Abstract: The invention relates to direct-fed microbials for use in E. coli inhibition in animals. More particularly, the invention relates to isolated Bacillus strains 101, 235, 77, 177, and 102 and strains having all of the identifying characteristics of these strains, for a use comprising the above-mentioned use. The invention can also be used for treatment of plants and in food processing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of protecting a component using a deliberately created impedance mismatch between conductive impedance transition elements and an electric power line. The method comprises coupling a plurality of conductive impedance transition elements having a greater diameter than the power line at a position between an extended length of the power line and the component. The difference between the diameters of the conductive transition elements and the power line causes an intentional impedance mismatch between the two or more impedance transition elements with adjacent portions of the power line, and the mismatch causes high-frequency components of the transient electromagnetic signals induced on the power line by the transient electrical disturbance to be reflected by at least one of two or more impedance transition elements away from the protected component.

Abstract: A system for completing a well, including a generator, and a plurality of electric load components, each electric load component powered by the generator. The system further includes a load shedding control panel that monitors the generator and, if the generator loses functionality, is capable of deactivating one or more of the plurality of electric load components to reduce the electric load.

Abstract: A notification service may act as an intermediary between message channels and/or other sources of actionable notifications and/or action items contained in messages, aggregating actionable notifications for a given recipient across multiple message channels and/or across multiple tools or services, sending notification messages with selectable response options to the recipient in a unified format, and processing the user's responses, e.g., by transmitting the responses back to the applicable sources.

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed a system to detect activation phrases within input audio signals transmitted over a low-bandwidth network. The system can use a two-stage activation phrase detection process. First a sensing device, which can include a plurality of microphones for detecting an input audio signal, can detect an input audio signal that includes a candidate activation phrase. Second, the sensing device can transmit the recordings of the input audio signal to a client device for confirmation that the input audio signal includes the activation phrase.

Abstract: An apparatus, methods and systems for monitoring data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. The system may include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels and to a network infrastructure, wherein the data collector collects data based on a selected data collection routine, a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data, a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels, and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data and determine an aggregate rate of data being collected, wherein if the aggregate rate exceeds a current bandwidth allocation rate associated with the network infrastructure, then the data analysis circuit requests an increase to the current bandwidth allocation rate from the network infrastructure.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems for use in controlling irrigation, comprising: an irrigation controller configured to couple with one or more valves at a site and to control activation and deactivation of the one or more valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule stored in the irrigation controller; a wireless adapter directly communicationally coupled through a direct wired connection with the irrigation controller; and a network adapter wirelessly coupled over a point-to-point wireless communication path with the wireless adapter, wherein the network adapter is configured to further couple through a direct wired connection with a local router configured to provide communication over a distributed network to a remote server; wherein the wireless adapter is configured to poll the irrigation controller to acquire and locally store status information; and the wireless adapter is configured to communicate, over the point-to-point wireless channel, the status information to the server.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a pancake lens block may include (i) a first compound retarder comprising a first plurality of retarders oriented to a plurality of first axes of orientation, respectively, where the first compound retarder is configured to selectively transmit a portion of the emitted light, (ii) a partial reflector that receives the portion of emitted light from the first compound retarder and transmits the portion of the emitted light, (iii) a second compound retarder comprising a second plurality of retarders oriented to a plurality of second axes of orientation that are substantially orthogonal to the respective plurality of first axes of orientation, and (iv) a reflective polarizer configured to reflect the portion of the emitted light selectively transmitted by the second compound retarder back to the second compound retarder.

Abstract: A system for optimizing dietary levels utilizing artificial intelligence. The system includes at least a server designed and configured to receive at least a dietary request from a user device. The at least a server includes an alimentary instruction set generator module designed and configured to generate at least an alimentary instruction set as a function of the at least a dietary request. The at least a server includes a physical performance instruction set generator designed and configured to receive at least a provider datum, receive at least a physical performance datum, select at least a provider and at least a physical performance executor and generate at least a provider instruction set and at least a physical performance instruction set.

Abstract: An electrolyte system for an electrochemical cell having an electrode comprising a chalcogen-containing electroactive material is provided, along with methods of making the electrolyte system. The electrolyte system includes one or more lithium salts dissolved in one or more solvents. The salts have a concentration in the electrolyte of greater than or equal to about 2M to less than or equal to about 5M. The electrochemical cell including the electrolyte system has a minimum potential greater than or equal to about 0.8 V to less than or equal to about 1.8 V and a maximum charge potential of greater than or equal to about 2.5 V to less than or equal to about 3 V.

Abstract: Embodiments include devices and methods configured to fractionally resect skin and/or fat. Fractional resection is applied as a stand-alone procedure in anatomical areas that are off-limits to conventional plastic surgery due to the poor tradeoff between the visibility of the incisional scar and amount of enhancement obtained. Fractional resection is also applied as an adjunct to established plastic surgery procedures such as liposuction, and is employed to significantly reduce the length of incisions required for a particular application. The shortening of incisions has application in both the aesthetic and reconstructive realms of plastic surgery.

Abstract: Methods for treating bladder cancer and solid tumors are disclosed. The methods include administering to a patient a compound of formula 1 Pharmaceutical compositions of compound 1 are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reverse purging in a non-integrated refueling canister only system based on diurnal temperature variation. In one example, a method may include during a vehicle-off condition, in response to an estimated cooling of fuel in a fuel tank, unseal the fuel tank by pulsing a refueling valve (RV) to an open position. The cooling of the fuel may be estimated based on output of a first solar cell.

Abstract: A lens for directing light from an LED light source. The lens is formed by a plurality of layers and has a light-receiving inner-surface defining a pair of cavities. A portion of the inner-surface which defines one of the cavities is at least partially formed by an innermost layer of the plurality of layers. At least a portion of another of the plurality of layers extends inwardly between the pair of cavities. Another aspect of this invention is an optic member including a plurality of the lenses for directing light received from a plurality of spaced apart LED light sources.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a system that can comprise one or more processing modules and/or one or more non-transitory memory storage modules storing computing instructions on the one or more processing modules.

Abstract: A communication device, computer program product, and method enable associating a closed position and an open position of a movable housing positionably coupled to a base housing of the communication device with alternate ones of first and second modes of antenna communication that respectively utilize an antenna array of a first sub-array aligned or not aligned in a second sub-array. The first array of first antenna(s) is housed within the base housing. The second sub-array of second antenna(s) is housed within the movable housing. The controller monitors a housing sensor positioned to detect the closed position and the open position. In response to identifying the mode, the controller configures a modem to use an excitation matrix associated with the mode comprising magnitude and phase settings to apply to each antenna of the first and the second sub-arrays to act either independently or as an array.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, an apparatus for privacy protection includes a peripheral interface connectable to a second device. In some embodiments, the second device is operably connectable to a personal communication device and the peripheral interface provides characteristics of communication signals associated with the personal communication device to the second device. The apparatus also includes a radio frequency (RF) detection device operable to detect energy carrying a communication signal to or from the personal communication device.

Abstract: A haptic glove comprises a glove body including a glove digit corresponding to a phalange of a user hand with the glove digit having a bend location that is located along the glove digit. A haptic apparatus is coupled to the glove body at the bend location with the haptic apparatus comprising a plurality of sheets that are flexible and inextensible and a pressure actuator coupled to one or more of the plurality of sheets. The plurality of sheets are stacked and configured to translate relative to each other along the centerline with bending of the glove digit. The pressure actuator is configured to adjust an applied pressure to the plurality of sheets to adjust friction between the sheets. The adjustment of friction is proportional to a bending resistance of the glove digit.