Abstract: A modified sorptive lignocellulosic fibre material with hydroxyl groups on the lignocellulosic fibres doubly modified by esterification with a combination of monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acid ester groups. A process for the preparation of the sorptive material. The sorptive fibre material is effective for the removal of oils and other contaminants including heavy metals from a fluid such as contaminated water by a combined sorption of hydrophobic contaminants and ion exchange.

Abstract: SOFC cell comprising a metallic support 1 ending in a substantially pure electron conducting oxide, an active anode layer 2 consisting of doped ceria, ScYSZ, Ni—Fe alloy, an electrolyte layer 3 consisting of co-doped zirconia based on oxygen ionic conductor, an active cathode layer 5 and a layer of a mixture of LSM and a ferrite as a transition layer 6 to a cathode current collector 7 of single phase LSM. The use of a metallic support instead of a Ni—YSZ anode support increases the mechanical strength of the support and secures redox stability of the support. The porous ferrite stainless steel ends in a pure electron conducting oxide so as to prevent reactivity between the metals in the active anode which tends to dissolve into the ferrite stainless steel causing a detrimental phase shift from ferrite to austenite structure.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a portable system for distributing building materials comprising a motor vehicle which can be in the form of a truck. Disposed on a flat bed of the truck is at least one container coupled to the motor vehicle. The container can include at least one stirrer wherein the stirrer is for stirring a first component in the container. There can be at least one mixer coupled to the motor vehicle wherein the mixer is for mixing at least one liquid component with the component in the container to form a slurry. Once the slurry is formed, it can be fed to at least one distribution feeder which is then used to feed materials to a job site. This system can include a computer for controlling the mixer, and the distribution feeder to control the distribution of this slurry material. The disclosure can also relate to a process for creating the dry mixture, the slurry and then distributing this slurry so as to create a building component such as a floor.

Abstract: An aspect-oriented document that controls both the granularity of functionality and content integration. As such, embodiments of the innovation enable programmatic interoperability prompted via the content of a document. The document-centric environment can utilize an aspect-oriented document component that controls/dictates appropriate expert applications based at least in part upon content of the data. These aspect-oriented documents shift the focus from the application to the data. As such, in this novel environment, many applications can operate on the same data file, each doing its piece. A novel feature of the innovation is a collaboration model where fragments of project information are each maintained with expert applications or applets and can expose data to each other to tie different dimensions together.

Abstract: A method is provided for treating pectin-containing plant materials in a manner to obtain fibre-containing pectin products, and subsequently pectin products, having an high molecular weight of the pectin polymer and a homogeneous distribution of the deesterified sites in the pectin polymer and thereby providing products having improved gelforming and/or viscous giving properties.

Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a top, a sole, a toe end, a heel end, and a forward wall. The forward wall defines a front opening about which a face support is disposed. The face support receives a face plate, thereby enclosing the front opening of the body. The face support includes portions proximate to the top, the toe end, and the heel end, each portion having a peripheral member extending rearward from the forward wall and a rear member extending inward from the peripheral member, with respect to the front opening. The face support can be combined with a preferred face construction and weight elements to optimize club head performance to help a golfer achieve greater distance and control.

Abstract: Endometrium secreted polypeptides are assayed in body fluids to determine the presence of polypeptides of specified pI and MW values that have been found to be regulated in body fluids according to the status of the endometrium, or the presence of hyperplasia or adenocarcinoma.

Abstract: Provided are human secreted and non-secreted diabetes mediating proteins, including protective and deleterious diabetes-mediating proteins, as well as polynucleotides encoding same, drug screening methods for identifying a test compound capable of altering the expression of a diabetes-mediating proteins, and methods of preventing or ameliorating diabetes by administering a compound capable of altering the expression of a diabetes-mediating protein.

Abstract: Provided are mammalian secreted and non-secreted diabetes mediating proteins, including protective and deleterious diabetes-mediating proteins, as well as polynucleotides encoding same, drug screening methods for identifying a test compound capable of altering the expression of a diabetes-mediating protein, and methods of preventing or ameliorating diabetes by administering a compound capable of the expression of a diabetes-mediating protein.

Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a top, a sole, a toe end, a heel end, and a forward wall. The forward wall defines a front opening about which a face support is disposed. The face support receives a face plate, thereby enclosing the front opening of the body. The face support includes portions proximate to the top, the toe end, and the heel end, each portion having a peripheral member extending rearward from the forward wall and a rear member extending inward from the peripheral member, with respect to the front opening. The face support can be combined with a preferred face construction and weight elements to optimize club head performance to help a golfer achieve greater distance and control.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of separating at least two biocomponents contained in a liquid including having different pI values. The method comprising the steps of: i. providing a first separating path with at least one separating layer comprising one or more pH active components with pH active groups, ii. applying the liquid with the biocomponents to the separating coating, iii: applying a voltage over the separating path, iv. allowing at least some of the biocomponents to travel towards one of the electrodes to one or more collection stations, v. collecting the once separated biocomponents from at least one collection station. The invention also relates to a separating system for use in the method. The separation system comprises a set of separating paths, the separating system comprising 2 or more separating paths that differ from each other with respect to the pH value of the separating coating.

Abstract: Provided are mammalian secreted and non-secreted diabetes mediating proteins, including protective and deleterious diabetes-mediating proteins, as well as polynucleotides encoding same, drug screening methods for identifying a test compound capable of altering the expression of a diabetes-mediating protein, and methods of preventing or ameliorating diabetes by administering a compound capable of altering the expression of a diabetes-mediating protein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making frozen products with a characteristic form from at least one flowable type of material, the frozen products including edible ice products such as ice cream sticks, ice lollipops, ice dessert or the like. The method includes placing a first quantity of the flowable type of material in a first mould or moulding part and cooling the material of the at least one first mould or moulding part in order to create a basic frozen form of the product. Further, the method includes forming the frozen form of the product into a characteristic form, this forming including modification of the product in a second mould or moulding part, the second mould or moulding part basically having the contours of the characteristic form.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing customer premises with broadband data communication services access and narrowband telecommunication services access using a cable from a public communications network are presented. A distribution network having a number of jacks at the customer premises location is provided and ADSL technology is implemented. The distribution network is used as a distribution network for both higher frequency signals used for broadband communication and lower frequency signals used for narrowband communication. At least one jack is used for connection of a splitter filter for separating higher frequency signals from lower frequency signals. A broadband access device is connected to a high frequency port of the splitter filter and a narrowband access device is connected to a low frequency port of the splitter filter. Each of said broadband and narrowband access devices includes a number of user interfaces for accessing the broadband and narrowband services.

Abstract: A method of advancing molds (5), after pouring to form castings (9) in the casting cavities (8), leaving a foundry plant comprising a mould-making station (A, 1-4) and a pouring station (B,7), the molds (5) leaving the plant in the form of closely juxtaposed mold parts (5) with the castings (9) in casting cavities (8) at the mainly vertical parting surfaces between successive molds (5), the latter constituting a mold string (F), in which each mold (5) occupies a given length (S) in the longitudinal direction of the mold string (F), the latter after having passed a precision conveyor (6, 16) being transferred to a second conveyor (10, 16, D).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for high yield production of .sup.11 C-methyl iodide by selectively monohalogenating .sup.11 C-methane, whereby the method is comprising a first step of introducing .sup.11 CH.sub.4 into an apparatus containing a circulation system comprising a number of connected circulation members (1-7), and the circulation system is further comprising a number of valves (V114 V5) and at least one pump (8) for controlling the circulation. The method further comprises a second step of recirculation of .sup.11 CH.sub.4 and introduction of iodine vapor into the circulating gas stream passed through a heated reaction chamber (3) within the apparatus having the circulation system during a predefined time period during continuous removal of formed .sup.11 CH.sub.3 I by means of a second trap (7), and a third step of releasing after the predefined time period the produced .sup.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of forming a plurality of moulds in a string system is provided by squeeze plates which compress the particulate mould material. One of the squeeze plates is pivotable so that when a pair of squeeze plates are compressed by particulate mould material, the pivotable squeeze plate may be pivoted out of the way to provide a string mould system. In another embodiment of the invention the pivotable squeeze plate is movable laterally to provide bilateral pressing of both of the squeeze plates.

Abstract: In a telecommunication system, especially a telephone system having at least one electronic computer controlled telephone exchange, in its turn having time-space type switches, including a number of memory devices in the form of matrices, a method and an apparatus for transferring, via inputs and outputs of the memory devices, speech and data information in binary form between subscribers connected to the exchange. To considerably reduce the power consumption of the memory matrix as a whole, devices are provided to activate only those memories, which, for the moment, are intended to emit a corresponding output signal after that data has been written into same, and to cut off those portions of the memory matrix, which are not used for emitting output signals, in that no information is written into those, thus, not activated memories.

Abstract: Error handling in a telecommunications exchange is performed in a process centralized fashion. Certain objects in each process are defensively programmed to detect and report errors. One error handler object is provided for each process, with the error handler object receiving the error reports, analyzing the reports and specifying error recoveries including a default behavior for recovery from errors based on a default error analysis. In situations where the default analysis and recovery does not adequately address anticipated errors, specialized error analyses and recoveries are designed for and specified by the error handler object.

Abstract: Leavened yeast dough products obtain a long durability in a frozen condition by omitting using in the preparation thereof fermentable carbohydrates, but the formation in situ of such fermentable carbohydrates satisfactory to leaven the dough is ensured by adding one or more amylases to the dough. Upon freezing the activity of the amylase ceases and the concentration of fermentable carbohydrates falls to such a low value that the proteinase forming activity of the yeast actually ceases. A possibly desired brown-coloring of the baked product may be ensured by the addition of amylases with an activity at a relatively high temperature.