Amway

About: Amway is a company organization based out in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Melanin & Laundry detergent. The organization has 322 authors who have published 319 publications receiving 6556 citations. The organization is also known as: Amway Corporation & American Way.

Electronic commerce transactions within a marketing system that may contain a membership buying opportunity

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing complete electronic commerce (“E-Commerce”) transactions and solutions for a marketing company's products via the World Wide Web, including facilities for signing up new customers and recruiting, training and supporting new Independent Business Owners through an interactive online process In another aspect, the present invention relates to the combination of a marketing business with a membership buying opportunity using both electronic commerce and face-to-face transactions The present invention is also directed to a system and method for combining a marketing business with a membership buying opportunity, so that Independent Business Owners participating in the marketing plan can introduce customers to a membership buying opportunity and earn bonuses or commissions based on the purchases by those members, while Members in the buying opportunity can consume products or, at their option, qualify to become Independent Business Owners

Water treatment system with an inductively coupled ballast

Abstract: A fluid treatment system is disclosed that includes a control unit that controls the overall operation of the fluid treatment system. A ballast circuit is coupled with an electromagnetic radiation emitting assembly. In the preferred fluid treatment system, the ballast circuit is inductively coupled with the electromagnetic radiation assembly. The inductively coupled ballast circuit inductively energizes an electromagnetic radiation emitting device that is located in the electromagnetic radiation emitting assembly in response to a predetermined electric signal from the control unit. In addition, the fluid treatment system includes a radio frequency identification system that is used to monitor various functional and operational aspects of the electromagnetic radiation emitting assembly and a filter assembly used in the fluid treatment system.

System and method for managing recurring orders in a computer network

Abstract: A recurring order management system and method for a computer network is disclosed The system receives a request to suggest a recurring order for one or more products or services The system generates a profile which stores the suggested products or services, the suggested recurrence for those products or services and the suggested quantities to deliver upon each recurrence The order then automatically recurs one or more times according to the specified recurrence

Room air treatment system

Abstract: A room air treatment system in which air is drawn through a large particle prefilter, a first carbon filter, a second dual honeycomb matrix carbon filter in which the honeycomb cells in adjacent matrices are offset relative to one another, a blower mounted on vibration isolation mounts and is expelled by the blower into a plenum from when it exits upwardly through a fine particle HEPA filter and finally out through a final filter which is a combination fine particle filter and carbon filter. A filter change warning system is provided which includes a 3500 hour filter change indicator, an every 7000 hour filter change indictor, a back-up warning indicator, a mute button for muting the warning indicator and a recycle system for restarting the hour count.

Bacteriophage and microsphere transport in saturated porous media: Forced-gradient experiment at Borden, Ontario

Abstract: A two-well forced-gradient experiment involving virus and microsphere transport was carried out in a sandy aquifer in Borden, Ontario, Canada. Virus traveled at least a few meters in the experiment, but virus concentrations at observation points 1 and 2.54 m away from the injection well were a small fraction of those injected. A simplified planar radial advection-dispersion equation with constant dispersivity, coupled with equilibrium and reversiblefirst-order mass transfer, was found to be adequate to simulate the attachment and transport process. During the experiment a short-duration injection of high-pH water was also made, which caused detachment of previously attached viruses. For simulating this detachment and associated transport, the same transport and mass- transfer equations were used; but all rate parameters were varied as groundwaterpH changed from 7.4 to 8.4 and then back to 7.4. The physicochemical parameters obtained fromfitting breakthrough curves at one sampling well were used to predict those at another well downstream. However, laboratory-determined parameters overpredicted colloid removal. The predicted pattern and timing of biocolloid breakthrough was in agreement with observations, though the data showed a more-disperse breakthrough than expected from modeling. Though clearly not an equilibrium process, retardation involving a dynamic steady state between attachment and detachment was nevertheless a major determinant of transport versus retention of virus in thisfield experiment.