Provided are a system and method for shopping, and more particularly, a system and method for shopping, in which a display device transmits control authority to a content-providing device connected by a predetermined communication network, and the content-providing device receives the control authority, configures a screen, which includes at least a piece of content, according to the received cont...

This invention is a generically constructed and authenticated relational database, the main aim of which is to manage data, records and logistics information and the tracing of said data and typically applied to a variety of workflow processes in e.g., but not restricted to, science and industry. To this end information is entered through notebooks or through instruments into a database that can b...

A system and method for assessing workplace safety are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system comprises a memory device configured to store data comprising at least one first set of data comprising information indicative of at least one worker's adherence to predetermined safety procedures and information indicative of a first assessor bias, and at least one second set of data comprising ...

A downhole tool string component, having a tubular body with an outer diameter. A first, second, and third flange are disposed around the outer diameter of the tubular body at different axial locations. A first sleeve is disposed around the tubular body such that opposite ends of the first sleeve fit around at least a portion of the first and second flanges, forming a first sealed pocket around th...

In one aspect, a method related to a limited-operation electronic mail account. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.; Dans un aspect, l'invention se rapporte à un compte électronique à fonctions restreintes. L'invention concerne également d'autres aspects de métho...

A bipolar, plasma-generating electrosurgical apparatus and system wherein the return electrode is enclosed within an electrosurgical shaft, and the active electrode is located on the outside surface of the shaft such that in treating the tissue, the tissue is exposed to plasma generated on the active electrode, but is minimally exposed to electric fields generated between the active and return ele...

The present invention relates to an acrylated hyaluronic acid product and to processes for the production thereof.; La présente invention concerne un produit d'acide hyaluronique acrylé ainsi que des procédés destinés à sa fabrication.

The invention concerns gyrometric measurement compensated as a function of the instantaneous internal temperature of a mechanical resonator in a gyrometric measurement device comprising a loop controlling the amplitude of the resonator vibration and a gyrometric loop delivering a gyrometric signal (S); the gain control (P) of the loop varies as a monotonous function, preferably increasing and of t...

A cleaning device ( 1 ) for cleaning a lens of an optical head of an optical disc drive unit comprises a carrier disc ( 2 ) similar to a compact disc or a CD-ROM disc for inserting in a disc receiving area of the optical disc drive unit. A brush type element 97 ) comprising a woven base member 99 ) with tufted filaments ( 10 ) extending from the base member ( 9 ) is located in a receiving recess (...

An electric brake actuating assembly ( 10 ), including a rotatable actuator ( 11 ) and electric drive means for driving the rotatable actuator ( 11 ) to rotate, a pair of load transfer members ( 16, 17 ) disposed respectively on opposite sides of the rotatable actuator ( 11 ) and each load transfer member ( 16, 17 ) including three connections A, A 1, B, B 1, C, C 1. Link arrangement ( 14 ) connec...

Methods to produce a pitch foam from a hydrocarbon carbonaceous precursor material. A gaseous blowing material is dissolved in the carbonaceous precursor material, and the resultant solution is pressurized in a vessel. As the solution is exhausted from the vessel, the gaseous blowing agent and the hydrocarbons of the carbonaceous precursor material evaporate from the pressurized solution to form a...

A process for producing foam moldings from prefoamed foam particles which have a polymer coating in a mold under pressure, wherein the prefoamed foam particles comprise from 10 to 70% by weight, based on the foam particles, of a filler, and also foam moldings produced therefrom and their use.

An individual article management system for managing an individual article distributed through a plurality of sites with a form thereof changed at least one of the plurality of sites. Each of the information processing apparatuses transmits read identification information and formed index data to a data center apparatus through a network, and the data center apparatus, receives the transmitted ide...

A method of making a lens structure is provided comprising a first step of providing an eyewear lens substrate blank having a polarized layer or a helmet shield substrate blank. A step of spin coating a surface of the lens substrate blank with a photochromic material is then provided. Steps of curing the lens substrate blank by heating and coating the surface of the lens substrate blank having the...

A device and method for the interferometric measurement of phase masks, particularly from lithography. Radiation passing through a coherence mask is brought to interference by a diffraction grating. A phase mask is arranged in or near the pupil plane of the first imaging optics which can be positioned exactly in the x-y direction by which interferograms are generated which are phase-shifted in the...

An optical scanning device ( 20 ) for low building height optical recorder applications is disclosed in which a radiation source ( 1 ) is emitting a radiation beam along a first optical portion ( 8 ) towards a folding mirror ( 4 ), which folding mirror is reflecting the radiation beam along a second optical path portion ( 9 ) towards an optical record carrier ( 6 ). The angle between the first and...

The invention relates to an optical recording apparatus comprising means for optimizing a write strategy in a recording process. The apparatus comprising a radiation source for emitting a radiation beam in accordance with the write strategy, a read unit so as to provide a read signal, a bit detector for providing modulation bits corresponding to the read signal, a processing unit for grouping the ...

A composition which exhibits a reversible non-linear reduction in opacity as the composition is stretched from a first length to a second length is disclosed. One embodiment is a film comprising an elastomeric polymer medium and regions having crystalline properties disposed in the polymer medium, where the film exhibits the reversible non-linear reduction in opacity upon being stretched.

A plasma display panel including a gas adsorption member is disclosed. An effort of gas adsorption is obtained sufficiently, and the presence of the gas adsorption member avoids problems at an exhausting operation in exhaust-baking step. The plasma display panel includes a pair of plates opposed to each other with an enclosed discharge space in between. The pair of plates refer to a front plate an...