Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing conditions associated with gut inflammation caused by dysbiosis via use of exogenously administered acid phosphatases or enzymes of the GDA1_CD39 superfamily (such as apyrases).

Abstract: A recyclable shrink label includes a heat shrink film having a first surface and a second surface opposite of the first surface; and a light blocking layer disposed adjacent the first surface and comprising a light blocking component, the light blocking layer being constructed for the recyclable shrink label to block at least 80% of incident light having wavelengths in a range of 200 nm to 900 nm. The recyclable shrink label may further include an indicia layer. The recyclable shrink label may further include a high opacity layer. The recyclable shrink label may be applied to a container, e.g., a recyclable container. Articles including the recyclable shrink label may be recycled in a process where both the container and the label are recognized as a resin and may be directed into a corresponding recycling stream. In some cases, both the container and the label include PET.

Abstract: A surgical suturing system is disclosed. The surgical suturing system comprises a shaft comprising a shaft diameter, a firing drive, and an end effector extending distally from the shaft. The end effector comprises a needle track and a needle comprising suturing material attached thereto, wherein the needle is configured to be guided by the needle track and actuated by the firing drive through a firing stroke, and wherein the needle is movable along a needle path comprising a maximum capture width which is greater than the shaft diameter.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for systems and methods for identifying characteristics of a return pad in a monopolar electrosurgical system using contact quality monitoring (CQM) and near field communication (NFC) signals. In some aspects, resistance or impedance materials are sensed that may help identify what kind of return pad is being used, including what is the structure of the pad. In some aspects, NFC signals are used to identify characteristics of the return pad. In some aspects, the grounding or return pad may include two separate materials that form an interconnecting or interwoven mesh and both act as non-active electrodes when both contact the patient. A non-zero impedance may separate conductive lines connecting the two separate materials that may be analyzed to obtain a defining signature about that is linked to structural characteristics about the return pad.

Abstract: The use is provided composition as a feed additive which comprises one or more endoglucanases, and 0-20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the composition, of a cellobiohydrolase. The endoglycanases may be one or more of EGI, EGII, EGIII and any functionally active derivative of any thereof. Such endoglucanases may be obtained from a genetically modified strain of the fungus Trichoderma. Also provided is an enzyme-based feed additive which comprises EGI and/or EGII which lack the cellulose binding domain, and 0-20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the additive, of a cellobiohydrolase. A further enzyme-based feed additive is provided which comprises a cereal-based carrier, one or more endoglucanases, and 0-20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the additive, of a cellobiohydrolase.

Abstract: The use is provided of a composition as a feed additive which comprises one or more endoglucanases, and 0–20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the composition, of a cellobiohydrolase. The endoglycanases may be one or more of EGI, EGII, EGIII and any functionally active derivative of any thereof. Such endoglucanases may be obtained from a genetically modified strain of the fungus Trichoderma. Also provided is an enzyme-based feed additive which comprises EGI and/or EGII which lack the cellulose binding domain, and 0–20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the additive, of a cellobiohydrolase. A further enzyme-based feed additive is provided which comprises a cereal-based carrier, one or more endoglucanases, and 0–20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the additive, of a cellobiohydrolase. Such enzyme-based feed additives can be incorporated into a cereal-based feed which includes one or more of barley, wheat, triticale, rye and maize.

Abstract: The use is provided of a composition as a feed additive which comprises one or more endoglucanases, and 0-20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the composition, of a cellobiohydrolase. The endoglycanases may be one or more of EGI, EGII EGIII and any functionally active derivative of any thereof. Such endoglucanases may be obtained from a genetically modified strain of the fungus Trichoderma. Also provided is an enzyme-based feed additive which comprises EGI and/or EGII which lack the cellulose binding domain, and 0-20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the additive, of a cellobiohydrolase. A further enzyme-based feed additive is provided which comprises a cereal-based carrier, one or more endoglucanases, and 0-20% by weight, based upon the content of cellulase proteins in the additive, of a cellobiohydrolase. Such enzyme-based feed additives can be incorporated into a cereal-based feed which includes one or more of barley, wheat, tricale, rye and maize.

Abstract: A feed additive that provides increased feed conversion ratio is prepared containing a physiologically acceptable carrier and one or more of five thermostable xylanases from Microtetraspora flexuosa, preferably strain ATCC 35864. The xylanases can tolerate heating for one minute in a water bath at 95.degree. C. without substantial loss of activity, and tolerate alkaline conditions in a pH range of 7.0-10.0. A feed for poultry or pigs contains the xylanases in a feed containing at least 20% by weight cereal. The five xylanases have the following characteristics: (i) a molecular weight of about 33,100 daltons, a pI of about 8.5, and a maximum activity at pH 7.0-7.5 at a temperature of about 70.degree. C.; (ii) a molecular weight of about 33,300 daltons, a pI of about 7.5, and a maximum activity at pH 7.0-7.5 at a temperature of about 65.degree. C.; (iii) a molecular weight of about 31,000 daltons, a pI of about 6.2, and a maximum activity at pH 7.5 at a temperature of about 65.degree. C.

Abstract: A purified xylanase produced by Acidothermus cellulolyticus is disclosed having a pH optimum of between about 3.6-4.2 and a molecular weight of between about 50-55 kD as determined by gel filtration. The disclosed xylanase is useful in the bleaching of pulp for the production of paper and in treating feed compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of use, and a composition, of a carbohydrase and/or a protease for the manufacture of an agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of coccidiosis. The agent can be in the form of a cereal-based animal feed. The carbohydrase may be a polysaccharidase such as a xylanase or a cellulase e.g., .beta.-glucanase. The agent may include conventional non-enzymic anticoccidial agents.

Abstract: An enzyme feed additive is provided comprising a xylanase, a protease, and optionally a .beta.-glucanase. The ratio of the units of xylanase activity per unit amount of the feed additive to the units of .beta.-glucanase activity per same unit amount of the feed additive is 1:0-0.25.Preferably, the xylanase is the low pI xylanase and/or the high pI xylanase obtained from Trichoderma longibrachiatum.Preferably, the protease is a mutant subtilisin comprising a substitution at the amino acid residue position equivalent to tyr+217 of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin with leucine.