Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include paper coating compositions, coated paper and/or paperboard, and methods of forming coated paper and/or paperboard with the paper coating compositions. The embodiments of the paper coating compositions contain high levels of hollow polymeric pigment relative to other pigments used in the paper coating composition (e.g., inorganic pigments). The paper coating compositions can provide the coated paper and/or paperboard with a wide variety of desirable features (e.g., high gloss, good smoothness, improved stiffness), while minimizing compaction (i.e., permanent deformation) of the underlying base paper.

Abstract: Agglomerated hollow latex particles are employed in the wet end of the paper making process to provide paper with improved properties.

Abstract: A method for balancing the allocation of available display slots on a Web page among a plurality of different sources of display items comprises (a) defining for each source a set of candidate items to be displayed, (b) selecting items from a pool of all candidate sets, in a manner that normalizes the probability that the items of any one candidate set will be selected in relation to the items of the other candidate sets, and (c) inserting the selected items into the available display slots of the Web page.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of producing a coated paper or paperboard, but excluding photographic papers, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a free flowing curtain comprising at least one layer, whereby the composition forming at least one layer of the free flowing curtain has a high shear viscosity of at least about 50 mPa.s, and (b) contacting the curtain with a continuous web substrate of basepaper and paperboard.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of producing a coated substrate comprising the steps of:

Abstract: An exchangeable cover (12, 14) for a mobile telephone (10) is configured to cover at least part of the mobile telephone. The cover itself may comprise an electronic memory (24) containing functionality or data which can be imparted to a mobile telephone core (16) via contacts (26, 28). The functionality or data contained within the electronic memory (24) is such as to influence operation of the application program embedded within the mobile telephone unit (16). In this way, at least some of the user interfaces of the mobile telephone (10) can be added to or modified by clipping on the exchangeable cover (12, 14) to the mobile telephone (10). The shape and/or patterning applied to the cover may have an association or theme in common with the functionality or data embedded within the electronic memory (24).

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of producing a coated substrate comprising the steps of:

Abstract: Flow rates of multi-phase streams may be determined by use of a fiber optic probe which establishes an illuminated sensing zone of finite dimensions. The probe collects light backscattered from the zone, the collected light being converted by a photodiode to voltage waveforms. Flow rate is determined by sampling voltage waveforms at discrete points in time, the sample being digitized and the digits being autocorrelated for such discrete points.