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An acidic amorphous silica-amumina has a large specific surface area and a large pore volume. A carrier complex and a hydrotreating catalyst containing acidic amorphous silica-alumina, in particular a hydrocracking catalyst containing acidic amorphous silica-alumina in combination with a modified zeolite-Y, treats petroleum hydrocarbon materials to produce middle distillates. The amorphous silica-alumina has a SiO2 content of 10-50 wt. %, a specific surface area of 300-600 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.8-1.5 ml/g and an IR acidity of 0.25-0.60 mmol/g. The catalyst shows a relatively high activity and mid-distillate selectivity and can be particularly used in hydrocracking process for producing mid-distillates with a higher yield.

The subject disclosure is directed towards executing jobs based on resource usage. When a plurality of jobs is received, one or more jobs are mapped to one or more other jobs based on which resources are fully utilized or overloaded. The utilization of these resources by the one or more jobs complements utilization of these resources by the one or more other jobs. The resources are partitioned at one or more servers in order to efficiently execute the one or more jobs and the one or more other jobs. The resources may be partitioned equally or proportionally based on the resource usage or priorities.

A system and method for forming a novel C4 solder bump for BLM (Ball Limiting Metallurgy) includes a novel damascene technique is implemented to eliminate the Cu undercut problem and improve the C4 pitch. In the process, a barrier layer metal stack is deposited above a metal pad layer. A top layer of the barrier layer metals (e.g., Cu) is patterned by CMP. Only bottom layers of the barrier metal stack are patterned by a wet etching. The wet etch time for the Cu-based metals is greatly reduced resulting in a reduced undercut. This allows the pitch of the C4 solder bumps to be reduced. An alternate method includes use of multiple vias at the solder bump terminal.

A light which can emit light continuously can be added to a cellular phone (1) while demands for reduction in size, weight, and thickness are being satisfied; by providing a cellular phone equipped with a camera (13) for taking a moving picture of a subject, with a lighting device (12) for illuminating a subject by means of a light-emitting diode, a switching device (21) for turning on a lighting device (12), a light distribution lens for condensing light radiated from the lighting device (12) toward the subject, and a transparent cover for protecting the light distribution lens on the subject side, which is the front side, of the lighting device (12).

After the rinsing processing is completed, the rotation speed of the substrate is reduced from 600 rpm to 10 rpm to form a puddle-like DIW liquid film. After the supply of DIW is stopped, the control unit waits for a predetermined time (0.5 seconds) so that the film thickness t1 of the puddle-like liquid film becomes approximately uniform. Then, IPA is discharged to a central part of the surface of the substrate at a flow rate of 100 (mL/min) for instance. By the supply of IPA, DIW is replaced with IPA at the central part of the surface of the substrate to form a replaced region. Further, after three seconds of IPA supply, the rotation speed of the substrate is accelerated from 10 rpm to 300 rpm. This causes the replaced region to expand in a radial direction of the substrate so that the entire surface of the substrate is replaced with the low surface-tension solvent.

The present invention provides a multi-function laparoscopic surgical instrument that meets niche needs in the expanding field of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a sheath that may be inserted into a patient, wherein the sheath contains at least two interchangeable surgical instruments that may be advanced into or retracted from the patient through a single outlet in the sheath. It is intended for use in laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgical procedures, including intra-abdominal, intra-thoracic, intra-pelvic and arthroscopic MIS procedures, and is particularly well suited to single incision laparoscopic surgery and Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES).

Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating or preventing dementia and pre-dementia-related conditions and/or symptoms or characteristics of such conditions.

PCT No. PCT/CA94/00174 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 13, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 13, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 28, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/22957 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 1994Two or more different polymeric materials are stably incorporated into bitumen by effecting steric stabilization of a polyolefin, such as polyethylene, and by dispersing the other polymer, such as a styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or an EPDM copolymer in the stabilized polyethylene-bitumen composition. The ability to incorporate different polymeric materials in bitumen permits desirable modifications to the properties of the composition to be effected. In addition, different properties can be attained by modifying processing parameters.

The invention relates to methods of coloring the hair with cluster-modified water and the ability to achieve enhanced color and conditioning for the hair that is color-treated. The cluster-modified water can be ionized water such as alkalinic or acidic water, or structured water such as I or S water. In addition, the cluster-modified water can be applied to the hair as a pre-saturating treatment and/or a post-saturating treatment relative to the hair color treatment process. Additional benefits of the present invention are the ability to minimize the use of harsh chemicals and dyes while still achieving an enriched color, and increased softness and smoothness to the color-treated hair. The present invention can also be used with mordanting salts. The present invention also includes a hair coloring kit including the cluster-modified water for post-saturating and/or pre-saturating the hair.

Disclosed is an MEMS variable optical attenuator comprising a substrate having a planar surface, optical fibers having an optical signal transmitting end and an optical signal receiving end, respectively, coaxially arranged on the substrate, a micro-electric actuator arranged on the substrate for providing a driving stroke along a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical beam, at least one lever structure arranged on the substrate for receiving the driving stroke of the micro-electric actuator at a first end thereof and transferring an amplified displacement distance to an optical shutter through a second end thereof, an optical shutter arranged on the substrate and connected to the second end of the lever structure so as to be moved by the amplified displacement distance, thereby being displaced to an attenuation position of the optical beam.

A catalytic system for cellulose acylation includes an adduct of sulfuric acid with N,N-dimethylacetamide, free sulfuric acid or free N,N-dimethylacetamide with the following mole ratio of the components: adduct:1.0; free sulfuric acid, max:0.49; or free N,N-dimethylacetamide, max:0.4. A process for producing such a catalytic system is based upon reacting sulfuric acid with N,N-dimethylacetamide in an anhydrous medium at a temperature of 0° C.-25° C. with the following mole weight ratio of the components: sulfuric acid:1.0; N,N-dimethylacetamide, max:1.4. A process for cellulose acylation in the presence of this catalytic system incorporates cellulose treatment with acetic acid followed by treatment of the resultant activated cellulose with a lower fatty acid anhydride at a temperature of 10° C.-90° C. in the presence of this catalytic system taken in an amount of 1.5-30.0 wt. % of the cellulose weight in terms of sulfuric acid, a weight ratio of the liquid phase and cellulose being 3-7:1, respectively.

The invention is related to alkylene oxide adducts of oligosaccharides, obtained by a process comprising alkoxylating at least one water-soluble oligosaccharide in aqueous solution at a temperature in the range of 90 to 160° C. The compounds are useful as adjuvants in agrochemical compositions.

A method and system are provided for replicating data in a network to a plurality of client applications which are associated to at least one server. Network traffic is reduced and an easy-to-do automated data replication is achieved basically by monitoring and storing modification information on server data exploiting XDSM capabilities in order to generate replication data for a subsequent distribution to the clients and by broadcasting said replication data from said server system to said client systems. Further, the replication data can advantageously be streamed to the clients through the network.

A salt replacing composition for replacing sodium chloride in food contains a major amount of potassium chloride, ammonium chloride and at least one of an amino acid and a salt of an amino acid. A reduced sodium chloride composition contains the salt replacing composition and sodium chloride. A food containing the salt replacing composition and a process for making the salt replacing composition.