Abstract: The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tift-17’ is provided. The new and distinct variety has excellent drought tolerance; superior Helminthosporium leaf spot resistance; high ornamental value; higher tiller number in drought conditions; cold tolerance for short periods of time; and relatively long trichomes on the sheath and at the leaf blade edge at the collar. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

Abstract: The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tift-23’ is provided. The new and distinct variety has increased tillers under drought conditions; superior Helminthosporium leaf spot resistance; high ornamental value; narrow canopy; narrow base; and narrow leaves. The asexually reproduced inter-specific variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

Abstract: Bermudagrass ‘ST-5’ is provided. The new and distinct dwarf variety has excellent shade tolerance, superior tawny mole cricket non-preference, small seed heads, and thrives in hot and humid conditions. The asexually reproduced triploid variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

Abstract: Nucleic acid oligonucleotide sequences are disclosed which include amplification oligomers and probe oligomers which are useful for detecting multiple types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) associated with cervical cancer. Methods for detecting multiple HPV types in biological specimens by amplifying HPV nucleic acid sequences in vitro and detecting the amplified products are disclosed.

Abstract: A self-discharging freight container for bulk solids of the type which discharge by tilting to that a hinged wall and a floor become coplanar, as a container braced by a pair of triangulating braces adjacent the hinge. Rams extending from the static frame push against the braces and rotate the container by 40°. Side-by-side and end-to-end versions tip to the left and right. A crane lifted version is included.

Abstract: A self-discharging freight container for bulk solids of the type which discharge by tilting to that a hinged wall and a floor become coplanar, as a container braced by a pair of triangulating braces adjacent the hinge. Rams extending from the static frame push against the braces and rotate the container by 40°. Side-by-side and end-to-end versions tip to the left and right. A crane lifted version is included.

Abstract: A method of providing a high bit rate DMT signal includes providing information on a plurality of DMT tones, with at least two of the plurality of DMT tones sending information in parallel. Of the tones sending information in parallel, at least one has a SNR too low to be individually used for the number of bits it is transmitting. Accordingly, the tones are coherently “combined” at the receiver in order to generate a SNR sufficient together to carry, at the desired BER, the number of bits being transmitted in parallel. Two or more tones which alone cannot carry a single bit of information may be used together to provide a sufficient SNR at the receiver to transmit one or more bits. Similarly, two or more tones which alone cannot carry two bits of information, may be used together via parallel transmission to provide a sufficient SNR at the receiver.

Abstract: A PCM modem equalizer includes an RBS estimator and decision modulator in conjunction with an adaptive equalizer such as a conventional decision feedback equalizer (DFE). The RBS estimator and decision modulator receives error signals from the second summer in the equalizer, receives the estimated R signals from the first summer of the equalizer, and outputs a gain correction signal which is applied to the output of the reference generator before the reference generator output is applied to the feedback equalizer and the second summer. The methods of the invention are based on the recognition that the effects of RBS can be detected in the amplitude modulation of the main training sequence stream. The modulation will occur in a periodic repetitive pattern of length 6*T where T is the symbol interval. Therefore, the invention applies a corrective gain to the decision in each time slot in a periodic manner having the same period 6*T. For each time interval T.sub.

Abstract: A spectral and power shaping mapper for high data rate signaling modem functions in a first mode having spectral and power shaping and using convolutional encoding, a second mode having power shaping, a third mode having power shaping using convolutional encoding, and a fourth mode having straight-forward mapping. Based on data rates and other criteria, incoming bits are grouped together, with a first subgroup of bits used in the first mode to generate two sign vectors (and in the other modes a single vector), a second subgroup of bits used in conjunction with an appended bit in the first, second and third modes to generate at least two magnitude manipulation vectors, and a third subgroup of bits used in a modulus converter to generate a plurality of quotients. The quotients and magnitude manipulation vector(s) are used to select one, two or four sequences of constellation points from a multidimensional constellation depending on mode.

Abstract: Bermudagrass ‘ST-5’ is provided. The new and distinct dwarf variety has excellent shade tolerance, superior tawny mole cricket non-preference, small seed heads, and thrives in hot and humid conditions. The asexually reproduced triploid variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

Abstract: The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tift-17’ is provided. The new and distinct variety has excellent drought tolerance; superior Helminthosporium leaf spot resistance; high ornamental value; higher tiller number in drought conditions; cold tolerance for short periods of time; and relatively long trichomes on the sheath and at the leaf blade edge at the collar. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

Abstract: The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tifton 23-O’ is provided. The new and distinct variety has increased tillers under drought conditions; superior Helminthosporium leaf spot resistance; high ornamental value; narrow canopy; narrow base; and narrow leaves. The asexually reproduced inter-specific variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

Abstract: Tift 94 is a vigorous triploid (2n=3x=27 chromosomes) which has use on golf course fairways and tees, athletic fields, lawns, commercial landscape sites, and other turf areas where a fine-textured, low growing turf is desired. The grass produces less upright growth and has shorter and narrower leaves, and shorter internodes than Midiron from which it was developed and Tifway, two commercially available cultivars. It produces more shoots per node than Midiron. It has better color and turf quality than Midiron.

Abstract: The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tift 8’ is provided. The new and distinct variety has high ornamental value; cold tolerance for short periods of time; and relatively long trichomes on the sheath and at the leaf blade edge at the collar. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.