Abstract: An appliance for cooking food in a closed atmosphere, the appliance including a bowl (6) and a lid, heater means for heating the appliance, for the purpose of performing the cooking, and a catalytic converter (10) for treating the odors of the cooking fumes before the fumes are discharged to the outside, wherein, the catalytic converter (10) includes at least one heater element, and the appliance further comprises temperature regulation means (12) for regulating the temperature of said heater elements, the temperature regulation means (12) being organized to sense the temperature of the cooking zone.

Abstract: An organic electronic device comprising (a) a conductive lead, (b) an organic layer, (c) a first conductive member overlying the organic layer, wherein a side of the first conductive member closest to the conductive lead and a side of the organic layer closest to the conductive lead are substantially coterminous with each other and from a plan view, the conductive lead and the first conductive member are spaced apart from each other, and (d) a second conductive member that electrically connects the first conductive member to the conductive lead.

Abstract: Plastics moulded parts, suitable for the motor vehicle sector, consisting of a transparent plastics material the rear face of which is provided with a colour- and/or effect-producing lacquer.

Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a gene involved in petroselinic acid biosynthesis. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the gene involved in petroselinic acid biosynthesis, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the gene involved in petroselinic acid biosynthesis in a transformed host cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to curable coating compositions containing acetoacetylated polyvinyl polymers obtained from polyvinyl polymers, such as polyvinyl butyrals. These coating compositions are especially suitable for use as wash primers in automotive OEM and refinish coating applications.

Abstract: A curable coating composition with holdout capability, and methods of use thereof, useful in providing a chip resistant two-tone finish in a reduced number of coating steps and curing cycles, which contains a hydroxyl-functional polyester resin, or a plurality of hydroxyl-functional polyester resins, with an average hydroxyl functionality of at least 2.1, a hydroxyl number of 75 to 400 mg KOH/g, a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000, an acid number of 1 to 30; a curing agent; and, a barium sulfate pigment This invention is also directed to method for coating a substrate with the above coating composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a thioredoxin protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the thioredoxin protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the thioredoxin protein in a transformed host cell.

Abstract: An LED lamp has: an LED with a pair of terminals; a holder to which the LED is attached, the holder being of insulating material; and a radiation unit that has two metallic radiation plates that are attached to the holder while surrounding the holder and being insulated from each other. Each of the radiation plates has a contact portion that contacts the pair of terminals of the LED being attached to the holder and a power receiving terminals for power supplied to the LED.

Abstract: A particle measurement configuration measures the particle concentration in a liquid or gaseous medium by way of a particle measuring instrument. In order to avoid erroneous measurements or damage to the particle measuring instrument, a measuring cell is provided which measures temperature or pressure or pH of the medium. A system controller shuts off a valve if threshold values are exceeded and it prevents the particle measuring instrument from being operated outside a predefined specification.

Abstract: Copper chromite particles can advantageously be used as black particles in electrophoretic media and displays. Preferably, the copper chromite particles are coated with a silica coating and a polymer coating.

Abstract: An improved method of making an ethylene acrylate (AEM) elastomer or a polyacrylate (ACM) elastomer wherein an aqueous solution of hexamethylene diamine (HMDA) is employed as the curative agent rather than hexamethylene diamine carbamate (HMDAC). The HMDA reacts with the curative-site monomer derived from the monoalkyl ester of a 1,4-butene-dioic acid in the presence of water, producing (i.e., after press-curing and any secondary heat-curing) a crosslinked elastomer with properties essentially indistinguishable from that produced using HMDAC as the curative agent. Advantageously, the aqueous solution of HMDA can be blended directly into the compound or it can be deposited on an additive such as silica or carbon black prior to blending. Elastomers produced by the improved method according to the present invention are particularly useful in automotive applications requiring oil resistant compositions.

Abstract: A ratchet mechanism for the headband of a protective helmet or other headgear allows for adjustment of the size and fit of the headband. The headband has overlapping rear end portions which are enclosed in a housing, which is comprised of an outer substantially arc-shaped housing section joined to a inner substantially arc-shaped housing section. Also contained with the housing sections is an adjustment mechanism adapted to cause lateral movement of the overlapping rear end portions of said headband with respect to one another. The outer and inner housing sections are substantially segmented into multiple discrete portions such that the respective housing sections are flexible along defined boundaries between the discrete portions to provide for a better and more comfortable fit.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing N-aryl-2-lactams and N-cycloalkyl-2-lactams by reductive amination of lactones with aryl amines utilizing a metal catalyst, which is optionally supported.

Abstract: A method for monitoring fabrication processes of finely structured surfaces in a semiconductor fabrication includes the steps of providing reference signatures of finely structured surfaces, measuring at least one signature of a test specimen surface, comparing the measured signature with the reference signatures, and classifying the test specimen surface by using the comparison results, wherein the measurement of the reference signatures is carried out by measuring the local distribution and/or intensity distribution of diffraction images on production prototypes having a specified quality. The classification is preferably carried out here with a neural network having a learning capability and/or a fuzzy logic. Furthermore, a device for carrying out the method is provided.

Abstract: In a method for concealing an error in an encoded audio signal a set of spectral coefficients is subdivided into at least two sub-bands (14), whereupon the sub-bands are subjected to a re-verse transform (16). A specific prediction is performed (18) for each quasi time signal of a sub-band to obtain an estimated temporal representation for a sub-band of a set of spectral coefficients following the current set. A forward transform (20) of the time signal of each sub-band provides estimated spectral coefficients which can be used (28) instead of erroneous spectral coefficients of a following set of spectral coefficients, e.g. in order to conceal transmission errors. Transforming at the sub-band level provides independence from transform characteristics such as block length, window type and MDCT algorithm while at the same time preserving spectral processing for error concealment. Thus the spectral characteristics of audio signals can also be taken into account during error concealment.

Abstract: A pipe or liner for use in the oil and gas industry that comprises a melt-mixed bend of polyamide and grafted fluoropolymer having polar functionality where the grafted fluoropolymer having polar functionality exists as a discontinuous phase that is dispersed in a polyamide matrix. The pipe or liner has enhanced resistance to the permeation of hydrocarbons relative to polyethylene. A further embodiment is fuel lines that comprise a melt-mixed bland of polyamide and a grafted fluoropolymer having polar functionality.

Abstract: A telemedicine system for monitoring chronic conditions such as asthma or diabetes includes an electronic measurement device such as an electronic peak expiratory flow meter or an electronic blood glucose meter, connected to a GPRS cellular telephone. The cellular telephone automatically receives, formats and transmits the data on acquisition by the medical device to a remote server. The server may acknowledge the data and make the data available to a clinician. The server may also analyse the data and provide automatic alerts to the patient and/or clinician in the event of the data causing concern. The formatting and transmission of the data from the telephone to the server occurs in real time as the measurements are taken and is invisible to the patient.

Abstract: Disclosed is a burning/melting system for treatment infectious trash, which includes a trash feeding pipe to which the infectious trash is supplied; burners for burning the infectious trash supplied through the trash feeding pipe by using Brown's gas, when the amount of the infectious trash reaches a predetermined level; a melter for melting burned residues and glasses discharged from the burners thereto by using the Brown's gas; a post-combustion chamber for combusting toxic fumes produced from the burners and the melter by using the Brown's gas; a gas analyzing line for analyzing the toxic fumes having been combusted in the post-combustion chamber and if the amount of toxic elements contained in the combusted fumes exceeds a standard level, for feeding the combusted fumes back into the burners; and a gas outlet for discharging the combusted fumes to the outside if the amount of toxic elements contained therein is less than the standard level.

Abstract: This invention pertains to novel fibers made of ?(1?;3) polysaccharides, and a process for their production. The fibers of the invention have “cotton-like” properties but can be produced as continuous filaments on a year-round basis. The fibers are useful in textile applications.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process that comprises contacting, in the presence of an esterification or transesterification or polycondensation catalyst composition, a toner, and a phosphorus compound, a carbonyl compound and an alcohol under a condition suitable for esterification, transesterification, or polymerization.