Abstract: The disclosure provides embodiments for elasticized members used as closures for garments, such as diapers, jacket cuffs, and similar articles, the elasticized member having an elastic body having an attachment region adapted for attachment of the elastic body to a garment and a fastener positioned on a distal portion of the elastic body, wherein the elastic body is structured to reduce curl along longitudinal edges and corners of the elastic body upon application of tension to the fastener.

Abstract: A tailgating system for attachment to a transport vehicle includes a cabinet configured to include at least one of a refrigerator, a grill, a draft system, and a dry storage cabinet. A movable hitch assembly includes a hitch coupling configured to be coupled to a hitch ball connectable to the transport vehicle. The movable hitch assembly is configured to move the hitch coupling up and down relative to the cabinet to raise and lower the cabinet when the movable hitch assembly is coupled to the transport vehicle.

Abstract: Deposition coating from an organic solution. The present invention utilizes an organic solution to plate a deposition material onto a substrate. The substrate is seeded to facilitate subsequent deposition. A superior deposition coating is provided.

Abstract: Medical isotope generator systems are disclosed according to some aspects. In one aspect, a 90Y generator system comprises a generator column, a concentration column, and a flow control system, through which the generator column and the concentration column are in fluid communication. The flow control system provides a plurality of flow configurations for delivering a milking solution to the generator column, the concentration column, or both, and for delivering an eluent solution to the concentration column in either a forward or a reverse flow direction. The generator column can comprise a 90Sr stock adsorbed on a sorbent. The milking solution preferentially elutes 90Y from the generator column. The concentration column comprises a sorbent that captures 90Y from the milking solution without altering the milking solution. The eluent solution elutes 90Y from the concentration column.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for enabling the testing and evaluation of industrial machine components and, in particular, gas turbine engine components, under simulated in-situ thermal operating conditions for effectively evaluating new component designs and repair techniques. A specimen machine component/part is placed in a test chamber and cyclically heated and cooled while being monitored to obtain information regarding the initiation and propagation of a crack within the structure of the component. Information regarding the number of heating and cooling cycles sustained by the component until crack initiation and information indicating the rate of crack propagation are acquired and compared over multiple heating-cooling cycles to evaluate components and repair techniques.

Abstract: Methods of activating bicomponent elastic fiber nonwovens webs and laminates, and the resultant activated bicomponent elastic fiber nonwoven webs and laminates are disclosed, wherein the bicomponent elastic fiber nonwoven webs include a first material and a second material, wherein the first material has a lower yield point than the second material.

Abstract: Medical isotope generator systems are disclosed according to some aspects. In one aspect, a 90Y generator system comprises a generator column, a concentration column, and a flow control system, through which the generator column and the concentration column are in fluid communication. The flow control system provides a plurality of flow configurations for delivering a milking solution to the generator column, the concentration column, or both, and for delivering an eluent solution to the concentration column in either a forward or a reverse flow direction. The generator column can comprise a 90Sr stock adsorbed on a sorbent. The milking solution preferentially elutes 90Y from the generator column. The concentration column comprises a sorbent that captures 90Y from the milking solution without altering the milking solution. The eluent solution elutes 90Y from the concentration column.

Abstract: The disclosure provides embodiments for elasticized members used as closures for garments, such as diapers, jacket cuffs, and similar articles, the elasticized member having an elastic body having an attachment region adapted for attachment of the elastic body to a garment and a fastener positioned on a distal portion of the elastic body, wherein the elastic body is structured to reduce curl along longitudinal edges and corners of the elastic body upon application of tension to the fastener.

Abstract: The invention encompasses systems for column-based separations, methods of packing and unpacking columns and methods of separating components of samples. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of packing and unpacking a column chamber, comprising: a) packing a matrix material within a column chamber to form a packed column; and b) after the packing, unpacking the matrix material from the column chamber without moving the column chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for isolating and purifying a 213Bi radioactive isotope from an 225Ac source using a primary column and a primary sorbent which preferentially retains 225Ac over 213Bi when exposed to a compatible solvent in combination with a secondary column having a secondary sorbent which retains 213Bi when exposed to a mixture of the compatible solvent and 213Bi. A “compatible solvent” is a solvent which will preferentially remove 213Bi radioactive isotopes from a primary sorbent without removing 225Ac radioactive isotopes, and then allow 213Bi radioactive isotopes removed from the primary sorbent to be retained on a secondary sorbent, without having to dilute or otherwise chemically or physically modify the compatible solvent in between exposure to the primary and secondary sorbents.

Abstract: The invention encompasses systems for column-based separations, methods of packing and unpacking columns and methods of separating components of samples. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of packing and unpacking a column chamber, comprising: a) packing a matrix material within a column chamber to form a packed column; and b) after the packing, unpacking the matrix material from the column chamber without moving the column chamber.

Abstract: Methods are provided for administering alloreactive T cells to transplant recipients such that the risk of graft-versus-host disease is reduced.

Abstract: The invention encompasses systems for column-based separations, methods of packing and unpacking columns and methods of separating components of samples. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of packing and unpacking a column chamber, comprising: a) packing a matrix material within a column chamber to form a packed column; and b) after the packing, unpacking the matrix material from the column chamber without moving the column chamber.

Abstract: The invention encompasses systems for column-based separations, methods of packing and unpacking columns and methods of separating components of samples. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of packing and unpacking a column chamber, comprising: a) packing a matrix material within a column chamber to form a packed column; and b) after the packing, unpacking the matrix material from the column chamber without moving the column chamber.

Abstract: The invention encompasses systems for column-based separations, methods of packing and unpacking columns and methods of separating components of samples. In one aspect, the invention includes a system for column-based separations, comprising: a) a fluid passageway, the fluid passageway comprising a column chamber and a flow path in fluid communication with the column chamber, the flow path being obstructed by a retaining material permeable to a carrier fluid and impermeable to a column matrix material suspended in the carrier fluid, the flow path extending through the column chamber and through the retaining material, the flow path being configured to form a packed column within the column chamber when a suspension of the fluid and the column matrix material is flowed along the flow path; and b) the fluid passageway extending through a valve intermediate the column chamber and the retaining material.

Abstract: A method and system which uses a telecommunication network to prepare a product. At least one title is stored in a database in which each title corresponds to an item available for incorporation in the product. The title is provided to a user via the telecommunication. At least one title selection is received from the user via the telecommunication network. Personal material is received from the user via the telecommunication network. A data file is assembled in which the data file includes the items corresponding to the selected title and the received personal material. The product is created such that the product is based on the data file.

Abstract: The invention encompasses systems for column-based separations, methods of packing and unpacking columns and methods of separating components of samples. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of packing and unpacking a column chamber, comprising: a) packing a matrix material within a column chamber to form a packed column; and b) after the packing, unpacking the matrix material from the column chamber without moving the column chamber.

Abstract: System and method for plasma-assisted deposition of optically transparent, crystalline chromium/carbon/fluorine films are described using a chromium metal source and an argon/fluorocarbon plasma. The films were optically transparent to the unaided eye. Characterization of the material by electron diffraction showed the chromium/carbon/fluorine material to be crystalline.

Abstract: An apparatus and process are provided for the safe, economic and pollution-free exposure of articles to reactive gaseous fluids to alter their surface characteristics. The articles are exposed to one or more fluids which are transferred back and forth from a reaction chamber to a holding chamber. As the fluids are transferred they pass through a trap designed to remove reaction-by-products without affecting valuable reactant fluids. Since the fluids can be transferred under vacuum and the overall reaction can take place at relatively low temperatures, the process provides a convenient and safe method for handling reactive fluids. The process is particularly useful for the halogenation, for example fluorination, of a variety of articles, such as plastic containers, aerosol bottles and films to improve their barrier resistance to solvents and gases.