An electrolytic capacitor that includes an anode body formed from a powder comprising electrically conductive ceramic particles and a non-metallic element in an amount of about 100 parts per million or more is provided in one embodiment of the invention. The non-metallic element has a ground state electron configuration that includes five valence electrons at an energy level of three or more. Exam...

A fault current limiter suitable for use in an electrical circuit is disclosed. The fault current limiter includes a magnetically saturable core 1 and AC phase coils 5 wound around a portion of the saturable core. The magnetically saturable core 1 and the AC phase coils 5 are housed within an enclosure 3. A DC biasing coil 2 is disposed outside and surrounding the enclosure. During no-fault operat...

A method of applying a dental agent to a dental surface, the method including: applying a retentive polymeric coating to a dental surface; and subsequently contacting the retentive polymeric coating with a loading composition that includes a dental agent, wherein the contacting occurs under conditions effective to incorporate the dental agent into the retentive polymeric coating for release over t...

A fluid mixing apparatus is constituted by a plurality of flow passageways for conveying fluids, respectively, and jet outlets, corresponding to and communicating with the flow passageways, respectively, for jetting the fluids therefrom so that movement directions of the fluids intersect each other to mix the fluids. The jet outlets are provided at a surface of a substrate in which the flow passag...

A new acoustic insulating sheet material comprises in laminar assembly a) a primary sound absorbing sheet, and b) a dense porous membrane that i) has an air-flow resistance of about 5000 rayls or less and ii) has an Acoustic Value Ratio as defined herein of at least 3000. Preferably, the membrane is about 200 micrometers or less in thickness, and more preferably is about 150 micrometers or less in...

This invention relates to certain unsaturated fatty acid derivatives of therapeutically active 1,3-dioxolane nucleoside analogues and to pharmaceutical formulations containing them. The said derivatives are referred to as “Compounds of formula (I)” herein. Compounds of formula (I) can be used in the treatment of a cancerous disease. Treatment of both solid tumours and haematological cancers such a...

A rotor (110), such as a rotor of an aircraft gas turbine engine, uses damper- ring devices for damping unwanted rotor vibrations. One device (126) has inner and outer damper rings (132 and 130) in a groove (118) with the outer damper ring (130) providing ring-rotor frictional damping only at large vibrational amplitudes and with the inner and outer damper rings providing inter-ring frictional dam...

The present disclosure provides an on-board navigation system for a commuter vehicle that automatically saves in a database addresses corresponding to destinations to which the vehicle has traveled, along with one or more parameters relating to the addresses. The navigation system uses these parameters to predict a destination by comparing the present state of the vehicle to the saved parameters. ...

A method of image processing includes: receiving at least one video frame of a video sequence, the at least one video frame including at least one foreground subject and a background; and processing the at least one video frame so as to separate the at least one foreground subject from the background. The processing includes: generating a pixel mask containing information indicating, for each pixe...

A method of image processing, includes: receiving at least one video frame of a video sequence, the at least one video frame including at least one foreground subject and a background; and processing the at least one video frame so as to separate the at least one foreground subject from the background. The processing includes: obtaining a reference image including the background; comparing the at ...

A method of image processing, includes: providing a data processing apparatus, including a central processing unit and a graphics processing unit; feeding at least one video frame of a video sequence to the data processing apparatus, the at least one video frame including at least one foreground subject and a background; and processing the at least one video frame in the data processing apparatus ...

A method of image processing, includes receiving at least one video frame of a video sequence, the at least one video frame including at least one foreground subject and a background, and processing the at least one video frame so as to separate the at least one foreground subject from the background. The processing includes: generating a pixel mask indicating whether a pixel of the at least one v...

A method and system for creating event data including 3-D data representing at least one participant in an event and making the event data available to be served is provided. The system includes a communications network. A plurality of camera units are coupled to the communications network. The camera units are configured and installed at an event venue to generate a plurality of images from waves...

Provided are apparatuses and methods for providing security measures for a handover execution procedure in a communication network. In one example, the handover procedure is initiated by more than one base station. In another example, a base station may not launch a Denial or Service (DoS) attack towards other base stations or towards a core network using handover signaling messages. For example, ...

A kit for fixing a dental restoration material onto tooth material comprises: (a) an electron donor compound; (b) a first adhesive component, containing an oxidizing agent (as component of a polymerization initiator system) and a polymerizable acid; and (c) a second adhesive component, containing a reducing agent (as component of the initiator system) and an acid group-free polymerizable monomer, ...

The present invention provides a process for preparing a direct filling material and a paste-like direct filling material.

The device has a flange (1) that is in contact with a deck (30) of a boat (3), where the flange is positioned between internal side walls (31a, 31b) of the boat. Other flanges (2a, 2b, 2c) are fixed at the flange (1) and arranged under an arc shape supporting a protection canvas (4). A removable tarpaulin is fixed on the flange (2c) by a hook e.g. Velcro(RTM: Hook and loop fastener) type removable...

A non-aqueous lubricating oil composition comprises a major amount of a base oil and a minor amount of an additive which is present in solution in the base oil and is a non-halide, non-aromatic ionic liquid which is a salt of general formula C + A - , with the cation, C + , being a quaternary phosphonium or quaternary ammonium ion having four hydrocarbyl groups, optionally containing heteroatoms, ...

A monitoring device and patch assembly includes a patch that removably and re-attachably holds the monitoring device. The patch is adapted to connect the monitoring device to a pneumatic tire when the monitoring device is held by the patch. The patch is configured to hold a monitoring device having a rounded outer surface. The patch holds the rounded monitoring device by having a resilient tube wi...

Compositions of and methods for using synthetic retinal derivatives as retinoid replacements and opsin agonists are provided.