An active front deflector assembly (10) having a deployable deflector panel (1), linkage assemblies (12,14), and an actuator (26). The system deploys and retracts based on vehicle requirements, and, when deployed, interrupts air flow thereby improving the vehicle aerody...

The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules obtainable from the rice genome that encode protein products that are involved in the development and timing of flower formation in plants and which can be used to modulate flower development, architecture and flow...

Apparatus for drilling a borehole from a first subterranean location to a second subterranean location, comprises a casing (4) extending longitudinally inside a borehole, a conduit (6) extending longitudinally inside casing (4), and capable of being in sealing relations...

The invention relates to a method of sampling a fluid phase in a multiphase fluid mixture flowing in a pipe (7) under given pressure conditions (P), said method comprising the following steps; admitting the multiphase fluid mixture into a phase separator (9); separating...

Low transition temp. mixts. (LTTMs) or solvents are provided that can be used in methods and systems to dissolve and hydrolyze certain components from lignin-¿contg. biomass (e.g. lignin) at mild conditions so that further degrdn. is prevented. The solvents, methods and...

The present invention discloses methods for therapeutically treating mammals, including but not limited to humans, to increase the relative insulin producing performance of endogenous pancreatic beta -cells, to cause differentiation of pancreatic epithelial cells into i...

A system and method (referred to as the system) that actively reduces noise in a vehicle. The system generates one or more control output signals to drive multiple loudspeakers; and adapts multiple control coefficients of a control filter based on multiple secondary pat...