Abstract: A cleaning device includes a housing, an air driver, an ozone generator, and a catalyst. The housing defines an internal cavity. The housing has a first portion defining a first chamber of the internal cavity, a second portion defining a second chamber of the internal cavity, and an intermediate portion extending between the first portion and the second portion, and defining an intermediate chamber. The first chamber is connected to an inlet of the housing. The first portion having a first width. The second chamber is connected to an outlet of the housing. The second portion has a second width greater than the first width. The first portion, the intermediate portion, and the second portion are linearly aligned along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The air driver is positioned within the first chamber. The ozone generator is positioned within the intermediate chamber. The catalyst is positioned within the second chamber.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a housing having a first end defining an inlet and an opposing second end defining an outlet. The housing defines an internal cavity. The housing has a first portion, a second portion, and an intermediate portion. The first portion defines a first chamber of the internal cavity that is connected to the inlet. The first portion has a first width. The second portion defines a second chamber of the internal cavity that is connected to the outlet. The second portion has a second width greater than the first width. The intermediate portion extends between the first portion and the second portion. The intermediate portion defines an intermediate chamber. The intermediate portion has a linear profile or a non-linear profile. The cleaning device further includes an air driver positioned within the first chamber, an ozone generator positioned within the intermediate portion, and a catalyst positioned within the second chamber.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a housing, an air driver, an ozone generator, and a catalyst. The housing defines an inlet, an outlet, and an internal cavity connecting the inlet to the outlet. The air driver is positioned within the internal cavity. The air driver is configured to draw contaminated air from an external environment into the inlet and through the internal cavity of the housing to facilitate decontaminating the contaminated air and emitting clean air out of the outlet into the external environment. The ozone generator is positioned within the internal cavity. The ozone generator is configured to generate ozone. The catalyst is positioned within the internal cavity. The ozone and/or the catalyst are configured to interact with the contaminated air to produce the clean air.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a housing, an air driver, an ozone generator, and a catalyst. The housing defines an inlet, an outlet, and an internal cavity connecting the inlet to the outlet. The air driver is positioned within the internal cavity. The air driver is configured to draw contaminated air from an external environment into the inlet and through the internal cavity of the housing to facilitate decontaminating the contaminated air and emitting clean air out of the outlet into the external environment. The ozone generator is positioned within the internal cavity. The ozone generator is configured to generate ozone. The catalyst is positioned within the internal cavity. The ozone and/or the catalyst are configured to interact with the contaminated air to produce the clean air.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a housing having a first end defining an inlet and an opposing second end defining an outlet. The housing defines an internal cavity. The housing has a first portion, a second portion, and an intermediate portion. The first portion defines a first chamber of the internal cavity that is connected to the inlet. The first portion has a first width. The second portion defines a second chamber of the internal cavity that is connected to the outlet. The second portion has a second width greater than the first width. The intermediate portion extends between the first portion and the second portion. The intermediate portion defines an intermediate chamber. The intermediate portion has a linear profile or a non-linear profile. The cleaning device further includes an air driver positioned within the first chamber, an ozone generator positioned within the intermediate portion, and a catalyst positioned within the second chamber.

Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing data involve, collecting samples of data elements from a database storing a population of data elements representing attributes of each numerous different financial transactions. Critical data elements from the collected samples are determined. Data quality rules are built and data dimensions are calculated for the critical data elements. A quality of data within the critical data elements for different data quality dimensions is monitored. Critical data elements that produce a high number of outliers are identified and causes for the outliers are identified. Thereafter, a corrective action plan to address a solution for the causes for the outliers may be developed and executed.

Abstract: A foamed glass plant growth support structure, including a foamed glass substrate and a plurality of interconnected pores distributed throughout the substrate. The substrate is characterized by a porosity of at least about 65 percent. The pore size is substantially between about 0.2 and about 2 millimeters and the substrate is sufficiently chemically stable such that water filling the plurality of interconnected pores experiences a pH shift of less than 0.5.

Abstract: An oxidizing agent generating device and a liquid application device combine a gaseous oxidizing agent with a liquid creating an oxidizing agent-liquid material that is applied to a surface to incapacitate and destroy pathogens on the surface. The oxidizing agent ozone is combined with the liquid and the mixture is applied under pressure to the surface to render the pathogens ineffective. A surfactant is added to the mixture decreasing the tension of the mixture when it is in contact with the surface increasing the amount of dissolved ozone in contact with the surface.

Abstract: A foamed glass plant growth support structure, including a foamed glass substrate and a plurality of interconnected pores distributed throughout the substrate. The substrate is characterized by a porosity of at least about 65 percent. The pore size is substantially between about 0.2 and about 2 millimeters and the substrate is sufficiently chemically stable such that water filling the plurality of interconnected pores experiences a pH shift of less than 0.5.

Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing data involve, collecting samples of data elements from a database storing a population of data elements representing attributes of each numerous different financial transactions. Critical data elements from the collected samples are determined. Data quality rules are built and data dimensions are calculated for the critical data elements. A quality of data within the critical data elements for different data quality dimensions is monitored. Critical data elements that produce a high number of outliers are identified and causes for the outliers are identified. Thereafter, a corrective action plan to address a solution for the causes for the outliers may be developed and executed.

Abstract: A system and method for an internet community to create and share flashcard decks related to one or more topics is disclosed. An author is responsible for creating flashcard decks while a group lead is responsible for managing access to the decks to a select group of users. Group members use the flashcard decks to learn the content material. An authoring application is used by the authors to create the flashcard decks through the assembly of one or more of rich text, image, audio, and/or video elements. A group management application is used by the group lead for the purpose of creating user groups and managing their access to selected decks as well as various modes of play. A flashcard player is available for web, personal computer, smart phone, and/or tablet use by the group members/users.

Abstract: A process for health management of participants includes gathering data on health attributes of the participants. The Kanri index value for each of the participants is then calculated by performing Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization and Mahalanobis distance for each of the participants from a mean of the Gram-Schmidt variables. The participant is then provided with a high impact prescription from the health attributes to improve participant health.

Abstract: A pump system for tangential flow or crossflow liquid filtration systems, such as reverse osmosis, nano, and micro filtration systems, that independently fixes the fraction of product water produced for each stage and recovers a fraction of the energy normally lost in rejected waste streams. The pump is of the rotary positive-displacement type and fixes the percent recovery of the overall system by establishing set ratios through the use of differing displacements of the various pump and motor stages, per unit of time, between the feed water inlet, product water outlet, and reject water outlet volume of each stage of the filtration system while using the same ratio setting components to recover the energy normally expelled along with the reject, or concentrate water. The pump system, while initially developed for use in water processing, can find equal or greater use in processing of fluid streams other than water and in processes other than filtration or reverse osmosis.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating an optimised route between a plurality of locations comprises processing means in communication with the following: input means to enable a user to identify the plurality of locations, storage means for storing geographic data, a data handling engine for converting the locations into data representative of the plurality of locations by reference to the storage means, a route calculating engine for calculating an optimised route between the plurality of locations on the basis of said representative data, an image rendering engine for generating a series of images, each image of the series comprising a part of the optimised route between two of the identified locations and output means for outputting the series of images.

Abstract: A chemical formulation for treating coolant deficiencies, such as corrosion, scale, and low thermal transfer, and treating the root of most of the problems, which is water composition, and providing for preventative measures that further protect the systems that utilize the coolant. The formulation utilizes multiple ingredients, including an adsorbent, an emulsifier, a buffering agent, a dispersant, a deflocculate, a chelation agent, and a peptizing agent, each of which are chosen for a specific task and for the characteristics of having little or no impact on the environment, and for being either a food type additive, approved for use on food preparation surfaces, or otherwise generally recognized as safe. The ingredients, besides having their own specific task, when compounded with each other in the formulation or those elements found in the system being treated, also provide synergistic effects.

Abstract: A system to remove mercury and mercury-containing particles from waste water prior to entrance into a municipal sewage system. In one form, the system includes a housing having an interior chamber with an inlet and outlet in fluid communication in the chamber, and a filter inside the chamber. The filter, in one embodiment, includes a course filter, an abatement filter, and an ion exchange filter. The chamber and filter may be formed in a removable cartridge mounted in the housing to facilitate safe handling and disposal thereof.

Abstract: A method of separating a mixture into a plurality of more concentrated products utilizing recirculation and concentration of one product so as to extract a substantially large fraction of another product from the mixture; and the apparatus utilizing the present method in a system, such as a reverse osmosis system, capable of very high recovery rates, efficient power usage, and long component life. Substantially 100% of the concentrate product exiting a tangential separation device, such as a reverse osmosis filtering device, recirculates until the concentration of the concentrate reaches a predetermined level, at which time the concentrate is purged from the system and a new cycle begins. This achieves recovery rates in RO-based water purification systems from around 70% for feed water with 1,000 ppm of total dissolved solids to around 97% for feed water with 100 ppm of total dissolved solids.

Abstract: A chemical formulation and the method of using said formulation for testing the ability of certain coolant treatment and additive formulations to actually perform certain aspects of the work for which they were intended. These certain aspects of work, for which the coolants ability to perform are tested, include the treated coolant's ability to remove scale from the treated system by inactivating, or otherwise rendering harmless, certain scale causing contaminants via chelation and sequestration. The invention further includes the method by which the testing is carried out.

Abstract: A rugged, flexible unit for generating a corona discharge includes a conductive central wire, flexible dielectric material, and a flexible conductive layer surrounding said dielectric material. The dielectric material may be advantageously formed of PTFE. The flexible unit may be conveniently cut from a long length of prefabricated insulated wire. In operation, an alternating current is supplied to the central wire and the outer conductive layer is grounded, such that a corona discharge is efficiently generated within and around interstices formed by the outer layer. The corona discharge may be used to ozonate oxygen-rich gas.