Abstract: A system coupled to a pipeline includes a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion by an over-center latch and a secondary adjustment mechanism such that a diameter of the system can be adjusted independently by either the over-center latch or the secondary adjustment mechanism. The first portion may be coupled to the second portion by a ratchet mechanism. The system may include a service saddle or a tapping sleeve. The system may be coupled to a water main.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of multiphase pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling.

Abstract: The invention relates to hair dryers. Various techniques for improving air flow in hair dryers are described, including a hair dryer providing laminar flow air. In another variant a hair dryer has a two air flow channels: one a hot air channel the other a cool air channel, with the cool air channel circumscribing the hot air channel. The nozzle end of the hair dryer is arranged such that the cool air channel extends forward of the hot air channel outlet. This allows a hair dryer to be placed close to, or on, a person's hair/head without and risk of burning the person's head. A hair dryer with external power supply is also described which reduces the weight of the housing held by a user.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of multiphase pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling.

Abstract: The invention relates to hair dryers. Various techniques for improving air flow in hair dryers are described, including a hair dryer providing laminar flow air. In another variant a hair dryer has a two air flow channels: one a hot air channel the other a cool air channel, with the cool air channel circumscribing the hot air channel. The nozzle end of the hair dryer is arranged such that the cool air channel extends forward of the hot air channel outlet. This allows a hair dryer to be placed close to, or on, a person's hair/head without and risk of burning the person's head. A hair dryer with external power supply is also described which reduces the weight of the housing held by a user.

Abstract: A simple, one-piece mechanical tie allows quick and secure connection between rebar, mesh and form. A single piece of tie wire can secure the tie to the mesh and rebar, making the installation process much quicker than conventional processes. Unlike other devices that have multiple pieces where, if one piece is lost, the tie is unusable, the current device is designed as a single piece making installation and use quick and simple.

Abstract: A relatively thin flat panel of thermal insulating material is provided with an array of holes or apertures, each coaxially aligned or coextensive with a reinforcement bar emanating from a concrete slab forming an interior floor within a structure consistent with the design of a structural engineer of record. Rebar couplers (nipples) are arranged within each of the holes or apertures of the insulating panel having axial lengths greater than the thickness of the panel to extend beyond the panel on both sides thereof. The couplers are threaded both internally and externally. Nuts or threaded washers are threaded and tightened on both sides of each coupler to secure the coupler in place in relation to the panel. Alternatively, fiberglass rebars can be used extending through the insulating panel.

Abstract: A simple, one-piece mechanical tie allows quick and secure connection between rebar, mesh and form. A single piece of tie wire can secure the tie to the mesh and rebar, making the installation process much quicker than conventional processes. Unlike other devices that have multiple pieces where, if one piece is lost, the tie is unusable, the current device is designed as a single piece making installation and use quick and simple.

Abstract: A method to propagate, enumerate and quantify bacteriophage(s) in a water sample or other aqueous sample was designed which contains ingredients to stimulate the growth of select bacterial species which are susceptible to infection by specific bacteriophage(s), in which interfering background organisms are either inhibited or inconsequential. Important features of the medium include oxidation-reduction compounds producing colored and/or fluorescent products, chromogenic and/or fluorogenic enzyme substrates, and temperature-independent gelling agent(s). A preferred combination is the growth medium containing 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-B-D-galactoside, and appropriate gelling agents, which (when properly used) produces a dark red bacterial lawn containing teal blue-green, irregularly circular spots representing individual phage plaque, all discernible to the eye in visible light.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV385282. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV385282, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV385282 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV385282 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV385282.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV806292. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV806292, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV806292 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV806292 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV806292.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV949222. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV949222, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV949222 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV949222 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV949222.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV385683. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV385683, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV385683 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV385683 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV385683.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV983251. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV983251, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV983251 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV983251 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV983251.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH776544. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH776544, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH776544 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH776544.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV970480. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV970480, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV970480 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV970480 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV970480.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV022631. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV022631, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV022631 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV022631 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV022631.

Abstract: A safety hanger system for attachment to horizontal members of stringers or other support members forming a subfloor include a plurality of safety hanger straps each of which is provided with closed loop ends. Rigid retaining members such as D-rings are linked through one of said loop ends at one end of each of the straps. Snap hooks are supported on the retaining members. The safety hangers are attachable in spaced relationship to the stringers with at least one snap-hook positioned to engage a safety net below the adjacent stringers to catch a worker that slips through a subfloor under which the net is placed, whereby workers have freedom of movement above the subfloor without the need to be tethered by lanyards to any given fixed point. A method is disclosed for attaching the safety hanger straps to the stringers and for securing safety net(s) to the snap hooks.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV385683. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV385683, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV385683 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV385683 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV385683.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV949222. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV949222, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV949222 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV949222 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV949222.