Abstract: Provided are compositions possessing an enhanced alcoholic taste impression.

Abstract: A pump, including: a cylinder block including two through-bores and two pistons disposed in the through-bores; a drive shaft to rotate the cylinder block; a swash plate to displace the pistons within the through-bores to draw fluid through an inlet port into the through-bores; and expel the fluid from the through-bores into the outlet port; a torque sensor arranged to measure torque on the drive shaft and transmit a torque signal, including the measured torque, to a processor; and an actuator to receive, from the processor, a control signal generated using the torque signal and pivot the swash plate about a first axis, transverse to the axis of rotation, or maintain a circumferential position of the swash plate about the first axis; or pivot the cylinder block about a second axis, transverse to the axis of rotation, or maintain a circumferential position of the cylinder block about the second axis.

Abstract: A pump, including: a cylinder block including two through-bores and two pistons disposed in the through-bores; a drive shaft to rotate the cylinder block; a swash plate to displace the pistons within the through-bores to draw fluid through an inlet port into the through-bores; and expel the fluid from the through-bores into the outlet port; a torque sensor arranged to measure torque on the drive shaft and transmit a torque signal, including the measured torque, to a processor; and an actuator to receive, from the processor, a control signal generated using the torque signal and pivot the swash plate about a first axis, transverse to the axis of rotation, or maintain a circumferential position of the swash plate about the first axis; or pivot the cylinder block about a second axis, transverse to the axis of rotation, or maintain a circumferential position of the cylinder block about the second axis.

Abstract: A variable displacement axial pump, including: a housing including first and second inlet ports and first and second outlet ports; a shaft arranged to receive rotational torque; an axis of rotation for the shaft; swash plate located in the housing; a first cylinder block located in the housing and including first and second through-bores and first and second pistons at least partly disposed in the first and second through-bores, respectively, and connected to the swash plate; and a second cylinder block located in the housing and including third and fourth through-bores and third and fourth pistons at least partly disposed in the third and fourth through-bores, respectively, and connected to the swash plate. The shaft is arranged to rotate, with respect to the swash plate, the first and second cylinder blocks about the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A pump, including: inlet port and outlet ports; a cylinder block including a piston disposed in a through-bore; a swash plate engaged with the piston; a drive shaft non-rotatably connected to the drive shaft, arranged to rotate the cylinder block to draw fluid through the inlet port into the through-bore and to expel the fluid from the through-bore and through the outlet port and including an axis of rotation; an axis transverse to the axis of rotation; and an actuator including a roller screw; a nut disposed about the roller screw and in threaded contact with the roller screw; an actuator pin; and an electric motor arranged to rotate the roller screw or the nut to axially displace the actuator pin to pivot the swash plate or the cylinder block about the axis and control an amount of the fluid expelled from the through-bore.

Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine with an integrated medical table top on which a patient can lie is provided. The table top has a central polypropylene cellular honeycomb structure thermally fused in a sandwich configuration between two fiber-reinforced polypropylene face sheets. A strip of fiber-reinforced polypropylene is thermally fused along the entire length of the edge of the sandwich layers and along the end sections of the strip so that the resultant package of layers and end strip is sealingly enclosed to form the tabletop. Table top has a cover which may have a paint or acrylic finish, or may be foamed or “soft-touch” or suitably coated, in order to enhance the patient's comfort and to ensure that tabletop is hard-wearing and readily cleanable.

Abstract: A dimming controller and system is provided in either discrete or integrated form and includes a single electronic controller device and a dimming ballast for installation in an overhead fluorescent fixture. The system functions to sense power line changes caused by the flicking of a switch between OFF and ON and controls the light dimming accordingly. The power line changes may be either changes in mains frequency or user caused switch toggling.

Abstract: A flavor composition which includes as, at least 8% of its total weight, (a) at least 0.5% by weight of a peppermint oil containing 1-isopropylidene-4-methyl-2-cyclohexanone in an amount from 1% to 4% by weight, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-1-cyclohexanone in an amount from 8% to 13% by weight and less than 0.5% by weight of eucalyptol; and a spearmint oil containing less than 70% by weight of carvone and at least 14% by weight of limonene; or mixtures thereof; and (b) at least 0.5% by weight of two or more of the following: decanol, octanal, allyl hexanoate, anethole, anised rectified, basil oil, benzyl butyrate, camomile oil, cinnamic aldehyde, cis-3-hexenyl acetate, citral natural, citronella ceylon, ethyl heptanoate, eugenol, fennel sweet, geranyl acetate, ionone alpha, lime, orange flavour, para cresyl methyl ether and pinene alpha. The compositions are useful in reducing oral malodors.

Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine with an integrated medical table top on which a patient can lie is provided. The table top has a central polypropylene cellular honeycomb structure thermally fused in a sandwich configuration between two fibre-reinforced polypropylene face sheets. A strip of fibre-reinforced polypropylene is thermally fused along the entire length of the edge of the sandwich layers and along the end sections of the strip so that the resultant package of layers and end strip is sealingly enclosed to form the tabletop. Table top has a cover which may have a paint or acrylic finish, or may be foamed or “soft-touch” or suitably coated, in order to enhance the patient's comfort and to ensure that tabletop is hard-wearing and readily cleanable.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for identifying, producing or rationally designing sulfated polysaccharide molecules that have antiplasmodial activity. Also provided are sulfated polysaccharide molecules having antiplasmodial activity, as well as methods for treating and preventing diseases including malaria with such molecules.

Abstract: A dimming controller and system is provided in either discrete or integrated form and includes a single electronic controller device and a dimming ballast for installation in an overhead fluorescent fixture. The system functions to sense power line changes caused by the flicking of a switch between OFF and ON and controls the light dimming accordingly. The power line changes may be either changes in mains frequency or user caused switch toggling.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flavoured product comprising four or more flavour materials having antimicrobial properties and selected from the group comprising nonanol, decanol, nonanal, decanal, amyl propionate, anethole synthetic, anisic aldehyde, basil oil, benzyl benzoate, benzyl butyrate, benzyl formate, chamomile oil, cinnamic aldehyde, cis-3-hexenol, clove bud oil, damascone, ethyl acetoacetate, eucalyptus oil, ginger, isoamyl acetate, menthol laevo, methyl cinnamate, methyl salicylate, orange oil, rosemary oil, tarragon, Tea Tree oil, and peppermint oil: and one or more antimicrobial agents selected from the group comprising triclosan, pyrophosphates, zinc salts, cetylpyridinium chloride, parabens, stannous salts, sodium dodecyl sulphate, chlorhexidine, copper salts, strontium salts, peroxides and sanguinarine.

Abstract: Flavor compositions which reduce or prevent dental cavities based on the use of flavor materials found to inhibit the production of acid by micro-organisms in the oral cavity, e.g. lactic acid production from glucose by Streptococcus mutans. The compositions include at least two flavor materials from group (a) and at least one flavor material from group (b). Representative group (a) flavors are decanol, nonanol and cinnamic aldehyde while typical group (b) flavors are nonanal, citral and peppermint oil of material origin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flavoured product comprising four or more flavour materials having antimicrobial properties and selected from the group comprising nonanol, decanol, nonanal, decanal, amyl propionate, anethole synthetic, anisic aldehyde, basil oil, benzyl benzoate, benzyl butyrate, benzyl formate, camomile oil, cinnamic aldehyde, cis-3-hexenol, clove bud oil, damascone, ethyl acetoacetate, eucalyptus oil, ginger, isoamyl acetate, menthol laevo, methyl cinnamate, methyl salicylate, orange oil, rosemary oil, tarragon, Tea Tree oil, and peppermint oil; and one or more antimicrobial agents selected from the group comprising triclosan, pyrophosphates, zinc salts, cetylpyridinium chloride, parabens, stannous salts, sodium dodecyl sulphate, chlorhexidine, copper salts, strontium salts, peroxides and sanguinarine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flavour composition which is a mixture of flavour materials, characterised in that the flavour composition comprises at least 8% by weight of the total weight of the flavour composition of ingredients selected from the following groups of flavour materials: (a) at least 0.5% by weight of the flavour composition of one or more of the following: a peppermint oil comprising 1-isopropylidene-4-methyl-2-cyclohexanone in an amount from 1% to 4% by weight, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-1-cyclohexanone in an amount from 8% to 13% by weight and less than 0.5% by weight of eucalyptol; a spearmint oil comprising less than 70% by weight of carvone and at least 14% by weight of limonene; or mixtures thereof; and (b) at least 0.

Abstract: A flavour composition comprises at least 0.5% by weight of one or more of the following group A materials: cinnamic aldehyde, basil oil, tarragon, cis-3-hexenyl acetate, cis-3hexenol, orange oil, lime, citral, and damascone; and at least 3% by weight of one or more of the following group B materials: anethole synthetic, alcohol C10, eucalyptol, methyl salicylate, clove bud oil, carvone laevo, benzyl benzoate, thymol, benzaldehyde, benzyl formate, ethyl salicylate, eucalyptus oil, ionone alpha, iso amyl acetate, rosemary oil, cardamom oil, ginger, eugenol, camomile oil, spearmint, and peppermint. These materials have been identified as being capable of inhibiting the growth of Porphyromonas gingivalis or the protease (arg-gingipain) activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis, and so to possess hitherto unappreciated antimicrobial properties.

Abstract: A client program in a client/server relationship receives commands creating a specific implementation of graphical user interface (GUI) components and receives any data to be displayed in the interface components from the server program. As the end user interacts with the client, the client returns events and data to the server for processing. The commands and events constitute a protocol, published via an API. The transmission of commands events between the client and server is accomplished without linking the programs. The specific GUI implementation is specified by the server application and revealed to the client only at run time.

Abstract: A flavour composition comprising at least two flavour materials selected from the following Group (a) materials: decanol, nonanol, decanal, anethole synthetic, cardamom oil, cinnamic aldehyde, ionone alpha, origanum, tarragon, thymol; and at least one flavour material selected from the following Group (b) materials: nonanal, Aniseed rectified, basil oil, camomile oil, citral, clove bud oil, Damascone F, ginger, Tea Tree Pure, peppermint oil of natural origin. The compositions may reduce or prevent dental caries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a generally flat bed warmer which is formed from a flexible, non-porous material. The bed warmer is inserted beneath or between the sheets of a bed for heating up the same. An inlet is defined in the flexible, impervious envelope so that the envelope can be coupled to and inflated by a source of hot air. The heat from the hot air in the bed warmer is transferred to the bed linens through the wall of the envelope. Furthermore, a plurality of apertures are defined through at least one wall of the bed warmer so as to allow controlled leakage of hot air from the bed warmer.