Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-dairy cheese analogue composition comprising dietary fiber; plant protein, lipid and calcium, wherein the composition is devoid of additives. The composition of the invention is devoid of additives comprising modified starches, hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, whitening agents, plasticizers and anti-caking agents. The invention also relates to a method preparing such compositions and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard non-dairy cheese composition comprising dietary fiber; flour, non-animal protein, and lipid, wherein the composition is devoid of additives, and wherein the composition has a moisture content of less than 45 wt %. The invention also relates to a method preparing such compositions and uses thereof.

Abstract: A product transfer enclosure comprising: a back door assembly; a front door assembly; an electronics module comprising a communication chip for enabling data communication over a network; and a display screen, coupled to the front door, for displaying dynamic messages based on the data communication.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chemical process of preparing dehydrohedione from Hedione via ?-chlorination and elimination steps. The process can be conducted in a one-pot process or in a continuous reactor system. Accordingly, a simple and cost effective process of preparing cis-Hedione enriched products is developed through reduction of dehydrohedione in the presence of a chiral catalyst system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a dispersion of dietary fibre particles in fat. In particular, a composition wherein the dietary fibre particles comprise water. Further aspects of the invention include the use of the composition to reduce saturated fatty acid content, a process for preparing the composition and a food product.

Abstract: An intelligent shelf comprising: a top platform; an electronics module including: one or more sensors for sensing presence of content on the top platform; a wireless communication chip for enabling data communication over a network; a display screen for displaying dynamic messages based on the data communication and the sensing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming a functionalised dietary fibre comprising admixing an enzyme and an aqueous suspension of dietary fibre, wherein said dietary fibre is at a D50 particle size distribution of less than 30 microns after degradation by the enzyme and comprises less than 25 wt. % soluble fibres and at least 40% wt. % cellulose; denaturing said enzyme to form a functionalised, amphiphilic dietary fibre with adsorbed enzyme. The present invention further relates to a Pickering particle comprising a functionalised dietary fibre and denatured enzyme and the use of the functionalised dietary fibre and denatured enzyme according to present invention or the Pickering particle according to the present invention to stabilize an emulsion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing process for the production of a fat and fiber powder. In particularly the invention relates to a process for the production of a fat and fiber powder having up to 93% of fat (by weight of total fat-fiber powder) and at least 7% of a vegetable fiber (by weight of total fat-fiber powder), wherein the fiber is characterized by having a rate of hydration between 15 to 500 cP/min and wherein the fat has a solid fat content (SFC) at 20° C. of at least 12.1 wt % (by weight of total fat).

Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing process for the production of a lipid-fiber powder. In particularly the invention relates to a process for the production of a lipid-fiber powder having between 40 to 78 wt % of oil or fat (by weight of total lipid-fiber powder) and 22 to 60 wt % of a vegetable fiber (by weight of total lipid-fiber powder), wherein the fiber is characterized by having a rate of hydration between 15 to 500 cP/min and wherein the oil or fat has a solid fat content (SFC) at 20° C. below 12 wt %.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chemical process of preparing dehydrohedione from Hedione via ?-chlorination and elimination steps. The process can be conducted in a one-pot process or in a continuous reactor system. Accordingly, a simple and cost effective process of preparing cis-Hedione enriched products is developed through reduction of dehydrohedione in the presence of a chiral catalyst system.

Abstract: An intelligent shelf comprising: a top platform; an electronics module including: one or more sensors for sensing presence of content on the top platform; a wireless communication chip for enabling data communication over a network; a display screen for displaying dynamic messages based on the data communication and the sensing.

Abstract: A shoulder strap clip for a shoulder bag having a first strap and a second strap. The shoulder strap clip includes a shoulder padding configured to rest on a shoulder of a user; a spring-loaded clip rigidly attached to the shoulder padding at one end and configured to extend over a top surface of the shoulder padding. The spring-loaded clip includes a first contoured slot configured to receive the first strap of the shoulder bag; and a second contoured slot configured to receive the second strap of the shoulder bag.

Abstract: The use of a bacterial secondary metabolite, thaxtomin is described as an effective herbicide on broadleaved, sedge and grass weeds, e.g., in rice fields with no phytotoxicity to rice as well as on aquatic based weeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and PHAs obtained by the said process and the use of the said PHAs. The PHAs of the present invention, called PHACOS, have a novel monomeric composition, as they contain monomers with thioester groups in the side chain that confer new physicochemical properties and allow subsequent chemical modification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method of prognosing outcome of hormone-dependent cancer in a subject comprising detecting a constitutively activating mutation in the prolactin receptor (PRLR) gene in a nucleic acid sample previously obtained from said subject, said constitutively activating mutation being preferably a mutation resulting in the expression of a mutant prolactin receptor wherein the isoleucine residue at position 146 is substituted with leucine or a mutation resulting in the expression of a mutant prolactin receptor wherein the isoleucine residue at position 76 is substituted with valine.

Abstract: A nematicidal product for the biological control of plant pathogenic nematodes containing three new isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis strain N11, Bacillus mojavensis strain SR11 and Azospirillum brasilense strain ALo1, deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) with the names CECT-7665, CECT-7666 and CECT-5856 respectively, which have a high antagonistic capacity against pathogens of this type, as well as the property of stimulating plant growth through different mechanisms. Liquid and solid formulations of the product which have good stability at room temperature and which are effective in the biological control of plant pathogenic nematodes and for stimulating the growth of plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new fungicide product for the biological control of phytopathogenic fungi, which contains a new isolate of Bacillus velezensis strain AH2, deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) as CECT-7221, which has a high antagonist activity against this type of pathogen, as well as the property of stimulating plant growth by different mechanisms. The invention also relates to a liquid formulation which has good stability at ambient temperature and is effective in the treatment of diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi and for the stimulation of plant growth.

Abstract: A biological fertilizer and plant growth stimulator including: a. a pure culture of strain C3 of the Pantoea dispersa species deposited in the Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) with CECT number 5801, b. a pure culture of strain M3 of the Azospirillum brasilense species deposited in the CECT with CECT number 5802, both immobilized in a solid support acting as a slow release system, and c. indole-3-acetic acid, and a method for preparing the biological fertilizer and the use thereof as a plant growth stimulator.

Abstract: It relates to the treatment or prevention of a chronic viral infection with a Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) antagonist thereby avoiding immune evasion and persistence of the virus. It also provides a method of prognosing the evolution of a cervical dysplasia by TSLP expression in a sample of said cervical dysplasia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of Collismycin and derivatives thereof as inhibitors of oxidative stress in cells and their use for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of oxidative stress-induced diseases or conditions, especially neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease.