Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel yellow flowers, and attractive foliage with very good disease resistance. It exhibits 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 interspecific tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 2. Fruit with an attractive red-yellow skin color. 3. Fruit with good handling and shipping quality. 4. Fruit with an average Brix of 18.5° and a good balance between acid and sugar. 5. Heavy and regular bearer of large size fruit. 6. Vigorous, upright tree growth.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Escallonia named ‘Lades’ that is characterized by its compact, mounded plant habit, its glossy foliage that is medium green when young and dark green when mature, and its panicles of numerous medium pink tubular flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct Hop plant is described. The triploid cultivar results out of selection from a population of seedlings derived from the open pollination of the cultivar ‘Hallertauer Mittelfrueh’ (not patented). The cones are of a medium size, oval shape and ripen early. The new cultivar produces cones suitable for beer flavouring in the aroma hops market.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Nassau Wind’, characterized by its upright, uniformly mounded and dense plant habit appropriate for container production; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, freely and early flowering habit; large orange-colored flowers with dark red-colored centers; and good postproduction and garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘San Andres Wind’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading, uniformly mounded and dense plant habit appropriate for container production; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, freely and early flowering habit; salmon red-colored flowers; and good postproduction and garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Samoa Wind’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading, uniformly mounded and dense plant habit appropriate for container production; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, freely and early flowering habit; salmon pink-colored flowers; and good postproduction and garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta cultivar named ‘Hands Up’ is disclosed, characterized by a distinctive upright plant habit, large flowers, vigorous plant habit and strong foliage, with good resistance to environmental stressors. The near variety is a Hosta, typically used for outdoor ornamental purposes.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Aster plant named ‘BKATRPU’, characterized by its broadly upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; and large daisy-type inflorescences with violet-colored ray florets.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Creamsickle’, characterized by its upright plant habit; tall plant size; uniform plant habit; vigorous and dense growth habit; fancy-type leaves with greyed green-colored venation, greyed green and greyed purple-colored interveinal areas interspersed with dark-green sectors and surrounded by dark green-colored borders; and good landscape performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Heart's Delight’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; intermediate to tall plant size; uniform plant habit; vigorous and dense growth habit; lance-type leaves with red-colored venation, greyed purple-colored interveinal areas and mottled light and dark green-colored borders; and good landscape performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Celebration’, characterized by its upright plant habit; intermediate to tall plant size; uniform plant habit; vigorous and dense growth habit; fancy-type leaves with dark red-colored venation, white-colored interveinal areas surrounded by dark green-colored borders; and good landscape performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Rio Red’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; short to intermediate plant size; uniform plant habit; vigorous and dense growth habit; lance-type leaves with dark greyed purple-colored venation and dark red and greyed purple-colored interveinal areas, reddish green-colored margins and black-colored leaf petioles; and good landscape performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Aglaonema plant named ‘Mukmina’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely clumping habit; vigorous and robust growth habit; relatively short internodes giving a dense and full plant form; large oblong leaves speckled with pale yellow and yellow green-colored random markings with contrasting dark green-colored random markings and margins; dark green-colored petioles; and relative tolerance to low temperatures.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘Summer Salsa’, characterized by its anemone-type (semi-double) inflorescences with ray florets and disk florets that open orange-red in color and become deep orange, its stems that are strong and held upright, its floriferous habit, and its compact and short plant habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia plant of unknown parentage is provided that was discovered in a nursery setting while growing among other Salvia plants. Over a long blooming season attractive blossoms are formed that are pale yellow in coloration. The growth habit is compact and bushy. The foliage is large and medium green in coloration. Following pruning, the plant displays a tendency to vigorously regrow. The plant is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation.

Abstract: A filter includes at least two different adsorptive media. First, chemisorptive media, which is porous and includes an acidic functional group, is used to remove molecular bases, including ammonia, organic amines, imides and aminoalchols, from the atmosphere used in semiconductor fabrication and other processes that require uncontaminated gaseous environments of high quality. Second, physisorptive media is able to adsorb condensable contaminants, particularly those having a boiling point greater than 150 degrees C. The physisorptive media can include untreated, activated carbon.

Abstract: Gas pressure regulator valve adapted to a household appliance for the supply of a flow of NG or LPG gas that comprises a valve body (11) with an inlet conduit (12), an outlet conduit (13) of the gas at a nominal pressure, a pressurised chamber (14) connecting both conduits through a regulation valve (39,40), a diaphragm (22) connected to the valve member (39), a closure cap (26) and means (26-29,19,23,35) for the adjusting of the nominal pressure for NG or LPG gas. The adjusting means include a prestressed adjusting screw (35) on the diaphragm (22), a guide means (28) of the rotation on the cap (26) and a stopper means of the rotation on the body (11). The pressure value is adjusted by the rotation of the cap between two positions.

Abstract: A gallium nitride-based HEMT device, comprising a channel layer formed of an InGaN alloy. Such device may comprise an AlGaN/InGaN heterostructure, e.g., in a structure including a GaN layer, an InGaN layer over the GaN layer, and a (doped or undoped) AlGaN layer over the InGaN layer. Alternatively, the HEMT device of the invention may be fabricated as a device which does not comprise any aluminum-containing layer, e.g., a GaN/InGaN HEMT device or an InGaN/InGaN HEMT device.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for analyzing a biological sample by antibody profiling for identifying forensic samples or for detecting the presence of an analyte. In an illustrative embodiment of the invention, the analyte is a drug, such as marijuana, cocaine (crystalline tropane alkaloid), methamphetamine, methyltestosterone, or mesterolone. The method involves attaching antigens to a surface of a solid support in a preselected pattern to form an array wherein the locations of the antigens are known; contacting the array with the biological sample such that a portion of antibodies in the sample reacts with and binds to antigens in the array, thereby forming immune complexes; washing away antibodies that do not form immune complexes; and detecting the immune complexes, thereby forming an antibody profile. Forensic samples are identified by comparing a sample from an unknown source with a sample from a known source.

Abstract: A method and a system for transmitting messages containing multimedia information or content that enables transmission and communication of multimedia messages between subscribers connected to telecommunication systems of different system operators. The inventive system includes a first mobile station terminal from which a multimedia message is sent, a second mobile station terminal that is the intended recipient of the multimedia message, a digital mobile network, a first multimedia message server for receiving a multimedia message from the first mobile station terminal, a first address database associated with the first multimedia message server, a second multimedia message server for receiving the multimedia message from the first multimedia message server, an IP network for carrying communications between the first and second multimedia message servers, and a second address database associated with the second multimedia message server.