An apparatus for analyzing body composition based on bioelectrical impedance analysis, and a method therefor are disclosed. The method for analyzing body composition includes the step of providing eight electrodes for being contacted to a right palm, a right thumb, a left palm, a left thumb, a right front sole, a right rear sole, a left front sole and a left rear sole. Then a switch is selected by...

This amperometric sensor device comprises, in combination, a sensor (21) having a planar structure obtained by photolithography techniques and a circuit (22) for measuring the intensity of the electrochemical current generated by the sensor (29). The planar structure includes an insulating substrate (23 to 25) and a set of electrodes comprising a working electrode (29), a back electrode (30) and a...

An oral, immunostimulating material for mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles comprising an immunostimulating amount of an alginate having a M content of at least 40% and an acceptable carriers.

A high-penetration transmission method uses a compact character set for encoding an alphanumeric message, in which the signal margin is increased by a combination of bit repetition and a relatively small increase in power. The combination of bit repetition and a relatively small increase in power with a encoding via a compact character set avoids unacceptable delay characteristics. Moreover, the c...

This invention provides a process of preparing furniture and decorative items prepared from tires and tube and allied wastes comprising: selecting the tires and tube or allied wastes having predetermined strength, cleaning and treating the said tires and tubes chemically to make it eco-friendly, fixing at least one said tire with or without tube on a base plate, providing a layer of foam of approp...

PCT No. PCT/FI92/00316 Sec. 371 Date May 20, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date May 20, 1994 PCT Filed Nov. 25, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/10860 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 1993.An installation for fighting fire has, in one embodiment, first and second releasing devices for first and second groups of spray heads that overlap at border spray heads. The border spray heads are activatable by either of the first or second ...

In a method of producing a printed board assembly from a printed board, components are furnace soldered to the printed board. A string of heat curing, electrically conductive material, elastic after curing, is deposited around the site where the components to be shielded, are to be furnace soldered. That string is cured into a shielding gasket in the furnace soldering step, i.e. in the same produc...

A machine tool for processing platelike workpieces, particularly for machining the contours of superimposed sheet metal elements, comprises a work-supporting deck having a supporting surface and workpiece-fixing means, and a tool unit, which is mounted on a tool carriage and is movable over the supporting surface, wherein a holding-down device is provided, which is movable over the supporting surf...

A clamp of a thermally weldable material for a pipe of a thermally weldable material has two segments surrounding the pipe in a position of use of the clamp. The segments have heating mats of heatable electrical conduits integrated into inner surfaces of the segments. Each segment has two border edges facing one another in the position of use and clamped to one another by fastening elements. A fir...

New substituted 4-(phenyl-N-alkyl)-piperidine compounds of Formula 1: wherein X is CH; R1 is CF3, OSO2CF3, OSO2CH3, SOR7, SO2R7, COR7, CN, OR3, NO2, CONHR3, 3-thiophene, 2-thiophene, 3-furane, 2-furane, F, Cl, Br, or I; R2 is F, Cl, Br, I, CN, CF3, CH3, OCH3, OH, and NH2; R3 and R4 are H; R5 is a C1-C4 alkyl, an allyl, CH2SCH3, CH2CH2OCH3, CH2CH2CH2F, CH2CF3, 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl, 4,4,4-tr...

An error correction coding method and apparatus which can correct errors generated during the transmission or the storage, or the receiving or the reproducing of a digital image. The error correction coding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: dividing one image into blocks to prevent the deterioration of the quality of a screen by preventing the generation of burst er...

Arrangement for joining double-walled plastics pipes (9), manufactured with a smooth inner pipe (12) and a corrugated outer pipe (13) integrated with the inner pipe. To one end of the outer pipe is fastened a solid wall socket sleeve (1) with an inner surface arranged for holding a pipe end. This spigot sleeve (6) comprises a first solid wall spigot forming part (7A) which is inside and outside sm...

A fluorescent lamp includes a light-emitting tube having a pair of electrodes therein, a base in which the light-emitting tube is fixed, and a base contact pin terminal supported by the base with one end thereof projecting from the base. The base contact pin terminal is electrically connected to an electrode lead wire drawn from the light-emitting tube. The base is provided with a first power-cond...

Process uses a carrier film, such as PP, polyester, PVF etc., which is first coated with a non-pigmented resin compsn., then with an ink/resin compsn. contg. solid crystalline pigment particles; the coatings are then dried. The coated carrier film is contacted with a thermoplastic sheet, such as polyvinyl butyral sheet having a roughened surface, by passing them together through heated nip-rolls, ...

A microscopic specimen such as a cell organelle or a tissue cell generally has a non-rotational symmetrical refractive index distribution. Converging onto the microscopic specimen a laser beam with a non-rotational symmetrical intensity distribution (an elliptical pattern) traps the specimen, with the direction of the major axis of the specimen aligned with the direction of the major axis of the e...

PURPOSE:To provide the divided wavelength plate which is easily produced, has excellent flexibility and has sufficient light transmittability by constituting the parts having optical anisotropy of the divided wavelength plate of org. high polymers. CONSTITUTION:A high polymer film (halfwave plate layer) 2 having a retardation of half the wavelength to be used is stuck to a substrate 1 having suffi...

SE REFIERE A UN METODO PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE PARKINSON QUE COMPRENDE ADMINISTRAR EN FORMA CONCOMITANTE: a) DE 1mg A 2000 mg DEL COMPUESTO DE FORMULA I O FENILAZACICLOALCANO SUSTITUIDO DONDE n ES 1-2; R1 Y R2 SON INDEPENDIENTEMENTE H, SIEMPRE QUE AMBOS NO SEAN H, OH, CH, CH2CN, 2- O 4-CF3, CH2,CF3, CH2CHF2, CH=CF2, ETENILO, ENTRE OTROS; R3 ES H, CF3, CH2CF3, ALQUILO C1-C8, CICLOAL...

SE REFIERE A UNA CEPA BACTERIANA METANOTROFICA DE ALTO DESARROLLO QUE: a) SE DESARROLLA EN UN SUSTRATO DE CARBONO SELECCIONADO DE METANO Y METANOL; b) COMPRENDE UNA VIA PORTADORA FUNCIONAL DE CARBONO DE EMBDEN-MEYERHOF COMPRENDIENDO DICHA VIA PORTADORA UN GEN QUE CODIFICA UNA ENZIMA DE FOSFOFRUCTOCINASA DEPENDIENTE DE PIROFOSFATO. EL GEN SE SELECCIONA DE i) UNA MOLECULA AISLADA DE ACIDO NUCLEICO Q...

The device comprises a body member, a cable with one fixed end attached to the body member, an inner member fixedly mounted within the body member and an opening defined by the body member and the inner member. There is an inclined ramp formed on the inner member, a disc movably mounted on the ramp, and a coiled spring. The coiled spring includes a circular portion received in a second opening for...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inspect the existence of alteration in an OS, an OS loader and other files to be inspected at the time of starting a computer and to start the OS, the OS loader and application after checking safety. SOLUTION: After initializing a basic I/O system (BIOS), a boot program 2 stored in a ROM 1 reads out 1st stored information 41 stored in an auxiliary storage device 4 independ...