Abstract: The disclosure provides systems and methods for automatically and noninvasively analyzing livestock health, wherein to determine at least one of a body composition indicator or a pose indicator based on the data acquired from the camera; store the body composition indicator or pose indicator in a data record associated with the animal of interest; and provide the body composition indicator or pose indicator to a neural network trained to predict an animal outcome for animals of a similar species to the animal of interest.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a novel beehive solar heater which can be incorporated into any Langstroth style hive (square boxes) easily for the winter season. It is attachable and detachable. No modifications, meaning permanent physical changes to the hive are required. Winter, and the stress due to cold, is the number one killer of beehives in the United States. This novel beehive solar heater, which is easily installed onto a beehive, can eliminate most of the stress that cause hives to die in colder winter regions. It will reduce or eliminate moisture in the beehive and provide the heat necessary for the bees to relocate their cluster to find feed as required.

Abstract: A bee cup includes a bowl, a stem, and an ultraviolet pattern. The bowl is configured to capture water for bees to drink. The stem is attached to an outside surface of a bowl and configured to support the bowl. The ultraviolet pattern is applied to an inside surface of the bowl. The ultraviolet pattern includes a center portion of a non-ultraviolet color, and alternating ultraviolet and non-ultraviolet concentric rings around the center portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the production of seafood in a closed-loop multitrophic aquaculture system comprising the steps of: (A) culturing phytoplankton in a medium, wherein said medium is irradiated with light; (B) transferring such cultured phytoplankton to a medium for culturing zooplankton; (C) transferring such cultured zooplankton to a medium for culturing seafood; and (D) transferring a part of the medium of step (C) as nutritient to the medium of step (A), thereby creating a closed loop, wherein steps (A) to (D) are carried out in a closed system, in which free gas exchange with the environment is prevented. The invention further provides an apparatus for carrying out this process.

Abstract: A wave transmission control device to control a transmitter to form a sound field in water includes processing circuitry to, when detection information is input from a sensor to detect an organism in water, determine a characteristic of the organism and a distribution state for every characteristic using the detection information, to acquire sound information based on the characteristic by referring to a database in which a characteristic of an organism and sound information are associated with each other, and to determine a sound output condition in such a manner that a distribution state changes from the distribution state which is set for the characteristic received before processing starts and to cause the transmitter to output a sound based on sound information using the output condition.

Abstract: A fishing rod reel seat according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a reel seat main body on which a reel leg placing portion on which a reel leg is placed is formed, a cylindrical moving hood that is guided by an outer surface of the reel seat main body and is movable along an axial direction of the reel seat main body, and a cylindrical fixing nut that is provided on the outer surface of the reel seat main body and holds a position of the moving hood in the axial direction, in which the fixing nut comprises an engaging portion and an engaged portion, and the fixing nut is made detachable from the reel seat main body by releasing engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion.

Abstract: A fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to include a spool capable of winding a fishing line, an operation portion that winds the fishing line, a fishing line unwinding commencement detector that detects the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line by the fishing reel, and an unwinding interval measuring portion that measures a time interval between the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line and the commencement of the next unwinding of the fishing line.

Abstract: A spool braking device of a fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a spool rotatably mounted on a reel body on which a fishing line at one end of which a lure is attached is wound so as to be unwound, a spool brake that is provided on the spool and the reel body and that brakes the spool, and a spool braking force controller connected to the spool brake and capable of controlling a braking force by the spool brake, wherein the spool braking force controller is configured to change the braking force by the spool brake based on a set value of the braking force corresponding to the lure information.

Abstract: An electrical transmission line cable suited for a variety of applications, including as a fishing line in a video fishing system. The electrical transmission line cable has a first conductor and a second conductor forming an electrical transmission line; a jacket containing the first conductor and the second conductor; and a transmission line primary dielectric element separating the first conductor and the second conductor, wherein the primary dielectric element is at least one of textile yarns, fiber yarns, or monofilaments. The electrical transmission line may be in a balanced configuration or an unbalanced configuration.

Abstract: As a farming machine travels through a field of plants, the farming machine accesses an image of a field including a plant and receives sensor signals from one or more sensors coupled to the farming machine. The farming machine applies the image and sensor signals to a computer model to determine a spatial relationship between a treatment mechanism of the farming machine and the plant. Determining the spatial relationship produces an uncertainty measurement for an expected position of the treatment mechanism respective to an expected position of the plant. The farming machine adjusts a treatment buffer based on the uncertainty measurement. The farming machine treats the plant in the field by applying the plant treatment to the plant based on the treatment buffer.

Abstract: A farming machine is configured to identify a plant from a captured image and select two or more treatment mechanisms to treat the plant. To do so, the farming machine identifies characteristics of the plant, determines a treatment for the plant, and determines the available treatment mechanisms. The farming machine determines which combination of treatment mechanisms will apply the determined treatment to the plant and actuates that combination of treatment mechanisms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of vibration and/or shock data measured in a rechargeable trap during activation of the trap's killing means to identify the size and/or species of a target animal killed during said activation.

Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system comprising a tub, a cover, a wick, and a diffuser cap. The tub defines a cavity. The tub is constructed to hold a liquid in the cavity. The tub comprises a top ring. The cover is constructed to be coupled to the top ring of the tub. The cover defines an aperture. The wick is constructed to convey a liquid via diffusion. The diffuser cap comprises a central stem. The central stem is constructed to engage with the wick. The diffuser cap is constructed to vent vapor conveyed to the diffuser cap via the wick.

Abstract: A hunting cart assembly includes a cart that includes a first frame which is pivotally coupled to a second frame such that the cart is positionable between a folded position for storage and an unfolded position for utilization. A pair of wheels is each rotatably disposed on the second frame to roll along a support surface. A pair of motors is each integrated into a respective one of the wheels. Each of the motors rotates the respective wheel in a first direction when the motors are turned on to urge the cart along the support surface. A lever is pivotally coupled to a respective one of the handles and the lever is in communication with the pair of motors. Each of the motors is turned on when the lever is urged into an actuating condition and each of the motors is turned off when the lever is biased into a de-actuating condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of animal lifts. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vehicle-mountable game animal lift device that is primarily comprised of a vertical mast, at least one winch, at least one cable, and at least one hanging bar. The device is durable and made of metal such that it can retain the weight of large game animals and hold them steadily to the device. The device is also comprised of a winch that can easily lift an animal from the ground. In this manner, the device can be attached to any ATV or utility vehicle known in the art such that an individual may lift and transport any fallen game animal out of a hunting area without the assistance of others.

Abstract: The present invention provides peptoid polymers capable of reducing or inhibiting the formation of ice crystals at sub 0° C. temperatures. Also provided are peptoid-peptide hybrids comprising the peptoid polymers provided herein. The peptoid polymers and peptoid-peptide hybrids provided herein are useful for making cryoprotectant solutions. The peptoid polymers, peptoid-peptide hybrids, and cryoprotectant solutions provided herein are useful for making antifreeze solutions, frozen food products, and cosmetic care products. Also provided herein are methods for preserving a tissue, an organ, a cell, or a biological macromolecule using the compositions described herein.

Abstract: A cell freezing composition according to the present invention includes a medium, an antifreezing agent, and dissolved hydrogen.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hypothermic preserving diluent, a hypothermic preserving method of Plectropomus leopardus semen, and an application thereof, belonging to the technical field of artificial breeding of Plectropomus leopardus, where the hypothermic preserving diluent includes the following components in parts by weight: 3.5 parts of sodium chloride, 1.68 parts of sodium bicarbonate, 2 parts of potassium chloride, 2 parts of reduced glutathione, 0.44 parts of glucose, and 10 parts of fetal bovine serum (FBS), and the Plectropomus leopardus semen is diluted with the diluent according to a dilution ratio of 1:9-1:99, and preserved at 0-4 degree Celsius (° C.).

Abstract: Vial assemblies comprise a tubular body and a cap, the cap including a first portion configured to abut a lip of an open end of the tubular body, a threaded portion configured to couple to threading on an internal surface of the tubular body, and a second portion protruding from the threaded portion and extending into a cavity of the tubular body. Methods for storing and removing frozen samples from such vial assemblies are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel selective herbicidal active compound combinations which comprise substituted isoxazolincarboxamides or agrochemical acceptable salts thereof and cloquintocet-mexyl and which can be used with particularly good results for the selective control of weeds in various crops of useful plants.

Abstract: This invention is generally related to develop engineered nanobubbles to deliver sanitizers, and antimicrobials to microorganisms in water, contact surfaces as biofilm, wound, and food material, as well as synergetic combinations development with other processing technologies. The invention provides opportunity for reducing pathogenic bacteria rapidly and more effectively, with less chemical application.

Abstract: Mesh materials for the controlled release of antimicrobial and antiviral compounds, with high antiviral activity and efficacy, predominantly against coronavirus, and a method for producing mesh materials with inclusion compounds of bisbiguanide:cyclodextrin, using mesh materials selected from polymers, fibers, nonwoven fabric, fabrics, paper and cellulose, individually or in combination, or a combination of one or more of these mesh materials with adhesives. The mesh materials impregnated, extruded, saturated, coated or laminated with inclusion compounds have been shown to be effective in the deactivation/destruction of viral particles. In fabrics, the inclusion compounds exhibited virucidal activity for all of the viruses in the coronavirus group for contact times of above 2 minutes, with the effect thereof lasting for more than 30 days. The mesh materials for controlled release of antivirals have displayed activity which is up to 1000 times more effective than the use of unencapsulated chlorhexidine.

Abstract: Termicidal compositions to control insects consisting of cold pressed orange oil with a high concentration D-Limonene of at least 80% and consisting of an acrylic lacquer, for protective repellents against termite infestation, are provided. The preferred termicidal compositions to control insects consist of cold pressed orange oil with a high concentration D-Limonene of at least 80%, an acrylic lacquer, boric acid, and water.

Abstract: A formulation and a composition that comprises it for promoting the pollination of pear crops (Pyrus) by biasing the foraging preferences of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). The formulation comprises the compounds limonene, linalool and ?-pinene. Additionally, a method for targeting the bees' pollination activity towards the pear crops by using the formulation comprising the compounds limonene, linalool and ?-pinene.

Abstract: A disinfectant method and device produces a disinfectant smoke. The smoke contains reaction products of the initiator compound, sometimes with an additional disinfectant agent. A composition for the non-pyrotechnic generation of the smoke includes a monomer that exothermically polymerizes, an initiator, and a disinfectant agent. A non-pyrotechnic method of generating disinfectant-containing smoke is provided, which includes initiating a frontal polymerization reaction (FPR) in a composition for the non-pyrotechnic generation of disinfectant-containing smoke, and generating disinfectant smoke. A method of disinfecting an area is provided, involving initiating an FPR to generate disinfectant smoke, and exposing the area to the smoke for a period of time sufficient to achieve disinfection.

Abstract: An engineered crystalline structure created from a solution containing silica dioxide that is applied on a surface and dries forming a barrier coating on the treated surface. The formed of the barrier coating has proven to be an effective antimicrobial barrier solely with inert ingredients. Moreover, the established barrier has been shown to eradicate SARS-CoV-2 within two hours without chemical intervention. When applied to a surface and allowed to dry, a 4-6 nm crystalline-like layer of silica dioxide bonds covalently to the surface. The crystalline-like structures making up the “new” surface are invisible to the naked eye but can be observed via a high-powered electronic microscope. Once silica dioxide is applied to a surface, the crystalline-like structures contain spikes that penetrate the outer membranes and protein coats of microorganisms, rendering them dead in the case of bacteria and fungi or inactive in the case of viruses.

Abstract: Provided is a disinfectant composition exhibiting high disinfecting ability even if containing no disinfecting base agents that have conventionally been widely used or containing the disinfecting base agents in a reduced amount. The disinfectant composition contains an internal olefin sulfonate with 8 or more and 24 or less carbons; one or more organic acids selected from monocarboxylic acids, hydroxy acids, and dicarboxylic acids; and water.

Abstract: Methods and systems for temperature-controlled, on-site generation of peracids, namely peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxycarboxylic acid forming compositions are disclosed. In particular, methods for using an adjustable biocide formulator or generator system overcome the limitations of temperature on the kinetics of the peracid generation and/or peracid decomposition inside an adjustable biocide formulator or generator system. The methods include the controlling of the temperature of at least one raw starting material, namely water, to improve upon methods of on-site generation of peracids. The methods allow for the generation of user-selected chemistry without regard to the ambient temperatures of the raw starting materials and/or the biocide formulator or generator system.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for increasing a growth characteristic of a plant, increasing nutrient use efficiency of a plant, or improving a plant’s ability to overcome biotic or abiotic stress comprising applying a composition comprising mixed linked ?-1,3/?-1,4 glucans (MLGs) to a plant, plant part, propagation material of the plant, or to the soil, hydroponic solution or growth media in which a target plant is growing.

Abstract: Modulation of inward potassium ion conductance with structurally diverse small-molecules in the arthropod salivary gland induces arthropod salivary gland failure that results in a reduction or elimination in the ability of the arthropod to feed. Administering Kir channel inhibitors reduces food intake, increases feeding time, reduces salivary gland secretion, induces mortality, and reduces transmission of vector-borne pathogens. Kir channel inhibitors induce these adverse effects in ticks, mosquitoes, horn flies, and aphids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pesticidal active mixture comprising thietanyloxy compound of formula (I), oxides or a salt thereof, wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined in the description, and at least one insecticidally active compound (II) or at least one fungicidally active compound (III).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pesticidal active mixture comprising pyrazolopyridine anthranilamide compound of formula (I), oxides or a salt thereof, wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, Z and E are as defined in the description, and at least one insecticidally active compound (II) or at least one fungicidally active compound (III).

Abstract: A fungicidal composition comprising a mixture of components (A) and (B), wherein components (A) and (B) are as defined in claim 1, and use of the compositions in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.

Abstract: Compositions for improving plant health, the compositions comprising at least one water-soluble pesticide and at least one non-herbicidal water-insoluble agrochemical, are described. Also described are processes for preparing the compositions and methods of improving agronomic crop plant health using the compositions.

Abstract: Abstract: A method for reducing variation in whole plant nitrogen includes providing, to a locus,a plurality of crop plants and a plurality of nitrogen fixing microbes that colonize the rhizosphere of said plurality of crop plants and supply the plants with fixed N. The variation in whole plant nitrogen of the plurality of crop plants colonized by said nitrogen fixing microbes, at a given growth stage and as measured across the locus, is lower than a variation in whole plant nitrogen of a control plurality of crop plants, when the control plurality of crop plants is provided to the locus.

Abstract: Microbial compositions for application to plants, plant parts and plant seeds are provided for improvement of plant disease resistance and/or other beneficial plant traits, particularly resistance or tolerance to soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) caused by a Fusarium species and/or disease caused by a Pythium species. 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 disease resistance and/or other beneficial plant traits.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of plant pests control, in particular to use of Penicillium ehrlichii Z19 in controlling plant pests, and a control method. The Penicillium ehrlichii Z19 has a deposit number of CCTCC NO: M 2021635. The Penicillium ehrlichii Z19 has a desirable insecticidal activity against lepidopteran pests, especially has a 7-day insecticidal effect of not less than 80% on Helicoverpa armigera, Plutella xylostella, Ectropis obliqua, and Spodoptera exigua. In addition, compared with traditional chemical control methods, the method for controlling pests using the Penicillium ehrlichii Z19 in the present disclosure can control the plant pests in a safe, efficient and pollution-free manner. Therefore, the method reduces pollutions to ecological environment, improves quality and safety of agricultural products, and protects human health.

Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising one more components derived from essential oils and their use for sanitizing or disinfecting environments.

Abstract: The invention provides doughs for a baked- or par-baked yeast-raised product, said doughs comprising added pulse and/or legume protein and at least one added lipase enzyme, as well as methods of producing such doughs, the methods comprising the steps of adding pulse and/or legume protein and at least one lipase enzyme to the doughs, and methods of producing baked or par-baked yeast-raised products comprising pulse and/or legume protein, the methods comprising the steps of providing a dough of the invention and baking or par-baking the yeast-raised dough, and finally also uses of enzyme compositions comprising at least one lipase enzyme for maintaining or improving the volume of a baked or par-baked yeast-raised product made from doughs comprising pulse and/or legume protein.

Abstract: A confectionary mix may include: 20 to 60 mass % of a rice flour containing 40 mass % or more of a brown rice flour; and 10 to 50 mass % of a processed starch. The processed starch may be one or more of a crosslinked starch, an etherified crosslinked starch, and an acetylated starch. A method for producing a confectionary may include preparing a dough using the confectionary mix.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an aerated batter, the aerated batter prepared by the method, a cake obtainable by baking the aerated batter, the use of a protein source comprising beta-lactoglobulin in an aerated batter, a powder composition comprising the protein source comprising BLG and a method of producing the powder composition.

Abstract: A cooked, bread like product is provided. The product is formed initially as a pourable batter that has an increasing consistency with time, effected by the use of a fast acting hydrocolloid in combination with a slow acting hydrocolloid and proofing. The cooked product can be used in combination with a topping to form a product like a pizza.

Abstract: A crab processor is adapted to be supported by a bucket defining a rim and an inner diameter, the crab processor comprising a main portion, a first support portion, and a second support portion. The first and second portions are attached to the main portion such that the first and second support portions define first and second portions of the main portion and a distance defined by the second portion of the main portion is less than the inner diameter of the bucket. The first and second support portions engage the rim of the bucket to support the crab processor in a desired orientation relative to the bucket.

Abstract: A combination cooking apparatus that combines a reverse flow indirect-heat smoker with a pellet fuel heat grill in a single cooking chamber having a smoke tunnel, for smoke developed by the indirect smoker heat source on a first side of the cooking chamber to pass laterally to an opposing second side of the cooking chamber adjacent the pellet fuel heat source. A smokestack disposed on the second side communicates with the external environment, enabling reverse flow functionality of the smoke of the indirect smoker heat source as it is redirected back toward the smokestack. A movable chamber flap operatively associated with the smoke tunnel to be movable between an open condition and a closed condition so that a user can select an indirect heat associated with pellet fuel or an indirect heat associated with the indirect smoker heat source, respectively, within the cooking chamber.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation and a method for improving ring rot resistance of apple fruits and belongs to the technical field of plant disease resistance. Resistance of apple fruits to ring rot may be significantly improved by soaking the fruits with a sorbitol solution. Moreover, the sorbitol solution is effective to multiple varieties; the barrier in control of ring rot through chemical pesticides and the like may be overcome; and pollution of the pesticides and the like to the ecological environment is greatly decreased, thereby decreasing losses caused by occurrence of apple ring rot in a maturation period or a storage period.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems that enable real-time, continuous reduction in the rate of degradation of oils used to fry foods. The disclosed methods and systems accomplish this by reducing the rate of accumulation of undesirable oil breakdown byproducts, keeping the levels of these undesirable compounds below those at which food quality is negatively impacted and oil degradation accelerates. The disclosed methods and systems thus enable improved frying oil lifetimes, decreased frying oil consumption, greater consistency in fried food quality, and/or improvements in worker safety relative to conventional frying methods.

Abstract: The present invention provides a product comprising: a) a tea component, b) FeBisglycinate; and c) Na2H2EDTA.

Abstract: A method for production of a cocoa powder substitute includes: drying a spent coffee ground material, previously utilized in a coffee brewing process, to a moisture content of less than 10% by mass to produce a dried spent coffee ground material; extracting oil from the dried spent coffee ground material to produce a coffee flour material characterized by a fat content of less than 5% by mass; milling the coffee flour material to an average particle size of less than 250 microns; and flavoring the coffee flour material to produce a cocoa-homologous flavor in the coffee flour material.

Abstract: A fluid mixture, for example, a chocolate-based mixture, is dosed and fed to forming moulds through two cavities arranged on diametrically opposite sides of a longitudinal axis and having respective opposite inlets. The cavities are rotated in unison and in a stepwise manner around a longitudinal axis between an inlet opening for the mixture and an outlet opening for the mixture and dosed while keeping the volume of both cavities unchanged. One of the cavities is filled with a predefined quantity of fluid mixture and the other cavity is simultaneously emptied while keeping the cavities in angularly fixed positions around the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A reduced emulsifier or emulsifier-free chocolate composition and a method of manufacturing a reduced emulsifier or emulsifier-free chocolate composition. The reduced emulsifier or emulsifier-free chocolate compositions have a maximum packing fraction greater than that of an equivalent, traditionally manufactured chocolate, whilst having substantially the same viscosity as the equivalent, traditionally manufactured chocolate, in order to provide a healthier alternative.