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A method for operating a multi-family / commercial plumbing system includes sensing an event and recording for each sensed event at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of date, day of the week, start time, duration of the event, water flow, water temperature, and humidity. The parameters are analyzed to determine a pattern and thereafter water flow, circulation, water temperature, and water use are controlled in accordance with the determined pattern.

The invention relates to devices incorporating thin, lightweight electrochemical cells and their method of manufacture, whereby a thin flexible pouch-type cell (1) comprises at least one pair of overlying electrode layers separated from one another by an intermediate electrolyte layer (13), the cell exterior being defined by first and second laminated sheets (3, 9) sealed together, wherein each laminated sheet (3, 9) has an outermost layer (3a, 9a) forming a respective external face of the cell (1) and a coextensive, innermost, conductive layer (3b, 9b) that acts as a current collector layer (3b, 9b) and which supports an electrode layer (5, 11), although the conductive layer may also itself act as the active electrode layer.

A method of operating a plumbing system having a circulating pump includes sensing activation of the pump and recording for each sensed activation at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of date, day of the week, start time, duration of pump activation, hot water flow, and temperature and cold water flow in temperature. The parameters are analyzed to determine a pattern of pump activity and thereafter the pump is activated in accordance with the determined pattern.

A water sensor and alarm system for storage water heaters comprising an alarm housing, embedded battery, annunciator, and two bottom exposed fluid sensors separated by a stand-off. The system is designed for prompt owner notification when fluid is detected adjacent to a hot water heater tank. Notification is audible, and optionally may be in the form of remote notification, such as but not limited to a signal transmitted to the home security device connected to a 24-hour security monitoring network, or a smart phone, tablet, or other smart device. The alarm housing can be easily and quickly mounted to the side of the water heater tank. Ultra low power consumption is an important benefit provided by the alarm system, which continues during low battery warnings and water detection alarming. Also, the audible alarm may optionally include a boost circuit to amplify annunciator loudness, but at a tradeoff with conserving power.

An evaporative cooling system includes a primary cooling unit that utilizes a cooling fluid flowing through a primary heat exchange medium to cool supply air flowing past the primary heat exchange medium, a bleed line and a secondary cooling unit disposed upstream of the primary cooling unit with respect to a flow direction of the supply air. The primary cooling unit includes a supply line for supplying the cooling fluid to the primary heat exchange medium, a reservoir for collecting the cooling fluid supplied to the primary heat exchange medium, and a pump for recirculating the cooling fluid collected in the reservoir back to the supply line. The bleed line bleeds a portion of the recirculating cooling fluid from the primary cooling unit. The secondary cooling unit includes a secondary heat exchange medium that receives the cooling fluid bled from the primary cooling unit through the bleed line.

The present invention discloses composition and methods for reducing the weight loss and / or preserving the natural gloss of post-harvest edible plant matter. In particular, the methods comprising applying to the surface of the plant matter a composition comprising an edible wax having a melting temperature below 70° C.; a hydrocolloid; a fatty acid; an emulsifier; and water, wherein said edible wax is present in a weight percent ranging from about 10% to about 25% of the total weight of the composition.

The invention discloses a method for restoring and improving uranium tailing residues-contaminated soil, the employed materials comprise Aeschynomene indica, Miscanthus floridulus and Imperatacylindrica, plant ash and cow dropping, the plant ash is made by burning the Miscanthus floridulus and the Imperatacylindrica. The plant ash and the cow dropping is formulated into a mixed fertilizer in accordance with a proportion to be fertilized in a plant ditch that is built in uranium tailing residues-contaminated region, the three plants of the Aeschynomene indica, the Miscanthus floridulus and the Imperatacylindrica are planted in groups in the plant ditch. By using the method, dense vegetation can be constructed in a very short time to prominently increase soil nitrogen, organic matters and pH value, and meanwhile, the soil root density is increased and the content of soil water-soluble uranium is reduced obviously. The method has the advantages of simple operation, low cost, good efficiency of preventing the uranium from transfer and diffusion, and beautifying the environment. The technique can be used in reconstructing vegetation in a degraded ecosystem of mines and greening expressways.

An electrochemical cell having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte is dosed with an additive which acts on the negative electrode to reduce electrolysis and, hence, water consumption of the cell during the course of operation of the cell, in particular when the cell is in a state of overcharge. The additive is arranged to reduce the flow of current between the electrodes when a potential ordinarily sufficient to cause electrolysis of the electrolyte is applied across the electrodes. The additive typically coats the negative electrode to form a barrier in conjunction with gas bubbles evolving from the negative electrode in order to reduce the flow of current to the electrode and / or a reduction in the flow of ions to the negative electrode and / or gas bubbles flowing from the negative electrode.

The invention discloses an anti-inflammation and allergy-relieving repair composition and a preparation method and an application thereof. The composition consists of a cactus extract, an oat bran extract, a sophorae flavescentis extract, an ophiopogon japonicus root extract, a peony root extract, a scutellaria baicalensis root extract, butanediol, pentanediol and water. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1) preparing a sophorae flavescentis extract solution; 2) carrying out super-high pressure homogenization of the cactus extract, the oat bran extract, the ophiopogon japonicus root extract, the peony root extract, the scutellaria baicalensis root extract, butanediol and pentanediol to obtain a plant extract mixed solution; and 3) carrying out mixing, super-high pressurehomogenization and filtration of the plant extract mixed solution and the sophorae flavescentis extract solution. The anti-inflammation and allergy-relieving repair composition has anti-inflammatory,anti-allergic and analgesic effects, can enhance skin barrier function, enhances the skin self-protection ability, effectively repairs inflammatory skin, especially skins suffered from hormone-dependent dermatitis and cannot produce drug resistance, dependence and side effects after being used for a long time.

The invention relates to the technical field of cosmetics, and in particular relates to a composition and an application of the composition in the preparation of the moisturizing cosmetic. In a formula provided by the invention, the components cooperate with one another, and jointly achieve the effect of improving moisture content of skin and reducing moisture dissipation of skin. The effect is significantly improved when being compared with the effects achieved by independently using the certain component or the several components, which illustrates that the components compounded in a proper proportion generate the synergistic effect, and thus the moisturizing effect is improved.

The invention relates to a hydrogel woundplast containing traditional Chinese medicine extracts and a preparation method thereof. The hydrogel woundplast comprises a back lining layer, a medicated hydrogel layer and a stripping layer. The preparation method comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing the following components in percentage by weight: 0.5-4.0% of chitosan, 1.0-3.0% of polyvinyl alcohol, 0.2-1.0% of gelatin, 1.0-3.0% of glycerol, 0.5-2.5% of menthol, 0.2-1.0% of coptis extract, 1.0-2.5% of honeysuckle flower extract, 15-25% of anhydrous ethanol and 50-80% of distilled water; performing cyclic refrigerating-melting treatment to obtain the medicated hydrogel layer; bonding the back lining layer on one side of the hydrogel layer; and bonding the stripping layer on the other side of the hydrogel layer. The hydrogel woundplast containing traditional Chinese medicine extracts is simple in structure and convenient to use, and can absorb wound surface exudates and keep wound wetness; and meanwhile, the hydrogel woundplast has the effects of resisting bacteria, diminishing inflammation and stopping bleeding, and can effectively accelerate wound healing.

The invention discloses a full-branch grafting method for a fruit tree and belongs to the technical field of agriculture. The method comprises the following steps: (1), scion selection and storage, wherein the scions are collected and are subjected to moisture-holding storage at a low temperature after being sealed by wax; (2), old tree shaping, wherein the tree is shaped at the height of 2.5-3.5 m, unwanted side branches are removed, and 3-5 important main branches are reserved; (3), punching, wherein punching is performed at the smooth part of a selected big tree trunk or a principle branch side surface with the scion interval of 19-21 cm; (4), grafting, wherein the well cut scion is inserted into a stock notch by the right hand to reach an extent that the lower end of the scion is propped against the bottom of the stock notch, and the scion and the stock are in alignment and close contact on two surfaces; (5), binding up, wherein a layer of mulching film plastic cloth is bound up at the scion part, and two layers bound up at the non-scion part; and processes such as bud picking, water fertilizing, wind protection, disbranching, spraying and insect prevention are carried out after grafting. According to the invention, the grafting technology has the advantage that the fruit bearing area of the old tree is increased, and also has the advantages of high survival rate, thriving tree vigour, high yield, quickness in shaping, simplicity in maintenance and the like.

Abstract of the DisclosureAn ampoule contains a solution, e.g. an inhalation or injectable pharmaceutical, and an outer surface of the ampoule is coated with a metal or metal compound so as to reduce moisture egress from the ampoule and reduce contamination of ampoule contents from external sources. Labels are easily applied to the coating.

The invention discloses a multipurpose vegetable cutting mechanism and a multifunctional vegetable cutting machine and belongs to the technical field of vegetable cutting machines. According to the multipurpose vegetable cutting mechanism, an inclined vegetable guiding opening is formed between a vegetable baffle and a slicing knife fixing part which is horizontally provided with a slicing knife located on a vegetable inlet of the vegetable guiding opening, and a secondary vegetable cutting cavity is formed below a vegetable outlet of the vegetable guiding opening; a blade assembly is installed below a vegetable hopper, and a horizontal movement starting point and an end point of the slicing knife are located on the two sides of a vegetable entrance of the vegetable hopper respectively; longitudinal shredding knifes which are vertically arranged and located on the vegetable inlet of the vegetable guiding opening are selectively installed on the vegetable baffle; transverse shredding knifes which are horizontally arranged and used in cooperation with a cutting-off chopping board are selectively installed in the secondary vegetable cutting cavity. The invention further discloses the multifunctional vegetable cutting machine. On the basis that the principle of the cutting mechanism and the cutting machine is similar to that of manual vegetable cutting, vegetables are fast cut off, vegetable fiber texture is kept intact, the cut vegetables taste good, and the problem that vegetables are seriously extruded when the vegetables are shredded and cut into blocks through single procedures is solved in the aspect of the principle.

The invention discloses a two-in-one nourishing and moisturizing bath composition, which comprises the following ingredients (by weight): 40-70% of an oily component, 15-40% of a surfactant, 1-10% ofan emollient, 0.01-5% of a nutritional component and 0.01-5% of a stabilizer. The composition of the invention is mild, has low level of irritation, has good foam, is nourishing and moisturizing, is moisturizing and soft during bathing, and will not have sticky feeling. Through reasonable matching of selected natural oil, MIPA-laureth sulfate and lauryl polyoxyethylene (4), bathing sticky feelingof an oily bath product is improved. The selected sunflower seed oil and caprylic / capric triglyceride have nourishing and moisturizing, antioxidation and skin repairing and barrier functions. Througha reasonable proportion of the emollient, irritation caused by anionic and nonionic surfactants used in the product is greatly reduced. A hydrophilic film is formed on the epidermis, thus greatly raising skin barrier function. With the protective film while cleaning and through lots of oil, the skin is provided with a nourishing and soft feeling.

The invention provides a tobacco humectant. The tobacco humectants is the compound 3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxyflavone-3-rue glucoside and is used for moisturizing cigarettes, tobacco shreds and tobacco sheets. 3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxyflavone-3-rue glucoside is a polyphenol glycoside compound in tobacco and is one of important fragrance precursors affecting the quality of flue-cured tobacco. A series of substances generated through degradation in the curing and mellowing processes can provide the tobacco with a graceful fragrance and increase the fragrance amount, and particularly glycogen generated through the degradation can increase the feeling of liquid engendering and sweet after taste. 3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxyflavone-3-rue glucoside is a tobacco endogenesis compound, and is coordinate with the tobacco fragrance, free of the safety problem of adding tobacco exogenous substrates and obvious in physical and sense organ moisturizing effect.

The invention relates to a planting soil water retaining agent for slope greening ecological restoration and a preparation method thereof. The water retaining agent is environmentally friendly, free of toxicity, wide in raw material source, low in cost, simple and feasible in process, capable of reducing soil moisture loss significantly, high in storage and water retention capacity, good in salt absorption effect, excellent in degradation performance and free of pollution. Zeolite has increased internal surface area, strong adsorption and enhanced colloidal property after subject to acidification, and can effectively adsorb heavy metals and radioactive wastes in the soil; guar gum is alkalized to facilitate subsequent cross-linking reaction; humic acid can improve the fertility of the soiland promote the growth of plants on the soil to achieve the effect of ecological restoration and greening; the sodium carbonate not only acts as a porogen to improve the porous structure of a copolymer, but also increases the pH of a system and increases sodium ions in the system, and the polymerization and graft ratio between the humic acid and acrylic acid, acrylamide, vegetable fiber and starch is increased.

The invention discloses a method for interplanting wheat in a paddy field. The method includes the steps of firstly, preparing composite organic fertilizer; secondly, preprocessing seeds; thirdly, removing water before the harvest of paddy rice; fourthly, sowing wheat seeds; fifthly, harvesting the paddy rice; sixthly, spraying EM fermentation broth after the harvest of the paddy rice; seventhly, spreading the composite organic fertilizer 5-10 days after the EM fermentation broth is sprayed; eighthly, checking seedlings and filling gaps with seedlings; ninthly, managing fertilizer; and tenthly, carrying out weeding. The method has the advantages that the wheat is interplanted in the paddy field, so that high yield of the paddy rice and the wheat is achieved, and problems of conflict between rice straw field-returning and wheat sowing seasons and quality and the like are solved effectively; meanwhile, use amount of the organic fertilizer is reduced, and resource recycling is achieved; and the method is capable of reducing soil moisture loss, is ecological and environment friendly, is stable and high in yield, and is capable of modifying soil, saving cost and increasing yield. The main advantage of the method is that the yield of the wheat produced by using the method of the invention is increased by 8-12% as compared with that of the wheat produced by using a conventional planting method.

An evaporative cooling system includes a primary cooling unit that utilizes a cooling fluid flowing through a primary heat exchange medium to cool supply air flowing past the primary heat exchange medium, a bleed line and a secondary cooling unit disposed upstream of the primary cooling unit with respect to a flow direction of the supply air. The primary cooling unit includes a supply line for supplying the cooling fluid to the primary heat exchange medium, a reservoir for collecting the cooling fluid supplied to the primary heat exchange medium, and a pump for recirculating the cooling fluid collected in the reservoir back to the supply line. The bleed line bleeds a portion of the recirculating cooling fluid from the primary cooling unit. The secondary cooling unit includes a secondary heat exchange medium that receives the cooling fluid bled from the primary cooling unit through the bleed line. By either pumping or wicking, any excess bleed fluid is refed to the secondary heat exchange medium, or directed to a tertiary heat exchange medium, to enable complete evaporation of the bled fluid.

The invention discloses a lip-pluming and moistening lipstick and a preparation method thereof. The lipstick comprises the following materials in parts by weight: 15 parts of olive squalane, 8.5 partsof jojoba ester, 8 parts of C10-30 acid cholesterol / lanosterol mixed ester, 8 parts of hydrogenated castor oil dimer linoleate, 5 parts of mineral oil, 5 parts of jojoba seed oil, 5 parts of meadowfoam seed oil, 5 parts of diisostearyl malate, 5 parts of isononyl isononanoate, 5 parts of phytosterol / octyldodecanol acyl glutamate, 4 parts of polyethylene, 3 parts of candelilla wax, 3 parts of polyglycerol-2 triisostearate, 2.5 parts of beeswax, 2.5 parts of ozocerite, 2 parts of ceramide 3, 0.5 parts of tocopherol, 3 parts of a first skin-conditioning agent, 2 parts of a second skin-conditioning agent, 2 parts of a third skin-conditioning agent, 1 part of a fourth skin-conditioning agent, and 0.5 parts of an antioxidant. The lipstick can make the lips more plump, smooth and firm, and mildand non-irritating, and has no side effects on the human body.

The invention relates to an air separator capable of separating tobacco stems from tobacco shreds in a multi-level manner, particularly relates to threshing and air separating equipment used in threshing and redrying procedures, and belongs to the technical field of tobacco processing equipment. The air separator capable of separating the tobacco stems from the tobacco shreds in the multi-level manner comprises a plurality of air separator bodies. The air separator bodies work independently and are serially connected with one another to form the air separator, and materials which do not meet requirements can be directly conveyed into a feed inlet of a next air separator body from a discharge outlet of a previous air separator body via a conveying mesh belt mounted in the previous air separator body, and then are subjected to secondary air separation; the materials can be continuously and repeatedly separated in different levels owing to separation bins in the different air separator bodies which work independently, separation air pressures with different air powers, different air speeds, different dimensions of the various separation bins, different material flow rates and different speeds of the conveying mesh belts. The air separator has the advantages of high efficiency, low energy consumption and simple structure, and material loss is low in a processing procedure.

A microporous silica-filled polyolefin separator (80) has a material composition that includes a fraction of cured rubber powder exhibiting low or no porosity. The cured rubber powder is a material derived from one or both of passenger and truck tires. The cured rubber powders exhibit the properties of increasing hydrogen evolution overpotential on the negative lead electrode and of decreasing the effect of antimony deposited on the negative electrode of the lead-acid battery. Incorporation of these cured rubber powders into the formulation of a microporous silica-filled polyethylene separator results in improved electrochemical properties in deep-cycle lead-acid batteries.

The invention discloses a feeding mode of a white feather broiler, and provides a feeding mode of three stages of pellet feeds, mash feeds and middlings pellet feeds suitable for the white feather broiler. In a brooding period, the pellet feeds of high nutritional level and high digestive absorption utilization rate are provided, the development of digestive organs and immune systems of chicks ispromoted, weight reaching a standard at the age of 7-day is ensured, anti-stress and anti-disease abilities in the middle and later growth periods are enhanced, and the use of medicines is reduced; inthe middle growth period, mash feeds are provided for the chicks, the establishment of intestinal flora is promoted, the coordinated development of cardiovascular systems, skeletal systems and visceral organs is ensured, and the weight reaching the standard at the age of 4-week is ensured; in the later growth period, digestible and absorbable middlings particles of nutrients are provided, the chicks are slaughtered at the age of 44-day, the weight of a gizzard of each of the chicks can be increased by 5-15 grams, the weight of the gizzard with peel can reach 34 grams, the weight of the slaughtered chick is 2950-3050 grams, the proportion of the feeds and meat is 1.5-1.55:1, death and culling rate is reduced by 1-2%, survival rate can reach 94-99%, and breeding benefits is effectively increased by 1.5 CNY / chick above.

A hydroponic growing device having a transparent dome positioned over a transparent propagation tray contained within an opaque catch tray and a locking mechanism for rigidly connecting the transparent dome with the transparent propagation tray and the catch tray.

The invention relates to plant extract with anti-allergy, anti-inflammation and post-basking repairing functions as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The plant extract is prepared by taking a rice fermented solution, a parslane herb extracting solution, a radix sophorae extracting solution and a chondrus crispus extract as raw materials and mixing at a proper weight ratio. The prepared plant extract has good anti-inflammation and swelling-resisting effects, and the swelling inhibition rate reaches 69.33 percent; the plant extract has anti-allergy and skin relaxing effects and also has the effects of reducing skin moisture loss and repairing skin barriers; the plant extract can be used for supplementing moisture and moisturizing, warming skin and alleviating skin redness, has a repairing effect on post-basking skin and has no side effect; the plant extract can be used as an additive with the anti-allergy, anti-inflammation and post-basking repairing functions, and has a wide application prospect.

The invention provides a melastoma dodecandrum lour planting method, and particularly relates to the technical field of plant cultivation. The method adopts a mode for planting melastoma dodecandrum by using a seedling solution for rooting culture of cutting strips. Firstly, the cutting strips are placed and soaked in rooting water, cultivating and rooting are conducted with the seedling solution,field planting is conducted in a planting field, when water and fertilizer management is carried out, a vine enhancing agent and a fruit promoting agent are sprayed at the right time, the rooting rate of the cutting strips is over 98%, the total flavonoid content of active ingredients of a plant is above 35mg / g, which makes fruits have a heavy weight, enough sweetness and high yield, the shelf life of fresh fruits is prolonged to more than 20 days, so that the fresh fruits keep the original taste and freshness and do not easily rot, and the planting method is green, environmentally friendly,easy to operate, convenient to manage and suitable for scale and industrialization popularization.

The invention discloses a non-phosphorus water-retaining agent for a prefabricated meat product, the prefabricated meat product and a preparation method of the non-phosphorus water-retaining agent. The non-phosphorus water-retaining agent comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 33%-38% of sodium bicarbonate, 4%-7% of L-malic acid, 24%-27% of sodium citrate, 16%-20% of sodium carbonate, and 10%-15% of edible salt. The non-phosphorus water-retaining agent for the prefabricated meat product is prepared by adopting and compounding the materials of sodium bicarbonate, L-malic acid, sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and edible salt; the water holding capacity of the meat product is remarkably improved; the yield of the meat product is increased, the loss of water of the meat product in the processes of processing, low-temperature storage and unfreezing is prevented; the non-phosphorus water-retaining agent does not comprise phosphorus, so that the problem that phosphorus of the meat product exceeds the standard because of the addition of a phosphate water-retaining agent in the prior art is effectively avoided.

The invention provides a constant temperature fresh-keeping device comprising a cold storage liner. The cold storage liner is internally provided with a fruit and vegetable box shelf component, and afresh-keeping chamber is arranged below the fruit and vegetable box shelf component, and comprises an air duct cover plate and a drawer component; the air duct cover plate is fixed to the inner rear side wall of the cold storage liner, and a thermostatic control component is arranged above the drawer component, and comprises a cold storage material holder which is internally provided with cold storage materials; and an inner cavity of the drawer component can be subjected to thermostatic control through the thermostatic control component. According to the constant temperature fresh-keeping device provided by the invention, through the circulation process that the cold storage materials absorb and release cold continuously, the temperature fluctuation of the fresh-keeping chamber is reduced, and the fresh-keeping effect is improved; the water loss of food is reduced while the temperature fluctuation of the fresh-keeping chamber is reduced; and the food freshness is maintained. The constant temperature fresh-keeping device provided by the invention is simple in structure and easy to install, and the cold storage materials are easy to replace, and has no disturbance to airflow in thefresh-keeping chamber of an air-cooled refrigerator.