Abstract: A surface treatment system includes a surface treatment tank, a first guide rail and a second guide rail that extend at a position offset from a position over the upper opening of the surface treatment tank, and a plurality of transfer jigs that respectively hold a workpiece and are supported by the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The transfer jig includes a horizontal arm section, a first guide target section that is guided by the first guide rail, a second guide target section that is guided by the second guide rail, and a vertical arm section that is suspended from the horizontal arm section at a position between the first guide target section and the second guide target section, and holds the workpiece.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of auditing and/or determining reductions to card-issuer interchange fees charged for credit-card transactions. The tools may do so automatically and with user interaction for large amounts of transactions.

Abstract: A process for the treatment of a substrate made of lignocellulosic material for the adsorption of radionuclides in fluids that are loaded with radionuclides, includes carrying out the following stages: preparation of lignocellulosic material that is divided by rinsing and subjected to granulometric sorting; submission of the lignocellulosic material to an oxidation; activation of the material by an acid treatment; and rinsing. The oxidation is more particularly a Fenton reaction. A method of using the lignocellulosic material treated by the process is also described.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of altering to which interchange categories credit-card transactions are assigned. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for a client (e.g., one or more merchants) that has been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The parameters are utilized (e.g., by a credit card issuer) to determine to which interchange category a particular transaction will be assigned. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and the transaction information, how transactions may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned to a lower-cost interchange category.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of auditing and/or determining reductions to card-issuer interchange fees charged for credit-card transactions. The tools may do so automatically and with user interaction for large amounts of transactions.

Abstract: An angioplasty balloon having an elastic constraining structure that partially expands with the balloon so that, at maximum balloon inflation, the constraining structure forms a pattern of channels or “pillows” on the balloon.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of altering to which interchange categories credit-card transactions are assigned. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for a client (e.g., one or more merchants) that has been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The parameters are utilized (e.g., by a credit card issuer) to determine to which interchange category a particular transaction will be assigned. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and the transaction information, how transactions may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned to a lower-cost interchange category.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of auditing and/or determining reductions to card-issuer interchange fees charged for credit-card transactions. The tools may do so automatically and with user interaction for thousands or even millions of transactions.

Abstract: Electric connector, including first and second connector parts which can be coupled to each other and comprise first and second contact elements, and first and second supports, respectively, which support the first and second connector parts, respectively, and can be assembled to each other by means of a screw- or bayonet-fitting. The first connector part comprises a resilient support structure, a proximal end thereof being made integral with the first support, and a distal end thereof supporting the first contact element. The second connector part comprises an abutment ring which is suitable to be slidingly engaged by the first contact element during the fitting between the first and second supports. The second contact element is located at a limited circumferential arc of the abutment ring, and a stop projection is provided which is suitable to stop the first contact element at the second contact element in order to provide the coupling with the connector parts.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of determining ways in which to alter interchange categories assigned to credit-card transactions. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for merchants that have been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and transaction information, how parameters may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned a lower-cost interchange category and the accompanying potential fee savings.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of altering to which interchange categories credit-card transactions are assigned. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for a client (e.g., one or more merchants) that has been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The parameters are utilized (e.g., by a credit card issuer) to determine to which interchange category a particular transaction will be assigned. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and the transaction information, how transactions may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned to a lower-cost interchange category.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of determining ways in which to alter interchange categories assigned to credit-card transactions. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for a client (e.g., one or more merchants) that has been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and transaction information, how parameters may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned a lower-cost interchange category and the accompanying potential fee savings.

Abstract: This installation comprises an input station (20), a sterilisation station (24) which comprises a sterilisation chamber (90), a desorption station (26) which comprises a desorption chamber (110) and an output station (28). It comprises means (32) which are for transporting the plurality of objects and which are capable of successively moving the plurality of objects from the input station (20) into the sterilisation station (24) and into the desorption station (26) as far as the discharge station (28). The transport means (32) comprise a continuous guiding path (152), a device (154) which is guided by the guiding path (152), the guided device (154) comprising movement means (176) which are capable of moving the plurality of objects between a position for movement along the guiding path (152) and a position for insertion of the plurality of objects in the sterilisation chamber (90) and the desorption chamber (110).

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of altering to which interchange categories credit-card transactions are assigned. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for a client (e.g., one or more merchants) that has been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The parameters are utilized (e.g., by a credit card issuer) to determine to which interchange category a particular transaction will be assigned. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and the transaction information, how transactions may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned to a lower-cost interchange category.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a detector (20) of radon and its daughter products that are present in the ambient air, including in particular aerosols, characterized in that it comprises: A silicon pellet that integrates a PN junction with a deserted zone, designed to emit signals under the action of the radiation that is emitted by said radon and said daughter products, A passivation layer (22) that covers this silicon pellet and that makes it possible for the detector to work in the open air, and A conductive layer (24) that covers the passivation layer and that forms an electrode for collecting radionuclides. The invention also covers the detection device that includes said detector.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a floor pad of the type used while performing gymnastic exercises on a large floor area, for example 12 times 12 metres, where the floor pad covers this area. The floor pad is made up of at least one air-filled element and preferably of a plurality of air-filled elements, where the air-filled elements are fixed to each other by fixing means, e.g. by overlapping flanges with Velcro bands. By such a solution is i.a. achieved the advantage that a floor pad may readily and effortlessly be taken apart and emptied of air after use and then be folded and placed in boxes or packages. Another advantage of the floor pad according to the invention is that the space requirements are reduced by about 86% compared with prior art solutions. A further advantage is that the weight of the individual elements is not so great either.

Abstract: This document describes tools for providing PIN-less debit (PLD) processing for a client, such as a merchant. In some embodiments, the tools intercept a request from a client to process a payment transaction for a consumer. If PLD processing is available for the transaction, the tools provide an indication to the client that PLD processing is an available option for processing the payment transaction. If the tools receive an indication that the consumer has opted to process the payment as a PLD transaction, the tools negotiate with a payment processor for fulfillment of the payment transaction. The tools are configured to handle one or more of the certification and compliance procedures required to process PLD transactions with a payment processor, thus allowing the client to process PLD transactions without having a direct payment processing relationship with a payment processor that offers PLD transaction processing.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of determining ways in which to alter interchange categories assigned to credit-card transactions. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for a client (e.g., one or more merchants) that has been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and transaction information, how parameters may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned a lower-cost interchange category and the accompanying potential fee savings.

Abstract: This document describes tools capable of determining ways in which to alter interchange categories assigned to credit-card transactions. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for merchants that have been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and transaction information, how parameters may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned a lower-cost interchange category and the accompanying potential fee savings.