Abstract: A flexible protective sleeve for use in protecting an elongated member comprises a generally-tubular wall which has a longitudinally-extending slit therethrough. The sleeve also comprises a lining contained in the space enclosed by said wall. The lining also has a longitudinally-extending slit therethrough which provides access to the interior thereof. Said lining is formed by a preformed tube made of resilient material.

Abstract: Administering conjugated linoleic acid to human and non-human animals having conditions associated with the existence of autoimmune complexes or auto-immune reactive cells can extend the survival life time, prolong healthy tissue and organ function and prevent body weight wasting in these animals.

Abstract: A ceiling-mounted monitor system is provide, the monitor system including a housing mounted on a ceiling of a vehicle, a video display monitor mounted on the housing, and a video source mounted in side-by-side relation with the video display monitor.

Abstract: A value-added composition of matter containing plant matter from transgenic alfalfa which expresses exogenous phytase activity is disclosed. The phytase activity is a gene product of an exogenous gene encoding for phytase which has been stably incorporated into the genome of alfalfa plants. The transgenic alfalfa expresses phytase activity in nutritionally-significant amounts, thereby enabling its use in animal feeds to eliminate the need for phosphorous supplementation of livestock, poultry, and fish feed rations.

Abstract: A value-added composition of matter containing plant matter from transgenic alfalfa which expresses exogenous phytase activity is disclosed. The phytase activity is a gene product of an exogenous gene encoding for phytase which has been stably incorporated into the genome of alfalfa plants. The transgenic alfalfa expresses phytase activity in nutritionally-significant amounts, thereby enabling its use in animal feeds to eliminate the need for phosphorous supplementation of livestock, poultry, and fish feed rations.

Abstract: A portable counter for belted ammunition contained in linked tubes of a flexible ammunition carrier is described which comprises a pair of upright wall members and a top plate holding the wall members in preselected spaced relationship to each other and defining an entrance side and an exit side for the counter, a rotatable paddle wheel disposed between the wall members and defining a passageway between the paddle wheel and top plate from the entrance side to the exit side of the counter, the paddle wheel including a plurality of paddles sized and spaced to engage spaces between adjacent tubes of the ammunition carrier to carry the ammunition carrier through the passageway, and a mechanical counter operatively contacting the tubes of the flexible ammunition carrier for counting the tubes as they are carried through the counter with rotation of the paddle wheel.

Abstract: A device for extracting ammunition casings from linked tubes of a flexible ammunition carrier is described which in a preferred representative embodiment comprises a generally tubular chute having an upper wall and a lower wall and first and second side walls which are divergent from each other along the length of the chute thereby defining a passageway through the chute extending from an entrance end to an exit end thereof which substantially uniformly increases in width along the length thereof; first and second channels defined along respective first and second side walls of the chute and configured to diverge one from the other in correspondence with the divergence of the first and second side walls and sized to receive respective annular flanges on the casings and the tubes of the ammunition carrier; and a rotatable paddle wheel disposed near the entrance end of the chute and including a plurality of paddles sized and spaced to engage spaces between adjacent tubes of the ammunition carrier which provides