A powder-metallurgy produced high-speed steel article having a combination of high hardness and wear resistance, particularly at elevated temperatures. This combination of properties is achieved by the combination of W, Mo, V, and Co. The article is particularly suitable for use in the manufacture of gear cutting tools, such as hobs, and surface coatings.

A robot cleaner for simultaneously and selectively performing automatic floor cleaning and automatic floor disinfection. The robot cleaner includes a body traveling automatically on a surface to be cleaned, a driving unit for driving a plurality of wheels provided under the body, and obstacle detecting sensors positioned to a front of the body for detecting an obstacle located ahead of a traveling...

The present disclosure addressed apparatus and methods for forming an annular isolator in a borehole after installation of production tubing. Annular seal means are carried in or on production tubing as it is run into a borehole. In conjunction with expansion of the tubing, the seal is deployed to form an annular isolator. An inflatable element carried on the tubing may be inflated with a fluid ca...

A beverage jug cover which is constructed of flexible material and has an internal compartment within which is to be located the beverage jug. A section of gatherable material (usually of fabric) surrounds an access opening into the internal compartment with there being a drawstring mounted within the section of gatherable material and by pulling of the drawstring the gatherable material can be ma...

A system and method for efficient delivery of radio frequency (RF) energy includes a backplane. At least a single channel card is removably coupled to the backplane for controlling the amount of RF power delivered through a single channel via an electrical coupling to at least one ablation electrode or a catheter. The at least one channel card provides a gradual increase in RF power calculated in ...

The present invention involves the use of quantitative RT-PCR to identify AC133 as a marker. AC133 is prevalent on endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), which are important cells in angiogenesis. Therefore, the invention is applied to ascertain the quantity of EPCs in a subject, and to diagnose and monitor angiogenesis, for example, in injured tissues and in cancer development and progression.

The present invention provides a process for producing a polyurethane emulsion, capable of continuously producing a polyurethane emulsion which contains substantially no organic solvent and also has excellent storage stability over time. Disclosed is a process for producing a polyurethane emulsion by emulsifying a urethane prepolymer, which contains substantially no organic solvent and also has at...

A vertical Hall device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor region having a first conductive type and disposed in the substrate; and a magnetic field detection portion disposed in the semiconductor region. The magnetic field detection portion is capable of detecting a magnetic field parallel to a surface of the substrate in a case where a current flows through the magnetic field detection portio...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems including a coil system and methods for controlling the coil system are described. A described system includes a coil system for MRI. The coil system includes a local volume coil configured to transmit and receive MRI signals and an array of surface coils configured to receive MRI signals.

Apparatus for sensing information regarding a surface including a first plurality of optical elements arranged to acquire two dimensional information about a surface, a second plurality of optical elements arranged to acquire topographical information about the surface, wherein the first plurality and the second plurality of optical elements are arranged to simultaneously provide the two dimension...

Systems and methods for I/O fencing in a shared storage environment are provided. Prior to initiating an I/O request, when feasible, the current time from a local timer is compared to the current state of an interval obtained for the target device. As a result, a device reset occurring while the interval is viable does not arbitrarily end a multiphase I/O operation. However, a device reset occurri...

This invention relates to expandable polystyrene (EPS) particles with thermal insulation properties. Disclosed are EPS particles capable of being processed into hard foamed plastic material having a fine cell structure and a low density, the EPS particles comprising at least one foaming agent, and, homogeneously distributed throughout the particles, aluminum particles which provide infrared or the...

The invention concerns a method of preparing products having a sintered density of above 7.3 g/cm3. This method comprises the steps of subjecting a water-atomised, stainless steel powder to HVC compaction with an uniaxial pressure movement with a ram speed of at least 2 m/s, and sintering the gree n body.

SISTEMAS ANALìTICOS, DISPOSITIVOS E CARTUCHOS PARA OS MESMOS São descritos aqui sistemas, dispositivos, cartuchos, métodos e kits para detectar ou quantificar pelo menos dois analitos diferentes utilizando-se pelo menos duas técnicas diferentes, em uma única amostra. Os cartuchos compreendem tipicamente pelo menos dois locais de teste, e a localização de pelo menos um local de teste não depende de...

The invention relates to a device ( 1 ) for treating human skin by means of radiation. The device has a housing ( 5 ) with a radiation exit opening ( 13 ), a radiation source ( 9 ) which is accommodated in the housing, and a radiation path ( 15 ) between the radiation source and the radiation exit opening. A radiation filter ( 17 ) is provided in the radiation path. According to the invention the ...

A closure device for use following various surgical procedures to close access openings through the tissue wall while permitting post operative flow through the tissue conduit includes a housing having proximal and distal ends, and defining a longitudinal axis. First and second tissue everting members are mounted adjacent the distal end of the housing and first and second jaw members are mounted a...

The invention provides a thermally foamable microsphere whose shell is formed of a polymer that is obtained by the polymerization of a polymerizable monomer and a crosslinkable monomer at a proportion of greater than 1% by weight up to 5% by weight based on the polymerizable monomer and which has a maximum expansion ratio of at least 5. The invention also provides a process for the production of a...

An optical pickup device comprises a light source to emit a light flux having wavelength lambda; an objective lens including at least two plastic lenses of a first plastic lens having positive refractive power and a second plastic lens having positive refractive power, wherein the first plastic lens and the second plastic lens are arranged in this order from the light source side; and an actuator ...

The invention relates to a system and a method for the condition-based maintenance of at least one decentralised technical installation. The system comprises recording means for recording condition values of the technical installation and transmission means for transmitting the recorded condition values to a central maintenance management system, which comprises first means for evaluating the cond...

Compositions of vinyl halide polymers such as PVC are rendered compostable by a prodegradant system of an organotitanate or zirconate and an organotin. PVC sheets and composites are compostable in landfills.; Las composiciones de polimeros de halurio de vinilo tal como PVC se hacen compostables mediante un sistema degradante de organotitanato y zirconato y un organoestano; las hojas de PVC y mater...