In an orthodontic appliance fit into the mouth, at least either one of an orthodontic bracket or an arch wire is composed of a composite resin. A reinforcing member is provided at a slot of the bracket and exposed to an inner wall surface of the slot. The reinforcing member is extended into tie wings which are formed as being extended toward the gingival side of the slot and towards the occlusal s...

An electromechanical drive for track-laying vehicles in which the two drive sides have no mechanical coupling and permits smaller overall lengths and overall diameters. As a result, the flexibility of the arrangement of the drive components compared is further increased. The drive includes an electric traction motor, at least one variable-speed mechanical gear unit, and at least one brake. At leas...

The invention provides spiro[pyrrolidine-2,3'-oxindole] compounds and libraries of these compounds produced by the stereo- and regio-selective reaction of variously substituted isatins, alpha-amino acids, and dipolarophiles (e.g., trans-chalcones, acrylate esters, or vinyl oxindoles). The new libraries can be assayed using any of many known screening procedures for activity, e.g., biological activ...

A succinimide composition is prepared by reacting a mixture of an alkenyl or alkylsuccinic acid derivative, an unsaturated acidic reagent copolymer, and a polyamine under reactive conditions; then treating the reaction product with either a cyclic carbonate or a linear mono- or polycarbonate or boron compound under reactive conditions. The alkenyl or alkyl substituent of the alkenyl or alkylsuccin...

An aerosol composition includes an admixture of: (a) at least one silicone-based fluid and (b) at least one fluorine-containing propellant that is soluble in the silicone-based fluid. In a preferred embodiment, the propellant includes a hydrofluorocarbon, in particular 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane. An aerosol spray system includes: (a) a container; (b) the aerosol composition described above disposed...

Amide compounds of formula (I), combinatorial libraries of amide compounds and methods of preparing the same are provided. Libraries of the invention are useful for screening in biological assays in order to identify pharmaceutically useful compounds.

A polymerizable monophosphate ester dispersant, a highly-filled nonaqueous suspension containing the polymerizable monophosphate ester dispersant, and a method for forming cured articles by copolymerization of the resin matrix and dispersant in the suspension. Inclusion of the dispersant in a suspension of resin and solid particulate material enables an increase in the solid loading, which results...

An open forklift truck is provided having an elongated windshield that protects the operator from wind chills experienced when operating the truck in a cold storage environment. The windshield is a laminate having a plurality of heating elements disposed therein that are electrically connected to a control and are energized when the windshield falls below a predetermined temperature to prevent con...

A computer system includes a video input device that generates video data representing a field of view in front of the video input device. The computer system further includes a buffer and a video processing module. The buffer is configured to record a video clip of the field of view in front of the video input device. The video processing module is connected to the buffer and the video input devi...

A resonator, having a width no larger than about 13 mm, for use in a marker containing a bias element which produces a bias magnetic field in a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance system is produced from annealed ferromagnetic ribbon having a basic composition FeaCobNicSixByMz wherein a, b, c, x, y and z are in at %, wherein M is one or more glass formation promoting elements and/or ...

An optical modulator has a spectral means for diffracting white illumination light into light of predetermined wavelength bands, a liquid crystal layer for modulating the intensity of the light entering a plurality of two-dimensional pixels, a condensing means for condensing the light spectrally diffracted by the spectral means so as to direct the light to each pixel of the liquid crystal layer, a...

In a method for automatically determining coordinates, relative to a reference coordinate system, of markers contained in a 3D volume data set of a subject provided with markers imaged in 2D projections of the 3D volume data set are detected, the centers of gravity of the imaged markers are determined, and back projection straight lines through the markers are established. The intersection points ...

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for classifying image data. A white class detector may receive input image data and determine a white class of a specified pixel based on local roughness, peak or count or valley count and a brightness. A pattern detection device may detect a pattern of pixels across a scan line or matrix of input data and compare the pattern with a plurality o...

A method of routing in a computer network having a pool of servers capable of servicing requests for access to a set of server resource objects. The set of server resource objects are distributed in a non-homogeneous manner across the server pool. According to the method, each incoming client request for access to a specified server resource object is targeted to a router having an associated port...

The present invention provides a method for the production of bounded non-wovens carriers. The method includes providing a glass staple fiber containing non-woven which is pre-consolidated with a binder. The glass staple fiber non-woven is placed adjacent to one or more non-wovens of synthetic fibers and hydro-dynamically needling at a water beam pressure in the range of 100 to 400 bar.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for detecting contact between an electrode and tissue and to provide a differential system and a method for detecting electrode-tissue contact by comparing electrode-tissue contact using a contact electrode to a reference electrode having no contact with tissue. SOLUTION: Preferably, a catheter is further provided with a reference electrode wh...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fabric retaining apparatus driven by a linearly moving electric motor, which can be stored in a machine casing at least in a wide range thereof together with the linearly moving electric motor, and is operated with small wear thereof. SOLUTION: There is provided a sewing machine which is provided with the fabric retaining apparatus consisting of a fabric retainin...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for keeping high positioning accuracy and positioning an insert on a tool holder. SOLUTION: An insert positioning unit 28 is arranged in a flat bottom face 16 of the insert. The insert positioning unit 28 includes at least one static positioning element and engages with a tool holder positioning unit 60 in a coincidence state. Static positioning elements 3...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting device for automatically cutting an edge of a folded print, such as a pamphlet, a magazine and a catalog, which can maintain a smaller cutting tolerance even for a thick and elastic print. SOLUTION: The cutting device comprises a vertically movable cutter 3 and is formed in a cutting mechanism B. The cutting device furthermore comprises an accessing feede...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a central console in an automobile cabin. SOLUTION: This central console can be closed by a cover module 10, and has a lower housing division 12 for partitioning the side by a side wall 13. In this case, the cover module can turn with a turning shaft SD arranged on the rear end and extending in the lateral direction of a vehicle as the center, and has an upper hous...