Abstract: The present invention offers some general specifications for the design, assembly, and adaptation of a rotating cylinder electrochemical cell into an autoclave, of a high temperature and pressure system for corrosion studies that simulate operating conditions in pipelines, as well as the operation and safety of an autoclave to evaluate the electrochemical process of metal surfaces exposed to aggressive aqueous solutions. The electrochemical cell consists of an array of three electrodes that include a rotating cylinder electrode designed to operate hermetically, a reference electrode and an auxiliary electrode. The rotating cylinder electrode is considered to be the working electrode, where the oxidation and electrochemical reduction processes are studied. However, the use of the method described in this work can be extended to other testing environments and materials by taking into account the physical and chemical properties of the fluids and materials to be used in order to avoid any risk for the operator.

Abstract: An optical information processing system comprising a nonlinear element selected in relation to input optical pulses to initiate nonlinear optical frequency conversion and a detection unit, the nonlinear element receiving encoded information input in form of pulsed light, pulsed light from the nonlinear element being read-out by the detection unit for spectro-temporal feature extraction, and the readout being used to train the system on a specific target to obtain a task-specific output or re-directed to the nonlinear element to obtain an input-dependent output, yielding processed information comprising selective positions in an output of the system. A method for training an optical system comprises, for each individual optical input information, reading specific optical amplitude or phase features from specific output bins of the system in time or frequency, weighting and evaluating the specific features towards optimizing user-defined fitness function to identify, classify, or fit the input information.

Abstract: A method and a system for generating a hyper-entangled high-dimensional time-bin frequency-bin state, the method comprising generating a hyper-entangled state composed of a time-bin and frequency-bin encoded state, and individually modifying at least one of: i) the amplitude and ii) the phase of the state components at different frequency-bins and different time-bins of the hyper-entangled state. The system comprises a non-linear medium exited with multiple pulses in broad phase-matching conditions, a frequency mode separator and an amplitude/phase modulator, the frequency mode separator temporally and spatially separating frequency modes of the hyper-entangled state, the amplitude/phase modulator individually modifying at least one of: i) the amplitude (and ii) the phase of the state components at different frequency-bins and different time-bins of the hyper-entangled state.

Abstract: There is described a system for lossless sampling and denoising amplification of a signal, comprising: a first phase modulator configured for receiving a wave signal and modulating a phase of the wave signal while satisfying a Talbot condition to obtain a sampled signal; and a second phase modulator configured for receiving the sampled signal, compensating for a given phase induced in the sampled signal by the first phase modulator while satisfying the Talbot condition to obtain a denoised and amplified signal, and outputting the denoised and amplified signal.

Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.

Abstract: A system for designing a photonics system, comprising a topology optimization module and a component parameter optimization module; wherein the topology optimization module searches candidate photonics systems through photonics combinations of component; and the component parameter optimization module searches for component parameters of the candidate photonics systems to simulate successive candidate photonics systems in a desired degree-of-freedom according to a target characteristic of the photonics system. The method comprises searching through different photonics combinations of components and component parameters and selecting candidate photonics systems, and searching component parameters of the candidate photonics systems in a desired degree-of-freedom according to a target characteristic of the photonics system.

Abstract: There is described a system for lossless sampling and denoising amplification of a signal, comprising: a first phase modulator configured for receiving a wave signal and modulating a phase of the wave signal while satisfying a Talbot condition to obtain a sampled signal; and a second phase modulator configured for receiving the sampled signal, compensating for a given phase induced in the sampled signal by the first phase modulator while satisfying the Talbot condition to obtain a denoised and amplified signal, and outputting the denoised and amplified signal.

Abstract: A method and a system for generating a hyper-entangled high-dimensional time-bin frequency-bin state, the method comprising generating a hyper-entangled state composed of a time-bin and frequency-bin encoded state, and individually modifying at least one of: i) the amplitude and ii) the phase of the state components at different frequency-bins and different time-bins of the hyper-entangled state. The system comprises a non-linear medium exited with multiple pulses in broad phase-matching conditions, a frequency mode separator and an amplitude/phase modulator, the frequency mode separator temporally and spatially separating frequency modes of the hyper-entangled state, the amplitude/phase modulator individually modifying at least one of: i) the amplitude (and ii) the phase of the state components at different frequency-bins and different time-bins of the hyper-entangled state.

Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.

Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.

Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.

Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to enzyme producing Bacillus strains that provide benefits to animals and methods of using these strains. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates compositions comprising the enzyme producing Bacillus strains. In yet another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a feed for an animal comprising enzyme producing Bacillus strains.

Abstract: A strip passing through the object stored in the body, a retaining device for retaining the strip and an actuator with a locking area matching a locking area of one end of the strip. When the actuator is in a locking position, the end of the strip is coupled to the retaining device and when the actuator is in an unlocking position, the end of the strip can be decoupled from the retaining device. The locking area of the actuator has a protrusion and the locking area of the end of the elongated member has a recess for receiving the protrusion. Locking means or mechanisms may be provided for retaining the actuator at least in a locking position.

Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to enzyme producing Bacillus strains that provide benefits to animals and methods of using these strains. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates compositions comprising the enzyme producing Bacillus strains. In yet another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a feed for an animal comprising enzyme producing Bacillus strains.

Abstract: Mobile solar unit that can be moved to different places where a power point or lighting is required, characterized in that it is based on a trailer incorporating a structure the top of which is fitted with a collapsible frame that when stowed is arranged horizontally on the structure, and that also carries three superposed collapsible solar panels. The structure is fitted with a fixed inclined frame, that supports three more superposed collapsible solar panels, having a mechanical system using a hear motor inside the body work of the generator that makes it possible to raise or lower the upper platform and thereby situated the aforementioned collapsible solar panel as a continuation of the solar panels on the fixed inclined support; and then enable the superposed solar panels to be folded out, such that they are all inclined, coplanar and ready to capture solar energy.

Abstract: A component carrying tray is removably mounted in a luminaire housing. The luminaire housing has a pair of thumb screws that fit in a pair of key holes shaped opening in the tray so the tray can be removed with one hand. To disengage the tray, a maintenance person simply loosens the thumb screws one quarter turn to align them with the holes, lifts the tray off the thumb screws with one hand, and then pulls the tray out of luminaire housing.

Abstract: A protective-decorative panel for household appliances that can be applied to and removed from diverse surfaces; applicable to refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers and the like, intended to cover part or all of the front, sides and/or cover of such household appliances, composed of a laminar body which coincides in shape and size with the surface of the household appliance to be protected and embellished, with the peculiarity that the said laminar body is magnetised for fastening to the appliance, its front or external side being equipped with a printed sheet that renders the ornamental nature to the set. Alternatively, the back of the body can be equipped with detachable and reusable fastening means by contact and on the obverse with decorative means made of diverse materials.