Abstract: The invention provides a method of selecting a polyether polysiloxane surfactant to optimise an alcohol and water containing foaming cleansing composition selecting an amount of alcohol to be used in the final composition; and selecting the degree of polymerisation of the backbone of the siloxane (PDMS) of the polyether polysiloxane surfactant and the degree of polymerisation of polyether side groups of the polyether polysiloxane surfactant for that amount of alcohol from a predetermined optimisation calibration, where the alcohol is a C1 to C4 straight or branched chain alcohol, the polysiloxane backbone is polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and the polyether is selected from a polyethylene oxide (PEO), polypropylene oxide (PPO) or a mixed PEO/PPO polyether.

Abstract: A composition comprises a cohort of at least five isolated unique strains of a single species of bacteria, wherein the species of bacteria is represented in the mammalian microbiome, and wherein the cohort of isolated strains exhibit different and diverse catabolic capability thereby increasing the chances that one or more of the strains in the composition will find a nutritional niche in the infant GI tract.

Abstract: A system and a method for updating hierarchical family trees of organizations having related corporate members. The system includes a data processor; a memory for storing instructions for operation of the data processor, the instructions causing the processor to perform steps of accessing a comprehensive linkage repository having corporate linkage data stored therein; determining changes in the corporate linkage data; generating a change file representative of the changes in the corporate linkage data; using the change file to generate exceptions to the corporate linkage data stored in the repository; generating an updated hierarchical family tree in accordance with the exceptions; and storing the updated hierarchical family tree.

Abstract: A method of electronically producing lesson plans and/or teaching units and the like using a three-dimensional structure comprising different educational frameworks and strategies. A master matrix is employed, the development pages (4) of which represent a multiple learning intelligence and a cognitive learning level. Each development page comprises prompts for generating questions and/or activities, the final lesson plan being produced from selected questions and/or activities.