Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.

Abstract: An improvement to an electrical measuring instrument having a rotary moving part capable of longitudinal movement in relation to the remainder of the instrument and including a damping arrangement comprising co-operating pads fitted respectively to the moving part and an adjacent fixed part to define a gap between the adjacent surfaces of the pads containing viscous liquid held in position by surface tension, the improvement comprising one of the pads being formed of glass-filled plastics material and the gap, when seen in cross-section, having substantially parallel sides which diverge at the edge of the gap, preferably to define a wide-angled V. Preferably the second pad has a smooth surface and may be formed of a light metal.