Abstract: A composition useful as a wood joint material includes at least 20 wt. % of a silane-terminated polymer, the polymer backbone of which is selected from a polycarbonate, a polyester, a copolymer containing a polyester and/or a polycarbonate, and a polymer containing at least one ester group and/or carbonate group. This polymer backbone contains a plurality of diol monomer, at least 60% of which have the formula HO—Z—OH, where Z is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain optionally containing one or more heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulphur and a tertiary nitrogen, wherein Z includes at least one side chain and/or at least one cyclic ring system and/or at least one double bond, and the composition is free from hardening catalysts or residues thereof selected from base catalysts having a pKa value greater than 15, and from by-products formed when a leaving group is split off during silane termination of the polymer.

Abstract: A surface sealant or jointing material composition contains at least 20 wt. % of a silane-terminated polymer, the polymer backbone of which is selected from a polycarbonate, a polyester, a copolymer containing a polyester and/or a polycarbonate and a polymer containing at least one ester group and/or carbonate group. This backbone contains a plurality of diol monomer at least 60% of which contain a diol of formula HO—Z—OH, wherein Z is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain optionally containing one or more heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulfur and a tertiary nitrogen, Z includes at least one side chain and/or at least one cyclic ring system and/or at least one double bond and the composition is free from hardening catalysts or residues thereof selected from base catalysts having a pKa value greater than 15 and from by-products that may arise by cleaving of a leaving group with silane termination of the polymer.

Abstract: A process for producing a silane-terminated polymer in the presence of a catalyst mixture, wherein the catalyst mixture contains a bismuth and a cobalt catalyst, and the content of the cobalt catalyst is at least 2 ppm relative to the hydroxy-terminated organic polymer of the formula.

Abstract: A method for producing an alkoxysilane polymer via a carbamate, thiocarbonate or carbonate-terminated prepolymer (IIIa) or (IIIb) includes reaction of a polymer backbone of formula (I) terminated with at least two amino, mercapto or hydroxyl groups and with a chloroformate of formula (IIa) or a pyrocarbonate of formula (Ilb) (I) (IIa) (IIb) (IIIa) (IIIb), wherein R1 and R3 represent a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl group with 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a mono- or polycyclic aliphatic or aromatic ring system with 5 to 18 carbon atoms in the ring system, which is optionally substituted by one or more groups R2, X is oxygen or sulphur, n is 0 for a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl group and is 0.1 or 2 for a mono- or polycyclic aliphatic or aromatic ring system, and A represents a polymer backbone.

Abstract: A system for preparing the genital tract of a woman prior to childbirth, the system including:—an inflatable body intended to be placed in the genital tract of the woman, the inflatable body comprising a wall having a first, open end intended to allow air to enter the inflatable body or leave the inflatable body, and a second, closed end opposite the first end,—an inflating device serving to inflate the inflatable body and connected fluidically to the first, open end of the inflatable body by a conduit;—a measuring device configured to measure a dimension of the inflatable body,—a control device configured to collect the measurement data from the measuring device.

Abstract: A process for preparing a storage-stable silane-terminated polymer of formula (I) or (II) where D is linear or branched hydrocarbon group, A is polymer backbone selected from group, R1, R1?, R2 and R2? are each linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, n is 1, 2 or 3, x and y are natural numbers between 1 and 10, G is linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 hydrocarbon atoms, F is linear, branched or cyclic organic radical containing no isocyanate-reactive groups, m is natural number greater than 1, E is reactive group reacting with isocyanate group and selected from group consisting of NH2, NHR4 and SH, and R4 is linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method for producing an alkoxysilane polymer via a carbamate, thiocarbonate or carbonate-terminated prepolymer (IIIa) or (IIIb) includes reaction of a polymer backbone of formula (I) terminated with at least two amino, mercapto or hydroxyl groups and with a chloroformate of formula (IIa) or a pyrocarbonate of formula (Ilb) (I) (IIa) (IIb) (IIIa) (IIIb), wherein R1 and R3 represent a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl group with 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a mono- or polycyclic aliphatic or aromatic ring system with 5 to 18 carbon atoms in the ring system, which is optionally substituted by one or more groups R2, X is oxygen or sulphur, n is 0 for a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl group and is 0.1 or 2 for a mono- or polycyclic aliphatic or aromatic ring system, and A represents a polymer backbone.

Abstract: The invention provides system and method whereby members of an online community are able to fund their online community member profile accounts, and are able to make purchases using those funds, or credit, which are in or associated with an online community member profile account.

Abstract: The invention provides a digital document management system that incorporates email functionality. The system allows an individual user to share documents and emails with others via a folder conduit system.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for circulating invoices electronically to members of a group so that each relevant member of the group can review the invoice and make changes or add comments the other relevant members of the group, in the context of an online network. When the invoice is ready for review by a member of the group, that member receives a notification on his or her online network homepage. The notification that the invoice is ready for review contains a link to the invoice within the online network, so that each reviewing member can automatically access the invoice through the notification link. As each member of the relevant group completes their review of the invoice, a notification is sent to the next member in a sequence of members selected to review the invoice.

Abstract: A method for searching and ranking professional profiles includes a profile ranking tool that assigns a numeric value to a professional's prestige and competence, called an overall quality score. Different weights are assigned to several different factors that rank a professional based on attributes such as one's peer rating, quality of education, breadth and depth of experience and the quality of work product.

Abstract: A method for interactively collaborating across several related but independent online social networking communities. Members of each networking communities share a common background or profession, such as being part of the medical, legal or banking industries. Each member has a profile associated with his or her networking community, by which they can interact with other members of the networking community to share contacts, documents, or other productivity functionalities. Members can also interact across networking communities via their networking profile. For example, a doctor who can use his profile from the medical networking community to interact with a lawyer who has a profile on the legal networking community. By promoting cross-community interaction, each group is able to increase their ability to communicate or share ideas and work product via the plurality of networking communities.

Abstract: A method for tagging documents and communications with filing and billing information in the context of an online social network. As the documents and communication are created an automatic tagging tool associates the created document or communication with a preselected set of information that corresponds to the document or communication, the social network member who made the creation, and the client for whom the work was performed. The information to be associated with each document and communication can be customized to include categories most applicable to the business of the user.

Abstract: Interactive collaboration within a secure, server-based social community integrated with a secured document management system that includes at least one of a plurality of professional functionalities and a plurality of integrative functionalities to members having a member virtual identity within the community. Members of the community may create a personalized custom set of folders within the document management system, which customized arrangement allows the members to view documents, files, and folders as they desire. By creating these personalized custom “alias” folders, the members rearrange folders to be more accessible to themselves, while leaving the actual files and folders unchanged as viewed by every other member of the community. Members or a network administrator may also grant permission to other members of the network to access alias folders of each other member.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically associating hard copy and electronic versions of a document with a code. The electronic version of a document is displayed using an image viewing tool which also displays a code associated with the document. Hardcopies of the electronic document may be printed and will include the same code present in the electronic version of the document. The code linking electronic and hard copy versions of the document provides information relating to each version of the document, such as physical storage location of the hard copy, electronic location of the document, and the identity of members who have recently accessed the document.

Abstract: Interactive collaboration within a secure, server-based social community integrated with a secured document management system that includes at least one of a plurality of professional functionalities and a plurality of integrative functionalities to members having a member virtual identity within the community. Members of the community may create a personalized custom set of folders within the document management system, which customized arrangement allows the members to view documents, files, and folders as they desire. By creating these personalized custom “alias” folders, the members rearrange folders to be more accessible to themselves, while leaving the actual files and folders unchanged as viewed by every other member of the community. Members or a network administrator may also grant permission to other members of the network to access alias folders of each other member.

Abstract: A method for creating and managing contact information in the context of an online social networking community. Each member of the social networking community creates a member profile containing contact information such as email address, telephone numbers, and street addresses. When a member joins a subgroup or secure network within the social networking community, the member's profile is shared with all other members of that secure network. The member's own contacts are also shared with all other members of the network such that one member of the network has access to all contacts of every other member of the network. Contact profiles are automatically updated as the owner of the profile provides new information to his or her profile. Duplicate entries are minimized by a matching feature that alerts members to the creation of possible duplicates and allows the members to merge, delete, or or ignore potential duplicate profiles.

Abstract: A method for tagging documents and communications with filing and billing information in the context of an online social network. As the documents and communication are created an automatic tagging tool associates the created document or communication with a preselected set of information that corresponds to the document or communication, the social network member who made the creation, and the client for whom the work was performed. The information to be associated with each document and communication can be customized to include categories most applicable to the business of the user.

Abstract: A method for searching and ranking professional profiles includes a profile ranking tool that assigns a numeric value to a professional's prestige and competence, called an overall quality score. Different weights are assigned to several different factors that rank a professional based on attributes such as one's peer rating, quality of education, breadth and depth of experience and the quality of work product.