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Elaboration d'aliments composés secs pour le Tilapia du Nil, Oreochromis niloticus (L., 1758) en élevage dans les eaux géothermales du sud tunisien
ABSTRACT Dans le but de promouvoir l'alimentation du Tilapia en élevage dans les fermes aquacoles tunisiennes, quatre aliments composés secs ont été élaborés à partir de matières premières conventionnelles et contenant différents taux de farine de poisson de fabrication locale (0 %, 10%, 20 % et 30 %). Ces aliments composés, de 36 % de protéines brutes et 6 % de lipides, ont été testés sur des alevins de Tilapia de poids moyen initial de 2 g. Après 45 jours d'expérimentation, les poids moyens finaux ont varié entre 21,33 g et 29,34 g selon les traitements. Les meilleurs taux de croissance et de transformation alimentaire ont été obtenus par les aliments contenant 20 % et 30 % de farine de poisson, avec des taux de croissance spécifiques (TCS) respectifs de 5,82 % et 5,89 % et des taux de conversion de 1,71 et 1,49, contre un TCS de 5,2 % et un TC de 1,96 obtenus avec l'aliment témoin. Ce test qui nous a permis de disposer d'aliments performants pour le prégrossissement du Tilapia sera poursuivi pour la valorisation des sous produits agroalimentaires locaux dans l'alimentation de ce poisson.
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- "In parallel, maize meal (MM) was reduced to adjust protein and carbohydrate contents. A practical feed (28% protein and 15.6 kJ g − 1 gross energy) containing 45% DSBM, which had previously been demonstrated to support good growth performance (Azaza et al., 2005), was used as the control. A fixed quantity of fish meal (14%) was used in all diets to include a basic level of animal protein. "
Article: Evaluation of fava beans (Vicia faba L. var. minuta) as a replacement for soybean meal in practical diets of juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L., 1758)[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We have studied the possible use of faba bean meal (FBM) in juvenile Nile tilapia-practical diets by progressively increasing its inclusion level at the expense of dehulled soybean meal (DSBM) in isonitrogenous (27.5%) and isoenergetic formulated (15.20 kJ g− 1) diets. DSBM was replaced by 12, 24 and 36% of FBM (diets 1, 2 and 3, respectively). A diet without FBM served as the control. Each diet was fed for 75 days to three replicate groups of 30 fish (17.64 ± 0.04 g; mean ± SE), arranged in a completely randomized design in an open circulation system.Survival did not differ among treatments (p > 0.05). The growth and feed conversion ratio (FCR) did not differ significantly (p < 0.05) between fish fed diets1, 2 and the control diet. By contrast fish fed diet 3 showed poorer growth and feed conversion ratio than the other groups. Apparent dry matter digestibility (ADMD) showed a progressive reduction with increasing FBM levels. Apparent protein digestibility (APD) decreases significantly in fish fed diet 3. No significant difference in carcass protein content was found among the treatments, but fish fed diet 3 had higher moisture and lower lipid content in carcass than fish fed in the other diets. Results showed that FBM could be incorporated up to 24% in diets of juvenile Nile tilapia which corresponds to a reduction of 20% DSBM in the control diet without compromising growth or feed conversion ratio.Aquaculture 04/2013; DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.10.007 · 1.88 Impact Factor
- "The practical feed used in this study (380 g kg − 1 crude protein and 17.40 kJ g − 1 gross energy) had previously been demonstrated to support good growth performance in O. niloticus (Azaza et al., 2005). It consisted of powdered fish meal, soybean meal, maize meal, soybean oil, vitamin and mineral premixes, and carboxymethylcellulose as binder. "
Article: Influences of food particle size on growth, size heterogeneity, food intake and gastric evacuation in juvenile Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, L., 1758[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This study aimed at determining the food particle sizes (diameter) that produce the fastest growth (Sopt) in juvenile Nile tilapia, and modeling the growth penalties for particles departing from Sopt. Three 14-day experiments were run with 3, 7 and 11 g juveniles, which were raised in 120-L flow-through cylindro-conical tanks at 29 ± 1 °C, fed at the optimum feeding level (Ropt) and weighed at weekly intervals. In each experiment, four different sizes of pellets (diameter) were evaluated (0.5-mm intervals, 1.0–3.5 mm; three replications per pellet size). At the end of each experiment, food intake and gastric evacuation rate were determined by radiographic methods following the use of ballotini labelled feed.The results indicate that i) in all experiments, specific growth rates (SGRs) are significantly depressed for the largest particles; ii) Sopt increases with increasing fish size (1.4 mm at 3 g, to 2.5 mm at 20 g); iii) the optimum particle size relative to mouth width (MW) varies only slightly with fish size (28 to 25% MW from 3 to 20 g); iv) growth heterogeneity is proportional to food particle size; and, v) food intake and gastric evacuation rates are inversely proportional to food particle size. A growth model (SGR) was constructed with a stepwise multiple-regression analysis against fish size, feeding level and food particle size (R2 = 0.853, df = 71). For a particular fish size, the growth-to-particle size relationship is a log–log second order polynomial, which implies that the growth penalty is more severe when fish are fed small than large particles. By contrast, application of food particles slightly smaller than Sopt tends to minimize growth heterogeneity. As fish size increases, the width of the SGR-to-S relationship broadens; so, the penalty for distributing particles departing from Sopt is lower, and feeding strategies are facilitated.Aquaculture 11/2010; 309(1-4-309):193-202. DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.09.026 · 1.88 Impact Factor
- "Prior to feed formulation, proximate compositions of these ingredients were determined (Table 1). On the basis of the nutrient composition of the ingredients (Table 1), a practical feed (380 g kg -1 crude protein and 18.5 kJ g -1 gross energy) which had previously been demonstrated to support good growth performance was formulated according to Azaza et al. (2005) and served as a control diet (SBM 0 ). Three other experimental diets were prepared. "
Article: Growth performance, feed utilization, and body composition of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) fed with differently heated soybean-meal-based diets[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This study was undertaken in order to determine the effect of feeding heat-treated, defatted soybean meal (SBM) on growth, feed utilization, and body composition of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). A control diet (SBM0) of 378gkg−1 crude protein with 18.4kJg−1 gross energy was formulated, and three diets identical to the basal diet were autoclaved for 10, 20, or 30min. The autoclaved diets were named SBM10, SBM20, and SBM30, respectively. Each diet treatment was applied to triplicate groups of 30 fish (2.45±0.03g) per tank (120l). The fish were hand fed to satiation four times daily for 45days. At the end of the feeding trial the fish fed with the SBM30 diet had significantly (P<0.05) higher weight gain and protein efficiency ratio than those fed with the other diets. No feed-related mortality was observed during the whole experimental period. Heating SBM for 30min reduced trypsin inhibitor activity (TIA) and increased apparent protein digestibility (APD), and indicated significant differences (P<0.05) among various treatments. No significant differences were found in carcass moisture, lipid, and ash of fish fed with different experimental diets. An increase in the body protein content of fish fed with diet SBM30 was significantly (P<0.05) higher than in all other experimental groups. The results of this study seem to indicate that autoclaving the SBM for 30min improved its nutritional value in practical feeds for Nile tilapia fingerlings.Aquaculture International 12/2009; 17(6):507-521. DOI:10.1007/s10499-008-9220-8 · 0.98 Impact Factor


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#1 The language of sales and fear09-01-2015, 10:36 PM
Below you will find two sales pitches. At the end you will find the link to the backstory......
BTW - all the facts stated in both stories are true. Nothing is made up.
America is killing its young people. The killer? Vicious young dogs. Predators that prey preferentially on our kids. Dog bites occur every 75 seconds and over 1,000 citizens require emergency care EVERY DAY as a result of this deadly scourge. In 2012 alone, over 37 people, half of them children, were KILLED in vicious young dog attacks, ranking puppies higher than baby snatchers in childhood mortality.
Worse, over 50% were kids under 8 years old. More disturbingly, over 32% of these vicious attacks were on people LIVING with the dogs in question! Our best friends are killing us! Worse, these vicious killers tend to attack in packs. 34% of all fatalities last year were caused by gangs of marauding young dogs, and 58% of these killers were family dogs. Equally disturbing, your home is no protection. Over 80% of those killed were killed on their own property!
The economic scale of the human carnage wrought by puppies (for the purposes of this campaign, we define puppies as young dogs and adult young dogs), attack victims suffer losses of between $1 billion and $2 billion per year. All statistics are from dogsbite.org
These vicious puppies are growing in number every day, and we are now using well over 5% of our croplands to feed these voracious hounds in what some refer to as protection payoff in order keep them from attacking us humans as we sleep. New Zealand scientists report that the ecological Footprint of just ONE puppy is nearly TWICE the footprint of an SUV. Not only are these beasts deadly, they are destroying the environment AND our precious water supply with the massive amounts of bacteria-infested fecal waste generated from the some 70 million puppies that ravage our US communities. This does NOT include the over 21,000 leukemia-related deaths per year from people with known, verifiable exposure to these vicious puppies.
Even with regulations in place by over 600 communities, the killings and attacks and suspicious leukemia continue and the filthy waste keeps piling up. Clearly, these regulations are falling far short of protecting us. Nothing less than a total ban on puppies and puppy mills is acceptable in protecting our environment, water, children and elderly.
Now lets go with the opportunity case The pitch to a Silicon Valley VC and the Governor of California back in 2005 about a new and sustainable alt energy.
Gentlemen, we are looking at an exciting new energy source based upon the convergence of two proven technologies, one that has been tested and used for close to 70 years, and the other for the last 90 years. Each, on their own, have been niche technologies that generated marginally better economic returns under certain conditions using traditional energy feedstock. The breakthrough came from discovering that when you combine these technologies, we are able to generate not only superior economic margins, but could do so with feedstock that was considered waste in the past. The amount of such waste feedstock is now understood to contain centuries of low cost energy at projected demands, and is completely scalable!
These technologies have been extensively studied over the last 70 and 90 years. They have, in fact, been used separately over 1,000,000 times and have performed at better than 6 Sigma in regards to performance and environment risk exposure. As such, the industrial process defined by combining these two technologies poses negligible risk to the environment, although they may cause remediable problems on a local basis, not unlike or outside the scale of any other highly-tuned industrial processes. Substantive regulatory infrastructure is already in place on a State by State basis, although additional regulatory burden may be placed to prevent pure Black Swan events.
In the US alone, we have identified an energy supply potential that exceeds over 100 years along the demand curve thus far from what was previously considered waste. By 2012 it will be generating an aggregate of $300 million per day, or $110 billion per year in gross revenues and growing in excess of 10% per year. The US domestic market can consume all we make of this new alt energy up to $300-400 billion per year before we would need to explore exporting the energy. And, unlike nearly all alt energies, we will be able to due to its form, which allows easy transportation and storage as an energy liquid.
Getting this alt energy to market can be done with existing infrastructure, and supplementary infrastructure can be paid for out of cash flow. This infrastructure expansion will have both single purpose AND broad general use that will survive the manufacturing process.
This industrial process is shovel ready and it will initially require the use of between 1.5% and 3.2% of the freshwater available when operating at peak, which we will buy at full market price. A hidden benefit of the market pricing mechanism for fresh water will be the ancillary efforts in research and development to reduce the cost of treating wastewater by 50% or more from existing technologies, resulting in several novel breakthroughs that will transcend our industry.
One of the waste streams of our alt energy process is Natural Gas and it will drive the cost of this important portion of our domestic energy mix by 75% for the foreseeable future. It will help drive what bankers will call an industrial renaissance in the US in less than ten years. It will directly employ several hundred thousand domestic workers and nearly 2 million overall domestic workers during that time frame. Additionally, this renaissance is predicted to create 2-3 million more manufacturing jobs. It will also lower the cost of moving goods to market in the US by 40% or more. On a combined basis, it will keep inflation in check for US goods and make them competitive in the world markets again. If that isnt enough, it will also reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by 13% over the same period, allowing the US to become a world leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The principal product we manufacture will single-handedly and directly cut the US trade deficit by more than 12% from what it would otherwise be for 2012. It also makes us less strategically vulnerable to the politics of the Middle East. As for good corporate citizenry, our output is taxed, all totaled (Federal, State and Local), at over 44% higher than nearly any other industrial good. Not only that, but we will manufacture our product throughout great swatches of the US and our feedstock value will go up. This will result in one time transfer payments to US citizens, mostly rural, of hundreds of billions of dollars. It will create ongoing royalty streams of $20-30 billion per year to many millions of individual citizens across every voting district in the country.
We will make the US energy infrastructure the envy of the rest of the world.
Other countries around the globe will find substantive hurdles to cross in order to compete with the US in this arena thanks to the maturity of pre-existing infrastructure that provides investors substantive first revenues quickly. Investors will also experience a superior return on exposed capital that cant be met in the less mature areas of the world, as well as the NIMBY resistance and political delays due to the differences between how the US and the rest of their world administer and hold their feedstock.
Back storyIt's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi
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|12 Mar 1991
|Fecha de presentaci¾n
|28 Oct 1988
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to composite organic filaments, and more particularly, to synthetic (organic resin) filaments reinforced with inorganic extrafine fiber-like segments.
According to the present invention, known extrafine fiber-like segments (e.g., whiskers) are distributed in an organic resin matrix and these materials formed into composite continuous filaments (threads) having a very small diameter, hitherto unobtainable. Each of the composite filaments has a superior strength, stiffness, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, sliding, and wear resistance properties. The composite filaments can be used in many fields, for example, spun and woven to form a textile or sheet, formed into a pre-impregnated reinforcement sheet, or cut into short filaments and mixed with resin, cement, and the like.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally obtained fibers or composite fibers are hereinafter discussed in the light of the strength and electrical conductivity, for example, of the fibers. Carbon fibers made from PAN fibers or pitch are well-known as electric conductive fibers, and have a high electrical conductivity, i.e., a specific resistance (ρ) of 1500 to 2000 μΩcm. Since the conductivity increases in accordance with the level of graphitization of the carbon fiber, a specific resistance (ρ) of 800 to 1000 μΩcm can be attained. Furthermore, since the carbon fibers have a high strength and a high elastic modulus, they are widely used as a reinforcing material for, e.g., sports equipment such as golf clubs, fishing rods, and tennis rackets. Nevertheless, the production processes of the carbon fibers and carbon-fiber-reinforced products are complicated, and thus these fibers are very expensive.
Recently a method of cheaply and efficiently producing carbon fibers by a vapor phase growth process was developed. The carbon fibers produced by vapor phase growth (hereinafter called VGCF's) have superior mechanical properties, such as strength and elastic modulus, and a good electrical conductivity. The level of graphitization of the VGCF's can be increased to obtain a specific resistance (ρ) of 100 μΩcm or less and to improve the mechanical properties, but when the VGCF's are produced in a relatively short period, they have a diameter of less than 1 μm and a short length. If the diameter and length of the VGCF's are to be made thicker and longer, a long growth period is necessary which raises the production cost. Therefore, the vapor phase growth process can not economically produce thick and long carbon fibers suitable for practical use.
It is well-known that an electrically conductive powder (filler) such as metal powder and carbon black is mixed with an organic material (synthetic resin) to make the organic material conductive and then the organic material is spun into composite filaments, but the mechanical properties of the obtained filaments are inferior to those of the organic material without the filler. To obtain a practical electrical conductivity of the filaments, it is necessary to mix a large amount of the filler because the filler has a small aspect ratio, and as a result, the mechanical properties of the obtained filaments are reduced. If the carbon fibers made from PAN fibers or pitch are mixed into the organic material (resin) and then the organic material is spun into composite (carbon-fiber-reinforced) filaments, i.e., CFRP's, since each of the carbon fibers has a diameter of 10 μm or more, each of the composite filaments has a diameter of several tens of micrometers or more, and thus has a disadvantage of rigidity.
An object of the present invention is to provide composite organic filaments having superior properties such as strength and electrical conductivity, a suitably controlled diameter and length, and reduced production costs.
The above-mentioned and other objects of the present invention are attained by providing a composite organic filament comprising an organic resin matrix and extrafine inorganic fiber-like-segments having a diameter of 1 micrometer or less and distributed throughout the organic resin filament matrix.
The present invention will be more apparent from the description of the preferred embodiments set forth below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a scanning electron micrograph (x500) of a composite filament according to the present invention; and,
FIG. 2 is a scanning electron micrograph (x5000) of a rupture cross-section of the composite filament of FIG. 1.
Experiments were carried out by the present inventor to obtain composite organic filaments having an improved strength and electrical conductivity by using extrafine fiber-like segments as a filler mixed with an organic material, and as a result, found that the VGCF's have a much higher electrical conductivity than that of carbon black, have good drape to general-purpose resin, and do not decrease a flowability of a resin containing the VGCF's, during injection molding. The present inventor also found that the resin containing the VGCF's can be easily spun to form filaments.
In the present invention, preferably conventional synthetic resins are used as the organic resin, for example, polyamides, such as nylon 6, nylon 11, nylon 66 and nylon 612; polyesters, such as polyethyleneterephthalate and polybutylene-terephthalate; polycarbonates, such as poly-bis-phenol A and carbonate; polyamide-imide; polyphenylene-sulfide; polyphenylene oxide; polysulfone; polyolefin; styrene resin; acryl resin; polyvinyl-chloride; polyvinylidene-chloride; and, polyvinyl-alcohol; or the like.
Also, preferably the extrafine inorganic fiber-like segments are extrafine VGCF's and/or potassium titanate whiskers.
Preferably, the VGCF's have a diameter of from 0.1 to 1.0 μm and a length of from 3 to 500 μm. Where the diameter of the VGCF's is less than 0.1 μm, a strength thereof is low, and where the diameter is more than 1.0 μm, the production costs become high, and therefore, the diameter of the composite filament is restricted. A length of the VGCF's of less than 3 μm does not remarkably improve the tensile strength of the composite filament, and a length of more than 500 μm increases the production costs.
Note, when potassium titanate whiskers are used to form the composite filaments, the strength and slidability of the filaments are improved, and it is possible to use the VGCF's and the potassium titanate whiskers in a combination thereof.
Preferably, 2 to 70 wt % (particularly, 10 to 50 wt %) of the extrafine fiber-like segments is mixed with the organic resin, and the mixture is formed into reinforced filaments by a conventional melt spinning, wet spinning or dry spinning method, depending on the resin used. Where the content of the segments is less than 2 wt %, the properties of the composite filaments are not improved, and where the content is more than 70 wt %, spinning becomes difficult. Of course, the segments must be uniformly distributed throughout the filaments.
During spinning, the obtained filaments may be subjected to a surface treatment, if necessary. Furthermore, the filaments may be drawn in the axial direction after the spinning, so that the fiber-like segments within the filaments are orientated, to increase the strength and electrical conductivity of the filaments.
Preferably, the diameter of the composite filaments is from 3 to 500 μm, more preferably 4 to 100 μm.
The present invention will now be further explained by way of examples.
Resin particles of polyethylene-terephthalate having a particle size of 10 to 500 μm were used, and carbon fibers were prepared by a vapor phase growth process and heat-treated at 2300░ C. to increase the level of graphitization thereof. The vapor grown carbon fibers (VGCF's) had a diameter of 0.1 to 0.4 μm and an average length of 5 μm. Then 90 parts by weight of the resin particles and 10 parts by weight of the VGCF's were charged into a Henschel mixer and the agitating blades of the mixer were rotated to mix the VGCF's and resin particles, with the result that the VGCF's were adhered to surfaces of the resin particles. Some of the resin particles were fused together to form one body and included the VGCF's at the resin-particle interface. This mixing is disclosed in, e.g., Japanese Patent Application No. 62-81169 or U.S. Ser. No. 243959 filed on Sept. 14, 1988. The obtained particles were then charged into a spinning machine and melt-spun into composite filaments. The spinning conditions were as follows:
______________________________________Spinneret diameter 100 μmSpinneret shape L/D = 2.5Discharge speed 3 g/minSpinning speed 4000 m/minMelting temperature 240░ C.Extrusion pressure 30 kg/cm2______________________________________
The spinning produced a long continuous composite filament having a diameter of about 40 μm, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The produced filament had a specific resistance (ρ) of 100 Ωcm and a tensile strength (Ts) of 650 kg/cm2, and the VGCF's were uniformly distributed throughout the resin matrix.
The VGCF's of Example 1 were used, with resin particles of polypropylene [Sho-allomer MA510 (MFI=12 g/10 min), trade name of Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha] having a particle size of 50 to 500 μm. Then 70 parts by weight of the resin particles and 30 parts by weight of the VGCF's were charged into and mixed in the Henschel mixer, and subsequently melt spun into composite filaments. The spinning conditions were as follows:
______________________________________Spinneret diameter 100 μmSpinneret shape L/D = 2.5Discharge speed 3 g/minSpinning speed 4000 m/minMelting temperature 230░ C.Extrusion pressure 30 kg/cm2______________________________________
The spinning produced a long continuous composite filament having a diameter of 30 μm. The produced filament had a specific resistance (ρ) of 10 Ωcm and a tensile strength (Ts) of 1000 kg/cm2.
In this Example, 50 parts by weight of the resin (polypropylene) particles and 50 parts by weight of the VGCF's used in Example 2 were mixed in the Henschel mixer and then melt spun by a spinning machine into composite filaments under the same conditions as those of Example 2, except that the discharge speed was 2 g/min, the spinning speed was 2000 m/min, and the extrusion pressure was 40 kg/cm2, and as a result, a long continuous composite filament having a diameter of 32 μm was obtained. The obtained filament had a specific resistance (ρ) of 1 Ωcm and a tensile strength (Ts) of 1100 kg/cm2. As is evident from these results, the increase of the VGCF's content remarkably increases the electrical conductivity and strength of the filaments.
In Example 4, 85 parts by weight of the resin (polypropylene) particles and 15 parts by weight of the VGCF's used in Example 2 were mixed in the Henschel mixer and then melt spun by a spinning machine into composite filaments under the same conditions as those of Example 2, except that the extrusion pressure was 20 kg/cm2. Following the melt spinning, the filament was drawn at a draw ratio of 3 to obtain a long continuous composite filament having a diameter of 10 μm, a specific resistance (ρ) of 10 Ωcm, and a tensile strength (Ts) of 1300 kg/cm2. In this case, the specific resistance value corresponds to that of the filament containing 30 wt % of the VGCF's of Example 2, and the tensile strength value is larger than that of the filament containing 50 wt % of the VGCF's of Example 3. These improved effects were obtained by further promoting the orientation of the VGCF's within the filament.
Potassium titanate whiskers having a diameter of 0.2 to 0.4 μm and a length of 5 to 15 μm were used. Accordingly, 70 parts by weight of the resin polypropylene particles, 15 parts by weight of the VGCF's used in Example 2, and 15 parts by weight of the potassium titanate whiskers were mixed in the Henschel mixer and then melt spun into composite filaments under the same conditions as those of Example 2, except that the extrusion pressure was 25 kg/cm2. As a result of the spinning, a long continuous composite filament having a diameter of 28 μm, a specific resistance (ρ) of 100 Ωcm, and a tensile strength (Ts) of 1500 kg/cm2 was obtained. Obviously, the addition of potassium titanate whiskers increased the strength of the filament.
The composite filaments obtained in Example 3 were cut (chopped) into short filaments having a length of 20 cm, and the short filaments were formed by a paper machine into a sheet having a thickness of about 300 μm and a weight per area of 70 g/m2.
The obtained sheet was placed on a surface of a mortar plate and the electromagnetic shielding property of the plate was measured. The plate had an absorption ability of 30 to 35 dB at 1000 kHz to 100 MHz. Therefore, the sheet can be used as a material for preventing electromagnetic interference (EMI); for example, the sheet can be adhered to a plastic plate (box) of an electronic device.
A Leclanche type dry element battery uses MnO2 as the positive pole active material thereof. Since MnO2 has no electrical conductivity, usually acetylene black is mixed with the MnO2. For example, 85 parts by weight of MnO2, 10 parts by weight of acetylene black, and 5 parts by weight of binder (starch) were mixed in the Henschel mixer and then the mixture was formed under a compacting pressure of 10 kg/cm2 into a compact body. The specific resistance of the compact body was 100 Ωcm.
The composite filaments obtained in Example 3 were cut (chopped) into short filaments having a length of about 3 mm, and the short filaments were used instead of a half of the amount of the acetylene black. Namely, 85 parts by weight of MnO2, 5 parts by weight of the short composite filaments, 5 parts by weight of acetylene black, and 5 parts by weight of a binder (starch) were mixed and were compacted under the above-mentioned conditions to form another compact body. The obtained compact body had a specific resistance of 40 Ωcm lower than that of the former compact body. This shows that the addition of the composite filaments increased the electrical conductivity of the compact body.
As mentioned above, since the composite organic filaments were produced by using a conventional resin, inexpensive VGCF's and/or another extrafine fiber-like reinforcement material, and spun by a conventional spinning method, the obtained filaments can be cheaply produced, have an increased strength, and offer a wide selection range of filament diameters. The composite filaments according to the present invention can be used in various applications, e.g., as reinforcement material, prepreg sheet, and EMI shielding material.
It will be obvious that the present invention is not restricted to the above-mentioned embodiments and that many variations are possible for persons skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
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At the start of her shift today I sent her down to get the baking cart from the kitchen storage room, a routine she's accustomed to and expects, and when she took longer than I thought she should, I headed down to make sure everything was okay. We met when the elevator doors opened and what did I see? Jenny with flour on her face! She'd put a couple of swipes on her cheeks to surprise me and make me laugh, which, of course, I did. Loudly. How awesome is that??
I can only speak for myself, but sometimes I forget that people with challenges aren't necessarily challenged in every aspect of their lives. When I first met Jenny I thought that, because she has a hard time communicating verbally, she would, in turn, have a hard time with Everything Else (because, you know, we all like to be pigeon-holed) . But let me tell you something: the girl crushes it in the kitchen. And she cracks me up. And if anyone can bake a mean chocolate chip cookie AND get me to laugh, they're a person I'm gonna want to hang out with.


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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: MEN'S ROUNDUP; Holy Cross Earns Berth In Overtime
Published: March 10, 2001
Ryan Serravalle made a key basket late in regulation, then added two 3-pointers in overtime as Holy Cross earned the Patriot League's berth in the N.C.A.A. tournament with a 68-64 victory over Navy yesterday in Worcester, Mass.
Serravalle hit a left-handed scoop shot with 29 seconds left in regulation to give Holy Cross its first lead since halftime, 57-55. Navy's Robert Reeder made a short jumper in the lane to tie the score with 15 seconds to go.
Juan Pegues could have won it for Holy Cross in regulation, but his shot at the buzzer hit the bottom of the rim.
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They paid and stayed. We double-checked.
4.4 Room cleanliness
4.2 Service & staff
4.2 Room comfort
4.2 Hotel condition
They paid and stayed.
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for Familiesby A verified traveler
Great value for family trip to Ghent!!!Posted Sep 3, 2015
Brilliant location, very polite and kind staff. Really enjoyed our stay there.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Madrid
Inmejorable ubicación. Estado aceptable sin masPosted Sep 2, 2015
Hotel muy bien situado, con bastante tiempo y en estado correcto de mantenimiento. Si vas en verano, ten en cuenta que tiene piscina.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from roma
CentralissimoPosted Aug 29, 2015
5 notti trascorse in un ottimo hotel a 2 passi da tutto! Decisamente da consigliare!
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Croydon
Very comfortable hotel right in the centre of GhenPosted Aug 26, 2015
Pros: Good comfortable beds and clean rooms.
Location: Near to Belfort and all the main shopping roads as well as many fine restaurants. The carriage rides are only thirty euros per carriage.
Lovely comfortable rooms very well presented and an excellent breakfast. Swimming pool was very popular particularly with my grandchildren. Lovely bar overlooking pool in the inner courtyard.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from w
Perfecte locatiePosted Aug 23, 2015
Alles prima, nadeel dat de garage vol was, 20plekken maar.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from G
Buena relación calidad-precio. Situació excepcionaPosted Aug 23, 2015
Hotel muy centrico. Nos tocó una habitación con vistas peeciosas sobre la plaza. El personal con muy buen trato y atención. Hemos estado fantàsticamente en este sitio.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Albergo in ottima posizione per vedere Gent.Posted Aug 23, 2015
Pros: tutto
Cons: Che gli operatori all'ingresso parlino anche Italiano !
Ottima posizione, facilmente accessibile, camera comoda e pulita con vista sulla piazza della cattedrale !
for Familiesby A verified traveler from Oosterhout
uitstekend hotelPosted Aug 12, 2015
Pros: Mooie kamer.
Cons: Jammer dat er honden in het hotel komen. Je ruikt dit.
Location: Uitstekende locatie.ligging in het cetrum.dichtbij allerlei rstaurantjes en bezienswaardigheden
Vriendelijk ontvangen door receptie. Uitstekende voorzieningen.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from York
Great location and brilliant staffPosted Aug 12, 2015
from the moment we arrived the staff were brilliant, great hotel in a great location Tram stop is practically opposite the hotel are are very easy to use Would stay here again
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Hertford, England
Posted Jul 29, 2015
Pros: Hotel is in very good position in centre of town, easily accessible from train station using excellent tram system.
Location: Excellent location very close to all landmarks.
In Ghent for festival so very busy, but hotel was great, staff were friendly and helpful. Would definitely come again.


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