Abstract: An imaging mount and apparatus that reduces or eliminates stress induced in an imaging mask mounted thereto. The mount comprises a support block and a trio of mounting pads connected thereto. At least two of the mounting pads are connected to the support block so that their respective positions are adjustable within a predetermined plane which is preferably substantially parallel to a surface of a substrate to be imaged. Each of the mounting pads including means for securing the imaging mask generally parallel to the predetermined plane. The positions the adjustable mounting pads adjust within the predetermined plane responsive to securing of the lithography mask thereto so that the imaging mask is essentially undeflected due to the securing thereof. The absence of deformation (and, as a result, stress) in the imaging mask due to its being secured to the mount reduces the degree of distortion of radiation passing through the mask and to the imprinted surface.

Abstract: A mount for rotatably supporting a winding unit which comprises printed products which are wound upon a core and which has a winding band which is connected to the core of the unit and wound with the products. The mount includes a bearing arrangement for rotatably supporting the winding unit and which is elevationally displaceable, and the mount also includes a rest element upon which the winding band rests when the winding unit is lowered. This prevents the winding band from being released and the winding unit from falling apart. The mount can be docked onto an unwinding station, which includes provision for lifting the winding unit off from the rest element so that the printed products can be unwound.

Abstract: A method for providing luminescence to fibrous material is provided. The method includes combining a metal aluminate oxide pigment with a thermoplastic polymer, and then heating, mixing, and extruding the combination into a fiber. A luminescent fiber comprising a thermoplastic polymer and metal aluminate oxide pigment, and articles of manufacture comprising such fibers are also provided.

Abstract: An assay for detecting the presence and amount of a hormone in culture media or a biological sample includes the steps of preincubating two antibodies specific for the hormone to be assayed in a preincubation medium that is essentially free of the hormone to be detected, contacting a sample to be tested with the preincubated antibodies, and detecting hormone-antibody complexes formed in the contacting step. This assay reduces or eliminates non-specific interference and thereby increases the sensitivity of the assay.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for producing paper board structures wherein two corrugated mediums are bonded together at their flute tips. End gears (16a, 16b, 15a, 15b) are provided, at least, on the ends of the corrugating rolls (4,6), which are non-meshing with each other and which assist in aligning the corrugated mediums in tip to tip arrangement and provide precise tip to tip bonding of the mediums. The end gears may be abutting or non abutting and may be provided on both ends of the corrugating rolls, which assist in aligning the mediums to obtain precise tip to tip bonding.

Abstract: A method of determining strength and related mechanical properties of paper and similar products, both on-line and off-line using a continuous ultrasonic swept frequency wave transmission and reception system. The invention also provides an apparatus for measuring the strength and related mechanical properties of paper.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-phase polymerization process for making a water insoluble polymer. The process includes (1) providing a mixture comprising carbon dioxide and an aqueous phase, and containing a monomer and a polymerization initiator, and (2) polymerizing the monomer in the reaction mixture. The monomer may be a hydrocarbon or a fluorinated monomer. The polymerization initiator may be soluble in the aqueous phase, soluble in carbon dioxide, or insoluble in both the aqueous phase and carbon dioxide, such that the initiator forms a separate phase.The present invention also provides multi-phase polymerization reaction mixtures useful in the process of making water insoluble polymers.

Abstract: A conductive strap configured to attach to a circuit board containing a component sensitive to electronmagnetic interference (EMI) and to slidably contact an enclosure having a conductive internal surface can reduce or eliminate EMI in an electronic device. The strap is positioned on the circuit board to shield the sensitive component from EMI. Slidable contact between the shielding strap and the enclosure internal surface renders the strap suitable for almost any enclosure configuration without any design modification.

Abstract: Active esters of PEG acids and related polymers are provided that have a single propionic or butanoic acid moiety and no other ester linkages. These polymer acids have a half life in water of from about 10 to 25 minutes. For example, alpha-methoxy, omega-propionic acid succinimidyl ester of PEG ("methoxy-PEG-SPA") has a nearly ideal reactivity with amino groups on proteins and other biologically active substances. The half life of methoxy-PEG-SPA is about 16.5 minutes in water. The invention also provides conjugates with proteins, enzymes, polypeptides, drugs, dyes, nucleosides, oligonucleotides, lipids, phospholipids, liposomes, and surfaces of solid materials that are compatible with living organisms, tissue, or fluid.

Abstract: The device comprises a filling assembly (6) with a storage hopper (3) for molding material (2), an outlet member (4) for discharging the molding material (2) into the shooting head (1), and a gate (5) for closing the outlet member (4), the filling assembly (6) being mounted for vertical movement on a machine frame (7) for purposes of immersing the outlet member (4) into the shooting head (1) that is to be filled. To ensure that, on the one hand, the filling assembly (6) is filled with the molding material (2) in an accurately predeterminable and reproducible manner and that, on the other hand, the filling level of the filling assembly (6) is accurately determined, the device is designed and constructed such that a weighing device (8) for determining the weight of the filling assembly (6) is arranged between the filling assembly (6) and the machine frame (7).

Abstract: An electroconductive heater for heating a liquid product such as a liquid whole egg product which has a conductivity which increases with temperature, is disclosed. The electroconductive heater comprises an enclosed chamber defining a liquid product flow space, the enclosed chamber having an upstream end portion, a downstream end portion, and first and second electrically conductive plates positioned opposite one another in spaced relationship with the liquid product flow space therebetween. The first and second electrically conductive plates longitudinally extend from the upstream end portion to the downstream end portion. The chamber has a characteristic resistivity of the electrical pathway between the first electrically conductive plate and the second electrically conductive plate which is greater in the downstream end portion than in the upstream end portion. Apparatus and methods of using such electroconductive heaters are also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for forming autostereoscopic images by implementing a cylindrical lens array, the device being characterized in that it comprises in succession:an entrance objective (L1, L2);a lens array (20) having diverging elementary cylindrical lenses disposed substantially in the image focal plane of the entrance objective, said array having a focal length such that for an image area equal to the pitch (p) of the lenses making it up, the image of the entrance pupil of the entrance objective (L1, L2) has a nominal width equal to said pitch; anda converging transfer optical system (L3, L4) for forming an orthostereoscopic real image.

Abstract: Textile fabrics and garments having a random, irregular heather-like appearance are produced by impregnating a textile fabric with an aqueous pretreaement composition comprising a fiber reactive cationic compound, aging the impregnated fabric in a moistened state for about 4 to 24 hours to allow the fiber reactive cationic compound to react with the fibers of the fabric, rinsing the fabric to remove unreacted cationic compound, immersing the fabric in an aqueous bath at a pH of less than 7 and gradually introducing dyestuffs to the bath over a period of at least 15 minutes, and fully exhausting the dyestuffs onto the fabric. The process is applicable for dyeing either piece goods or garments. Where the fabric is in the form of garments, it is preferred that the aging be carried out by storing the garments in an insulated sealed container.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptosporidium parvum, and Candida albicans in a subject in need of such treatment. The methods comprises administering to the subject a compound of Formula I: ##STR1## wherein: X is located in the para or meta positions and is loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, halogen, or ##STR2## wherein: each R.sub.2 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, loweralkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl or two R.sub.2 groups together represent C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkylene, or two R.sub.2 groups together represent ##STR3## wherein m is from 1-3 and R.sub.4 is H, ##STR4## or --CONHR.sub.5 NR.sub.6 R.sub.7, whereinR.sub.5 is loweralkyl, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and lower alkyl; each R.sub.

Abstract: A vacuum forming process is provided for molding a thin sheet of thermoformable plastic into an accurate three-dimensional relief reproduction of an original artwork. The sheet of plastic has printed on one side thereof a permanent image of the original artwork.