Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-MP0027 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-MP0027 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-MP0027 RZ.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-BF0632 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-BF0632 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-BF0632 RZ.

Abstract: Control unit (240) and cassette (130) of a milk analysis apparatus (120) comprising a first wireless communication device (210), for communication with a memory device (230) of a cassette (130) via a second wireless communication device (220) comprised in the cassette (130). The cassette (130) is insertable into the milk analysis apparatus (120) and comprises a predetermined number of milk analysis units (260a, 260b, 260c) for one-time usage. The control unit (240) is configured to determine a number of consumed milk analysis units (260a, 260b, 260c) during a milk analysis session; and transmit information related to the consumed number of milk analysis units (260a, 260b, 260c) during the milk analysis session, to the memory device (230) of the cassette (130), via the first wireless communication device (210), for storage in the memory device (230) of the cassette (130).

Abstract: A pet litter box includes a pad unit configured to form a defecation space; a load cell unit connected to the pad unit and configured to sense a weight applied to the defecation space; a solid material supply unit including a solid material storage unit that accommodates therein solid material to be supplied into the defecation space, a solid material feeder configured to discharge the solid material in the solid material storage unit to the defecation space and a solid material sensor configured to sense the amount of solid material accommodated in the solid material storage unit; and a controller configured to generate a solid material-shortage signal by determining whether or not there is a shortage of solid material based on results sensed by the solid material sensor and the load cell unit.

Abstract: A pet training pad, comprising an absorbent region; and a border region surrounding at least a portion of the absorbent region including a deformable reinforcement disposed within the border region; wherein the border region including the deformable reinforcement is convertible from a substantially flat configuration to an upright configuration such that the border region including the deformable reinforcement converts from the substantially flat configuration to the upright configuration; and wherein, when the border region including the deformable reinforcement converts from the substantially flat configuration to the upright configuration, the deformable reinforcement bends from the substantially flat configuration to the upright configuration and the border region forms an upright wall.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pet cage, including a cage body having a cage opening and a door body for covering the cage opening. The cage body is provided with a rotating shaft at one end of the cage opening and a hanging bar at the other end of the cage opening, the hanging bar and the rotating shaft are oppositely disposed. The door body is provided with a rotation portion on one side and a hook portion on the other side, the rotation portion includes a rotation groove, the hook portion includes a hook groove opposite to the rotation groove. The rotating shaft is configured to be sheathed inside the rotation groove so that the rotation portion is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft, and the hook portion is hooked to the hanging bar. The depth of the rotation groove is greater than the depth of the hook groove.

Abstract: Animal bed system that includes an odor-absorbing compartment. The animal bed itself may be made from springs, which construction may allow for the easy storage of odor-absorbing materials inside of the bed frame, as well as provide for sufficient airflow. The animal bed system may further include sheets having holes therein to facilitate access to the animal bed. Further, the animal bed may include removable bolsters or other support portions.

Abstract: An adjustable animal bowl stand. The adjustable animal bowl stand may comprise the following base components: a horizontal base having a hole and a plurality of bores, a fastener extending through the horizontal base, a plurality of legs secured in the bores, a shaft connected to the horizontal base via the fastener, an adjustable clasp slidably connected around the shaft, and at least one bowl holder supported by the adjustable clasp and slidably coupled to the shaft. The horizontal base has a hole through the horizontal base and a plurality of bores located around the perimeter of the horizontal base. The plurality of legs fit in the plurality of bores. The fastener extends through the hole in the horizontal base and connects with the shaft. The adjustable clasp fits around the shaft. The at least one bowl holder is configured to support the at least one bowl.

Abstract: An extruder screw-handling device for handling a screw of a food or land-or-sea-animal-feed extruder, the device being suitable for fully extracting an extruder screw from an extruder barrel, wherein the device has a horizontally arranged top section, a locking screw assembly and a guiding element. The present invention is furthermore related to a method of extracting an extruder screw from a food or land-or-sea-animal-feed extruder using the device.

Abstract: A system is described including a scale device for measuring weight of a food container, wherein one or more applications run on at least one processor of the scale device and are configured to detect weight of the food container and its contents using the scale device. The one of more applications are configured to detect a first weight measurement of the food container, wherein the first weight measurement includes weight of the food container and a first amount of food, to detect a second weight measurement of the food container, wherein the second weight measurement includes the weight of the food container, the first amount of food, and a second amount of food, wherein the second weight measurement is an updated weight measurement of the food container, to subsequently log weight measurements of the food container at time intervals, and to intermittently adjust and monitor the updated weight measurement.

Abstract: The present application discloses a pet toy. The pet toy comprises a body and a sound generator. The body comprises a tube hole. The sound generator is passed through the tube hole. The sound generator comprises a tube and a sound maker disposed inside the tube. The sound maker comprises a toning wedge and a reed. The toning wedge comprises at least one fixer. The reed comprises at least one reed tab coupled into the at least one fixer. The sound generator as above is also disclosed.

Abstract: To provide a pet diaper which can be worn in a suitable position and which can suppress leakage of excrement. [Solution] This pet diaper (1) comprises: a waste circumferential direction (W) which is arranged along the waist circumference of the pet; a crossing direction (Z) which is perpendicular to the waist circumference direction; a main body (2) which has a top sheet (10), a back sheet (20) and an absorbent core (30) arranged between the top sheet and the back sheet; and a joining part (40) which joins the back sheet side of the main body and the front sheet side of the main body. The absorbent core is arranged to the inside of the two ends of the main body in the waist circumference direction. This pet diaper has a guide part (50) which guides the wearing position of the pet diaper.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a damper and an anti-irritable tractor, which relates to the field of pet traction devices and solves the problems that the damper has a short service life and the tractor is easy to lose the anti-irritable effect. The damper comprises a magnetic component and a damping plate, which are magnetically adsorbed and synchronously rotate or stand still when the rotating speed of a winding reel is less than the set speed; when the rotating speed of the winding reel exceeds the set speed, either of the magnetic component and the damping plate is connected with the winding reel, and the other of the magnetic component and the damping plate is connected with a stationary part, and when the magnetic component and the damping plate rotate relatively, the magnetic adsorption force between the magnetic component and the damping plate forms the resistance to limit the rotation of the winding reel.

Abstract: A small animal harness comprising an elastically deformable forechest pouch for carrying a ball, snacks or other objects. The pouch is carried by a quadrilateral base member to which is attached a pair of flexible shoulder straps and a pair of flexible brisket straps whose ends converge over the animal's withers into a rigid connection plate so that the brisket straps are slidable within the plate and extend outwardly to be connected to a leash.

Abstract: An automated aquarium frozen fish food feeder has a housing containing a cooling device and a dispensing device. Frozen fish food cubes dispensed into a basket melt before being accessible to fish. Melted fish food exits through openings in the basket of a size that prevent dispersal of the frozen cubes. The device structure minimizes heat exchange with ambient air. A carousel rotates to place a food container periodically in registration with a food outlet. A mechanism opens the bottom surface of the food container and dispenses food through the outlet aperture. The carousel surface is treated with friction-free coating. The carousel is removable from the carousel chamber for cleaning or filling. Different carousels are provided each dedicated to a particular size of frozen food cubes. The carousel chamber is included in a drawer below the cooling device for easy access for cleaning and for inserting selected carousels.

Abstract: A novel fishing lure that includes a component to secure bait to the hook and to reduce the likelihood of the bait falling off the hook during the course of a fishing activity. The lure includes a body, a hook and a bait securing arm that cooperate to secure the bait to the hook.

Abstract: Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.

Abstract: A robotic sensor and manipulation platform for farming is disclosed, having a robotic base and one or more exchangeable robotic sensing and manipulation tips deployable from the robotic base to commanded positions in a plant growth area. The robotic sensing and manipulation tips having a plurality of sensors adapted to detect and monitor plant health and growth conditions, and a computer-based control system configured analyze sensor data and provide analyzed results to the farmer or producer.

Abstract: A trap has a housing including an entrance. Internally, the trap has a trigger structure including a trigger plate and a latch mechanism, coupled with the housing; and a pivoting structure pivotally coupled with the housing and adapted to releasably engage with the latch mechanism of the trigger structure. When the trap is triggered by a rodent, the pivoting structure disengages from the latch mechanism and the pivoting structure pivots towards a rear wall of the housing and the trigger plate, and the trigger plate pivots toward the pivoting structure, moving the rodent against towards the rear wall of the housing and trapping the rodent between the pivoting structure and the rear wall. Once the trap is triggered, the rodent is contained and in most cases, killed, within the trap.

Abstract: A hang-on tree stand having a frame and an assembly pivotally connected to and supported by the frame, the frame being free of cables. The assembly has a platform removably connected to the assembly.

Abstract: An extendable hunting stand includes a post assembly and a platform assembly. The post assembly includes multiple posts, and includes an outer post having an upper end defining an opening, an inner post telescopically arranged within the outer post. The inner post is configured to extend through the opening at the upper end of the outer post. The platform assembly is movable between a lower end and an upper end of the inner post. A lifting assembly automatically moves the platform assembly along the inner post between the lower end and the upper end of the inner post.

Abstract: A simpler and lower-cost method and associated hardware are described for recovering biopharmaceutical products from cell factories in higher yields by a liquid nitrogen-based pre-treatment of cell factories followed by gentler disintegration of cellular factories by tunable, pressurizing and de-pressurizing cycle with gaseous nitrogen. The cell factories are heterologous expression systems and could be based on plant cells, mammalian cells, algal cells, yeast cells or even bacterial cells. The pre-treatment step with liquid nitrogen softens the tougher cell wall structures thus enabling cells to be disrupted relatively easily during the gaseous nitrogen-based pressurizing/depressurizing cycle. This invention can enhance the yield of biopharmaceutical products from expression systems and reduce the overall cycle-time and further down-stream processing and polishing cost of biopharmaceutical products.

Abstract: A cryopreservative composition includes a sugar component with a total concentration of sugar components in the composition of 300 mM or less; a sugar alcohol component, with a total concentration of sugar alcohol components in the composition of 2 M or less; and at least one of a polymer component and albumin, with the proviso that the composition includes less than a cryopreservative amount of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). A method of cryopreserving a cell includes adding a cell to the cryopreservative composition; freezing the composition; storing the frozen composition; thawing the composition; removing the cell from the thawed composition; and culturing the cell under conditions effective for the cell to remain viable. The freezing may include cooling at a rate of 0.1° C./min to 5° C./min. The method may be performed without a washing step after thawing.

Abstract: A cryopreservation composition generally includes a cryoprotective agent and a laser absorber that includes a metal. Rewarming a cryopreserved specimen that includes the cryopreservation composition includes subjecting the cryopreserved specimen to a laser pulse effective to heat the laser absorber sufficiently to thaw the cryopreserved biospecimen.

Abstract: A fungicidal oil liquid formulation comprising: a) at least one dithiocarbamate fungicide; b) at least one co-fungicide selected from the group consisting of triazole fungicides and strobilurin fungicides; and c) an agrochemically acceptable non-aqueous liquid carrier; wherein the dithiocarbamate fungicide is suspended in the liquid carrier; wherein the triazole fungicide and the strobilurin fungicide are dissolved in the liquid carrier; and wherein the liquid carrier optionally comprises an adjuvant.

Abstract: Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of microbial control in water comprising adding to the water one or more bromine-based biocide(s) and cis-2-decenoic acid or a salt thereof. Compositions in the form of liquid concentrates comprising bromine-based biocides and cis-2-decenoic acid or a salt thereof are also described.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as fungicides.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions such as aqueous herbicidal concentrate compositions and application mixtures are described. In particular, the present invention relates to various aqueous herbicidal compositions comprising a combination of acidic herbicides formulated as certain amine salts. The present invention also relates to various processes for preparing and using these herbicidal compositions.

Abstract: Biocide compositions comprising organic acyl halosulfonamides and methods for their use. The inherent stability provided by the molecular structure and enhanced penetration due to reductions in surface tension provides superior biocidal efficacy and overall application performance compared to traditional oxidizing biocides.

Abstract: A microparticle composition comprising saflufenacil, wherein saflufenacil is present in the form of microparticles, which comprise solid saflufenacil, which is surrounded or embedded by an aminoplast polymer, which is a polycondensation product of one or more amino compounds and one or more aldehydes, and further comprising at least one lignin based sulfonic acid A, such as lignosulfonic acid, ethoxylated lignosulfonic acid or oxidized lignins, wherein said lignosulfonic acid A has an average molar weight MW of at least 10,000 Da.

Abstract: The present invention relates to active compound combinations comprising Fluopyram, at least one fungicide (B) selected from the group of inhibitors of the respiratory chain at complex I or II and at least one further fungicide (C) selected from the group of specified inhibitors of the respiratory chain at complex III, to compositions comprising such compound combination, and to the use thereof as biologically active agents, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of industrial materials.

Abstract: Disclosed are an oxazoline compound, a synthesis method therefor and an application thereof. The oxazoline compound has a structure represented by formula (I), wherein in the formula (I), R is selected from groups represented by formula (I-1), formula (I-2), and formula (I-3), where an oxazoline derivative having a novel molecular structure is obtained by introducing a nitrogen heterocycle, an ether bond or a sulfonate structure into the oxazoline compound. The oxazoline derivative is useful in the field of agricultural protection, and has higher acaricidal activity than etoxazole, can inhibit the synthesis of chitin from mites, and can effectively control the embryogenesis and development of eggs of Tetranychus cinnabarinus, as well as the ecdysis process from larvae to adults, and therefore has a significant effect in killing mite eggs and larvae.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of octylisothiazolinone has been found to be useful for delivering OIT to wood for protecting the wood from fungal discoloration. The OIT dispersion can be applied to the wood to develop a protective barrier of preservative relatively at or near the exterior surface of the woodpiece.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for plant, comprising 6-benzyl aminopurine (6-BAP), a fatty acid as a solvent, and an emulsifier, to an emulsifiable concentrate formulation (EC) for producing an oil-in-water emulsifiable concentrate or an oil-in-water emulsifiable concentrate using the same, to a method for preparing the compositions, to a plant growth or development regulating method, or to a fruit thinning method.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a water-soluble granule compositions comprising 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (“ACC”), a filler selected from the group consisting of lactose, dextrose, sucrose or a mixture thereof, one or more wetting agents selected from the group consisting of a non-ionic ethoxylated sorbitan, a polyoxyethylene glycol alkyl ether and an anionic dioctyl sulfosuccinate, one or more binders selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and a lignosulfonate and one or more organosilicon surfactants selected from the group consisting of a polyalkyleneoxide modified heptamethyltrisiloxane and a polyether trisiloxane.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for preparing stable 1-amino-1- cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (“ACC”) water-soluble granules comprising the steps of mixing a composition comprising ACC and water at a concentration ratio at about 2.0:1 or less to create a wet mass, extruding the wet mass to create an extrudate and drying the extrudate to create the water-soluble ACC granules, wherein the concentration of ACC and water is weight by total weight of the wet mass. The present invention is further directed to ACC granules produced by processes of the present invention.

Abstract: Herbicidal concentrate compositions containing glyphosate salts and tank mix compositions containing a combination of glyphosate salt and dicamba salt herbicides are described. A method of preparing a tank mix composition comprising a glyphosate component and a dicamba component is also described. The method includes combining a glyphosate concentrate composition, a dicamba composition comprising one or more salts of dicamba and dilution water to form the tank mix composition. The glyphosate concentrate composition comprises a glyphosate salt selected from the group consisting of the monoethanolamine salt, the potassium salt, and mixtures thereof at a glyphosate loading of at least about 240 grams acid equivalent per liter (g a.e./l), and the pH of a 5 wt. % acid equivalent dilution of the glyphosate concentrate composition is from about 5 to about 6.5.

Abstract: An anti-microbial formulation for seed and crop application includes about 170 ppm hypochlorous acid; about 25 ppm hypochlorite ion; about 2.5 ppm ozone; about 2.5 ppm chlorine dioxide; between about 10 ppm and about 100,000 ppm alkyl polyglycoside; and a remainder of water. A method of manipulating the pH of the formulation and a method of treating seeds and crops with the formulation to restrict or eliminate microbial growth and proliferation is also described herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiviral dispersion liquid, a method for producing the same, and an antiviral formed product. This dispersion liquid contains copper compound fine particles and a stabilizer in a non-aqueous solvent, and the copper compound fine particles are coated with fatty acid. The copper compound fine particles are dispersed in a dispersion medium homogeneously and stably, thereby to exhibit efficiently the antiviral properties of the copper compound fine particles.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to antimicrobial glass compositions, glasses and articles. The articles include a glass, which may include a glass phase and a cuprite phase. In other embodiments, the glasses include as plurality of Cu1+ ions, a degradable phase including B2O3, P2O5 and K2O and a durable phase including SiO2. Other embodiments include glasses having a plurality of Cu1+ ions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The article may also include a polymer. The glasses and articles disclosed herein exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomomas aeruginosa bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing condition and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides an algicidal composition comprising Shewanella strain IRI-160 or a filtrate of a Shewanella strain IRI-160 culture, a matrix and a medium. The Shewanella strain IRI-160 or the filtrate is immobilized to the matrix. Also provided are methods for preparing the algicidal composition and using the algicidal composition for inhibiting growth of a dinoflagellate.

Abstract: Microbial compositions for application to plants, plant parts and plant seeds are provided for improvement of plant yield and/or other beneficial plant traits. Methods of making and applying microbial compositions or formulations to plants, plant parts or plant seeds or to growth media are further provided to increase or improve plant yield and/or other beneficial plant traits.

Abstract: A composition in the form of a tablet for neutralizing toilet odor and preventing bacterial growth comprising proteolytic enzymes (protease) and a complex of sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, and a surfactant for foaming, as well as EDTA disodium (Trilon B), sodium percarbonate, dye, and fragrance.

Abstract: A method for increasing the softness and the relaxation of a dough comprising a) adding at least one endopeptidase having at least 60% identity to SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2 to flour or to a dough comprising a flour, wherein no L-cystein and/or sodium metabisulfite is added to the dough; b) kneading the dough; and c) making the dough into an edible product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tubular, seamless, biaxially stretched, smoke-permeable and water vapour-permeable, colouristically neutral and transparent, single-layer food casing formed from a mixture including 50 to 95% by weight of aliphatic (co)polyamide, 3 to 40% by weight of at least one vinyl (co)polymer having units of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and 1.5 to 7.0% by weight of at least one aliphatic diol and/or aliphatic polyol, based in each case on the weight of the mixture. The diol and/or polyol is homogeneously distributed in a matrix formed by the aliphatic (co)polyamide. The food casing is produced by an extrusion method with biaxial tube stretching and subsequent heat-setting. It is particularly suitable as synthetic sausage casing, especially for raw sausage, such as salami or mettwurst.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mechanical system for providing a food product on a sheet of paper. The disclosed mechanical system includes an adjustable conveyor belt system that is configured to enable a puck of food product to land up-right. The angle (e.g., slope) of the adjustable conveyor belt system can be adjusted to account for variations in the size and shape of the puck. The disclosed mechanical system also includes a flattener that is configured to provide memory to the pressed pucks.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel method for rendering slaughtered poultry (mainly chicken and turkey) kosher following the Jewish Kashrut laws. More particularly, the method concerns the salting and washing processes the slaughtered poultry go through prior to packaging and marketing as Kosher foods. During the novel koshering process the birds are hung on stripes, keeping them from touching and salting each other. The end product of the disclosed method of the current application is a Kosher bird that contains less salt, compared to other traditional standard koshering techniques.

Abstract: Soft cooked egg products having a runny yolk are prepared by removing the eggs from their shells; cooking so that the egg white has a temperature of no more than about 175° F. and the egg yolk has a temperature of no more than about 150° F.; cooling the egg to an internal temperature of 75° F. or less; sealing the egg in a package; and pasteurizing. Alternatively the shell-less eggs are packaged sealed in a package and cooked so that the egg white has a temperature of no more than about 175° F. and the egg yolk has an internal temperature of no more than about 150° F. The processes are carried out under processing conditions such that the pasteurized, cooked, packaged eggs have runny yolks. Products made by this process are also described.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a method for suppressing greening of potatoes after harvest. [Solution] A method that comprises: a first step for simultaneously irradiating far-red light and light in a wavelength range other than the far-red light range to post-harvest potatoes; and a second step which involves one time period wherein the far-red light alone is irradiated to the potatoes and another time period wherein neither the far-red light nor the light in a wavelength range other than the far-red light range is irradiated thereto.