Abstract: A reusable shopping bag holder and system and method of using a reusable shopping bag holder and system is disclosed herein. The system includes a primary bag and a plurality of flexible secondary bags. The primary bag includes a plurality of compartments formed by dividers or pockets. The compartments store the secondary bags such that the secondary bags can be removed from the primary bag as necessary to store and carry shopping items. The primary bag itself may also be used to carry shopping items.

Abstract: A method for greasing the mated threads of a valve stem and a stem nut of a motor-operated valve without the need to actuate the valve and without the need for an internal grease path within the stem nut includes pressurizing one end of the thread interface defined by the mating threads with pressurized grease. A device for carrying out the method may include a thread lubricator that has a bore that receives the free end of the valve stem and an adapter nut that attaches the thread lubricator to the valve housing. Pressurized grease flows into the thread lubricator and to the one end of the tread interface.

Abstract: A car seating unit adapted comprising integrated extendable wheels such that the unit can be removed from a vehicle and reconfigured to a wheeled configuration and utilized as a stroller.

Abstract: A process for the heap leaching of multiple ores, the process characterized by the process steps of: (i) the agglomeration or wetting of an ore feed; (ii) exposing the agglomerated or wetted ore to an inoculum containing one or more bacterial species capable of biooxidizing sulphide minerals in that ore; (iii) forming one or more heaps from the ore of step (ii); (iv) dispersing further bacterial inoculum over at least a portion of the or each heap; and (v) recovering leach solution draining from the heap and passing a portion thereof to a means for metal recovery.

Abstract: The invention relates to crystalline free base forms of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(4-{[(R)-2-(3-formylamino-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethylamino]methyl}-2,5-dimethylphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing or prepared from such crystalline forms; processes and intermediates useful for preparing such crystalline forms; and methods of using such crystalline forms to, for example, treat a pulmonary disorder.

Abstract: The invention relates to crystalline free base forms of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(4-{[(R)-2-(3-formylamino-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethylamino]methyl}-2,5-dimethylphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing or prepared from such crystalline forms; processes and intermediates useful for preparing such crystalline forms; and methods of using such crystalline forms to, for example, treat a pulmonary disorder.

Abstract: A process for the heap leaching of multiple ores, the process characterized by the process steps of: (i) the agglomeration or wetting of an ore feed; (ii) exposing the agglomerated or wetted ore to an inoculum containing one or more bacterial species capable of biooxidizing sulphide minerals in that ore; (iii) forming one or more heaps from the ore of step (ii); (iv) dispersing further bacterial inoculum over at least a portion of the or each heap; and (v) recovering leach solution draining from the heap and passing a portion thereof to a means for metal recovery.

Abstract: The invention relates to crystalline free base forms of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(4-{[(R)-2-(3-formylamino-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethylamino]methyl}-2,5-dimethylphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing or prepared from such crystalline forms; processes and intermediates useful for preparing such crystalline forms; and methods of using such crystalline forms to, for example, treat a pulmonary disorder.

Abstract: A process for bacterial oxidation of sulphide ores and concentrates in which the ore or concentrate is leached with a bacterial culture containing one or more strains of both Sulfobacillus and Thermoplasma.

Abstract: A method for the adaptation of bacteria for use in the leaching of ores and concentrates, including the steps of: a) obtaining samples of bacteria exhibiting one or more desired attributes; and b) combining bacterial samples from step a) with a stock bacterial culture known to have the ability to oxidise sulphide minerals, whereby the resulting combined bacterial culture ultimately expresses both the one or more desired attributes and the ability to oxidise sulphide minerals. The particular desired attribute is preferably salt tolerance.

Abstract: A process for bacterial oxidation of sulphide ores and concentrates in which the ore or concentrate is leached with a bacterial culture containing one or more strains of both Sulfobacillus and Thermoplasma.

Abstract: The airbag module has a base plate, two inflators, a top plate and two airbags. The inflators are mounted into the base plate and the airbags are secured to the base plate via top plates. The first airbag has substantially an “L” cross section in its deployed state. The second airbag is adjacent to the first airbag and while both bags are deployed, there is substantially no gap between the first and second airbags.

Abstract: The airbag module has a base plate, two inflators, a top plate and two airbags. The inflators are mounted into the base plate and the airbags are secured to the base plate via top plates. The first airbag has substantially an “L” cross section in its deployed state. The second airbag is adjacent to the first airbag and while both bags are deployed, there is substantially no gap between the first and second airbags.

Abstract: A device for removing samples of a material which is dropped through a vertical pipeline. The device includes a scoop which can be telescoped into the pipeline through a side mounting track to catch a material sample, and then telescoped out of the pipeline into the mounting track. The mounting track has a lower discharge opening which registers with the scoop when the latter is rotated 180.degree. so that the sample can be dropped into a container. The inner end of the scoop is closed so that the pipeline remains closed during all phases of the sampling operation. The mounting track is secured to a nozzle on the pipeline.