Abstract: A panel includes a thermoset material, and an image comprising sublimation ink. The sublimation ink is absorbed in the thermoset material. The rigid component may be a rigid structure formed by the thermoset material. The panel may be for a bath or shower enclosure.

Abstract: A panel includes a thermoset material, and an image comprising sublimation ink. The sublimation ink is absorbed in the thermoset material. The rigid component may be a rigid structure formed by the thermoset material. The panel may be for a bath or shower enclosure.

Abstract: A panel includes a thermoset material, and an image comprising sublimation ink. The sublimation ink is absorbed in the thermoset material. The rigid component may be a rigid structure formed by the thermoset material. The panel may be for a bath or shower enclosure.

Abstract: A panel includes a thermoset material, and an image comprising sublimation ink. The sublimation ink is absorbed in the thermoset material. The rigid component may be a rigid structure formed by the thermoset material. The panel may be for a bath or shower enclosure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of modifying a plant phenotype by transforming a plant to alter the level of expression of non-symbiotic plant hemoglobin in the plant, whereby the transformed plant exhibits, under normal oxygen conditions, a plant phenotype that is modified as compared to a non-transformed plant. Plants exhibiting modified phenotypes under normal oxygen conditions also are provided. Methods of modifying the response to a plant hormone in a plant also are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of modifying a plant phenotype by transforming a plant to alter the level of expression of non-symbiotic plant hemoglobin in the plant, whereby the transformed plant exhibits, under normal oxygen conditions, a plant phenotype that is modified as compared to a non-transformed plant. Plants exhibiting modified phenotypes under normal oxygen conditions also are provided. Methods of modifying the response to a plant hormone in a plant also are provided.

Abstract: A control system stabilizes a turret having a gimbal and base and pointing a weapon mounted within the turret. The control system includes computer executable modules to receive turret data and operator commands and to modify operator commands in accordance with a generated line of sight vector and ballistic data. The modules include a time optimal controller to generate modified operator commands. The modules further include a gimbal stabilization controller to generate motor commands to stabilize the turret and point the weapon.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for modifying the sensitivity to abscisic acid, of seeds and vegetative tissues of plants. The compositions comprise novel nucleotide molecules configured for expressing an abscisic acid-binding protein, i.e., ABAP1, comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10. The methods comprise the steps of constructing a nucleotide molecule by fusing a nucleotide coding sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9 with a regulatory nucleotide sequence selected for over-expression or for under-expression of the coding sequence, stably introducing the nucleotide molecule into the genome of a recipient cell from a seed-producing plant, culturing the recipient cell into a whole recipient plant and then further culturing the recipient plant to produce mature recipient seeds, and harvesting the recipient seeds. The recipient seeds and whole plants produced therefrom have modified sensitivities to ABA thereby enabling regulation of germination, physiological function and plant productivity.

Abstract: A walking aid for a four legged animal. The walking aid comprises a cradle attachable below the animal's hind quarters, and a support member pivotally attached to the cradle. A wheel arrangement is provided on the support member at its end remote from the cradle. Resiliency is provided for biassing the support member below the cradle.

Abstract: A wall plate assembly for coupling satellite TV disk antennae multi-conductor cable array to tuner/receiver cables is disclosed. The assembly has a cover plate (11) for the room side of a wall opening and screws for connecting the plate to the wall about the opening. A pair of dual F female coaxial coupling members (30, 32) are provided integrally connected to the plate to allow coaxial cables to connect to either side of the plate. A plurality of non-coaxial connectors (41C, 41O, 41U, 41P, 41L, 41E, 41R and 41S) are provided which provide screw wire connectors at the room side and push/crimp wire connectors at the wall opening side of the cover plate.

Abstract: Four microphones are disposed one at each corner of a square or rectangular onfiguration located near a base station from which the lightning distance is to be measured. A light detector also is located near the base station. When lightning occurs, the light and sound waves are detected and passed in pulse form over separate channels to a computer. The time intervals between lightning and sound in each channel are measured, stored and used to calculate the slant range distance of each microphone from the lightning event. Using the slant range distance values and the known spacing values of the rectangular configuration, a computer provides the desired distance value which, for present purposes, is the horizontal distance of the closest microphone to a ground point perpendicularly beneath the lightning event. The azimuth of the ground point from the closest microphone can be determined by a simple calculation using the ground point distance value.

Abstract: A variable resistance device of the type wherein a worm screw is utilized to move a contact bearing member through a path of travel relative to conductive and resistive tracks. The variable resistor includes a ratchet member having a single elongated spring section attached to a body portion. The body portion has two rigid legs extending therefrom. The spring portion of the ratchet member is disposed within a groove formed in a surface of the contact bearing member. The rigid legs of the ratchet member are the sole elements in contact with the worm screw when the contact member reaches the end of its travel relative to the resistive and conductive tracks.

Abstract: A multilayer cylindrical or rectangular shielding container oriented to pect computer components primarily from magnetic and electromagnetic field disturbances of cloud-to-ground electric lightning strokes is provided. The shielding container is formed of spaced magnetic and nonmagnetic walls. The container preferably is oriented vertically, and leads and cables entering and leaving the container are passed through the top and bottom ends thereof to provide maximum protection from electric fields and from the the predominantly horizontal components of the magnetic field vectors that propagate from such strokes.

Abstract: The temperature of heated gaseous plasmas in non-controllable, non-laboratory applications is measured by an improved spectroscopic analysis. A low atomic number trace gas, such as hydrogen, or helium, is added to the plasma. Temperature is obtained by measuring the ratio of the intensities of two lines of the hydrogen-atom series, e.g. H.sub..alpha. and H.sub..beta. lines of the BALMER SERIES. The technique is applicable in the few electron volt range and the method is applicable even though the plasma is not optically thin and the total number density of the particles in the plasma, at the instant the measurement of temperature is performed, is unknown.