A ballistic resistant article comprising at least one consolidated network of high strength fibers in thermoplastic matrix material comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane, the high strength fibers having a tenacity of at least about 7 g/d, a tensile modulus of at least about 150 g/d and an energy-to-break of at least about 8 J/g, wherein prior to consolidation the matrix material consists essenti...

A composition suitable for scavenging oxygen, wherein the composition comprises (a) an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon polymer or polymer blend which has 0.01-1.0 equivalents of carbon- carbon double bonds per 100 g of the polymer, (b) a transition metal catalyst, and wherein the composition retains at least 50% of its original tensile strength after complete oxygen scavenging has occurred.

Aerated concrete containing ground dolomite with the specific surface of particles not less than 3000 cm2/g, cement and aluminium powder with the relation of components being as follows (weight percent): 05-03 Cement 07-05 Dolomite 6000.0-3000.0 Aluminium powder

A method for detecting errors in alignment of first and second digital representations of an image, the method comprising: for each individual location from among a multiplicity of locations within the first digital representation, determining at least one best translation from the first digital representation to the second digital representation for translating the individual location; and announ...

A light-curing composite material is described which is characterized by a content of anaerobic stabilizer and/or stable organic radicals and which has a reduced light sensitivity and an improved vacuum stability and is therefore suitable in particular as a dental filling material.; A light-curing composite material is described which is characterized by a content of anaerobic stabilize...

14a, 17a-bridged estratrienes useful in the treatment of estrogen deficiency and for birth control in mammals of the formula OR2 OR3 B A R1O wherein (a) OR3 is in a-position R1, R2 and R3, each independently are (i) hydrogen, (ii) -C-R4, in which R4 is an organic O radical with up to 11 carbon atoms as described in the specification; or (iii) -(CH2)n COOH, wherein n = 1-4; or (iv) R1 is benzyl, C1...

This invention shows a method for improving water-proofing property of water-setting inorganic compositions such as plaster. The modifier is prepared by emulsifying (A) a copolymer of a vinyl monomer and unsaturated dicaboxylic acid (or anhydride) having an acid number of 200 - 400 mg KOH/g (SMA 2000 or 3000) and (B) organopolysiloxane or its derivatives into water by use of alkali compounds, wher...

A process for manufacturing an electronic interconnect structure, the process including the steps of: a) depositing an adhesion metal layer over a dielectric material surface having at least one exposed aluminum surface; b) depositing a barrier metal layer over the adhesion metal layer; c) depositing a layer of aluminum over the barrier metal layer; d) depositing a seccnd barrier metal layer over ...

A data processing system comprising: a processor (12) that operates on various data, said processor comprising a processor memory and means for specifying an address that corresponds to a requested data block located within another memory to be accessed by said processor; a hierarchical memory system (14) comprising a cache (16) and a longterm storage (20); a storage control processor (22) compris...

An automatic injector comprising: a housing; a metallic cartridge contained within said housing, said cartridge having at least an inner surface thereof coated with polyparaxylylene to reduce the coefficient of friction of said inner surface; a charge of medicament contained in said metallic cartridge and in communication with said polyparaxylylene coating, said polyparaxylylene coating preventing...

Anti-tumor compounds of the formula NHR1 N ON R3OO R5 OR2R4 in which: R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkanoyl group having from 2 to 24 carbon atoms, a substituted alkanoyl group which has from 2 to 24 carbon atoms and which is substituted by at least one of substituents A and/or substituents B, defined below, or an alkenylcarbonyl group having from...

A £2R, 3R (2R(, 3R(), 6R, 7S, 8S, 9R, 10R|-3-(2(, 3(-dihydroxypent-2(-yl)-2, 6, 8, 10, 12-pentamethyl-4, 13-dioxabicyclo £8.2.1| tridec-12-en-5-one compound of the formula R1 NCH(CH3)2 HO H3C H3C1211CH3 O 13 OH21O 109O 8CH3 H3C3 27CH3 H4 H3C3O 56O OHCH3OCH3 CH3 OOHCH3 in which R1 denotes methyl, or a stable and physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. The compound affects the motilit...

Compounds of the formula R2OO CH3OR1 R3OO R4OO R7 R6R8 R5O wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an acetyl or benzyl group, R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl, acetoxy, or benzyloxy group, R7 represents a hydrogen atom or R5 and R7 together may represent another direct bond, and R8 represents a carboxyl or methoxycarbonyl group, and salts thereof. The comp...

A method for the non-spectroscopic, non-imaging determination in vivo of the concentration of an NMR-detectable xenobiotic compound, comprising the steps of: (a) recording one or more in vivo measurements of the intensity of a magnetic resonance (NMR) signal from said xenobiotic compound at a measurement site of a living subject by employing an NMR detection system which is capable of measuring th...

Digital broadcast receiving terminal apparatus which receives multi-channel digital broadcast signals to record the huge capacity without deteriorating the quality of signals and to visualize the digital broadcasting. The outputs form the error correction decoding circus 4 are applied to the TS processor 12 via the switches SW 1 and SW 2, at the same time they are applied to the recording program ...

A direct-compression tablet comprising from about 50% to about 99% aminoguanidine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for administration to a patient prepared by a process comprising the steps of: combining a sufficient amount of aminoguanidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a sufficient amount of an aqueous solution capable of substantially dissolving the aminoguanidine or...

An inverse discrete cosine transform method comprising the steps of: determining a sum of plural input coefficients; judging whether the sum is even number or odd number, whereby when the sum is even number, an operation is implemented to at least one input coefficient to allow the sum to be odd number; and implementing inverse discrete cosine transform to the plural input coefficients which have ...

A pharmaceutical oral composition for treating an autoimmune disease in a human, the composition comprising: an effective amount for treating said disease of a bystander antigen, said antigen upon administration eliciting T cells that are targeted to the area of autoimmune attack in said disease and that suppress immune cells in said area contributing to said autoimmune attack; and a pharmaceutica...

A method of separating a molded, polymerized ophthalmic lens formed by a mold, said mold comprised of at least two pieces, a female, concave piece and a male, convex piece forming a cavity therebetween when said pieces are mated at least one piece having a flange thereabout, from the excess material surrounding the lens outside the mold cavity, said method comprising: increasing the surface energy...

A digital receiver for an analog signal wherein a symbol rate of the analog signal can be varied over a range, the digital receiver comprising: a source of a baseband received analog signal (24, 28), a first sampler (46) having an input of the baseband analog signal and a digital first sampler output (48); a controllable digital filter (56) having a first input (48) of the digital first sampler ou...