Abstract: The invention provides in vitro methods of determining whether an individual has a pre-cancer or cancer comprising determining the presence or absence of one or more methylation markers of a methylation marker set in a urine sample of said individual; and determining whether the individual has pre-cancer or cancer based on the detection of the presence or absence of said one or more methylation markers in the urine sample, wherein the presence of said one or more methylation markers indicates that the individual has pre-cancer or cancer. The invention further provides methods for typing pre-cancer or cancer based on the presence or absence of one or more methylation markers of a methylation marker set in a urine sample.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a device that may serve as a drink dispenser for beverage cans. The device may be shaped like a keg. The device may include a portion to contain, cool, and dispense the beverage cans and a portion to contain ice to provide cooling, as well as contain additional beverage containers. The device may include up to five tubes with each tube capable of containing up to four beverage containers in the form of cans. A dispensing mechanism may be located at the lower end of each tube to dispense the beverage cans form the device. The tube structure may provide for cooling of the beverage containers within each tube. The device may be portable and may have a cart that can be used for transportation of the device. The device may be detachable from the cart.

Abstract: Robotic vehicle and use thereof for displacing a holder for goods, which is for instance loaded with goods, which vehicle can be operated in an empty position and a loaded position, comprising of (1) moving the robotic vehicle to a position under the holder in a first direction, wherein the robotic vehicle is in the empty position, wherein a holding means is countersunk in a body of the vehicle; (2) lifting the holder, wherein the robotic vehicle lifts the holder by performing a vertical movement of the holding means relative to the wheels of the vehicle, such that the holding means comes into contact with an underside of the holder, wherein the robotic vehicle transfers to the loaded position; (3) rotating driven wheels of the robotic vehicle from the first direction to the second direction without the body of the vehicle being rotated, and (4) displacing the robotic vehicle in the loaded position in a second direction, wherein the first and second direction enclose a mutual angle of between 60 and 120 degre

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a payroll system. The method identifies a subset of rules from a group of payroll rules. The subset of rules correctly correlates payroll input data to payroll output data for a legacy payroll system of an organization. The method translates the subset of rules into a group of policy configuration options for a group of payroll policy templates. The method receives a selection from the group of policy configuration options to create a policy instance for the payroll processing system. The method configures the payroll processing system according to the policy instance.

Abstract: A tire includes a carcass ply, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown region of the carcass ply, and a belt structure having an overall axial width substantially equal to a tread width interposed between the tread and the crown region in circumferential surrounding relation to the carcass ply. The belt structure includes a first belt layer and a second belt layer radially adjacent the first belt layer. The first belt layer includes a first reinforced composite with first reinforcement cords embedded in a first rubber matrix. The first reinforcement cords have a construction of 1100/4 dtex with a twist between 150 TPM and 250 TPM and a dipping tension between 100 mN/tex and 200 mN/tex.

Abstract: A tire includes a carcass ply, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown region of the carcass ply, and a belt structure having an overall axial width substantially equal to a tread width interposed between the tread and the crown region in circumferential surrounding relation to the carcass ply. The belt structure includes a first belt layer and a second belt layer radially adjacent the first belt layer. The first belt layer includes a first reinforced composite with first reinforcement cords embedded in a first rubber matrix. The first reinforcement cords have a construction of 1100/4 dtex with a twist between 150 TPM and 250 TPM and a dipping tension between 100 mN/tex and 200 mN/tex.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eggplant seed that is capable of growing into a plant that is cytoplasmic male sterile and can produce eggplant fruits without fertilization. The present invention also relates to a plant produced by growing the eggplant. The invention further relates to methods for producing the seedless eggplant fruits.

Abstract: Robotic vehicle and use thereof for displacing a holder for goods, which is for instance loaded with goods, which vehicle can be operated in an empty position and a loaded position, comprising of (1) moving the robotic vehicle to a position under the holder in a first direction, wherein the robotic vehicle is in the empty position, wherein a holding means is countersunk in a body of the vehicle; (2) lifting the holder, wherein the robotic vehicle lifts the holder by performing a vertical movement of the holding means relative to the wheels of the vehicle, such that the holding means comes into contact with an underside of the holder, wherein the robotic vehicle transfers to the loaded position; (3) rotating driven wheels of the robotic vehicle from the first direction to the second direction without the body of the vehicle being rotated, and (4) displacing the robotic vehicle in the loaded position in a second direction, wherein the first and second direction enclose a mutual angle of between 60 and 120 degre

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eggplant plant, in particular a Solanum melongena plant comprising a QTL, which leads to the plant producing seeds that have a novel color, wherein said QTL is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under deposit number NCIMB 42507. The invention also relates to seeds and other propagation material of the plant and to its progeny as well as to food products that comprise the consumable parts of the plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eggplant, in particular a Solanum melongena plant, comprising a genetic determinant, which when present confers a reduced number of trichomes on vegetative plant parts, and which is as found in plants grown from seed of which representative samples were deposited under NCIMB accession numbers NCIMB 41756 and NCIMB 42013. When the genetic determinant is homozygously present the number of trichomes is strongly reduced.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a payroll system. The method identifies a subset of rules from a group of payroll rules. The subset of rules correctly correlates payroll input data to payroll output data for a legacy payroll system of an organization. The method translates the subset of rules into a group of policy configuration options for a group of payroll policy templates. The method receives a selection from the group of policy configuration options to create a policy instance for the payroll processing system. The method configures the payroll processing system according to the policy instance.

Abstract: A drawn agricultural machine comprising a carrier frame for carrying processing members, the carrier frame supportable on the ground, at least during transport, by means of a wheel set comprising at least a wheel, a coupling frame for coupling the agricultural machine 1 to the three-point suspension of a tractor, the coupling frame comprising two lower coupling points and an upper coupling point and the coupling frame being rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation relative to the carrier frame. The machine also comprises a drawing element for exerting a force on the coupling frame, wherein the coupling frame, the carrier frame and the drawing element are interconnected in such a manner that a downward force component is exerted on the lower coupling points when the drawing element exerts a force on the coupling frame.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for running a payroll. The method identifies a policy instance for an employee by a computer system, wherein the policy instance includes a group of execution units in the computer system that implements a group of rules for a policy with respect to running the payroll for the organization. Further, the method identifies data for the employee by the computer system. Yet further, the method processes the data in the group of execution units in the computer system to run the payroll for the employee, wherein the group of execution units is configured with instance-specific information for the policy instance to process the data for the payroll using the group of rules for the policy.

Abstract: The process of the present invention pertains to a process wherein a liquid feed comprising monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, and optionally acetic acid and/or trichloroacetic acid is subjected to a catalytic hydrodechlorination step by contacting it with a source of hydrogen in the presence of a solid heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst situated in a fixed catalyst bed, wherein the liquid feed is fed to the top of avertical tubular reactor at a superficial mass velocity of between and 10 kg/s per square meter of the horizontal cross-section of the vertical tubular reactor and a rate of between 250 and 3,000 kg/hr per m of said catalyst bed, wherein the source of hydrogen is fed to the top or bottom of the vertical tubular reactor at a rate of between 0.025 to 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eggplant seed that is capable of growing into a plant that is cytoplasmic male sterile and can produce eggplant fruits without fertilization. The present invention also relates to a plant produced by growing the eggplant. The invention further relates to methods for producing the seedless eggplant fruits.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eggplant, in particular a Solanum melongena plant, comprising a genetic determinant, which when present confers a reduced number of trichomes on vegetative plant parts, and which is as found in plants grown from seed of which representative samples were deposited under NCIMB accession numbers NCIMB 41756 and NCIMB 42013. When the genetic determinant is homozygously present the number of trichomes is strongly reduced.

Abstract: The process of the present invention pertains to a process wherein a liquid feed comprising monochioroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, and optionally acetic acid and/or trichioroacetic acid is subjected to a catalytic hydrodechlorination step by contacting it with a source of hydrogen in the presence of a solid heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst situated in a fixed catalyst bed, wherein the liquid feed is fed to the top of avertical tubular reactor at a superficial mass velocity of between and 10 kg/s per square meter of the horizontal cross-section of the vertical tubular reactor and a rate of between 250 and 3,000 kg/hr per m of said catalyst bed, wherein the source of hydrogen is fed to the top or bottom of the vertical tubular reactor at a rate of between 0.025 to 0.

Abstract: A drawn agricultural machine comprising a carrier frame for carrying processing members, the carrier frame supportable on the ground, at least during transport, by means of a wheel set comprising at least a wheel, a coupling frame for coupling the agricultural machine 1 to the three-point suspension of a tractor, the coupling frame comprising two lower coupling points and an upper coupling point and the coupling frame being rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation relative to the carrier frame. The machine also comprises a drawing element for exerting a force on the coupling frame, wherein the coupling frame, the carrier frame and the drawing element are interconnected in such a manner that a downward force component is exerted on the lower coupling points when the drawing element exerts a force on the coupling frame.

Abstract: A drawn agricultural machine comprising a carrier frame for carrying processing members, the carrier frame supportable on the ground, at least during transport, by means of a wheel set comprising at least a wheel, a coupling frame for coupling the agricultural machine 1 to the three-point suspension of a tractor, the coupling frame comprising two lower coupling points and an upper coupling point and the coupling frame being rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation relative to the carrier frame. The machine also comprises a drawing element for exerting a force on the coupling frame, wherein the coupling frame, the carrier frame and the drawing element are interconnected in such a manner that a downward force component is exerted on the lower coupling points when the drawing element exerts a force on the coupling frame.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for rapidly implementing and deploying enterprise payroll systems. A standard enterprise payroll system is deployed and a pre-configured payroll template is loaded into the standard enterprise payroll system to form a pre-configured standard payroll system. A configuration set containing implementation-specific configuration values is generated based on user provided configuration input and business rule configuration logic from a pre-configured database corresponding to pre-configured payroll template. The generated configuration set is loaded into the pre-configured standard payroll system to create an instantiated enterprise payroll system.