Abstract: A teeth cleaning system that measures and analyzes analytes in a user's saliva. The system includes an actuated tray comprising brushing elements. At least one integrated sensor may be housed in a tray of said teeth cleaning system that can detect one or more analytes within said user's saliva. In operation, said integrated sensor is exposed to said user's saliva for measuring a concentration of said analyte in said user's saliva. An electrochemical analyzer and/or a processor may also be housed in a handle assembly for analyzing a signal related to at least one measuring of said concentration of said analyte. Said concentration readings and analysis may be sent to an external network, including a network that interfaces a mobile app for further analysis, presentation, or personalized advice and products sent to said user through said mobile app.

Abstract: A tire protection sprinkler including a frame body having an inlet, an outlet, defining an internal passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet along a sprinkler axis. A dome shaped deflector member is centered, axially aligned with the sprinkler axis, and spaced from the outlet. The deflector member has an outer surface and an inner surface that preferably includes: a peripheral region, a central region and an intermediate region. The intermediate region includes a primary deflecting surface, and a secondary deflecting surface that is surrounded by the primary deflecting surface The deflector member provides for generation of a non-circular spray pattern defined by four zones of fluid density concentrically formed about the sprinkler axis.

Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to reconstitute a continuous waveform to a discrete analogue version. The system includes a numerical optimizer configured to determine frequencies of a pulse sequence. The numerical optimizer uses radial motional mode frequencies and a desired gate time. The numerical optimizer generates the pulse sequence by closing phase-space trajectories, disentangling spins and motions, and constraining a Rabi frequency for motional sideband transitions. The system also includes a display configured to illustrate a discrete frequency modulation pulse sequence based on the determined frequencies.

Abstract: Described are catalytic articles comprising a substrate having a washcoat on the substrate, the washcoat containing a catalytic component having a first average (D50) particle size and a functional binder component having a second average (D50) particle size in the range of about 10 nm to about 1000 nm, wherein the ratio of the first average (D50) particle size to the second average (D50) particle size is greater than about 10:1. The catalytic articles are useful in methods and systems to purify exhaust gas streams from an engine.

Abstract: Described are catalytic articles comprising a substrate having a washcoat on the substrate, the washcoat containing a catalytic component having a first average (D50) particle size and a functional binder component having a second average (D50) particle size in the range of about 10 nm to about 1000 nm, wherein the ratio of the first average (D50) particle size to the second average (D50) particle size is greater than about 10:1. The catalytic articles are useful in methods and systems to purify exhaust gas streams from an engine.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for sorting a particle based on a characteristic of a particle.

Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate generally to an apparatus, system, and methods for coating and calcining a catalytic substrate inline, reducing the processing time to prepare a substrate coated with catalytic material. For example, the disclosure describes a multi-station coater system comprising: a raw weight station, wherein an initial weight of a substrate is measured; a first catalytic substrate coating station, wherein a first wet coating comprising a first catalytic coating and a first carrier liquid is introduced into longitudinal cells of the substrate; a first wet weight station, wherein a wet weight of the substrate is measured; a first inline calciner module, wherein a heating fluid is introduced into the substrate to calcine the catalytic coating; and a first calcined weight station, wherein a calcined weight of the substrate is measured.

Abstract: Described are catalytic articles comprising a substrate having a washcoat on the substrate, the washcoat containing a catalytic component having a first average (D50) particle size and a functional binder component having a second average (D50) particle size in the range of about 10 nm to about 1000 nm, wherein the ratio of the first average (D50) particle size to the second average (D50) particle size is greater than about 10:1. The catalytic articles are useful in methods and systems to purify exhaust gas streams from an engine.

Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for applying a catalytic coating to the outwardly facing edges of the cell walls of a catalytic substrate to reduce the amount of soot that accumulates at the entrances of the substrate cells that can increase back pressure and reduce the flow of exhaust gases through the substrate.

Abstract: Storage arrangements for renting kayaks, paddle boards, and canoes and methods for renting kayaks and canoes are provided. The storage arrangements include a set of compartments. Each of the compartments in the set include elongated support members extending in a direction of elongation; perforated barriers extending between at least two of the elongated support members forming an opening at a first end, the opening adapted to receive a kayak or a canoe, and an opening at a second end of elongated support members; a barrier over the opening at the second end; and a displaceable cover mounted over the opening at the first end. In one aspect, the storage arrangement includes a mechanism adapted to releasably engage each of the plurality of compartments from an adjacent compartment. Methods for renting kayaks, paddle boards, and/or canoes are also provided.

Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for applying a catalytic coating to the outwardly facing edges of the cell walls of a catalytic substrate to reduce the amount of soot that accumulates at the entrances of the substrate cells that can increase back pressure and reduce the flow of exhaust gases through the substrate.

Abstract: Provided herein is a barium sulfate-containing catalyst carrier. The catalyst carrier is useful for supporting an exhaust gas purification catalyst, such as a three way conversion catalyst. In an embodiment, the carrier comprises BaSO4/thermally stable alumina. Further provided is a process for preparing the catalyst carrier, with or without precious metals, comprising treating a barium oxide/alumina or barium carbonate/alumina with a stoichiometric amount of sulfuric acid (H2SO4), thus forming BaSO4/alumina in situ in good yield and at low cost.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for electronically delivering banking services to end clients and, more particularly, using Internet based technologies as a means of exposing those services. The solution to this problem set forth in this invention is the creation of a common electronic delivery infrastructure and application deployment environment, exposing an institution's entire portfolio of corporate banking services to its clients at a number of different locations at any time.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for electronically delivering banking services to end clients and, more particularly, using Internet based technologies as a means of exposing those services. The solution to this problem set forth in this invention is the creation of a common electronic delivery infrastructure and application deployment environment, exposing an institution's entire portfolio of corporate banking services to its clients at a number of different locations at any time.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for constructing fully-compensating composite pulses of arbitrary accuracy that can correct pulse power errors to any desired order. The invention has two preferred embodiments, the Trotter-Suzuki (TS) embodiment and the Solovay-Kitaev (SK) embodiment. Each preferred embodiment can be represented by a mathematical algorithm, which can be easily implemented on a computer, for constructing a list of phases {?1, . . . , ?l} and rotation angles {?1, . . . , ?l} that amounts to a composite pulse. The pulses can then be used for nuclear magnetic resonance, quantum computing, or any other application based on pulsed excitations. The present invention, as embodied in the pulse sequences SK n and TS n, allows the user to transform a pulse sequence of error ? to a robust pulse sequence with error O(?n) for arbitrary n. The sequences can be implemented using any existing quantum computer or NMR hardware.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for electronically delivering banking services to end clients and, more particularly, using Internet based technologies as a means of exposing those services. The solution to this problem set forth in this invention is the creation of a common electronic delivery infrastructure and application deployment environment, exposing an institution's entire portfolio of corporate banking services to its clients at a number of different locations at any time.

Abstract: Methods for preparing colloidal metal nanoparticles, in which seed colloids are added to a solution of reductant mixed with a solution containing a source of metal ions, include a method in which the seeds are colloidal gold nanoparticles, the source of gold ions is HAuCl4, and the reductant is NH2OH. SERS substrates are prepared by combining a colloidal gold monolayer with a solution containing a source of metal ions and a reductant such as NH2OH.

Abstract: Methods for preparing colloidal metal nanoparticles, in which seed colloids are added to a solution of reductant mixed with a solution containing a source of metal ions, include a method in which the seeds are colloidal gold nanoparticles, the source of gold ions is HAuCl4, and the reductant is NH2OH. SERS substrates are prepared by combining a colloidal gold monolayer with a solution containing a source of metal ions and a reductant such as NH2OH.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for electronically delivering banking services to end clients and, more particularly, using Internet based technologies as a means of exposing those services. The solution to this problem set forth in this invention is the creation of a common electronic delivery infrastructure and application deployment environment, exposing an institution's entire portfolio of corporate banking services to its clients at a number of different locations at any time.

Abstract: A pump is supported on a housing and has an inlet port coupled to a lubricant supply and an outlet port coupled to a tube outlet opening for delivering a predetermined amount of the lubricant during an activated cycle of the pump. An actuator, when triggered, operates in an actuated state for a predetermined duration during which time the pump is activated for one cycle and delivers a predetermined amount of the lubricant to the tube outlet opening. A switch is independently selectable for triggering the actuator to activate only the active cycle of the pump. The actuator may be a spring-biased solenoid or a timer circuit with a relay. The pump may be a piston-diaphragm type or any one of various motor driven types. The pump is activated for about 1 second, without also activating a cleaning cycle or a purging cycle and delivers ⅛ to ½ cc of a lubricant comprising about 90% by volume of a pharmaceutical grade mineral oil and about 10% by volume of NNL-690.