Abstract: A device for supporting recovery of an injured upper extremity of a subject includes a support member and a retainer. The support member has an inclined surface for supporting at least a first portion of the injured upper extremity at an angle of elevation. The retainer is for immobilising at least a second portion of the injured upper extremity on the support member.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘Scarlett 2’ that is characterized by a compact habit, glossy leaves, young leaves that are grey-purple and mature leaves that are brown with grey-red margins.

Abstract: A retaining sleeve for retaining magnets inserted therein so that the magnets may be overmolded with a polymer pursuant to the manufacture of a rotor for an electric motor. The retaining sleeve comprising a generally cylindrical portion having an inner peripheral surface concentric about a central axis and a plurality of retaining partitions extending inward from the inner peripheral surface of the generally cylindrical portion, wherein the retaining partitions are configured to at least substantially limit movement of the magnets toward the central axis upon the magnets being inserted in the retaining sleeve at their respective locations inward of the inner peripheral surface of the retaining sleeve and between retaining partitions.

Abstract: A retaining sleeve for retaining magnets inserted therein so that the magnets may be overmolded with a polymer pursuant to the manufacture of a rotor for an electric motor. The retaining sleeve comprising a generally cylindrical portion having an inner peripheral surface concentric about a central axis and a plurality of retaining partitions extending inward from the inner peripheral surface of the generally cylindrical portion, wherein the retaining partitions are configured to at least substantially limit movement of the magnets toward the central axis upon the magnets being inserted in the retaining sleeve at their respective locations inward of the inner peripheral surface of the retaining sleeve and between retaining partitions.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe hybrid origin, Hebe ‘Sunset Boulevard’, characterized by its abundant flower spikes of mauve pink flowers, dark green foliage, and resistance to powdery mildew.

Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of albumin which has extremely low levels of or is essentially free of colorants, metal ions, human proteins, host proteins, fragments of albumin, polymers or aggregates of albumin and viruses, and which is essentially non-glycated, relatively high in free thiol and with an intact C-terminus. The process comprises passing albumin (preferably expressed and secreted by transformed yeast) through positive mode cation exchange and then positive mode anion exchange chromatography. Other steps may also be employed, for example ultrafiltration, gel permeation chromatography, affinity chromatography binding the albumin and affinity chromatography binding contaminants. Elution of albumin, with a compound having affinity for albumin, from a material having no specific affinity for albumin is also disclosed, as is removal of ammonium ions with a counter-ion.

Abstract: A front loading washing machine includes an integrated motor and controller assembly. In various embodiment, the controller is mounted directly to one of a pair of opposing endshields of the electric motor and the endshields are mounted directly to a stator of the motor. Additional embodiments include a rotor shaft of the motor having each of opposing ends supported within a bearing mounted within a respective one of the opposing endshields. In other embodiments, the controller can include an insulating shield positioned between a controller circuit board and the motor endshield to which the controller is mounted. The insulating shield providing electrical arcing protection, thermal insulation and/or electromagnetic insulation between the circuit board and the endshield.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘Tequila Sunrise’ that is characterized by an upright and outwardly spreading habit, leaves that change from green and yellow in the spring to orange and green during the summer to burgundy and brown in the fall and moderate vigor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Thunder Cloud’, characterized by its white-colored flowers having pink-colored venation, dark purple-colored foliage, and rosette growth habit.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Phormium plant named ‘Ruby Tuesday’ that is characterized by a semi-upright habit and red/burgundy leaves that retain their color as the plant ages.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe hybrid origin, Hebe ‘Sunset Boulevard’, characterized by its abundant flower spikes of mauve pink flowers, dark green foliage, and resistance to powdery mildew.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe, ‘Silver Lady’, characterized by its variegated foliage with olive-gray green centers and thin creamy white margins and its newly emerging leaves with a lower surface that is deep mauve-purple in color.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma, ‘Pina Colada’, characterized by its wavy, glossy yellow-gold leaves that intensify in winter to orange-red, its deep red-orange margins, and a compact growth habit with short branch internodes.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe, ‘Grace Kelly’, characterized by its large leaves that are variegated with greyed-green centers and distinct creamy white margins with a red-purple central vein, its young leaves that are tinged with yellow at the tips, its foliage that is resistant to leaf spot and its medium sized racemes that are red-purple in color.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘Midnight Martini’ that is characterized by a compact habit and leaves that are green with center yellow streaks and a dark bronze margin.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe, ‘Jewel of the Nile’, characterized by its variegated leaves with olive green centers and yellow margins that are tinged with purple, its long narrow leaves with midribs on the upper and lower surface purple in color, its young leaves that are tinged with mauve purple at the leaf base, its purple stems, its that are resistant to leaf spot, and its mauve pink flowers.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘Scarlett 2’ that is characterized by a compact habit, glossy leaves, young leaves that are grey-purple and mature leaves that are brown with grey-red margins.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘NGCOP6’ that is characterized by a compact habit, glossy leaves, young upper side leaves that are yellow-green in color with lighter yellow-green centers and red-orange margins and mature upper side leaves that are grey-purple in color with blotches of green.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘NGCOP8’ that is characterized by a compact habit, glossy leaves, young upper side leaves that are red in color with speckles of yellow-green, mature upper side leaves that are grey-green in color and resistance to leaf scorch.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘NGCOP7’ that is characterized by a compact habit, glossy leaves and upper side leaves that are green in color with tinges of grey-purple towards the margins and grey-red margins.