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A method for producing a binder for inkjet printing inks, the binder containing a hydrophilic-group-containing urethane resin, an acetylene compound, and aqueous medium, the method comprising: step of allowing a polyol containing a hydrophilic-group-containing polyol (a1-1) to react with a polyisocyanate in an organic solvent or in the absence of a solvent and feeding the organic solvent as needed to prepare an organic solvent solution of a hydrophilic-group-containing urethane resin; step of mixing the organic solvent solution with the acetylene compound and the aqueous medium to prepare a mixture; and step of removing part or all of the organic solvent contained in the mixture. step of allowing a polyol containing a hydrophilic-group-containing polyol (a1-1) to react with a polyisocyanate in an organic solvent or in the absence of a solvent and feeding the organic solvent as needed to prepare an organic solvent solution of a hydrophilic-group-containing urethane resin; step of mixing the organic solvent solution with the acetylene compound and the aqueous medium to prepare a mixture; and step of removing part or all of the organic solvent contained in the mixture.
A topical composition for its use in the restructuring of the epidermis or in the treatment of dermatosis by topical application comprising (a) an oil-in-water dispersion or being adapted to form an oil-in-water dispersion after addition of a quantity of water, and (b) an effective amount of at least one salicylic acid derivative of the formula I or a mixture of salicylic acid derivatives of the formula I in which Z is a hydrogen atom or a radical of formula with R a linear or branched alkyl radical with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, in particular with 6 to 14 carbon atoms, said effective amount being at least greater than 0.5% by dry weight of the composition, characterised in that it further comprises at least 0.5% by weight of dedifferentiated and elicited vine plant cells or of a grinding of dedifferentiated and elicited vine plant cells in dry form relative to the total weight of the composition, said dedifferentiated and elicited vine plant cells or said grinding of dedifferentiated and elicited vine plant cells containing at least 0.5% by weight of stilbenes relative to the dry weight of the cells.
A liquid crystal composition exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase, the liquid crystal composition comprising an achiral component T and a chiral dopant, wherein the achiral component T contains, as a first component thereof, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula, wherein R 1 is C 1-10 alkyl in which at least one -CH 2 - is optionally replaced by -O- and at least one -(CH 2) 2 - is optionally replaced by -CH=CH-; ring A 1, ring A 2, ring A 3, ring A 4, ring A 5 and ring A 6 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene, wherein in the 1,4-cyclohexylene at least one -CH 2 - is optionally replaced by -O- and least one-(CH 2) 2 - is optionally replaced by -CH=CH-, and in the 1,4-phenylene at least one -CH= is optionally replaced by -N= and at least one hydrogen is optionally replaced by halogen; Z 1, Z 2, Z 3, Z 4, Z 5, Z 6 and Z 7 are independently a single bond, -(CH 2) 2 -, -COO-, -OCO-, -CF 2 O-, -OCF 2 - or -CH=CH-; X 1 is fluorine, -CF 3 or -OCF 3; Y 1 and Y 2 are independently hydrogen or fluorine; i, j, k, m, n, p and q are independently 0 or 1; and i+j+k+m+n+p+q is 1, 2, 3 or 4, and the chiral dopant has a concentration such that the liquid crystal composition has a pitch of 700 nm or less to exhibit the optically isotropic liquid crystal phase, wherein a ratio of the chiral dopant relative to a total weight of the liquid crystal composition is in a range of 1 wt% to 40 wt%. wherein R 1 is C 1-10 alkyl in which at least one -CH 2 - is optionally replaced by -O- and at least one -(CH 2) 2 - is optionally replaced by -CH=CH-; ring A 1, ring A 2, ring A 3, ring A 4, ring A 5 and ring A 6 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene, wherein in the 1,4-cyclohexylene at least one -CH 2 - is optionally replaced by -O- and least one-(CH 2) 2 - is optionally replaced by -CH=CH-, and in the 1,4-phenylene at least one -CH= is optionally replaced by -N= and at least one hydrogen is optionally replaced by halogen; Z 1, Z 2, Z 3, Z 4, Z 5, Z 6 and Z 7 are independently a single bond, -(CH 2) 2 -, -COO-, -OCO-, -CF 2 O-, -OCF 2 - or -CH=CH-; X 1 is fluorine, -CF 3 or -OCF 3; Y 1 and Y 2 are independently hydrogen or fluorine; i, j, k, m, n, p and q are independently 0 or 1; and i+j+k+m+n+p+q is 1, 2, 3 or 4, and the chiral dopant has a concentration such that the liquid crystal composition has a pitch of 700 nm or less to exhibit the optically isotropic liquid crystal phase, wherein a ratio of the chiral dopant relative to a total weight of the liquid crystal composition is in a range of 1 wt% to 40 wt%.
An integrated process for extracting bioactive compounds from eucalyptus biomass, comprising the following steps: a) selection of leaves of eucalyptus; b) hydrodistillation of the leaves of eucalyptus for the production of an extract with phenolic compounds obtained from the residual water of hydrodistillation, an essential oil of eucalyptus and a hydrodistilled biomass; c) separating the extract with phenolic compounds obtained from the residual water of hydrodistillation, the essential oil of eucalyptus and the hydrodistilled biomass obtained in step b); d) extracting the biomass resulting from step c) and/or eucalyptus bark with the eucalyptus essential oil resulting from step c) until obtaining an extract of triterpene compounds dissolved in eucalyptus essential oil and an extracted biomass; e) hydrodistillation of the extracted biomass resulting from step d) until obtaining an extract with phenolic compounds obtained from the residual water of the hydrodistillation, the eucalyptus essential oil and a hydrodistilled biomass; f) extraction of the biomass resulting from step e) with water and/or with an aliphatic alcohol and/or with mixtures of water and aliphatic alcohols until obtaining an extract of phenolic compounds and a post-extraction biomass. a) selection of leaves of eucalyptus; b) hydrodistillation of the leaves of eucalyptus for the production of an extract with phenolic compounds obtained from the residual water of hydrodistillation, an essential oil of eucalyptus and a hydrodistilled biomass; c) separating the extract with phenolic compounds obtained from the residual water of hydrodistillation, the essential oil of eucalyptus and the hydrodistilled biomass obtained in step b); d) extracting the biomass resulting from step c) and/or eucalyptus bark with the eucalyptus essential oil resulting from step c) until obtaining an extract of triterpene compounds dissolved in eucalyptus essential oil and an extracted biomass; e) hydrodistillation of the extracted biomass resulting from step d) until obtaining an extract with phenolic compounds obtained from the residual water of the hydrodistillation, the eucalyptus essential oil and a hydrodistilled biomass; f) extraction of the biomass resulting from step e) with water and/or with an aliphatic alcohol and/or with mixtures of water and aliphatic alcohols until obtaining an extract of phenolic compounds and a post-extraction biomass.
A method for scanning a sample by means of an X-ray optical system for irradiating the sample with X-rays, comprising the following steps: (a) displacing (404, 414) a measurement point in the sample defined by an optical initial focus of the X-ray optical system in a first scanning direction; (b) detecting radiation exiting from the sample at at least two measurement points along the first scanning direction; (c) assembling measured values which correlate with the detected radiation to form an overall scan, characterised in that the displacement of the measurement point in the sample in the first scanning direction is performed by swivelling the X-ray optical system about a first swivel axis. (a) displacing (404, 414) a measurement point in the sample defined by an optical initial focus of the X-ray optical system in a first scanning direction; (b) detecting radiation exiting from the sample at at least two measurement points along the first scanning direction; (c) assembling measured values which correlate with the detected radiation to form an overall scan,
Flushing arrangement for a water closet, having a toilet bowl which has an inlet and an outlet and, between these, means (8, 20) for generating a pulse by means of which water which is present in a U-bend and forms a stench trap can be accelerated, for a flushing operation, in the direction of the outlet, wherein said means (8, 20) are arranged in the descending region of the toilet bowl, characterized in that said means (8, 20) have a plurality of pulse nozzles and/or at least one annular gap and, during flushing, generate a downwardly directed flow cone (14, 14'), and that said means (8, 20) are arranged in the region of the U-bend water line of the toilet bowl.
A production method of a cyclic polyarylene sulfide by a reaction of a reaction mixture under heating, wherein the reaction mixture includes at least a sulfidizing agent (a), a dihalogenated aromatic compound (b) and an organic polar solvent (c), the reaction mixture having the organic polar solvent (c) of not less than 1.25 liters and not more than 50 liters relative to 1 mol of sulfur content in the reaction mixture, the production method comprising: a process 1 of heating the reaction mixture having an arylene unit of not less than 0.80 mol but less than 1.05 mol per 1 mol of the sulfur content in the reaction mixture and thereby causing the reaction to proceed until 50% or more of the sulfidizing agent (a) in the reaction mixture is consumed for the reaction; subsequent to the process 1, a process 2 of further causing the reaction to proceed under heating after addition of the dihalogenated aromatic compound (b) to have the arylene unit of not less than 1.05 mol and not greater than 1.50 mol per 1 mol of the sulfur content in the reaction mixture, so as to obtain a reaction product including at least a cyclic polyarylene sulfide and a linear polyarylene sulfide; and subsequent to the process 2, a process 3 of performing solid-liquid separation of the reaction product in a temperature range of not higher than a boiling point of the organic polar solvent (c) under ordinary pressure, so as to obtain a filtrate including the cyclic polyarylene sulfide and the organic polar solvent (c). a process 1 of heating the reaction mixture having an arylene unit of not less than 0.80 mol but less than 1.05 mol per 1 mol of the sulfur content in the reaction mixture and thereby causing the reaction to proceed until 50% or more of the sulfidizing agent (a) in the reaction mixture is consumed for the reaction; subsequent to the process 1, a process 2 of further causing the reaction to proceed under heating after addition of the dihalogenated aromatic compound (b) to have the arylene unit of not less than 1.05 mol and not greater than 1.50 mol per 1 mol of the sulfur content in the reaction mixture, so as to obtain a reaction product including at least a cyclic polyarylene sulfide and a linear polyarylene sulfide; and subsequent to the process 2, a process 3 of performing solid-liquid separation of the reaction product in a temperature range of not higher than a boiling point of the organic polar solvent (c) under ordinary pressure, so as to obtain a filtrate including the cyclic polyarylene sulfide and the organic polar solvent (c).
A method for inducing a false twist in a thread, a thread path plane being formed by the largely direct course of the thread through a drafting system to a spinning device in a plan view, and the thread exiting the drafting system at a discharge clamping point formed by a top roller and/or a bottom roller, the thread running between the discharge clamping point and the spinning station across a roller 8) rotating about an axis of rotation at an angle to the thread path plane, the thread therein simultaneously rotating about the longitudinal axis thereof and therein inducing a first false twist in the thread, characterized in that the thread is laterally displaced out of the thread path plane by the roller and the thread is drawn off at an angle from the discharge clamping point and the thread therein clasps around the top roller or the bottom roller after the discharge clamping point such that said roller induces a second false twist in the thread.
A computer-assisted surgical system for performing a knee arthroplasty procedure comprising: a simulation database that contains results of a plurality simulations of patellofemoral and femoral-tibial joint performance for a model of a knee, wherein each simulation models a knee having one of a plurality of hypothetical geometries undergoing a predetermined motion profile; a statistical model comprising a transfer function, computationally created from the simulation database, that predicts knee implant performance based on the preoperative knee geometry and given prosthetic knee implant implantation parameters, including predicting condylar gap uniformity and patellar tracking; a first set of software instructions that instructs one or more processors to receive a plurality of patient images containing at least an image of patient patellofemoral and femoral-tibial joint in a plurality of flexion positions; and a second set of software instructions that instructs the one or more processors to determine recommended knee implant implantation parameters, such that predicted performance for a knee implant meets predetermined post-operative performance criteria including condylar gap uniformity and patellar tracking, and to update a surgical plan to configure the computer-assisted surgical system to assist a surgeon in resecting patient bone to achieve the recommended knee implantation parameters. a simulation database that contains results of a plurality simulations of patellofemoral and femoral-tibial joint performance for a model of a knee, wherein each simulation models a knee having one of a plurality of hypothetical geometries undergoing a predetermined motion profile; a statistical model comprising a transfer function, computationally created from the simulation database, that predicts knee implant performance based on the preoperative knee geometry and given prosthetic knee implant implantation parameters, including predicting condylar gap uniformity and patellar tracking; a first set of software instructions that instructs one or more processors to receive a plurality of patient images containing at least an image of patient patellofemoral and femoral-tibial joint in a plurality of flexion positions; and a second set of software instructions that instructs the one or more processors to determine recommended knee implant implantation parameters, such that predicted performance for a knee implant meets predetermined post-operative performance criteria including condylar gap uniformity and patellar tracking, and to update a surgical plan to configure the computer-assisted surgical system to assist a surgeon in resecting patient bone to achieve the recommended knee implantation parameters.
A blade for a marine turbine rotor, the blade extending in a radial direction and having a convex side, a concave side, a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge being the edge of the blade extending substantially in the radial direction positioned upstream in the direction of the flow of water along the blade, the trailing edge being the edge of the blade opposite the leading edge and positioned downstream in the direction of the flow of water along the blade, at least one portion of the blade having, in transverse section in a cutting plane, a profile having a thick portion and a thin portion, the cutting plane being perpendicular to the radial direction, the thick portion and the thin portion each having a maximum thickness (E1, E2) in a direction perpendicular to the convex side, the maximum thickness of the thick portion being at least four times greater than the maximum thickness of the thin portion, characterized in that: the curved length of the thin portion is comprised between 0.1 times the length of the chord between the leading edge and the trailing edge and 0.9 times the length of said chord, preferably comprised between 0.25 times the length of said chord and 0.9 times the length of said chord; and the profile has, on the concave side, an inflection point and the inflection point substantially corresponds to the delimitation between the thick portion and the thin portion. the curved length of the thin portion is comprised between 0.1 times the length of the chord between the leading edge and the trailing edge and 0.9 times the length of said chord, preferably comprised between 0.25 times the length of said chord and 0.9 times the length of said chord; and the profile has, on the concave side, an inflection point and the inflection point substantially corresponds to the delimitation between the thick portion and the thin portion.
A locally-anchored, self-drilling, deformable, hollow rock bolt for being grouted in a borehole in a rock, said rock bolt comprising: a hollow elongated tube having inner and outer ends and having an axial bore, the inner end of the hollow tube being configured to bear a drill bit; at least one passage configured to permit grout to flow from the axial bore and past an outer peripheral surface of the rock bolt, characterized by axially spaced local anchors (16A-16C, 18,20) including at least one intermediate anchor (16A-16C) provided axially between the drill bit and the outer end of the tube and flanked by two adjacent relatively deformable metal shank segments (22A-22D), an aggregate axial length of the local anchors (16A-16C, 18,20) being of short axial extent when compared to an axial length of the rock bolt, wherein each of the shank segments (22A - 22D) has relatively low anchoring capacity when compared to an anchoring capacity of the local anchors (16A-16C, 18,20) so that each of said shank segments (22A-22D) constrains local rock deformation through elongation thereof, wherein the local anchors (16A-16C, 18,20) and the shank segments (22A-22D) are configured such that the bolt can tolerate an elongation on the order of more than 10% over a 100 mm long section of the bolt while bearing a load equivalent to the yield load of the bolt.
A particle detection sensor (1, 1A), comprising: a light projection system that outputs and focuses light on a detection area; a light reception system that receives scattered light, the scattered light being light from the light projection system that has been scattered by a particle in the detection area; and a first light trap (50, 50A) disposed across the detection area from the light reception system, wherein the first light trap (50, 50A) includes: a first closed space (51, 51A) having a first opening (52, 52A) that opens toward the detection area; and a plurality of wedge-shaped protrusions (115, 115a, 115b, 115c, 115d, 115e, 115f) disposed in the first closed space (51, 51A), the plurality of wedge-shaped protrusions (115, 115a, 115b, 115c, 115d, 115e, 115f) each being a triangular columnar protrusion and including a base and a tip end, and among the plurality of wedge-shaped protrusions (115, 115a, 115b, 115c, 115d, 115e, 115f), the farther a wedge-shaped protrusion is located from the detection area, the less a distance between the base and the tip end of the wedge-shaped protrusion is, and the farther a wedge-shaped protrusion is located from the detection area, the farther away from the detection area the protruding direction of the wedge-shaped protrusion leads. a light projection system that outputs and focuses light on a detection area; a light reception system that receives scattered light, the scattered light being light from the light projection system that has been scattered by a particle in the detection area; and a first light trap (50, 50A) disposed across the detection area from the light reception system, wherein the first light trap (50, 50A) includes: a first closed space (51, 51A) having a first opening (52, 52A) that opens toward the detection area; and a plurality of wedge-shaped protrusions (115, 115a, 115b, 115c, 115d, 115e, 115f) disposed in the first closed space (51, 51A), the plurality of wedge-shaped protrusions (115, 115a, 115b, 115c, 115d, 115e, 115f) each being a triangular columnar protrusion and including a base and a tip end, and a first closed space (51, 51A) having a first opening (52, 52A) that opens toward the detection area; and a plurality of wedge-shaped protrusions (115, 115a, 115b, 115c, 115d, 115e, 115f) disposed in the first closed space (51, 51A), the plurality of wedge-shaped protrusions (115, 115a, 115b, 115c, 115d, 115e, 115f) each being a triangular columnar protrusion and including a base and a tip end, and among the plurality of wedge-shaped protrusions (115, 115a, 115b, 115c, 115d, 115e, 115f), the farther a wedge-shaped protrusion is located from the detection area, the less a distance between the base and the tip end of the wedge-shaped protrusion is, and the farther a wedge-shaped protrusion is located from the detection area, the farther away from the detection area the protruding direction of the wedge-shaped protrusion leads.
A solution comprising a copolymer and a solvent mixture, wherein the solvent mixture comprises water and 50 wt% to 95 wt% lower alcohols, wherein a lower alcohol is either isopropanol, ethanol, n-propanol, or butanol, wherein the solids content is 3 wt% to 40 wt%, and wherein the copolymer comprises: a) vinyl acetate; and b) isopropenyl acetate; wherein the copolymer is greater than 90 mol% hydrolyzed, preferably greater than 95 mol% hydrolyzed, more preferably greater than 99 mol% hydrolyzed, wherein the degree of hydrolysis is measured according to the method described in the description; and wherein the molar ratio of isopropenyl alcohol in the copolymer is 10 mol% to 50 mol%. a) vinyl acetate; and b) isopropenyl acetate;