Abstract: An aircraft auxiliary power unit is equipped with a charging compressor. A method determines a surge parameter indicative of a risk that the charging compressor will display the phenomenon known as surge. A method and a system control a relief valve of this charging compressor. The method for determining the surge parameter includes calculating this surge parameter Ppomp as being the sum of a first term T1 and of a second term T2, the first term T1 being calculated on the basis of a first pressure P1 measured downstream of a diffuser of the charging compressor, and of a second pressure P2 measured upstream of the diffuser, the second term T2 being calculated on the basis of a third pressure P3 measured upstream of the diffuser and of an ambient pressure Psamb indicative of a pressure of an ambient environment.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: An aircraft auxiliary power unit is equipped with a charging compressor. A method determines a surge parameter indicative of a risk that the charging compressor will display the phenomenon known as surge. A method and a system control a relief valve of this charging compressor. The method for determining the surge parameter includes calculating this surge parameter Ppomp as being the sum of a first term T1 and of a second term T2, the first term T1 being calculated on the basis of a first pressure P1 measured downstream of a diffuser of the charging compressor, and of a second pressure P2 measured upstream of the diffuser, the second term T2 being calculated on the basis of a third pressure P3 measured upstream of the diffuser and of an ambient pressure Psamb indicative of a pressure of an ambient environment.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-resistant composition for animals in the form of a granular powder, comprising: a) a liquid mixture of at least two enzymes; b) a medium selected from the group comprising wheat flour, starch, gypsum, maltodextrin, and corn cobs; and c) a coating agent selected from the group comprising cellulose and the derivatives thereof, chitin, carrageenan, sodium alginate, vegetable gums, gums obtained using a fermentation process, and starches and derivatives.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-resistant composition for animals in the form of a granular powder, comprising: a) a liquid mixture of at least two enzymes; b) a medium selected from the group comprising wheat flour, starch, gypsum, maltodextrin, and corn cobs; and c) a coating agent selected from the group comprising cellulose and the derivatives thereof, chitin, carrageenan, sodium alginate, vegetable gums, gums obtained using a fermentation process, and starches and derivatives.

Abstract: A device for storing articles comprises boxes. Each box comprises an outer shell shell removably mounted on a support by interfitting engagement, and a moving portion connected to the outer shell. The device further comprises a lock adapted firstly to allow the moving portion to be opened and closed relative to the outer shell, and secondly to allow the outer shell of the box to be unlocked from the support.

Abstract: An infusion machine including a cold-water container (1) which incorporates a water purification device (5) and which comprises a water outlet (2) connected to a water heater (3). The water purification device includes a removable cartridge (7) comprising a bottom part forming a cup (8) which is designed to be mounted sealingly in a suitable basin (10) formed in the bottom of the container, and in which is housed so as to be removable a filter sachet (15) containing a water purification substance (16), and a top part forming a cap (18) which is located in line with the cup (8) and which is able to close the latter, the cap (18) of the cartridge comprising at least one opening (42) through which the water from the container enters, and the cup (8) of the cartridge comprising at least one opening (51) through which the water flows into the water heater (3) after passing through the filter sachet (15) used particularly for electric coffee makers.

Abstract: A dispenser comprises a ground grain container positioned in a matching seat recess in a housing and at least one blade rotated by a motor in the housing and capable of transferring, on rotation, a measure of ground grains through a flow aperture in the container to an outlet in the housing seat recess. The container is removably fitted into the seat recess of the housing through the use of two rotary, mutual coupling elements located at the bottom of the container and at the base of the seat recess of the housing respectively, and connected to the blade and to the motor respectively. The container also comprises elements for closing the flow aperture when the motor is stopped and for opening it when the motor is started. The dispenser is particularly useful in automatic coffee machines.

Abstract: Bisphenol A is prepared by condensing a stoichiometric excess of phenol with acetone in the presence of (a) a catalytically effective amount of an acid catalyst, e.g., benzenesulfonic acid, and (b) a co-catalytically effective amount of a functional polymer characteristically having the formula: ##STR1## in which m is 0 or 1, n is 0 or 1, p is 0 or 1, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be identical or different, are each a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl radical or a phenyl radical optionally substituted by 1 or 2 hydroxyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy groups, and R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl radical, or one of the groups: --CHO, --NO.sub.2, --CO.sub.2 H, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.5 wherein R.sup.5 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl radical, or ##STR2## is the residue of a chloromethylated resin.