Abstract:
The present invention refers to a process for production of a mix¬ ture comprising 2,4-furandicarboxyiic acid (2,4-FDCA) and 2,5 furandicar- boxyiic acid (2,5-FDCA) through the disproportionation route, using as base compounds oxidation products of furfural. This invention also relates to a process for production of 2,4-FDCA as a result of a disproportionation route and the use of 2,4- FDCA as a monomer or comonomer to synthesize esters or any compounds which can generate macromolecules, such as polyesters.
Abstract:
Serratia plymuthica strain A30, BCCM Deposit No. LMG P-26170, its analogues or functionally equivalent strains thereto, provides a biological control agent against plant disease caused by a bacterial pathogen, particularly a soft rot, e.g. blackleg. The pathogen is Dickeya spp., Pectobacterium spp., and Ralstonia spp.; including Dickeya sp. biovar 3 strain. The deposited strain and its variants are formulated in an agriculturally or horticulturally acceptable diluent, carrier, filler or adjuvant. Plants or plant parts, particularly potato tubers, containing the deposited strain provide useful propagation material free of soft rot or blackleg disease.
Abstract:
There is described herein a marker device for recording the location of one or more objects. The device comprises a visual display which defines a window for displaying a map and a location indicator positioned on the map for indicating a location to be stored. The marker device further comprises an input device for receiving input from a user indicative of a desired relative positioning of the location indicator and the map and a data storage device configured to store location data indicative of the location of an object as indicated by the position of the location indicator on the map in response to input from the user. The position of the location indicator is fixed relative to the window of the visual display and, in use, input from the user via the input device causes the map to move relative to the window of the visual display.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an air mixing system for a poultry house or broiler house, comprising a set of air mixing devices (4), said air mixing devices each comprising a shaft with an inlet (6) for air and an outlet (8) for air, connecting means (7) for connecting said shaft vertically in a poultry house or broiler house, a propulsion unit (10) in said shaft between said inlet and said outlet for propelling air from said inlet to said outlet, an ionization unit arranged in said shaft for in operation charging particles carried in a flow of air running from said inlet to said outlet, and a particle collecting surface arranged near said outlet for in operation capturing said charged particles.
Abstract:
An autonomous mobile oil spraying robot (10), comprising a drive system (12) configured to propel the robot across terrain; an oil reservoir (14) configured to store oil or an oil-like substance, said oil reservoir having an inlet (14a) and an outlet (14b); a spraying device (16), connected to the outlet of said oil reservoir and comprising at least one atomizing nozzle, said nozzle being disposed near terrain level and being configured to release a mist of atomized oil above the terrain; and a controller (18), operatively connected to the drive system, and configured to make the robot move autonomously around the terrain by controlling the drive system.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a block co-polypeptide comprising at least two blocks T and at least one block S, with blocks T and S alternating, wherein each T independently denotes a Trimerizing Block being a polypeptide block capable of forming a thermoreversible collagen-like triple helix structure, and whereineach S independently denotes a Spacer Block S being a polypeptide neither forming a collagen-like triple helix. The block co-polypeptide is capable of forming a gel, and is useful as an animal-free, biocompatible substitute for gelatin. Uniquely, the polypeptide allows the independent controlling of the melting temperature of the gel, the stiffness and crosslink density of the gel, the lower critical gel-forming concentration related to the length of the molecules, and unrelated (e.g. biological, physiological, pharmaceutical or signalling) functions of the molecule.
Abstract:
produção de isopropanol por estirpes recombinantes melhoradas. a presente invenção refere-se a um vetor de expressão que compreende os ácidos nucleicos que codificam os polipeptídios que formam um complexo de polipeptídico que possui atividade enzimática que converte acetoacetil-coa em acetoacetato, opcionalmente, pelo menos um ácido nucleico que codifica um polipeptídeo possuindo atividade enzimática para converter acetoacetato a acetona, e pelo menos um ácido nucleico que codifica um polipeptídeo contendo a atividade enzimática para a conversão de acetona a isopropanol, a expressão do referido ácido nucleico é controlada por um único promotor constitutivo localizado a montante dos ácidos nucleicos acima mencionados.