Abstract: A display structure convertible between use as for displaying plants and for storage. The display structure includes at least one display case that is pivotally mounted on said display structure to allow movement between a horizontal display use and a vertical storage use. A support bracket supports hanging baskets as well as holding a misting tube to water plants hanging from said support bracket. The display cases also include corner trim portions to protect the corners of the display case as well as preventing water leakage.

Abstract: A modular plant support system for aquatic environments assembled from a plurality of elements to facilitate varying configurations. The modular plant support system generally includes a generally planar platform, a base or basket, and at least one platform support member extending between the generally planar platform and the base to operably couple the platform and the base. The platform is capable of receiving a potted plant thereon, and the base has a bottom portion, a top portion, and at least one peripheral side portion providing an interior cavity. The modularity and flexible connectivity coupled with the structural stability of the system enables the respective aquatic plant to be selectively placed at the optimal aquatic elevation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a holder for an object associated with a floral display. The holder includes a stalk extending upwardly, and formed integrally and generally perpendicular with a support. The support at a distal portion forms a plurality of grooves for receiving a tie fastened to the object.

Abstract: A plant packaging and covering system including a floral sleeve having a decorative pattern or color thereon. The sleeve may have a lower portion sized to cover a pot and an upper portion which can surround a plant disposed in the pot and which can be detached afterthe protective function of the upper portion is complete or which can be used to support the sleeve from a support device prior to use. The upper boundary of the decorative pattern or color has a configuration that is different from a configuration of the upper edge of the lower portion such that when the upper portion of the sleeve is removed, the upper edge of the lower portion of the sleeve has the appearance of having the configuration of the upper boundary of the decorative pattern or color.

Abstract: A plant support device that is tip over resistant for vertical support of tomato and other climbing plants that allows for space conservation, maximum sunlight absorption and easy access to cleaner fruit. The easily assembled and disassembled unit comprises vertical uprights, a plurality of hoops and clamping mechanisms assembled to meet the needs of plant growth. The unit may also have a knob and hole arrangement for aiding in securing the hoops to the uprights. The unit may be made of a variety of materials and the individual pieces can be of unitary construction or of a construction that allows for maximum flexibility of size and shape. The hoops and uprights may be made of smaller, interconnected pieces, which provide for increasing or decreasing the dimensions and spacings to better meet the needs of the plant to be supported.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus assembly for aiding in growing trees having straight trunks comprising a tubular metal pipe or conduit; a removable enclosing device engaged with the tubular metal pipe or conduit; an optional removable tapered stopper engaged with the tubular metal pipe or conduit, and optionally a means for connecting the tubular metal pipe or conduit to a tree. The present invention further relates to a method for making the tree pipe or conduit assembly.

Abstract: A rotary hydroponic plant-growing machine comprising a cylindrical structure for holding plant-growing containers, a base for rotatably supporting the cylindrical structure, means for rotating the cylindrical structure on the base, a light inside the cylindrical structure and means for watering the plants in the containers as the cylindrical structure rotates. The cylindrical structure comprises a circumferential surface which defines a plurality of longitudinal slots adapted to receive one or more of the containers, and longitudinal channels adjacent to the longitudinal slots adapted to slidingly engage an outwardly-extending flange on the container and hold the container in the slot.

Abstract: A hydroponic growing unit having a base shaped to hold liquid, the outer periphery of the base defined by an outer, vertical base wall. The unit has a vertical plant support wall forming a generally annular enclosure, the support wall mounted on the wall of the base to extend above the base and to enclose space above the base. There is at least one opening in the support wall providing access to the enclosed space and to the inner surface of the support wall. The opening is normally closed by at least one wall panel forming part of the support wall. The unit has vertical light means mounted in the center of the annular enclosure. Planting block support means are arranged on the inner surface of the support wall near the top and planting blocks, in which plants are planted, are mounted on the support means in a circle to have the plants face the central light means.

Abstract: A Wet/Dry Gift Arrangement and Method for Making is disclosed. The assembly and combination provides an aesthetically pleasing floral arrangement that serves as a superior gift as well. The assembly includes a lower dry gift container for placing and displaying candy, lotions and/or other miscellaneous gifts in a dry environment. Furthermore, the assembly includes an upper wet assembly that has live plants and/or flowers and the like. When the wet assembly and dry assembly are combined, the resulting article appears to be a conventional floral arrangement, while at the same time having a receptacle to display other desirable gifts.

Abstract: A floral sleeve and method of using the floral sleeve to cover a pot. The floral sleeve has an inwardly folded bottom gusset for forming a bottom in the sleeve which is concealed by the lower sidewall of the sleeve when the sleeve is opened and a pot is disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing hydrogen from carbonaceous materials using a hydrogen-selective permeation membrane incorporated into a carbonaceous material reactor, as a result of which, hydrogen production rate from the reactor is increased, downstream gas cleaning and purification units of conventional systems are eliminated or substantially reduced in size, and the thermal efficiency of producing hydrogen from carbon-containing materials is increased and its production cost is reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus generates virtually pure hydrogen for fuel cells, and includes a device for reforming starting substances having at least one hydrocarbon-containing compound and water. Furthermore, the apparatus has catalytic agents for producing a water gas shift reaction in the reformate gas stream generated by the reforming device. Moreover, the apparatus includes a device for separating hydrogen out of the reformate gas stream using membranes which are selectively permeable to hydrogen. The hydrogen-separating device includes a proportion of the catalytic agents for producing the water gas shift reaction. A device for exchanging thermal energy between the reformate gas stream and a further stream of medium is arranged downstream, as seen in the direction of flow, of the reforming device. The device for exchanging thermal energy includes a further proportion of the catalytic agents for producing the water gas shift reaction.

Abstract: A wall opening fall protection support system is provided having a pair of brackets, each bracket of the pair having a substantially planar mounting portion, a support portion, a retaining portion including a locking element, and a standoff element, wherein the retaining portion is resiliently joined to the support portion. The system can further include a rail securable to each bracket by the retaining portion so as to be at least partially surrounded by the support portion, the retaining portion and the standoff element.

Abstract: A sash window tilt stay assembly (30) for a tiltable sash window (1) includes a window jamb attachment (36), and a sash attachment (34). The window jamb attachment (36) is adapted to be slidably engaged within a window jamb channel (22,24) of the sash window (1), and is pivotally attached to a first end of the stay (30) by a rivet (38). The sash attachment (34) is adapted to attach to the window sash (2,4). The sash attachment (34) includes an elongate slot (52) and the stay includes a cooperating spigot (54) which projects from the stay (30) to attach the sash attachment (34) to a second end of the stay (30). The spigot (54) is slidably and rotatably retained within the elongate slot (52) by an enlarged head portion (58) of the spigot (54).

Abstract: A power drive assembly (110) for controlling movement of a closure panel (102, 105) of a vehicle includes a closure panel (102, 105) that moves relative to the vehicle between open and closed positions, and a latch (108, 115) for cinching the closure panel (102, 105) to the vehicle. The drive assembly (110) includes an actuator (134), a first torque output (136) coupled to effect movement of the closure panel (102, 105), a second torque output (138) coupled to the latch (115), and a clutch assembly (144, 150) coupled between the actuator (134) and the torque outputs (136, 138) for selectively transferring torque between the actuator (134) and the torque outputs (136, 138).

Abstract: A cylindrical worm 25 is attached to an output shaft of a motor, a first worm wheel 26 and a second worm wheel 27 are disposed on both the sides of the axial center of the cylindrical worm 25, the first worm wheel 26 and a wire drum are supported by a first support shaft 28, and the second worm wheel 27 and a swing arm are supported by a second support shaft 32. A first clutch is interposed between the first worm wheel 26 and the wire drum, a second clutch is interposed between the second worm wheel 27 and the swing arm, and the swing arm and the wire drum are rotated by controlling the first and second clutches with the motor rotating continuously.

Abstract: A double hung window is provided with a keeper on the upper pane that also provides an elongate surface for receiving a downward force for moving the upper pane. The keeper has a tongue provided on an inner side of a central web of the u-shaped member that forms the combined keeper and surface. The force-applying surface is provided on a vertically upper surface of the same central web. The force-applying surface is curved along a slight radius such that it comfortably accommodates the fingers of a user to provide the downward force.

Abstract: A window accessory which allows a user to push against the sides of a window casing in order to pivot a window out of the casing for cleaning or other tasks. The AID has a pair of telescoping members which can be held in a variety of positions and one of the members has. another member pivoted thereto. The aid is positioned in a window casing with the pivoted member at an angle to the other members and pressure is brought down on the Aid to straighten the angled member which pushes out the sides of the window.

Abstract: In a method of producing a tool component a plurality of fibres is formed into a bundle. Each fibre has a core comprising a mass of ultra-hard abrasive particles or precursor to said ultra-hard abrasive particles and optionally a second phase, and a coating comprising a mixture of carbide particles and particulate binder metal. After extruding the bundle of fibres, the bundle is severed transverse to its length to produce a layer. The layer is placed on a surface of a substrate and the layer and substrate are subjected to elevated temperature and pressure conditions at which the ultra-hard abrasive particles are crystallographically stable. The composition of the core and coating may be interchanged in the method.

Abstract: The edge protector, especially for stair edges, comprises of a step profile and a base profile being fixable on a stair. The step profile has a step part and a step riser flange that is formed thereat, and the base profile comprises a base plate on which a support arrangement is formed. The step profile being non destructively unlockably fixable onto the base profile by means of a continuously height adjustable mounting, comprises fastening means, and a downwardly directed rib being formed at the base plate.

Abstract: A square skylight panel is vacuum-formed of light transmitting sheet plastic and has a lower peripheral flange which projects under roof shingles. The skylight panel covers a one-piece upper coupler member which is vacuum-formed of light transmitting sheet plastic and has an upper flange projecting under the skylight panel flange. A flexible and collapsible cylindrical tube has an upper end portion surrounding a lower wall portion of the upper coupler member and a lower end portion surrounding an upper wall portion of a similarly formed lower coupler member having a bottom flange received within a square frame attached to a ceiling and supporting a light diffusing ceiling panel. The skylight panel, upper and lower coupler members and ceiling panel define three dead air chambers providing for high thermal insulation, and the upper coupler member provides natural light into the attic between the roof and ceiling.

Abstract: The doubly prestressed roof-ceiling construction with grid flat soffit for extremely large-span is prefabricated element intended for assembling roofs of extremely large-span buildings with flat soffit. The construction comprises the grid soffit construction (1) and the upper concrete girder (2) of a modified “T” shaped or of an inverse “V”-shaped cross section, interconnected by slender steel pipe-rods (3) that stabilize the upper girder (2) against lateral buckling. The empty openings within elements of the horizontal grid (1) are fulfilled with plates (6) wherewith a flat soffit is achieved. The construction is prestressed by the double prestressing. The grid-soffit (1) is prestressed centrically and the upper girder (2) is prestressed by the wedge (5) at the midspan.

Abstract: The modular multi-configurable display has a series of box frames and provides variable positioning for appurtenances. The display can include a plurality of vertical columns, and generally horizontal trusses. The columns are capable of receiving the trusses at each end of the columns. Each box frame can be stackable with another box frame such that the vertical span of the display is adjustable. Appurtenance can be attached at various positioning locations to the display such that a myriad of modular configuration combinations are available to an exhibitor.

Abstract: A floor panel and method of manufacturing wherein each panel comprises a sheet having at least two stiffening members extending from the lower surface and substantially the length of the sheet. A bead is defined along one of the stiffening members while a tab is defined along the other stiffening member. Clips are provided to fasten the bead and tab in a locking relationship to hold the sheet in position. A flange formed at one end of the panel is received within a recess formed at an opposite end of another panel to automatically space one panel from another.

Abstract: In one implementation of the present invention, a securement structure (e.g., one or more clamps) is integrated to a concrete element. The securement structure secures the concrete element to a steel element. The concrete element serves as a leave-in-place screed so as to apply concrete to the steel element to protect the steel element from fire.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for sealing-in pouring spouts in bags (1), comprising at least one station for opening (4) the bag (1), a station for inserting (4) the pouring spout into the opened bag (1), and at least one station for sealing (5, 6, 7) the bag (1) and the pouring spout. According to the invention, such a device is improved with a view to simple design and high processing speed in that the stations (2-8) for bag processing are arranged on a linear transport system (11) for the bags (1), which linear transport system (11) is formed by two transport belts (9, 10), and in that the stations (2-8) for bag processing are all arranged in a grid of equal spacing.

Abstract: A packaging system for improved management of cap inventory when different beverages, such as different types of milk (skim, 1%, 2% and whole) or water (spring, distilled, fortified, mineral etc.) are bottled in the same bottling lines at various facilities. The system includes maintaining a supply of standard caps, which may be free of colorants or pigments, and a supplies of reels of different colored (or differently printed) shrink sleeve material. The different types of beverage are bottled in containers that have a single standard cap and standard uniform bottles, and the different contents of said bottles are differentiated from one another by the application of colored (or distinctively printed) shrink sleeves or bands. The cap and/or the bottle neck are adapted to be engaged by the shrink band in a way that protects the bottle from being tampered with, and when threaded caps are used, helps prevent the inadvertent loosening of the caps during in shipment.

Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system and method of banding (bandoliering) a plurality of syringes. The system includes a feed device for receiving the plurality of syringe barrels and positioning the plurality of syringes according to a predetermined orientation and an indexed device for transferring the plurality of syringes in the predetermined orientation to a transport device that includes individual pockets for receiving and holding the syringes in a spaced relationship as the syringes are advanced due to movement of the transport device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling the registration of one elongated continuous structure (e.g., plastic zipper) with attachments or formed features (e.g., sliders or pre-seals) as it is fed to a sealing station, where it is joined to another elongated continuous structure (e.g., packaging film) with formed features (e.g., thermoformed pockets). The latter elongated continuous structure will be intermittently advanced through the machine, pulling the former elongated continuous structure joined thereto forward. Registration is accomplished by tacking the respective elongated continuous structures together while the respective features on the elongated continuous structures are in proper registration. After tacking, the respective portions of the elongated continuous structures immediately downstream of the tack zone are advanced to the sealing station in proper registration.

Abstract: Methods, devices and computer program products automatically package an object in a covering material such as casing and/or netting by: (a) automatically pushing at least one object through a product chute; (b) pulling a covering material upstream of the product chute off an exterior surface of the product chute to automatically enclose the object in the covering material as the object exits the product chute; and then (c) applying a clip to the covering material to secure the object in the packing material.

Abstract: A vacuum packaging appliance that detects the amount of liquid present while evacuating and sealing a container is disclosed. The appliance comprises a lid adapted to define a vacuum chamber when it is moved to a closed position relative to a trough in the base of the device. The trough in the lower portion of the device contains a heat-sealing element used to seal the contents of the bag once the vacuum packaging is complete. Disclosed are several embodiments relating to a liquid sensor molded into the walls of the trough. The liquid sensor comprises two electrodes that may be located on opposite sides of the trough or on the same side of the trough. When liquid is present in the trough, the capacitance and resistance between the electrodes changes, thereby sending a signal to a controller indicative of the amount of liquid within the trough while the container is being evacuated. The exact amount of liquid present is compared to a predetermined level of liquid.

Abstract: A portable vacuum device for extracting fluid in a container having an opening includes a handheld housing, a fluid extracting nozzle, a vacuum device and a sensor switch. The fluid extracting nozzle has a vacuum pressure corresponding to an interior pressure of the container, extended towards the handheld housing for communicating with the opening of the container. The vacuum device is supported in the handheld housing to generate a vacuum effect within the fluid extracting nozzle. The sensor switch includes a movable conductive member driven with respect to the vacuum pressure of the fluid extracting nozzle and a control member normally positioned spaced apart from the movable conductive member to allow the vacuum device to be operated, wherein when the vacuum pressure drops below a predetermined threshold pressure, the movable conductive member is driven to electrically contact with the control member to deactivate the vacuum device.

Abstract: In order to be able to remove in a vertical tubular bagging machine in a simple manner a worm-dosing means stored in a fill pipe, it is suggested that the fill pipe is formed out of two troughs aligned against one another with their insides, and that a trough is releasably connected to the other trough. One trough is in a preferred embodiment connected to the other trough via a swivel joint, and a fastening device is provided for locking the trough, which can be swung away, in a position supported by the other trough, so that the swingable trough can be swung away in order to remove the worm-dosing means laterally out of the opened fill pipe.

Abstract: A girth strap device is provided which includes an elongate strap or band (1;11) adapted to extend around the chest of an animal and attachments (3;20) for attaching the strap (1;11) to an article, such as a saddle (4) for holding the strap or band (1;11) in tension. The girth strap includes a tension indicator (5;15) which allows a user to apply the strap to the animal at a selected tension. In one preferred construction, the strap (1;11) is formed from layers of alastomeric fabric material, such a neoprene, which can stretch as the animal's chest expands during breathing and movement without causing discomfort to the animal. The device has particular application to racehorses and allows a user to apply a selected tension within an optimum range from about 10 kg to about 12 kg which is sufficient to hold a saddle securely on the horse without excessive tension restricting the performance of the horse.

Abstract: An equestrian stirrup insert for enhancing the stability and traction of the stirrup foot plate. In this regard, the present invention provides for a traction enhancing insert assembly that is installed into the foot plate of stirrups. The insert is formed from milled aluminum. The milled aluminum plate provides a durable surface that has greatly improved wear characteristics. The assembly includes a top traction surface that is placed onto the foot plate of the stirrup. A mounting plate is placed beneath the stirrup and connected to the underside of the traction surface using fasteners. Since the insert is rigidly fixed to the stirrup using fasteners, the insert is prevented sliding in the stirrup. In this manner, the rigid relation ship between the insert and the foot plate of the stirrup allows for enhanced force transfer from the rider's foot into the stirrup with a greatly reduced potential for the insert to slip relative to the stirrup.

Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing process facility requiring use therein of air exhaust for its operation, such facility including clean room and gray room components, with the clean room having at least one semiconductor manufacturing tool therein, and wherein air exhaust is flowed through a region of the clean room. The facility includes an air exhaust treatment apparatus arranged to (i) receive air exhaust after flow thereof through said region of said clean room, (ii) produce a treated air exhaust, and (iii) recirculate the treated air exhaust to an ambient air environment in the facility, e.g., to the gray room of the facility.

Abstract: A filter housing includes an inlet for receiving an airflow, a cavity for receiving a filter and an airflow passage between the inlet and the cavity. At least one vane, positioned in the airflow passage, partitions the airflow passage into a plurality of ducts. The vanes lie adjacent to, or contact, the upstream surface of the filter such that each duct communicates with a separate portion of the upstream surface of the filter. The airflow passage extends in a direction which is inclined to the upstream surface of the filter. The vanes help to distribute the flow of air more evenly across the surface of the filter and also help to reduce acoustic emissions from the machine of which the filter housing forms a part.

Abstract: Embodiments of a filter assembly and method of fabricating the same are provided. In one embodiment, a filter assembly includes a filter media pack disposed in a frame assembly. A first seal biases the filter media pack against a second seal along at least one edge of the media pack. In another aspect, a method of fabricating a filter assembly includes the steps of placing a filter media pack in at least a first portion of a frame assembly and compressing an edge of the media pack between a first and second seal.

Abstract: Autonomous land maintenance equipment is provided that includes an obstacle detection device, having a predetermined detecting range, a receiver receiving for collecting waste material and a structure for emptying the waste material from the receiver, such that the waste material is deposited outside of the range of the obstacle detection device.

Abstract: A cotton harvester row unit having discharge door structure includes first and second high pressure air outlets offset in the fore-and-aft direction from each other. A first vertical tube is connected to an upper air supply conduit and extends downwardly and opens rearwardly near the front of the unit to direct air towards the door structure outlet. A second vertical tube which extends downwardly near the rear of the unit and opens towards the outlet is connected to the air supply conduit to direct a sweeping blast of air towards the outlet near the floor of the door structure where plugging is a problem.

Abstract: A lawn mower comprises a blade drive shaft with a blade rotatably mounted inside a mower deck supported by a vehicle body, a blower unit including a cylindrical blower housing connected to a grass clippings discharging section provided in a side end region of the mower deck, a vertical drive shaft having a shaft portion with vanes attached thereto inside the blower housing and a shaft portion extending upward through the blower housing, and a discharging sleeve projecting rearwardly along an outer tangent line of the blower housing, a grass collecting apparatus mounted rearwardly of the vehicle body, a duct for allowing the discharging sleeve to communicate with the grass collecting apparatus, and a belt-type blower driving mechanism for driving the vertical drive shaft of the blower unit.

Abstract: A mechanized agriculture management apparatus includes a chassis supporting a first manually independently operable boom and a second manually independently operable boom. The booms extend from either side of the chassis and support interchangeable accessories. The accessories may be dedicated to perform various growth control operations such as shoot thinning, fruit thinning, vertical impacting, lateral impacting, hedging, trunk cleaning, shoot positioning, deleafing, pruning and/or wire lifting, as well as other operations and are interchangeable so that one mechanized apparatus may be utilized for the various operations.

Abstract: A foldable hay rake has two rake arms comprised of two or more arm members with rake wheels thereon. The hay rake arms are pivotally secured together to a pivot assembly to pivot in a vertical plane. The pivot assembly is pivotally secured for pivoting in a horizontal plane to a vertical post having positioning wheels at a lower end. An upper end is pivotally secured to outer ends of wing arms comprised of parallelogram members which are pivotally secured to a central base frame, which has a power cylinder to pivot the wing arms in a horizontal plane.

Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine power plant in which a rotor of a generator is journalled by water lubrication bearings into which a part of cooling water for cooling the generator is fed. Since the lubrication water has a viscosity lower than that of lubrication oil, it is possible to provide a gas turbine power plant with less energy loss resulting in lower power consumption for accessories, and in high power generation efficiency.

Abstract: A combustion engine is provided having a rotating drive shaft and planetary gear sets that are linked to a rotating chamber, keyed to the drive shaft, to turbomachinery within the chamber. Fluid is fed to the chamber through an axial passage in the drive shaft and is compressed by a number of mechanisms, including set of pump blades, turbine and reaction blades initially driven by the drive shaft and its starter motor. Bubbles within the fluid are subjected to high pressures causing combustion to occur within the bubbles. Additional pressure created by the combustion of the bubbles drives the fluid to exert a net torque on the drive shaft through the gearing mechanism, thereby generating power.

Abstract: A method for operating an aircraft engine facilitates preventing ice accumulation on the aircraft engine.

Abstract: A gas turbine installation which includes a compressor which compresses supplied air and discharges the same, a combustor which combusts the compressed air obtained from the compressor and fuel and produces combustion gas, a turbine which is driven by combustion gas provided from the combustor, a regenerative heat exchanger which heats all or a part of the compressed air being supplied from the compressor to the combustor by making use of the heat of the exhaust gas exhausted from the turbine and a plurality of water spraying devices which are provided at positions from an intake air chamber of the compressor to the outlet of low temperature side gas flow passage in the regenerative heat exchanger and is characterized in that the regenerative heat exchanger is constituted by connecting in series a plurality of heat exchangers having different heat transfer surface configurations.

Abstract: A turbofan exhaust nozzle includes a fan duct defined between a fan nacelle and core engine cowling. The duct includes an arcuate outlet at the trailing edge of the nacelle. A movable flap is disposed in a minor portion of the fan duct, with a remaining major portion of the fan duct having a constant flow area. The flap may be moved between stowed and deployed positions to locally decrease flow area inside the duct for noise attenuation.

Abstract: A fan thrust reverser includes a nacelle having radially outer and inner skins. An outer door is disposed in the outer skin, and mounted to the nacelle at a hinge joint. A toggle link is pivotally joined between the outer door and the nacelle for latching stowed the outer door in the nacelle. An actuator is provided for rotating the outer door about the hinge joint for deploying the door outwardly from the nacelle and toggling off the toggle link, and stowing inwardly the outer door upon reverse rotation thereof and toggling on the toggle link to latch the door stowed in the nacelle.

Abstract: A combustion control apparatus operates an internal combustion engine in a split retard combustion mode during regenerating an exhaust purifier such as a particulate filter. In the split retard combustion mode, the combustion control apparatus controls a first fuel injection to cause preliminary combustion at or near top dead center, and controls a second fuel injection to cause main combustion after an end of the preliminary combustion. In this manner, the combustion control apparatus controls an exhaust gas temperature, or an exhaust air-fuel ratio, without increasing exhaust smoke. During the split retard combustion mode, the combustion control apparatus controls an EGR rate of the engine. The EGR rate in the split retard combustion mode is set lower than in the normal combustion mode, in each operating point of the engine.