Abstract: A lid assembly is provided for mitigation or removal of meniscus along the periphery of sample liquid in the cavity wells of a microtiter plate. The assembly includes a lid plate having a mount surface, an array of plugs corresponding to the array of wells, and a plurality of posts. Each plug extends below from the mount surface and is insertable into the periphery of a counterpart well for contact with the liquid. The plurality of posts suspends the lid plate above the microtiter plate. Each post optionally passes through an orifice through the mount surface, with each post including an adjustable clamp to support the lid plate. The mount surface optionally includes an array of cavities that correspond in disposition to the array of plugs. Each plug is independently insertable through the mount surface to adjust depth of each plug into its counterpart well.

Abstract: A new and distinct almond variety of Prunus dulcis named ‘ZOHAR’, particularly characterized by self-fertility and production of high quality almond fruit with a large kernel.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Levana’, characterized by its upright plant habit; strong and sturdy stems that hold inflorescences upright; large lacecap-type inflorescences with large white-colored sterile flowers; and fragrant flowers are attractive to butterflies, particularly Araschnia levana.

Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Synjac Perl’ particularly distinguished by the small to medium sized flowers with white ray florets, dark yellow-green foliage, nice compact and mounded plant habit and a natural flowering season in later September.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmudenali’ characterized by its large sized blooms with white ray florets and prolific branching, and a response time of 7.5 weeks.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuglow’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with white ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 24 (week 35); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmugolmine’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with yellow ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 17 (week 34); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmustone’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with yellow ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 17 (week 34); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmucanyon’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with dark red ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date October 5 (week 41); blooming for a period of 4 weeks.

Abstract: A new poinsettia plant named ‘NPCW10193’ particularly distinguished by its compact growth habit, late flowering season, slight torsian of the bracts and an apricot color, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new poinsettia plant particularly distinguished by its strong stems, large bracts, and brilliant bright red color is disclosed.

Abstract: A new Poinsettia plant named ‘SYEP0791’ particularly distinguished by its bright red bract color, ovate bract shape, medium sized, horizontally shaped inflorescences, dark green foliage, leaf without lobes, medium sized, v-shaped plant habit, and early flowering.

Abstract: A new and distinct Begonia×tuberhybrida cultivar named ‘BBEWH12-0’ is disclosed, characterized by an abundance of outwardly facing, semi double white flowers, bright green, glossy foliage and a short period to begin flowering. The new variety is a Begonia, and is normally used as an ornamental garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Begonia×tuberhybrida cultivar named ‘BBERO13-0’ is disclosed, characterized by an abundance of outwardly facing, semi double rose pink flowers, bright green, glossy foliage and a short period to begin flowering. The new variety is a Begonia, and is normally used as an ornamental garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Begonia×tuberhybrida cultivar named ‘BBERE14-0’ is disclosed, characterized by an abundance of outwardly facing, semi double red flowers, bright green, glossy foliage, flexible stems and a short period to begin flowering. The new variety is a Begonia, and is normally used as an ornamental garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant characterized by large, glaucous, blue green leaves with dark petioles and leaf bases. In the spring the leaves are dark purple tinted on top. Hosta ‘Aquamarine’ has violet flowers in late summer into fall.

Abstract: A new Osteospermum plant particularly distinguished by having medium-sized, terracotta-colored flowers with greyed-purple centers (disc florets), oval-shaped leaves, and semi-erect plant habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new Anthurium plant particularly distinguished by having glossy pink, durable spathes that very slowly turn brown with age, dark green, durable glossy leaves, an erect penduncle, rich shoot formation, continuous flowering throughout the year, a compact and full plant habit, and a plant height of 40.0 cm to 55.0 cm, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new Anthurium plant particularly distinguished by having durable red-purple spathes that very slowly turn green with age, dark green durable glossy leaves, very rich and early flowering throughout the year, a long erect penduncle, rich shoot formation, a compact and full plant habit and a plant height of 35.0 cm to 45.0 cm, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Cha Cha Cha’ characterized its inflorescences with ray florets that are gold in color with a small dark red eye zone, its bushy and relatively short plant habit, its floriferous and long blooming habit, its relative sterility, and its vigorous growth habit.

Abstract: A ratchet wheel includes an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The outer periphery includes a number of arcuate concave teeth each having two sides and an intersection of the two sides. The ratchet wheel includes a center, a line from the center to the intersection dividing an angle between the two sides into two unequal portions, thereby forming asymmetric arcuate concave teeth to provide improved structural strength and improved torque. In another embodiment, the concave teeth are non-arcuate to reduce the formation time for the teeth, thereby reducing the production cost.

Abstract: A metal cutting band saw blade has a plurality of cutting teeth defining a cutting direction, and a repeating tooth pattern of between 3 and 7 teeth. Each tooth defines a laterally-extending upper surface having a width and a height with respect to the back edge of the blade, and side surfaces extending laterally and downwardly on opposite sides of the upper surface relative to each other at acute angles relative to the upper surface. The teeth located rearwardly of the first tooth with respect to the cutting direction of the saw blade define progressively lower heights and progressively smaller acute angles of the side surfaces, and the widths of the upper surfaces of these teeth are greater than the width of the upper surface of the respective first tooth.

Abstract: A fluid delivery system includes a flow control device and a Coriolis mass flowmeter in fluid communication with the flow control device. The Coriolis flowmeter has a flow-tube made of a high-purity plastic material, such as PFA, making the delivery system suitable for high purity applications. A controller provides a control output signal to the flow control device, which may comprise a pinch valve, so as to vary the flow control device output in response to a setpoint signal and measurement signals received from the flowmeter.

Abstract: A uni-directional fluid valve particularly for use as an exhalation valve for a filter mask comprises a flexible flap attached at one end to a concave portion of a seat. The mounting of the flap imparts to it a transverse curvature, stiffening the flap sufficiently for it to remain seated in the absence of a pressure differential across it even when orientated with the seat above the flap.

Abstract: A hitch assembly including a frame for being attached to a tow vehicle; a cradle assembly pivotally attached to the frame for pivotal fore and aft movement; a hitch receiver mounted to the cradle assembly for being attached to a trailer; a leaf spring mounted to the cradle assembly and the fore end of the frame for controlling fore and aft movement of the cradle assembly; and shock absorbers mounted to the cradle assembly and the aft end of the frame for dampening fore and aft movement of the cradle assembly.

Abstract: To prevent a voltage glitch in the regulated DC output voltage of a PWM/PFM DC-DC converter when switching between PFM and PMW modes, the error amplifier of the converter's PWM regulation path is provided with a DC voltage offset correction mechanism. This mechanism “zeros-out” DC voltage offsets that may be present in the voltage regulation path, thereby enabling the error amplifier to accurately regulate the converter's output voltage. When the converter transitions between PFM and PWM modes, the DC offset correction mechanism establishes initial conditions of the error amplifier that effectively ensure that the converter's regulated output voltage at the beginning of a new “switched-to” PWM mode cycle is DC offset-free.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of compressing a data file comprising a sequence of bytes of a length greater than or equal to a predefined length, the method including the steps of: retrieving the data file from a secondary storage device; storing the data file in direct access memory; calculating the frequency of unique byte values within a sub-sequence of the data file, the sub-sequence having a length not exceeding the predefined length; creating an index for the sub-sequence, the index including a data value representing the calculated frequency of unique byte values within the sub-sequence; and on the sub-sequence having a frequency of unique byte values below a predetermined threshold, applying a data transformation to the sub-sequence to increase the frequency of unique byte values in the sub-sequence and adding to the index a data value representing the data transformation; on the sub-sequence having a frequency of unique byte values above a predefined threshold, adding to the index a data value repr

Abstract: A wireless device initially has simultaneous circuit switched (CS) and packet switched (PS) services with a non-UMTS network. With the CS and PS services ongoing, the non-UMTS network transmits a HANDOVER TO UTRAN COMMAND message to the wireless device to perform a handover to UTRAN procedure. The HANDOVER TO UTRAN COMMAND message excludes information used for handing over the PS signaling connections to the UTRAN so that only CS signaling connections are handed over. The wireless device receives and parses the HANDOVER TO UTRAN COMMAND message to determine what signaling connections are being handed over. Upon determining that only CS signaling connections are being handed over, a radio resource control (RRC) layer within the wireless device informs an upper layer within the wireless device that no PS radio access bearers or no PS signaling connections are present.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing efficient space-time structures for preambles, pilots and data for multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) communications systems are provided. One such embodiment includes providing a computer program that includes logic configured to provide an initial structure. The computer program further includes logic configured to verify that the rows of the initial structure are linearly independent and logic configured to apply an orthonormalization procedure to the initial structure to obtain a space-time structure. Methods are also provided for providing efficient space-time structures for preambles, pilots and data for MIMO communications systems.

Abstract: Nanoparticles made from a select group of lipids and optionally containing a therapeutically active agent are employed in pharmaceutical compositions for delivery to targeted tissues and/or cells for the treatment or diagnosis of such diseases as cancer.

Abstract: A branch candidate selecting method by a mobile station and a diversity handover control method on a network side in DHO performance are provided which consider a maximum cable branch number and maximum radio branch number of the mobile station, when the mobile station detects the plurality of addition branch candidates and deletion branch candidates. The mobile station inserts a plurality of addition branch candidates and deletion branch candidates, that is, all the DHO candidates into one handover trigger signal, and notifies the network. The addition branch candidates are put into addition information parameters in the handover trigger signal, and the deletion branch candidates are put into deletion information parameters. To simplify processing on the network side, the network side separates the addition branch candidates from the deletion branch candidates, and carries out sequential processing of them independently.

Abstract: A method for playing a gaming device where selected bets enable various bonuses. In the preferred embodiment 5 different bonuses are offered depending on credit per line bets, and said bonuses may occur in combination.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds which have HCV protease inhibitory activity as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds as well as methods of using them to treat disorders associated with the HCV protease.

Abstract: The paracardiac blood pump is destined designed for protruding through the cardiac wall into the heart with a portion of its housing (10) and for suctioning blood from the heart. The blood is pumped into one of the blood vessels connected with the heart through a line that extends outside the heart. A cannula (30) is arranged in front of the inlet (17) of the pump ring (16). The housing (10) and the cannula (30) have approximately the same outer diameters of 13 mm at most. The housing, together with the cannula (30), can thus be inserted into the heart through a puncture hole that is produced in the cardiac wall without removing material.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing surgery within an organ or vessel are provided. A catheter is provided having a longitudinal axis and an end region carrying an end effector, the end region movable to a series of positions along the longitudinal axis and with an selectable orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. The catheter includes elements for stabilizing the end region of the apparatus within an organ or vessel, and for counteracting reaction forces developed during actuation of the end effector.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for an improved stack comprises an advantageous indexing scheme and stack arrangement allowing more efficient performance of stack operations. The most-recently-used stack item appears at the top of the stack and the least-recently-used item is at the bottom of the stack. Values in between the top and bottom items are ordered from top to bottom with succeedingly less recently used items. An indexing scheme is used to indirectly reference locations of the stack items in the stack. A set of registers is used to reference the locations of the stack items in an embedded memory array. The registers function as pointers to the memory array locations. To promote an item to the top of the stack, the item is identified as the most-recently-used and the contents of the other registers are changed to specify the new locations, e.g. these pointers are shifted down one.

Abstract: An e-mail firewall (105) applies policies to e-mail messages (204) between a first site and a plurality of second sites in accordance with a plurality of administrator selectable policies (216). The firewall comprises a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) relay (202) for causing the e-mail messages (204) to be transmitted between the first site and selected ones of the second sites. A plurality of policy managers (216) enforce administrator selectable policies. The policies, such as encryption and decryption policies, comprise at least a first source/destination policy (218), at least a first content policy (202) and at least a first virus policy (224). The policies are characterized by a plurality of administrator selectable criteria (310), a plurality of administrator selectable exceptions (312) to the criteria and a plurality of administrator selectable actions (314, 316, 322) associated with the criteria and exceptions.

Abstract: The clothing is designed to prevent medical workers after using needles on patients who may be suffering from infective pathologies transmissible via blood. A protective element comprises, at the time of production and shipping, a first portion and a second portion reciprocally constrained by a connecting element moulded contemporaneously with the two portions. A pan is created inside the first portion and first ridges and second ridges have been created in the lower part of the second portion.

Abstract: A pant for a hockey player. The pant comprises an inner pant and an outer shell releasably connected to a waist portion of the inner pant and wherein the inner pant has several protective pads, a pocket for receiving a cup for protecting the genital area of the player and respective left and right VELCRO tabs for affixing hockey socks to the inner pant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a digital garment that can provide a high-speed communication path by using a digital band that is quickly and easily attachable to a conventional garment (clothes), and a fabricating method thereof. The digital garment includes: a garment formed of textile; a digital band provided along the outside or inside of the garment so as to provide a communication path; a sensor, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band, converting a physical signal into an electrical signal; an operation device, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band, receiving the electrical signal from the sensor and processing the signal; and a communication module, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band so as to perform wireless communication.