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A personal care composition comprising: at least a first phase and a second phase wherein said first phase comprises a) an aqueous structured surfactant phase comprising STnS where n is between about 0 and about 2.5; b) ; c) a structuring system comprising i. optionally, a non-ionic emulsifier; ii. optionally, from about 0.05% to about 5%, by weight of said personal care composition, of an associative polymer; iii. an electrolyte; and said second phase comprises a) a benefit phase comprising from 1% to about 50%, by weight of said personal care composition, of a hydrophobic benefit agent.

A viscoelastic fluid is prepared by shearing a gelled emulsion. The emulsion is an oil-in-water emulsion comprising 2% 12% (w/w) of a heat-treated protein that can form a heat-set gel and 5% 40% fat. The proteins used include whey protein and soy protein. The viscoelastic fluid may be used as a spread. It may also be used for the preparation of a plurality of different ultimate products formed from the original gel.

Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-useable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can be, for example, a topical substance or a coolant. Systems are disclosed for using a topical substance to detect contact of a phototreatment device with a tissue, detect speed of a phototreatment device over the tissue, detect regions of tissue that have been treated by a phototreatment device and/or to provide other benefits to the tissue such as improved skin tone and texture, tanning, etc. Safety systems are also disclosed that ensure that a proper consumable substance and/or container is connected to a phototreatment device and/or directed to a proper target. Additionally, cooling systems and methods that utilize phase change materials for extracting heat from a light generating device are disclosed.

The present invention comprises the discovery and development of an effective cryoprotectant composition, without containing skim milk or any other animal-derived compounds, to achieve long-term stability of freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria (LAB), at different temperatures, whereby the retention of viability of the freeze-dried LAB after 6 months of storage, preferably after 9 months of storage, more preferably after 12 months of storage is more than 50%. The invention is in the field of producing freeze dried bacteria, in particular Lactic acid bacteria. More in particular, the invention relates to the use of a novel combination of cryoprotectants for increasing the viability of bacteria after freeze drying, improving the texture of the lyofilized cake for easy grinding and improving the long term stability of the freeze dried bacteria at different temperature conditions. The invention further relates to such freeze dried bacteria for use in food industry or in human or animal health applications. More in particular, the invention relates to the increased viability and long-term storage of recombinant bacteria capable of expressing heterologous proteins or peptides and administered to humans or animals for therapeutic or vaccination purposes.

The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a skin care device and system for treating skin. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a skin care device implements a high-frequency sonic or ultrasound emitter to exfoliate, cleanse, and smooth skin in combination with light therapy. Advanced microfiber brush heads are interchangeable and vary in color to provide different colored light therapy to the skin. The present invention can be used every day to help refresh skin cells, improve surface texture, and prepare the skin to better absorb cosmeceutical beauty treatments.

Epitaxial structures, methods of making epitaxial structures, and devices incorporating such epitaxial structures are disclosed. The methods and the structures employ a liquid-phase Group IVA semiconductor element precursor ink (e.g., including a cyclo- and/or polysilane) and have a relatively good film quality (e.g., texture, density and/or purity). The Group IVA semiconductor element precursor ink forms an epitaxial film or feature when deposited on a (poly)crystalline substrate surface and heated sufficiently for the Group IVA semiconductor precursor film or feature to adopt the (poly)crystalline structure of the substrate surface. Devices incorporating a selective emitter that includes the present epitaxial structure may exhibit improved power conversion efficiency relative to a device having a selective emitter made without such a structure due to the improved film quality and/or the perfect interface formed in regions between the epitaxial film and contacts formed on the film.

An absorbent article has a liquid permeable top sheet (5) making contact with the wearer's skin surface, a liquid impermeable back sheet (6) making contact with the surface of underwear, and an absorber (7) mounted between the top sheet (5) and the back sheet (6) and capable of absorbing a bodily liquid. The an absorber (7) has a projected portion (2) which is a portion formed on a lower layer absorber (8) by overlaying an upper layer absorber (9) on the lower layer absorber (8), and the upper layer absorber (9) has smaller dimensions in the longitudinal and lateral directions than the lower layer absorber (8). A first recessed portion (3) is provided around the projected portion (2) so as to surround the projected portion (2). The first recessed portion (3) is formed by a continued portion (3a) and an intermittent portion (4).

A molded fibrous structure comprising a molded element. The molded element may be hollow. The molded elements may provide for an increase in the fluid uptake of the fibrous structure. The molded element may provide a texture impression of a high level molded fibrous structure.

The invention discloses technology for producing compressed and carbonized poplar three-layer solid wood composite floor fully through utilization of a fast-growing material of poplar. A poplar sheet obtained by a special densification process is used as a surface layer; a common poplar core veneer is used as a core layer; a poplar veneer is used as a bottom layer to manufacture three-layer solid wood composite floor; each performance reaches the requirement of national standard GB/T 18103-2000 on the solid wood composite floor; the technology totally adopts the fast-growing material of the poplar as a raw material, does not add any chemical reagent in the special densification process of the poplar sheet, and does not cause any pollution to environment; after the poplar sheet is subjected to compaction treatment, the density and the hard sense of the wood are strengthened; the late high-temperature carbonization treatment solves the problem of rebounding after the poplar is compressed, changes luster of the wood, and strengthens high grade; and the technology is simple and feasible and has low manufacturing cost.

Composite RE-TM permanent magnets fabricated by using powders and nanoflakes produced by surfactant-assisted, wet, high energy, ball milling, with or without prior dry, high energy, ball milling; where RE represents rare earth elements and TM represents transition metals and where the powders include Fe nanoparticles, Fe—Co nanoparticles, B₂O₃, mica, MoS₂, CaF₂ powders and combinations thereof.

The invention applies to the tea crop production, which can improve the soil structure and provide adequate moisture, oxygen and nutrition to improve the yield and quality in tea crop cultivation. The invention relates to a liquid fertilizer containing microorganisms, organic matters and inorganic matters. The fertilizer adopts biological technology and electrolysis technology which complement each other, takes micro-organisms and mineralized substances as additive, as well as combines with nutritional formula (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, magnesium, calcium, silicon, boron, zinc, iron, molybdenum, bacterial protein, amino acid, humus, plant nucleic acid, B vitamins, active enzymes and unknown factors which promote crop growth), so as to provide adequate nutrition for crops and improve soil to make the soil conducive to tea crop cultivation. Through biotechnology, the micro-organisms in a dormant state are added to the fertilizer and are activated under favorable environmental conditions to decompose the animal and plant residues, pesticides, fertilizers, heavy metal residues and minerals in the soil so as to change the contents of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Through electrolysis technology, the mineralized substance additive enables the soil to produce a chain reaction to moisture and oxygen supply, so as to gradually change the ion charge in the soil, increase the soil oxygen supply amount, improve the moisture infiltration capacity and strengthen the conditions for microbial activities.

The invention provides a cooking device which comprises a shell and a hot-air flow generation device, wherein the shell is provided with a food cooking chamber, and the hot-air flow generation deviceis arranged at the top of the food cooking chamber. The hot-air flow generation device comprises a blowing device and a heating device positioned below the blowing device, the blowing device is used for generating flowed air flow, the heating part heats the air flow generated by the blowing device to form heated air flow, a blowing cover is arranged at the top of the food cooking chamber and completely covers the upper outer side of the blowing device and the heating device, the food cooking chamber is provided with side walls, at least parts of side walls are provided with air flow guide devices, and parts of heated air flow passes the air flow guide devices, then changes the flowed direction of the heated air flow and is scattered to the surface of food. According to the cooking device,the heated uniformity degree of the food in the making process can be improved, the quality and the taste of the food are improved, harmful heat is timely discharged in the making process of the food,and working stability of the device is improved.

The invention discloses a production technology for black tea with stronger tea fragrance, more mellow taste and darker liquor color. The production technology is characterized by comprising the following steps of: primarily processing raw black tea; removing impurities and screening; humidifying and steaming tea; piling, steaming and shaping; drying or floating and drying; and packaging. The produced brick tea has the advantages of black brown or russet brown color and luster, zero smoke fat pollution, pure and lofty tea perfume, mellow taste, orange red or orange yellow liquor color, red-yellow brightness, eurotium cristatum filled in brick tea, and full grains. The production technology is simple, convenient in implementing, safe and environment-friendly. The produced black tea is smoke-free and harmless, is fragrant and fine-quality and is a real environment-friendly healthy beverage.

RE-TM based permanent magnets (single phase, hybrid, laminated or polymer bonded magnets) fabricated by using nanoflakes produced by surfactant assisted, wet, high energy ball-milling, with or without prior dry high energy ball-milling, where RE represents rare earth elements and TM represents transition metals.

A single-use dispensing container (10) designed for being inserted into a device (20) where chilled and/or frozen products are prepared in a processing container (30), the dispensing container (10) comprising a plurality of ingredient compartments (10a) each comprising at least one ingredient for the preparation of the chilled or frozen product, wherein the dispensing container (10) comprises identification means providing the device (20) with information of the parameters for dispensing, cooling, texturizing and mixing the ingredients of the plurality of ingredient compartments (10a), such that the ingredients from the plurality of ingredient compartments (10a) are dispensed directly into the processing container (30), the dispensing of the ingredients being done either sequentially or simultaneously for the plurality of ingredient compartments (10a), as a function of the chilled or frozen product targeted.

The invention comprises a system and method for non-ablative laser treatment of dermatologic conditions. A laser energy is transmitted to an underlying target element in the skin. The target element is heated to a temperature of at least forty degrees Celsius. In some embodiments, a pulsed, near infrared, high peak power laser energy is used. The systems and methods of the present invention may be used to treat acne, smooth wrinkles, remove hair, treat leg veins, treat facial veins, improve skin texture, decrease pore sizes, reduce rosacea, reduce “blush/diffuse redness, reduce striae, reduce scarring, or the like.

The invention discloses a cream which contains 20-45% of fat, 1-3% of protein, 0.1-0.55% of stabilizer, 0.05-0.35% of emulsifier, 0.005-0.15% of buffer salt and the balance water, and the percent is the weight percent of each component in the total weight of the cream. The invention further provides a making method of the cream. The making method can overcome the defects of short shelf life, strict preservation conditions and further limitation of the sales regions of the cream prepared by the conventional method, and the invention provides the cream and the making method thereof by improvingthe formula and the process of the cream. The cream produced and prepared by the method can be stored at room temperature, the use is convenient and fast, and the shelf life is long, thereby being suitable for long-distance transportation and being conductive to construction of a national sales network; meanwhile, the cream product has the advantages of uniformity, stability, no water separation,good whipability and thermal stability, thereby being applicable to making egg tarts, candies, cakes or cream soup.

The invention relates to a jade-type glass-ceramic and a preparation method thereof. The jade-type glass-ceramic contains a main crystal phase and can also contain a secondary crystal phase, wherein the maximum crystallite dimension of the secondary crystal phase is equal to or smaller than visible wavelength, the jade-type glass-ceramic contains the following components in percentage by weight: 45.0-75.0% of SiO2, 1.0-25.0% of Al2O3, 0-20.0% of alkaline earth metal oxide, 3.0-15.0% of alkali metal oxide, 0-4.0% of TiO2, 0-2.5% of ZrO2, 0-8.0% of F and the balance of flux and clarifier. The preparation method of the jade-type glass-ceramic comprises the steps that the main raw materials and the auxiliary materials are mixed uniformly and then are melted at high temperature to form molten glass, then the molten glass is thermally treated after being cooled and molded so as to form an organization structure beneficial to the penetration of the visible light part in molten glass, and after thermal treatment, the glass-ceramic is in a semitransparent neftdegil shape and becomes a jade-type glass-ceramic. The jade-type glass-ceramic has delicate texture, is translucent, can be widely used as a decorative plate, and can also be carved into handicrafts and prepared into tableware and sanitary ware.

The present invention concerns an oil-in-water emulsion wherein the oil droplets of a diameter in the range of 5 nm to hundreds of micrometers exhibit a nano-sized self-assembled structurization with hydrophilic domains having a diameter size in the range of 0.5 to 200 nm, due to the presence of a lipophilic additive and the oil-in-water emulsion contains an active element being present in the range comprised between 0.00001 and 79% based on the total composition.

An aqueous hair cleansing composition comprising (a) at least one alkyl poly glucoside; (b) at least one betaine compound; and (c) at least one acyl amino acid, wherein the composition is sulfate free.

A biochar-based coast saline-alkali land improvement conditioner and a preparation method and application thereof are disclosed, the biochar-based coast saline-alkali land improvement conditioner comprises, by mass, 55-60 parts of biomass charcoal, 35-40 parts of humic acid, 2-4 parts of beneficial microbial agent, 1-2 parts of urea and 3-4 parts of a binder; the biochar-based coast saline-alkali land improvement conditioner has the synergistic effect of soil improvement, activation of microorganisms, enhancement of crop saltresistance, the soil improvement helps to improve soil microflora and increase the microbial activity in the soil, microbial metabolites also enhance the crop root saltresistance, crop growth feeds back to accelerate the soil improvement, a virtuous cycle system is formed, and multiplier amplification effect can be achieved compared with a single measure.

The invention discloses bio-organic fertilizer, and belongs to the technical field of organic fertilizer. The proportion by weight of all raw materials of the bio-organic fertilizer is dried chicken manure : edible mushroom : compound microbial agent : corn flour or rice bran : functional strain = 110-140 : 390-360 : 0.1-0.5 ; 0.1. The compound microbial agent comprises mould, bacillus, lactic acid bacteria, actinomycetes and saccharomycetes. The strains are efficient viable bacteria. Each gram of the compound microbial agent comprises the number of the mould ranges from 5 hundred million to 8 hundred million, the number of the efficient viable bacteria of bacillus ranges from 12 hundred million to 15 hundred million, and the number of the actinomycetes ranges from 10 hundred million to 12 hundred million and the saccharomycetes of 15 hundred million to 18 million. According to the bio-organic fertilizer, the chicken manure and mushroom dregs serve as main materials, and the high-quality organic fertilizer can be fermented quickly by adding the compound microbial agent and the functional strain.