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The present invention provides a body cooling garment to easily and effectively protect the human body in hot conditions. By suspending in vapor contact a cold surface with channels in it's surface; moisture is evaporated from the body, condensed on the cold surface, and the body shielded from environmental heat. The condensed moisture is channeled from the garment.

The self-inflating article of the present invention contains a self-inflating personal care article contains, an inflatable bladder containing a substrate, at least one rupturable reservoir, a cleansing composition wherein said rupturable reservoir is positioned within the sack of the inflatable bladder. The self-inflating article surprisingly provides effective cleansing benefits to the skin and hair in a convenient, inexpensive, and sanitary manner.

Disclosed are a detection / quantification kit and a detection / quantification method for detecting / quantifying an analyte rapidly at a low cost and in a simple manner. Specifically, disclosed is a kit for detecting an analyte in a sample, comprising a first conjugate and a second conjugate, wherein the first conjugate comprises a first substance comprising a stimuli-responsive polymer and a first affinity substance having affinity for the analyte and bound to the first substance, and the second conjugate comprises a second substance carrying an electrical charge and a second affinity substance having affinity for the analyte and bound to the second substance. The first and second affinity substances can bind to different sites on the analyte simultaneously.

In a system for monitoring remote computing stations, each remote station includes an array of detectors and a controller configured to receive the detector signals. The controller causes a condition information generator to generate condition records including multiple condition information entries, each entry corresponding to one of the detector outputs. A monitoring station is adapted to send cues to the remote stations, and each station responds to a cue by presenting its condition record as a web page for retrieval by the monitoring station. The monitoring station sends the cues to stations in a sequence controlled by a user of the monitoring station, or alternatively, in a rapid and repeated sequence according to a station selection program written in Java or another universal language. The program generates interlocked instruction sets designed to recognize, as an error, a failure to connect with a remote station. The system incorporates a comparator function for matching each condition information entry with an acceptance standard, and generating a fault indication if the entry fails to satisfy the standard.

An automotive component (10) and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The component (10) comprises a core portion (14) formed of a first material and a second portion (18) integral with the core portion (14) and formed of a second material. In one illustrated embodiment, the first and second materials have different material property characteristics. For example, the first material can be made of a relatively harder plastic material than the second material made of a softtouch plastic material. The method for manufacturing the component comprises the steps of injecting the first material into a first cavity of a mold to form the core portion (14), altering the mold cavity to form a second cavity and injecting the second material into the second cavity while the first material is in a reactive state to form the second portion (18) of the component. Because the first material is in the reactive state, the second material is integrally formed with the first material.

An ophthalmic glare tester for evaluating visual acuity under conditions of strong diffuse illumination is designed for convenient mounting on a conventional ophthalmic instrument such as a transilluminator or ophthalmoscope. The glare tester incorporates a generally concave reflector for providing diffuse illumination to an eye and a mounting for attachment to an ophthalmic instrument. The reflector includes a wall having an interior light-reflecting surface at least partially enclosing a hollow interior. The glare tester provides for conducting illumination from the ophthalmic instrument to the interior light reflecting surface of the reflector.

A system for limiting access to confidential information including storage circuitry for storing the confidential information. An access enabling circuit allows access to the storage circuitry in response to a first level of an enabling signal. A processor generates the enabling signal for a predetermined amount of time in response to sensing of a change of a predetermined value that is produced in response to an act by a person responsible for the confidentiality of the confidential information. The enabling signal assumes a second level after the predetermined amount of time to block access to the storage circuitry.

A cover includes an aperture for a straw, so that the cover can be used with a liquid beverage. The cover is elastically stretchable, and has a central body portion and an outer periphery. The cover can be stretched over an opening of a container so that the central portion covers the opening of the container while the periphery grips the outer side walls of the container. The aperture preferably is in a closed or nearly closed condition, such that insertion of a straw therethrough opens the aperture which then elastically retains the straw in an inserted position and provides a seal. This permits a user to consume the beverage, while still having the beverage protected against contamination or adulteration by drugs, dirt, dust, biologic matter, and the like. The cover is convenient, inexpensive yet effective, and readily portable.