1. A device to approximate somatic cell count of untreated mammalian milk, the device comprising:
a source of incident light, the incident light having an incident light central axis;
a forward scattered light detector, the forward scattered light detector being intersected by the incident light central axis;
a sample container to contain milk samples, the sample container being traversed by the incident light central axis so that the incident light central axis has a path length through a milk sample in the sample container prior to forward scattered light detection by the forward scattered light detector;
configuration together of the incident light, the forward scattered light detector, and the path length through the milk sample in the sample container so that stochastic fluctuations of orientations of electric dipole moments of somatic cells in an ensemble of mammalian somatic cells along the path length through the milk sample in the sample container add incident light scattered by the ensemble into a first forward scattered light peak angular range having a greatest intensity at a first forward scattered light peak angle away from the incident light central axis;
detection of forward scattered light data over a detection angular range including at least part of the first forward scattered light peak angular range; and
a detected forward scattered light factor (FSL) which is obtained using at least one datum from detected forward scattered light data, and which can be used to approximate somatic cell count of the milk sample.
2. The device of claim 1 with the sample container being part of a system of flowing of milk.
3. The device of claim 1 with the detected forward scattered light factor being obtained remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
4. The device of claim 1 with somatic cell content of the milk sample approximated using the equation
SCCt=f (FATt, FSLt)
with (SCCt) approximating somatic cell count of a test milk sample,
with (FSLt) comprising the detected forward scattered light factor of the test milk sample,
with (FATt) representing fat content of the test milk sample,
with (f) comprising a function obtained by calibration of the device 16 using reference data comprising:
detected forward scattered light factors (FSLr) obtained from each set of detected forward scattered light data detected for n reference milk samples with the index r running from 1 to n,
representations of fat content (FAT) of each of the n reference milk samples, and
known somatic cell counts (SCCr) of each the n reference milk samples.
5. The device of claim 4 with the approximation being made remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
6. The device of claim 1 with the added condition that the path length has a first path length component and has a second path length component not equal to the first path length component.
7. A device to approximate somatic cell count of mammalian milk, the device comprising:
a source of incident light, the incident light having an incident light central axis;
a forward scattered light detector, the forward scattered light detector being intersected by the incident light central axis;
a sample container to contain milk samples, the sample container being traversed by the incident light central axis so that the incident light central axis has a path length through a milk sample in the sample container prior to forward scattered light detection by the forward scattered light detector;
configuration together of the incident light, the forward scattered light detector, and the path length through the milk sample in the sample container so that stochastic fluctuations of orientations of electric dipole moments of somatic cells in an ensemble of mammalian somatic cells along the path length through the milk sample in the sample container add incident light scattered by the ensemble into a first forward scattered light peak angular range having a greatest intensity at a first forward scattered light peak angle away from the incident light central axis;
detection of forward scattered light data over a detection angular range including at least part of the first forward scattered light peak angular range; and
a detected forward scattered light factor (FSL) which is obtained using at least one datum from detected forward scattered light data, and which can be used to approximate somatic cell count of the milk sample using the equation
SCCt=f (FATt, FSLt)
with (SCCt) approximating somatic cell count of a test milk sample,
with (FSLt) comprising the detected forward scattered light factor of the test milk sample,
with (FATt) representing fat content of the test milk sample,
with (f) comprising a function obtained by calibration of the device 16 using reference data comprising:
detected forward scattered light factors (FSLr) obtained from each set of detected forward scattered light data detected for n reference milk samples with the index r running from 1 to n,
representations of fat content (FAT) of each of the n reference milk samples, and
known somatic cell counts (SCCr) of each the n reference milk samples.
8. The device of claim 7 with the sample container being part of a system of flowing of milk.
9. The device of claim 7 with the detected forward light factor being obtained remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
10. The device of claim 7 with the approximation being made remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
11. The device of claim 9 with the approximation being made remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
12. The device of claim 7 with the added condition that the path length has a first path length component and has a second path length component not equal to the first path length component.
13. A process to approximate somatic cell count of mammalian milk, the process comprising steps of:
providing a source of incident light, the incident light having an incident light central axis;
providing a forward scattered light detector, the forward scattered light detector being intersected by the incident light central axis;
providing a sample container to contain milk samples, the sample container being traversed by the incident light central axis so that the incident light central axis has a path length through a milk sample in the sample container prior to forward scattered light detection by the forward scattered light detector;
configuring together the incident light, the forward scattered light detector, and the path length through the milk sample in the sample container so that stochastic fluctuations of orientations of electric dipole moments of somatic cells in an ensemble of mammalian somatic cells along the path length through the milk sample in the sample container add incident light scattered by the ensemble into a first forward scattered light peak angular range having a greatest intensity at a first forward scattered light peak angle away from the incident light central axis;
detecting of forward scattered light data over a detection angular range including at least part of the first forward scattered light peak angular range; and
obtaining a detected forward scattered light factor (FSL) which can be used to approximate somatic cell count of the milk sample, the detected forward scattered light factor obtained using at least one datum from detected forward scattered light data.
14. The process of claim 13 with the step of providing the sample container comprising providing a sample container which is part of a system of flowing of milk.
15. The process of claim 13 with the step of obtaining the detected forward scattered light factor being made remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
16. The process of claim 13 which further comprises the step of approximating somatic cell content of the milk sample using the equation
SCCt=f (FATt, FSLt)
with (SCCt) approximating somatic cell count of a test milk sample,
with (FSLt) comprising the detected forward scattered light factor of the test milk sample,
with (FATt) representing fat content of the test milk sample,
with (f) comprising a function obtained by calibration of the device 16 using reference data comprising:
detected forward scattered light factors (FSLr) obtained from each set of detected forward scattered light data detected for n reference milk samples with the index r running from 1 to n,
representations of fat content (FATr) of each of the n reference milk samples, and
known somatic cell counts (SCCr) of each the n reference milk samples.
17. The process of claim 13 with the step of approximating somatic cell count being made remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
18. The process of claim 13 with the step of providing the sample container comprising a step of providing a first sample container component and a step of providing a second sample container component so that the path length has a first path length component in the first sample container component and has a second path length component in the second sample container component, the second path length component not equal to the first path length component.
19. A process to approximate somatic cell count of mammalian milk, the process comprising steps of:
providing a source of incident light, the incident light having an incident light central axis;
providing a forward scattered light detector, the forward scattered light detector being intersected by the incident light central axis;
providing a sample container to contain milk samples, the sample container being traversed by the incident light central axis so that the incident light central axis has a path length through a milk sample in the sample container prior to forward scattered light detection by the forward scattered light detector;
configuring together the incident light, the forward scattered light detector, and the path length through the milk sample in the sample container so that stochastic fluctuations of orientations of electric dipole moments of somatic cells in an ensemble of mammalian somatic cells along the path length through the milk sample in the sample container add incident light scattered by the ensemble into a first forward scattered light peak angular range having a greatest intensity at a first forward scattered light peak angle away from the incident light central axis;
detecting of forward scattered light data over a detection angular range including at least part of the first forward scattered light peak angular range; and
obtaining a detected forward scattered light factor (FSL) using at least one datum from detected forward scattered light data,
approximating somatic cell content of the milk sample using the equation
SCCt=f (FATt, FSLt)
with (SCCt) approximating somatic cell count of a test milk sample,
with (FSLt) comprising the detected forward scattered light factor of the test milk sample,
with (FATt) representing fat content of the test milk sample,
with (f) comprising a function obtained by calibration of the device 16 using reference data comprising:
detected forward scattered light factors (FSLr) obtained from each set of detected forward scattered light data detected for n reference milk samples with the index r running from 1 to n,
representations of fat content (FATr) of each of the n reference milk samples, and
known somatic cell counts (SCCr) of each the n reference milk samples.
20. The process of claim 19 with the step of providing the sample container comprises providing a sample container which is part of a system of flowing of milk.
21. The process of claim 19 with the step of obtaining the detected forward scattered light factor being made remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
22. The process of claim 19 with the step of approximating somatic cell count being made remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
23. The process of claim 21 with the step of approximating somatic cell count being made remotely from the forward scattered light detector.
24. The process of claim 19 with the step of providing the sample container comprising a step of providing a first sample container component and a step of providing a second sample container component so that the path length has a first path length component in the first sample container component and has a second path length component in the second sample container component, the second path length component not equal to the first path length component.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A composition with increased release comprising
A) an encapsulated active and
B) one or more metal additive.
2. A coating composition comprising
A) an encapsulated active and
B) one or more metal additive and
C) one or more binder polymer, one or more binder precursor, or a mixture thereof; and
D) one or more pigment.
3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the coating composition is a marine anti-fouling coating composition.
4. A method of making the composition of claim 1 comprising addition of said B) into at least one of i), ii), or iii) wherein
i. is an aqueous dispersion of the encapsulated active and
ii. is a solvent dispersion of the encapsulated active and
iii. is the dried composition of the encapsulated active.
5. The composition of claim 1 wherein said composition further comprises
C) one or more binder polymer, one or more binder precursor, or a mixture thereof; and
D) one or more pigment.
6. The composition of claim 2 wherein said encapsulated active comprises an amine resin.
7. The composition of claim 2 wherein said encapsulated active comprises an agricultural chemical or biocide or mixture thereof.
8. The composition of claim 2 wherein said metal additive comprises one or more of
a) a transition metal,
b) metal cation selected from periodic group 1, and
c) metal cation selected from periodic group 2.
9. A method of making the composition of claim 2 comprising at least one of the steps of:
I. forming a dried composition comprising said metal additive and said encapsulated active, and then mixing said dried composition with said C) and said D) or
II. forming a dried composition comprising said encapsulated active, then mixing said dried composition with said metal additive, said C) and said D) or
III. forming a solvent dispersion comprising said encapsulated active and said metal additive, then mixing said solvent dispersion with said C) and D).
10. A method of providing a surface that resists marine fouling wherein said method comprises applying a layer of the composition of claim 2 to a substrate and drying said layer or allowing said layer to dry.