Abstract: The present invention is a fungicidal solution and method for controlling fungal disease in plants which provides for contacting the plant matter with a fungicidally effective application of an aqueous solution. The fungicidal solution is comprised of between about one-third (⅓) to two-third (⅔) cup of an organic plant matter to every two-third (⅔) gallon of a fermented solution. The organic solution may be any type of sage, tea leaves, coffee leaves, beech leaves, eucalyptus leaves, oak leaves, sumac leaves, and other similar leaves, or bark. The fermented solution contains between about (1%) one percent to (25%) twenty-five percent, per gallon, of an alcohol and grape juice.

Abstract: A feed additive composition which contains enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea; a method for making a feed additive containing enzyme-treated concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea; a process for improving the nutritive value of spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea by enzymatic treatment; a method for feeding livestock with a feed containing an enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea additive and a process for improving poultry feed conversion, breast meat yield and intestinal strength by feeding a feed containing an enzyme-treated, concentrated spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea additive are disclosed. Preferably, the spent fermentation beer of Saccharopolyspora erythraea is treated with a cellulase and at least one glycosidase, and then concentrated.

Abstract: The present invention is an encapsulated yeast composite comprising a core comprising yeast and a soluble coating comprising polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight less than 3050. The yeast includes Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The encapsulated composites are useful in the production of food compositions and food products.

Abstract: The present invention describes compositions comprising a calcium source and a magnesium source. The compositions are surprisingly palatable when delivered in a fruit juice beverage matrix at amounts which are nutritionally meaningful. In particular, the present invention relates to beverage compositions comprising: (a) a calcium source comprising a form selected from calcium carbonate, solubilized species thereof, and mixtures thereof; (b) at least about 20 milligrams of a magnesium source per reference serving of the composition; wherein the compositions are substantially free of milk base solids.

Abstract: A coated high-boiled confection and a method for making the coated high-boiled confection. The coated high-boiled confection includes a coating of a solid fat or fat derivative, having a melting point of from about 25° C. to 65° C., that is applied directly to the surface of the high-boiled confection. The coating is applied to the surface by melting the coating, applying the coating to the surface of the high-boiled confection, and cooling the high-boiled confection to solidify the coating on the high-boiled confection. The coating reduces the stickiness of the high-boiled confection.

Abstract: A process is provided for making reduced fat, low fat or no-fat graham-based crackers and flour for the production thereof. The process for making the flour includes providing whole wheat berries having a moisture content of from about 15% by weight to about 20% by weight, radiating the berries with infrared (IR) energy, optionally maintaining the berries at an elevated temperature of from about 80° C. to about 110° C. for a period of time up to about one hour, and cooling, drying and comminuting the treated berries. The moisture content of the berries can be adjusted by moistening or tempering the berries prior to treatment with IR energy. The moisture content, optional tempering conditions, amount of irradiated IR energy, the elevated temperature, and the various treatment periods are sufficient to inactivate lipase and lipoxygenase in the berries yet insufficient to gelatinize more than about 20% of the starch in the berries.

Abstract: An edible film and method of making and using same for decorating foodstuffs, in particular baked goods, wherein anyone can easily, inexpensively and artistically decorate foodstuffs. The edible film according to the present invention is composed of an edible polymer film which is preferably releasably mounted upon a flexible substrate to provide a reinforced edible film. The edible film is peelably released from the substrate to provide decorations for the foodstuff. The edible film may be decoratively prepared into predetermined decorations prior to distribution, which may include being pre-printed, pre-cut, colored, or being of pre-selected opacity and sheen. Alternatively, the edible film may be distributed in a not yet finalized decoration form, wherein finalization is left up to the user.

Abstract: This invention relates to a water-soluble bean-based extract including one or more isoflavone glycosides. Also shown is a method of preparing such a water-soluble bean-based extract.

Abstract: The sugar-free cream icing use to cover a baked good employs a sugar-free composition of 50-100% erythritol, 0-50% bulking agent, 0-1% emulsifier, and 0-1% high intensity sweetener. The icing employs 50-70% of the sugar-free composition, 10-50% shortening and 5-20% water.

Abstract: An egg concentrate having a higher percentage of solids relative to whole eggs. A liquid yolk component is mixed with a dried albumen component to form the egg concentrate. This can be reconstituted by mixing it with water, and this reconstituted egg product can be used itself as a food product, or mixed with other ingredients to make such things as bakery products, mayonnaise, etc. In one preferred embodiment, the concentrate is combined with an ingredient or ingredients (e.g. sugar and/or salt) to lower its water activity and make the concentrate shelf stable for relatively long periods (e.g. 2 months or much longer). In an alternative embodiment, another procedure is employed where a similar result of the dispersion of the powder in the yolk component is accomplished.

Abstract: A method for enhancing the nutritional value and the vitamin A content of bird food while simultaneously rendering the bird food undesirable to predators comprising a capsicum botanical.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel edible laminated structures that have at least one first fluid material interleaved between thin layers of a second fluid material wherein neither of the first fluid material nor the second fluid material is a hard candy mass.

Abstract: Method and preparation for the photochromic labeling and/or for protecting the authenticity of objects, in which bacteriorhodopsin materials and preparations therefrom are used for application to the objects; preference is given to using a combination of low-level and high-level security features in said bacteriorhodopsin materials and preparations therefrom.

Abstract: Tantalum and niobium aluminum-doped hydrated mixed metal oxide sols may be made by a process comprising combining a first metal compound aluminum alkoxide, with a second metal compound selected from the group consisting of niobium alkoxide and tantalum alkoxide, and mixtures thereof to provide a substantially water-free precursor and combining the precursor with a ketone to provide a hydrated mixed metal oxide sol, wherein the ketone is substantially free of water. The sol may then be processed to obtain thin films, fibers, crystals (both micro- and meso-porous), powders and macroscopic objects and to provide mixed metal oxide that may be used in a variety of components of integrated circuits.

Abstract: A method of forming an interconnection, including a spring contact element, by lithographic techniques. In one embodiment, the method includes applying a masking material over a first portion of a substrate, the masking material having an opening which will define a first portion of a spring structure, depositing a structure material (e.g., conductive material) in the opening, and overfilling the opening with the structure material, removing a portion of the structure material, and removing a first portion of the masking material. In this embodiment, at least a portion of the first portion of the spring structure is freed of masking material. In one aspect of the invention, the method includes planarizing the masking material layer and structure material to remove a portion of the structure material. In another aspect, the spring structure formed includes one of a post portion, a beam portion, and a tip structure portion.

Abstract: An improved wire bonding process for copper-metallized integrated circuits is provided by a nickel layer that acts as a barrier against up-diffusing copper. In accordance with the present invention the nickel bath is placed and remains in hydrogen saturation by providing a piece of metal that remains in the nickel plating tank before and during the plating process.

Abstract: To provide superior anti-agglomeration, or tackiness-reducing, properties, one aspect of the invention is directed to coated polymeric particles, with each of the coated particles comprised of a polymeric substrate particle and a block-reducing coating on the surface of the substrate particle. The coating includes polymeric coating particles which advantageously may be in the form of a micro-fine powder. Also disclosed herein is a process for applying the polymeric coating particles onto the polymeric substrate particles, as well as equipment which is especially useful in producing the coated polymeric particles.

Abstract: A gas turbine airfoil has an external surface and an internal passage therethrough. The internal passage is selectively coated by providing a source of a flowable precursor coating material in contact with the internal passage of the airfoil, and providing a coating prevention structure overlying at least a portion of the external surface. The flowable precursor coating material is flowed from the source of the flowable precursor coating material and through the internal passage of the airfoil. The coating prevention structure prevents contact of the flowable precursor coating material with the external surface of the airfoil.

Abstract: Methods of making a coated cemented carbide body include: forming a powder mixture having WC, 5-12 wt % Co, 3-11% cubic carbides of Ta and Ti with a ratio of Ta/Ti is 1.0-4.0; adding N in an amount of 0.6-2.0% of the weight of Ta and Ti; milling and spray-drying the mixture to form a powder; compacting and sintering the powder at a temperature of 1300-1500° C., in a controlled atmosphere of about 50 mbar followed by cooling, whereby a body having a binder phase enriched and essentially gamma-phase free surface zone of 5-50 &mgr;m in thickness is obtained; applying a pre-coating treatment to the body; and appling a hard, wear-resistant coating to the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to high quality composite materials from fibers such as glass, polyaramid or graphite fibers, where the composite incorporates a polymer matrix embedding individual fibers. The composites are lightweight materials displaying enhanced strength and durability. In one aspect, the polymer matrix is a thermoplastic or other polymer type that cannot easily penetrate gaps between individual fibers by typical methods for thermosets. The invention also relates to methods for forming composite materials, where the fiber is exposed to an emulsion including polymer particles having sufficiently small dimensions to allow impregnation into the fiber gaps. Composite sheets and articles are also described, as well as the formation of new composites for porous articles, e.g., ceramics or wood, where a polymer matrix is embedded within the pores.

Abstract: A method for producing a material selected from the group consisting of metal oxide, metal oxynitride and mixtures thereof on a substrate, comprising; reacting a first reactant selected from the group consisting of (R1R2N)xM(═NR3)y, (R4R5N)xM[&eegr;2—R6N═C (R7)(R8)]y and mixtures thereof with an oxidant and up to 95 volume percent of a source of nitrogen selected from the group consisting of ammonia, N2O, NO, NO2, alkyl amines, N2H2, alkyl hydrazine, N2 and mixtures thereof, to produce said material on said substrate, where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are individually C1-6 alkyl, aryl or hydrogen, M═Ta, Nb, W or Mo or mixtures thereof, and when M═Ta or Nb, x=3 and y=1 and when M═W or Mo, y=x=2.

Abstract: The present invention recognizes that the build-up of residue in a metal alloy injection valve used to inject a liquid phosphorous precursor compound is due to the nickel in the alloy affecting the liquid phosphorous precursor compound. The invention thus provides components manufactured of an alloy having a low nickel content, preferably less than 5% nickel, and more preferably less than 1%. In an additional aspect of the invention, the alloy is provided with a higher chromium content, preferably at least 15% chromium, more preferably 16-27%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a form for the rotary machine printing, coating or imprinting of web-shaped materials and a method of producing the form wherein at a carrier having a cylindrical surface area an elastomer layer is attached which after curing at the outer circumference thereof is machined and engaged to result in a cylindrical shape. Furthermore the invention is characterized in that the elastomer layer is formed of a hot cure single-constituent or two-constituent silicone polymer.

Abstract: A fabric paint delivery system includes a container storing fabric paint under nitrogen pressure, the container having an opening for discharge of the paint therethrough; a valve operative for receiving the paint from the opening; a trigger assembly having a nozzle operative for discharging the paint received from the container through the valve, the trigger assembly having a trigger for opening and closing the valve to selectively discharge the paint from an opening of the nozzle as a mist in a spray cone; wherein the trigger is operable by pulling the trigger towards the container using one's index finger for opening the valve and for closing the valve by releasing the trigger.

Abstract: A method for treating a micro-roughened metal surface to improve bonding between the metal surface and a polymer material. The method involves post-treating the micro-roughened conversion coated metal surface with an epoxy resin composition after having formed the micro-roughened conversion coated metal surface with an adhesion promotion composition. The method can be employed in the circuit board industry to improve bonding between innerlayers in a multiplayer circuit board.

Abstract: A method and arrangement using the drive device of a rod coating station to carry axial forces, in which the drive device includes at least a telescopic articulated shaft, at the first end of which is a changeable grooved rod and at the opposite end of which is the shaft of the drive motor. The rotation of the rod creates an axial force, which is cancelled by a counterforce from the articulated shaft side, which is brought to the end of the rod. The counterforce is brought to the rod through the articulated shaft from the drive motor side.

Abstract: A substrate is protected by a multilayer protective coating having an oxide layer, and a phosphate/organic binder layer initially overlying the oxide layer. The multilayer protective coating is cured by first degassing the multilayer protective coating in a pre-cure degassing temperature range of from about 250° F. to about 500° F. for a time of at least about 30 minutes. The multilayer protective coating is thereafter heated to a curing temperature range of from about 1200° F. to about 1400° F. for a time of at least about 30 minutes.

Abstract: Provided are low temperature curing thermosetting epoxy powder coating compositions comprising at least one non-crystalline epoxy resin, at least one crystalline epoxy resin, a curing agent, and a cure catalyst. Coatings made from such powder compositions exhibit a substantial reduction in bubble entrapment, enough to prevent a visible haze from forming in the coating, when cured at low temperatures demanded by brass substrates.

Abstract: A method of reducing wrinkles in fabric is disclosed wherein the method comprises the steps of: A) forming a coating of a carrier and a polymer on a fabric surface, wherein the polymer comprises a polymerized acrylated or methacrylated siloxane having a general formula: {R3SiO1/2}m{O1/2Si(R2)O1/2}n{SiO3/2R}o{SiO4/2}p wherein R is selected from R1 and P; each R1, which can be the same of different, is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; each P is R3[(CbH2bO)zCOCR4═CH2]g; R3 is a polyvalent organic moiety; g is a valency of R3; R4 is hydrogen or methyl; b is 2 to 4; z is 1 to 1000; m+n+p+o is equal to 1 to 100; at least one R is P; n is 1 to 100; n/o is less than 10:1; n/p is less than 10:1; and m is 0 to 10; B) smoothing the fabric surface; and C) removing the carrier from the fabric surface.

Abstract: A cationic, water-soluble polymer is disclosed as a substrate treatment resin (i.e., coating) to improve color-fastness and adhesion of an ink-jet ink printed onto the substrate. More particularly, a 50% solids aqueous solution of a cationic acrylic resin is provided as the printed substrate treatment resin. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the invention resin.

Abstract: Methods are provided for the fabrication of hydrophilic coatings on hydrophobic surfaces. In one embodiment, a polyethylene oxide (PEO) coating is fabricated on the surface of a polymeric material by contacting the surface with a methacrylic acid or acrylic acid monomer. The monomer first is reacted, for example by irradiation with an electron beam, to polymerize and covalently attach the monomer to the surface, to improve the hydrophilicity of the polymeric material. A coating of PEO molecules is subsequently attached to the polymer surface by hydrogen bond complexation. The PEO coating then may be covalently grafted onto the surface, for example, by irradiation grafting with an electron beam. The covalent grafting of a coating of the methacrylic or acrylic monomers to the surface greatly improves the wettability of the surface, and facilitates the covalent or non-covalent attachment of a coating of PEO to the polymer surface.

Abstract: An improved decorated metal slot machine token produced by coating a metal base with a sublimative dye receptive coating, then infusing sublimative decorative dye into the coating under heat and pressure.

Abstract: A process of forming vias in a composition comprising (a) applying a layer of a composition containing (i) a cyanate ester, (ii) a bismaleimide, (iii) a co-curing agent having the structure R1—Ar—R2 wherein Ar is at least one aryl moiety, R1 is at least one unsaturated aliphatic moiety and R2 is at least one glycidyl moiety, (iv) an epoxy resin and, optionally, (v) a free-radical initiator; (b) covering the layer with a mask having windows through which radiation can be transmitted; (c) exposing part of the composition to radiation to at least partially cure it in the exposed areas; (d) removing the non-cured portions of the composition; and (e) completing the cure of the resin compositions.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for injecting gas within a plasma reactor and tailoring the distribution of an active species generated by the remote plasma source over the substrate or wafer. The distribution may be uniform, wafer-edge concentrated, or wafer-center concentrated. A contoured plate or profiler modifies the distribution. The profiler is an axially symmetric plate, having a narrow top end and a wider bottom end, shaped to redistribute the gas flow incident upon it. The method for tailoring the distribution of the active species over the substrate includes predetermining the profiler diameter and adjusting the profiler height over the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides for sequential chemical vapor deposition by employing a reactor operated at low pressure, a pump to remove excess reactants, and a line to introduce gas into the reactor through a valve. A first reactant forms a monolayer on the part to be coated, while the second reactant passes through a radical generator which partially decomposes or activates the second reactant into a gaseous radical before it impinges on the monolayer. This second reactant does not necessarily form a monolayer but is available to react with the monolayer. A pump removes the excess second reactant and reaction products completing the process cycle. The process cycle can be repeated to grow the desired thickness of film.

Abstract: A process for manipulating particles distributed substantially non-uniformly in a plasma of a carrier or reaction gas, wherein Coulomb interaction between the particles is so low that the particles substantially do not form a plasmacrystalline state, and the particles are exposed in a location-selective manner to external adjustment forces and/or the plasma conditions are subjected to a location-selective change to apply at least a portion of the particles onto a substrate surface mask-free and/or subject it to a location-selective plasma treatment in the carrier or reaction gas.

Abstract: A porous article wherein a sulfur containing atomic group is introduced onto at least a part of outer-inner surfaces of the article, a ratio (S/C) of the number of sulfur atoms (S) to the number of carbon atoms (C) on the surface onto which the sulfur containing atomic group is introduced is 7×10−4 or more, a ratio (O/C) of the number of oxygen atoms (O) to the number of carbon atoms (C) on the surface onto which the sulfur containing atomic group is introduced is 0.2 or more, and the ratio (S/C) and the ratio (O/C) are determined by means of an X-ray photoelectron spectrophotometer is disclosed.

Abstract: Isoxazole derivatives of the formula (I) where the symbols and indices have the following meanings, for example: T is X is S or O R1 and R2 are identical or different and are each hydrogen, F, CN or a straight-chain or branched C1-C20-alkyl or C2-C20-alkenyl radical (with or without asymmetric carbon atoms), A1 and A2 are undirected and identical or different and are each phenylene-1,4-diyl, M1 is undirected and is —OC(═O)—, —OCH2—, —SC(═O)—, —SCH2—, —CH2CH2—, —OC(═O)CH2CH2—, —OCH2CH2CH2—, —C≡C—, —(CH2)4— or a single bond; a is 0 or 1, are used in liquid-crystal mixtures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to chiral 1,3-dioxane compounds and diastereomers thereof of the general formula I where R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, and the use of these compounds as chiral dopants for liquid-crystalline systems. The invention further relates to non-polymerizable or polymerizable liquid-crystalline compositions comprising at least one chiral 1,3-dioxane compound of the formula (I) of the invention, the use of these non-polymerizable or polymerizable liquid-crystalline compositions for producing optical components, the use of the polymerizable liquid-crystalline compositions for printing or coating substrates, for preparing dispersions and emulsions, films or pigments and optical components, printed or coated substrates, dispersions and emulsions, films and pigments of this type.

Abstract: An ink jet recording material for a non-aqueous ink, comprising an ink-receiving layer provided on a support and a polymer soluble or swellable in a petroleum type high boiling solvent, wherein the polymer is a liquid rubber.

Abstract: The recording sheet has an ink-receiving layer and an ink permeable layer. The ink permeable layer is arranged on a surface of the ink-receiving layer and includes a filler and a binder. The binder contains as a primary component a water-insoluble polyester resin having a high hydroxyl value in the range of 25 to 65. The ink permeable layer 13 has a significant ink phobicity. The ink permeable layer does not contain a surfactant and is low lipophilic. Thus, when it receives ink containing an organic solvent, the ink does not disperse within the ink permeable layer to provide printed images without bleeding.

Abstract: The present invention provides a protective layer transfer sheet which, when used to thermally transfer a protective layer onto an image-receiving sheet with an image formed thereon, provides a print that does not cause cracking of the protective layer and, even when housed and stored in a vinyl chloride case containing a plasticizer or the like, does not cause the migration of a dye constituting the image to the case, that is, has excellent fastness properties. In a protective layer transfer sheet 7 comprising a substrate sheet 1, a heat-resistant slip layer 3 provided on one side of the substrate sheet 1, and a thermally transferable protective layer 2 releasably provided on at least a part of the surface of the substrate sheet 1 remote from the heat-resistant slip layer 3, the thermally transferable protective layer 2 contains an epoxy resin and, in addition, contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of a butyral resin, an acrylic resin, and an ultraviolet absorber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer tank or tubing made of a thermoplastic, comprising at least one layer comprising a barrier resin, adjacent to at least one layer consisting of a blend comprising at least one polyolefin and at least one functionalized polyolefin, and the said functionalized polyolefin of which comprises functional monomeric units chosen from carboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids and the anhydrides corresponding to the said dicarboxylic acids.

Abstract: A hollow plastic member provided with end caps having holes therein through which wires can pass and be placed under tension so as to provide internal support for said member to reduce deflection of said member when a load is placed thereon and to return said member back within acceptable limits to its original position.

Abstract: A novel composite microtubing with variable stiffness over the length of the tubing and continuous process for manufacturing the same is provided. By removing portions of one or more selected layers of the composite microtubing, varying the pick count of a braided layer, and changing the diameter over the length of the microtubing, the stiffness of the microtubing may be varied by a factor of 100 from proximal end to distal end. The continuous process allows a predetermined stiffness pattern to be repeated over a measured length for economical manufacture and results, if desired, in tubing of extremely small diameter and extremely thin tube walls.

Abstract: By achieving an extruded, foamed core formed from plastic material peripherally surrounded and integrally bonded with a cooperating synthetic, plastic, extruded, outer layer, a unique, multi-component, multi-layer synthetic closure is provided which may be employed as a bottle closure or stopper for any desired product, whether the product is a liquid, a viscous material, or a solid distributed in a bottle or container and dispensed through the open portal of the container neck. The present invention achieves a mass producible, resilient, synthetic bottle closure which is employable for any desired bottle, including wine. By employing the present invention, a multi-component or multi-layer synthetic closure is attained which possesses physical properties substantially equal to or better than the physical properties found in cork material, which has caused such cork material to be the principal closure material for wine bottles.

Abstract: A heat sealable packaging film producing a peelable seal is formed from a blend of 99 to 75 weight percent of a copolyester and 1 to 25 weight percent of an epoxy-containing impact modifying polymer. The copolyester has a diacid component of at least 50 mole percent terephthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, or mixtures thereof and diol component of about 90 to 35 mole percent ethylene glycol and 10 to 65 mole percent of at least one of diethylene glycol or 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol.

Abstract: A thermal interface for facilitating heat transfer from an electronic component to a heat sink. According to a preferred embodiment, the thermal interface comprises a first planar substrate that defines a first continuous peripheral edge, at least a portion of which extends beyond the interface mating surface between the electronic component and heat sink. Formed upon opposed sides, of the substrate are layers of thermally conductive compositions, which preferably comprise certain novel graphitic allotrope compounds. The thermal interface further includes an adhesive deposited upon such portion of the peripheral edge extending beyond the mating surface between the electronic component and heat sink such that the thermal interface may be adhesively secured into position without forming an additional layer at the mating juncture between the electronic component and the heat sink.

Abstract: Adhesive labels are manufactured by cutting windows in an upper layer of a support web (2) through to a lower silicon coated material. Folded leaflets (15) are then adhered by lines of adhesive (11, 12, 13) to the support web (2) and the combination is die-cut to form individual adhesive labels with part of the die-cut folded leaflet extending beyond an edge of a base label formed from the window in the support web. This method of manufacture permits more complex label structures to be constructed without pre-cutting individual base labels.

Abstract: A floatable flat textile structure with embedded, air-filled floating bodies is disclosed. To provide a flat structure that has a high buoyancy, resists damage and can be manufactured cost-effectively, the floating bodies are formed as air-filled ropes made of an air-filled foil, wherein the air-filled ropes are connected by connecting elements.