Abstract: A liquid-tight case includes a housing to enclose a tissue device, which has a first channel network and a second channel network in fluidic communication with the first channel network. The liquid-tight case also includes a first inlet port, a second inlet port, and at least one outlet port. The first inlet port is formed at or coupled with the housing, and configured to be in fluidic communication with the first channel network of the tissue device. The second inlet port is formed at or coupled with the housing, and configured to be in fluidic communication with the second channel network of the tissue device. The at least one outlet port is formed at or coupled with the housing. The liquid-tight case allows the tissue device to have more flexible and more complex design with more suitable or modified materials for cell migration and tissue formation.

Abstract: In a method of ventilating excised lungs, a ventilation gas is supplied to an airway of a lung and a vacuum is formed around the lung. A quality of the vacuum is varied between a lower level and a higher level to cause the lung to breathe, while the pressure of the ventilation gas supplied to the airway is regulated to maintain a positive airway pressure in the airway of the lung. The vacuum may be cyclically varied between the two vacuum levels. The levels may be maintained substantially constant over a period of time, or one or both of the lower and higher levels may be adjusted during ventilation. The lung may be placed in a sealed chamber, and a vacuum is formed in the chamber around the lung.

Abstract: Human corneal endothelial cells and/or human corneal endothelial precursor cells are preserved with a high survival rate of these cells being maintained, and the occurrence rate of contaminated cells in post-preservation culturing is suppressed. A storage method of human corneal endothelial cells and/or human corneal endothelial precursor cells is characterized in that human corneal endothelial cells and/or human corneal endothelial precursor cells that have been cultured using a culture medium that contains a ROCK inhibitor, and in which the content of epidermal growth factor (EGF) is less than a concentration that will cause a transformation are harvested at a timing when any one of or a plurality of the conditions (a)˜(d) have been met, and are placed in a suspension state and then preserved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising ethoxylated polyols, an agrochemical formulation comprising said composition, and the use thereof in agriculture. Additionally, the present invention also describes methods for increasing water and nutrient availability and for improving pest control in plants and seeds.

Abstract: A nanoparticle for use within a composition for treating tomatoes as well as other agricultural products comprises: (1) a first shell layer comprising a leachant permeable base material in addition to a multi-valent metal (i.e., typically copper) material; and (2) a second shell layer comprising a Quat material. Due to the multi-valent metal material and the Quat, the nanoparticle and the composition provide superior performance when treating tomatoes.

Abstract: A composition, lethal to a broad spectrum of microorganisms and capable of repeated applications to hard surfaces, includes solvent and solute components. The solvent component includes water and a lesser amount of at least one organic liquid, while the solute component includes a weak acid, a conjugate base of that acid, an oxidizing electrolyte, and an ionic surfactant. The composition is acidic but has a pH of at least 2.5 and an effective solute concentration of at least 2.5 Osm/L.

Abstract: A topical mosquito repellent and sunscreen product includes active and inert ingredients. The active ingredients include geraniol, clove oil, and rosemary oil. The inert ingredients include water, mineral oil, zinc oxide, beeswax, monolaurin, triethyl citrate, zeolite, lecithin, and xanthan gum. The mosquito repellent and sunscreen composition is provided as a lotion.

Abstract: The objective of the invention is to provide a plant activator with superior plant growth-promoting effect and low toxicity and soil contamination. A plant activator comprising, as an active ingredient, a hydroxy fatty acid derivative of general formula (I) and/or (II): HOOC—(R1)—CH(OH)—CH(OH)—CH?CH—CH(OH)—R2??(I), HOOC—(R1)—CH(OH)—CH?CH—CH(OH)—CH(OH)—R2??(II), (wherein, R1 is a straight or branched hydrocarbon group with 4 to 12 carbon atoms, optionally comprises one or more double bonds and/or OH groups, and the position of the double bond is not limited, provided that the double bond is comprised, and R2 is a straight or branched hydrocarbon group with 2 to 8 carbon atoms, optionally comprises one or more double bonds and/or OH groups, and the position of the double bond is not limited, provided that the double bond is comprised) or a salt or an ester thereof.

Abstract: Methods of performing sanitary procedures in a defined space are disclosed that comprise; introducing to said space a foam comprising a foaming agent and a gas; adjunctively to introducing the foam, introducing to said space a composition comprising an effective amount of chlorine dioxide; and admitting the foam to sufficiently fill said space, thereby admitting the chlorine dioxide composition to sufficiently sanitize the space and surfaces of subjects and/or objects present therein. Sanitizer and/or disinfectant products are also disclosed, comprising a foaming agent and an aqueous disinfectant and/or sanitizing composition comprising chlorine dioxide and an effect supporting surfactant system.

Abstract: The effect of aqueous compositions of copper based fungicides is improved by including a mixture of sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate and sodium lauryl sulphate surfactants in the aqueous composition which does not require the presence of a bicarbonate.

Abstract: A composition with antimicrobial properties for impregnation of staple fibers and filaments comprising: titanium dioxide; a salt comprising silver and phosphate ions; copper oxide; and a mixed oxidation state silver oxide. A masterbatch formulation which includes the composition defined above is also taught as is a method for producing polymer filaments using the masterbatches. A material having wound healing properties and a material having beneficial cosmetic properties are taught, the materials comprising a polymer having incorporated therein the composition described above.

Abstract: The present invention in general relates to the field of rearing of commercially relevant mites. More particularly the present invention relates to a mite composition, suitable for the commercial rearing of mites, a method for rearing mites and a rearing device using the composition of the invention, a method for crop protection using the composition according to the invention wherein the mite is selected as a predatory mite, and the use of a carrier material for rearing a mite species.

Abstract: The present invention relates in general to the use of a kit or composition comprising at least one yeast and at least one bacterium, selected from the group consisting of lactobacillales, rhizobiales and bifidobacteriales, and/or comprising calcium for improving plant health, for improving plant resistance to plant pathogens, for preventing or reducing mycotoxin contamination of plant material, for improving plant resistance to a plant disease, for preventing perithecia formation of a plant pathogen on plant debris, for plant protection and/or as plant stimulant. The present invention also relates to corresponding compositions and kits and a method of applying such composition or kit to a living plant or plant debris.

Abstract: A biodegradable cleaning composition comprises one or more species of lactic acid bacteria, one or more species of Bacillus, water, and at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of at least one biodetergent, organic acid, diol, polyol, polymyxin, polysaccharide-lipid complex, fatty acid, monoterpene, sesquiterpene, preservative, essential oil, and carbon source. A biodegradable cleaning composition kit comprises at least one textile that has been treated with the biodegradable cleaning composition, wherein the treated textile is contained within an openable container.

Abstract: A rolling pin system comprising a rolling pin with two ends and a rolling pin diameter, radial expansion device coupled to each end, each radial expansion device including multiple arms, each arm including a pivot component to pivot between two states, each arm including arc sections, each arc section having a diameter of curvatures, in one state, the arc section of the multiple arms cooperating to form a surface of rotation with one diameter of curvature, in the second state, the arc section of the multiple arms cooperating to form a surface of rotation with another diameter of curvature, the other diameter of curvature being greater than the one diameter of curvature.

Abstract: A method for stunning animals and a respective stunning system is disclosed. Animals are lowered in a cradle into a pit filled with anoxic stunning gas. The cradle is provided with a heat sink, preferably comprising solid carbon dioxide, for cooling the stunning gas in the pit resulting in a density increase of the stunning gas in the pit. This reduces demixing of the stunning gas and rising of components such as nitrogen (N2) usually having a lower density than the air surrounding the stunning system.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a gambrel that defines two hooks configured to support an animal carcass. A fastening system is operatively connected to the gambrel and is configured to releasably connect a bladed tool to the gambrel. In one embodiment, the fastening system includes at least one magnet that retains one or more tools with magnetic force. The apparatus provides a convenient, safe, and clean place to store tools while processing an animal carcass.

Abstract: A machine for cleaning fowl giblets, which comprises pre-cleaning rollers positioned underneath a guiding assembly for directing the giblets to a chain for gripping and conveying the giblets to a pressing assembly via a cutting element and a unit for washing the giblets. The machine also has a first steering element arranged beside a second steering element, in which the first steering element extends along the length of a cleaning assembly. This cleaning assembly is arranged underneath the pressing assembly and underneath the steering elements.

Abstract: An indoor smoker includes a cabinet defining a smoking chamber, a heating element configured for heating the smoking chamber, and a smoke generating assembly configured for providing smoke into the smoking chamber. Also included is a controller in operative communication with the heating element and the smoke generating assembly. The controller is configured for adjusting a cooking parameter for one or both of the heating element and the smoke generating assembly based upon a cooking profile.

Abstract: Systems are described for a smoker with multiple cooking chambers capable of cooking at different temperatures with a single shared firebox. A smoker includes a firebox and a plurality of cooking systems. Each cooking system includes a cooking chamber connected to the firebox by a set of conduits, a valve and a smokestack. The set of conduits are configured to supply a flow of air and smoke from the firebox to the cooking chamber. The valve is operably connected to the set of conduits and is configured to adjust the flow of air and smoke to the cooking chamber. The smokestack is connected to the cooking chamber and is configured to allow the flow of air and smoke to exit the cooking chamber.

Abstract: Described herein are methods of sanitizing and preserving produce and other agricultural products, for example for consumption as Ready-to-Eat. The methods can comprise treating the products with a sanitizing agent and forming a protective coating over the products.

Abstract: Cheese that shows a suppressed decrease in texture and/or stretchability of cheese due to heating, may be produced by allowing glucose oxidase, ?-glucosidase, transglutaminase, or a combination of such enzymes to act on raw cheese. Cheese analogues improved in meltability and/or stretchability during heating, may be produced by allowing ?-glucosidase to act on a mixture containing plant-derived oil and starch, or starch before mixing with plant-derived oil.

Abstract: A method for smear-ripening a cheese is disclosed. The method includes a step of applying an envelope on a freshly brined cheese which is in direct physical contact with the surface of the cheese and which is permeable for metabolites produced by microorganisms and for microorganisms themselves and for components of the cheese and for gaseous elements, in particular surrounding air, followed by ripening the cheese within the envelope. A cheese obtained by the method is less susceptible to develop an off-odour after storage in a packaging material, in particular an air-tight packaging material, than a comparable cheese that was not produced according to the above method. Furthermore, such cheese typically contains a residual smear layer of not more than 10% of a comparable cheese.

Abstract: The invention concerns a native whey protein composition with profound amounts of native whey protein and with beta-casein for use in the treatment and/or prevention of gastrointestinal intolerance. The inventors found that the native whey protein composition relatively high in beta-casein and low in kappa- and alpha-casein provides a beneficial effect on gastrointestinal intolerance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid coffee product for oral administration or dissolution whose preparation comprises, roasting the coffee beans, grinding the coffee beans into a granular form, charging dissolvent for extraction, extracting the available composition, filtering to remove coffee dross, spray-drying or freeze-drying the coffee extract, charging flavorings, mixing homogeneously, palletizing, drying, pressing into solid coffee product of various shapes, suitable for oral administration, through mechanical means.

Abstract: A packaged popcorn confection includes a container, a popcorn layer of a prepared popcorn in the container, a coating that covers a part of a top of popcorn layer and which holds together the popcorn layer, and a foil bag which encloses the container, the popcorn layer, and the coating in an airtight manner. The coating includes a couverture that is flowable when heated and solid when cooled and/or and a solidified glaze.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the manufacture of a confectionary product consisting of a tablet characterised by the use of water-soluble ingredients.

Abstract: A refrigerated food processing and dispensing apparatus including a freezing barrel, the freezing barrel having an inlet port; a refrigerated ingredient storage compartment; a pump having an inlet and an outlet; a pressure block positioned within the refrigerated ingredient storage compartment that includes a fluid inlet, a gas inlet, an interior passage in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the gas inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the interior passage, and a first pressure transducer coupled to the pressure block and configured to provide a signal corresponding to the pressure within the interior passage; a gas control valve having an input coupled to a source of pressurized gas and an outlet; and a gas check-valve positioned within the refrigerated ingredient storage compartment having an input fluidly coupled to the outlet of the gas control valve and an output fluidly coupled to the pressure block gas input.

Abstract: A sealed pressurized food dispensing system with self-cleaning features that can include a freezing barrel, a faceplate defining a dispense bore and a cleaning bypass passage passing through the faceplate and having an open end, where the dispenser can also include a valve stem that may be moved between a dispensing position and a non-dispensing position where the cleaning bypass passage is positioned such that, when the valve stem is in its non-dispensing position, no fluid path exists between the interior of the freezing barrel and the open end of the cleaning bypass passage within the faceplate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for the recovery of protein species from wet mill grain process streams. Systems and methods of the present disclosure may be integrated with a wet mill grain process to separate out protein species that may limit efficiency of the grain process and produce one or more product streams comprising these separated protein species. A feed stream may be fractionated by at least two membranes into retentate and permeate streams. Removing larger proteins through the membrane fractionation may allow previously soluble prolamin products in the permeate stream(s) to precipitate. The recovered protein species may include prolamin, such as zein from a corn grain feed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a whey-derived polar lipid-concentrated fraction composition, being a single-phase composition derived from a whey protein concentrate, wherein the composition is derived from a fraction obtained by treating the whey protein concentrate with a water-containing spirit, a total lipid content is 90 percent by weight (wt %) or more with respect to a dry weight of the composition, and a phospholipid content is 35 wt % or more with respect to the total lipid weight. According to the present invention, a whey-derived polar lipid-concentrated fraction composition in a stable form that maximizes emulsification and physiological functionality may be prepared.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods of forming fibrous food products. In some aspects, a method can include mixing a composition with a solvent to form a first solution, the first solution including between about 15 wt % and about 40 wt % of the composition, the composition including a plant protein and a polysaccharide. The method further includes causing ejection of a second solution in a jet, collecting the jet of the second solution in a precipitation bath, such that a collection of fibers forms, drying the collection of fibers, and pulling apart the collection of fibers, and adding a fat and a flavoring to the collection of fibers to form the fibrous food product. In some embodiments, the method can further include heating the second solution to a temperature between about 40° C. and about 90° C. during the mixing and/or causing the ejection.

Abstract: Filamentous fungal food compositions are disclosed, as are methods of making such filamentous fungal food compositions. The filamentous fungal food compositions may serve as analogs of conventional non-fungal food products, particularly meat products such as meat jerky. The methods of manufacture of the filamentous fungal food compositions may include processing of filamentous fungal biomass under sub-atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: Animal feeds comprising probiotics are preserved using an enzymatic antioxidant. Polypeptides having catalase activity and/or superoxide dismutase activity preserve and promote probiotic growth and activity in animal.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a novel microbial genus Chordicoccus—and a type strain of the genus, Chordicoccus furentiruminis—along with compositions comprising the same. Furthermore, the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganism, in methods for modulating the agricultural production of ruminants. In particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of increasing feed efficiency and methods of decreasing acidosis.

Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions and methods for reducing deleterious atmospheric gases and/or precursors thereof using livestock feed additives and/or supplements. In preferred embodiments, a multi-purpose composition comprising one or more beneficial microorganisms and/or one or more microbial growth by-products is applied to livestock animals' feed and/or to a field or pasture where livestock animals graze. In some embodiments, the composition controls methanogenic bacteria. In some embodiments, the composition enhances carbon sequestration in the field or pasture by promoting plant health and/or growth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides capable of modifying the C8-atom of deoxynivalenol and methods (e.g., for detoxifying mycotoxins) based thereon. The present invention further relates to compositions, kits, transgenic plants, transgenic seeds, transgenic pollen grains, foodstuff, intermediate foodstuff; fodder, intermediate fodder; feed, intermediate feed; additive (e.g., foodstuff-, fodder- or feed additive), intermediate additive (e.g., foodstuff-, fodder- or feed intermediate additive); detoxifying agent, intermediate detoxifying agent; nutritional supplement, intermediate nutritional supplement, prebiotic, intermediate prebiotic and/or mixture/s thereof comprising one or more of the polypeptides capable of modifying the C8-atom of deoxynivalenol.

Abstract: Described herein are pet food compositions and methods for using them. Such compositions may comprise certain ratios of oleic acid to arachidonic acid. The methods may include feeding the pet an effective amount of the pet food composition.

Abstract: A feed product for livestock is made up of alfalfa and corn silage, each having a specified moisture content. The alfalfa and corn silage are blended and baled to achieve a moisture content of approximately 30 percent and a dry matter intake of approximately 70 percent without requiring any rehydration.

Abstract: The present application relates to a Pediococcus pentosaceus and application thereof. The Pediococcus pentosaceus is Pediococcus pentosaceus EL5 with deposit number of CGMCC No. 23923. The Pediococcus pentosaceus EL5 of an embodiment of the present application can be used for silage to improve the activity of lactic acid bacteria and the quality of silage fermentation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to feed compositions that can modify the feeding behavior of animals. Supplements can be added to no or low roughage rations that improve the performance of animals. In particular, the addition of calcium chloride to a low or no roughage ration can increase the number of feedings but decrease the amount of feeding per meal. This can result in promoting enhances feed conversion and better cost of feed to weight gain.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to systems and methods for treating a viscous fluid. The viscous liquid may be a liquid sugar. The viscous fluid may have a viscosity of at least 50 cP. The system may include one or more mixers configured to receive the viscous fluid and to generate turbulent flow of the viscous fluid; and one or more UV chambers configured to receive the viscous fluid from the mixer and to expose the viscous fluid to a dose of UV light, the dose being at least 250 mJ/cm2. The system may deliver a total dose of UV light of about 500 mJ/cm2 such that bacteria and other contaminants are reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: A food with an extended shelf-life and a method of extending shelf-life of food is provided herein. The extended shelf-life is provided by treating the food with isothiocyanate, a non-aromatic cyclic ketone, a boronic acid, a ligand and their precursors.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of microbiology, specifically to a bacteriophage or a combination of bacteriophages, to a composition comprising said bacteriophage or comprising said combination of bacteriophages for preventing, treating or controlling contamination with and/or growth of Listeria, including Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria serovar (SV) 1/2 mutants that are resistant to bacteriophage P100 and/or Listeria serovar 3. The invention further relates to the a method for controlling contamination with Listeria, including Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria serovar (SV) 1/2 mutants that are resistant to bacteriophage P100 and/or Listeria serovar 3, in a food product, on food processing equipment, or on food storage containers by applying the bacteriophage or the combination of bacteriophages, to the composition comprising said bacteriophage or said combination of bacteriophages to a food product or food processing equipment to reduce the amount of Listeria.

Abstract: A preservation method of fresh tremella fuciformis suitable for cold-chain circulation includes pretreatment of fresh tremella fuciformis: selecting fresh tremella fuciformis with no mildew, no rot, no disease and insect pests, and water content?90% to enter subsequent cold-chain circulation; precooling: precooling the pretreated fresh tremella fuciformis put in a cold store at 1° C.-3° C., or performing vacuum precooling on the pretreated fresh tremella fuciformis; packaging, wherein a temperature of a packaging operation room of the fresh tremella fuciformis is less than or equal to 18° C., and time of the fresh tremella fuciformis from entering the packaging operation room to the completion of packaging does not exceed 1 h; storage: storing the packaged fresh tremella fuciformis immediately, controlling a storage temperature to 1° C.-3° C., and performing cold-chain transportation within 24 h; and cold-chain transportation: performing transportation by a refrigerated vehicle or by adding ice packs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an anthocyanin and/or betanin as a colourant in a food product, plant extracts as a source of anthocyanins and/or betanins, compositions comprising the plant extracts and processes using the anthocyanins and/or betanins or compositions described herein.

Abstract: Provided is an aquacultured crustacean having improved umami, uses thereof, and a method for producing the same. The crustacean does not burrow in sand, contain glycine and alanine, and has 2400 mg or more of free amino acids per 100 g of abdominal muscle. The content of glycine is 550 mg or more per 100 g of abdominal muscle, and the content of alanine is 140 mg or more per 100 g of abdominal muscle.

Abstract: A prebiotic food product which increases a short-chain fatty acid in an intestine is provided, where the prebiotic food product mainly contains a fermented composition obtained by fermenting and maturing a plurality of ingredients including fruits, citrus, root vegetables such as a burdock and a carrot, cereals, sesames, seaweeds and saccharoses.

Abstract: A ketogenic sweetener made from a combination of high intensity sweetener, medium intensity sweetener and soluble fiber. The process of making the ketogenic sweetener involves mixing the high intensity sweetener, medium intensity sweetener and soluble fiber at specific proportion to yield a homogenous composition. The ketogenic sweetener is ideal for diabetic individuals and people following ketogenic diets. The compositions of the invention are made from natural ingredients and have unique heat stable properties with low glycemic index and function as a prebiotic.

Abstract: This bile acid adsorbing agent composed of silica particles, to which an organosilicon compound represented by general formula (1) is bonded, has the advantage that water-absorption swelling does not occur. (In formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C20 alkyl group, a vinyl group, a phenyl group, or a benzyl group, and R4 represents a group represented by general formula (2), provided that R1 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a benzene ring.) (In formula (2), A represents a linear or branched divalent linking group which may contain a heteroatom, a urethane bond, a urea bond, a thiourethane bond, and/or a thiourea bond, R5,s each independently represent a C1-C10 alkyl group or a C6-C10 aryl group, R6,s each independently represent a C1-C10 alkyl group or a C6-C10 aryl group, and n represents an integer of 1-3.