Abstract: Devices and systems for providing cooling and compression to a site needing hemostasis can include a compression member having a component that can be inflated with one or more fluids, including a coolant solution. Cooling can be initiated and maintained by securing such a device to the site and optionally equipping the device with the coolant solution. A system can include materials for equipping the device with a coolant solution.

Abstract: A system for providing shower entertainment. The system includes a horizontally extendable shower rod including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is configured to retract into and extend from a channel disposed within the first portion, a plurality of lights disposed along an exterior surface of the shower rod, a plurality of speakers configured for playing sounds, a processor communicably coupled to the plurality of lights and the plurality of speakers, the processor configured for receiving audio data, via radio frequency, and playing said audio data on the plurality of speakers, and activating and deactivating the plurality of lights; and a rechargeable battery configured for providing power to the plurality of lights, the plurality of speakers and the processor.

Abstract: A system for providing shower entertainment. The system includes a horizontally extendable shower rod including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is configured to retract into and extend from a channel disposed within the first portion, a plurality of lights disposed along an exterior surface of the shower rod, a plurality of speakers configured for playing sounds, a processor communicably coupled to the plurality of lights and the plurality of speakers, the processor configured for receiving audio data, via radio frequency, and playing said audio data on the plurality of speakers, and activating and deactivating the plurality of lights; and a rechargeable battery configured for providing power to the plurality of lights, the plurality of speakers and the processor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants, using the nucleotide sequences encoding the enzymes 4-coumarate CoA-ligase (4CL), cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) of the lignin biosynthetic pathway, from ryegrass (Lolium) and fescue (Festuca). The present invention also relates to regulatory elements, promoters capable of causing expression of exogenous genes in plants, wherein the regulatory elements are from the genes for caffeic acid Omethyl transferase (OMT), 4CL, CCR or CAD. The invention also relates to vectors including the nucleic acids and regulatory elements of the invention, plant cells, plants, plant seeds and other plant parts transformed with the regulatory elements, nucleic acids and vectors and methods using the nucleic acids, regulatory elements and vectors.