Abstract: A Polarization Fluorescence Photoactivation Localization Microscopy (P-FPALM) system and method are provided to simultaneously image the localizations and fluorescence anisotropics of large numbers of single molecules within a sample. The system modifies known FPALM systems by adding a polarizing beam splitter. The beam splitter polarizes emissions perpendicular and parallel to an axis in the sample to allow spatially separate imaging of fluorescence emitted from a sample. The system includes lenses and mirrors so that the separate, polarized beams are detected simultaneously. The present invention includes methods of using the system to image localizations and fluorescence anisotropics of single molecules, and methods of using data obtained with the system to predict 3-D orientation of the molecules. The system and method achieve substantially improved lateral resolution within even dense samples over known microscopic imaging techniques, and does not compromise speed or sensitivity.

Abstract: A blister pack, said pack comprising a support card with a transparent plastics blister at the rear of the card, the card closing an open side of the blister to enclose product within the blister, the front face of the card being laminated with a transparent plastics sheet and including a window through which the contents of the blister can be viewed from the front of the pack.

Abstract: An article having a decorative visual surface appearance provided by a plastics composition which comprises a transparent or translucent plastics material having a colorant dispersed therein is characterised in that the colorant comprises a blend of discrete polymer particles substantially all of which have a minimum dimension in the range of 5 to 100 micron and a maximum dimension of no more than 10 mm, said particles being of a natural or synthetic organic polymer or a glass, the blend comprising particles of at least two distinct colors and/or shapes, and the plastics composition containing 0.1 to 8 percent by weight of the blend of polymer particles based on the weight of the plastics composition. The article can be made by a method which includes the steps of mixing together the blend and the plastics material or a precursor thereof and forming the article under conditions whereby the polymer particles in the colorant are not deformed to any substantial extent.

Abstract: A blister pack, said pack comprising a support card with a transparent plastics blister at the rear of the card, the card closing an open side of the blister to enclose product within the blister, the front face of the card being laminated with a transparent plastics sheet and including a window through which the contents of the blister can be viewed from the front of the pack.

Abstract: A blister pack comprises a support card with a transparent plastics blister at the rear of the card. The card closes an open side of the blister to enclose product within the blister. The front face of the card is laminated with a transparent plastics sheet and includes a window through which the contents of the blister can be viewed from the front of the pack.

Abstract: A blister pack, said pack comprising a support card with a transparent plastics blister at the rear of the card, the card closing an open side of the blister to enclose product within the blister, the front face of the card being laminated with a transparent plastics sheet and including a window through which the contents of the blister can be viewed from the front of the pack.

Abstract: The process for the manufacture of an additive concentrate which comprises particles of size from 5 microns to 10 mm and a binder including the steps of: (a) mixing the particles and the binder in the dry state; (b) pressing the resulting mixture, optionally with heat sufficient to soften the binder, but insufficient to form significant melting of the particles so as to form a coherent body; and (c) optionally comminuting the resulting body.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding mineral ore or other objects to a point of use comprises a drum having a plurality of parallel, circumferentially extending grooves, and a driven endless belt which contacts or is disposed closely adjacent to the drum and which has a vertically extending and a horizontally extending run upstream and downstream respectively of the drum, objects which have been fed to the said vertically extending run entering the said grooves and being carried onto the said horizontally extending run to form parallel lines of objects thereon which travel towards the point of use.

Abstract: The invention concerns sorting apparatus comprising an electrically conductive member the location of which is at least substantially fixed; a horizontally disposed rotary plate adapted to support objects to be sorted and to carry them, while so supported, past the electrically conductive member, at least a portion of the plate being electrically conductive; means for feeding the objects to a region of said plate which is spaced from the axis thereof; guide baffles for guiding the objects from said region to said electrically conductive member, the electrically conductive member being disposed adjacent said plate; control circuit responsive to the electrical conductivity or resistivity of the objects; the electrically conductive member, the said electrically conductive portion, and the control circuit being connected in a normally open electrical circuit which is adapted to be completed by an object on the said electrically conductive portion as it passes the electrically conductive member; and a sorting devi