Abstract: A separator for a crop harvester configured to harvest sugarcane. The separator includes an extractor body that defines a chamber, the chamber extending through the extractor body and is in fluid communication with a cavity of a fan housing. The extractor body can generally define an inlet opening of the chamber, the inlet opening positioned to allow chopped billets and crop residue that are outputted from a chopper assembly to enter into the chamber. The inlet opening has a non-round, or non-circular configuration and/or cross sectional shape. Further, the inlet opening can have a width similar to a material flow width of the chopped billets and crop residue being outputted from the chopper assembly. Such a configuration can eliminate dead zones with respect to air flow that is to pull the chopped crop materials into the chamber and/or to separate crop residue from the chopped billets.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compositions and methods utilizing delivery agents comprising protein cages, medical imaging agents and therapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compositions and methods utilizing nanoparticles comprising protein cages for delivery of imaging and antimicrobial agents to biofilm forming bacterial colonies.

Abstract: A hand-held device and method for managing the orientation of information being displayed on the screen of a hand-held device is provided for devices having a two part slidable housing including a first housing and a second housing where the two housings are adapted to slide separately in multiple directions relative to one another along a corresponding path substantially parallel to a front facing of the device between an opened position and a closed position. The method takes into account a detected use mode, such as whether the device is engaged in a voice call communication, and a detected device configuration to determine the orientation of the information to be displayed on the device screen. When the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between a closed position and an opened position in a first direction, the information is displayed having a portrait orientation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compositions and methods utilizing delivery agents comprising protein cages, medical imaging agents and therapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composite material for photocatalytic H2 production comprising: 1) a polymer gel; 2) a photocatalyst; and a protein based H2 catalyst. The invention also relates to a method to produce H2, comprising reacting an electron donor with a composite material comprising 1) a polymer gel, 2) a photocatalyst, and 3) a protein based H2 catalyst.

Abstract: A method of repositioning a manipulator in relation to a viewport is provided in a system for interacting with a three-dimensional object configured with a manipulator. The object and the manipulator are drawn in the viewport and the position of the manipulator is constrained to lie along the viewing axis between the viewport and the object. The manipulator is represented by a geometry corresponding to the function of the manipulator. The position of the manipulator is modified as needed so that it is not obscured by other objects in the scene. Furthermore, the position of the manipulator is modified as needed following a rotation or scaling operation so that it is oriented for ease of selection by a user.

Abstract: Virion-constrained nanoparticles comprising a shell of virion coat protein(s) surrounding an organic, inorganic and/or organo-metallic non-viral nanoparticle and methods of making and using.

Abstract: Virion-constrained nanoparticles comprising a shell of virion coat protein(s) surrounding an organic, inorganic and/or organo-metallic non-viral nanoparticle and methods of making and using.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compositions and methods utilizing delivery agents comprising protein cages, medical imaging agents and therapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compositions and methods utilizing nanoparticles comprising protein cages and cores.

Abstract: The invention consists of a non-naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule capable of blocking or interfering with a replicative intermediate of a virus, a virusoid, or a viroid. The nucleic acid molecule may contain a ribozyme or a plurality of ribozymes. Alternatively, the nucleic acid molecule may be an antisense nucleic acid molecule. The ribozyme may be a hairpin ribozyme, a hammerhead ribozyme, an RNAase P ribozyme, a minizyme, or other catalytic RNA molecule. The virus may be an animal, a mammalian, a plant, a fungal, a protozoan, a yeast, a bacterial virus, or a human virus. The nucleic acid molecule may be expressed in the cell or it may be preformed and administered ex vivo. The present invention contemplates methods of controlling infection of a pathogenic infectious agent in a plant or animal.

Abstract: A virion-constrained nanoparticle of the invention comprises a shell of a virion coat protein(s) that encapsulates a core non-viral material, which is organic, inorganic or organometallic in nature. A particularly preferred virion coat is that of cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV). Encapsulation of a desired particle is effected by adjusting reaction conditions, e.g., by lowering the pH of a solution containing the virion protein and the non-viral substance. Processes for producing the virion-constrained nanoparticles of the invention are also described.

Abstract: A lifting tool for roasted meat, having a main handle with a longitudinal handle axis, a first handle end and a second handle end. A pair of tines are spaced apart, each having a tine base end and a tine tip end and being formed with a substantially continuous curve which is concave when viewed from the second handle end. A pair of cross members connect the first handle end to the tine base ends. Preferably, an auxiliary handle is provided, having a gripping region and being affixed such that the curve of the tines is concave when viewed from the gripping region. The auxiliary handle preferably has an auxiliary handle base section which extends upwards from the cross members and an auxiliary handle set-back section which connects the auxiliary handle base section to the gripping region and which extends towards the second handle end. The lifting tool preferably has a stabilizing prong having a longitudinal prong axis which is parallel to the handle axis, and a prong tip which is pointed.