Abstract: A safety device for a cantilevered beam pivotally mounted adjacent one end thereof to a support surface is adapted to bridge the beam and the support surface and is structured so that when coupled to the beam and support surface, the safety device maintains the beam in a substantially fixed cantilevered condition until a downward force exceeding a threshold is applied to the beam and thereafter controls downward pivoting of the beam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the separating of copper and/or nickel from solutions containing cobalt.

Abstract: Method of ion exchange cobalt recovery. Raffinate including cobalt, zinc, copper, nickel and ferric iron is produced. In the raffinate, the pH is raised, the solids are removed and ferric iron is reduced. A copper recovery ion exchange unit is loaded with ion exchange resin selective for copper. Raffinate is fed into the copper recovery ion exchange unit which is regenerated to recover substantially all copper. A cobalt/nickel/zinc recovery ion exchange unit is loaded with another ion exchange resin selective for cobalt. Raffinate is fed into the cobalt/nickel/zinc recovery ion exchange unit, the ion exchange resin holding cobalt, zinc and nickel, and then displaced. Cobalt/zinc eluent is fed into the cobalt/zinc/nickel recovery ion exchange unit to elute the cobalt and zinc in a cobalt/zinc solution, and then displaced. Nickel eluent is fed into the cobalt/zinc/nickel recovery ion exchange unit to elute the nickel.

Abstract: A safety device (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) for a cantilevered beam (86) pivotally mounted adjacent one end thereof to a support surface is adapted to bridge the beam and the support surface (84) and is structured so that when coupled to the beam and support surface, the safety device maintains the beam in a substantially fixed cantilevered condition until a downward force exceeding a threshold is applied to the beam and thereafter controls downward pivoting of the beam.

Abstract: A safety device for a cantilevered beam pivotally mounted adjacent one end thereof to a support surface is adapted to bridge the beam and the support surface and is structured so that when coupled to the beam and support surface, the safety device maintains the beam in a substantially fixed cantilevered condition until a downward force exceeding a threshold is applied to the beam and thereafter controls downward pivoting of the beam.

Abstract: A voice-controlled system for providing digital audio content in an automobile is presented. The system comprises a CPU unit that includes a microprocessor programmed to decode and deliver digital media such as MP3s and ebooks to a listener. The CPU unit also includes a storage device for storing the media, RAM and a power supply. The storage device is a “plug-in” unit, such as a hard disc drive, that may be removed and inserted into a home computer for downloading media. The system is controlled using a voice-based input device that interfaces with the CPU unit. The voice-based device is operative to control in a hands-free manner, for example, the selection of the media to be delivered and the volume at which the media is delivered. A display and control unit is suitable for mounting on the dashboard of an automobile and provides an alternative to voice control of the system.

Abstract: The invention concerns a nucleic acid encoding a chimeric hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dehydrogenase (HPPD) enzyme formed from a nucleic acid encoding the N-terminal portion of a first plant HPPD in combination with nucleic acid encoding the C-terminal portion of a second plant HPPD, wherein the N-terminal portion and the C-terminal portion are separated by a linker peptide. The nucleic acid can be used to transfom a cell or an organism, such as a plant, to provide tolerance to herbicides. The invention also concerns methods of making and using plants transformed with the nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutated hydroxyphenylpyruvatedioxygenase (HPPD) which exhibits improved tolerance to HPPD inhibitors, to a chimeric gene which comprises this sequence as the coding sequence, and to its use for isolating or obtaining plants which are resistant to certain herbicides.