A composition and a method of use as a dental restorative. A series of highly alkoxylated tri-functional monomers are used as a low viscosity monomer in a photo- or self-curable dental composition that resulted in low polymerization shrinkage. The mechanical strength of the restorative material was not compromised. The restorative composition may be used as a dental filling material, a cement, a l...

Disclosed herein is re-dispersible emulsion powder that can conveniently be used for admixtures to pre-mixed cement compound, powdered paints or adhesive agents, and the like. The re-dispersible emulsion powder according to the present invention is excellent in miscibility with inorganic fillers or polyvalent inorganic salts that are used for engineering works or construction materials, in re-disp...

An electrochemically active element is provided comprising: a first layer comprising PEDOT-PSS mixed with an adhesion promoter; and a second layer comprising PANI, the second layer being deposited on top of and in direct electrical contact with the first layer. This novel electrochemical element thus provides for excellent electrical conductivity and excellent switching properties, i.e. the dif...

Embodiments include systems and methods for assisting an operator (e.g., a pilot) of an apparatus (e.g., an aircraft) that includes a control compartment (e.g., a cockpit). The system includes a near-eye display and a processing subsystem. The near-eye display includes a transparent display panel and is adapted to be worn on a head of the operator. The processing subsystem is adapted to receive la...

Improvements to foaming methods and the interbimodal cellular structures of the foams made therefrom are disclosed,

A method of separating potassium chloride and sodium chloride from a heated solution of these salts, such as a solution obtained from potash ore, to recover potassium chloride from the ore is disclosed. The method includes a combination of steps of (a) extracting water from a heated solution containing potassium chloride and sodium chloride using a membrane system and (b) subsequently cooling the ...

An aqueous emulsion comprising at least a covalently bound vinyl oligomer and vinyl polymer, wherein said vinyl oligomer comprises 5 to 85 mol % of vinyl monomers bearing quaternary ammonium ion functional groups or quaternisable amine functional groups and is obtained by a controlled radical polymerisation of at least one vinyl monomer via a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer mechan...

The galvanic cathodic protection of reinforced concrete structures such as bridges, buildings, parking structures, piers, and wharves, is enhanced by the use of an inert water absorbent solid. The absorbent solid and chemicals are mixed with a cementitious binder to form an activating matrix. This matrix surrounds a sacrificial metal anode such as zinc, or aluminum or their alloys. The metal anode...

The connection cover (1) for washing machines as disclosed by the invention, is used for fixing to the machine (A) at least one cable (3) for an electrical connection and at least one hose each (2,5) for inputting and outputting water. At least one circularly shaped cable slot (7, 9) each is present on opposite sides of the cover (1) for fixing the cable (3) by tightening it between the cover (1) ...

A method of determining a location based advertising campaign is disclosed. A specification of location based advertising campaign characteristics is received. Available spots in an advertising supply are scored based on the specification. Selected spots are automatically determined from among the available spots in physical locations to include in the location based advertising campaign, based on...

A food packaging method is provided in which food is packaged in a package with use of carbon dioxide to benefit from bacteriostatic effects and the food package contains the minimum reduced gas spaces and thereby has a volume substantially equal to the food volume. Tightly-fitting food packages are obtained by the method. A tightly-fitting food package is obtained by: placing at least one kind of...

Provided is a polymer prepared by using a vegetable oil-derived component and favorably used as a polylactic acid resin-softening agent that is effective in softening the polylactic acid resin while preserving the transparency of the polylactic acid resin and simultaneously resistant to bleeding out (extraction) of itself from the polylactic acid resin. Also provided are a resin mixture of the res...

A function for configuring a screen reflecting user preference is implemented when formlets are displayed to indicate function items of a mobile communication terminal. The size, position and shape of a formlet on which an indicator is positioned are changed by user settings in a state in which multiple formlets are displayed, thereby increasing accessibility to a formlet of high preference to a u...

A method for manufacturing a porous honeycomb structure of the present invention comprises the steps of: mixing at least an aggregate raw material, water, an organic binder, a pore-forming agent, and an alkali metal source, wherein the aggregate raw material comprises metal silicon and/or a non-oxide ceramic containing silicon; kneading the mixture to form clay; forming the clay into a honeycomb s...

An acoustical tile composition based on a gypsum/cellulosic fiber composition which can replace all or a portion of the mineral wool normally present in acoustical ceiling tiles. The gypsum/cellulosic fiber composition is combined with a lightweight aggregate material and a binder to form a composition which is used in a water-felting process to manufacture acoustical ceiling tiles and panels. The...

Probiotic Bifidobacterium strain AH1205 or mutants or variants thereof are immunomodulatory following oral consumption and are useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory activity such as undesirable gastrointestinal inflammatory activity for example inflammatory bowel disease.

In the treatment of a gas mixture containing acid gases by contacting with an adsorbent solution (A) to give a deacidified gas mixture and (A) loaded with acid gases, (A) is regenerated by (i) passing (A) successively through first and second, high and low pressure regenerators, (ii) compressing the gas released from the second regenerator and (iii) recycling the compressed gas to the first regene...

A lighting system comprises at least one excitation source (5), preferably an LED, operable to generate and radiate excitation radiation of a first wavelength (λ1); a shade (4) configured to at least in part surround the at least one source (5) and remotely located thereto; and at least one phosphor (16) provided in or on at least a part of the shade (4), wherein the phosphor (16) emits radiation ...

The present invention is related to a method, a system and a computer readable device for authenticated configuration used for configuration of software probes injected in software modules to be tested in an electrical mobile device. The invention will create and make use of a configuration file by inserting an authentication signature, Probe Identifications (PID) and Probe Locations (PL).

Enabling the selection, modification, and subsequent generation of online advertisements for either a one time use or as part of an advertising campaign. The performance of an advertisement is iteratively reviewed based on heuristics, statistics, metrics, real-time feedback, and the like, either singly or in some combination. Iterative monitoring of performance information for related, but differe...