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The invention relates to methods of coloring the hair with cluster-modified water and the ability to achieve enhanced color and conditioning for the hair that is color-treated. The cluster-modified water can be ionized water such as alkalinic or acidic water, or structured water such as I or S water. In addition, the cluster-modified water can be applied to the hair as a pre-saturating treatment and / or a post-saturating treatment relative to the hair color treatment process. Additional benefits of the present invention are the ability to minimize the use of harsh chemicals and dyes while still achieving an enriched color, and increased softness and smoothness to the color-treated hair. The present invention can also be used with mordanting salts. The present invention also includes a hair coloring kit including the cluster-modified water for post-saturating and / or pre-saturating the hair.

The present invention relates to dry particulate encapsulation compositions comprising a water-insoluble matrix comprising at least 70% by weight of proteins, based on the total weight of the matrix and a moisture content of about 5 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the matrix and an encapsulate encapsulated in the matrix, wherein the matrix once wetted in a clear colorless aqueous solution or in mineral oil has a lightness value (L*) greater than about 40, a color vividness or Chroma (C*) lower than about 33 and a hue angle between about 70 and 90. The encapsulation compositions of the present invention are useful in encapsulating dyes, medications and vitamins. Fine particulate encapsulation compositions comprising natural dyes can be used in lieu of artificial lakes in confectionery, cosmetics and caplets color coatings.

Keratin fibers are colored by an agent comprising a coupler which is a m-phenylenediamine derivative of the formula (I) wherein R1 is a C1-C4 alkyl group or a C1-C4 monohydroxyalkyl group; R2 is a methyl or an ethyl group; each of R3 and R4 is independently a branched or unbranched C2-C6 hydroxyalkyl group; and a cosmetically acceptable carrier. These couplers exhibit improved toxicological and dermatological properties and permit hair colorations in a broad color spectrum with good fastness properties.

A vehicular marker lamp such as a tail and stop lamp, including a translucent member extending substantially along a translucent cover which is red and transparent with first light-emitting diodes in the back and second light-emitting diodes near the side end of the cover. The translucent member has a direct light-emitting region that transmits light, which is incident to the translucent member from the first light-emitting diodes, toward the front, and indirect light-emitting regions that internally reflect light, which is incident to the translucent member from the second light-emitting diodes, so as to emit such light toward the front. The direct light-emitting region is a red transparent region, and the indirect light-emitting regions are colorless transparent regions, thus allowing the appearances of the direct and indirect light-emitting regions to be significantly different from each other when the lamp is lit.

Composition with improved fabric and colour care benefits. The composition comprises dye transfer inhibitor(s) and a silicone. The compositions are suitable for use in laundry treatment processes for improving the colour vibrancy of the fabrics.

The invention is directed to compositions and methods for the manufacture of pigmented solids structures for which can be used for construction and / or decoration. Manufacturing comprises fixing one or more pigments to an aggregate material such as crushed rock, stone or sand. The pigmented aggregate is incubated with urease or urease producing microorganisms, an amount of a nitrogen source such as urea, and an amount of calcium source such as calcium chloride forming calcite bridges between particles of aggregate. The resulting solid has a hardness and colorfastness for most any construction material. Using selected aggregate and pigment, the process also provides for the manufacture of simulated-stone materials such as clay or granite bricks or blocks, marble counter-tops, and more. The invention is also directed to composition containing microorganisms and pigment as kits that can be added to most any aggregate materials.

The invention belongs to the in vitro clinical diagnosis reagent field and specifically relates to a dry chemistry test paper which quantitatively determines the activity of alanine aminotransferase in human body; the dry chemistry test paper consists of an upper and a lower supporting layers in long-belt-shapes; a loading hole, a substrate layer, a visualization layer and a test hole are provided in a test area from top to bottom; the substrate layer can adopt the materials such as glass fibre, filter paper and non-woven fabrics and is soaked with reagents such as a substrate; the visualization layer is composed of various filter papers, non-woven fabrics or synthetic film and is soaked with reagents such as chromogen. A sample penetrates into the substrate layer through the loading hole and flows to a sample surface of the visualization layer; a liquid with detected ingredients penetrates to a detecting surface; the color of chromogen is changed under chemical reaction; the liquid penetrates through the test hole on the lower supporting layer and reaches the detecting surface of the visualization layer; the photodensity of the liquid can be determined on the detecting surface. The test paper is used to rapidly test the activity of alanine aminotransferase in whole blood, serum or plasma in the human body, which is one of important indexes of the detection of liver function.

Thermal inkjet inks having at least about 4 percent by weight pigment, a dispersant having moieties of methacrylic acid, poly(propylene glycol)-4-nonylphenyl ether acrylate and poly(ethylene glycol)2,4,6-tris-(1-phenylethyl)phenyl) ether methacrylate; a humectant and a surfactant, preferably ethoxylated 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl 5 decyn-4,7-diol.

A compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is a protecting group for Nα, R2 is a protecting group for NG, and R3 is aryl, and wherein the compound of formula (I) is a trypsin substrate such that trypsin cleaves the O—C single bond, which liberates R3—OH; a diagnostic device comprising same; a method for preparing the diagnostic device; and a method of using the diagnostic device to detect levels of urinary trypsin inhibitor in a biological sample; and a diagnostic kit for detecting levels of urinary trypsin inhibitor in a biological sample.

A method for forming substantially white anodized aluminum oxide on an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate is provided. A porous aluminum oxide layer is formed on the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate by anodization in an acid electrolyte. Following formation of the anodized porous layer of aluminum oxide, the aluminum / aluminum alloy substrate is sequentially immersed in at least two reaction material solutions. The two or more reaction materials react to deposit a substantially white pigment material in the pores of the anodized aluminum oxide.

An erasable colored lead is produced from a composition including a filler material, a coloring agent, an alginate as a bonding agent and at least one triglyceride derived from at least one fatty acid having 10 to 20 C-atoms.

The invention provides a method for amplifying colloidal gold immunochromatographic colorimetric signal intensity. The method comprises the following steps: closing a gold-labelled antibody by using amantadine marked bovine serum albumin to obtain a gold-labelled antibody I; synthesizing colloidal gold nanoparticles by using beta-cyclodextrin to obtain a beta-cyclodextrin coated colloidal gold solution; after adding a to-be-tested sample into a system which executes double-antibody sandwich colloidal gold immunochromatography by using the gold-labelled antibody I, adding the beta-cyclodextrincoated colloidal gold solution; and adding a mixed solution of 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-carboxyl phenyl)porphyrin and the beta-cyclodextrin coated colloidal gold solution into the system repeatedly for manytimes. According to the method, net-shaped nano-gold is formed by utilizing supermolecular self-assembling principle mediation and circular signal amplification is realized, so that the developing intensity of the god nanoparticles on a detection line and a quality control line is greatly improved and the aim of performing on-site rapid detection on a target detection object with ultralow concentration can be fulfilled. The invention also provides a high-sensitivity kit applied to colloidal gold immunochromatography.

The invention provides a method for inhibiting color fading in color-treated keratinous fibers, which method includes treating the keratinous fibers with a color-fade inhibiting-effective effective amount of a monoalkyl quaternary ammonium salt. The invention also provides a method for enhancing the intensity of color in color-treated keratinous fibers, which method includes treating the keratinous fibers with a color intensity enhancing effective amount of an alkyl a quaternary ammonium salt. Additionally provided are products for inhibiting the fading of color and increasing the intensity of color in color-treated keratinous fibers.

Device for treating keratin fibers, which comprises a vibration generator and a vibration transmitter, in which the vibration transmitter is secured on the hair during the treatment, and in which vibrations are transmitted to the keratin fibers in this clamped position during the treatment.

This invention relates to the deposition of particulate benefit agents onto keratin-containing substrates such that the deposited particulates are resistant to removal by exposure to surfactants or cleansing agents. The deposition is accomplished by sequentially treating the substrate with a cationic composition followed by treatment with an anionic particulate benefit agent.

A device, computer-readable medium or method for adjusting pixels of a source image prior to being output to a display device comprising: segmenting the pixels of the source image into spatial groups; assigning an adjustment method to each pixel in a group; creating an adjustment matrix set with rows (or columns) corresponding to the plurality of adjustment methods, and columns (or rows) corresponding to a range of pixel values that exceed a discrete output device value, and adjustment values as entries; receiving a pixel of the source image in a graphics processing unit (GPU) and using the GPU to: determine the pixel's relative location in its spatial group and its corresponding adjustment method; determine the range of pixel values that the value of the pixel exceeds a discrete output device value: select an adjustment value from the adjustment matrix set; and adjust the value of the pixel by the adjustment value.

The invention concerns a pigment preparation based on C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, containing 0.1% to 50% by weight, based on the weight of C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, of at least one pigment dispersant from the group of monoazo or disazo pigments substituted with at least one sulfonic acid group, characterized in that it has a chroma C greater than 53 in the CIELAB system in a solventborne alkyd melamine varnish comprising a 6.7% by weight concentration of the pigment preparation, and / or in that it has a chroma C greater than 35 in the CIELAB system in an aqueous base varnish system in a white reduction comprising a 0.2% by weight concentration of the pigment preparation in white reduction.

The present invention relates to a polymer, and a composition containing a particulate solid, an aqueous medium, and a polymer chain having at least one fused aromatic imide pendant group. The invention further provides compositions for millbases, dispersions, coatings and inks.

The invention relates to solid or liquid universal pigment compounds, consisting of at least one pigment and one resin, their production process, and their utilization in paints, varnishes, adhesives, inks, or printing colors.

The invention relates to a process for preparing iron blue with fantastic color effect, and belongs to preparation of strong interference pigments of multi-coated laminar base materials. Ferrous cyanide, trivalent ferric salt and transparent laminar base material are used as raw materials in the iron blue pigment with fantastic color effect; and the process comprises the following steps of: continuously stirring the raw materials at the temperature of between 10 and 70 DEG C, and precipitating reactants of certain concentration on the transparent laminar base material to obtain an iron blue coated fantastic color effect pigment. Different iron blue color phases are obtained by changing reaction parameters, and then a finished product is obtained by filtering, washing and drying. The process has the advantages of reasonability in design, simplicity in production process, low pollution and low equipment cost and energy consumption.

The current invention provides methods for producing a polypeptide as inclusion bodies in bacterial host cells. The present methods are carried out by forming a gene construct comprising the genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide operatively linked to that of an inclusion partner protein, such as E. coli thioredoxin or a modified E. coli thioredoxin, such that host cells comprising the gene construct produce the polypeptide as intracellular inclusion bodies. The methods of the present invention facilitate the rapid isolation and purification of recombinant proteins. In addition, the present methods may be useful for producing polypeptides or proteins which are small and are typically difficult to express, as well as those proteins that are toxic to host cells such as E. coli. The present invention also provides plasmids, vectors and host cells to be used in the present invention for production of polypeptides, and methods of production of polypeptides using these vectors and host cells. The invention further provides methods for producing protein molecular weight ladders for use in protein gel electrophoresis, as well as proteins and protein molecular weight ladders produced by these methods.

Provided are an immunochromatography kit that is highly sensitive and capable of multicoloration, and organic colored microparticles that are ideal as an element of the immunochromatography kit. Organic colored microparticles having an average grain size between 10 and 1,000 nm and a color intensity between 1.0 and 5.0 are prepared using cellulose as the starting material. When the organic colored microparticles are used as a label in an immunochromatography kit, the immunochromatography kit is of a high sensitivity than conventional technology. The immunochromatography kit is also capable of multicoloration and is useful for rapid diagnosis.

A reactive dye compound comprising: (a) at least one chromophore moiety; (b) at least one SO2C2H4 group which is attached to the chromophore moiety either directly via the sulphur atom of the SO2C2H4 group or a linking group L; characterised in that at least one SO2C2H4 group is substituted on its terminal carbon atom with at least one Y group wherein Y is -A(CO)R* wherein A is selected from O or S and wherein R' contains at least one terminal nucleophilic group, such as OH, NH2, SH, COOH, N, NHR<1> and NR<1>R<2> wherein R<1> and R<2> may be the same or different and may be selected from C1-C4 alkyl; and salts thereof. Also claimed is a process of manufacture of the compounds herein and products obtainable by the process. The compounds herein have high Exhaustion Values (E), high Fixation Values (F) and high Efficiency Values (T) and show significant improvements in terms of reducing spent dyestuff in effluent, increasing dye affinity to the substrate, increasing the dye-substrate covalent bonding, increasing the ability to dye substrates at room temperature, decreasing the amount of dye that is removed during the post dyeing 'soaping off process' and therefore simplifying the post dyeing 'soaping off process' traditionally associated with dyeing cotton with fibre reactive dyes and reduction of staining of adjacent white fabrics. In addition, the compounds prepared above provide more intense dyeings and require less levels of salt for dyeing cotton substrates.

The invention provides chateau-mode mellow type dry red wine and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the technical field of wine brewing. The preparation method comprises the process steps and measures: with high-quality wine grapes obtained through yield-control and fertilizer-control irrigation-free feature cultivation and management in a chateau mode as a raw material, carrying out an improved flashing pretreatment technique and an improved natural gravity brewing process, brewing wine by virtue of mountain bottom cavern constant-temperature and constant-humidity wine cellar and a domestic oak barrel, playing light music in a vineyard and the wine cellar, and the like, wherein a desizing process is avoided. The prepared chateau-mode mellow type dry red wine has strong and pleasant colors, complex and elegant fragrance, mellow taste and strong wine body, and the alcoholic strength, dry extracts, chrominance, tannin, total phenol, resveratrol, mellowness, ageing potential, oxidation resistance, color stability, nutrition value and health effect of the chateau-mode mellow type dry red wine are remarkably improved.