Abstract: The invention relates to a celery plant (Apium graveolens L. dulce) carrying a genetic determinant that leads to short leaf blades and/or a more uniform distribution of stem lengths as compared to celery plants not carrying the genetic determinant, wherein said determinant is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41513. 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 invention generally relates to the delivery of content to devices of disparate platforms in executable format. The invention provides a way to create and deliver content and functionality to a number of different electronic devices having different platforms. In certain aspects, the invention provides an apparatus configured to receive a client application and a content application including functionality.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to optimizing the speed and reliability of the delivery of content or functionality to electronic devices. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system for managing content including a production server with a web interface and configured to allow a producer to create content. The system includes a gateway server which can receive the content and write it to a dynamic section. The gateway server can then compile the dynamic section into a compiled section, still including the content, and send it to a client, thereby giving an end-user access to new content or functionality.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to synchronizing functions on handheld devices and more particularly to precisely synchronizing a function among a large number of devices having multiple different platforms. The invention provides the ability to cause a large number of handheld devices to perform certain functions simultaneously, within seconds or fractions of a second of each other. In certain aspects, the invention provides an apparatus for synchronizing a function among devices, including one or more processors in communication with a memory and configured to, for each of the devices, send an event to the device, receive a timepacket, and send a return timepacket, thereby causing the device to receive the event and invoke the function after a delay.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new characteristic of lettuce which is referred to as multileaf characteristic and comprises the capacity to cause the formation in lettuce plants with a determined leaf morphology at the ready-to-harvest stage of significantly more leaves than in lettuce plants with the same leaf morphology which do not contain the characteristic. The term “significantly more” comprises: at least 1½ times as many as a lettuce type with a comparable leaf morphology, preferably at least twice as many, more preferably at least 2½ times as many, most preferably at least 200 leaves, at a ready-to-harvest stage and a determined head weight. The invention further provides a lettuce plant of the genus Lactuca in addition to a lettuce plant of the species Valerianella locusta L. (lamb's lettuce), both with the multileaf characteristic, seed of such lettuce plants and heads of lettuce.