Abstract: A computer-implemented auditory biometric method generates a playlist file including at least one audio file. The method includes receiving user biometric data and applying user biometric data to a trained auditory biometric model to generate a playlist file. The auditory biometric model may be trained using training data including a plurality of historic records associated with a plurality of historic users. The method may include transmitting a playlist message including the playlist file to a user computer device for execution by the user computer device.

Abstract: A computer-implemented auditory biometric method generates a playlist file including at least one audio file. The method includes receiving user biometric data and applying user biometric data to a trained auditory biometric model to generate a playlist file. The auditory biometric model may be trained using training data including a plurality of historic records associated with a plurality of historic users. The method may include transmitting a playlist message including the playlist file to a user computer device for execution by the user computer device.

Abstract: A bait station for use with trapping rodents, including a housing, a ballast located within a base of the housing to inhibit movement of the bait station, at least one rodent trap retention area located above the ballast, and at least one rodent access to an interior of the housing though a side panel of the base at a height greater than that of the ballast. The bait station may include a removable tray disposed above the ballast that includes the rodent trap retention area to facilitate rodent removal and cleaning. Opposing first and second rodent access openings may be located on opposite side walls of the base to facilitate rodent entry from multiple directions.

Abstract: A valve of the type wherein high pressure fluid moves through a first moveable member (112) that lies in a first valve body (116), through a rotor channel (162), and though a second moveable member (150) in a second body, with the rotor being rotatable to direct the fluid into a selected passage of the second body. In this valve, forces on the rotor vary with the pressure of the fluid, but are decreased to reduce friction and therefore reduce rotation torque. Forces on the rotor are decreased by constructing each moveable member with a cylindrical surface (135) that is dynamically sealed against. Each valve body includes a body and an insert (126) threaded into a front end of the body. The insert has an internal flange (132) with a flange front end (133) that abuts the rear of a spring (120) that urges the movable member forward towards the rotor, and with a flange rear end (204) that abuts a seal device (121) that dynamically seals to the cylindrical surface (135) of the moveable member.