Abstract: An assembly for entraining a cut end of a web in a fluid flow, the assembly comprising an arrangement for delivering a fluid flow proximal to an entrainment region where a web is cut. The assembly further has an arrangement for guiding the fluid flow and the entrained end of the web from the web entrainment region to a web delivery region.

Abstract: An assembly for entraining a cut end of a web in a fluid flow, the assembly comprising an arrangement for delivering a fluid flow proximal to an entrainment region where a web is cut. The assembly further has an arrangement for guiding the fluid flow and the entrained end of the web from the web entrainment region to a web delivery region.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method of rendering images for computer graphics or animation at multiple levels of detail or resolution. The invention uses a hierarchical data structure and provides methods of generating and using that structure for rendering images. The invention generates a data structure containing data elements representing multiple resolutions of data and then determines a desired resolution for the image. The data elements in the data structure corresponding to the desired resolution are accessed and each data element in the accessed data is associated with a renderable primitive. The image is then rendered by processing the renderable primitive associated with each data element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering a plurality of objects. The method includes receiving ray differential information associated with a ray, determining a first ray differential based on at least information associated with the ray and a first surface patch, processing information associated with the first ray differential and the first surface patch, determining a first resolution based on at least information associated with the first ray differential and the first surface patch, and selecting a second resolution from the plurality of predetermined resolutions. Additionally, the method includes obtaining a first geometry representation associated with the second resolution.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering a plurality of objects. The method includes receiving ray differential information associated with a ray, determining a first ray differential based on at least information associated with the ray and a first surface patch, and determining a first resolution based on at least information associated with the first ray differential and the first surface patch. Additionally, the method includes obtaining a first geometry representation based on at least information associated with the first surface patch and the first resolution, and obtaining a second geometry representation associated with a second surface patch tessellated at a second resolution. Moreover, the method includes determining whether there is at least one patch crack between the first geometry representation and the second geometry representation, and if there is the at least one patch crack, performing a stitching process to the first geometry representation and the second geometry representation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering a plurality of objects. The method includes receiving ray differential information associated with a ray, determining a first resolution associated with a first surface patch based on at least information associated with the ray and the first surface patch, processing information associated with the first resolution and a database, and determining whether a first geometry representation associated with the first surface patch tessellated at the first resolution is present in the database. The database is associated with a plurality of predetermined resolutions, and the first resolution is equal to one of the plurality of predetermined resolutions. At least one of the plurality of predetermined resolutions includes a first tessellation rate associated with a first dimension and a second tessellation rate associated with a second dimension. The first tessellation rate is different from the second tessellation rate.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Peperomia plant named ‘Costa Rica’ that is characterized by heart shaped leaves that are grey-green with green areas surrounding the veins on the upper surface and yellow-green on the lower surface.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Peperomia plant named ‘Quito’ that is characterized by leaves that are orange-brown on both the upper and lower surfaces, a large number of leaves and a compact habit.