Abstract: A docking system has flat funnel and a slotted ramp at the end of the flat funnel. The slotted ramp has a plurality of inclined planes, each on a respective side of the slot. A docking adapter, fitted over an underwater vehicle, includes a guide plane and a mask. The flat funnel guides the guide plane to the top of the ramp during docking, so that the underwater vehicle may be charged. Another aspect of the invention is a highly maneuverable glider including a forwardly mounted buoyancy module followed a pitch module, followed by a processing module, followed by a roll module, mounted concentrically with respect to each other. The glider may be attached to any docking system, not just that of the present invention. When used in conjunction with the docking system of the present invention, the glider may be attached to either the flat funnel or the docking adapter of the docking system of the present invention.

Abstract: A docking system has flat funnel and a slotted ramp at the end of the flat funnel. The slotted ramp has a plurality of inclined planes, each on a respective side of the slot. A docking adapter, fitted over an underwater vehicle, includes a guide plane and a mask. The flat funnel guides the guide plane to the top of the ramp during docking, so that the underwater vehicle may be charged. Another aspect of the invention is a highly maneuverable glider including a forwardly mounted buoyancy module followed a pitch module, followed by a processing module, followed by a roll module, mounted concentrically with respect to each other. The glider may be attached to any docking system, not just that of the present invention. When used in conjunction with the docking system of the present invention, the glider may be attached to either the flat funnel or the docking adapter of the docking system of the present invention.

Abstract: A docking system has flat funnel and a slotted ramp at the end of the flat funnel. The ramp has a plurality of inclined planes, each on a respective side of the slot. A docking adapter, fitted over an underwater vehicle, includes a guide plane and a mask. The funnel guides the guide plane to the top of the ramp during docking/charging of the underwater vehicle. Another aspect of the invention is a highly maneuverable glider including a forwardly mounted buoyancy module followed, in order, by a pitch module, a processing module, and a roll module, mounted concentrically with respect to each other. The glider may be attached to any docking system. When used in conjunction with the docking system of the present invention, the glider may be attached to either the flat funnel or the docking adapter of the docking system of the present invention.

Abstract: ‘Red BG’ is a limb sport mutation of ‘Granny Smith’. The fruit of ‘Red BG’ exhibits a distinctive red overcolor, and is further distinguishable from ‘Granny Smith’ by its larger blossoms and darker stem.

Abstract: A docking system has flat funnel and a slotted ramp at the end of the flat funnel. The ramp has a plurality of inclined planes, each on a respective side of the slot. A docking adapter, fitted over an underwater vehicle, includes a guide plane and a mask. The funnel guides the guide plane to the top of the ramp during docking/charging of the underwater vehicle. Another aspect of the invention is a highly maneuverable glider including a forwardly mounted buoyancy module followed, in order, by a pitch module, a processing module, and a roll module, mounted concentrically with respect to each other. The glider may be attached to any docking system. When used in conjunction with the docking system of the present invention, the glider may be attached to either the flat funnel or the docking adapter of the docking system of the present invention.

Abstract: A pipette (12) comprises a body portion (14) for aspirating a fluid sample (36) into a pipette tip (16) when attached thereto, wherein the body portion (14) comprises at least one light source (26), or an entry point for light from at least one light source, and at least one detector (48) or at least one exit point for light to a remote detector, the pipette body (14) providing an optical path of light that passes from the light source (26) to the sample (36) in a direction essentially along the longitudinal axis of the pipette tip (16) and an optical path for light from the sample (36) to the detector (48) in a direction essentially along the longitudinal axis of the pipette tip (16). A method, apparatus and kit are also described. The pipette, apparatus, kit and method allow the accurate analysis and quantitative determination of minute amounts of biological samples.

Abstract: A pipette tip comprises a vessel for attachment to a pipette, wherein the vessel is prefilled with a reagent or chemical to permit an assay to be carried out in the pipette tip itself. The pipette comprises a body portion for aspirating a fluid sample into the pipette tip when attached thereto, the body portion comprising at least one light source, or at least one entry point for light from at least one light source, providing an optical path of light that passes through the sample in a direction essentially along the longitudinal axis of the pipette tip.

Abstract: A method and system of providing targeted marketing of financial products and/or services through a mobile pay application including collecting, during an application set-up process, user financial information including user specific financial goals, tracking the user specific financial goals during user account transactions, and using progress of the financial goals to identify user specific opportunities for financial product and service marketing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reagents for separating proteins from detergent, reagents for detecting proteins in the presence of a detergent, and methods of using the same. The separating reagents contain a cyclic oligomer such as cyclodextrin and a cellulose derivative such as 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose. When used in combination with standard protein-complexing dyes, the reagents allow detection of proteins in electrophoresis gels at nanogram levels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reagents for separating proteins from detergent, reagents for detecting proteins in the presence of a detergent, and methods of using the same. The separating reagents contain a cyclic oligomer such as cyclodextrin and a cellulose derivative such as 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose. When used in combination with standard protein-complexing dyes, the reagents allow detection of proteins in electrophoresis gels at nanogram levels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reagents for separating proteins from detergent, reagents for detecting proteins in the presence of a detergent, and methods of using the same. The separating reagents contain a cyclic oligomer such as cyclodextrin and a cellulose derivative such as 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose. When used in combination with standard protein-complexing dyes, the reagents allow detection of proteins in electrophoresis gels at nanogram levels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reagents for separating proteins from detergent, reagents for detecting proteins in the presence of a detergent, and methods of using the same. The separating reagents contain a cyclic oligomer such as cyclodextrin and a cellulose derivative such as 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose. When used in combination with standard protein-complexing dyes, the reagents allow detection of proteins in electrophoresis gels at nanogram levels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipette (12) comprising a body portion (14) for aspirating a fluid sample (36) into a pipette tip (16) when attached thereto, wherein the body portion (14) comprises at least one light source (26), or an entry point for light from at least one light source, providing an optical path of light that passes through the sample (36) in a direction essentially along the longitudinal axis of the pipette tip (16). A method for measuring light output from a fluid sample (36), comprises providing a pipette tip (14) or capillary tube having first and second open ends (46, 68) with the sample (36) to be analysed contained therein, and detecting light output from an open end (46) of the pipette tip (16) or capillary tube. An apparatus and kit are also described. The pipette, apparatus, kit and method allow the accurate analysis and quantitative determination of minute amounts of biological samples.

Abstract: Durable security devices that are resistant to chemical attack and mechanical degradation and security articles employing such devices, are provided. By way of the durable security device of the present invention, opposing longitudinal borders adjacent an information-bearing layer are sealed, thereby preventing corrosive and/or degrading materials from reaching this layer through these sealed borders. In a preferred embodiment, at least a portion of the information-bearing layer is fully encapsulated, thereby rendering this portion or layer and the information conveyed thereby, impervious to chemical attack.

Abstract: Interface circuitry for facilitating the installation of a control device is presented. One embodiment includes an interface circuit with first and second terminals that can be coupled interchangeably to a load and the utility hot of an AC power source, thus eliminating the time-consuming requirement that a particular wire be coupled to a particular terminal. The interface circuit also limits the amount of current supplied to the control device during periods of low current demand, thus reducing current and power consumption. An additional feature further facilitates installation of a control device when that device is being installed in a metallic electrical enclosure that is itself coupled to utility return. The device's return terminal is automatically coupled to the power source's utility return upon mounting of the control device in the enclosure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an occupancy detector device that is capable of regulating the on/off status of electrical appliances, such as lights, depending on the presence of people in a given monitored area. The occupancy detector of the present invention relies on the combined functioning of a passive infrared sensor and a sound sensor. Signals from the passive infrared sensor or the sound sensor operate to maintain the electrical appliances in the on state. If no signals are received from these sensors after a predetermined time interval, the off state of the electrical appliances is initiated. Following the initiation of the off state there may be a predetermined grace period during which a sound signal can reinitiate the on state of the electrical appliance. If no sound signal is received during that grace period, only a signal from the passive infrared sensor can subsequently reinitiate the on state.

Abstract: A high-pressure mercury/metal-halide discharge lamp has the discharge electrodes offset below the central axis of the arc tube to increase the uniformity of the wall temperature and improve the performance of the lamp. The upper part of the arc tube wall is shaped to be nearer the electrodes at the ends and further from them at the center than in a cylindrical tube.

Abstract: ‘Red BG’ is a limb sport mutation of ‘Granny Smith’. The fruit of ‘Red BG’ exhibits a distinctive red overcolor, and is further distinguishable from ‘Granny Smith’ by its larger blossoms and darker stem.