A hardscaping unit includes a first block fixedly attached to a second block. The method of assembling the hardscaping unit includes the steps of forming a first block from a first material, placing a second material into a mold, contacting a surface of the first block with the second material that is in the mold, maintaining contact of the surface of the first block with the second material while transitioning the second material from a first state to a second state, the second state being more solid than the first state, and when in the second state the second material forms a second block that is fixedly attached to the first block.

The disclosure herein includes methods for producing an anatomical model, which method may include: providing a mold assembly, which mold assembly may include: a first mold portion having an outer surface and an inner surface; and a second mold portion having an outer surface and an inner surface; disposing a lining material on either a portion of the inner surface of the first mold portion or a portion of the inner surface of the second mold portion, or both; forming a first cavity between the inner surface of the first mold portion and the inner surface of the second mold portion; positioning a portion of an insert in the first cavity; introducing a first material into the first cavity; removing a portion of the insert to expose a second cavity inside the mold assembly; and introducing a second material into the second cavity.

Polymeric multilayer film having first and second opposed major surfaces, comprising at least one layer comprising a first release agent and exhibiting a random network of strands and connective regions. The polymeric multilayer films are useful, for example, for tape and graphic articles.

A method and apparatus for building an assembly fixture for holding a fuselage assembly. A number of cradle fixtures may be driven across a floor to an assembly area. The number of cradle fixtures may be configured to form the assembly fixture.

A method and apparatus for adjusting an adjustable retaining structure. The adjustable retaining structure may be rotated, passively, about a spherical interface as a panel applies a load to the adjustable retaining structure.

Microneedle arrays and methods of forming the same can include one or more bioactive components bonded to a biocompatible material such that the one or more bioactive components are cleavable in vivo to release the bioactive component from the biocompatible material.

The present invention includes compositions and methods of making films, adhesive patches, or composites comprising a polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer (PCL-PVAc-PEG) and a partially hydrophilic oil, wherein the composition transitions from a viscous liquid, to an adhesive, and to a film as a weight percent (wt %) ratio of PCL-PVAc-PEG to partially hydrophilic oil changes.

A method and apparatus for installing a fastener. A reactive structural force is generated in a first direction during installation of the fastener. A new reactive structural force is generated in a second direction opposite to the first direction during the installation of the fastener.

The disclosure provides drug delivery devices and methods of making and using the drug delivery devices. The devices include single and multi-layer polymer films made by a breath figure technique having therapeutic agents associated therewith. For example, the devices may be a dual layer polymer film wherein the first layer includes a therapeutic agent incorporated into it by spin coating the first agent with a polymer solution and the second agent is incorporated into the second layer by loading the agent into pores of the second layer after it is spin coated onto the first layer. In some cases one layer provides a burst release and the second layer provides a slow release drug delivery profile. The devices may take on the form of a surgical mesh with a slow release therapeutic drug.

A method for producing an acoustic absorption structure comprising an acoustically resistive structure, an alveolar structure, a reflective layer and a plurality of acoustic elements positioned in the alveolar structure, against the acoustically resistive structure, the method comprising forming a skin forming enclosures of the acoustic elements by depositing a resin on a mold having a base on which are positioned projecting forms shaped like the cavities delimited by the enclosures of the acoustic elements, placing the mold supporting the resin together with the alveolar structure, the resin being intercalated between the mold and the alveolar structure, polymerizing the resin to simultaneously obtain a hardening of the skin and also the joint between the skin and the alveolar structure, and fitting the acoustically resistive structure and the reflective layer.