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Ophthalmically compatible contact lenses include lens bodies configured for placement on a cornea of an animal or human eye. The lens bodies are made of a hydrophilic silicon-containing polymeric material. The lens bodies have oxygen permeabilities, water content, surface wettabilities, flexibilities, and/or designs to be worn by a lens wearer even during sleep. The present lenses can be worn on a daily basis, including overnight, or can be worn for several days, such as about thirty days, without requiring removal or cleaning.

Non-aqueous alkali metal (e.g., Li)/oxygen battery cells constructed with a protected anode that minimizes anode degradation and maximizes cathode performance by enabling the use of cathode performance enhancing solvents in the catholyte have negligible self-discharge and high deliverable capacity. In particular, protected lithium-oxygen batteries with non-aqueous catholytes have this improved performance.

A mask configured to be implanted in a cornea of a patient to increase the depth of focus of the patient includes an anterior surface, a posterior surface, and a plurality of holes. The anterior surface is configured to reside adjacent a first corneal layer. The posterior surface is configured to reside adjacent a second corneal layer. The plurality of holes extends at least partially between the anterior surface and the posterior surface. The holes of the plurality of holes are configured to substantially eliminate visible diffraction patterns.

The invention provides an electric cooker capable of relieving the burden of user and more effectively depressing the decay of rice and deterioration of edible flavour induced by heat preservation. The electric cooker comprises boiler holding rice inside the electric cooker body; cover easily openned and closed for covering the peristome of upside of the cooker; heating arrangement for heating the pan bottom; cooker temperature test sensor for detecting temperature; heat control section for controlling the heating action of heating arrangement of the pan bottom; cook information input part for inputting the cook information related with cooking rice; automatic selection part of thermal insulation mode for automatically selecting the corresponding thermal insulation mode from many thermal insulation modes based on the cook information input by cook information input part before cooking; holding temperature control section for controlling temperature, based on thermal insulation mode selected by the automatic selection part of thermal insulation mode and controlling the heat control section by temperature detected by cooker temperature test sensor.

The present invention is directed towards a method for making a healthy snack food having an appearance and taste similar to conventional fried snack products without the use of an oil-frying process. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing food slices from a starch-based food or dough. The food slices can be blanched and a controlled amount of oil can be added to enhance final organoleptical properties. The food slices are then rapidly dehydrated to a much lower moisture content in a primary drying step that simulates conventional frying dehydration rates. A food snack, such as a corn or potato-based snack, produced by this method is a low-fat, ready-to-eat snack having the conventional texture and taste associated with fried snack products.

The invention discloses a flower fruit/vegetable honey wine and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method has the technique scheme that: taking advantages of nutritive characteristics and the like of a plurality of raw materials and auxiliary materials such as edible flowers, fruits (vegetables), black glutinous rice white glutinous rice and the like; using a pure saccharifying fermenting agent and an active dry yeast to carry out the compound fermentation with a plurality of raw materials and auxiliary materials; and using edible flower leaching liquor and cool fruit (vegetable) juice instead of brewing water so as to reduce the alcoholic strength of the yellow wine, increase the content of the dry extractive, increase the nutrients and the content of the yellow wine, enhance the health-care functions for beautifying and maintaining the face and improve the mouth feel. The honey wine tastes elegant, pure, sweet and thick, has peculiar flavor and has the characteristics of both yellow wines and fruit wines. The honey wine is a clear yellow wine having the advantages of elegant taste and health care, is suitable to drink in all seasons, and is especially suitable for women to drink.

The present invention relates to processes for hydromethanating a carbonaceous feedstock to a methane-enriched synthesis gas, where an oxygen-rich gas stream and the carbonaceous feedstock are fed into a fluidized-bed hydromethanation reactor, and where the carbonaceous feedstock as fed into the hydromethanation reactor has an elevated moisture content in order, for example, to assist in heat management within the hydromethanation reactor.

A hydrogel of the semi-interpenetrating network structure or interpenetrating network structure, characterized in that the hydrogel is one formed from a first monomer ingredient at least 10 mol % of which is accounted for by a charge-possessing unsaturated monomer, the molar ratio of the first monomer ingredient to the second monomer ingredient being from ½ to {fraction (1/100)}, and that the second monomer ingredient has been polymerized and crosslinked to a lower degree of crosslinking than the first monomer ingredient. The hydrogel is usable in a diaper, sanitary good, sustained-release agent, construction material, building material, communication material, soil conditioner, contact lens, ocular lens, hollow fiber, artificial cartilage, artificial organ, material for fuel cells, battery diaphragm, impact-resistant material, cushion, etc.

The invention discloses konjac jelly powder. The konjac jelly powder comprises the following components in part by weight: 30 to 40 parts of konjac powder, 10 to 25 parts of carrageenin, 0 to 10 parts of xanthan gum, 0 to 15 parts of locust bean gum, 0 to 20 parts of guar gum, 5 to 12.5 parts of sodium citrate, 8 to 15 parts of potassium chloride, 0 to 7 parts of xylitol and 2 to 5 parts of citric acid. A method for preparing jellies by using the konjac jelly powder comprises the following steps of: mixing the konjac jelly powder and white granulated sugar uniformly; pouring the mixed white granulated sugar and konjac jelly powder into a stirred cold water proportioning cylinder; continuously adding the white granulated sugar or syrup, opening steam and heating; and performing filtration, packing and sterilization to obtain konjac jelly finished products. The konjac jelly powder provided by the invention has low production cost, adjustable taste and high dietary fiber content; the prepared konjac jellies do not need to be treated by alkali; and the method for preparing the jellies by using the konjac jelly powder has simple making process and low making cost.

The invention relates to a vertical full automation filter press. The existing filtration filter pressing installment as a result of the structure technology, ,the horizontal hand movement filtration frame which uses the plastic has low production efficiency and big environmental pollution; because the semiautomatic pressure filtration installment also uses the electrical controlled method, but the automated coordination performance of other organization is bad, its stability and the production efficiency are low, specially when the seal cavity bearing, the equipment presents vibration and spray phenomenon. The filter press includes the leveling board frame group, the main body support structure, the board frame group opening and holding apparatus, the filtering cloth automatic cycle running gear, the filtering cloth washing device, automatic control system, hydraulic system, craft circuitry and so on. It uses the vertical structure to realize the full automatic operation, thus has high filter efficiency, low energy consumption, high automaticity, high product quality, easy operation, the simple maintenance, and no pollution.

The invention discloses an anti-microbial healing-promoting hydrogel dressing and a preparation method therefor. The main ingredients of the dressing are water-soluble high-molecular polymers, functional polymers with pseudoplastic, anti-microbial agents and water. The above ingredients are dissolved into a whole after a series of technologies. The solution is poured into a mold, and the hydrogel dressing is obtained after curing and irradiation disinfection. The results of wound healing experiments and in vitro anti-microbial experiments show that the hydrogel dressing can promote wound healing effectively, and has good bacteriostatic activity to multiple bacteria (the sterilizing rate is above 70%). The anti-microbial healing-promoting hydrogel dressing is better than existing hydrogel dressings obviously, and has advantages of substantial anti-microbial curative effects, transparency, high water content, simple preparation method, pure product, nontoxicity, innocuousness, no stimulation, good biocompatibility and the like. The hydrogel dressing is suitable for large-area promotion and application.

A composition of matter comprising a hydrophobic or hydrophilic (or both) interpenetrating polymer network containing a non-ionic/ionic polymer and a hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer, articles made from such composition and methods of preparing such articles. The invention also includes a process for preparing a hydrophobic/hydrophilic IPN or semi-IPN from a hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer including the steps of placing an non-ionizable/ionizable monomer solution in contact with a hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer; diffusing the monomer solution into the hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer; and polymerizing the monomers to form a penetrating polymer inside the hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer, thereby forming the IPN or semi-IPN.

A process for the recovery of nitrogen from anaerobically digested liquid waste and for the collection of the nitrogen as nitrate compounds that can be used to produce fertilizer and compost, includes stripping ammonia from anaerobically digested liquid waste, and converting the ammonia into nitrates via nitrification. The stripping gas is heated above ambient atmospheric temperature to improve nitrogen recovery. The heat can be reclaimed by burning gases generated during the anaerobic digestion process.

A method for sorting and comprehensively utilizing municipal solid waste includes steps of: 1) feeding the municipal solid waste into a feeding tank through a feeding inlet, then outputting into a breaking device; 2) breaking refuse bags and large blocks by the breaking device; 3) transporting broken refuse into a two-stage roller screen for screening out dusts with a particle size of less than 3 mm, and hanging strips; and 4) transporting mixed refuse screened by the two-stage screen into a vibrating screen; screening oversize products by a heavy winnowing machine for separating inorganic blocks, large plastics and paper; transporting underflow products into a two-room multi-functional winnowing machine for dividing into heavy materials, light materials and medium materials. By effectively combining sorting devices, effective sorting and reutilization of mixed refuse are achieved. Thereafter, paper, fibers, plastics and kitchen organic refuse are respectively for producing refuse derived fuel, wood-plastic composite and fertilizer.

A method of producing a building panel (1), including: providing a core (2), applying a balancing layer (6) having a first moisture content on a first surface (3) of the core (2), the balancing layer (6) comprising a sheet impregnated with a thermosetting binder, applying a surface layer (12) having a second moisture content on a second surface (4) of the core (2), the surface layer (12) comprising a thermosetting binder, adjusting the first moisture content of the balancing layer (6) such that the first moisture content of the balancing layer (6) is higher than the second moisture content of the surface layer (12) prior to curing, and curing the surface layer (12) and the balancing layer (6) by applying heat and pressure. Also, a semi-finished product adapted to be cured for forming a building panel (1).

The invention relates to a method and a device for oxidizing and treating sewage or sludge containing organic substances by supercritical water. The method adopts a combustion reaction furnace, and is characterized in that substance flow of the sewage or the sludge containing the organic substances and oxidant (such as oxygen or hydrogen peroxide and the like) are preheated by a heat exchange device respectively and then enter the combustion reaction furnace, the sewage or the sludge containing the organic substances is oxidized and treated under a supercritical state, the treated substance flow is cooled by the heat exchange device again, then residual gas in the substance flow is separated by adopting a gas-liquid separator, and the lower part of the combustion reaction furnace discharges salt slag through a slag discharging hole and a valve. The method has the advantages of reasonable and practical process, energy conservation and low operation cost.

The invention discloses a method for using combustion and stream combination flooding to exploit thick oil. The method comprises the following steps of: carrying out vapor huff and puff exploitation in a heavy crude oil reservoir; carrying out in-situ combustion exploitation after forming thermal linkage; and changing single air charging to be simultaneous charging of air and water vapor in certain proportion to carry out combination flooding exploitation. A proper optimal configuration relationship of air /vapour charging speed is selected, so as to improve combustion wave and volume of the oil reservoir and improve exploitation effects of in-situ combustion and the ultimate recovery factor.

The invention discloses bifidobacterium bifidum capable of remarkably relieving constipation and application thereof and belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. The bifidobacterium bifidum CGMCC NO.13632 can well tolerate simulative gastrointestinal fluid, can be well attached to colon cancer cells HT-29, and can remarkably increase the water content of excrement of constipation mice and shorten the first tarry stool time. On the aspect of increasing the small intestine driving rate, the bifidobacterium bifidum CGMCC NO.13632 is superior to cathartic phenolphthalein, a best effect is shown, secretion of gastrointestinal regulatory peptide relevant to constipation in serum is also adjusted while constipation pathological factors are remarkably improved, and the bifidobacterium bifidum does not have toxic and side effects of medicine for treating constipation, and is a first choice for preventing and treating constipation. The bifidobacterium bifidum CGMCC NO.13632 is used for preparing pharmaceutical compositions and fermented food for relieving constipation, and has very wide application prospects.