Abstract: An apparatus incorporating small-feature size and large-feature-size components. The apparatus comprise a strap including a substrate with an integrated circuit contained therein. The integrated circuit coupling to a first conductor disposed on the substrate. The first conductor is made of a thermosetting or a thermoplastic material including conductive fillers. A large-scale component having a second conductor is electrically coupled to the first conductor to electrically couple the large-scale component to the integrated circuit. The large-scale component includes a second substrate.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the isolation and identification of a non-graminaceous monocotyledonous plant promoter, the banana (Musa.Spp.) actinn gene associated promoter region. The promoter region has been found to unexpectedly direct constitutive gene expression not only in non-graminaceous monocotyledonous plants but also in graminaceous monocotydonous plants. The Invention is also concerned with a chimeric nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter of the invention oprably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide encoding a protein of interest or a transcript capable of modulating expression of a target gene. The invention further discloses transformed plant cells, as well as differentiated plants and plant parts, containing the construct.