Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer. In particular the present invention it relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer that can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation and for the preparation of for reinforcing the impact strength of a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the syrup. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a syrup. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibers with said viscous liquid syrup. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate preimpregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing composite parts. More particularly the present invention relates also to a process for preparing a liquid composition comprising a (meth)acrylic monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least one flame-retardant substance (FD1) chosen from a phosphorus-based additive. In particular the present invention it relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least one flame-retardant substance (FD1) chosen from a phosphorus-based additive that can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation and for the preparation for improving the fire resistance of a thermoplastic polymer or matrix obtained after polymerization of the syrup. Also concerned is a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the liquid composition or syrup. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a liquid composition or syrup. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibers with said liquid composition or syrup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid (meth)acrylic syrup for impregnating a fibrous substrate; a viscous liquid syrup mainly containing methacrylic or acrylic components, and preferably hollow beads; to a process for manufacturing such a syrup; to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with said viscous liquid syrup; to a fibrous substrate preimpregnated with said syrup, which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or products; to a manufacturing process for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles; and to three-dimensional mechanical or structured parts obtained by this process. The invention makes it possible to significantly reduce the exothermic peak during the polymerization of the syrup, to reduce the residual content of monomer at the end of polymerization, and to obtain parts made of composite material that have few or no defects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising two different (meth)acrylic polymers and a multistage polymer. In particular the present invention it relates to polymeric composition comprising two different (meth)acrylic polymers and a multistage polymer. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such polymeric composition. More particularly the present invention relates also to a process for preparing an impact modified composition comprising two different (meth)acrylic polymers and a multistage polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite preform comprising a multistage polymer. The present invention further relates to a method for making a composite preform comprising a fibrous material and a multistage polymer and its use in making composite articles. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing a composite preform comprising a fibrous material and a multistage polymer and its use for producing fibre reinforced impact modified composites.

Abstract: At an intermediate node in a payment card processing network, clearing records are obtained for payment card transactions with a merchant which sells eligible wares and ineligible wares. Said clearing records specify, for each of said transactions, a total transaction amount and information representative of an amount associated with said eligible wares. At least a portion of said clearing records are stored in a first database accessible to said intermediate node in said payment card processing network, by transaction. Said first database is queried on payment card account number and, for said payment card account number, at least said information representative of an amount associated with said eligible wares is collected. Said collected information representative of an amount associated with said eligible wares is made available to at least one interested party.

Abstract: A method for automated payment of tax for payment transactions includes: receiving transaction messages related to payment transactions involving a merchant including a transaction amount and a merchant identifier; identifying a tax authority having jurisdiction over each payment transaction; identifying a tax amount for each of the plurality of transaction messages based on the transaction amount stored in the respective transaction message; identifying a tax identification number for the merchant based on the transaction messages; and initiating settlement of a settlement amount to a transaction account associated with the merchant, wherein the settlement amount is based on a combination of the transaction amounts included in each of the plurality of transaction messages less a combination of the identified tax amounts for the at least one tax authorities for each of the plurality of transaction messages.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an impregnation process for a fibrous substrate, a liquid composition for implementing this process and the obtained impregnated fibrous substrate. The impregnated fibrous substrate is suitable for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. In particular the present invention deals with an industrial process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with a viscous liquid composition containing mainly methacrylic or acrylic components. This viscous composition is called hereafter liquid (meth) acrylic syrup. The invention concerns also a fibrous substrate pre-impregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. More particular the impregnation of fibrous substrate with the (meth) acrylic syrup is achieved in a closed mold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid (meth)acrylic syrup for impregnating a fibrous substrate. The invention especially relates to a viscous liquid syrup mainly containing methacrylic or acrylic components. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a syrup. The invention relates further to a method for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with said viscous liquid syrup. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate pre impregnated with said syrup, which is useful for the production of mechanical or structured parts or products. The invention also relates to a production method for producing mechanical or structured parts or items and to three-dimensional mechanical or structured parts produced by said method. The invention allows significant reduction of the exothermic peak during the polymerization of the syrup, reduction of the residual monomer content at the end of the polymerization, and production of parts in a composite material without defects or with few defects.

Abstract: A fraud prevention system, method and medium analyzes a fraud prevention image, or a sequence of fraud prevention images, including a facial region of the user and a card associated with the user. The systems, methods and mediums may enable an image parser, a facial recognizer, a communication manager and an authenticator. The image parser may be adapted to parse the fraud prevention image into a facial image and a device image. The facial recognizer may be adapted to analyze the facial image to generate a current facial signature of the user. The authenticator may be adapted to authenticate the user based at least on comparison to the current facial signature and an enrolled facial signature. The communication manager may request a device verification based on a device signature and the authentication of the user. A liveness detector may verify liveness of the user within the fraud prevention image.

Abstract: Filter assembly for a liquid medium comprising a two-piece filter housing having a first and a second housing part with a first and second end wall respectively, surrounded by a circumferential wall, said housing parts accommodating in the space defined between the end walls three layers of filter material, and with a spacer in-between having an open structure with upstanding ribs defining chambers there between and having two end planes which define abutment planes for two layers of filter material and with a passage crosswise to the plane thereof, and with between the second layer of filter material and the second end wall a third layer of filter material, in which all three layers of filter material are discrete layers, the space between the third layer of filter material and the second end wall, and the chambers in the spacer, being in connection to the filter outlet, and the space between the first layer of filter material and the first end wall being connected to the filter inlet.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in scoring network data related to an account. An example method includes locating, by a node device, in response to a trigger event, a tree node for an account in a B-tree data structure where the tree node includes at least one network address in a data array, and retrieving, by the node device, network data associated with the at least one network address from the data array. The method also includes transmitting, by the node device, the network data to at least one computing device, and then generating and publishing, at the at least one computing device, at least one score based on a historical model and the retrieved network data in real time or near real time, thereby permitting services based on the at least one score to be offered to a consumer associated with the account.

Abstract: Provided is a an amphiphilic diblock copolymer including from 40 to 60% by weight, relative to the weight of the copolymer, of a hydrophilic block including a unit derived from an n-butyl acrylate monomer and a derived from a hydroxyethyl methacrylate monomer. The copolymer also includes from 40 to 60% by weight, relative to the weight of the copolymer, of a hydrophobic block including at least one unit derived from a methyl methacrylate monomer. Also provided is a polymeric membrane that includes the block copolymer and a hydrophobic polymeric matrix. This membrane is useful for treating an effluent, for example, water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid (meth) acrylic composition comprising a (meth) acrylic monomer, a (meth) acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer. In particular the present invention it relates to liquid composition comprising a (meth) acrylic monomer, a (meth) acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer that can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation. More particularly the present invention relates also to a process for preparing a liquid composition comprising a (meth) acrylic monomer, a (meth) acrylic polymer and a multistage polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material obtained by in situ polymerization of a thermoplastic resin with a fibrous material. More particularly the present invention relates to a polymeric composite material obtained by in-situ polymerization of a thermoplastic (meth)acrylic resin and a fibrous material containing long fibers and its use, a process for making such a composite material and manufactured mechanical or structured part or article comprising this polymeric composite material, especially wind turbine parts including welded parts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer composition comprising a surface layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer A and a substrate layer comprising a polymeric composite material based thermoplastic (meth)acrylic matrix and a fibrous material as reinforcement. The multilayer composition is suitable for mechanical or structured parts or articles with a decorative surface aspect. The present invention concerns also a manufacturing process for multilayer mechanical or structured parts or articles and three-dimensional mechanical or structured parts.

Abstract: “The present invention relates to a polymeric composition comprising a polymer comprising monomers of methyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid. In particular the present invention relates to a process for making a polymeric composition suitable for moulded objects, said polymeric composition is comprising monomers of methyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid. The present invention concerns also process for making a moulded object comprising a polymer comprising monomers of methyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid. The present invention concerns also moulded object comprising a polymer comprising monomers of methyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting potentially fraudulent cardholder transactions is implemented by a fraud detection computer system in communication with a memory. The method includes identifying a first home location for a first cardholder, identifying an expected range of travel relative to the first home location for the first cardholder when making a typical financial transaction in at least one merchant category, receiving transaction data associated with a first financial transaction, retrieving the first home location based on the cardholder data and a merchant location for the first merchant based on the merchant data, calculating a distance of travel between the first merchant location and the cardholder home location, comparing the calculated distance of travel to the expected range of travel, and flagging the first financial transaction as potentially fraudulent upon determining that the calculated distance of travel exceeds the expected range of travel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid (meth)acrylic syrup for impregnating a fibrous substrate. The present invention relates in particular to a viscous liquid syrup mainly containing methacrylic or acrylic components. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a syrup. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with said viscous liquid syrup. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate preimpregnated with said syrup, which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or products. The present invention also relates to a manufacturing process for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles and to three-dimensional mechanical or structured parts obtained by this process. The invention applies to the preparation of mechanical parts or structural elements made of fire-resistant thermoplastic composite material.

Abstract: Method for producing a multilayer composite material, according to which said multilayer composite material, multilayer composite material obtained by the method and mechanical parts or structures produced with said material.