Abstract: A sole construction for use in the manufacture of a shoe has an outer sole made of a soft and pliable natural or synthetic elastomeric material having a substantially uniform thickness over its entire area. The outer sole has a substantially planar external surface (when relaxed) for contacting the ground, with cuts formed therein to enhance grip. A puncture-resistant inner sheet of woven synthetic fibres is bonded to the internal surface of the outer sole and an inner lining is bonded to the puncture-resistant inner sheet. A removable soft insole may be provided on the inner lining. The sole construction is lightweight and highly flexible such that a foot of a wearer may flex in the same manner as if the wearer was barefoot with the puncture-resistant inner sheet protecting the wearer's foot from accidental injury from sharp objects on which the wearer may tread.

Abstract: A combustion additive is used for protecting and improving the operation of diesel fuel combustion systems. The additive contains one or more iron-containing compounds. The additive can be added to the fuel prior to introduction into a combustion chamber or to the exhaust after the combustion chamber. The additive will then enhance the operation of diesel fuel combustions systems by improving, for example, exhaust aftertreatment performance.

Abstract: An application-based communication system, method, and protocol are disclosed. The system includes at least two communicating agents, wherein each of the communicating agents hosts at least a portion of a plurality of information, and wherein the at least a portion of the plurality of information is accessible via an application interface communicatively connected to each of the communicating agents. The protocol includes at least one entity object and at least one association object, wherein each object is pre-registered within the application interface on at least one of the at least two communicating agents. The at least one entity object, and the at least one association object, are accessible by accessing at least one address, and a first of the at least two communicating agents is capable of updating the portion of the plurality of information in at least one second of the at least two communicating agents by exchanging the at least one address.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a time/temperature indicator wherein a fluid is frozen in one compartment and subjected to the pressure of a compressible fluid through a flow control device. When the frozen fluid melts, it is forced from its compartment and the time/temperature indicator at a control rate by the compressible fluid acting through the flow controlled device.