Abstract: The invention relates to plant seeds that contain an oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40 wt % and a stearic acid content of more than 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content of said oil, and wherein a maximum of 10 wt % of the fatty acid groups in the sn-2 position of the TAG molecules constituting the oil are saturated fatty acid groups. The invention also relates to plants that can be grown from the seeds, oil that can be extracted from the seeds, and to methods for obtaining the seeds, plants and oil.

Abstract: A locking system can include an RFID lock that can include a shackle and a body that can, for example, be steel, or other materials commonly used to produce locks, such as metal alloys, etc. The shackle can be pressed into the body and locked into place by an electronic piston. When the RFID lock is to be unlocked, an electronic piston can release the shackle allowing the lock to be opened. Unlike conventional locks, however, the electronic piston can be controlled by an RFID reader. The electronic piston can be opened when the RFID reader reads an RFID enabled key that is configured to unlock the RFID lock. In other words, specific RFID enabled keys can be configured to open the RFID lock analogously to the way that specific keys can be cut to configure the key to open a specific lock.

Abstract: Meal from sunflower plants that produce seeds with an extractable oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40% by weight and a stearic acid content of more than 12% by weight is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of diagnosing non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) using molecular markers. The inventive method consists in detecting and quantifying, in vitro in a hepatic tissue sample, the levels of a protein which can be used as a NASH molecular marker and which is selected from apolipoprotein A1, sub-unit ? of the mitochondrial ATPase, leukotriene A4 hydrolase, keratin 18, guanidine acetate N-methyltransferase, superoxide dismutase, albumin, antioxidant protein 2 (isoform 1), prohibitin 1, methionine adenosyl transferase, long-chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase, selenium binding protein, antioxidant protein 2 (isoform 2), and combinations of same. The invention further consists in comparing the results obtained with the normal values of said proteins in healthy hepatic tissue. Said method can be used to diagnose NASH and/or to assess a patient's potential risk of developing NASH.

Abstract: The invention relates to plant seeds that contain an oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40 wt % and a stearic acid content of more than 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content of said oil, and wherein a maximum of 10 wt % of the fatty acid groups in the sn-2 position of the TAG molecules constituting the oil are saturated fatty acid groups. The invention also relates to plants that can be grown from the seeds, oil that can be extracted from the seeds, and to methods for obtaining the seeds, plants and oil.

Abstract: The invention relates to plant seeds that contain an oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40 wt % and a stearic acid content of more than 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content of said oil, and wherein a maximum of 10 wt % of the fatty acid groups in the sn-2 position of the TAG molecules constituting the oil are saturated fatty acid groups. The invention also relates to plants that can be grown from the seeds, oil that can be extracted from the seeds, and to methods for obtaining the seeds, plants and oil.

Abstract: Sunflower seeds having an oleic acid content of more than 5% and less than 65%, a palmitic acid content of more than 20% and less than 40%, a stearic acid content of more than 3% and less than 15%, and a palmitoleic acid content less than 4%, all based on the total fatty acid weight, are disclosed, together with methods of obtaining the sunflower seeds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a detachable straps connection to a shoe bottom, which involves making recesses in the side areas in the platform or bottom (2) that is made of any given material in such a way that two of said recesses may or may not face another two recesses. Each recess (6) has a centered bottom blind bore, a tubular part or bar (7) being placed in the inner area of said bore. A closing section (8) is mounted and/or fixed to an inner end part of said bar, said closing section defining the male part (9) of the push-in coupling element to the female area (10) of the end rivet. Each of the straps (11) of the cut-off are placed in said female area. The tubular parts (7) extend at different lengths transversally, longitudinally or slanted.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40 wt % and a stearic acid content of more than 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content of said oil, and wherein a maximum of 10 wt % of the fatty acid groups in the sn-2 position of the TAG molecules constituting the oil are saturated fatty acid groups in food and cosmetic products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising sunflower oil having increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds preferably between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a concentration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in increased production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic trait and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds. The invention further relates to oil extracted from the seeds, to a method for preparing the sunflower seeds, a method for preparing such sunflower oil, sunflower plants produced from the seeds and use of the oil.

Abstract: Sunflower plants that produce seeds with an extractable oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40% by weight and a stearic acid content of more than 12% by weight are disclosed, together with products containing the oil and methods for selecting plants containing the oil.

Abstract: The invention relates to a detachable straps connection to a shoe bottom, which involves making recesses in the side areas in the platform or bottom (2) that is made of any given material in such a way that two of said recesses may or may not face another two recesses. Each recess (6) has a centered bottom blind bore, a tubular part or bar (7) being placed in the inner area of said bore. A closing section (8) is mounted and/or fixed to an inner end part of said bar, said closing section defining the male part (9) of the push-in coupling element to the female area (10) of the end rivet. Each of the straps (11) of the cut-off are placed in said female area. The tubular parts (7) extend at different lengths transversally, longitudinally or slanted.

Abstract: An integrated multi-service antenna system for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of antenna structures integrated within a physical component of the motor vehicle. The plurality of antenna structures includes a radio antenna and at least one of a cellular telephony antenna and a satellite-signal antenna. The radio antenna has a radiating arm, with at least a portion of the radiating arm defining a space-filling curve, the radio antenna further has a feeding point for coupling the radio antenna to a radio receiver in the motor vehicle.

Abstract: Meal from sunflower plants that produce seeds with an extractable oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40% by weight and a stearic acid content of more than 12% by weight is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising sunflower oil having increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds (preferably between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil and comprising in the oil at least 3.4% of the triacylglycerol species that have the general formula SMS and not more than 5-0% of triacylglycerol species that have the general formula SMM obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a concentration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in increased production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic traits and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising sunflower oil having increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds preferably between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, obtainable by treating parent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period of time and in a concentration sufficient to induce one or more mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearic acid biosynthesis resulting in increased production of stearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturing progeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzing progeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired the desirable genetic trait and optionally repeating the cycle of germination, culturing and collection of seeds. The invention further relates to oil extracted from the seeds, to a method for preparing the sunflower seeds, a method for preparing such sunflower oil, sunflower plants produced from the seeds and use of the oil.

Abstract: Sunflower seeds having an oleic acid content of more than 5% and less than 65%, a palmitic acid content of more than 20% and less than 40%, a stearic acid content of more than 3% and less than 15%, and a palmitoleic acid content less than 4%, all based on the total fatty acid weight, are disclosed, together with methods of obtaining the sunflower seeds.

Abstract: The present invention is related with a dielectric composition for the manufacture of an insulating structure of the type that comprises at least a dielectric resin. The composition comprises granules of a thermoset polymer and a dielectric resin in a ratio thermoset polymer/dielectric resin in the scale of 2:1 to 20:1, which allows it to support voltages of at least 45 kV and to have resistances of at least 25 M&OHgr;. The invention further comprises dielectric structures obtained from the composition, which can be increased in their dielectric strength by means of a layer of dielectric resin.