Abstract: A composite includes a plastic substrate and an electrical insulator layer formed on the plastic substrate. The electrical insulator layer contains boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs), which may be unmodified or modified BNNTS. The composite is suitable for use in making printed electronic devices. A process includes providing a plastic substrate and forming on at least a portion of a surface of the plastic substrate a layer that contains the BNNTs. A metallic ink trace is formed on a portion of the layer, such that the metallic ink trace is spaced-apart from the substrate. Using photonic or thermal sintering techniques, the metallic ink trace is then sintered.

Abstract: There is described a medical device for management of the axial length growth of an eye of a subject. The device comprises a central region having a first power, a transition region surrounding the central region, and a peripheral region surrounding the transition region and having a second power. The transition region has a width at most equal to 1.5 mm. The second power is chosen based on the first power to achieve a target net power, the target net power being the addition of the first power and the second power. The surface area of the central and peripheral regions is chosen as a function of the surface area of the pupil of the eye. Furthermore, the curve of power within the transition region is steep between the first power and the second power so that the transition region generates no optically usable power.

Abstract: A medical device for management of an axial length growth of an eye of a subject, the eye having a pupil, the device comprising: a central region having a first power; a transition region surrounding the central region and having a width at most equal to 1.5 mm; and a peripheral region surrounding the transition region, the peripheral region having a second power, wherein a surface area of each one of the central and peripheral regions is chosen as a function of a surface area of the pupil of the eye.

Abstract: The deep fryer has a frying basin having four lateral walls and a bottom wall having at least one drain, the four lateral walls being arranged in a rectangular cross-section configuration, and the bottom wall has a funnel shape to entrain oil contained therein to the at least one drain during oil drainage; an oil line leading from a drain to an oil recirculation aperture leading back into the frying basin; a filter and a recirculation pump provided within the oil line in a manner for the pump to be operable to pump the drained oil across the filter and to the recirculation aperture. The action of the pump cooperates with the shape of the bottom wall of the frying basin to clean the bottom wall of the frying basin from batter crumbs and to entrain the batter crumbs to the filter when required.