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The present disclosure generally relates to sunscreen compositions that are suitable for topical application to human skin and hair. More particularly, the disclosure relates to sprayable sunscreen compositions having improved water resistance and a low overall percentage of sunscreen actives. To achieve the improved water resistance, a dimethicone derivative is incorporated into the sunscreen compositions.

The pH value of excess sludge taken out from a biological oxidation tank (2) is adjusted to 8 to 14, and the pH-adjusted sludge is injected into a solubilizing device (3). The sludge taken out from the solubilizing device (3) is heated to 110° C. to 350° C. at a pressure higher than saturated steam pressure to solubilize the sludge to a state readily degradable by microorganisms. The solubilized sludge is returned to a biological oxidizing tank (2), and the pH value of the sludge in the biological oxidizing tank (2) to 5 to 9. The use of the above method of treating excess sludge and an apparatus therefore enables substantially reducing the volume of excess sludge with economic advantage.

Disclosed are porous ceramic honeycomb articles, such as filters, which are composed predominately of a cordierite composition. The ceramic honeycomb articles possess a porous microstructure characterized by a unique combination of relatively high porosity (>45%), and moderately narrow pore size distribution wherein greater than 15% and less than 38% of the total porosity exhibits a pore diameter less than 10 μm, and low CTE wherein CTE≦6.0×10−7 / ° C. (from 23° C. to 800° C.). The articles exhibit high thermal durability and high filtration efficiency coupled with low pressure drop. Such ceramic articles are particularly well suited for use in filtration applications, such as in diesel exhaust filters. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing the porous ceramic honeycomb article.

An anaerobic lagoon wastewater treatment system, which includes a plurality of wastewater treatment zones. The treatment zones are either formed by providing a plurality of separate lagoons or by providing one or more partitioning elements within one lagoon. One or more treatment zones may also be provided in the form of an anaerobic tank. The first wastewater treatment zone in the direction of wastewater flow has a smaller volume than the second wastewater treatment zone. Further, the first wastewater treatment zone achieves a significant reduction in fat, oil and grease removal, as well as in total suspended solids removal, but only a modest reduction in biological oxygen demand. An effluent from the first wastewater treatment zone is mixed with an effluent from the second wastewater treatment zone such that a predetermined ratio of carbon to nitrogen is maintained within the mixture of first and second effluents.

Compositions and methods are described herein for use in packaging having improved moisture vapor barrier properties. In certain embodiments of the present invention, packaging articles can be made having improved oxygen barrier properties as well. Compositions of the present invention can comprise a low molecular weight hydrogenated aliphatic resin and either a high density polyethylene or a branched or linear low density polyethylene. The low molecular weight hydrogenated aliphatic resin has a weight-average molecular weight of less than about 2000 g / mol. Preferably, the low molecular weight hydrogenated aliphatic resin comprises hydrogenated poly (dicyclopentadiene) or the product of hydrogenating a polymer produced by polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising dicyclopentadiene.

The photoreactive adhesive composition of the present invention is cured in a short time and has a low percentage of water absorption and excellent adhesiveness after curing because it contains a monofunctional radically-polymerizable substance, a polyfunctional cationically-polymerizable substance, a noncrystalline polyester resin, a photoradical polymerization initiator, and a photocationic polymerization initiator.

There is provided a multilayer structure comprising: (i) a heat-resistant outer layer comprising at least one polymer chosen from a polyester, a polypropylene, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) a sealant inner layer comprising at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene, at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyolefin plastomer, or mixtures thereof. The multilayer structure further comprises between the outer an inner layers, in any possible order, a gas barrier layer comprising at least one polyvinylidene chloride polymer, at least one ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, or mixtures thereof, and a layer comprising at least one oriented polypropylene polymer. Such a multilayer can be useful for food packaging. There is also provided processes for preparing the multilayer structure.

Disclosed are porous ceramic honeycomb articles, such as filters, which are composed predominately of a cordierite composition. The ceramic honeycomb articles possess a porous microstructure characterized by a unique combination of relatively high porosity (>45%), and moderately narrow pore size distribution wherein greater than 15% and less than 38% of the total porosity exhibits a pore diameter less than 10 μm, and low CTE wherein CTE≦6.0×10−7 / ° C. (from 23° C. to 800° C.). The articles exhibit high thermal durability and high filtration efficiency coupled with low pressure drop. Such ceramic articles are particularly well suited for use in filtration applications, such as in diesel exhaust filters. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing the porous ceramic honeycomb article.

The present invention provides a tampon adapted for use by women who experience high viscosity periods / clotted menstrual blood flow. The tampon has a body comprising an elongate mass of compressed absorbent material with a proximal end (end that is inserted first) and a distal end and wherein the proximal end / tip of the tampon is formed substantially enlarged having a greater lateral spread than the distal end of the tampon prior to wetting, and has at least one of a crater, concavity, void, open hollow, cleft or lateral crevices at the proximal end to capture and hold viscous / gelatinous menstrual fluid.

Improved methods and apparatus for dry hulling or dry peeling harvested crops, particularly pistachio nuts, are disclosed. The methods and apparatus of the present invention provide crop harvesting with great efficiency resulting in consistently high percentages of hulled or peeled crops and low percentages of nut breakage, without increasing processing times regardless of the sizes of the crops being hulled or peeled. The methods and apparatus of the present invention also provide for a relatively small overall machine footprint, plus easy and efficient removal and replacement of the impingement drum to accommodate for different drum speeds, different crop sizes, different bolt patterns, different bolt sizes, and other variations allowing embodiments of the invention to be used on a wide range of nuts and vegetables of different varieties, sizes and shapes.

pp32 is a member of a highly conserved family of differentiation-regulated nuclear proteins that is highly expressed in nearly all human prostatic adenocarcinomas of Gleason Grade≧5. This contrasts with the low percentage of prostate tumors that express molecular alterations in proto-oncogens or demonstrate tumor suppressor mutation or loss of heterozygosity. By analysis of specimens of human prostatic adenocarcinoma and paired adjacent normal prostate from three individual patients, the inventors have shown that normal prostate continues to express normal pp32, whereas three of three sets of RT-PCR-amplified transcripts from prostatic adenocarcinomas display multiple cancer-associated coding sequence changes. The cancer-associated sequence changes appear to be functionally significant. Normal pp32 exerts antineoplastic effects through suppression of transformation. In contrast, cancer-associated pp32 variants augment, rather than inhibit, transformation.

An embodiment of the invention provides bicistronic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) amino acid constructs. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the CAR constructs are disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal are also disclosed. Methods of making the CAR constructs are disclosed.

A fuel cell system includes a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells arranged in a fuel cell stack, an integrated heat exchanger / reformer operable to partially reform an anode feed prior to entry into the fuel cell stack, an anode tailgas oxidizer, and an offgas flow path extending away from an anode side of the fuel cell stack and having a first branch to selectively combine offgas from the anode side of the fuel cell stack with fuel from a fuel source to comprise the anode feed to the fuel cell stack and a second branch to supply offgas from the anode side of the fuel cell stack to the anode tailgas oxidizer. The integrated heat exchanger / reformer transfers heat from the oxidized offgas from the anode tailgas oxidizer to the anode feed before the anode feed enters the anode side of the fuel cell stack. The offgas from the anode tailgas oxidizer provides the sole heat source for the anode feed traveling through the integrated heat exchanger / reformer.

The pH value of excess sludge taken out from a biological oxidation tank (2) is adjusted to 8 to 14, and the pH-adjusted sludge is injected into a solubilizing device (3). The sludge taken out from the solubilizing device (3) is heated to 110° C. to 350° C. at a pressure higher than saturated steam pressure to solubilize the sludge to a state readily degradable by microorganisms. The solubilized sludge is returned to a biological oxidizing tank (2), and the pH value of the sludge in the biological oxidizing tank (2) to 5 to 9. The use of the above method of treating excess sludge and an apparatus therefore enables substantially reducing the volume of excess sludge with economic advantage.

The kit of the present invention is applicable to buckraking machine or silo-bag<\. The buckraking machine includes a reception hopper, a filling tunnel, a worm gear or load screw for the fitted of the bag storage, and a work spear. The self-propelled kit comprises: a movable base having at least one wheel; an independent engine mounted on the movable base, wherein the independent engine activates the worm gear or load screw; a clutch mechanism coupled to the independent engine; a coupling fuse coupled to the clutch mechanism; a speed reducer coupled to the coupling fuse; and a short cardan joint coupled to the speed reducer at one end and to the hopper in the other end.

An Internet Protocol (IP) based communication system for transmitting and receiving data on a broadband wireless network that includes at least one base station and a plurality of remote stations capable of transmitting and receiving data. The data is encapsulated in Time Division Duplex (TDD) frames and represented by Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) symbols using a nominal channel bandwidth of less than 1.25 Megahertz.

The absorption cooling system is capable of continuous operation both day and night while using only solar power for its basic operation. The system is an absorption type system using phase changes of aqua-ammonia and a storage system for storing chilled refrigerant for operations when solar power is not available. When solar power is available during the day, the system operates according to the principles of absorption cooling systems, and also stores a reserve of chilled refrigerant in the storage unit. The stored refrigerant then continues the absorption process during the night when solar energy is not available, thereby providing uninterrupted cooling during the day, and also at night when solar energy is not available.

Method for the production of metal products starting from ferrous material, by means of an electric arc furnace.

A nozzle block for a sootblower of the type for cleaning internal heat transfer surfaces of large scale coal fired combustion systems. For cleaning the internal surfaces, a cleaning medium is often used in the form of steam. Due to the cyclical operations and the process of condensation, condensate slugs of water can form in the sootblower fluid flow components. If these slugs are ejected against clean surfaces, undesirable erosion can occur. Several embodiments of nozzle blocks are described each having one or more ejection ports at their distal ends configured to maximize the ejection of condensates while minimizing their cross-sectional area which would diminish nozzle fluidic efficiency. Additional features enhance the ability of the nozzle block to separate and disperse condensate from the slots.

The invention provides a method of making ophthalmic lenses with an enhanced quality and enhanced yield achieved by using molds having been treated on back surface of mold with corona discharge technique. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a mold for cast-molding contact lenses from a lens formulation, wherein the mold comprises a first mold half having a first molding surface and a first back surface, a second mold half having a second molding surface and a second back surface, wherein when the first and second mold are configured to receive each other such that a lens forming cavity is formed between the first molding surface and the second molding surface and applying a corona discharge on one of the first and second back surfaces so that the molding surface of the mold with the treated back surface has an average water contact angle smaller than the molding surface of the mold with untreated mold by about 0.1 degrees to about 6 degrees.

The invention provides a method of making ophthalmic lenses with an enhanced quality and enhanced yield achieved by using molds having been treated on back surface of mold with corona discharge technique. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a mold for cast-molding contact lenses from a lens formulation, wherein the mold comprises a first mold half having a first molding surface and a first back surface, a second mold half having a second molding surface and a second back surface, wherein when the first and second mold are configured to receive each other such that a lens forming cavity is formed between the first molding surface and the second molding surface and applying a corona discharge on one of the first and second back surfaces so that the molding surface of the mold with the treated back surface has an average water contact angle smaller than the molding surface of the mold with untreated mold by about 0.1 degrees to about 6 degrees.

The present invention relates to a solifenacin preparation containing solifenacin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an antioxidant, and a binder, which is manufactured via direct compression. Compared to the preparations manufactured via conventional wet granulation process, the preparation of the present invention can be manufactured by a simplified process such as direct compression, and has improved content uniformity, mixing degree, etc., even when the preparation is manufactured by high speed tableting.

The pH value of excess sludge taken out from a biological oxidation tank (2) is adjusted to 8 to 14, and the pH-adjusted sludge is injected into a solubilizing device (3). The sludge taken out from the solubilizing device (3) is heated to 110° C. to 350° C. at a pressure higher than saturated steam pressure to solubilize the sludge to a state readily degradable by microorganisms. The solubilized sludge is returned to a biological oxidizing tank (2), and the pH value of the sludge in the biological oxidizing tank (2) to 5 to 9. The use of the above method of treating excess sludge and an apparatus therefore enables substantially reducing the volume of excess sludge with economic advantage.

The present invention relates to a solifenacin preparation containing solifenacin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an antioxidant, and a binder, which is manufactured via direct compression. Compared to the preparations manufactured via conventional wet granulation process, the preparation of the present invention can be manufactured by a simplified process such as direct compression, and has improved content uniformity, mixing degree, etc., even when the preparation is manufactured by high speed tableting.

The invention provides a catalyst for eliminating ozone under room temperature and ambient moisture and a preparation method of the catalyst. The catalyst comprises a carrier, a noble metal active component and an auxiliary material component, wherein the noble metal active component is palladium; the noble metal active component accounts for 0.01 percent to 0.1 percent of the total mass of the catalyst according to the amount of a noble metal element. The catalyst provided by the invention has the advantages that when the catalyst for eliminating the ozone under the room temperature and the ambient moisture is used in a colloid drying process, a crossed drying method of high-temperature drying of a drying oven, low-temperature freeze-drying, and high-temperature drying of the drying oven is adopted; the prepared catalyst has a uniform pore diameter and a large specific surface area, and has a very high elimination rate on the ozone. According to the catalyst for eliminating the ozone under the room temperature and the ambient moisture, provided by the invention, the percentage of the used noble metal active component in the total mass of the catalyst according to the amount of the noble metal element is extremely low, so that the cost of the catalyst is effectively reduced.

Embodiments may include a coated granule for roofing systems. The coated granule may include an aluminum silicate granule and a coating disposed on the aluminum silicate granule. The coating may include a copolymer and a siloxane-based or a silane-based compound. The copolymer may be a cationic fluorinated (meth)acrylic copolymer. The aluminum silicate granule may have a particle size in a range from 0.2 mm to 2.4 mm. The aluminum silicate granule may have a 65% or greater reflectivity. The coated granule may repel oil and maintain its reflectivity better than with other techniques.