Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with novel pink flowers, and attractive foliage with very good disease resistance. It exhibits uniform growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct Floribunda rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a substantially continuous basis attractive very double blossoms having a light pink coloration. The plant exhibits very strong, very dense vegetation, a bushy low to arching growth habit, and attractive green foliage with a glossy aspect. The disease resistance is good particularly with respect to Black Spot and Oidium. The attractive green foliage contrasts nicely with the light pink blossom coloration. The new variety is well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of white nectarine tree, denominated ‘NECTARBOOM’, has a large fruit of very long shelf life without alteration after harvesting, a semi-sweet white flesh of high eating quality and an attractive homogenous purple red skin color. The tree is of large size and is vigorous. Fruit can be consumed crunchy or at maturity.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of white flat nectarine tree, denominated ‘CAKEPEARL’, has a large flat fruit of very long shelf life without alteration after harvesting, a semi-sweet white flesh of high eating quality and an attractive homogenous purple red skin color. The tree is of large size and is vigorous. Fruit can be consumed crunchy or at maturity.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of white nectarine tree, denominated ‘NECTARPERF’, has a large fruit of very long shelf life without alteration after harvesting, a semi-sweet white flesh of high eating quality and an attractive bright purple red skin color. The tree is of large size and is vigorous. Fruit can be consumed crunchy or at maturity.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of white flat nectarine tree, denominated ‘CAKEREDAL’, has a large flat fruit of very long shelf life without alteration after harvesting, a semi-sweet white flesh of high eating quality and an attractive homogenous purple red skin color. The tree is of large size and is vigorous. Fruit can be consumed crunchy or at maturity.

Abstract: A new mandarin hybrid tree particularly distinguished by having dense foliation; bearing fruit that are attractive in appearance with excellent eating quality; has lateral branching with lower angle plant habit; a round tree shape; and nearly seedless fruit is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid mesquite tree, Prosopis ‘Leslie Roy’, which is particularly characterized by its thornlessness, its higher tolerance of cold to minus 12c, its semi-evergreen appearance in winter and its upright, outwardly-spreading uniform growth habit. The unique characteristics of this tree result in a landscape tree that is more suitable for parking lots and streetscapes because of its upright habit and thornlessness.

Abstract: A variety of sugar maple which combines intense bright red fall color, an upright oval to slightly pyramidal canopy shape, and foliage that is dark green, moderately resistant to powdery mildew, and very resistant to heat.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation named ‘KLEDG11142’ particularly characterized by its pink purple flowers, very early flowering and good medium strong growth habit with good branching, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation named ‘KLEDG10116’ particularly characterized by its white flowers with pink centers, early flowering, and good branching, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation named ‘KLEDG10119’ particularly characterized by its good indoor performance, good branching and early, rich flowering, is disclosed.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmubella’ characterized by its large sized blooms with bronze ray florets and prolific branching; and a response time of 8 weeks.

Abstract: A new cultivar of daisy-type spray pot Chrysanthemum, ‘Power Red’, characterized by it's early, uniform and free flowering habit, its inflorescences with ray florets that are light red in color with bright yellow disk florets that open from buds that are purple-red in color, its vigorous freely branched growth habit, its small leaved dark green foliage and its uniform, rounded and outward spreading plant habit.

Abstract: A Crysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuflamincran’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with red-purple ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 6 (week 36) ; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Abstract: A new New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘KLENI10119’, particularly distinguished by its suitability for growth in small pots, high density production, very good branching and brilliant petal color, is described.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viola plant named ‘Blackout’, characterized by its deep black colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, low growth vigor, and outwardly-spreading, mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Geranium, ‘Catherine Deneuve’, characterized by its very long bloom season, blooming from the end of May into September in the Netherlands, its star-shaped flowers that are deep magenta-pink in color, and its very vigorous growth habit.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Begonia named ‘YAMOON’, characterized by its large, single yellow flowers with broad ovate-shaped tepals, its spreading and upright habit, its numerous basal shoots, its vigorous growth habit and its ease of vegetative propagation.

Abstract: ‘SAKPXC009’ is a new Petunia-Calibrachoa hybrid plant particularly distinguished by its pink flower color, excellent blooming ability and semi-creeping growth habit.

Abstract: A new Gerbera plant particularly distinguished by having a novel combination of medium lengths of peduncles, semi-double bright white flower color, an overall inflorescence diameter of approximately 11 cm, a moderate level of resistance to powdery mildew, and demonstrated potential to produce attractive plants in large (?20-cm in diameter) containers, is disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating natural gas from production streams comprising a liquid dispersion of water, sand, and natural gas is provided for. The separator comprises a vessel having an interior surface defining a spherical interior space. The interior space allows a production stream introduced therein to experience a velocity drop sufficient to allow separation of the natural gas from the sand and water components. The separator also comprises a stream inlet port in the vessel, a liquid drain in the lower end of the vessel, and a gas outlet port at the upper end of the vessel remote from the stream inlet port. A baffle is mounted in the interior of the vessel in the path of the production stream between the stream inlet port and the gas outlet port. The baffle is effective to spread and direct a high pressure production stream introduced into the interior space via the stream inlet port downward toward the liquid drain.

Abstract: A reinforced flexible hose includes at least one inner tubular layer (2) of plastic or rubber, a knitted reinforcement (3), which has substantially, parallel rows (4) and lines (5) of substantially parallel stitches, with respective stitch counts per unit length of the hose (Nm, Nr); and an outer layer (6) which is superimposed on the reinforcement layer (3) to protect it. The knitted reinforcement layer (3) is provided in the form of a single tubular layer and is wrapped around the outer surface of the inner tubular layer (2); the rows (4) and lines (5) of stitches are substantially helical, with respective longitudinal pitches (Pm, Pr) and inclinations which are mutually opposite with respect to the longitudinal axis (Y).

Abstract: A variable wheel base vehicle includes a vehicle body having front end rear ends supporting body members one of which is capable of displacement relative to the other. Drive motors mounted to the vehicle body are linked to the body members. A carriage assembly including drive wheels provide support for the vehicle body. An extension assembly responsive to the drive motor is connected to at least one of the body members. Upon actuation of the drive motor, the extension assembly enables one body member to displace relative to the other body member to enable extension and retraction of the vehicle wheel base. Each body member includes at least one wheel of the carriage assembly and, as a result of displacement of one body member relative to the other body member, the displaced body member provides increased counterbalance in the vehicle.

Abstract: Upconversion fluorescent nano-structured material(s) comprising at least one compound of formula (M1)j(M2)kXn:(M3)q and at least one polymer, wherein: each X is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of: halogen, O, S, Se, Te, N, P and As; each M1, if present, is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of: Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, O and NH4; each M2 is the same or different and is a metal ion; each M3, independently, is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu; j is 0?j?10; k is 1?k?10; n is 1?n?10; and q is 1?q?10. In particular, the polymer is wherein the polymer soluble in polar solvents.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is the semiconductor device which includes more than one field effect transistor having a gate electrode to which an electrical interconnect wire is connected and a gate insulation film with a thickness of 6.0 nm or less and which comprises a first transistor group made up of a plurality of field effect transistors that are the same in thickness of gate insulation film, a second transistor group made up of a plurality of field effect transistors that are the same in thickness of gate insulation film with the thickness of gate insulation film being less than the thickness of the gate insulation film of the first transistor group, and a semiconductor substrate on which the first and second transistor groups are mounted together in a mixed manner, wherein an antenna ratio which is a ratio of the area of a wire to the gate area of a gate electrode is such that the maximum value of the second transistor group is greater than the maximum value of the first transistor group.

Abstract: To provide a A digital control switching power-supply device is provided which is capable of suitably achieving fast transient response at the time of a sudden load change. In parallel with normal digital signal processing means that outputs a PWM pulse signal having a desired duty, transient variation detection means composed of a CR filter provided across an output inductor and a window comparator is provided in preparation for a sudden load change. If a sudden decrease in load is detected, a PWM pulse signal having a duty of 0% is forcedly output, and if a sudden increase in load is detected, a PWM pulse signal having a duty of 100% is forcedly output.

Abstract: A delay locked loop includes initialization circuitry that ensures that a DLL is initialized to an operating point that is not to close to either end of a delay vs. control voltage characteristic. The initialization circuitry forces the DLL to initially search for a lock point starting from an initial delay, the delay is varied in one direction, forcing the DLL to skip the first lock point. The initialization circuitry only allows the DLL to vary the delay of the voltage controlled delay loop in the one direction from the initial delay until the operating point is reached.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are concerned with a method of manufacturing a radiation detector having one or more conductive contacts on a semiconductor substrate, and comprise the steps of: applying a first conductive layer to a first surface of the semiconductor substrate; applying a second conductive layer to form a plurality of contiguous layers of conductive materials, said plurality of contiguous layers including said first conductive layer; and selectively removing parts of said plurality of contiguous layers so as to form said conductive contacts, the conductive contacts defining one or more radiation detector cells in the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: Transmitting information using a preamble of a Random Access Channel (RACH) in an Evolved Universal mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS) is provided. A preamble transmission is used to inform a base station of specific information when a terminal uses a RACH and the base station efficiently allocates radio resources for data transmission to the terminal according to the specific information. Delay time before the terminal transmits data is reduced and unnecessary consumption of radio resources is minimized.

Abstract: A large amount of user information is transmitted with good efficiency by means of a high-speed downlink by making transmission rates of an uplink circuit and a downlink asymmetrical. The radio communication system includes a plurality of base stations, a plurality of terminals, an uplink established between each of the base stations and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station, and a downlink circuit established between each of the terminals and each of the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed data from a base station to a terminal.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising having an amount of an adhesive, and an amount of an additive which is selected from the group of homopolymers of acrylic acid, copolymers of acrylic acid and, polyacrylates, polyurethanes, cellulose thickening agent, natural or synthetic gum, natural or synthetic resin, silica or an inorganic mineral having a layered structure.

Abstract: An interactive system for a local intervention inside a region of a non-homogeneous structure, such as the skull of a patient, which is related to the frame of reference (R2) of an operation table, and which is connected to a reference structure comprising a plurality of base points. The system creates on a screen a representation of the non-homogeneous structure and of the reference structure connected thereto, provides the coordinates of the images of the base points in the first frame of reference (R1), allows the marking of the coordinates of the base points in R2, and allows the carrying out of the local intervention with an active member such as a trephining tool, a needle, or a radioactive or chemical implant. The systems also optimizes the transfer of reference frames between R1 and R2, from the coordinates of the base points in R2 and the images in R1 by reducing down to a minimum the deviations between the coordinates of images in R1 and the base points in R1 after transfer.

Abstract: A protective device comprising a band part to be arranged on the wearer's head and a channel part arranged thereto and means for supplying air into the channel part and further through the end of the channel part to the wearer's facial area. The protective device further comprises a connecting part provided with two branch parts to be arranged at the end of the channel part, the ends of the branch parts being arranged to be connected to air supply means arranged in the mask part covering the wearer's mouth and nose.

Abstract: A babybody includes a front piece (1) and a back piece, two shoulder sections (4) and a crotch (2). The distinguishing features of the babybody are that the back piece includes an outerlying element (3) and an innerlying element (5), that the innerlying element (5) has a free upper edge (10) and that an intermediate portion of the upper free edge (10) is situated at a level which is nearer to the crotch (2) than the ends of the upper free edge (10).

Abstract: Systems and methods for retaining camouflage material from the natural surrounding of a user. A device includes a retaining mechanism and at least two coupling mechanisms for attaching the device to the clothing, or person, of the user. Alternatively, the device includes elastomeric banding to attach a device to the user. The device includes a backing plate to provide tension across the retaining mechanism. The user immobilizes the camouflage material by inserting the camouflage material between the retaining mechanism and the clothing, apparel or person of the user.

Abstract: An emergency anti-hypothermia system has a thermally insulating vest that is sufficiently portable to be carried for emergency use in a pocket, purse, backpack, compartment of a vehicle, ski pole or other location. The vest provides thermal insulation by being made with thermally insulating air impervious material that also provides for its inflation. The inflating air also provides insulation as, preferably, does thermal radiation reflective material on inwardly facing surfaces of the vest, preferably inwardly facing surfaces of outer layers of inflated chambers about the vest, the multiplicity of the chambers about the vest reducing convection heat transfer therewithin. The vest thus preferably provides thermal insulation by anti-conduction, anti-radiation and anti-convection in a highly portable system.

Abstract: A medical gown and method of assembling a medical gown for a patient that provides coverage and dignity as well as easy of treatment and examination. The medical gown may include two garment portions. Each garment portion includes a first panel and a second panel which is generally a mirror image of the first panel. Each garment portion is formed by joining the first panel to the second panel along the first and second top edges and joining the first and second outside edges such that an arm opening is formed between the first and second panels. Each garment portion is thereby adapted to be secured to a patient by placing an arm through the arm opening and releasably joining the closure members together under the patient's opposite arm.

Abstract: An athletic glove with enhanced tensioning is provided. The glove comprises a palm-side portion and a back portion connected to form four finger sheaths, a thumb sheath, and an opening capable of receiving a human hand. A keyhole cutout is located along the opening at a location corresponding to the back of a user's hand. A tension-adjusting wrist strap is attached to the glove on a first side of the keyhole adjacent to the opening. The wrist strap extends across the keyhole and is detachably affixable to a second side of the keyhole adjacent to the opening. The wrist strap may be used to adjust the tension across the palm-side portion by adjusting where the strap is detachably affixed. The wrist strap connects to the palm-side portion at an angle to optimize the distribution of tensioning force to reduce bunching in the palm-side portion and provide enhanced gripping.

Abstract: An improved traction sweatband includes a flexible collar for fitting onto the head of a wearer. The front of the collar has at least one aperture formed therein. The aperture or apertures each have a circumferential edge extending completely around the aperture. A flexible resilient sheet or sheets are mounted to the back surface of the collar so as to cover each aperture in the front of the collar. Each resilient sheet is mounted around the circumferential edge of its corresponding aperture. The mounting of the sheet to the circumferential edge is adapted so as to draw the sheet against the circumferential edge and so as to urge the sheet into the aperture to thereby bow the sheet into and across the aperture.