PCT No. PCT/SE95/00330 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 30, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 30, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 28, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/26512 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 5, 1995The present invention provides a method and a system for proximate field orientation of an autonomous device and utilizes a transmitted wave having a first frequency of slow propagation, whereby reflections from obstacles within a proximate are...

PCT No. PCT/SE95/00330 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 30, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 30, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 28, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/26512 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 5, 1995The present invention provides a method and a system for proximate field orientation of an autonomous device and utilizes a transmitted wave having a first frequency of slow propagation, whereby reflections from obstacles within a proximate are...

The present invention provides a medical tape comprising a highly conformable and deformable nonwoven web coated with an adhesive. The nonadhesive side of the web may be heat bonded to many different polymeric film materials and is particularly useful with ostomy pouch films. The present invention also provides ostomy bags comprising an elastic, breathable nonwoven based medical tape.

Thermoplastic molding materials contain essentially (A) from 20 to 99 % by weight of at least one graft copolymer, obtainable essentially from (a1) from 30 to 90 % by weight of a core obtainable by poly merization of a monomer mixture consisting essentially of (a11) from 80 to 99.99 % by weight of at least one C1-C10-alkyl ester of acrylic acid, (a12) from 20 to 0.01 % by weight of a copolymerizab...

The invention relates to a polymer mixture which contains (A) 50 to 85 wt.% of a polyether block amide consisting of 30 to 60 wt.% of polyamide-12, polyamide-11 and/or polyamide-12,12 blocks and 70 to 40 wt.% of polyethylene glycol blocks, (B) 10 to 40 wt.% of a polyether block amide consisting of 65 to 85 wt.% of polyamide-12, polyamide-11 and/or polyamide-12,12 blocks and 35 to 15 wt.% of polyet...

Hydraulic binder for fluid flooring compsn. is based on a mixt. of Ca sulphate (I) and foundry sand (II) and also contains reactive aluminate (III), calculated as CA. The mixt. occupies an area in the triangular diagram bounded by 35-70 wt.% CaSO4 on the (I)-(II) axis and 0.5-5 wt.% (III) such that a standard prism made from a mixt. of 3 pts. wt. quartz sand and 1 pt. wt. binder gives a shrinkage ...

The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for the purification of waste waters containing organic substances, in particular for the effective removal of nitrogen and phosphorus, which are characterised by three sections (sequence: anaerobic - aerobic - semianaerobic), a high load and short residence time. In the apparatus according to the invention, by regulating the residence time of th...

3-piperidino-4-hydroxychroman derivs. of formula (I) and their salts are new, where A and B = H or A with B = -CH2CH2-. X = CH2 or O. X1 = H or OH. Z = H, F, Cl, Br or OH. Z1 = H, F, Cl, Br or 1-3C alkyl. n = O or 1; m = 0 or 1-6. When X = 0 (I) pref has cis stereochemistry. (I) are prepd. by hydride redn. of a suitable alpha-aminoketone, using e.g. NaBH4 in THF at -15 to 15 deg.C.

Compositions and methods for achieving a therapeutic effect such as lowering blood pressure and treating congestive heart failure in a mammal. More specifically, synergistic compositions comprising amounts of at least two therapeutic agents selected from the group consisting of a renin inhibitor, an angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitor and an angiotensin II antagonist, which inhibitors and an...

Collagen-based implants, e.g. cartilage implants, having improved tensile strength, elongation and flexibility are disclosed. The implants are prepared by forming a mixture of an atelopeptide collagen fiber and a crosslinking agent, forming the mixture into a gelled shaped article, drying the gelled shaped article under controlled drying conditions to a moisture level of 30 to 40% by weight, and c...

The invention relates to a binder for hydraulically setting self-levelling floor screeds or industrial floors comprising a mixture of calcium sulphate and slag sand, in which reactive aluminates, calculated as CA, which can if desired be partially replaced by calcium hydroxide, are present, with the mixture in the three-material diagram calcium sulphate/slag sand/reactive aluminate being made up w...

In a data processing system which employs a cache memory feature, a method and exemplary special purpose apparatus for practicing the method are disclosed to lower the cache miss ratio for called operands. Recent cache misses are stored in a first in, first out miss stack, and the stored addresses are searched for displacement patterns thereamong. Any detected pattern is then employed to predict a...

The invention relates to the compounds (I): in which, - either X and X' form C=O or C=NOR with R=H, heterocycle, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, optionally substituted, or X represents a radical R, Rb representing H or hydrocarbon radical or forming a heterocycle with N or a 9-N, 11-O ring with A and X' = H, - Y and Y' have the same meaning as X and X', - B = H, OR4, R4 = H ...

Apparatus for generating heat, comprising a device for the electrochemical decomposition of water to generate hydrogen and oxygen, separate conduits for hydrogen and oxygen respectively, each one provided with a control device, and a device for mixing hydrogen and oxygen in a predetermined ratio, as well as a burner for the mixture. The apparatus is a unit in which the device for the electrochemic...

A disposable absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, is disclosed that has components which may separate in the Z-direction with relation to other components of the article when the absorbent article is worn. The sanitary napkin of the present invention comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, an...

Disclosed are absorbent foam materials suitable for use as or in the absorbent cores of absorbent articles, such as diapers which absorb and retain aqueous body fluids. Such foam materials comprise hydrophilic, flexible open-celled structures which are preferably prepared by polymerizing high internal phase (HIPE) water-in-oil emulsions. Such foam materials have a pore volume of from about 12 to 1...

Process for manufacturing needled spunbondeds from thermoplastic fibers wherein, prior to the needling, the as-spun web is thermally sealed at the surfaces and provided with a lubricant.