Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel violet pink flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits low growing, spreading 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 rose with long lasting, novel cream pink flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits uniform, upright to 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 rootstock is described and which is characterized as to novelty by its lower incidence and expression of crown gall (agrobacterium tuberfaciens).

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hardenbergia violacea plant named ‘Rambospray’, characterized by its purple-colored flowers, upright and compact plant growth habit, freely branching, dense growth, lightly twining stem, early flowering season, erect inflorescence attitude, and a high level of flower production.

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

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Fidahhypbrobi’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative inflorescences with golden bronze-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Fidahhypre’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative inflorescences with red-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Fidahcali’, characterized by its compact, upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative inflorescences with red and yellow bi-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Fidahhyppi’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative inflorescences with red purple-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Fidahhypyel’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative inflorescences with bright yellow-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Fidahhypwhi’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative inflorescences with white-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Fidahnewy’, characterized by its compact, upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative inflorescences with light red purple-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Oglger3147’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; dark green-colored leaves; bright cherry rose-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Fipeldanlav’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading plant habit; freely basal branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; double lavender-colored flowers with red purple-colored venation; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘A-24’ that is characterized by large numbers of red purple flowers, green leaves, good cold temperature tolerance, a prostrate, spreading habit, a short crop time, and the absence of pollen.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘A-32’ that is characterized by large numbers of pink flowers, good cold temperature tolerance, a prostrate, spreading habit, a short crop time, and the absence of pollen.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘A-5’ that is characterized by large numbers of white flowers, good cold temperature tolerance, a prostrate, spreading habit, a short crop time, and the absence of pollen.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘A-55’ that is characterized by large numbers of pink flowers, green leaves, good cold temperature tolerance, a prostate spreading habit, a short crop time, and the absence of pollen.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duetisushine’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets that are clear yellow in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duetimdepur’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets that are deep purple in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct Astelia chathamica cultivar named ‘AstJe101’ is disclosed, characterized by having distinctive dark bronze coloration of foliage, rapid early growth rate, slowing to a moderate, controlled growth rate. The new variety is an Astelia chathamica, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Brachycome plant named ‘Nebbra 001’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large inflorescences positioned just above the foliage; dark purple-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct Calibrachoa cultivar named ‘DANOA38’ is disclosed, characterized by having bright pink flowers mounded plant habit, and large flowers. The new variety is a Calibrachoa, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Dicentra peregrina×eximia plant named ‘Red Fountain’ with dark burgundy flowers, good vigor, a compact habit and long flowering period.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting contaminants in or on objects, having a movably mounted container for holding objects and having a plurality of perforations and an entrance opening through which objects may be placed into the container. A housing encloses the container and forms a barrier to ambient air. There is a sealable opening for inserting and removing objects from the container. A drive assembly moves the container within the housing to move objects therein for emitting particles which are in or on such object. There is an air stream for moving air through the housing and container to entrain any emitted particles into the air stream and a sensor for sensing contaminants in the air stream and providing a signal when a contaminant is sensed. The container can be a rotatable cage or a vibrating box. In the method, there is a chamber provided which may be sealed with respect to ambient air to create an enclosed atmosphere.

Abstract: A gypsum/fiber board having improved impact resistance is produced by mixing predetermined amounts of fibers, calcined gypsum and water to form a mixture of wetted, loose fibers; laying out a reinforcing mesh over the upper surface of a forming belt; depositing said mixture on said mesh to form a layer of said mixture, said; and compressing said mesh together with said layer of mixture to embed said mesh in the lower surface of said layer to form a board composed of bonded fibers and gypsum with said mesh embedded in the surface thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical cable assembly in simplest form including at least one conductor, at least one insulator, and at least one attention getting material and/or a visual reacting material such as a thermochromic material or liquid crystal formulation, which will, visually and/or physically react to certain critical temperature ranges. May give off a response to variations in temperature an/or magnetic and/or electrical fields which are indicative of a hazard and/or fault, or to the direct and/or indirect results of electrical energy behavior, to provide an indication of an electrical overload condition, and/or a malfunction, and/or the incremental stages of hazard experienced by, and being experienced by, and to be experienced by, the electrical cable assembly itself, which undergoes on its own, at least one noticeable manifestation, to get your attention.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for improving the resiliency and airflow through a honeycomb air vent filter while providing EMI shielding. In one embodiment, the honeycomb can be manufactured from a dielectric (e.g., plastic) substrate to provide improved resistance to deformation as compared to conventional aluminum honeycomb. The dielectric honeycomb substrate is metallized to provide EMI shielding capability. The metallized honeycomb substrate is cut slightly oversize to fit an opening in an electronic enclosure, which results in elastic deformation of resilient perimeter spring fingers that are used to hold the metallized dielectric honeycomb in place and provide electrical conductivity between the metallized dielectric substrate and the enclosure, thereby eliminating the use of a frame. In another embodiment, additional conductive layers can be added to the metallized dielectric honeycomb.

Abstract: This invention relates to the application of hydrophobic interaction chromatography combination chromatography to the purification of antibody molecule proteins.

Abstract: A digital core embodied within a semiconductor die that requires plural separate power supply voltage domains is situated within any of a variety of integrated circuit packaging technologies. Within the integrated circuit package including this semiconductor die also exists a switch mode DC-to-DC voltage converter, preferably a synchronous step-down regulator powering the entire integrated circuit from one supply voltage. The components contained within the integrated circuit package along with the semiconductor die include the switch mode power supply's power switching transistors, inductor core and windings, digital open-loop output voltage fixing circuitry, output capacitors and substrate for mounting said components when integrated within a packaging technology that does not already include a substrate.

Abstract: A system for and method for charging or maintaining a charge of a battery of a vehicle is disclosed. The system utilizes a light-transforming cell that can transform light energy to current. The cell may be supported such that the cell is exposed to light energy. Current produced by the cell is communicated with the battery through electrical connectors, which may have a switch. This invention may decrease occasions when a vehicle operator faces a weakened or dead battery in a vehicle because the invention serves to maintain the charge of the vehicle's battery when the vehicle is not in use.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an impedance matching circuit for facilitating impedance matching between the characteristic impedance of a cable and the input impedance at the input terminal of a receiver for data transmission comprising: a first transistor, a second transistor, a resistor, a negative feedback control circuit, a multiplexer and a reference voltage generator. When the characteristic impedance of the cable varies, the equivalent resistance of the impedance matching circuit can be kept equal to the resistance of the varied characteristic impedance of the cable by adjusting the reference voltage.

Abstract: A user-programmable bi-directional, constant current generator circuit allows external programming of either a positive (+) or a negative (?) polarity output current, for injection into one of two locations of the PWM controller circuit of a DC-DC voltage converter. The parameters of the DC-DC converter's offset voltage will depend upon the connection of a single programming pin to one of two programming resistors. The programming resistors are respectively referenced to different supply rail voltages (VCC and VSS). The polarity of the offset additionally depends upon where, within the PWM-controlled DC-DC converter, the programmed constant current is injected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a detector for detecting a first resolution signal indicative of a resolution of the first display signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals related to the first display, a comparator for comparing the first resolution signal with a second resolution signal indicative of a reference resolution; and a converter for converting the first display signal into the second resolution signal, if there is a difference between the first and the second resolution signals.

Abstract: An ink cartridge is composed of the body of a container provided with an ink supply port for discharging ink into a print head for housing ink and a lid for sealing the body of the container so that the container can communicate with the air. A semiconductor memory device storing information related to ink is mounted on the surface of the body of the container or the cap and is coated with a removable film.

Abstract: A digital camera which allows voice annotations to be recorded for each picture, but which includes text annotations with each such picture when the picture is transmitted from the camera. The digital camera includes an image sensing apparatus operable to receive light comprising an image and output image data representing the image, a first memory operable to store the image data, a sound sensing apparatus operable to receive a sound and output sound data representing the sound, wherein the sound is speech and the sound data is voice data, a second memory operable to store the voice data, a third memory operable to store text data; and a voice recognition apparatus operable to access the second memory, translate the stored voice data into text data and store the text data in the third memory, when the digital camera is provided with external power.

Abstract: A tiled display structure is formed containing a plurality of image tiles. A method for assembling a tiled display structure that includes a transparent front panel and a plurality of image tiles is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (1) heating a heat activated adhesive to a working temperature; (2) applying the softened adhesive to the front surface of the display section of an image tile, or the inner surface of the transparent front panel; (3) aligning the surface of the display section of the image tile with the inner surface of the transparent front panel; (4) cooling the adhesive. Another aspect of the invention is a modular method of repairing a tiled display structure, which includes a transparent front panel, a heat activated adhesive, and a plurality of image tiles.

Abstract: The patterns can be used to reduce one or more undesirable effects such as moire or colour shift in coloured halftone images. Colour screens in the images are based on a combination of non-orthogonal mesh structures with parcels of printing dots which have common shape and size. Preferably the dots grow in mid tones by extending first towards their second, third or fourth nearest neighbours.

Abstract: A lenticular display in association with a consumer article such as a beverage container positioned with respect to the container so that a series of images are presented to the user as the article is used in its normal manner such as when the user is engaged in drinking. The images may be accompanied by a synchronized audio message. In other embodiments, the image may be illuminated and may impart motion.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for generating synchronization bursts for OFDM transmission systems. The symbols of a predefined symbol sequence are mapped according to a predefined mapping scheme on subcarriers of the OFDM systems by a mapping unit (2), wherein the symbols of the predefined symbol sequence represent sub-carriers of the OFDM system with nonzero amplitudes. A synchronization burst is generated by a inverse fast Fourier transforming unit (3) transforming the subcarriers of the OFDM system mapped to said predefined symbol sequence. The mapping (2) of the symbols of the predefined symbol sequence is set such that the resulting time domain signal of the synchronization burst represents a periodic nature. According to the invention the predefined symbol sequence is set such that the envelope fluctuation of the time domain signal of the synchronization burst is minimized. Therefore advantageous symbol sequences reducing said the envelope fluctuation of the time domain signal are proposed.

Abstract: Data aided carrier phase and symbol timing synchronizers are implemented at baseband as digital modulators isolating input signal inphase and quadrature component signals fed into inphase and quadrature. Laurent transforms that function as data detector to provide odd and even data bit multiplexed output data signal while cross coupling the inphase and quadrature transformed outputs for removing data modulation in error signals to correct phase errors and timing errors in the received signal so as to provide reliable data demodulation of noisy received signals having dynamic carrier phase and symbol timing errors as found in continuous phase modulation communications systems such as Gaussian minimum shift keying communications systems.

Abstract: A signal monitoring apparatus and method involving devices for monitoring signals representing communications traffic, devices for identifying at least one predetermined parameter by analyzing the context of the at least one monitoring signal, a device for recording the occurrence of the identified parameter, a device for identifying the traffic stream associated with the identified parameter, a device for analyzing the recorded data relating to the occurrence, and a device, responsive to the analysis of the recorded data, for controlling the handling of communications traffic within the apparatus.

Abstract: A printhead of an ink jet printer includes plural ejection nozzles for ejecting ink. In an ink ejection inspecting method for the printhead, the ejection nozzles are photographed in the printhead, to output image data. The image data is analyzed by the pattern recognition, to output analysis result information. According to this, it is judged whether an ejecting state of the ejection nozzles is acceptable or unacceptable.

Abstract: A power equalization system and method for use in an optical transmission system are provided. The power equalization system includes an optical line including at least one transmission channel and a management line. The transmission system further includes a plurality of amplifiers, a plurality of Optical spectrum analyzers and a plurality of equalizers. The plurality of amplifiers are coupled to the optical line, spaced periodically throughout the optical transmission system. As information is sent through the optical transmission system, the plurality of amplifiers boost the power of each channel of the optical signal. A plurality of optical spectrum analyzers are also coupled to the optical lien and are spaced periodically throughout the optical transmission system and are co-located with a first portion of the amplifiers coupled to the optical line.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling recording and reproduction in a video cassette tape recorder are disclosed apparatus is capable of, in a recording mode, separating specific data for speed-varied reproduction from compressed digital video signals, recording them on designated tracks, recording position information of the designated tracks on a control track by an index head or recording position information of recording position-synchronized blocks at the starting portions of the designated tracks recorded with the specific data, and in a speed-varied reproduction mode, controlling a capstan servo speed so as to maintain the travel of a magnetic tape at a normal and periodically or non-periodically accelerate or decelerate it where specific data for varied-speed have been recorded periodically or non-periodically on predetermined portions of tracks, thereby making heads of travel repeatedly at the normal speed and the high speed and thereby detect continuously the specific tracks for varied-speed.

Abstract: An evaporation-induced self-assembly method to prepare a porous, surfactant-templated, thin film by mixing a silica sol, a solvent, a surfactant, and an interstitial compound, evaporating a portion of the solvent to form a liquid, crystalline thin film mesophase material, and then removal of the surfactant template. Coating onto a substrate produces a thin film with the interstitial compound either covalently bonded to the internal surfaces of the ordered or disordered mesostructure framework or physically entrapped within the ordered or disordered mesostructured framework. Particles can be formed by aerosol processing or spray drying rather than coating onto a substrate. The selection of the interstitial compound provides a means for developing thin films for applications including membranes, sensors, low dielectric constant films, photonic materials and optical hosts.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to electro-optically active waveguide segments, and more particularly to the use of a selective voltage input to control the phase, frequency and/or amplitude of a propagating wave in the waveguide. Particular device structures and methods of manufacturing are described herein.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the synthesis and characterization of compounds having the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, OR?, SH, SR?, SOR?, SO2R?, NO2, NH2, NHR?, N(R?)2, NHC(?O)R? NHC(?O)R?, CN, halogen, ?O, C(?O)H, C(?O)R?, CO2H, CO2R?, C1-C12 alkyl, C2-C12 alkenyl, C2-C12 alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic; wherein each of the R? groups is independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, NH2, NO2, SH, CN, halogen, ?O, C(?O)H, C(?O)CH3, CO2H, CO2CH3, C1-C12 alkyl, C2-C12 alkenyl, C2-C12 alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, and heteroaromatic; wherein each dotted circle represents one, two or three optional double bonds; wherein R7 and R8 may be are joined into a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring system; and wherein X1 and X2 are each independently defined as above for R1-R8 R1-R6 and R9, and each further includes s

Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of A) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups of a) at least one compound having a molecular weight in the range from 56 to 300 which contains two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, b) at least one polymer containing two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, c) at least one compound which contains two active hydrogen atoms and at least one ionogenic or ionic group per molecule, d) at least one diisocyanate, B) at least one polymer containing groups which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, chosen from hydroxyl, and primary and secondary amino and/or carboxyl groups, or the salts thereof.

Abstract: A polymer comprising a tagging material is provided wherein the tagging material comprises at least one organic fluorophore dye, or at least one inorganic fluorophore, or at least one organometallic fluorophore, or at least one semi-conducting luminescent nanoparticle, or combination thereof, wherein the tagging material has a temperature stability of at least about 350° C. and is present in a sufficient quantity such that the tagging material is detectible via a spectrofluorometer at an excitation wavelength in a range between about 100 nanometers and about 1100 nanometers. Further embodiments of the present invention include a method for identifying a polymer and an article comprising a polymer wherein the polymer contains the aforementioned tagging material.