The melt of polyvinyl aromatic polymers comprising from 10 to 45 weight % of star branched polymer prepared using a combination of thermal and tetra functional peroxide initiation has an improved melt strength permitting better foam formation for extrusion foam blown with conventional blowing agents and inert gases including CO2.

A method and system for extracting multimedia content segments, such as electronic clips or "eClips," from a source of video or other multimedia content. The extraction is based on individual preferences such as key terms and/or phrases as well as conten t source, which a user may identify in a profile, User profiles can be stored in a service platform and continually checked against new content i...

A method and apparatus are provided for handling within a database system data items that are associated with data types whose native structure is not known to the database system. The data items are stored within the database system in their native structure, even though it is not understood by the database system. To store the data items, the database system calls a pickling routine that is prov...

A disposable diaper 1 includes a cover member 2 having a front waist region 6, a back waist region 7, and a crotch region 8 and a liquid-absorbent panel 3 disposed inside the cover member 2. The panel 3 is joined to the cover member 2 on inner surfaces of the front and back waist regions 6, 7 by an elastic band 27 which extends in an elastically contractible condition in a circumferential directio...

A disposable diaper 1A includes a pants member 2 and a body fluid absorbent pad 11 lying inside the pants member 2. The pad 11 is connected to elastic first and second suspender members 19, 27 extending in a circumferential direction of the diaper and joined under extension in the circumferential direction of the diaper to the pants member 2. Front and rear ends 15, 16 of the pad 11 are joined to...

Bonded screens such as vehicle windscreens (1) bonded to a supporting frame (5) by homogeneous bonding material (6) are released by firstly arranging energy delivery means (9) adjacent the screen and subsequently transmitting energy from the delivery means through the screen thereby to effect release of the screen (1) from the frame (5) by either causing degradation of some of the homogeneous bond...

There is provided an autonomous off-board defensive aids system (100) for use with a host craft (102), for example, with combat aircraft or submarines. More particularly, the host craft (102) deploys a plurality of controllable off-board units (104, 106) to counter an offensive threat or to engage in autonomous offensive actions. The controllable off-board units (104, 106) implement active stealth...

L'invention concerne une composition cosmétique à effet anti-rides immédiat contenant une quantité efficace d'au moins une charge minérale à l'exclusion de tout silicate mixte, la charge minérale étant sous forme de particules colloïdales en dispersion stable dans un milieu aqueux. L'invention concerne également l'utilisation d'une telle charge comme agent tenseur dans et/ou pour la préparation d...

A clustered computer system, apparatus, program product and method utilize a group member-initiated shutdown process to terminate clustering on a node in an automated and orderly fashion, typically in the event of a failure detected by a group member residing on that node. As a component of such a process, node leave operations are initiated on the other nodes in a clustered computer system, ther...

A socket connector for a pin connector including a module body with a plurality of slots is described. A plurality of wafers are installable in a corresponding plurality of slots in the module body and each wafer has multiple offset tuning forks. The module body has a coring wall with multiple wedge shaped protrusions for each of the offset tuning forks of the wafer.

The invention relates to a method for producing a photovoltaic thin film module (1) which is provided with a thin film solar cell system (2) that is mounted on carrier materials (3) and is covered with a compound (4) on at least one side of the surface, whereby said compound consists of an encapsulating material and is provided with a sealing layer (5) on the side of the surface thereof, said side...

There is disclosed a method and a system for accessing information and/ or data available on a wide area computer network (100), such as the Internet. A first modulated acoustic signal (A) is transmitted to a group of potential users each provided with a portable communication unit (1, 1 *), this first modulated acoustic signal including at least one identifier (ID_1, ID_2, ID_3, ...) associated w...

The insulating coupling (1) comprises an inner tube for transporting the heating medium between the two pipes (8, 10), enclosed by an flattened sleeve. The inner tube comprises a heat-resistant polymer and is not electrically conductive. The sleeve comprises a heat-resistant polymer and is electrically conductive. An Independent claim is also included for a method for mounting the coupling, in wh...

A syringe-type device for supplying dental material to a dental restoration site includes a syringe body, a syringe connecting body, and an activation component. The syringe body has an outlet and a dental material retaining space for retaining therein a dental material. The syringe connecting body has an upstream opening and a downstream opening and is connectable to the syringe body such that de...

The insulating coupling (1) comprises an inner tube for transporting the heating medium between the two pipes (8, 10), enclosed by an flattened sleeve. The inner tube comprises a heat-resistant polymer and is not electrically conductive. The sleeve comprises a heat-resistant polymer and is electrically conductive. An Independent claim is also included for a method for mounting the coupling, in wh...

L'invention concerne un procédé de déformation permanente des fibres kératiniques comprenant l'application sur les fibres kératiniques, avant l'opération de réduction et/ou après l'opération de fixation, d'une composition cosmétique de pré-traitemen t et/ou de post-traitement comprenant, dans un véhicule cosmétiquement acceptable, une microémulsion de silicone aminée, la taille primaire moyenne en...

The present invention relates to antibodies raised against fragments of apolipoprotein B, in particular defined peptides thereof, for immunization or therapeutic treatment of mammals, including humans, against ischemic cardiovascular diseases, using one or more of said antibodies.

The present invention relates to antibodies raised against fragments of apolipoprotein B, in particular defined peptides thereof, for immunization or therapeutic treatment of mammals, including humans, against ischemic cardiovascular diseases, using one or more of said antibodies.