Abstract: A crankshaft for a reciprocating piston engine is disclosed. The crankshaft has at least two shaft journals adjoined by respective crank webs which are connected to one another by an associated crank pin. Respective material accumulations, which in each case have a surface oriented at least substantially orthogonally with respect to the axis of rotation, are provided on the crank webs in the region of the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A crankshaft for a reciprocating piston engine is disclosed. The crankshaft has at least two shaft journals adjoined by respective crank webs which are connected to one another by an associated crank pin. Respective material accumulations, which in each case have a surface oriented at least substantially orthogonally with respect to the axis of rotation, are provided on the crank webs in the region of the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A milking station and a method of milking for improving hygiene at a milking station, including a device for removing contaminants stuck to the floor of an accommodating area, a device for producing a directed flow of the contaminants provided on the floor. The surface of the milking area is wetted by nozzles integrated in a region of the floor of the milking area before an animal is milked, dirt is washed away from the floor of the milking area after milking, and the floor is then automatically wetted once again.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to optimizing measure values associated with components of a product, where the measure values relate to quantities of interest, such as, for example, the price of the components, the amount of time that it takes to supply the components, a performance adequacy rating associated with the components, or a safety rating associated with the components. Where the product may be supplied in accordance with more than one design, components from different designs may be selected to further optimize measure values associated with components of the product.

Abstract: The present invention provides chemically regulatable DNA sequences capable of regulating transcription of an associated DNA sequence in plants or plant tissues, chimeric constructions containing such sequences, vectors containing such sequences and chimeric constructions, and transgenic plants and plant tissues containing these chimeric constructions. In one aspect, the chemically regulatable DNA sequences of the invention are derived from the 5' region of genes encoding pathogenisis-related (PR) proteins. The present invention also provides anti-pathogenic sequences derived from novel cDNAs coding for PR proteins which can be genetically engineered and transformed into plants to confer enhanced resistance to disease.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of controlling insect larvae comprising the steps of feeding said larvae an insecticidal amount of a transgenic Zea mays plant that expresses a polypeptide having the insect toxicity properties of Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein.

Abstract: Methods of regenerating fertile Zea mays plants from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells are described. The protoplasts or cells may be derived from embryogenic cell cultures or callus cultures. The protoplasts, cells and resulting plants may be transgenic, containing, for example, chimeric genes coding for a polypeptide having substantially the insect toxicity properties of the crystal protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis.

Abstract: Methods of regenerating fertile Zea mays plants from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells are described. The protoplasts or cells may be derived from embryogenic cell cultures or callus cultures. The protoplasts, cells and resulting plants may be transgenic, containing, for example, chimeric genes coding for a polypeptide having substantially the insect toxicity properties of the crystal protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis.

Abstract: The present invention provides chemically regulatable DNA sequences capable of regulating transcription of an associated DNA sequence in plants or plant tissues, chimeric constructions containing such sequences, vectors containing such sequences and chimeric constructions, and transgenic plants and plant tissues containing these chimeric constructions. In one aspect, the chemically regulatable DNA sequences of the invention are derived from the 5' region of genes encoding pathogenisis-related (PR) proteins. The present invention also provides anti-pathogenic sequences derived from novel cDNAs coding for PR proteins which can be genetically engineered and transformed into plants to confer enhanced resistance to disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides chemically regulatable DNA sequences capable of regulating transcription of an associated DNA sequence in plants or plant tissues, chimeric constructions containing such sequences, vectors containing such sequences and chimeric constructions, and transgenic plants and plant tissues containing these chimeric constructions. In one aspect, the chemically regulatable DNA sequences of the invention are derived from the 5' region of genes encoding pathogenisis-related (PR) proteins. The present invention also provides anti-pathogenic sequences derived from novel cDNAs coding for PR proteins which can be genetically engineered and transformed into plants to confer enhanced resistance to disease.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of controlling insect larvae comprising the steps of feeding said larvae an insecticidal amount of a transgenic Zea mays plant that expresses a polypeptide having the insect toxicity properties of Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein.

Abstract: Methods of regenerating fertile Zea mays plants from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells are described. The protoplasts or cells may be derived from embryogenic cell cultures or callus cultures. The protoplasts, cells and resulting plants may be transgenic, containing, for example, chimeric genes coding for a polypeptide having substantially the insect toxicity properties of the crystal protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis.