Abstract: Provided are a repellent having a superior repellent activity for Rodentia animal and a repellent method for Rodentia animal. A Rodentia animal repellent containing, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein Z1 is a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group, Z2 is a hydrogen atom, or Z1 and Z2 are joined to form a bond, R1 is a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group optionally having fluorine atom(s), R2 is a halogen atom or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: The present invention primarily relates to the use of specific herbicide combinations based on iodosulfuron or of a composition comprising said specific herbicide combinations for controlling harmful plants in teff (Eragrostis tef) plants. The present invention also relates to the use of specific herbicide combinations based on iodosulfuron or of a composition comprising said specific herbicide combinations as plant growth regulators for teff (Eragrostis tef) plants. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a corresponding method of controlling harmful plants in teff (Eragrostis tef) plants and to a corresponding method of regulating plant growth of teff (Eragrostis tef) plants.

Abstract: Microparticles comprising (a) a water-soluble solid organothiophosphate, (b) one or more odor-absorbing components, and (c) one or more odor-masking components are disclosed, as well as a method of making the microparticles, and odor-reduced insecticidal formulations comprising the microparticles. The microparticles and formulations can also contain other crop protection agents. Odor-reduced insecticidal formulations comprising (a) a pyrethroid, (b) an organothiophosphate, (c) one or more odor-absorbing components, and (d) one or more odor-masking components are also disclosed. Additionally disclosed is a method of reducing the odor of an organothiophosphate-containing formulation by incorporating one or more odor-absorbing components and one or more odor-masking components.

Abstract: Method of controlling infestation of citrus comprising the steps of: i) application of nanobiocide component-1 as a soil drench and foliar spray followed by simultaneous application of component-2 and component-4 followed by the application of component-3, as and when the citrus psyllid observed at threshold levels; ii) application of component-6 which is silicone based wetting and spreading agent cum penetrant mixed with components 3 and 5 and water as foliar spray; ii) finally applying component-5from the onset of flowering at 30-45 day intervals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions for antimicrobial use comprising a mineral acid, an organic acid, or a combination thereof; a copper(II) salt; and a buffering salt, a detergent, or a combination thereof. The present disclosure also provides methods for reducing the number of pathogens on a surface by applying compositions of the present disclosure to the surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wood preservative composition comprising creosote and/or pentachlorophenol (PCP) and one or more unsaturated fatty esters. The composition is useful for reducing insect and microbial decay in wood. Further disclosed are methods of making and using such a composition and wood treated with such a composition.

Abstract: Streptomyces badius SP6C4 strain has an antimicrobial activity against an insect pathogen or a strawberry fungal disease pathogen isolated from strawberry pollen. The growth of an insect pathogen and a strawberry fungal disease pathogen is suppressed by Streptomyces badius SP6C4 strain isolated from strawberry pollen. Streptomyces badius SP6C4 strain can be used as an environmentally friendly biological agrochemical which is free of any environmental contamination yielded as a side effect of an agrochemical or any human toxicity caused by residual agrochemicals, and, by having an excellent effect of controlling American foul brood, chalk brood, and strawberry flower mold disease, it can be very advantageously used in terms of an industrial use.

Abstract: A method for producing a seed of a plant resistant to seedling diseases is provided which includes contacting a non-pathogenic microbe corresponding to a seed-borne pathogen with a flower part of a host plant around the flowering time and collecting a seed of the host plant colonized by the non-pathogenic microbe obtained thereafter, and a method for controlling seedling diseases using the seed.

Abstract: A device for preparing extrudable food products includes a working chamber configured to house ingredients in operation of the device, an extrusion die, a rotation shaft configured to stir the ingredients and extrude the food products through the extrusion die, and a driving system by which the rotation shaft is driven. The driving system is configured to separate the extrusion by at least one time period during which the rotation shaft rotates in a first direction which is opposite to a second direction in which the rotation shaft rotates to extrude the food products. Therefore, build-ups inside the working chamber can be removed by the sticky dough hit and/or lifted by the stirring bars on the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft rotates reversely.

Abstract: A biopolymer-based food casing having an impregnation on the side facing the food is provided. The impregnation includes at least one hydrophobic, synthetic, organic polymer. By taloring the impregnation, the peelability of the casing may be adjusted to correspond to the type of food contained within the casing. The casing is used, especially, as an artificial sausage casing for raw sausage, scalded-emulsion sausage or cooked-meat sausage.

Abstract: The invention provides a sensor-guided, automated system that is capable of intelligently cutting crustaceans, such as crab and lobster, into a plurality of portions, as directed. More particularly, the present system is capable of effectively butchering each individual crustacean in response to how the system's sensor(s) assess the physical characteristics of each crustacean as it arrives via a conveyor belt.

Abstract: A system and method for separating breast meat from at least a part of a keel bone of a carcass part of slaughtered poultry includes a product carrier and a pair of breast meat cutter blades adapted to make an incision along the keel bone in the longitudinal direction of the keel bone. The breast meat cutter blades are moveable relative to each other between and open position and a closed position. The system further includes a blade actuator, which comprises a closing assembly to apply a biasing force to the breast meat cutter blades to bias the breast meat cutter blades towards the closed position, and an opening assembly to apply an opening force to the breast meat cutter blades to hold the breast meat cutter blades in the open position.

Abstract: A crab gauge and cleaning tool with a base and a blade having an arched upper edge and a lower edge, a coupling for removably attaching the blade to the base such that when attached the blade extends upwardly from the base in a central area of the top surface and a blade storage for securing the blade to the base, and wherein the blade has a first mounting foot and a second mounting foot with the space between the mounting feet defining a measuring distance for measuring shellfish.

Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) associated with a cooking chamber (315; 515) of a cooking oven (100; 100?) for treating food stored therein is proposed. The flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) comprises at least one casing (205; 1003; 1006), at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064) traversing said casing (205; 1003; 1006) and fluidly connecting at least one air inlet opening (210; 1012b; 1036) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006) to at least one air outlet opening (270b, 270c; 1030b; 1045b) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006). The method comprises: a) providing one between a flavoring substance (610; 1063) and a smoking substance (710; 1066) in said at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064); b) selecting (920) one between a flavoring process and a smoking process, and c) controlling (930-950, 960-970) a heating in said casing (205; 1003; 1006) according to the selected one between said flavoring process and said smoking process.

Abstract: Cooked and homogenized cheese products and methods, using supplemental phospholipids to provide reduced melt restriction and modulate oiling-off. One embodiment provides a cooked cheese product having at least one natural cheese in the range of 20 to 92 percent weight; a protein supplement in the range of 0.25 to 30 percent weight; and a phospholipid supplement in the range of about 0.1 to 1 percent weight; wherein cooked cheese product is homogeneous does not contain significant levels of emulsifying salts. The phospholipid supplement can be in the range of about 0.25 to 1 percent weight, and preferably 0.4 percent weight. Homogenizing the cooked cheese product can be by a pressure in the range of about 70 to 246 Kg/cm.

Abstract: A grain-based, soft and creamy food filling that is heat-stable is provided. By one approach, the grain-based food filling may include a continuous lipid phase and a dispersed solid including a grain-derived component.

Abstract: A dry fractionation method and system provides for generating a protein concentrate product therefrom. The method and system includes milling a plant-based flour to generate milled flour and generating a first protein concentrate from the milled flour using an air classifier. The method and system includes processing the first protein concentrate to generate a protein rich curd and generating a neutral hydrolyzed protein slurry by mixing the protein curd with a base, water and enzymatic cocktail. The method and system includes generating a homogenized protein slurry from the protein slurry and generating a cooled protein slurry by pasteurizing the homogenized protein slurry. Therein, the method and system provides for extracting the protein concentrate product from the cooled protein slurry.

Abstract: Medical dairy products are highly concentrated in proteins and minerals. Formulation of such products is challenging, since viscosities can easily increase during processing and storage. It was found that using one or more chelating agents selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acid, citric acid, a soluble phosphate salt, a soluble citrate salt, or a mixture thereof, the viscosity and the transparency of an aqueous micellar casein composition, comprising 6 to 20 g/100 ml of micellar casein and having a pH of about 6 to 8 could be controlled independently of each other. It was found that products become more viscous after addition of phytate, citrate, or orthophosphate, and that the viscosity depends on concentration and type of phosphate. Addition of hexametaphosphate leads to gel formation. In contrast, high concentrations of uridine monophosphate can be added without significantly affecting the viscosity.

Abstract: The invention relates to fusarium toxin-cleaving polypeptide variants of a fusarium toxin carboxyl esterase with the SEQ ID NO:46. Each of the polypeptide variants has an amino acid sequence shortened by 47 amino acids at the N terminus, and the amino acid sequences have at least 70%, preferably 80%, in particular 100%, sequence identity, namely SEQ ID NO:1, to the amino acid sequence portion 48-540 of the SEQ ID NO:46. The invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides which code for the polypeptide variants, to a fusarium toxin-cleaving additive containing at least one polypeptide variant and optionally at least one auxiliary agent, to the use of the polypeptide variants or the additive, and to a method for hydrolytically cleaving at least one fusarium toxin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of phyllosphere-associated lactic acid bacteria that demonstrate inhibitory effects on the growth and maintenance of human pathogens, such as Salmonella enterica, on the surface of food products, particularly fresh fruits and vegetables. Particular strains of Enterococcus avium and Lactococcus lactis are described and detailed for their atypical pathogen-inhibiting phenotypes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to microalgal food products with acceptable sensory characteristics and methods of producing the food products. The flour can be produced by cultivating microalgal cells of a strain of Chlorella protothecoides under conditions of acceptable pH and dissolved oxygen to produce a desired amount of lipid. The microalgal cells can be lysed, heat-treated, washed and dried to produce a microalgal flour that can be incorporated into a variety of products.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to remove or reduce iodine contained in a marine natural product extract, while maintaining the original flavor, taste, appearance, etc. of the marine natural product extract before processing. A first anion exchange membrane (5) and a second anion exchange membrane (6) are sequentially arranged from the anode (3) side. Between the anion exchange membranes (5, 6), an extract receiving compartment (9) is formed and fed with a marine natural product extract (21). An iodine recovery compartment (8) is formed on the anode side of the first anion exchange membrane (5). A replenisher receiving compartment (10) is formed on the cathode side of the second anion exchange membrane (6) and fed with a replenisher containing chlorine ions (24).

Abstract: The invention describes a stevia sweetener with improved solubility in an aqueous solution for convenience of use in the food and beverage industry.

Abstract: An apparatus for separation of agricultural products, which are normally joined to each other by a stem or the like, includes a conveyor for carrying agricultural products; a plurality of cutting modules positioned above the conveyor, each having a plurality of blades spaced along a rotating shaft, the shafts of the respective cutting modules being parallel to one another and orthogonal to the direction of movement of the conveyor; a positioning ramp associated with each blade; and a mechanism for simultaneously adjusting the height of the cutting modules above the conveyor to thereby enable the apparatus to effectively process agricultural products of varying sizes.

Abstract: A process is provided for the treatment of tobacco. The process comprises securing the tobacco within a moisture-retaining material and exposing the tobacco material to an ambient processing temperature of above 55° C., with the tobacco having a packing density of at least 200 kg/m3 on a dry matter weight base at the start of the process and a moisture content of between about 10% and 23%. The treated tobacco may have desirable organoleptic properties.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a smoking article, the smoking article having a rod of smoke able material (15) and a cylindrically wrapped layer of sheet material, comprises a holder (3) for holding sheet material, an embossing unit (8) configured to emboss sheet material drawn from the holder and an assembling station (14) for assembling the smoking article, configured to receive embossed sheet material from the embossing unit and to wrap the embossing sheet material at least partially around a part of the smoking article.

Abstract: A process for preparing a filter plug for a smoking article, such as a cigarette, includes: (a) freeze-drying a solution of a biopolymer to form a structure; and (b) cutting the structure to a predetermined dimension, to thereby prepare a filter plug for a smoking article. Another process for preparing a filter plug for a smoking article, such as a cigarette, includes: (a) extruding a mixture of a foaming agent and a biopolymer comprising a protein to form a structure; and (b) cutting the structure to a predetermined dimension, to thereby form a filter plug for a smoking article.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in filters for use in smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos. The improvements, particularly but not exclusively, relate to filter capabilities and to the manufacture of such filters. In one example, a filter for a smoking article comprises a first fibrous filter material having an average fiber denier in the range 7 to 9 and a second fibrous filter material having an average fiber denier of below 7. The application also describes a filter for a smoking article comprising various other filter arrangements including absorbent and/or adsorbent materials.

Abstract: An essential oil vertical vaporizer pipe with a heat resistant removable protective sleeve that provides protection from the hot tip after the pipe is used. The vaporizer pipe has a built in heat resistant removable protective sleeve that can be slid back over the hot tip after each use to protect the user and the user's surroundings.

Abstract: Disclosed and claimed is a glow in the dark, size adaptable cigar splitting apparatus comprising an outer body and an inner size adapting sleeve adapted to be slidingly engaged therewith and further comprising a cutting blade for splitting the wrapper and, if present, packaging, of a cigar, cigarillo or other smoking device. In a preferred embodiment, the inner size adapting sleeve may be cylindrical in shape and is removable, allowing the invention to be adapted to various sizes of smoking devices. The improved size adaptable cigar splitter apparatus of the invention may further comprise a lanyard tang adapted to receive a necklace, lanyard, or similar structure to facilitate ease of carrying. Also claimed is a glow in the dark covering for cigar tools such as splitters, cutters and punches. Also claimed is a glow in the dark inlay for cigar tools such as splitters, cutters and punches.

Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a first section containing a liquid supply reservoir including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, and a wick in communication with the liquid material and operable to deliver the liquid material to the heater, and a second section containing a power supply. The first section is connected to the second section with a connection including a first connector piece and a second connector piece.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a control component that regulates output of an electronic vaporizer used to simulate smoking. The control component manages power to a heating element. A power detect component collects a parameter of the heating element to determine actual power output thereof. The control component dynamically adjusts the power source based on the actual power output.

Abstract: An electronic vaping device includes a housing, a planar heater, a heater support, a tank, and a wick. The housing extends in a longitudinal direction and has a tip end and a mouth-end. The tip end is closed and the mouth-end has an opening therein. The heater support supports the planar heater. The tank contains a pre-vapor formulation and is configured to slide into and out of the opening of the mouth-end of the housing. The wick extends from the tank and is configured to be in contact with the planar heater when the tank is inserted in the housing.

Abstract: Cartridges for use with a vaporizer body are provided. In some implementations, a cartridge having a top end and a bottom end comprises a mouthpiece proximate to the top end, a transparent storage compartment configured to store vaporizable material, and a heater assembly attached to the transparent storage compartment at the bottom end. The heater assembly comprises a heating element, a pair of electrical contacts, a wick, and a heater chamber formed at least in part from two metal walls configured to provide a heat shield between the heating element and the storage compartment, coupled to the pair of electrical contacts. The pair of electrical contacts are disposed at the bottom end and are configured to complete an electrical circuit with the vaporizer body when the cartridge is inserted into the vaporizer body.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette (“e-Cig”) may include flavor enhancements to improve or add to the flavor of an e-Cig. The e-Cig cartomizer may include a flavor sticker, shell, booster, or mouthpiece that provides additional flavor to the user. In addition, the flavor enhancements may also provide or further enhance the smell of the e-Cig.

Abstract: A garment has a front panel, a horizontally oriented fly comprising a slit opening having a width positioned at a substantially even with male genitalia, the slit opening having hemmed edges, the fly further comprising a flap panel having an upper and a lower edge and two opposite side edges, sewn to the front panel such that access from outside is upward into the garment, a forward-facing pouch formed in the front panel, substantially the width of the horizontal linear slit opening, and positioned above the horizontal linear slit opening, and an elastic band positioned horizontally above and parallel to the upper edge of the flap panel and below the forward-facing pouch, the elastic band extending at least the width of the flap panel, and sewn at each end to the fabric front panel.

Abstract: A sectional bra system and accessories includes bra and related jewelry components that can be interconnected in various ways. Jewelry items, such as bra straps, back bands, bridge, and other items, may be formed at least in part from alternating flexible chain segments and rigid connector segments with fasteners configured to attach to standard bra loops. Bra cups for sectional bras include various arrangements of standard bra loops allowing attachment of one or more bra straps, one or more back bands, a bridge, and alternatively other decorative items. Such bra cups may include standard bra loops along all edges. Coordinating jewelry may be made out of the same or similar types of components.

Abstract: A pair of pants including a fly that can be opened and closed via a bi-directional zipper that extends from a top end proximal to an upper terminus of the pants to a bottom end at the crotch point of the pants. The zipper includes a top slider and a bottom slider that travel on a common set of zipper teeth. The top slider separates the zipper teeth when moved in a direction away from the top end toward the bottom end and closes the zipper teeth when moved in the opposite direction. The bottom slider separates the zipper teeth when moved in a direction toward the top end and away from the bottom end and closes the zipper teeth when moved in the opposite direction. The pants allow a wearer to excrete urine while in a sitting position, particularly such as when the wearer is operating an aircraft.

Abstract: The disclosed garment includes a bra. The bra includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion, and the bra is fabricated from an elastomeric material. The garment also includes a spine band attached to the posterior portion of the bra and fabricated from an elastomeric material. The spine band extends longitudinally across the posterior portion of the bra from a neck region of the bra toward a waist portion of the bra. In use, the spine band is positioned over a spine of a wearer and stimulates cutaneous nerve receptors in a portion of a wearer's skin underneath the spine band.

Abstract: A wet sportswear takeoff helping device for the upper sportswear that is worn extremely tight to the wearer's skin; where the takeoff helping device includes one or more guides for guiding the corresponding drawstrings and a handgrip used for activation. The guides are made on the back part of the upper sportswear, each guide begins close to the hemline and propagates to the upper part of the sportswear in a continuous way, or having one or more interruptions formed along the guide. Pulling of the handgrip by the wearer's hand causes lifting of the sportswear's hemline towards the wearer's neck to facilitate removal. The invention is applicable to an ordinary T-shirt takeoff device for helping elderly or disabled people to take off the upper garment.

Abstract: An air-conditioning clothing is disclosed. The clothing includes a cloth portion covering an upper part and an arm portion of the body and guiding air in a space between the cloth portion and the body or an underwear along a surface of the body or the underwear. An air blower takes in air from outside and forcedly generates a flow of the air in the space. An air discharge is provided on a collar of the cloth portion and discharges the air to the outside. An air-leakage preventer is provided on a lower sleeve edge of the cloth portion and prevents leakage of the air flowing in the space to the outside through the lower sleeve edge. A sheet-shaped air discharger is provided at a predetermined portion in the vicinity of the lower sleeve edge of the cloth portion and discharges the air flowing in the space to the outside.

Abstract: Post-operative apparel such as post-mastectomy garments are described herein. In various embodiments, a post-mastectomy garment may include first and second ends, an interior side and an exterior side opposite the interior side, and the interior and exterior sides may extend between the first and second ends. In some embodiments, a closing mechanism may releasably connect the first end to said second end. In various embodiments, two opposing openings through the garment may be provided and shaped to receive arms of a patient. In some embodiments, an adjustable chest support may extend outward from the interior side. One or more drain bulb pockets may be positioned on the interior side to receive one or more surgical drain bulbs. One or more tubing pockets may also be positioned on said interior side to receive excess drain tubing.

Abstract: A multi-way wearable nursing cover, including a cover body having a top end and a bottom end. The cover body may be flexible and is configured to conceal a user's chest when worn while nursing a baby. A strap attaches to the top end of the cover body, wherein at least one of a first end and a second end of the strap is operably attached to the top end. A see-through portion also couples to the cover body, wherein the see-through portion enables a user to see the baby while nursing.

Abstract: A garment having an outer surface not designed for writing has at least one rewritable area comprising a layer of rewritable material deposited directly onto a selected region of the outer surface. One or more permanent artworks may be deposited onto the garment prior to deposit of the rewritable layer, which may be contiguous or non-contiguous. A stencil is provided for allowing a user to write on rewritable areas while protecting adjacent areas of the garment. In one method for forming the rewritable area, a first portion of a permanent artwork and a second portion of the permanent artwork are successively deposited on the garment, followed by curing the permanent artwork and depositing a rewritable area on the garment.

Abstract: Aspects herein relate to apparel items and apparel systems that utilize applied or printed foam nodes to provide, among other things, stand-off between an apparel item and a wearer's skin surface. One or more of the foam nodes, or areas of the textile surrounding the foam nodes, may be perforated to provide a fluid communication path between an inner-facing surface and an outer-facing surface of the apparel item. The communication path may be used to facilitate air exchange between the external environment and the wearer's body and/or to provide an exit path for moisture vapor generated by the wearer.

Abstract: A tightening system and method for operating the same in an article for a wearer includes first and second members arranged for being connected at first ends, and separated by a distance at second ends. A tension element connects the first and second members. A tensioning mechanism is mounted on the first member and coupled to the tension element. The tensioning mechanism includes a housing and a retractable and extendable line arranged to be extended from the housing and automatically retract to the housing upon release of the line to permit one-way incremental winding of the tension element to thereby draw the first and second members closer to one another by reducing the distance therebetween.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening strap 45; 180; 211; 250 for fastening to a loop 35, 40 of protective clothing 10, 50 formed of a metal-ring mesh 26 as well as to such protective clothing 10; 50, the fastening strap 45; 180; 211; 250 comprising at least one engagement element 70; 185 as well as a recess 90; 205 correspondently configured with regard to the engagement element 70; 185, the engagement element 70; 185 and the recess 90; 205 engaging with each other and forming a loop section 155 which is configured to grip the loop 35, 40 of the protective clothing 10; 50 and to fix the fastening strap 45; 180; 211; 250 to the loop 35, 40 of the protective clothing 10; 50.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an eyelash organizer includes a first body portion, a supporting portion formed on the first body portion, at least one fixing portion positioned on the first body portion, at least one false eyelash fastened to the at least one fixing portion, and a second body portion positioned opposite the first body portion. The supporting portion is bent or curved from the second body portion to allow the at least one fixing portion to be spaced apart from the second body portion, leaving a space between the at least one fixing portion and the second body portion.

Abstract: A baseball cap includes a surfing wax comb attached to the main strap of the baseball cap. The surfing wax comb is instantly attachable and detachable from the strap. The strap comprises two sectional straps. Each of the two straps can go through a hole on the comb forming a loop reattached back to the root of the strap. Each of the two straps can comprises a female structure on the inner side of the strap, such that any portion of the inner side of the strap can be selected attached to a male structure on the sweat band. The baseball cap can comprise a decorative strip between the front panel and the visor. An accessory carrying structure is also disclosed herein, which is able to be used on a hat and a bag.

Abstract: Implementations of a headwear are provided. In some implementations, a headwear comprising a hood portion, a right shoulder portion, a left shoulder portion, a right handle, a left handle, and a back portion. In some implementations, the right handle and left handle are elongated pieces of material that extend from the front portion of the right shoulder portion and left should portion, respectively, downwardly toward a wearer's waist when the hood portion is placed on the wearer's head. In some implementations, the back portion of the headwear extends from the back portion of the hood portion, right shoulder portion, and left shoulder portion downwardly toward a wearer's waist when the hood portion is placed on the wearer's head.