Abstract: A porous membrane having a porous matrix formed of a thermoplastic polymer material and inorganic filler particles embedded in the porous matrix, the inorganic filler particles having an accessible surface comprising nucleophilic groups bonded to the inorganic filler particles is functionalised by bringing the porous membrane in contact with an aqueous solution comprising a carboxylic acid and/or an anhydride thereof at a pH equal to or smaller than 3.5 to obtain a carboxylic acid functionalised membrane.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of and a system for growing, maintaining, and/or harvesting living organisms such as plants and/or animals by controlling their physiology and lifetime according to sidereal time, preferably yet not necessarily in phase with sidereal time.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of and a system for growing, maintaining, and/or harvesting living organisms such as plants and/or animals by controlling their physiology and lifetime according to sidereal time, preferably yet not necessarily in phase with sidereal time.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the prevention and possibly the treatment of chronic diseases, preferably inflammatory associated chronic diseases that may affect an animal including a human, by the administration of a sufficient amount of a (functional) food or feed to the diet of this animal.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the prevention and possibly the treatment of chronic diseases, preferably inflammatory associated chronic diseases that may affect an animal including a human, by the administration of a sufficient amount of a (functional) food or feed to the diet of this animal.

Abstract: The present invention is related to an egg obtained from a domesticated bird, in particular a layer, having a lipid fraction balanced in ?6 and ?3 fatty saturated fatty acids according to the ratio of polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acids=1:1±10%. The present invention is also related to a feed composition of exclusive vegetarian origin and suitable for poultry and a method for obtaining such egg from said poultry animals.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a vegetable oil composition having a balanced ratio polyunsaturated: saturated=?6:?3=1:1 with a balance of about 10%.

Abstract: The present invention is related to an egg obtained from a domesticated bird, in particular a layer, having a lipid fraction balanced in seed and green plant-type &ohgr;6 and &ohgr;3 fatty acids according to the ratio of seeds plant-type &ohgr;6 fatty acids/green plant-type &ohgr;3 fatty acids=1:1±10% and having a lipid fraction is balanced between polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids according to the ratio of polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acids=1:1±10%. The present invention is also related to a feed composition of exclusive vegetarian origin and suitable for poultry and a method for obtaining such egg from said poultry animals.

Abstract: The present invention provides the discovery that efficient heating of shell eggs can be achieved using convection currents of humidity controlled air. The humidity controlled air heating process described herein provides an efficient and attractive means of pre-heating and/or pasteurizing (i.e., pre-heating and holding) intact shell eggs. Also provided are pasteurized shell eggs produced by the inventive methods. As further aspects, the present invention also provides methods of cooling shell eggs as well as surface sanitizing shell eggs using humidity controlled air.