Abstract: The present invention introduces a bath or shower system panel and a distinctive method for its production. The panel is constructed from a porous substrate plate, primarily made from ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene), onto which an image is directly printed using either 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional ink. To enhance durability and provide waterproofing, a UV-cured coating is directly applied onto the printed image. This coating can be silicone-compatible, allowing for effective sealing of multiple panels at their edges. The uniqueness of the system lies in the direct ink printing, which forgoes the use of intermediaries like binders, and in the UV-cured coating, which not only offers water resistance but also chemical resistance and potential antimicrobial properties. The invention also covers methods of panel production, emphasizing substrate plate formation, UV printing, and the separate UV-cured coating application processes.

Abstract: A mixed metal oxide electrode for alkaline water electrolysis. The mixed metal oxide comprises Ir, Ru, and a non-noble metal selected from periods 4, 5 and 6 of the periodic table such as W, Ce, Ni, V and Co.

Abstract: A mechanism for aligning a hypodermic needle or other probe with a predetermined location within a patient has a radio-transparent guide with a lengthwise slot for accommodating the needle. A pair of radiopaque rings spaced at opposite ends of the guide enables the surgeon to align the needle with the predetermined location and advance the needle in a continuous and steady movement toward the predetermined location in spite of the intermittent activation and deactivation of a two-dimensional x-ray apparatus. A slot in each of the rings, moreover, forming gaps in alignment with the lengthwise guide slot permit the guide to be removed as the needle approaches the predetermined location.

Abstract: To establish the correct volar angle between the proximal radius and a distal fragment of the radius a cortical half pin with a self-threading screw is mounted in a collet. The collet is supported on a pair of members that clamp a volar plate under the collet, the volar plate has a hole in alignment with the half pin that enables the plate to pivot in a plane parallel to the members. The volar plate is tilted to contact the distal fragment and to be joined to the fragment. The half pin is screwed into the proximal radius and the members and collet are removed in order to allow the volar plate to be pressed back against the proximal radius and secured to the radius, thus establishing the correct volar tilt for the distal fragment relative to the proximal position of the radius.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for mixing a plurality of gases, preferably a fuel and an oxidant. The preferred embodiments are characterized by methods and apparatus for mixing at least a methane-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas, preferably natural gas and molecular oxygen. The preferred embodiments of the present invention include a mixing section having a centrifugal mixer with a tangential inlet where the mixed gases are then injected at an angle into the reactor section. The oxidant and the fuel are mixed by the tangential motion of the fuel to form a reactant gas that then flows through a permeable mixing material that is also disposed within the chamber. The reactant gas injected at an angle into a reactor inlet chamber provides a substantially unobstructed path between the reactor and a pressure relief device.

Abstract: Efficient synthetic routes for the preparation of rhinovirus protease inhibitors of formula I, key intermediates useful in those synthetic routes, as well as a continuous membrane reactor useful for those synthetic routes. These compounds of formula I, as well as pharmaceutical compositions that contain these compounds, are suitable for treating patients or hosts infected with one or more picornaviruses.