Abstract: It is provided a kit for obtaining a hair coloring composition, a hair coloring composition, and a method for treating hair. The hair coloring composition particularly provides the desired color shade and intensity, together with an enhanced root to tip evenness on hair, particularly on previously colored hair and on hair with a broad range of damage levels along hair length.

Abstract: It is provided herewith a hair treating product comprising an oxidizing component and a tint component; a hair treating composition obtained upon mixing of the oxidizing component and the tint component; the use of the oxidizing component in a hair treating product, for cancelling the alkalinity of a tint component; and an oxidizing component comprising a buffer system. The hair treating product, and the corresponding hair treating composition, is particularly useful for colouring or bleaching hair. It is useful for providing permanent or demi-permanent coloration or bleaching to keratin fibers.

Abstract: It is provided herewith a hair treating product comprising an oxidizing component and a tint component; a hair treating composition obtained upon mixing of the oxidizing component and the tint component; the use of the oxidizing component in a hair treating product, for cancelling the alkalinity of a tint component; and an oxidizing component comprising a buffer system. The hair treating product, and the corresponding hair treating composition, is particularly useful for colouring or bleaching hair. It is useful for providing permanent or demi-permanent coloration or bleaching to keratin fibers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for selecting a virtual slot to start up an instance of an application in a distributed system comprising a plurality of physical machines distributed on a network, each physical machine housing at least one virtual machine, and each virtual machine comprising at least one virtual slot for running an application instance in said virtual machine. The method according to the invention comprises selecting an application slot to start up an instance of an application including the following steps: determining a set of free application slots, i.e., those not occupied by an application instance in use, computing a score for each free application slot, the score computation depending on at least one constraint, selecting the application slot to start up the considered application instance, said selected application slot being that having the best score.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for selecting a virtual slot to start up an instance of an application in a distributed system comprising a plurality of physical machines distributed on a network, each physical machine housing at least one virtual machine, and each virtual machine comprising at least one virtual slot for running an application instance in said virtual machine. The method according to the invention comprises selecting an application slot to start up an instance of an application including the following steps: determining a set of free application slots, i.e., those not occupied by an application instance in use, computing a score for each free application slot, the score computation depending on at least one constraint, selecting the application slot to start up the considered application instance, said selected application slot being that having the best score.

Abstract: In a device for manufacturing covered yarn in which one or several threads (6) surround a yarn core in a helical fashion a rotating winding spindle is provided with a spool (5). The winding thread (6) is located on the spool (5). The winding spindle is surrounded by a stationary pot (8, 8a, 8b) that can be divided along a geneatrix, in particular in the axial direction of the pot (8, 8a, 8b). The parts of the pot (8, 8a, 8b) comprise a layer (30, 30a, 30b) that surrounds the spool (5) at least partially and is mechanically and/or thermally wear-resistant and/or exhibits low friction.

Abstract: Copolymerizates of methyl methacrylate and butyl methacrylate are used as plastisols in the automotive sector and as floor coverings. The invention describes a way to increase the storage stability of the plastisols by using small amounts of cross-linking agents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a copolymer containing a hydrophilic copolymerizable monomer and a plastisol obtained by the use of the copolymer, which exhibits reduced viscosity and longer pot-life.