An insole includes a first layer made of a first slice foam material formed by a foamable polyurethane resin composition. A second layer is made of a second slice foam material formed by bonding together particles of comminuted previously formed foam material with a foamable polyurethane resin composition. The second layer is adhered to an upper surface of the first layer. The second layer has a thickness being greater than that of the first layer.

The present invention provides method for removal of body hair using electroporation using an apparatus having a pulse generator capable of generating electrical pulses of the desired amplitude and duration to kill hair follicles and an applicator having a first electrode placed in contact with a hair follicle and a second electrode interacting with the first electrode to provide an electroporating field in the tissue volume surrounding a hair to be removed. The method utilize a TENS system to p...

The present invention provides apparatus and method for removal of body hair using electroporation. The apparatus has a pulse generator capable of generator electrical pulses of the desired amplitude and duration to kill hair follicles and an applicator having a first electrode placed in contact with a hair follicle and a second electrode interacting with the first electrode to provide an electroporating field in the tissue volume surrounding a hair to be removed. The apparatus may include a TEN...

An apparatus, program product and method utilize targeted boot diagnostics in connection with a boot operation to automate the handling of hardware failures detected during startup or initialization of a computer. In particular, in response to detection of a failure after initiation of and during performance of a boot operation, a targeted diagnostic operation is initiated on at least one hardware device in the computer in response to detecting the failure, such that after the targeted diagnosti...

A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell includes an electrolyte membrane having ionic conductivity and a pair of gas diffusion electrodes having gas diffusivity and electric conductivity. Each of the pair of gas diffusion electrodes is bonded to one side or the other of the electrolyte membrane in a thickness direction. A bonding force for bonding at least one part of an outer circumferential area of the gas diffusion electrodes to the electrolyte membrane is set to at an inferior level to...

An insole for footwear comprising silicone with a filler material, having a selected region of a silicone-cork mixture with a sufficiently high proportion of cork that the height thereof can be formed by grinding.

A shoe insole structure which includes a non-springy, acceleration-rate-sensitive viscoelastic cushioning layer carrying, on its upper surface, a low-friction, abrasion-resistant, load-distributing, moisture-wicking overlayer.

A disposable shoe insert having a soft, durable, resilient, absorbent and "high coefficient of friction" surface in contact with the human foot is provided. The material in contact with the foot comprises of a nonwoven material that has a static of dynamic coefficient of friction of 0.52 or above when tested against material from a pair of standard women's pantyhose containing 80% nylon and 20% spandex fibers. The other side of the insert consists of a slip-resistant synthetic coating that minim...

A flat panel direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) includes an integrated cathode electrode plate, a set of membrane electrode assemblies, an intermediate bonding layer, an integrated anode electrode plate, and a fuel container base. The integrated cathode/anode electrode plates are conducive to mass production, and are manufactured by using PCB compatible processes.

A pump control system of the liquid level responsive type includes an air pump to pressurize a pressure responsive control unit in accordance with the level of water within a well, the system having an electrical control circuit including a switch which operates to turn off the air motor and turn on the water pump motor when the water level in the well reaches a certain high level and to turn off the pump motor and turn on the air motor when the water level reaches a certain low level in the wel...