Abstract: A transgenic non-human mammal containing a heterologous lambda light chain gene locus, and/or a heterologous kappa light chain gene locus, and/or a heterologous heavy chain gene locus, each of which can re-arrange so that immunoglobulin heavy and light chain genes are formed and expressed in B-cells following antigen challenge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the generation of VH heavy chain-only antibodies in a transgenic non-human mammal. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for the production of a VH heavy chain-only antibody in a transgenic non-human mammal comprising the step of expressing more than one heterologous VH heavy chain locus in that mammal.

Abstract: Genetically modified non-human animals expressing human SIRP? and human IL-15 from the non-human animal genome are provided. Also provided are methods for making non-human animals expressing human SIRP? and human IL-15 from the non-human animal genome, and methods for using non-human animals expressing human SIRP? and human IL-15 from the non-human animal genome. These animals and methods find many uses in the art, including, for example, in modeling human T cell and/or natural killer (NK) cell development and function, in modeling human pathogen infection of human T cells and/or NK cells, and in various in vivo screens.

Abstract: A washer for a fishing reel can be attached to a rotary shaft so as to be unitarily rotated therewith. The washer includes a washer body and a first cut-and-raised part. The washer body includes a through hole in a middle part thereof. The through hole is defined by an inner wall surface including a first flat surface. The first cut-and-raised part includes the first flat surface.

Abstract: A fish handling and weighing system that generally includes a handle having a lower end and an upper end, length indicia attached to the side of the handle, an upper connector attached to the upper end of the handle for connecting to a scale device, and a hook attached to the lower end of the handle for engaging a fish.

Abstract: A fishing bait holding system includes a housing has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening into the housing and the perimeter wall includes a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The housing is water impermeable and holds a quantity of fishing bait. A lid is hingedly coupled to the housing and the lid is positioned in closed position abutting the upper edge or positioned in an open position allowing access to the interior of the housing. A coupler is attached to the housing. The coupler releasably secures the housing to a barrier.

Abstract: A convenient, economical, nontoxic and effective method for the control of rats and the like by administration of one or more snap traps. In the preferred embodiment, rats are exposed to an attractant by means of a disarmed snap trap. In so doing, the rats frequent the disarmed snap trap thereby allowing the rats to feed from the snap trap without being harmed. After a predetermined period of time, preferably several days, the rats will no longer be suspicious of the snap trap because the rats can access the attractant with impunity. The method further requires baiting and arming a snap trap with an attractant after the rats have been allowed to feed from the one or more disarmed snap traps. The rats, unsuspectingly, approach the armed snap trap, which had previously been disarmed, and the spring-loaded trap arm will efficiently trap the rat.

Abstract: The present invention provides a game call apparatus that includes a main tube body, a first bellows adapter, a second bellows adapter, a bellows tube body, a first internal bellows, a second internal bellows, a ball, and a sound-making apparatus. The present invention also provides a game call apparatus with multiple game callers that includes a first body, a valve, two second bodies and two sound-making apparatuses. Methods of calling game are also provided.

Abstract: A hunter's tree stand has a longitudinally adjustable main frame, a standing platform suspended from the main frame, a seat, and a collapsible canopy cover pivotally engaged with the main frame. The main frame has two parallel rails and a plurality of cross bars extending transversely between the rail. An archery bow holder and a pair of gun holders are detachably supported by the rails. The standing platform is attached to the rails using telescoping struts.

Abstract: A wildlife hunting and/or observation blind having tiered-ledges and angled windows to provide a natural landscape element. The blind having earthen materials and/or vegetative material applied to the exterior surface, and the ledges at different levels to provide natural vegetation growth. The blind can be manufactured using a mold comprising a plurality of sides separated by a plurality of progressively tiered ledges providing the tiered-ledged hunting blind. The blind may comprise a plurality of layers to provide the structure, including at least one structural layer located between at least one interior rubber layer and at least one exterior gelcoat layer, the earthen material adhered to the exterior most layer of the hunting blind.

Abstract: A “full body” turkey decoy having one or more of a movable head and a movable neck is controlled remotely by the operator to produce a life-like animation of the decoy. The movable head bobs to the ground and the movable neck arches and straightens, simulating realistic activity. The movable components of the decoy are controlled remotely by means of one or more pull cords, with movement of the components achieved by the use of springs and counterweights.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed for attracting and/or repelling animals, more particularly methods systems and apparatuses for deploying and retrieving decoys, such as, for example, waterfowl decoy displays typically used in hunting, and particularly to attract overflying waterfowl.

Abstract: A composition for modulating MARCH-I, MHC II and/or CD86 in the cells of an organ taken from a donor for subsequent transplantation in a recipient. The composition has one or more organ preservation solutions in combination with an Hsp. The composition may comprise Hsp70 and/or one or more synthetic Hsp70-derived peptides. The composition provides preservation while at the same time reducing rejection of an organ, preserving the useful life of the organ, initiating a process in the organ which inhibits acute rejection, lengthening the useful life of the organ in vivo, having local immunomodulating effects in the recipient, having an indirect impact on the quality of life of the transplant recipient by necessitating fewer immunosuppressive medications, inducing the activity of regulatory T cells, reducing the expression of MHC molecules in the graft, reducing alloreactive expression in the recipient's lymph nodes, and lengthening the survival of the graft in the recipient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous solution for organ preservation, in particular for the myocardium, the solution comprising: 100 mM to 130 mM of Na+; 12 mM to 15 mM of K+; 0.25 mM to 1.3 mM of Ca++; 0.5 ?M to 1.5 ?M of cyclosporin A; and 0.5 ?M to 1.5 ?M of taxol, and it also relates to the joint use of cyclosporin A and taxol in a solution for in vitro preservation of an organ, in particular the myocardium.

Abstract: Provided are transplant preservation solutions comprising a polyglycerol wherein the polyglycerol is of a molecular weight between about 0.15 kDa and about 3.99 kDa, methods and uses thereof as well as kits providing said transplant preservation solutions.

Abstract: An apparatus for at least one of storage, treatment, assessment and transport of an organ or tissue includes a cooling container configured to cool the organ or tissue, a perfusion circuit configured to perfuse the organ or tissue, and a sample compartment for holding a biological sample. Preferred apparatus has a first internal compartment under a first cover (lid) of the apparatus that includes the coolant container and the sample compartment. The apparatus can include a second internal compartment under a second cover (lid) of the apparatus, the second internal compartment including at least part of the perfusion circuit and a sample compartment.

Abstract: Antimicrobial treated articles and compounds. The article includes a substrate and an antimicrobial mixture of an effective amount of at least one antimicrobial silanol quaternary ammonium compound, at least one essential oil and the balance water. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial mixture is formed in a reaction medium for mixing the at least one antimicrobial silanol quaternary ammonium compound and the at least one essential oil together prior to treating the substrate.

Abstract: An antimicrobial wipe is provided including a textile comprised of natural fibers untreated with a chemical bonding agent, the textile is treated with an antimicrobial composition, the antimicrobial composition comprising a quaternary ammonium compound and an organic acid, wherein the antimicrobial composition is surfactant free, emollient free, and polymeric free. A method of preparing such wipes is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition of water-soluble ingredients (CWSI) which when solubilized in water (W) and either in the presence of a wetting agent and/or in the presence of at least one agriculturally acceptable solvent, forms a synergistic composition useful for the control of pathogens and/or the prevention of diseases associated with the presence of said pathogens in and/or on seeds. Said composition of water-soluble ingredients (CWSI) comprises at least one oxidizer in liquid form or solid form, or a precursor thereof in liquid or solid form, said at least one agriculturally acceptable solvent is soluble in water (W); the water-soluble ingredients (CWSI) is dissolved in the water (W), in a weight ratio (CWSI)/(W) ranging from 1:100 to 1:4, and when present, said at least one agriculturally acceptable solvent represents from 2% by volume to 70% by volume of the total volume of the synergistic composition to be formed.

Abstract: A biocidal composition comprising a synergistic ratio of 2,2-dibromomalonamide and hydroxymethyl-substituted phosphorus compound, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems.

Abstract: This invention is related to methods for improving plant height and/or yield of crop plants that are resistant to herbicide 2,4-D by treating the plants with 2,4-D at application rates which are not harmful to the plants. In particular, provided is a method using 2,4-D application to increase yield of crop plants that express an AAD-12 gene for 2,4-D resistance. Soybeans are a preferred crop for use according to the subject invention.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures having synergistic fungicidal activity may include penflufen and at least one further fungicidal material. The mixtures may be used for protecting industrial materials, and methods for treating industrial materials with the penflufen mixtures are provided.

Abstract: To provide a pyrazole derivative having a superior fluorinated substituent, which is useful for pharmaceutical products or agricultural chemicals having pharmacological activities, and a method for its production. A compound represented by the following formula (A), wherein Rf is a C2-19 perfluoroalkyl group having ethereal oxygen atom(s) inserted between carbon-carbon atoms of the group, and the total number of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms in Rf being from 3 to 20, one of Q1 and Q2 is a hydrogen atom, and the other is a phenyl group, or a phenyl group in which at least one hydrogen atom in the phenyl group is each independently substituted by a halogen atom, and one of A1 and A2 is a nitrogen atom, and the other is a nitrogen atom to which R1 is bonded.

Abstract: An agricultural or horticultural chemical according to the present invention is an agricultural or horticultural chemical containing a plurality of active ingredients, the agricultural or horticultural chemical comprises, as one of the active ingredients, an azole derivative represented by general formula (I), and can be used as a plant disease controlling agent that can reduce the content of an active ingredient: wherein, R1 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbons, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbons, an alkenyl group or an alkynyl group having from 2 to 3 carbons, A represents a nitrogen atom or a methine group, Y1 represents a halogen atom, and n represents either 0 or 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition of benzoxazinone (I) comprising the benzoxazinone (I) in form of particles, wherein at most 50% per volume of the particles have a diameter below 3 ?m.

Abstract: A apparatus and method for killing microorganisms in a body of water that has been treated with ozone in the presence of bromide ions with the method comprising the steps of carrying out the ozonization of a body of water in the presence of bromide ions, adding a metal ion donor to the body of water, and adding a hypobromite ion scavenger to the body of water to interact with the metal ion donor to enhance a metal ion concentration in the body of water while suppressing the oxidization of the bromide by the Ozone to produce bromate.

Abstract: The present invention provides yield and early vigor enhancing compositions comprising Methylobacterium sp., methods for improving corn yield and early vigor, and methods of making the compositions. Also provided are isolated yield enhancing Methylobacterium sp.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures, comprising 1) a fungicidal strain (I) selected from a) the Bacillus substilis strain with NRRL Accession No. B-21661, and b) the Bacillus pumilus strain with NRRL Accession No. B-30087, or a mutant of these strains having all the identifying characteristics of the respective strain, or a metabolite produced by the respective strain that exhibits activity against plant pathogenic fungi, and 2) at least one chemical compound (II), selected from the active compound groups A) to F): A) azoles; B) strobilurins; C) carboxamides; D) heterocyclic compounds; E) carbamates; F) other fungicides; in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling harmful fungi using compositions of components 1) and 2), the use of a component 1) with a component 2) for preparing such compositions, and also fungicidal agents and seed comprising such compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a package (200) comprising at least one first component in the form a well 220, the first component comprising particulate matter comprising at least one natural oil; at least one second component, in the form of a plurality of second wells 230 comprising antagonist(s) of a microbial pathogen; wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are contained in separate compartments of said package. Also provided by the present invention is a method for providing an anti-bacterial agent, the method comprising mixing the first component comprising particulate matter carrying at least one natural oil; and at least one second component comprising at least one antagonist of a microbial pathogen, and allowing said mixture to form into an emulsion with anti-bacterial activity.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide dough for a layered cereal flour puffed food having the soft texture and the good melting mouthfeel while having the crispy texture after the baking, provide a layered cereal flour puffed food obtained by heating and baking the dough, and moreover provide a plastic oil and fat composition suitable in the preparation of the dough. According to the present invention, dough for a layered cereal flour puffed food, including 6 to 20 mass % of triacylglycerol containing one or more kinds of fatty acids selected from caproic acid, caprylic acid, and capric acid as a constituent fatty acid is provided.

Abstract: A sugar coating or glaze with reducing sugars greater than about 16.5% and a viscosity ranging between 170 and 650 cP is applied onto an uncooked dough product during a continuous process in the production of baked snack foods. The sugar coating has a pH of between about 1.7-3.3. The glaze maintains its form as a liquid free of solids at room temperatures despite the presence of sugars over 60% refined sugars. The glaze is applied onto a dough the glazed product is then baked, forming a glazed baked snack food product having at least 5% of a smooth, shiny glaze on a surface of the snack food product.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for deshelling shellfish, particularly lobsters. An automated processing line conveys shell-fish through a plurality of stations that sanitize, butcher, cut, and extract the meat, and then packages and prepares the package for sale. Vision systems with multi-axis robots guide and manipulate the shellfish through the processing line. Customized breaking blocks are used to sever parts of the shellfish, for example, the tail, knuckles and claws of a lobster, and a customized gripping device is provided for securing the severed parts in position on a conveyor. A water knife is then used to precisely cut the shell of the severed part.

Abstract: A method for preparing meat-based foodstuffs, comprises the steps of: step 1: a first vacuum cooking heat treatment in a packaging in a moisture saturated atmosphere, is applied to foodstuffs having a meat content equal to or greater than 95%, and without the addition of salt; step 1.1: the foodstuffs having undergone the first vacuum cooking heat treatment are broken down to form elements smaller than two millimeters in the pasty state; step 2: the foodstuffs in the pasty state are repackaged in different receptacles of a container, individually packaged in a partial or total vacuum, in order to undergo a second pasteurization heat treatment in a moisture saturated atmosphere; step 3: the foodstuffs having undergone the second pasteurization heat treatment in individual portions, are rapidly cooled and frozen to ?18° C. in the individual receptacles of the container.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for preparation of an oil-in-water emulsion, such as a mayonnaise, having a reduced oil content. Such reduced oil emulsion nevertheless should have the same properties as the higher oil variants. This objective has been met by a method wherein a dispersion of cellulosic fibres is heated, before being mixed with other ingredients of the emulsion. Either the dispersion of cellulosic fibres is homogenised in a high pressure homogeniser at relatively high pressure, or the final emulsion containing the dispersion of cellulosic fibres is homogenised in a high pressure homogeniser at relatively high pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a roast and ground coffee powder, the process comprising the steps of: • mixing roast and ground coffee with additional coffee oil; and • roller-grinding the mixture to a roast and ground coffee particle size having a D90 of 80 microns or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing roasted coffee beans which comprises treatment of raw coffee beans with steam followed by contacting with asparaginase.

Abstract: A glaze with a viscosity ranging between 170 and 650 cP, less than 20% sugar, and less than 4% salt, is applied onto an uncooked dough product during a continuous process in the production of baked snack foods. The glaze maintains its form as a liquid free of solids at room temperatures despite the presence of over 15% sugar. The glaze is applied onto a dough the glazed product is then baked, forming a glazed baked snack food product having at least 5% of a smooth, shiny glaze on a surface of the snack food product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sweet food product made from dry fruit having the same physicochemical properties as chocolate and comprising: between 25 and 45% by weight of dry fruit representing a total fat contribution coming from said dry fruit representing, at most, 25% by weight relative to the total weight of said food product; between 25 and 45% by weight of saccharose or another anhydrous sweetening material; between 20 and 40% by weight of cocoa butter or any other vegetable fat, solid at ambient temperature, used as a partial or total substitute for the cocoa butter; optionally, an emulsifier at a content of less than or equal to 1%; said sweet food product having a particle size of less than or equal to 50 ?m, and the method for preparing same.

Abstract: Food and beverages manufacturers are actively looking for ways or alternatives to enhance flavour in their products. That could be by using ingredients that provide aroma, taste and mouth feel with low calorie content and no after taste, or technology that allows consumers an enhanced experience without adding extra ingredients. Solutions could be highly specific. This invention relates to a food product or part thereof comprising a sour tastant and at least one flavour congruent with the sour tastant, wherein the at least one flavour is distributed homogeneously throughout the food product or part thereof, and wherein the sour tastant is distributed throughout the food product or part thereof inhomogeneously, and wherein the food product or part thereof can be consumed whole by a consumer, and wherein the food product or part thereof is in the form of a frozen confection. The food product or part thereof was observed to impart an enhanced perception of lemon flavour and sour taste.

Abstract: The subject disclosure pertains to nutritional frozen food products and related methods of making the same. The frozen food products comprise fruit; a protein powder mix with one or more vitamins and one or more minerals; one or more gums; and one or more sweeteners.

Abstract: A canola germplasm confers on a canola seed the traits of high protein content and low fiber content, wherein the canola plant produces a seed having, on average, at least 68% oleic acid (C18:1) and less than 3% linolenic acid (C18:3). The canola seed traits may also include at least 45% crude protein and not more than 18% acid detergent fiber content on an oil-free, dry matter basis. Certain embodiments further comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content. In particular embodiments, the invention concerns canola plants comprising such germplasm and plant commodity products (e.g., seeds) produced therefrom. Canola plants comprising a germplasm of the invention may exhibit favorable seed composition characteristics that make them particularly valuable as a source for canola meal.

Abstract: The invention provides dry pet food diet compositions that include visible micronutrient particles comprising micronutrients, and improved methods for their preparation. The methods provide pet food diet compositions that have improved palatability and retention of micronutrients.

Abstract: Disclosed is an animal feed composition that includes spent filter media and animal nutritive components. The spent filter media may be present in any suitable amount, such as about 0.1 wt. % to about 5 wt. % by weight. The spent filter media includes spent diatomaceous earth, organic carbon, activated carbon and water. Methods of promoting weight gain of animals by administering the animal feed composition are also disclosed. In some embodiments, feeding a herd of animals with the animal feed composition will promote weight gain in swine relative to an otherwise-similar animal feed composition that does not include spent filter media.

Abstract: A formulation of complex carbohydrates for fodder, fodder comprising the same, and application, the fodder comprising of the following ingredients: corn, bean pulp, whey powder, fish meal, soymilk, wheat middling, piglet premix, glucose and a formulation of complex carbohydrates, and the formulation of complex carbohydrates consisting of flucose, galactose, N-acetylgalactosamine, glucosamine, acetylglucosamine, glucuronic acid, mannose, sialic acid and xylose.

Abstract: A method for preparing a custom flavored snack food includes the provision of a quantity of a snack food that is at least partially cooked and at least one seasoning powder. The snack food is placed in a coating container with the at least one seasoning powder. The snack food is then coated with the at least one seasoning powder. The snack food coated with the at least one seasoning powder is subsequently heated to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time to form the custom flavored snack food. The method may be practiced with a kit having the snack food, the at least one seasoning powder, the coating container, and the heating container. The heating container may have a removable panel that, when removed, provides access to a heating cavity for receiving and heating the coated snack food to form the custom flavored snack food.

Abstract: Gellan gum products having an increased bulk density are provided that include a gellan gum co-precipitated with a co-precipitation agent to form a co-precipitated gellan composition. The co-precipitation agent and the gellan gum are present in the co-precipitated composition in a weight ratio effective to produce the gellan gum product, in which the gellan gum product bulk density is greater than a bulk density of the gellan gum precipitated, dried, and milled without the co-precipitation agent. This greater bulk density is about 0.30 g/mL or greater. Methods are provided for preparing a gellan gum product having an improved bulk density, in which the gellan gum product bulk density is greater than a bulk density of the gellan gum precipitated, dried, and milled without the co-precipitation agent. This greater bulk density is about 0.30 g/mL or greater.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gelatine composition, comprising gelatin, capable of being dissolved in water having a temperature of 35° C. or less to a solution of at least 10 w/w % and polyphosphate, to the use of such gelatine composition, to a food product comprising the composition, to a method for the preparation of such a gelatine comprising composition, and to a method for the preparation of such a food product.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a process for preparing shelf stable fresh noodles, and particularly to wheat-based and rice-based fresh noodles. The present invention includes a process comprising subjecting weighed and packaged wheat-based noodles, which are prepared in a manner known to those skilled in the art, to pasteurisation at a specified temperature range and duration or subjecting weighed and packaged rice-based noodles, which are prepared in a manner known to those skilled in the art, to pasteurisation at a specified temperature range and duration, to obtain shelf stable fresh noodles.

Abstract: Provided is a flavor modifying composition including a blend of a water soluble filler including plant fibers; and at least one sucrose substitute of natural source, wherein said flavor modifying composition includes at least 90% w/w of the filler, the amount being determined when said composition is in dry form; and said flavor modifying composition is water soluble. The flavor modifying composition is particularly effective in enhancing sweet taste and/or aroma of a product. Further provided are products including the flavor modifying composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for epimerization of a non-phosphorylated hexose, comprising sugar epimerases derived from thermophiles, and a method for preparing a non-phosphorylated hexose epimer using the composition. The sugar epimerases derived from thermophiles according to the present invention can effectively catalyze an epimerization reaction of a non-phosphorylated hexose and can easily produce an epimer form of the non-phosphorylated hexose, in particular a rare sugar hexose, and thus can be usefully utilized in the pharmaceutical and food industry.