Abstract: A system and method for article management, the method comprising providing a processor and a terminal connected to the processor, providing a closet comprising at least one module comprising at least one location for an article, each location comprising a presence sensor and a signaling unit, at least one door, a user interface connected to the terminal; wherein the processor controls the door into preventing access to articles stored within the closet in a closed position and allowing access to an article requested through the user interface in an open position if the article is authorised for retrieval by the processor.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent weather resistance, impact resistance, and fluidity and also excellent color developing properties and residence heat stability. A graft copolymer (A) prepared by graft polymerization of a certain amount of a specific monomer (a2) onto a certain amount of composite rubber (a1) composed of a conjugated diene rubber polymer and a cross-linked acrylic ester polymer. The tetrahydrofuran-soluble portion of the composite rubber (a1) has a weight-average molecular weight of 50000 or more in terms of polystyrene and a degree of swelling in toluene of 7.0 or more, or in the composite rubber contained in the graft copolymer, the number of particles having an equivalent-circle diameter of 150 nm or less is 50% or less of the total number of the composite rubber particles.

Abstract: There is provided a light fixture for mounting to a ceiling, wall or the like, which comprises a pot having a peripheral edge abutting the area adjacent a hole made in the ceiling or wall. A hook and a bolt cooperate to secure the pot to the ceiling or wall. Rotating the bolt causes the hook to move into an abutting engagement with the rear surface of the ceiling, the latter thus being contacted, on the outside, by the peripheral edge of the pot and, on the inside, by that portion of the hook engaging the rear surface of the ceiling.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PHWJH and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHWJH with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHWJH through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHWJH or a locus conversion of PHWJH with another maize variety.

Abstract: A device for determining the presence and/or quantity of one or more analytes in a sample of human body fluid has a container for receiving a sample of body fluid, with an interior that is delimited by a base and by a circumferential surface. It further comprises at least one test strip and a holding element for receiving and holding the one or more test strips. The holding element is designed such that it has a shape corresponding and adapted to the peripheral circumferential surface of the container. The device further comprises an elongate sampling element having an absorbent sampler that takes up the sample of body fluid and by means of which the sample of body fluid is transferred into the container. The sampling element can include an indicator strip for determining whether the amount of liquid sample sufficient for carrying out an assay.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition for vehicle lamp housings, includes: 5 to 80 parts by weight of a graft copolymer (A) obtained by graft polymerizing at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, and (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers, under the presence of an acrylic ester-based rubbery polymer (a-1) having a weight average particle size of 100 to 400 nm; and 20 to 95 parts by weight of a (co)polymer (B) in which at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers is polymerized, in which a content of total volatiles at 260° C. is no more than 0.7% by weight of the composition overall, and a content of oligomer component having a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 1000 is no more than 0.3% by weight of the composition overall.

Abstract: A binder for secondary battery electrodes contains a copolymer latex obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer composition containing 12.0 to 39.5 wt % of an aliphatic conjugated diene-based monomer, 1.5 to 8.5 wt % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl ester monomer, 0.1 to 10.0 wt % of an ethylene-based unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, and 42.0 to 86.4 wt % of a monomer that is copolymerizable therewith, wherein 50 to 100 wt % of the copolymer latex is toluene-insoluble.

Abstract: An apparatus for positioning a pull type farm implement has an elongated tongue being drawn by a motor vehicle having a vehicle hitch on the rear end thereof configured for attachment to the tongue, the apparatus including a hydraulic hitch mechanism configured to have one end portion attached to the vehicle hitch and an opposite end portion configured to be attached to the tongue of the implement in a non-pivoting manner, the hitch mechanism having at least one hydraulic cylinder for selectively adjusting the lateral position of the front end of the tongue. An optional GPS is operable to detect the position of the tool bar relative to the desired path and repeatedly generate position signals and apparatus for controlling the hydraulic hitch mechanism to adjust the lateral position of the tongue so that the implement follows the desired path of movement in response to the GPS signals.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an apparatus for use in applying fertilizer in the ground adjacent to a row line of seeds being planted by a planter the apparatus comprising a frame mounted to the planter, and having at least one mount structure extending from a forward end of the frame, a disk structure mounted to each of the mount structures and configured to be horizontally pivotable about a selected one of multiple forwardly located pivot points on the mount structure, the disk structure being horizontally pivotably attached to the mount structure at one of the pivot points, the disks forming a V shaped opening in the ground during forward movement, a fertilizer applying structure mounted to the apparatus for delivering a fertilizer into the V shaped opening, wherein each of the multiple pivot points delivers fertilizer into the V shaped opening at predetermined lateral distances from the row line of seeds being planted by the planter.

Abstract: A heat dissipating device and a method of fabricating thereof, the device comprising a first base adapted to be placed in contact with a heat emitter and first heat-dissipating fins extending from the first base on at least part of a periphery of the first base. The method comprises providing a first sheet of heat conductive and mechanically resistant material; cutting, out of the first sheet of material, a first piece comprising a first central part and first tabs extending radially from the first central part; and erecting the first tabs up from the first central part.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus for selectively inverting one or more windrows of crop material on the ground as the apparatus is moved in a forward direction, each of the windrows having a lower surface and a generally defined width, the apparatus comprising, a frame for attachment to a vehicle, a first transport mechanism for picking up the crop material of a windrow, moving the crop material in a rearward direction, turning the crop material through a generally horizontal arc and depositing the turned crop material in an inverted condition, the first transport mechanism being movable between a raised non-operating position and a lowered operating position, a second transport mechanism having substantially the same structure and functionality as the first transport mechanism, and a hydraulic control system selectively moving the transport mechanisms between the raised and lowered positions and for driving the transport mechanisms.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus for selectively inverting one or more windrows of crop material on the ground as the apparatus is moved in a forward direction, each of the windrows having a lower surface and a generally defined width, the apparatus comprising, a frame for attachment to a vehicle, a first transport mechanism for picking up the crop material of a windrow, moving the crop material in a rearward direction, turning the crop material through a generally horizontal arc and depositing the turned crop material in an inverted condition, the first transport mechanism being movable between a raised non-operating position and a lowered operating position, a second transport mechanism having substantially the same structure and functionality as the first transport mechanism, and a hydraulic control system selectively moving the transport mechanisms between the raised and lowered positions and for driving the transport mechanisms.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition for a vehicular lamp housing, which is excellent in balance of physical properties with regard to such as impact resistance and fluidity, and of which hot plate weldability, vibration weldability and laser weldability are improved when a vehicular lamp housing is welded with other members.

Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant maize plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides maize plants having a DP-098140-6 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate and at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide. The maize plant harboring the DP-098140-6 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:5 and/or 6. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the DP-098140-6 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the maize DP-098140-6 events are provided. Methods and compositions for improving yield are further provided.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding defensin proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, developmental pathways, and defense responses. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS31002. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS31002, to the plants of soybean RJS31002 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS31002 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS31002 with another soybean plant, using RJS31002 as either the male or the female parent.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB39W09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB39W09, to the plants of soybean XB39W09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB39W09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB39W09 with another soybean plant, using XB39W09 as either the male or the female parent.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for the stacking of multiple nucleotide sequences at precise locations in the genome of a plant or plant cell are provided. Specifically, transfer cassettes comprising nucleotide sequences of interest flanked by non-identical recombination sites are introduced into a plant comprising a target site. The target site contains at least a set of non-identical recombination sites corresponding to those on the transfer cassette. Exchange of the nucleotide sequences flanked by the recombination sites is effected by a recombinase. The transfer cassettes and target sites are designed so as to allow for the stacking or ordering of nucleotide sequences at precise locations in the plant genome.