The present invention relates to a method of obtaining protein hydrolysates useful as flavoring agents. More specifically, the invention provides a method of obtaining from a proteinaceous substrate a hydrolysate enriched in free glutamic acid and/or peptide bound glutamic acid residues, which method comprises the steps of subjecting the substrate to a deamidation process, and subjecting the subst...

A method wherein a superhard abrasive material is sintered and simultaneously bonded to a sintered cemented carbide body inside a container under elevated pressure and temperature conditions (HP/HT-treatment), whereby said cemented carbide body is in contact with at least one other cemented carbide body which after the sintering is removed, is disclosed. At least the cemented carbide surfaces in c...

It has now been found that the use of inert gases as an auxiliary blowing agent in flexible polyurethane foams places unexpected requirements on the composition of the silicone surfactants used in such foams. Typical silicone polyalkylene oxide polyether copolymer comb-type surfactants containing greater than about 37% ethylene oxide in the pendant polyether chains cause large cells when added ine...

Methods and devices for determining the concentration of an analyte in a physiological sample are provided which correct for errors in the analyte concentration measurement which are due to the hematocrit of the sample.

The invention provides in an autonomous transport system for the transport of passengers and goods, whereby for the following of drive directions and destinations, the drive speed, the treatment of the containers and goods, the transporter ride payments, the regulation of the traffic streams, the closure of the level crossings and all additional systems that make part of the whole transporter syst...

PURPOSE: A betting control method for a race game is provided to enable a game player to easily and quickly betting on a race in which a plurality of running objects compete. CONSTITUTION: A prescribed computation is made to determine odds for a race to be held(S10). Then, race speculations are made for respective racing forms to determine favorites, rivals, dark horses, etc., and buys are determi...

PURPOSE: A system and a method for managing preference of Internet information users are provided to supply desired information for individuals by analyzing the preference. CONSTITUTION: A preference collector(40) is mounted on a client server or a user terminal(30) and collects the preference of the information supplied to the user. A managing server(50) integrally analyzes the collected user pre...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing freely fluid rubber powder comprising a carbon black filler and a rubber by solution polymerization process. SOLUTION: This method comprises the following steps. The operation is made in a two-phase system, that is, an organic rubber phase is transferred into an inorganic filler suspension by mild conditions without the addition of any chemic...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aromatic vinyl resin composition forming moldings having a good smooth and glossy surface even when an expansion ratio is high, excellent in appearance and having well-balanced mechanical strengths, and to provide an expandable resin sheet and a container. SOLUTION: This aromatic vinyl resin composition comprise [A] 80-98 mass% aromatic vinyl resin and [B] 20-2 ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric brake for a vehicle capable of improving a degree of freedom in forms of a brake actuator as a drive source while restricting enlargement of diametric size of the whole electric brake. SOLUTION: A shoe drive mechanism 13 is disposed on a drum side surface 3a of a back plate 3, and an actuation lever 11 to compose the drive mechanism 13 is inserted into ...

A system for communicating between a bottom hole assembly 114 next to a drill bit 110 and a drilling rig 130 whilst drilling, has a cable 116,134 running both inside (cable 116) and outside (cable 134) the drillpipe 120, 136. The outer cable 134 may be situated between the drillpipe 136 and a riser 118 only. The junction between the inner and outer cables 116,134 is provided by a wet connect cross...

A downhole tool 11 for locating restrictions in boreholes comprises two or more bodies 24, 28, 44 located on an elongate support, such as a wireline 26, extending from the surface. Each body is of greater diameter than the one below and at least one is mounted movably with respect to the wireline so that on engaging with a restriction 18 in the borehole 22 it is supported and the weight on the wir...

A system is presented for detecting downhole generated telemetry pressure pulses in a well. The system employs high sensitivity dynamic pressure sensors 46, 60 such as hydrophones for detecting the pulses in either the surface drilling fluid supply line 40 or in the fluid return annulus 28. The high sensitivity allows detection of smaller surface pulses than standard transducers. In one embodiment...

A method of providing content over the Internet to a third party, comprising the steps of: receiving a request for content from a purchaser,
```establishing payment for the requested content, and
```establishing an identifier to permit access to the requested content by a third party.

Preference maps may be used in automated negotiating systems. By automating the creation of user questions and iteratively producing further questions based on a partially created preference map, the burden of generating the preference map may be reduced. The preference map is further populated by interpolating between the entered discrete points or surfaces. This may use a fuzzy function 30 (figu...

When determining the utility score of a contract under negotiation for an automated negotiating engine, it is useful to have a "fuzzy" region of uncertainty of utility score. This provides flexibility in the negotiating rounds. By supplying a confidence level and optionally supplying information about the proposer (for example whether the proposer is friendly or not) it is possible to trim the "fu...

A multi-dimensional preference map may be used to assist an agent such as a negotiating agent to make decisions and recommendations based on a user's preference embodied in the map. The map is created using partial information in the form of constraining rules which operate over a range of one or more of the dimensions of the preference map.

A distributed network system supporting foreign exchange execution is described. The system allows customers to receive competitive price quotes to meet foreign exchange needs from dealers through a multi-bid foreign exchange execution process. This process encourage dealers to place more competitive price quotes while also increasing the number of price quote requests that dealers receive from th...

Methods and systems for identifying and quantifying compliance issues are described. In one embodiment, a system is configured to implement a method (200) which comprises assessing at least one compliance program (204) to identify potential risks and prioritizing the potential risks (212, 214). The issues relating to the potential risks, for example, failure modes and root causes are identified an...

A transaction monitor 15 for a mobile communication device 14,17, the transaction monitor being operable to identify a transaction performed using the mobile communication device and log information (16 or 18) relating to the transaction.