Abstract:
A light weight utility trailer which may be readily converted between an operative and a stowable configuration includes a bed or body that pivotally carries a stud shaft to which a tow bar is secured. A pair of wheels are supported by a shaft pivotally connected to the bed. A first sprocket is secured to the pivot shaft and a second sprocket secured to the wheel support shaft, and a chain is trained about both sprockets. When the tow bar is rotated from the operative position extending forwardly of the bed to a stowable position beneath the bed, the stud shaft is thereby rotated and rotates the wheel support shaft by means of the chain from the operative position extending downwardly beyond the bottom of the bed to an inoperative position wherein the wheels are raised above the bottom of the bed. In the stowable position the wheels are within the profile of the sides of the bed and thus the trailer may be stowed in a minimum of space. Springs are provided to bias the wheel support shaft to rotate toward the operative position until the tow bar has been moved beyond a mid-point position in its travel toward the stowable position, at which time the springs move over-center and urge the wheel support shaft to the stowable position. Fenders are provided above the wheels in the operative position and are moved to a stowable position as the wheels are moved.
Abstract:
A modified Ac-TMP-2 protein lacks one or a plurality of acidic C-terminal amino acids normally present in a full-length or wild-type Ac-TMP-2 protein and may also lack one or a plurality of N-terminal amino acids while retaining the amino acid sequence C-S-C at or near the N-terminus. The modified Ac-TMP-2 protein may be useful in method and composition for reducing or alleviating inflammation in a subject. Inflammation may be associated with a disease is a disease of the digestive tract such as chronic gastritis or an inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, or a disease of the respiratory system, such as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a Babesia antigen comprising at least a portion of a gametocyte HAPLESS2/GCS1 (HAP2) protein, vectors and cells expressing such antigen, compositions and kits comprising such antigens, and methods of using such antigens to interfere with the Babesia transmission by competent ticks.
Abstract:
The field of the invention relates to processes for preparing Asparagopsis oil compositions, comprising extracting at least one bioactive from a biomass of Asparagopsis into an oil to form the compositions. These compositions are suitable for reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant or pseudo-ruminant animal.
Abstract:
A modified Ac-TMP-2 protein lacks one or a plurality of acidic C-terminal amino acids normally present in a full-length or wild-type Ac-TMP-2 protein and may also lack one or a plurality of N-terminal amino acids while retaining the amino acid sequence C-S-C at or near the N-terminus. The modified Ac-TMP-2 protein may be useful in method and composition for reducing or alleviating inflammation in a subject. Inflammation may be associated with a disease is a disease of the digestive tract such as chronic gastritis or an inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, or a disease of the respiratory system, such as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.