Abstract: A method for vehicle alerting includes receiving, at a cloud computing system, digital data that includes a location of a vehicle and a hazard lights on status of the vehicle, determining a functional classification of a road that corresponds to the location of the vehicle, wherein the digital data is received from the vehicle via a wireless connection, and determining whether to initiate an alert messaging operation in response to the functional classification of the road and the hazard lights on status, wherein determining whether to initiate the alert messaging operation involves selecting from available options of 1) initiating the alert messaging operation when the functional classification of the road is determined to be within a first set of functional classifications, and 2) not initiating the alert messaging operation when the functional classification of the road is determined to be within a second set of functional classifications.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system for vehicle alerting are disclosed. In an example, a computer-implemented method for alerting vehicles, the method including receiving, at a cloud computing system, digital data that includes location information about an object, determining, by the cloud computing system, a characteristic of a road that corresponds to the location information, and initiating, by the cloud computing system, a digital alerting operation for nearby vehicles in response to the characteristic of the road and at least one additional factor that corresponds to the object.

Abstract: Systems and methods for use in cloud-based digital vehicle alerting are disclosed. In an example, a computer-implemented method for operating a digital alerting system involves determining a post-alert behavior of a vehicle that was provided a digital alert, the post-alert behavior is determined using 1) a time that the digital alert was provided to the vehicle, and 2) vehicle telemetry data that was received at a digital alerting system from the vehicle, modifying a digital alerting rule based on the post-alert behavior, and updating a rules engine of the digital alerting system with the modified digital alerting rule, wherein the rules engine is configured to implement digital alerting rules.

Abstract: The present invention relates to natural aqueous essence compositions comprised of flavor and aroma constituents from hops. The invention also relates to methods for adding flavor and aroma to beers, ciders, meads, or other fermented beverages, as well as other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages such as seltzers, flavored waters, and teas where a hop-derived flavor and aroma is desired. The aqueous essence compositions are comprised of compounds that are naturally present in hops or in beer and/or result from processes that occur during brewing or in the aqueous processing of hop cones, hop pellets, or other solids separated from the hop plant (Humulus lupulus). The present invention also relates to the process by which aroma and flavor components are released and isolated from hops in a process that involves steam stripping, concentration, and collection of valuable aroma- and flavor-active hop constituents.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and non-transitory computer readable mediums for vehicle data collection are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method for vehicle data collection includes receiving, at a cloud computing system, vehicle data that indicates a location of a vehicle and a data reporting mode of the vehicle, determining, by the cloud computing system, whether the vehicle is located in an alerting zone using the vehicle data, determining, by the cloud computing system, if the data reporting mode of the vehicle needs to be changed based on the alerting zone determination, and generating, by the cloud computing system, a policy message for transmission to the vehicle when the data reporting mode needs to be changed, where the policy message indicates an updated data reporting mode of the vehicle.

Abstract: As described below, the present invention features methods and compositions for controlling a honey bee parasitic mite or for the treatment or prevention of a parasitic mite infestation in a honey bee hive. In particular embodiments, the invention provides a miticidal delivery device, wherein the device is a corrugated strip comprising a liquid composition comprising at least about 15% potassium salts of hop beta acids, solvent and an emulsifier.

Abstract: A method of using hop acids for increasing food and energy uptake from feed by livestock is described which includes delivering the hop acids for oral ingestion to the animals by mixing the acids with livestock feed. The acids are mixed with the feed in an amount to inhibit certain types of undesirable bacteria in the livestock's digestive system, thereby increasing the production of propionate and lactate and decreasing the production of methane gas.

Abstract: A method of purifying multi-component gas streams, comprising the steps of stabilizing an absorbent solution which comprises a Group I-B metal halide amine, contacting said absorbent solution with said multi-component gas stream, complexing ligands and reactable components in said gas stream with said Group I-B metal halide amine, decomplexing and recovering said ligands and reactable components either separately or in mixture, and recycling said absorbent solution for contact with said multi-component gas stream.