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An extrusion system utilizes single or tandem extruders and a mixer-cooler to extrude a foamable extrudate through a die in a sealable chamber. The foamable extrudate is shaped and calibrated within the chamber. The die is mounted on the end of a gel tube projecting through a gland seal in a fixed bulkhead forming the upstream end of the chamber. The gel tube and mixer-cooler are mounted on a movable carriage, movement of which may be used to adjust the die with respect to shaping and calibrating equipment inside the chamber. The mixer-cooler achieves a selected narrow range of uniform viscosity of the melt at the die depending on the size of the product and density. The chamber is preferably a vacuum chamber producing low density foams. The product exits the chamber to atmosphere on a continuous basis through a submerged orifice in a water baffle immersion seal. The mixer-cooler enables a large size low density product to be produced with uniform cellular structure without cell collapse or density gradients, as the product is subjected to the pressure and temperature transformations passing from the chamber to atmosphere through the water. The seal includes the submerged orifice with a free wheeling guiding system upstream of the orifice. Immediately ahead of the guiding system, the parameters of the foam extrudate are sensed to control the configuration of the orifice on a continuous basis. Before the extrudate passes into the water baffle seal it moves over a floating dancer roll, the position of which controls a haul-off such as a vacuum belt at the tail end of the system. This avoids pushing on the extrudate.

A microwave plasma processing method and, in which a linear plasma is produced by means of a microwave, and an object to be processed is subjected to processing under atmospheric pressure or under a pressure near atmospheric pressure when the object is moved, while a surface of the object is maintained at a horizontal position with respect to the linear plasma. A plasma head has an H-plane slot antenna, and slots are arranged alternately on both sides of a centerline of a waveguide at a pitch of λg/2 (λg: wavelength of the microwave with the waveguide). A uniforming line having a distance of n·λg/2 from the slots to an emission end of the plasma head is provided (n: an integral number).

An optical film for protecting a polarizer is provided that is excellent in mass productivity and is capable being imparted with characteristics by application while maintaining optical characteristics and moisture resistance of polypropylene polymerized with a metallocene catalyst. A polarizer film and an image display device using the same are also provided that have high performance.

The optical film for protecting a polarizer of the present invention contains a mixed resin containing polypropylene that is polymerized with a metallocene catalyst, and graft-modified polypropylene.

A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed of a first piezoelectric film which is formed on the first electrode and which includes potassium, sodium, and niobium and a plurality of second piezoelectric films which are formed on the first piezoelectric film and which include potassium, sodium, and niobium, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, in which the piezoelectric layer is a stack of a plurality of piezoelectric films, the first piezoelectric film has a thickness of 30 nm to 70 nm, a concentration of sodium in each of the piezoelectric films is along a gradient in the film thickness direction with the first electrode side being high and the second electrode side being low.

Protein-free creamer compositions and stabilizing systems contained therein. The creamer composition includes an emulsifying component of at least two low molecular weight emulsifiers in relative amounts sufficient to provide a stabilized emulsion, a cellulose component including a blend of microcrystalline cellulose and carboxymethylcellulose in an amount sufficient to maintain homogeneity of the composition; and a carageenan gum component present in an amount sufficient to maintain homogeneity of the composition. The creamer composition can be in the form of a shelf stable aseptic liquid creamer that is stable for at least about 9 months, an extended-shelf life (ESL) liquid creamer that is stable for at least about four months at refrigeration, or a powder that is stable for at least 24 months at ambient conditions. The creamer composition provides sufficient whitening capacity and a pleasant mouth feel without discernable feathering and without discernable fat separation when added to liquid beverages.

To use a monolithic silica body in chromatography with a HPLC column or a GC column and to simplify the use thereof as a separation medium, it is intended to provide a method of cladding a main body of a monolithic adsorbent or separating agent with glass so as to protect the outer surface, and to provide a separation medium prepared by the method. To this end, a monolithic silica body alone is formed by molding, and the molding is coated with a glass body; and then the glass body and the monolithic silica body are fused and integrated at the melting temperature of the glass body at an appropriate pressure. The surface of the resulting monolithic silica body clad with glass is strongly protected by the glass, and the homogeneity of the interior of the monolithic silica body is maintained, and thus uniform flow of a sample solution ensures analytical accuracy.

A syringe for use with an injector includes a body comprising a distal discharge end, a plunger movably disposed within the body, and an agitation element disposed within the body between the plunger and the distal discharge end. A movement mechanism is operably associated with the injector to move the syringe in such a way that the at least one agitation element agitates a fluid contained in the syringe. Preferably, the syringe contains an ultrasound contrast agent that is agitated by the agitation element. An injector system and a method for agitating the contents of a syringe are also provided.

An apparatus and method for acquiring an image of a predetermined extract of a moving printed product employs at least one black-and-white camera with a two-dimensional electronic image sensor and one or more illumination devices suitable for pulse-like illumination. The illumination device has multiple light sources forming spectral groups that have different spectral compositions. The light sources are arranged in a pattern such that the light sources of each spectral group completely illuminate the area of observation of the camera. A control device switches the individual spectral groups of light sources on and off sequentially such that the area of observation of the camera is illuminated with a sequence of light pulses of different spectral compositions. During each light pulse, the predetermined extract on a printed product moves into the area of observation of the camera, and an image of extract is captured.

Described herein is a magnet system for use in imaging a volume that includes a main magnet and at least one magnet coil assembly positioned between the main magnet and the imaging volume. A gradient coil assembly including an inner primary gradient coil alone or with the addition of an outer secondary gradient coil may also exist between the main magnet and imaging volume. The magnet coil assembly may then be positioned between the inner primary gradient coil and the imaging volume, between the inner primary gradient coil and outer secondary gradient coil, or in both positions. Also described herein is an MRI system incorporating the magnet system with additional magnet coil assemblies, and the process for improving the homogeneity of a magnet system using the additional magnet coil assemblies.

The invention discloses an SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) image super-pixel segmentation method based on likelihood ratio features and mainly solves the problem of inaccurate segmentation results of an existing SAR image super-pixel segmentation method. The SAR image super-pixel segmentation method comprises the following realization steps: (1) inputting an original SAR image, and initializing and labeling a clustering center; (2) clustering and labeling each pixel point; (3) generating alternative super pixels on a whole SAR image; (4) removing the invalid super pixels of which the number of pixel points is smaller than a threshold value in the alternative super pixels; (5) generating super pixels on the whole SAR image; (6) calculating the clustering center of each super pixel again; (7) repeating the steps (2)-(6) till the iterative times reaches a set value so as to obtain a labeled image. According to the SAR image super-pixel segmentation method, boundaries in different areas can be effectively kept, and the segmentation results are more accurate. The SAR image super-pixel segmentation method can be used for SAR target detection, recognition and classification.

The invention relates to a process for making a product of artificial rock and a product thus made for use, in particular, in aquariums, tanks, swimming pools and the like; the process comprises the following operating steps: carrying out a first deposition of a mixture of powdered aggregates, resin, additives, within a cast or mould; catalyzing the mixture of said first deposition; covering the surface thus obtained with isophtalic or bisphenolic polyester resin; carrying out a second deposition of powdered aggregates, resin, additives; covering the surface derived from the second deposition with a layer of structural component and with resin; polymerizing the intermediate product thus obtained covering the surface thus obtained with a layer of gel; polymerizing the product thus obtained; removing the product from the mould; subjecting the product to a heating treatment.

A fuel cell according to an embodiment of the invention includes a separator on which a gas passage groove is formed. A cross sectional area of a gas passage changes in a direction in which the gas passage groove extends, while each of an opening width of the gas passage groove and a depth of the gas passage groove remains substantially constant.