Abstract: An evaporator is provided, for use with a wicked reservoir containing a volatile liquid. The reservoir has a plurality of guide members disposed symmetrically around the wick and extending beyond the height of the wick. The evaporator features a base containing a battery, and a removable cover containing a heater. Attachment of the cover to the base is necessary to establish an electrical connection between the battery and the heater. The guide members fit into recesses in the cover only when the heater and wick are properly aligned, and the heater cannot make electrical connection with the battery unless the guide members and wick are properly aligned with the recesses and heater, respectively.

Abstract: A trap for capturing a plurality of animals is provided. The trap can comprise an enclosure having an opening through which the at least one animal can pass to enter the enclosure. A gate, movable between an open position and a closed position, is positioned therein the at least one opening and can be selectively moved from the open position to the closed position when desired. Methods are also provided for capturing at least one animal by providing a trap with a gate, positioning the gate in an open position, monitoring the trap until at least one animal has entered the trap, and remotely triggering the gate to move from the open position to a closed position.

Abstract: An apparatus is described with a pair of sidewalls, a handle, sound devices, and a cord. The pair of sidewalls defines a pair of tracks. The handle is located between the pair of sidewalls and is captured in the pair of tracks in a manner that allows the handle to translate in the tracks. The sound devices are located between the pair of sidewalls. The cord passes through the pair of sidewalls and the sound devices. Translating the handle causes the handle to strike one or more of the sound devices and to produce a sound mimicking that of butting deer antlers.

Abstract: Provided are a system and method for a game call having an open frame and notch above a diaphragm. The game call includes a first frame having a top side and a bottom side, an exterior periphery and an interior periphery, and a longitudinal axis. A flexible diaphragm disposed in the first frame between the top side and the bottom side and across the interior periphery, the flexible diaphragm having side portions adjacent to the longitudinal axis and a central portion generally upon the longitudinal axis. An Open Arch Frame spans the interior periphery generally normal to the top side, the Open Arch Frame disposed above the flexible diaphragm and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the arch frame having a central air passage notch section, and opposing leg sections. An associated method of use is also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method of placing a decoy spread to simulate landing. The user attaches a tree line to a tree and a pulley. The user attaches a pulley line to a reel and a decoy line. Then the user attaches one or more decoys to a loop on the decoy line. Then the user attaches the decoy line to a float.

Abstract: Automatic devices configured to perform a cryoprocedure on at least one biological sample carried by one or more carriers. The device includes a carrier holder, a container holder, a carrier driver and a container driver. The carrier holder holds the one or more carriers in an upright orientation while holding the at least one biological sample. The container holder holds two or more containers each in a predetermined location on the container holder. The carrier driver translates the carrier holder and the container driver translates the predetermined locations so as to position one of them in a position accessible to the carrier holder, so as to enable the carrier driver to submerge an active portion of each one or more carriers held by the carrier holder in a predetermined vertical depth in the position accessible to the carrier holder.

Abstract: The invention provides freeze-dried nucleated cells, a method for preparing them, and methods of using them for in vitro assays and in vivo therapeutic treatments. The method for preparing the cells includes incubating cells in the presence of a cryoprotective sugar to load them with the sugar, then lyophilizing them without separating the cells from the cryoprotective sugar. In embodiments, the cells are also loaded with one or more bioactive agents.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of preserving pollen such that the pollen has improved viability as compared to pollen that is left in ambient conditions. A method of the present invention includes separating dead pollen contents from live pollen grains. In some embodiments, pollen grains are stored with a substance that prevents dead pollen contents from interacting with live pollen grains. The substance may be a solid, liquid, gas, or combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to non-aqueous solutions of plant growth regulator(s) and polar and/or semi-polar organic solvent(s), methods for making said non-aqueous solution, and methods for improving the growth and crop productivity of plants using said non-aqueous solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a degradable film for packaging fruit and vegetables, which comprises a polyolefin-based polymer matrix that incorporates an antimicrobial (biocidal or fungicidal) active ingredient of an essential oil, selected from the group consisting of: carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde, cineol, sabinene, thujaplicin, or a mixture of same, or incorporates the essential oil itself, selected from the group consisting of: cinnamon oil, oregano oil, eucalyptus oil, nutmeg oil, hinoki oil, or a mixture of same. The polymer matrix further comprises degrading agents. The invention also relates to a method for microencapsulating the antifungal or antibacterial active ingredients of the essential oil or the essential oil itself, and to a method for preparing the film.

Abstract: A composition, characterized in that it comprises 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane (DBDCB) and at least one organic acid and/or the derivatives thereof.

Abstract: A pet deterrent includes a dispensing system containing a bitterant such as denatonium benzoate. The dispensing system is interfaced to a toilet, thereby delivering a portion of the bitterant to water within the toilet. This makes drinking of the water by a pet unpleasant. One such dispensing system is a slow release tablet containing the bitterant (e.g. denatonium benzoate). The slow release tablet is positioned within a toilet and interfaced to water within the toilet, thereby releasing a portion of the bitterant to water within the toilet.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions and methods using a combination of (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a cell membrane disruptor herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof provide control of undesirable vegetation in soybean, cotton, sunflower, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola, vegetables, ornamentals, rice, wheat, teff, triticale, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sunflower, row crops, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, sugarcane, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, forestry, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights-of-way; for the burndown and control of weeds in fallow fields and fallow beds between the planting of crops, such as soybean, corn, cotton, sunflower, cereals, rice, winter/spring oilseed rape, winter/spring canola, corn/maize and sorghum; and for the control of weeds just prior to or after planting soybeans.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plant disease control composition that has excellent plant disease controlling effects and that contains a carboxamide compound represented by formula (1) and an azole compound represented by formula (2) [wherein R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, A represents a nitrogen atom or the like, Y1 represents a halogen atom, and n represents 0 or 1]. The present invention also provides a plant disease control method that includes a step for treating a plant or the soil in which a plant is being cultivated with an effective dose of the carboxamide compound represented by formula (1) and of the azole compound represented by formula (2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a plant disease control composition that has excellent plant disease controlling effects and that contains a compound represented by formula (1) and an azole compound represented by formula (2) [wherein R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, A represents a nitrogen atom or the like, Y1 represents a halogen atom, and n represents 0 or 1]. The present invention also provides a plant disease control method that includes a step for treating a plant or the soil in which a plant is being cultivated with an effective dose of the compound represented by formula (1) and of the azole compound represented by formula (2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a plant disease control composition that has excellent plant disease controlling effects and that contains a tetrazolinone compound represented by formula (1) [wherein X1 represents a halogen atom or the like and X2 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group or the like] and an azole compound represented by formula (2) [wherein R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, A represents a nitrogen atom or the like, Y1 represents a halogen atom, and n is 0 or 1]. The present invention also provides a plant disease control method that includes a step for treating a plant or the soil in which a plant is being cultivated with an effective dose of the tetrazolinone compound represented by formula (1) and of the azole compound represented by formula (2).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to new uses of the herbicidal active compound 2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidone (compound I) as foliar herbicide. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to combinations comprising active compound 2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidone (compound I) and to a method for controlling undesired weeds by applying the herbicidal active compound 2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidone (compound I) or combinations comprising compound I to weeds or to the area in which the weeds grow after emergence of the crop.

Abstract: A fungicidal composition containing a fungicidally effective amount of tricyclazole, and at least one fungicide selected from the group consisting of benzovindiflupyr and fluxapyroxad provides synergistic control of selected fungi.

Abstract: A synergistic agricultural formula including at least one diacyl or diaryl urea, such as a N,N?-diformylurea, and at least one plant growth regulator. This synergistic agricultural formula gives those skilled in the art the ability to regulate important phenotypical parameters that lead to a variety of important agronomic and horticulture traits which improve crop yield parameters leading beyond that of its individual components.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions to improve fungal disease resistance and/or nematode resistance in various crop plants. Also provided are combinations of compositions and methods to improve fungal disease resistance and/or nematode resistance in various crop plants. Powdery mildews are fungal diseases that affect a wide range of plants including cereals, grasses, vegetables, ornamentals, weeds, shrubs, fruit trees, broad-leaved shade and forest trees, that is caused by different species of fungi in the order Erysiphales.

Abstract: Microalgae based compositions and methods of improving emergence and yield of plants by administering an effective amount of a microalgae based liquid composition in combination with other active ingredients including extracts from macroalgae, extracts from microalgae, minerals, humate derivatives, primary nutrients, micronutrients, chelating agents, and anti-biotics are disclosed. A method of applying a microalgae based composition to soil to increase the cation exchange capacity of the soil is also disclosed.

Abstract: Materials and methods for improving plant traits and for providing plant benefits are provided. In some embodiments, the materials, and methods employing the same, can comprise endophytes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising Root-Knot Nematode (RKN)-active Methylobacterium sp., methods for controlling RKN infections of plants, and methods of making the compositions.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates an agricultural formulation comprising a high potency Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain and a Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai strain, wherein the weight ratio of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai is from about 20:80 to 80:20. The present invention is also directed to methods of manufacturing the formulation of the present invention and using the same to effectively control crop pests.

Abstract: This invention refers to a bacterial inoculating formulation based on a microorganism consortium of genus calothrix sp., to increase yield and quality of vegetable crops, the method for manufacturing the formulation and uses thereof, particularly its use in the industry of bacterial inoculants for field and greenhouse application, and for any other place requiring an enhancement in yield and quality of vegetable crops, without using nitrogen chemical fertilizers. The bacterial inoculating formulation based on a microorganism consortium of genus calothrix sp., to increase yield and quality of vegetable crops comprises: a) a microorganism consortium of genus calothrix sp., at a concentration ranging from 0.05% to 10% by weight; b) a substrate or immobilizing vehicle in order to immobilize the microorganisms at a concentration ranging from 2% to 80% by weight; c) a soil pH buffer at a concentration ranging from 0% to 3% by weight, and d) moisture at a concentration ranging from 7% to 97.95% by weight.

Abstract: A method for controlling pests of a cotton plant is disclosed. The method includes the step of contacting the cotton plant, parts of it, or its propagation material with components of the ginkgo tree selected from bilobalide, ginkgolide A, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, ginkgolide J, ginkgolide M, and mixtures thereof. The use of components of the ginkgo tree for controlling pests in a cotton plant, parts of it, or its propagation material, is also disclosed. A pesticide including one or more components of the ginkgo tree selected from bilobalide, ginkgolide A, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, ginkgolide J, and ginkgolide M is further disclosed.

Abstract: A composition comprising a quantity of lavender essential oil, a quantity of garlic essential oil, a quantity of capsicum oleoresin, a quantity of juniper essential oil, a quantity of rosemary essential oil, a quantity of rosemary oleoresin and a quantity of cinnamon essential oil. The composition may include a carrier base such as canola oil, a surfactant such as polysorbate 20 and may be diluted in water. The composition may be applied to a plant to protect the plant from pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for discharging bakery goods, to be combined with an upstream continuous baking oven. The device has transfer means for transferring bakery goods from a storage unit to discharging means, wherein the discharging means direct the bakery goods to a discharging compartment. The discharging means comprise a conveying installation and a dispensing installation, wherein the dispensing installation is suppliable by the conveying installation with bakery goods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing unit for baked products, in particular, baguettes, and to a device for dispensing baked products which comprises a dispensing unit. Such dispensing units can be found, for example, in supermarkets, with a continuous baking oven being connected upstream of said dispensing units. At a customer's request by pushing on a button it is possible for various, freshly baked or crisped-up baked products to be dispensed from the dispensing unit.

Abstract: A rounder bar including a blade in continuous contact with a conveyor for forming dough into various shapes. An adjustable footer on the rounder bar includes a plurality of adjustment tools that can be adjusted in selectable zones to minimize dough leakage in any selected zone across the length of the rounder bar. Each adjustment tool is connected to a corresponding locking plate that is disposed in a recess in the blade. The pressure of the blade against the conveyor in a particular zone is responsive to rotation of the adjustment tool in that particular zone, enabling adjustment of dough leakage in that zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for providing a dough piece on a movable substrate, comprising a substrate, movable in a transport direction for dough pieces with a substrate speed, at least one dough supplier, configured for continuously supplying a dough stream in a supply direction with a supply speed to at least one dispensing opening, arranged above a movable substrate; wherein the plane of the dispensing opening has a directional component perpendicular to the transport direction, a knife, arranged movable with respect to the dispensing opening, with a directional component parallel to the plane of the opening for cutting the dough stream into pieces and a directional component in the supply direction of the dough for moving along with the dough, a controller, for controlling the movement of the knife, and configured to repeatedly move a cutting edge of the knife along the dispensing opening for cutting the dough stream into pieces; and move the knife with a directional component in the supply

Abstract: A lame, for example a bread lame, is provided which may be used to score bread dough. The lame may include blade holders that may securely hold a razor blade in a curved or a straight profile, and may cover one or more corners of the razor blade. The blade holders may be securable to and removable from a handle of the bread lame. The lame may include a removable cover for the blade holders to cover exposed edges of the razor blades.

Abstract: A composition useful for making bread of high quality comprises a) a gluten-free flour, b) a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a methoxyl content of from 19 to 24 percent and a hydroxypropoxyl content of from 4 to 12 percent, each being based on the total weight of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and c) a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a methoxyl content of from 27 to 30 percent and a hydroxypropoxyl content of from 4 to 12 percent, each being based on the total weight the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, wherein the composition comprises from 10 to 90 weight percent of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose b) and from 90 to 10 weight percent of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose c), based on the total weight of b) and c).

Abstract: A system and a method for automatically loosening or removing shoulder blades from shoulders of animal carcasses includes a holding means operably connected to transport means, and is provided for securing a shoulder selected from the shoulders at the leg portion and transporting the shoulder in a transport direction. A separator means is provided including an elongated separation section arranged to abut the shoulder blade as the shoulder blade is transported past the elongated separation section. The elongated separation section is positioned at an angle relative to the transport direction of the shoulder such that an increasing pulling force is obtained onto the shoulder blade until the shoulder blade is either loosened or separated from the shoulder.

Abstract: A scribe saw head assembly is provided for a loin puller and has substantially reduced wear and increased life of the assembly components. A pinion assembly includes a pinion shaft and a thrust bearing. The shaft has a flange to support the thrust bearing, which is retained by a pair of retainers. The flange and thrust bearing provides constant contact between the pinion shaft and the standard of the scribe saw assembly, prevents side to side movement of the pinion shaft, and prevents longitudinal floating of the pinion shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for loosening bones such as ribs from a meat piece from slaughtered animals such as pigs. The bone puller such as rib puller can be hand-held and e.g. pneumatic activated or connected to a robot, and is much easier to use than prior art pneumatic rib pullers and also impose less working stress upon the user. The bone puller may comprise a counter hold for supporting the device towards a belly piece from a slaughtered animal, a string for loosening a bone, a movable pull bar for pulling the string, and a holding-down bar for holding down a bone while loosening this bone. The device may further comprise loading means located at the end of the holding-down bar such that the string can surround the loading means and where this loading means secure feeding of the string around an exposed bone end before loosening this bone.

Abstract: A meat-aging apparatus is disclosed. The meat-aging apparatus comprises: a photographing unit for photographing meat stored in the meat-aging apparatus; an illumination unit for irradiating light to the meat; a storage unit for storing recipe information for aging the meat according to the type or state of the meat; and a processor for determining the type or state of the meat on the basis of a photographed image, and controlling the illumination unit to irradiate light to the meat according to the recipe information corresponding to the determined type or state of the meat in order to age the meat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to increase processing efficiency, improve product quality, enhances product safety, improves sensory attributes, and meets customer demands. Due to the rapid carcass chilling in a given water consumption, this invention also related to sustainable agriculture, particularly environmentally-friendly food preparation, particularly resource-saving meat processing, particularly water-efficient and energy-efficient meat processing. The present invention provides, inter alia, methods to chill an animal carcass so as to improve tenderness in the finished fresh product, comprising: immersing an animal carcass in at least one saltwater solution, wherein the percentage of salt in the water is in the range of from about 1% salt/water to about 10% salt/water, and wherein the temperature of the saltwater solution is in the range of from about ?0.6° C. to about ?6.0° C.; and chilling the animal carcass.

Abstract: A method for preparing frozen or refrigerated fried eggs from whole, fresh eggs, the method comprising: breaking whole, fresh eggs (1) into a support (3) impregnated with edible fat; introducing the support (3) carrying the broken whole fresh eggs (2) into an oven (4) comprising ventilation means; heating the oven until the inner part of the yolk of the broken whole fresh eggs reaches a temperature of 65 to 73° C.; taking said support carrying the eggs out of the oven, wherein said eggs are fried eggs; cooling the fried eggs for reducing their residual heat in order to prevent the inner part of the yolk to exceed 73° C.; freezing or refrigerating the cooled fried eggs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a strained fermented dairy product comprising the following successive steps: (a) providing a dairy product, (b) adding a lactase and a culture of bacteria comprising at least one strain of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria and at least one strain of thermophilic lactic acid bacteria and fermenting the dairy product to obtain a fermented dairy product, and (c) separating a liquid whey from the fermented dairy product to obtain a strained fermented dairy product. The present invention relates also to the use of a lactase for preventing the clogging of the separating device used in the preparation of a strained fermented dairy product.

Abstract: A butter is suggested, comprising or consisting of (a) a first butter phase having a fat content of less than 90% by weight, and (b) a second butter phase having a fat content of at least 90% by weight. The butter of the invention gives the baked goods unusual sensory properties.

Abstract: In one form, a process recipe cheese product composition is provided with improved melt and improved firmness as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The process recipe cheese product composition includes vegetable oil, corn-derived starches, and potato-derived starches. The process recipe cheese product may have a mechanical firmness in a range of about 6.5 to about 12 Kg·s and provide a melt in a range of 1? to 1½? as measured by heating a disc of cheese 0.875? in diameter and 0.25? thick in a double boiler containing water and heated over medium heat for 4 minutes.

Abstract: Compositions containing (A) a substance with a foreign taste and (B) an oil or fat, wherein a content of (B) oil or fat is 3 to 400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of (A) substance with a foreign taste, and a difference between a solid fat content at 20° C. and a solid fat content at 40° C. of (B) oil or fat is not less than 11.5% are effective for suppressing the foreign taste of the substance with a foreign taste.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for producing a chewing-gum pellet, which includes a step of granulation of the gum that is carried out in a flow of cryogenic gas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device (1) for dispensing a frozen confection (13) from a receptacle (8) having a longest dimension (L). The receptacle comprises: a first compartment (20) containing the frozen confection and having a product outlet (22); and a second compartment (21) comprising a compressed gas inlet (9) and separated from the first compartment by an at least partially moveable wall (14). The device comprises: a seat (50) for locating the receptacle (8) with the longest dimension (L) aligned in a substantially horizontal direction; and a housing (2) surrounding the receptacle when located in the seat and comprising a lid (3) above the seat and allowing loading of the receptacle onto the seat.

Abstract: Abstract: A method of preparing a protein hydrolysate using extrusion technology is provided. An intact protein source and a protease component are added to an extruder and mixed therein to form a slurry including a protein hydrolysate having a degree of hydrolysis of 5% to 30%. The slurry has a total protein content of at least 30% based on the weight of solids in the slurry. A protein hydrolysate accordingly produced is also claimed.

Abstract: Composition for treatment of mucus on fish gills for a therapeutic or a prophylactic treatment of an amoebic gill disease in fish, where the composition comprises an extruded fish feed supplemented with arginine; said fish feed comprising protein, binder, fat, vitamins and minerals; and a total arginine content of the fish feed is at least 3.0% (wt/wt) of a total feed weight.

Abstract: A pet food composition including: 5% by mass or greater of fats and oils, in which, in measurement values obtained from the following deformation test, a value at 25° C. is 0.5 N or greater and a value at 60° C. is less than 0.1 N. An object to be measured is placed on a flat dish, a plunger is pressed against a central portion of the object from above to apply a load thereto, and a stress is measured while the plunger is allowed to move downward at a constant speed. A maximum value of the stress during a period from the contact of the plunger with the object to be measured to the movement of the plunger by a distance of 4 mm is obtained. A unit of an average value is converted into newtons and the value is set as the measurement value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pre-, pro-, and postbiotic compositions and methods of use for improving the health and nutrition of commercial livestock and companion pets.

Abstract: Described herein are controlled release pet food compositions comprising: a matrix comprising: a fiber component comprising a high solubility fiber source and low solubility fiber source, and a polyphenol source; wherein the matrix is adapted to deliver the polyphenol source to the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a mammal after ingestion by the mammal. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described.