Abstract: An automated monitoring status indicating node includes a body, a status indicator assembly, a memory and processor operable to activate the status indicator based on the status of a device being monitored. Related methods are disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the presently-disclosed subject matter provide an isolated polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, fragments thereof, and/or epitopes thereof. Embodiments of the presently-disclosed subject matter also provide methods for diagnosing a Strongylus vulgaris infection in a subject that comprises providing a biological sample from the subject and contacting the sample with the present isolated polypeptide, fragment thereof, and/or epitope thereof. In some embodiments the Strongylus vulgaris infection can be detected during a prepatent period. In further embodiments the subject is a horse.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel isolated nucleic acids encoding antigenic proteins derived from Sarcocystis neurona, or unique fragments thereof. In particular, the invention provides novel isolated nucleic acids encoding membrane-associated polypeptides SnSAG2, SnSAG3, and SnSAG 4. Also provided are purified antigenic polypeptide fragments encoded by the novel nucleic acid sequences set forth herein that encode for SnSAG2, SnSAG3, and SnSAG 4. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids capable of selectively hybridizing with the nucleic acid from Sarcocystis neurona. The invention also provides vectors comprising the nucleic acids of the invention encoding an antigenic protein derived from Sarcocystis neurona or a unique fragment thereof and provides the vector in a host capable of expressing the polypeptide encoded by that nucleic acid.

Abstract: A message device to be installed at a location for storing a message left by a visitor for an intended recipient while the intended recipient is absent from the location. The message device includes a housing to be installed externally of the location where it can be accessed by visitors to the location. The housing includes a substantially-planar writing surface upon which a paper can be placed while the visitor writes the message to be left for the intended recipient on the paper, an aperture in which the paper can be inserted once the visitor has completed the message, and a cavity for receiving the paper inserted into the aperture and storing the paper until the paper is later retrieved by the intended recipient. A writing utensil is provided to be retrievable by the visitor when the visitor is located adjacent to the housing for writing the message on the paper.