Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel apricot and salmon flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits uniform upright 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 miniature rose plant which has abundant, red colored flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year round production in commercial glass houses as a flowering pot plant. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct Malus domestica apple tree variety named ‘B3F44’, particularly characterized by very firm flesh, extreme long storability, long shelf life, striking conic shape of fruit and strong aroma after storage.

Abstract: A stiff bottlebrush plant having a rounded, non-drooping form, large flowers, long leaves and that begins to flower in late April in Tifton, Ga.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis, ‘Zomoa’, characterized by its upright facing upright flower that is dark violet-blue in color, its blooms in spring and in summer, its very dark colored, prominent ovate-shaped flower buds, its climbing growth habit, its near sterility, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 6.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis, ‘Zoprika’, characterized by its upright facing tulip-shaped flowers, its flowers that are white and red-purple in color with the upper surface of the tepals white and the lower surface red-purple with white margins, its flowers that retain their color with very little fading, its sterility, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 9.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis, ‘Zobadol’, characterized by its upright flowers that are pale violet in color, its blooming ability in spring and even more abundantly in summer, its flowers that retain their color with very little fading, its near sterility, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 6.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Agrihydravijftien’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; strong and sturdy stems; freely flowering habit with numerous sterile flowers per inflorescence; large lacecap inflorescences with white-colored flowers with light red-colored margins; and short production time as a cooling treatment is not required for flower development.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Spiked Speedwell Veronica spicata ‘Hocus Pocus’ with compact habit with stiff upright to slightly-curved branched spikes producing vivid violet-purple flowers over a long period and suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Iberis, ‘Pink Ice’, characterized by its densely branched, compact plant habit, its late bloom period, its foliage that is dark green and glossy, its flowers that emerge from dark pink flower buds, open pale pink, and become darker pink as they mature and are consistent in size and color.

Abstract: A new and distinct form of Nepeta plant characterized by a low, dense habit, an excellent crowns count, clean-looking, green, lemon-scented foliage, and excellent vigor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Florbenacher’, characterized by its dark rose-colored flowers with a white “eye”, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, spreading growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘KLENI11124’, particularly distinguished by its early flowering and red-purple to red flowers, is described.

Abstract: A novel variety of the unicellular green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, named ‘DG8-108’, was created by exposing wild-type C. reinhardtii to ?-radiation exposure. This new and distinct alga variety demonstrates nearly double the biomass and photosynthetic productivity of wild-type C. reinhardtii under both optimal and stress conditions.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘COSEH 890’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; dark green-colored leaves; long flowering period; single light yellow green-colored flowers that are tinged with greyed red and greyed purple; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Finemangpine’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded growth habit; freely branching and flowering plant habit; large creamy yellow-colored flowers that are fragrant; relatively tolerant to high temperatures; and good garden performance.

Abstract: Systems and methods for using pedal position and/or pedal change rate in the fuel side and/or air side control of an engine. By knowing the pedal position and/or pedal rate, an engine controller may anticipate future fuel and/or air needs of the engine, and adjust the fuel profile and/or air profile to meet those anticipated needs. This may help improve the responsiveness, performance and emissions of the engine.

Abstract: A humidifier includes a base configured to retain a body of liquid therein, a top cover, and a seal disposed between the top cover and the base. At least a portion of the base is constructed of a heat conducting material. The top cover defines both an inlet and an outlet communicated with an interior of the base. The inlet is configured to receive pressurized breathable gas and the outlet is configured to deliver the pressurized breathable gas with added humidity.

Abstract: A collapsible trailer container for automobiles, comprising a rectangular enclosure having a base member and four vertical panels pivotally connected to the base member such that the panels can be pivotally moved to made them rest in a stacked configuration above the base member. The container also comprises two tubes, each connected to each side edge of each of the four vertical panels, and a pin inserted through the tubes when aligned, for locking the panels in a vertical position to form the enclosure with open top.

Abstract: The measuring array with an earth connection point (5) for determining the insulation resistance (Riso) of an energized electrical apparatus or of an installation with a supply voltage UB with a positive pole (6) and a negative pole (7), two switches (S1, S2) or a corresponding two-way switch being provided for creating a current path between one of the two poles and said earth connection point (5) in order to determine the insulation resistance (Riso) generally obtained when one or a plurality of insulation faults occur at any potential reference, two measurements being performed one after the other for determining the insulation resistance, the first switch (S1) being closed and the second switch (S2) open during the first of these two measurements and the first switch (S1) being open and the second switch (S2) closed during the second of these measurements.

Abstract: A method for providing precoding weights for data symbols of data control subframes includes generating a downlink frame having control subframes which individually correspond to one of a plurality of downlink data subframes, and inserting weight information into each of the control subframes, such that the weight information is to be applied to data symbols present in the corresponding one of the data subframes. The method further includes transmitting the control subframes and the inserted weight information to a receiving device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adaptive encoding of at least a part of a current frame of a sequence of frames of framed data are described which operate on a block-by-block coding basis. The methods and apparatus divide at least a part of the current frame into blocks and then perform a first sub-encoding step on a block. Thereafter a second sub-encoding step is performed on the first sub-encoded block whereby the second sub-encoding step is optimized by adapting its encoding parameters based on a quantity of the first sub-encoded part of the current frame. The quantity is determined by prediction from a reference frame. Then the same steps are performed on another block of the part of the current frame. Typically, the framed data will be video frames for transmission over a transmission channel. The adaptation of the parameters for the second sub-encoding step may be made dependent upon the characteristics or limitations, e.g. bandwidth limitation, of the channel.

Abstract: Breaching access structure 10S provides easy access to sealed interior 10I containing contents 10C. Access region 12A proximate edge 12E of package 10, provides entrance into the interior and access to the contents. Band seal 14 formed by upper lamina 14U and lower lamina 14L extends along the access region, enclosing breaching bubble 16. The band seal has inner seal portion 14I between the bubble and the interior, and outer seal portion 14O between the bubble and edge 12E of the package. The bubble is expandable to open the package in response to bursting detonator 18. The detonator is burst by external pressure applied by a user. Opposed pair of peel flaps, upper flap 16U and lower flap 16L, are formed by the opposed laminae of the outer seal along the edge breach as the bubble breaches. These small initial flaps are grasped by the user and manually peeled apart to initiate opening the band seal.

Abstract: The invention disclosed comprises a method for administering the antidiabetic drug glipizide to a patient in need of glipizide in need of antidiabetic therapy.

Abstract: A head end controller is described. The head end controller controls a plurality of service units in a telecommunications system with a multi-carrier transmission scheme. The head end controller includes a logic circuit that generates control messages for the plurality of service units. Each service unit is assigned to at least one subband of a transmission bandwidth. The head end controller further includes a transceiver that is coupled to a distribution network of the transmission system, wherein the transceiver broadcasts control messages to the plurality of service units. The plurality of service units are configured to use a multiple access scheme to transmit on a radio frequency carrier using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) so that transmissions from the plurality of service unit are received from the distribution network at the transceiver synchronized within an OFDM waveform.

Abstract: A tubular implant having an axial end to which is attached a ring of spoons of a material different from that of the implant. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of attaching elements to an axial end of a tubular implant comprising the steps of providing said elements on one end of a support tube having a radius substantially that of the implant in its unexpanded configuration, abutting the implant and elements end-to-end, fixing the elements to the implant; and parting the elements from the support tube. In a third aspect, the invention provides an implant carrying an element of another material, the element and implant having complementary tapered mating surfaces for achieving a taper form fit of the element onto the implant.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide a system for electronically generating a color dental occlusion map within electronic model images. With the advances recently made computational systems, these computer based image systems may be used to permit end users to replace paper and physical models with electronic images. A mechanism to capture image representations of physical objects accurately and with sufficient resolution is provided in a form that is both inexpensive to operate while providing rapid turn-around for users. Second, a mechanism to visually display interaction between parts of an object is also provided. These features are expressly addressed for impressions of human teeth that are scanned to allow electronic images of the models of a patient's teeth to be represented and manipulated.

Abstract: An audio bitstream is read from a digital video disc DVD for transfer, subsequent to parsing thereof, via an IEC 958 protocolled interface, for use in a multi-channel audio reproduction apparatus. For each respective audio channel MPEG audio samples are packaged recurrently in burst payloads, and these burst payloads are packaged as user data in IEC958 format frames. Pause bursts are used for signalling absence of audio for all associated channels with, each pause burst representing such audio absence during a perceptibly acceptable time interval only.

Abstract: The following procedures describe the use of cellular telephones and other analog or digital wireless communication devices to conduct transactions and activities. These procedures effectively allow such devices to function as an electronic wallet, a wireless PIN pad, and a contactless Smart Card.