that is in negative relief of the article to be molded; B) at least partially curing the gel coat composition; C) spreading a fiber reinforced, plastic composition over...

A mechanism for routing a communication cell in a cell switching communication controller that employs multiple path identifier masking functions selected by a header control field in the communication cell and that employs a content addressable memory comprising a plurality of entries, wherein each entry stores a pre configured local termination identifier and a pre configured pass through identi...

Photon-diffusive compositions of silica, methods of preparing same, and methods of using same as heat-resistant coatings, and the like, and as a base coat for intumescent fireproof coatings are described. Generally, in one embodiment, the composition is formed by reacting silica crystals with sodium hydroxide; adding a binder to hold the crystals; and heating the binder and the crystals until the ...

The invention relates to a new method for cleaning, washing, cutting and packaging, in a heat-resistant packaging, vegetables, meat, fish and poultry on an industrial scale, in such a manner that the consumer can place the uncooked article into the oven or microwave together with the packaging, in order to partially or completely cook the meal. No or very little water, butter or oil is added insid...

A method is disclosed for immobilizing material contaminated with heavy metal ions, said metal ions in a liquid environment being allowed to react with a metal-complexing agent with the formation of a metal complex, the metal-complex formed being mixed, in the presence of water, with an inorganic, hydraulic binder comprising blast furnace slag cement, fly ash cement or a combination thereof to for...

The invention discloses an acylated pentapeptide that exhibits inhibitory activity toward malignant cell metastasis.