Abstract: ‘SAVorockies’ is a new and distinct variety of Mini-Flora rose plant noted for its strong, sweet fragrance, attractive, fully double flowers, and above average disease resistance. Flowers of various shades of apricot-pink last well on the plant. A mature plant can be almost constantly in bloom during the growing season.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Grandiflora rose plant is provided that forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive double blossoms that are red-purple margined with red in coloration and display a pleasant fragrance. The vegetation is strong and a semi-erect growth habit is displayed. No particular susceptibility to disease has been noted during observations to date. The plant is particularly well suited for providing distinctive attractive ornamentation in the landscape.

Abstract: A new Mandarin hybrid tree particularly distinguished by having dense foliage, “wilted-leaf” appearance, fruit that is attractive in appearance with excellent eating quality, and upright, vigorous plant habit, obloid tree shape and matures early in central Florida, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Rubus plant named ‘Sugana’ having bright colored and large fruits with a long shelf life.

Abstract: Rootstock ‘9365-85’ is a cross of ‘L514-10’ (Vitis rufotomentosa×V. champinii ‘Dog Ridge’ ×V. riparia ‘Riparia Gloire’))×V. champinii ‘c9038’. This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of grapevine rootstock plant with resistance to a broad array of soil-borne nematodes including root-knot, dagger, lesion and citrus nematodes. The variety is moderately susceptible to ring nematode, but has strong resistance to grape phylloxera.

Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid oak named ‘Taylor’ characterized by its broad, oval growth habit, glossy green mildew resistant foliage, strong wood, and rapid growth.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hedera helix plant named ‘Magic Dust’, characterized by its dark green with gray-green colored foliage having golden variegation, bronze-colored stems, and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation plant named ‘CFPC Chantilly’, having a compact form of plant with well presented purple edged purple-pink center flowers.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation plant named ‘CFPC Adele’, having a compact form of plant with well presented yellow and pink picotee flowers.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation plant named ‘CFPC Miso’, having short stature and bright white flowers with a burgundy purple edge.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation plant named ‘CFPC Pink Tess’, having a compact form of plant with purple pink flowers.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation plant named ‘CFPC Cheerful’, having a compact form of plant with well presented bright red flowers.

Abstract: A new variety of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Foxy Time’, having blushed orange red quills with golden yellow spoon tip anemone flowers. The plants have a tidy compact habit with good foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct Verbena plant named ‘Gruelox 01’ having plentiful flowers per spike that are light reddish-purple in color with a darker colored reddish-purple eye in the middle.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lily plant named ‘Sunny Bahamas’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit; densely-foliated habit; freely flowering habit; upright white-colored flower buds; white-colored flowers; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Ditomfav’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; freely branching and flowering habit; dark-colored stems and leaves; light pink-colored flowers; and tolerance to Downy Mildew.

Abstract: A new Dahlia plant named ‘Golia Rosbi,’ particularly distinguished by the large red-purple and white bi-colored ‘collerette’ type flowers, full and compact plant habit with excellent branching, medium dark green foliage, and good floriferiousness.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Gypsophila plant named ‘Esm Genesis’, characterized by its erect, straight and moderately strong flowering stems; early, uniform and freely flowering habit; small luminous white-colored flowers with numerous petals; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘Bonmadre’, characterized by its single-type deep red-purple colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact and upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: Concentrated phosphorus fertilizers are disclosed that comprise a buffered composition of an organic acid and salts thereof and a phosphorous-containing acid and salts thereof. The concentrated phosphorus fertilizers can be diluted with water of pH ranging from about 6.5 to about 8.5 at ratios of concentrate to water at about 1:40 to about 1:600 to result in a fertilizer having a pH in the range acceptable for foliar uptake of phosphorus.

Abstract: A vehicle seat belt tension prediction system and method comprises an accelerometer having an output signal responsive to vertical acceleration of the vehicle, a seat weight sensor having an output signal responsive to the force exerted by a mass resting on the seat, and a processor means for calculating seat belt tension. The processor is provided with a plurality of inputs operatively coupled to the accelerometer output and seat weight sensor output. Suitable programming is provided to instruct the processor to calculate the average mass resting on the vehicle seat and predict the force that should be exerted on the seat for a measured level of vertical acceleration assuming zero belt tension. The processor then compares the actual force measured by the seat weight sensor with the predicted force to determine seat belt tension thereby obviating the necessity of complex hardware in physical contact with the seat belt system.

Abstract: In a pulse generator, a sawtooth-shaped wave generator circuit generates a sawtooth-shaped wave by charging and discharging a capacitor. The sawtooth-shaped wave is fed to a comparator that performs pulse-width modulation on it in accordance with the voltage it receives via a terminal and thereby produces pulses. The comparator has its output grounded through a transistor that is turned on with appropriate timing by the sawtooth-shaped wave generator circuit. Thus, the maximum duty factor of the output pulses is made equal to the duty factor of the sawtooth-shaped wave.

Abstract: Integrated circuitry for selectively introducing capacitance and for controlling the transconductance transfer function of one or more amplifiers includes concatenated differential amplifiers with one or more pairs of switchable capacitive components differentially connected across outputs of the differential amplifiers to facilitate operation over a wide range of operating frequencies under control of external signals.

Abstract: A bracket assembly for mounting a reed switch and associated magnet on an overhead opening door includes first and second interlocking pieces, both of which are stamped from sheet metal that is, preferably, non-ferromagnetic. Each of the pieces incorporates an opening sized to slidably receive a locking door bolt fabricated from a ferromagnetic material such as mild or hardened steel. For a currently preferred embodiment of the invention, both pieces of the bracket assembly are stamped from sheet aluminum. Both the reed switch and its associated magnet mount may mount on either piece, so long as they are on opposite sides of the opening. The assembly incorporates an opening that is sized to receive a slidable, locking bolt fabricated from a ferromagnetic material such as mild or hardened steel. When the bolt is withdrawn from the opening, the reed switch is activated, thereby generating a signal which can be input to a security system.

Abstract: An optical lens device of image scanner includes a diaphragm and plural lenses. The plural lenses, diaphragm, and image induction element are linearly arranged for defining an optical path between the document and the image induction element. Wherein, among the plural lenses, the one that is most close to the manuscript is called the first lens, and the other one that is most close to the image induction element is called the last lens, and the distance between the last lens and the image induction element is called BFL, and the length of the image induction element is called image height, and the total optical length between the document and the image induction element is called TT, and the effective focus length of the optical lens device is called EFL. If the optical lens device fulfills following conditions: the diameter of the last lens/the diameter of the first lens>1; EFL/image height<0.9; and BFL/TT<0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lighting device having a light housing including a light source being rotatably connected by a rotatable connection means to a lighting device body, said body having said rotatable connection means positioned so as to allow said light housing to lay adjacent said body and to define therebetween a narrow space which is accessible in a base to top direction. The present invention also provides a light housing for a lighting device, said light housing including a light source holder at one end thereof, said light housing also including means to receive a mounting member at one end of said light housing opposite to said light source holder, said light housing being characterised by said light source holder allowing limited pivotal movement of said light source when said light source is mounted in said light source holder, said limited pivotal movement being in the range of 5° to 30°.

Abstract: A heating current used to inductively heat a metallic or magnetic work-piece is generated by an inverter supplied by a supply voltage. The inverter includes four switching elements arranged in an H-bridge circuit having two parallel longitudinal branches and a transverse branch. The switches are controlled so the heating current flows through the transverse branch. The diagonally opposed switching elements are switched from a conductive to a non-conductive state in a temporally staggered manner.

Abstract: A polyphase channelizer converts an intermediate frequency wideband signal into a complex signal that is sampled by parallel analog-to-digital converters having a bank of samplers respectively clocked by staggered clocking signals for respective converters for feeding I and Q quadrature samples to a polyphase filter bank of finite impulse response filters driving a fast Fourier transform processor for providing channelized digital signal outputs. The parallel analog-to-digital converters can operate at lower speeds but are parallel connected for effectively operating at required higher speeds. The channelizer channelizes the wideband signal using a polyphase clock for enabling high speed sampling and converting through low speed parallel analog to digital converters.

Abstract: A laser source is installed inside a housing for generating a laser beam. A first lens group is installed inside the housing for diverging the laser beam from the laser source. A reflecting object is installed inside the housing in a rotatable manner for reflecting the laser beam from the first lens group. A second lens group is installed inside the housing for diverging the laser beam from the reflecting object. A framing mask masks the laser beam and displays a laser-framing viewfinder. A third lens group is installed on the housing for focusing the laser beam. A camera lens is installed on the housing for capturing an image framed in the laser-framing viewfinder. When the reflecting object rotates to a first location a laser-framing viewfinder is generated. When the reflecting object rotates to a second location a laser pointer is generated.

Abstract: A composition for coating glass by chemical-vapor deposition comprises a mixture of a tin oxide precursor monobutyltin trichloride, a silicon dioxide precursor tetraethylorthosilicate, and an accelerant such as triethyl phosphite; the composition is gaseous below 200° C., and permits coating glass having a temperature from 450° to 650° C. at deposition rates higher than 350 ?/sec. The layer of material deposited can be combined with other layers to produce an article with specific properties such as controlled emissivity, refractive index, abrasion resistance, or appearance.

Abstract: A method for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation, which comprises culturing a microorganism having L-glutamic acid-producing ability in a liquid medium of which pH is adjusted to a condition under which L-glutamic acid produced by the microorganism is allowed to be precipitated, to allow L-glutamic acid to be produced and accumulated with precipitation of L-glutamic acid accompanied, wherein an operation causing existence of L-glutamic acid crystals in the medium is performed when a concentration of L-glutamic acid in the medium is lower than the concentration at which spontaneous crystallization occurs.

Abstract: A termoelectric thermoelectric device and method for manufacturing the thermoelectric device.

Abstract: A system for and method of providing Short Message Service (SMS) message notification to a cellular telephone customer regarding missed incoming calls that are missed while the cellular telephone is unavailable such as when the telephone is powered off. This is accomplished by generating a notification message at a SS7 gateway that includes caller ID/name ID information and/or time of the missed call. The message is preferably generated at the SS7 gateway only upon receipt of an “access denied” response with a reason code of at least one of MS Inactive, Busy, No Page Response or Unavailable that is sent from a home location register in response to a location request sent by the SS7 gateway. Once the generated message is complete it is sent to a message center where it is stored until it is retrieved by the cellular telephone soon after registration with the cellular network.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved operations method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, reducing peak capacity, increasing overall capacity utilization, improving capital utilization, providing an “all-you-can-eat” pricing model, and designing capacity based upon where the users live, work, and play.

Abstract: A method for altering the coupling torque of a coupling in the drive train of a vehicle with an automatic gearbox and/or automatic coupling in a creep drive mode of a vehicle. According to the invention, the coupling torque is altered according to at least one variable, the parameter of the vehicle describing the creep drive mode thereof.

Abstract: A moisture curable composition excellent in transparency, operating efficiency and storage stability, and is suitable for use as an adhesive and a sealing material is provided. The moisture curable composition produced by blending 100 parts by weight of a mixture (A) and 2 parts by weight to 300 parts by weight of amorphous powder (B). The mixture (A) comprises (1) a copolymer having reactive silicon groups which can be cross-linked by hydrolysis, whose molecular chain substantially consists of (i) alkylacrylate and/or alkylmethacrylate monomeric units having an alkyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and (ii) alkylacrylate and/or alkylmethacrylate monomeric units having an alkyl group with 10 or more carbon atoms, and (2) a polymer substantially consisting of oxyalkylene including reactive silicon groups which can be cross-linked by hydrolysis. The amorphous powder (B) has a grain diameter ranging from 0.01 ?m to 300 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process whereby fluorine atom-containing sulfonyl fluoride compound(s) useful as e.g. materials for ion-exchange membranes, can be produced efficiently and at low cost without structural limitations while solving the difficulties in production. Namely, the present invention provides a process which comprises reacting XSO2RA-E1 (1) with RB-E2 (2) to form XSO2R4-E-RB (3), then reacting (3) with fluorine in a liquid phase to form FSO2RAF-EF-RBF (4), and further, decomposing the compound to obtain FSO2RAF-EFl (5), wherein RA is a bivalent organic group, E1 is a monovalent reactive group, RB is a monovalent organic group, E2 is a monovalent reactive group which is reactive with E1, E is a bivalent connecting group formed by the reaction of E1 with E2, RAF is a bivalent organic group formed by the fluorination of RA, etc., RBF is the same group as RB, etc., EF1 is a bivalent connecting group formed by the fluorination of E, etc.

Abstract: A capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes means for illuminating an object, means for imaging the object, and a transparent cover having a center of curvature. The transparent cover covers the illumination means and the imaging means, and the imaging means includes an objective optical system and an image detecting element. The illumination means is positioned relative to the image detecting element, as viewed axially from the object side of the capsule endoscope, so that an area that is symmetrically positioned about the optical axis of the objective optical system from a light emitting area of the illumination means overlaps an area of the image detecting element, but does not overlap any areas of the image detecting element that are used for image detection.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein an Internet server apparatus, method and device for implementing emergency information instructions. The instructions comprise a program of a plurality of steps and can be in the form of a virtual implementation through use of a web page that includes representations of a virtual emergency information apparatus or, alternatively, in the form of a physical portable device. Indicators are provided in the form of lights or a numerical display to indicate the completion of sequential steps in the program so as to aid the user in knowing how many steps will be necessary and to indicate the completion of each step.

Abstract: A person shopping for a mattress is helped to select a physiologically suitable mattress by a system which uses a questionnaire to elicit important information from the person. The questionnaire is processed automatically to generate a recommendation of which available mattress system is most suitable for the person.

Abstract: A system and method for effectively implementing a personal channel for interactive television comprises a personal channel manager that may include a configuration module, a search module, and a content packaging module. A system user may utilize the configuration module to perform a personal channel configuration procedure to specify personal channel configuration data for performing a content record search procedure. The search module may manage the content record search procedure according to one or more search parameters that may be defined during the personal channel configuration procedure. The search module may selectively locate and access one or more content records from one or more remote content databases during the foregoing content record search procedure.

Abstract: A single database maintained centrally hosts both proxy service data and authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) data. Data is then copied to storage used locally by each system when both systems are instantiated. Therefore the ISP/Telco need not maintain two different data bases. A protocol gateway (PGW) is used to determine if the incoming user is a wholesale or retail user. The PGW filters the domain portion of the access request to locate a remote AAA service. If one such service is found, the PGW routes the communication via the proxy service to proxy it to the remote AAA service. The returned packet from the remote AAA service is then searched for an IP address to be assigned to the incoming user. If one is not found the PGW obtains a dynamically allocated IP address from a DHCP server (using an IP-Pool-ID if supplied in the returned packet from the remote AAA service). The same mechanism is used to forward accounting event packets from the NAS to the remote AAA server.

Abstract: A body armor plate is configured to provide ballistics protection to a wearer of the plate. For example, the plate may be configured to protect the upper torso of the wearer from high-speed, ballistic projectiles like bullets, shrapnel, and/or other projectiles. In some implementations, the plate may include one or more electronic modules formed integrally therewith. Formation of the electronic modules integrally with the plate may enhance the functionality of the plate, may enhance the convenience (e.g., the form factor, the weight, the portability, etc.) of the electronics modules, robustness of the electronics modules, and/or other aspects of the electronics modules. The combination of the plate and the electronics modules may specifically provide various enhancements to, for example, military or law enforcement personnel that rely on the plate for ballistics protection.

Abstract: A shield protects an outer garment, such as a pair of pants, against visible staining caused by a small amount of liquid, such as urine or lactating milk. The shield includes a multiple layer laminate constructed of an absorptive layer, a soft plastic barrier layer adjoined on one side to said absorptive layer, and a gripping layer on an opposite side of said soft plastic layer adapted to mechanically lock and adhere onto the outer garment. The shield is placed into the zipper fly or crotch area of any male or female pant garment, or inside of a blouse of a lactating woman. The shield provides a healthy safe barrier between the individual and the garment. It remains securely in place and feels cool and comfortable and can be changed easily when needed.

Abstract: Disposable clothing articles for hunting and other outdoor activities are made of a low-cost, lightweight, breathable material, preferably a non-woven with particle barrier properties, and preferably include cinching elements for cinching closed with a good seal the hand and foot openings of the clothing to prevent the escape of human odors. The clothing articles are treated with one or more odor-reducing agents to absorb the human odors that pass through the clothing material. In an example method of making the clothing articles, a liquid odor-reducing agent is sprayed onto the clothing, one or two powder odor-reducing agents are sprinkled onto the inside and outside surfaces of the clothing, and the treated clothing article is stored in a sealable bag or other container.

Abstract: A nursing cover including a sheet with a stiffener pocket, a first strap, and a second strap disposed along the top edge of the sheet. The first strap and second strap are configured to detachably couple together. A stiffener comprised of a shape memory material comprising a material memory is housed within the stiffener pocket. The stiffener has a first end and a second end being formed as part of the stiffener. The first end and the second end have a substantially smooth surface to prevent abrading the stiffener pocket. The material memory in the stiffener assumes a pre-determined shape when force is not applied to the stiffener, temporarily deforms without breaking the stiffener when force is applied to the stiffener, and reassumes the pre-determined shape when force is removed from the stiffener.

Abstract: A nursing cover including a sheet, where a stiffener pocket, a first strap and a second strap are disposed along a top edge of the sheet, the first strap and the second strap being configured to detachably couple together, and a stiffener housed within the stiffener pocket, configured to bow outward from the top edge of the sheet. The stiffener having a shape memory material having a material memory associated with a pre-determined shape and assuming the pre-determined shape during a resting state. When a force is applied, the stiffener is configured to temporarily deform and when the force is removed, the stiffener reassumes the pre-determined shape. The stiffener has a first end cap formed at a first end and a second end cap formed at a second end, where the stiffener, the first end cap and the second end cap are collectively a single member.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for gloving a person and a gloving package. The method includes automatically advancing a glove package or packages containing gloves from a storage location to a location where they are accessible to a persons hands so that the person can glove himself or herself without contaminating the gloves. The apparatus comprises of a gloving machine for applying gloves to the hands of a person. The gloving package is comprised of a top and bottom layer and a means for securing glove(s) within the layers.

Abstract: There is provided a glove assembly that is adapted to be worn on a human hand for use in extended medical procedures such as surgery. The assembly may include an inner glove of permeable polyester fabric. There may additionally be a coating adhered to the inner glove, which prevents seepage of fluid through the inner glove from an internal surface to an external surface thereof. The assembly may further include an outer glove with interior dimensions substantially equivalent to the exterior dimensions of the inner glove. The outer glove may be in a receiving relationship to the inner glove.

Abstract: A pair of pants includes two pant legs, with each pant leg having a front pant panel and a back pant panel which are interconnected by two side seams. The front and back pant panels are sized such that one of the side seams has a seam course which, at least in one section is shifted to the back toward a leg back side of a wearer.