Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for cultivation of insect biomass, for example, larvae and/or eggs using a feed comprising lignocellulose incubated with lignocellulose digesting fungal cells; a feed comprising pre-treated lignocellulose for cultivation of insect biomass; and a livestock feed obtained through the cultivation method of insect biomass.

Abstract: A method for controlling a device to manage a visual saliency model can include receiving, via a processor in the device, a center bias map and a saliency density ground-truth map for an image; normalizing values of the saliency density ground-truth map to generate a normalized density ground-truth map; and comparing values of the normalized density ground-truth map to a predefined threshold value to generate an enhanced ground-truth map. The method can further include subtracting the enhanced ground-truth map from the center bias map to generate a negative candidates map; normalizing values of the negative candidates map to generate a normalized candidates map; and performing a sampling process on the normalized candidates map to generate a negative point map. Also, the method includes applying a filter function to the negative point map to generate a negative density map.

Abstract: The present application relates to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides with ?-etherase activity; polypeptides with ?-etherase activity; vectors comprising said nucleic acids for the production of recombinant ?-etherase; cells, for example microbial cells transformed with nucleic acids encoding ?-etherase activity and vectors, including nucleic acids encoding ?-etherases; a composition comprising ?-etherases suitable for processing lignocellulose and a method that uses ?-etherases or compositions comprising ?-etherases in the processing of lignocellulose and related polysaccharides.

Abstract: This invention relates to ionic liquids and their use as solvents in biocatalysis. According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method of carrying out an enzyme-catalysed reaction comprising providing a liquid reaction medium which comprises an ionic liquid including an ion which comprises a functional group selected from the group consisting of alkenyl, hydroxyl, amino, thio, carbonyl and carboxyl groups, providing in the liquid reaction medium an enzyme and a substrate for the enzyme, and allowing reaction of the substrate to occur.