Abstract: A device includes a display and a housing. The housing surrounds the display and has four corners defining portions of an exterior surface of the device. The housing includes a first housing segment defining at least part of a first corner of the four corners and configured to operate as an antenna; a second housing segment defining at least part of a second corner of the four corners; and a third housing segment defining at least part of a third corner of the four corners. The third corner forms part of the housing diagonally opposite the second corner. The housing further includes a non-conductive housing component that structurally couples the first housing segment to another portion of the housing.

Abstract: A polymer having antimicrobial properties derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers characterized in that the polymer has a phenolic antimicrobial agent covalently bound thereto. The polymer may be used as a sanitizing agent in a sanitizing composition comprising a solvent having a sanitizing agent dissolved or dispersed therein.

Abstract: A half-cell reference electrode comprises an electrode member in electrochemical contact with at least one gelled electrolyte solution which itself is contactable with the liquid to be tested wherein the gelling agent comprises a polymer containing acrylamide units substituted with a group or groups which lower the polymer's tendency to hydrolyse compared to polyacrylamide while providing a polymer that can form a gelled solution in 2.6M sodium/potassium nitrate solution (2.21M potassium nitrate and 0.39M sodium nitrate) comprising at least 75% (w/w) sodium/potassium nitrate solution.

Abstract: Radiation-sensitive compositions are disclosed of a type suitable for preparing ion sensitive membranes for electrochemical ion sensors. The compositions are comprised of a radiation-sensitive polymer containing radiation-sensitive recurring units having an ionophore group and recurring units having a crosslinking group. In preparing a membrane the radiation-sensitive composition is coated onto a sensor, exposed to activating radiation to produce crosslinking in areas where the membrane structure is desired, and removed in any remaining non-exposed areas.