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Disclosed are improvements in human nutrition involving a unique combination of natural products constituting anti-inflammatory compositions which can reduce cardiovascular disease risks as well as play a positive role in other conditions and diseases for which key indicators, especially selected from the group consisting of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), 5-lypoxygenase (5-LOX) expression and prostaglandin E2 (PGE-2) biosynthesis or any combination of these, are indicators. Therapeutic compositions preferably comprise curcumin, bilberry extract, grape seed extract, green tea extract and apple extract, in effective amounts individually and combined to provide a therapeutically significant reduction in one or more key indicators. Another exemplified therapeutic composition comprises: omega-3 rich refined fish oil, resveratrol, blueberry extract, grape seed extract, green tea extract and gamma and / or delta tocopherol, in effective amounts individually for the above benefits.

A method for the production of ethanol and a modified animal feed is provided. The method replaces the starch in known corn-based animal feed with biomass fiber treated to make it more digestible by animals. The process includes wherein the pericarp and germ are removed from the corn kernel and processed for by-products. The starch and protein are also removed and separated. The starch is then fermented and distilled to ethanol and stillage. The bioavailable modified animal feed comprises the pericarp and germ removed from corn kernels and optionally by-products of the pericarp and germ processing, and lignocellulosic materials. The modified animal feed may optionally include energy materials such as animal and vegetable fats, vegetable soapstocks, or glycerin, and combinations thereof.

A method for the production of ethanol and a modified animal feed is provided. The method replaces the starch in known corn-based animal feed with biomass fiber treated to make it more digestible by animals. The process includes wherein the pericarp and germ are removed from the corn kernel and processed for by-products. The starch and protein are also removed and separated. The starch is then fermented and distilled to ethanol and stillage. The bioavailable modified animal feed comprises the pericarp and germ removed from corn kernels and optionally by-products of the pericarp and germ processing, and lignocellulosic materials. The modified animal feed may optionally include energy materials such as animal and vegetable fats, vegetable soapstocks, or glycerin, and combinations thereof.

Information represented in text-based markup languages, such as XML, is often a large, highly nested structure corresponding to complex patterns of metadata and / or data. Parsing such data streams via conventional software mechanisms rapidly exhibits degrading performance as the size, or volume, of data increases. Further, such do not perform dynamic modification to the output in response to feedback based on the data being parsed. An adaptive XML processing hardware apparatus processes an XML document in a manner suited to the invoking application, and processes the incoming XML into an optimal structure based on the type of data and a set of rules relating the type of the data to the output format. It also dynamically augments the output information stream based on the data, at the option of the invoking system. The generated output may take a tree form, adaptable for efficient traversal of the hierarchical structure represented by the input XML, or may involve an attribute approach, in which the XML takes the from of a stream of fixed length cells containing optimized representations of input data, or may take a combination of the two approaches, based on configuration and XML input stream.

The subject invention provides methods for improving livestock health. In specific embodiments, the invention provides methods for accelerating and / or augmenting livestock growth; improving immunity; and enhancing fertility in livestock. To do so, the present invention provides materials and methods for administering a cysteamine compound to livestock.

A method for a digest generating apparatus to generate a digest of image content or sound content is provided. The digest generating apparatus obtains an audience rating or an audience count of image content or sound content at established time intervals, and extracts images from the image content or extracts sounds from the sound content. The extracted images or the extracted sounds correspond to a time when the audience rating or the audience count exceeds a threshold. Then, the digest generating apparatus generates a digest by using the extracted images or the extracted sounds. The audience rating or the audience count can be obtained by using audience data corresponding to an audience group having a specific user profile.

A two-phase anaerobic treatment system and method for the treatment of wastewaters containing simple and complex organic constituents is provided wherein the complex organic constituents are broken down into simple organic constituents by acidogenic bacteria in a Phase One reactor and the simple organic constituents from the Phase One reactor are converted into biogas, mainly methane, in a Phase Two reactor by methanogenic bacteria. The method includes the steps of feeding wastewater to the Phase One reactor either in an intermittent batch mode or semi-continuous mode, and withdrawing effluent from the Phase One reactor preferably in a batch mode. Effluent from the Phase One reactor is fed to the Phase Two reactor in an intermittent batch mode while effluent from the Phase Two reactor is withdrawn in a batch mode. The method minimizes the transfer of suspended solids from the Phase One reactor to the Phase Two reactor.

Information represented in text-based markup languages, such as XML, is often a large, highly nested structure corresponding to complex patterns of metadata and / or data. Parsing such data streams via conventional software mechanisms rapidly exhibits degrading performance as the size, or volume, of data increases. Further, such do not perform dynamic modification to the output in response to feedback based on the data being parsed. An adaptive XML processing hardware apparatus processes an XML document in a manner suited to the invoking application, and processes the incoming XML into an optimal structure based on the type of data and a set of rules relating the type of the data to the output format. It also dynamically augments the output information stream based on the data, at the option of the invoking system. The generated output may take a tree form, adaptable for efficient traversal of the hierarchical structure represented by the input XML, or may involve an attribute approach, in which the XML takes the from of a stream of fixed length cells containing optimized representations of input data, or may take a combination of the two approaches, based on configuration and XML input stream.

The subject invention provides methods for improving livestock health. In specific embodiments, the invention provides methods for accelerating and / or augmenting livestock growth; improving immunity; and enhancing fertility in livestock. To do so, the present invention provides materials and methods for administering a cysteamine compound to livestock.

The invention discloses methods for digesting and detecting titanium concentrate, titanium slag or titanium carbide slag. The method for digesting the titanium concentrate, the titanium slag or the titanium carbide slag comprises the following steps of: weighing a sample to be detected, placing the sample to be detected in a container, washing a container wall of the container by using an appropriate amount of deionized water, and shaking the container to make the sample be suspended and dispersed; adding hydrofluoric acid and hydrochloric acid into the container, closing the container, and performing first-time digestion reaction by using microwave; after the first-time digestion reaction is finished, cooling the container, and when the temperature of the container is reduced to 90 to 95 DEG C, emptying acid gas and a volatile reaction product in the closed container; opening the container, adding hydrogen peroxide while the container is hot, and then immediately closing the container; performing second-time digestion reaction by using the microwave; and after the second-time digestion reaction is finished, cooling the container to room temperature, directly diluting by using water and fixing the volume, and thus obtaining a solution of the sample to be detected. According to the methods, the sample is completely digested, and the accuracy, precision, working efficiency and analysis speed of detection data can be improved.

A method for treating particulate biodegradable organic waste includes adjusting the pH as necessary to provide an acidic pH prior to introducing the waste to a thermal hydrolysis reactor and hydrolyzing the waste at a temperature of about 130° C. or greater and a pressure greater than the saturated water vapor pressure to produce a slurry including solubilized organic material and residual solids. The solubilized organic material is separated from the residual solids using a liquid / solid separator and the solubilized organics are subjected to anaerobic digestion to produce a methane gas. The method may further include preheating the particulate biodegradable organic waste with latent heat of the separated solubilized organic material prior to thermal hydrolysis.

A process is provided for the biological digestion of animal carcasses. First, the carcass is cut into smaller pieces with equipment that masticates, grinds or comminutes in the presence of water to create a solid-liquid mixture. The next steps include treating the solid-liquid mixture with a special blend or combination of bacteria that have been specifically cultured to digest the carcass; the mixture is subsequently aerated to form a stabilized biomass. The stabilized biomass is aerated in an open basin to further digest and liquefy the carcass, water, bacteria mixture. From the open basin, the primarily liquid waste stream is passed to a clarifying tank where the suspended solids are precipitated as sludge, thus clarifying the liquid. Sludge is removed from the clarifying chamber and the clarified liquid is either discharged or recirculated for further use in this novel process. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, technology known as hydrolaze is used to masticate, comminute or pulverize the carcass.

An albumin denaturing agent for digesting an albumin by a protease efficiently is provided. The albumin denaturing agent contains quaternary ammonium having a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 12 or more, or a salt of the quaternary ammonium. The albumin in a sample is digested by the protease in the presence of the albumin denaturing agent, a glycated part of the thus obtained albumin digestion product and a FAOD effect a reaction, and a redox reaction between the glycated part and the FAOD is measured, thereby determining a ratio (GA (%)) of the glycated albumin of the glycated albumin with respect to the albumin.

The present invention includes extracts from Lactobacillus bacteria, which may produce immunomodulatory effects in subjects. Embodiments of the invention may be used, for example, as nutraceuticals or pharmaceuticals for treatment of diseases or as adjuvants in medical treatment, such as those related to an imbalance of the production of anti-inflammatory or proinflammatory cytokines. Conditions for which extracts of the invention may be useful include infections, allergies, autoimmunity disorders, and inflammation, or as adjuvants providing healthful benefits in subjects. The invention also includes, inter alia, methods of making and using such extracts. The invention also relates to particular strains of Lactobacillus bacteria.

The invention discloses a method for extracting micro plastics from human and animal excreta, and belongs to field of environmental health risk assessment. The method comprises the steps of excrement freeze-drying, sample decomposition and sample extraction, wherein the decomposition process comprises the steps of treatment with a Fenton's reagent, decomposition of concentrated nitric acid and extraction of absolute ethyl alcohol. According to the method, the micro plastics can be extracted from human and animal excreta conveniently and quickly under the condition of guaranteeing minimized influence on the micro plastics, the types and abundance of the micro plastics in biological excreta are accurately analyzed, and powerful technical support and data support are provided for researching an enrichment and excretion rule of the micro plastics in vivo and health risk assessment.

The present invention relates to an extract from bacterial strains useful as a treatment for disorders such as digestive or urinary tract disorders, compositions comprising the extract, and processes of making the extract from media that do not pose a risk of prion diseases.

The present invention provides methods of improving growth performance, improving the efficiency of feed utilization, and increasing feed digestibility of poultry receiving animal feed. Composition of the multi-component enzyme mixture designed to achieve the same are also provided.

An anaerobic wastewater treatment system includes a recycle tank, a bioreactor tank and a bioselector for recapturing anaerobic microbial consortia particles escaping from the bioreactor tank and returning them to the bioreactor tank. The bioreactor tank receives recycled wastewater feed from a recycle tank and discharges via an overflow outlet treated wastewater and microbial consortia particles to a bioselector. The bioselector is adapted to separate entrained microbial consortia particles and return a feed to the bioreactor tank which including some of the treated wastewater received from the bioreactor tank and the microbial consortia particles received from the bioreactor tank. The bioselector provides a recycle feed to the recycle tank. Overflow from the bioselector provides an effluent of treated wastewater leaving the system.

The invention relates to a system for processing coal gangue into a cement dry powder raw material and a processing method of the system. The system comprises a coal gangue rolling and crushing cylinder, a coal gangue heating and grinding device and a coal gangue powder combusting and decarbonizing furnace. Firstly, coal gangue raw materials enter the coal gangue rolling and crushing cylinder to be rolled and grinded to obtain initial coal gangue powder, secondly, the initial coal gangue powder is conveyed into the coal gangue heating and grinding device to be grinded to obtain grinded coal gangue powder, finally, the grinded coal gangue powder is conveyed into the coal gangue powder combusting and decarbonizing furnace to be combusted and decarbonized to obtain finished product coal gangue powder, and the finished product coal gangue powder serves as a base raw material for producing cement.

A defined current and aeration system for the aeration chamber of an aerobic wastewater treatment plant is disclosed. It includes the release of oxygenation gas or air into the aeration chamber through a diffuser or the like at a position such that the air injected into the tank provides the necessary amount of oxygen for aerobic bacterial digestion of the waste while creating a current or circulation pattern in the chamber that forces every portion of the fluid within the aeration chamber into circulation thus preventing the accumulation of solids as sludge in the wastewater treatment plant.

The invention discloses a digestion method and a digestion device for quickly digesting carbon monoxide, and belongs to the technical field of toxic gas purification. The method comprises the following steps: spraying solid catalyst powder into a carbon monoxide enrichment space so as to oxidize carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and realize rapid digestion of carbon monoxide by utilizing the mechanical motion or Brownian motion of the catalyst powder and the principle of catalytically oxidizing carbon monoxide by using a catalyst. The device comprises a catalyst powder storage tank, a spraying device, a pressure release valve, a vacuumizing / inflating port and a siphon. The upper end of the catalyst powder storage tank is a tank opening; a material spraying device is arranged on the tankopening; the siphon is positioned in a tank body of the catalyst powder storage tank; the upper end of the siphon is connected with the spraying device, and the lower end extends to the bottom of thecatalyst powder storage tank; and the upper part of the tank body of the catalyst powder storage tank is connected with a pressure release valve and a vacuumizing / inflating port. The method and the device have the advantages of being high in carbon monoxide digestion speed, low in cost and suitable for fire and explosion sites, thereby preventing carbon monoxide from hurting people in distress.

The invention relates to a method for determining elementary composition of cobalt pyrite concentrate and a digestion method for a cobalt pyrite concentrate sample, belonging to the field of detection and analysis technology. To overcome technical problems in the prior art, the invention provides the digestion method for the cobalt pyrite concentrate sample. The digestion method comprises the following steps: weighing the cobalt pyrite concentrate sample, putting the sample in a container, directly adding water, concentrated nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen peroxide in sequence and then enclosing the container; carrying out gradient heating in three stages by using microwave heating so as to realize digestion; and after completion of digestion, carrying out cooling and then carrying out diluting with water until a volume is fixed so as to obtain a sample detection solution. Compared with the prior art, the digestion method provided by the invention has the advantages that operation is simple and fast; sample digestion is rapid and complete; reagents are simple and low in consumption; few examination steps are needed; flow is short; ICP-OES realizes simultaneous determination of gas, metallic elements, major elements and trace elements; technological performance indexes are excellent; and the range of detection elements and contents is wide; etc.

The present invention relates to an extract from bacterial strains, such as Staphylococcus, Moraxella, Klebsiella, Streptococcus, and Haemophilus. The extract is useful as a treatment for indications such as respiratory disorders, compositions comprising the extract, and processes of making the extract from media that do not pose a risk of prion diseases.

The present invention relates to an organic, ergogenic, isotonic soft drink, composition causing and energy enhancing internally soothing effect: comprising a brewed extract from leaves of Cymbopogon Citratus, and of Ginger, and of Peppermint, Sugar or other sweeteners and optionally, other flavors and purified water and a method of producing the soft drink composition; which drink imbibed produces in the imbiber an energy, internally soothing effect which includes stimulation of mitochondrial efficiency in the digestive organs, and enhancement of a more efficient intake of oxygen into the user's body.

The invention provides surfactant compounds of formulas I-IX, which can be used in methods for aiding the solubilization, digestion, preparation, analysis, and / or characterization of biological material, for example, proteins or cell membranes. The compounds can also aid in the recovery of peptides generated during protein digestion, particularly for in-gel digestion protocol. Additionally, the compounds can improve enzymatic protein deglycosylation without interfering with downstream sample preparation steps and mass spectrometric analysis. The compounds can be specifically useful as digestion aids that can be decomposed by an acid, by heat, or a combination thereof. Decomposition of the surfactants allows for facile separation from isolated samples, and / or allows for analysis of the sample without interfering with the sensitivity of various analytical techniques.

The present invention relates to the field of the design of energy photoconverters that act continuously and in a closed manner, for the production of biofuels and other products of interest, by means of mass cultivation of phytoplankton.

The invention discloses a method for treating VOCs waste gas in petrochemical industry through normal-temperature high-efficiency catalytic degradation and belongs to the technical field of waste gas treatment. The method disclosed by the invention comprises the following steps of: enabling waste gas to enter a first spraying tower from the bottom, collide relative to each other with alkaline spraying liquid sprayed from top to bottom and neutralize acid ingredients to form salt, trapping dust, discharging from the bottom, and enabling the waste gas to be discharged from the top; enabling the waste gas to enter a second spraying tower from the bottom, collide relative to each other with spraying liquid sprayed from top to bottom and dissolve soluble ingredients to form a dissolved solution, discharging from the bottom, introducing ozone into the waste gas discharged from the top, and carrying out oxidation reduction reaction under the action of a CeMnO3 / TiO2@SiO2 catalyst to generate CO2 and H2O, so that waste gas treatment is completed. The treatment method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that a large number of 'gas state' hydroxyl free radicals are produced and released and are fully contacted with gas state VOCs molecules as no interphase resistance exists, so that efficiency of treating 'gas' with 'gas' is greatly improved, and VOCs are rapidly and efficiently degraded into micromolecules such as CO2 and H2O and extremely small amount of inorganic salt.

A method for using urea sulfate as an anti-microbial agent, anti-mold agent, anti-fungal agent, and pH adjusting compound with the benefit of adding nitrogen and sulfur to the food supply. Urea sulfate provides a fundamental contribution to feed hygiene, as it suppresses the growth of mold and thus restricts the potential effect of mycotoxins. Consequently, feed safety is improved by adding this compound.