Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Zalsaden’, characterized by its erect and strong flowering stems; vigorous growth habit; red purple-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Rhododendron plant named ‘Hort200001’ that is characterized by dark green leaves, double white flowers with a slight greenish tint, the absence of bracts and a compact habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct Actinidia chinensis cultivar named ‘S600’ is disclosed, characterized by having distinctive yellow flesh fruit, heavy cropping and a seasonal harvest time of late April. Additionally, the new variety produces fruit with very soft, slight pubescence and with a distinctive blunt stylar end shape and square shoulders. The new variety is suitable for commercial production of kiwi fruit.

Abstract: A new and distinct Actinidia chinensis cultivar named ‘X60’ is disclosed, characterized by having distinctive yellow flesh fruit, moderate cropping and a seasonal harvest time of late March. Additionally, the new variety produces fruit with very soft, slight pubescence and with a distinctive blunt stylar end shape and square shoulders. The new variety is suitable for commercial production of kiwi fruit.

Abstract: The persimmon tree of the present invention is characterized by producing a large highly colored fruit. The new variety most closely resembles the ‘Rojo Brillante’ persimmon tree, but it is distinguished in a number of respects including that ‘Nuevo Rojo Brillante’ retains a higher cheek firmness after astringency removal than ‘Rojo Brillante.’ Also, the color after astringency removal of ‘Nuevo Rojo Brillante’ is more yellow-orange than that of ‘Rojo Brillante.’ ‘Nuevo Rojo Brillante’ is a pollination-variant astringent cultivar (PVA).

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of hawthorn, Rhaphiolepis umbellata, which is characterized by unique undulate leaf margins with small leaf margins; petite petals, with both length and width being small; overall plant height and width resulting in a small and wide appearance; relatively few stamens; relatively early full bloom date; and relatively slow growth.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawEleven’. The new cultivar is primarily characterized by its medium-sized, conical-shaped fruit having a strong sweetness and medium acidity and moderate resistance to Strawberry Moftle Virus, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel red flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits bushy growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawNine’. A new cultivar primarily characterized by its small hollow center, early to medium flowering time, everbearing fruit, low number of achenes per berry, and moderate resistance to Strawberry Mottle Virus is disclosed.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Ajuga plant, ‘Mint Chip’, characterized by its foliage that is deep green in color with a glossy surface, its heavy blooming habit of blue flowers present for 4 to 6 weeks in spring that contrast well with the deep green foliage, its very vigorous growth habit, and its tight plant habit that slowly spreads by stolons with suitability as a groundcover.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawEight’. The new cultivar is primarily characterized by its large, firm and medium to strong sweet tasting fruit, medium-vigor and moderate resistance to Powdery mildew, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Zantedeschia plant named ‘Captain Amigo’ that is characterized by green leaves with white spots and yellow orange colored inflorescences.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viola plant named ‘Flovellempl’, characterized by its mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and large violet and yellow-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viola plant named ‘Flovelbl’, characterized by its mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and large pale violet-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER16806’, characterized by its uniform, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early season flowering response; inflorescences with pink-colored flower bracts with dark pink-colored speckles; and good post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viola plant named ‘Flovellavyel’, characterized by its mounding and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and large pale violet and yellow-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Achillea plant named ‘Pink Grapefruit’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; strong and vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit with plants remaining in flower for a long period time; inflorescences with dark pink-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new variety of Climbing rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of multicolor yellow, pink and red coloration.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel hot pink flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits bushy growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of floribunda rose plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its compact rounded growth habit; large clusters of lavender flowers having a strong citrus fragrance; glossy dark green foliage; and resistance to rust and powdery mildew.

Abstract: A grape cultivar particularly distinguished by large, seedless, black-skinned berries, large clusters, with a mid to late season of ripening, high productivity and good vine health, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct floricane fruiting red raspberry, Rubus idaeus L., variety is described. The variety results from selection among a population of seedlings derived from controlled pollination crossing of the unreleased raspberry selections with the breeder codes 86105N26 (not patented) and 87115ZN2 (not patented). This new variety is characterized by very early onset of fruit ripening. The new variety is distinguished from others by its high yields of firm and attractive conical shaped, uniform sized, large, red berries that ripen very early in the season. The plant exhibits a spine-free upright growth habit, of strong vigor. The new variety appears suitable for the fresh fruit market and the plant is also potentially well-adapted to machine harvesting. The variety has been named ‘Awaroa’.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mecardonia plant named ‘Sunmecakira’, characterized by its compact, mounding and trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; large bright yellow-colored flowers; and relative tolerance to high temperatures.

Abstract: A vehicle handlebar grip for use in a bicycle or motorcycle is disclosed to include a plastic grip body peripherally covered with a flexible covering, the grip body having an axially extended mounting hole for mounting onto the vehicle handlebar, two annular end grooves at two ends, and two radial through holes in communication with the annular end grooves, two locating rings respectively fitted into the end grooves of the grip body, the locating rings each having a radial screw hole, and two tightening up screws respectively inserted through the through holes of the grip body and threaded into the screw holes of the locating rings to fix the locating rings and the grip body to the vehicle's handlebar.

Abstract: A process for producing purified cobalt from a mixture comprising metallic species of cobalt and metallic species of at least one of the group consisting of nickel and iron, comprising producing a metal carbonyl mixture of cobalt carbonyl and at least one of nickel carbonyl and iron carbonyl from the metallic species mixture; separating the nickel carbonyl and/or iron carbonyl from the cobalt carbonyl; treating the cobalt carbonyl with an effective amount of a complexing gaseous mixture of nitric oxide/carbon monoxide to produce cobalt nitrosyl tricarbonyl; and decomposing the purified cobalt nitrosyl carbonyl to provide purified cobalt and regenerated complexing gaseous mixture for recycle. The process provides cobalt of improved quality in an optionally, Continuous and closed-loop manner. Preferred processes include either aqueous and/or gaseous process steps.

Abstract: A cast stainless steel alloy and articles formed therefrom containing about 0.5 wt. % to about 10 wt. % manganese, 0.02 wt. % to 0.50 wt. % N, and less than 0.15 wt. % sulfur provides high temperature strength both in the matrix and at the grain boundaries without reducing ductility due to cracking along boundaries with continuous or nearly-continuous carbides. Alloys of the present invention also have increased nitrogen solubility thereby enhancing strength at all temperatures because nitride precipitates or nitrogen porosity during casting are not observed. The solubility of nitrogen is dramatically enhanced by the presence of manganese, which also retains or improves the solubility of carbon thereby providing additional solid solution strengthening due to the presence of manganese and nitrogen, and combined carbon. Such solution strengthening enhances the high temperature precipitation-strengthening benefits of fine dispersions of NbC.

Abstract: A magnetic pulse welding operation is performed to secure first and second metallic components together, such as a yoke and a driveshaft tube in a vehicular driveshaft assembly. The yoke includes a first portion, such as a body portion, and a second portion, such as a pair of opposed yoke arms. The end of the driveshaft tube is disposed co-axially about the body portion of the yoke. An inductor axially is positioned co-axially about the overlapping portions of the end of the driveshaft tube and the body portion of the yoke. The inductor is energized to perform a magnetic pulse welding operation to secure the end of the driveshaft tube to the body portion of the yoke without generating a significant flow of air toward the inductor.

Abstract: The invention discloses a locator unit contained within footwear providing a method for GPS position determination and transmission of said location determination data to a central monitoring station which disseminates the data through the use of proprietary software, wireless communications, land based wire systems and the Internet.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to a video communication system having a user-friendly, intuitive-like control for altering the video camera view at a remote terminal. The local terminal includes a display and a movement-responsive sensor arranged to generate a direction signal in response to corresponding movement at the display. At least one of the first and second computer arrangements is configured and arranged to alter data being sent to the display in response to the direction signal from the movement-responsive sensor.

Abstract: When the fact that the display mode of motion picture data is a full screen mode is detected, the display control mode for sending a video signal generated by a graphics controller to an LCD is switched from a normal mode for sending the video signal to the LCD without interposition of a high quality video engine to a high quality mode for sending the video signal to the LCD with interposition of the high quality video engine. The high quality video engine enlarges the screen size of the video signal in either linear scaling mode or nonlinear scaling mode designated by a user. Scaling is validated only in the case were motion picture data are displayed in the full screen mode.

Abstract: A wireless communications system in which real-time data and burst data can be mixedly transmitted, and a transmission band can be dynamically assigned according to a state of data transmission. A master station has a scheduler for determining a transmission band assignment including information about the transmission timing of the data, a transmission amount, and a state that is allowed to access. The scheduler regularly carries out scheduling and optimizes the transmission band to be assigned dynamically according to the communication type of the data and a state of data transmission. The master station gives a transmission band assignment which is determined by the scheduler to each slave station. A transmitting station executes data transmission (access) to a receiving station based on the given transmission band assignment. The receiving station gives information about a state of data receiving to the master station, where the scheduler reflects this on scheduling.

Abstract: A telecommunications system comprising: a plurality of transmitters capable of transmitting data in superframes, each superframe comprising a plurality of frames, and each frame comprising a plurality of slots; the transmitters being arranged in groups, each group comprising a number of base stations, each group of base stations being assigned one or more slot numbers which are different from those of other groups and each of the transmitters of each group being assigned a different frame number, each transmitter being arranged to operate at reduced transmission power for a period commencing in the allocated slot or slots assigned to its group in the frame assigned to it.

Abstract: A method of parallel suppression of interference, and corresponding stage and receiver is disclosed according to the invention, parallel suppression of interference is carried out starting from the signals selected by a maximum likelihood criterion based on the calculation of a metric and the search for the smallest possible metric.

Abstract: The subject invention is a carrier or product formed of a matrix having starch, sugar, fat, polyhydric alcohol and water in suitable ratios such that there exists a water activity of 0.6-0.75. The water activity of the product matrix may be adjusted up or down so that the availability of water in the finished product is not detrimental to the included active ingredient, be it pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, or a vitamin mineral complex.

Abstract: A composition of matter and the method of making that provides a low pH acidic composition that is useful for destroying microorganisms that are undesirable and useful for destroying or reducing melanomas on human skin. The composition and method include sulfuric acid combined with distilled water and ammonium sulfate under at least 15 psi pressure in a pressurized container, all of which is heated to approximately 800° F. or more for at least 3 hours. The final cooled mixture is stabilized with 10 percent of the original mixture. The resultant composition is useful for preserving food, such as fresh fish, and for skin treatment of melanoma and as bactericides, fungicides, or viricides.

Abstract: It is possible to provide the heat resistant material and coating material for OA equipment which comprise a fluorine-containing multi-segment polymer having heat resistance, abrasion resistance, non-sticking property against toner and oil resistance in addition to flexibility and are used particularly on surfaces of fuser roll and belt. Those materials comprise a fluorine-containing multi-segment polymer having an elastomeric fluorine-containing polymer chain segment A and a non-elastomeric fluorine-containing polymer chain segment B, and the elastomeric fluorine-containing polymer chain segment A comprises not less than 90% by mole of perhaloolefin unit as a recurring unit and imparts flexibility to the whole polymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cutting tool in which the hard coating layer demonstrates superior chipping resistance. The cutting tool has a tool base composed with tungsten carbide-based cemented carbide or titanium carbonitride-based Cermet, and a hard coating layer provided on the surface thereof; wherein the hard coating layer includes: (a) a Ti compound and/or Zr compound layer, which is a lower layer, comprising one or more layers of a TiC layer, TiN layer, TiCN layer, TiCO layer, TiCNO layer, ZrC layer, ZrN layer, ZrCN layer, ZrCO layer, ZrCNO layer and (b) an aluminum oxide layer having an ? crystal structure which is an upper layer, including the highest peak in the inclination section within a range of 0-10.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus has a communicating unit, a reading unit, a storing unit, a control unit, and an output unit. The communicating unit transmits and receives data to/from an information center in which a plurality of additional information have been stored. The reading unit reads out recorded data from a recording medium on which a plurality of data and index data of a plurality of data have been recorded. The data read out from the recording medium by the reading unit is stored in the storing unit. The control unit reads out the additional information corresponding to the recording medium from which the data is read out by the reading unit from the information center by the communicating unit and writes the read-out additional information into the storing unit as additional data of the recording medium which is read out by the reading unit. The output unit outputs the data stored in the storing unit and the additional data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for returning windows to an original location are described. When springing already open windows to a new location on a display space, it is desired to return that window to its original location for certain situations. A list is provided when the springing operation is initialized which captures information used to return the sprung window. According to exemplary embodiments, the relocation of various windows is tracked to ensure that each window is returned to an original location.

Abstract: An inbred broccoli line, designated GKO-1 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred broccoli line GKO-1, to the plants of inbred broccoli line GKO-1, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line GKO-1 with itself or another broccoli line. The invention further relates to hybrid broccoli seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line GKO-1 with another broccoli line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a broccoli plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred broccoli lines derived from the inbred GKO-1.

Abstract: A shower device includes a hollow frame having a coupler for engaging with a wall-mounted shower supply pipe and having two tubes attached to two end portions, a housing having a chamber formed by an outer peripheral wall and having two openings for rotatably receiving the tubes, a cover engaged with the housing and having two protrusions engaged with the openings of the housing and for anchoring the cover to the housing, a casing disposed in the housing and having two ports, and two distributors each having a pipe rotatably engaged into the tube and a mouth engaged with the port of the casing for supplying the water from the tubes into the chamber of the casing and then flowing out through the cover.

Abstract: A device for showering and the like has a body having a front wall, a peripheral wall and an open rear side with an edge configured to abut against a wall, hose means associated with the body for supplying water for taking a shower, a throughgoing receptacle formed in the body, so that the body is formed as an element surrounding the receptacle, which receptacle allows a user through the receptacle to access existing water control means in assembled condition, means for connecting the hose means to a source of water, and to existing water controlled means, the body having at least a portion which is formed as a hollow element having a U-shaped cross-section with a rear edge configured to abut against a wall so as to form hollow channels for the hose means.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for tempering the temperature of a liquid in a fluid conducting system. More particularly, some embodiments of the invention relates to tempering the temperature of water supplied to a fixture from a water heater in a fluid conducting system. The system can include a heater for heating the fluid and a diffuser for slowing the rate at which water provided to a decontamination fixture is heated.

Abstract: A patient transport apparatus includes a sling for movement of a person from or into a vehicle seat supported by a dual legged horizontal frame mounted on rollers or wheels with a generally vertical, telescoping post having a cantilever arm extending therefrom. A cable or strap supported by the cantilever arm is attached to the adjustable body sling which designed to securely hold a patient during transport.

Abstract: Provided is a mat supplemental to an exercise mat including a cushion portion for assisting in execution and/or maintaining of a select body position (e.g., a stretch, yoga pose, or Pilates pose). The supplemental mat may include a strap detachable from the cushion portion. The strap may further assist in the execution and/or maintaining of a select body position (e.g., a stretch, yoga pose, or Pilates pose). The strap may further serve to secure the cushion portion to the traditional exercise mat, thereby causing the supplemental mat to also serve as a carrier for the traditional exercise mat.

Abstract: A limb support coupled to a patient-support apparatus includes a multi-axis pivot mount having a first joint mounted to the patient-support apparatus, an arm coupled to the first joint on a first end for pivotable movement thereabout, and a second joint coupled to a second end of the arm for pivotable movement thereabout. A cushion assembly is mounted to the second joint for pivotable movement of the cushion assembly in relation to the second joint.

Abstract: A head and face covering apparatus includes a flexible housing that defines a pillow case and is U-shaped. The housing includes a central portion and a pair of arms extending away from the central portion. The housing has an elongated opening therein. A pillow is removably extendable into the housing through the opening. A flexible head covering is attached to the housing and extends upwardly therefrom. The head covering includes a rear wall, a pair of lateral walls, and a top wall. The top and lateral walls form a continuous front edge defining an opening extending into a front side of the head covering. The rear and lateral walls are attached to the housing. The head covering has an internal volume greater than 1.0 cubic feet to allow a person's face to be encapsulated by the head covering when the person abuts their head against the rear wall.

Abstract: A nursing pillow with integrated privacy panels that provide privacy to mothers while breast feeding infants. The pillow is U-shaped having a soft filler material and a pillow case. A neck strap helps keep the pillow close to the mother. The infant is supported on the pillow and kept in close proximity to the mother's body. The pillow folds in on itself for ease of transport and storage.

Abstract: This disclosure described a patient support having an air permeable layer, a plurality of inflatable bladders, a pressure-sensing assembly and a controller. In one embodiment, a combination of transverse bladders and vertically oriented can-shaped bladders is provided. In one embodiment, one or more angle sensors are provided in articulatable sections of the patient support.