Abstract: A method for the rapid, high-sensitivity detection of bacteria in a malt beverage comprising liquid and solid components, wherein the method comprises the steps of:aseptically sampling said malt beverage;separating the solids in the sample from the liquid by means of a substrate having antibodies attached thereto;extracting DNA from the separated solids;subjecting the extracted DNA to a nested polymerase chain reaction, said reaction comprising:enzymatically amplifying at least one fragment of said extracted DNA using at least one highly conserved primer to produce a first amplified sample;enzymatically amplifying a product sequence from said first amplified sample, using a less highly conserved primer to produce a second amplified sample;examining said second amplified sample for the presence of DNA fragments associated with said bacteria.

Abstract: A carton is formed from a blank of cardboard or paperboard by folding the blank along preformed score lines or fold lines. The carton has front and rear walls, opposite side walls, corner walls, and top and bottom walls defining an enclosure for receiving the contents. Tabs are attached to the top and bottom walls at the corners and are folded downward over the corner walls to prevent light from entering the space between the corner walls and the top and bottom walls. Slots can be provided in the corner walls, and the ends of the tabs inserted into the slots to retain the tabs in a flush position against the corner walls.

Abstract: A process provides for the production of fertilizer solutions from brewery cleaning solutions. The process comprises the steps of combining a brewery caustic potash cleaning solution with a brewery nitrogen- or phosphorus-containing acid cleaning solution in mutually neutralizing amounts. This process results in the production of a fertilizer solution comprising a neutralized potassium salt solution having nitrogen-containing, organic, brewing materials entrained therein. If desired, spent grains and/or spent yeast from the brewing process can be added to provide further nutrients.

Abstract: An improved cervical collar comprised of an elongated neck encircling band, a chin support brace, a sternum and shoulder brace and an adjustment system secured to the sternum and shoulder brace and the elongated neck encircling band for adjusting the height of the sternum and shoulder brace in relation to the elongated neck encircling band. The adjustment system is designed to lock the sternum and shoulder brace in position preventing further extension of the sternum and shoulder brace in relation to the elongated neck encircling band as well as preventing retrograde movement of the sternum and shoulder brace in relation to the neck encircling band. The collar also comprises a positive alignment tracking system for maintaining the sternum and shoulder brace in parallel alignment with the elongated neck encircling band as the height of the sternum and shoulder brace is adjusted.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for managing or controlling fermentation product profiles in a parallel pair of beer product streams in which a brewer's wort is fermented to produce a beer having fermentation products therein. The beer is passed along a first side of a semipermeable membrane, under selective fermentation product passing conditions, to transfer selected fermentation products across the membrane, and into an unfermented beer wort on a second side of that membrane. This procedure results in the production of an unfermented wort having a permeate-supplemented fermentation product profile and a fermented wort having a permeate-reduced product profile. The unfermented wort is then itself fermented to produce a second fermented wort. The second fermented wort has a combination of fermentation-supplemented and permeate-supplemented fermentation product profiles. The respective fermented worts are then finished and-packaged for subsequent distribution and consumption.

Abstract: A static mixer conduit comprises a longitudinally elongated conduit having tabs that are arranged with respective first edges adjacent the conduit wall and respective opposed second edges that are spaced radially inward from the conduit wall. These tabs are operable as fluid foils so that with fluid flowing through the conduit, greater fluid pressures manifest against the tab's upstream faces relative to reduced fluid pressures against their downstream faces. The resultant pressure difference in the fluid adjacent, respectively, the mutually opposed faces of each of the tabs causes a longitudinal flow of fluid through the conduit over and past each said tab to be redirected. As a result of the redirection, there is introduced a radial cross-flow component to the longitudinal flow of fluid through the conduit.

Abstract: An improved cervical collar comprised of an elongated neck encircling band, a chin support brace, a sternum and shoulder brace and an adjustment system secured to the sternum and shoulder brace and the elongated neck encircling band for adjusting the height of the sternum and shoulder brace in relation to the elongated neck encircling band. The adjustment system is designed to lock the sternum and shoulder brace in position preventing further extension of the sternum and shoulder brace in relation to the elongated neck encircling band as well as preventing retrograde movement of the sternum and shoulder brace in relation to the neck encircling band. The collar also comprises a positive alignment tracking system for maintaining the sternum and shoulder brace in parallel alignment with the elongated neck encircling band as the height of the sternum and shoulder brace is adjusted.

Abstract: A flow-through photochemical reactor includes a reactor body, that circumscribes a longitudinally extending channel having a generally annular cross section. This channel accommodates fluids passing between an inner wall of the reactor body and an outer wall of a photon-transmitting tube that is housed internally thereof. In addition, the reactor includes mechanically static, fluid-dynamic elements for passively inducing substantial turbulent flow within a fluid as it passes through the channel. This arrangement substantially increases the uniformity of the fluid's exposure to photons radiating from a source within the tube into the fluid an it is conducted through the channel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a removable window film for motor vehicles comprising a base film (1) and an adhesive layer (2) having removability and low adhesive strength and comprising a low adhesive strength type adhesive, wherein the adhesive layer (2) is formed on one surface of the base film. The removable window film for motor vehicles can be adhered to a glass window of a motor vehicle having a smooth surface, sufficiently held on the glass window after adhering, and easily peeled from the glass window of motor vehicles without damage to the window film or staining the glass window of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for detecting defective seams in cans having metal lids. The apparatus is mounted in cooperation with a conveyor to evaluate the cans being conveyed in a continuous operation. The apparatus includes a detecting device which has a pair of electrical contacts positioned to cooperate with a seam on the can. The electrical contacts are spaced apart a distance to contact a bulge in the seam which completes an electrical circuit between the contacts. A signal is then produced indicating a defective can, and the defective can is removed from the conveyor.

Abstract: A process for significantly improving the physical properties of formed particles is disclosed. The process includes adding an effective amount of an acid stable surfactant or an alkaline stable surfactant to a component of the material before drying the particles. The preferred particles are microspheroidal for use in fluid bed reactors, but can include granules and beads.

Abstract: A window film is disclosed. The window film comprises a light reflecting layer and an infrared absorbing layer. The window film can minimize the reflection of infrared rays and reduce the intensity of condensed infrared rays, even when the inside surface of a curved glass window is irradiated by sunlight.

Abstract: A surgical collar for emergency rescues has mandibular and occipital supports that will each adjust vertically without affecting the other.