Assemblies for use in separation of a fluid feed. Assemblies typically include an elongated housing having a fluid feed stream inlet, a residual stream outlet and a permeate stream outlet. The housing contains at least one membrane separation element to form a membrane separation element linear string that at least in part defines a linear permeate passage tube. A permeate adapter is joined with a...

Canopy conducting mechanism for hand held umbrellas is disclosed. The canopy conducting mechanism is especially useful for electrical umbrellas although may be used for manually operated umbrellas as well. The canopy conducting mechanism has short movement between open and closed states of the umbrella and is based on pin and slide joints (2b, 4c) between the umbrella ribs (2) and between a canopy...

The present invention provides an apparatus an methods for detecting the behavior of perforations in a wellbore casing, the apparatus including a sensor array (10)movable within the internal diameter of the casing, the sensor array having one or more sensors (16) located proximate the internal surface of the casing with the sensors being located or oriented such that properties of flow from a prox...

A method of transferring funds from a sender to a recipient includes receiving, at a transfer location, a transfer request from the sender. The transfer request includes a notification request to notify the sender when the recipient receives the funds. The method also includes sending the transfer request to a host computer system, receiving, at a transfer location, a request from the recipient to...

The invention relates to a syntactic polyolefin composition for pipe coating, wherein the composition comprises a beta-nucleated propylene polymer and microspheres. The invention also relates to a method for the preparation of the composition for pipe coating and to an off-shore pipe coated with the syntactic polyolefin composition.

The present invention relates to an in vivo method for specific targeting and transfer of DNA into mammalian repair cells. The transferred DNA may include any DNA encoding a therapeutic protein of interest. The invention is based on the discovery that mammalian repair cells proliferate and migrate into a wound site where they actively take up and express DNA. The invention further relates to pharm...

There is disclosed herein novel functional fluids useful as aircraft hydraulic fluids comprising at least about 50% trialkyl phosphate ester and at least one aryl compound whereby the fluid exhibits in combination the fire resistant properties as indicated by a fire point in excess of 177 C, a flash point of at least 160 C and an autoignition temperature of at least 400 C. The trialkyl phosphate e...

The invention concerns a modular acetabular cup for surgical treatment for hip joint reconstruction in cases of total recovery of hip implant, and an anchoring screw for fixing a prosthetic implant such as said acetabular cup. The prosthetic acetabular cup comprises a support-plate (1) designed to be arranged in the acetabular cavity and anchored by means of an anchoring screw (4) including means ...

Process for the conversion of heavy charges chosen among heavy and extra heavy crude oils, distillation residues, "heavy oils" coming from catalytic treatments, "thermal tars", bitu imen from oil sands, coals of various nature and other high boiling charges of hydrocarbon origin known as "black oils", by means of the joint use of at least three of the following process units: deasphalting (SDA1), ...

A condom has an erectogenic compound immobilised on the interior surface and substantially at the head end thereof. The compound may be applied as a component of a composition comprising the erectogenic compound dispersed or dissolved in a gel carrier comprising a liquid medium including a thickening agent. The condom may include a lubricant which may be immiscible with the erectogenic compound or...

Methods off creating a batch of recycled glass from mixed color glass cullet. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving at a glass plant a weight and color composition percentage of a first batch of mixed color cullet. The glass plant also receives a weight and color composition percentage of a second batch of mixed color cullet. The weight and color composition percentage of the first batc...

A composite material comprising a plurality of nanofibers intertwined with a plurality of coarse fibers to form one or more layers is provided. The nanofibers can be any suitable type of nanofiber, including electrospun fibers. A composite material comprising a plurality of electrospun fibers intertwined with a plurality of coarse fibers to form a single layer is also provided. A composite materia...

A gradient material comprising at least two types of nanofibers distributed non-uniformly throughout the material to form one or more gradients is provided. In one embodiment, the at least two types of nanofibers intertwine to form a single layer of material, i.e., are at least partially physically intertwined, i.e., entangled with one another in a multi-component material. Such intertwining can o...

Flat articles (5) are gathered into stacks (9) by conveying stacks in production successively along a gathering route (1) past feed stations and by adding one article to each stack in every feed station. The stacks (9) in production are conveyed on stack supports (2) with supporting surfaces (7). The supply direction of the articles comprises a component parallel to the stack conveyance direction ...

The present invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical composition as a solid dosage form comprising desmopressin as a therapeutically active ingredient. It addresses means for providing increased shelf-life for said active ingredient in said dosage form.

Disclosed is a technique to provide a stable AMOLED display despite the instability of backplane and OLED.