Abstract: Techniques for event driven harvesting and analysis of cloud computing resources in a cloud computing environment, comprising: obtaining, from a cloud computing environment, data related to an event that occurred in the cloud computing environment; in response to obtaining the data, requesting, from the cloud computing environment, supplemental data about the event that occurred in the cloud computing environment, the supplemental data including information about the event and/or information about impact of the event on a resource; determining whether a security action is to be taken at least in part by analyzing the data and/or the supplemental data; and when it is determined a security action is to be taken, performing the security action.

Abstract: Techniques for event driven harvesting and analysis of cloud computing resources in a cloud computing environment, comprising: obtaining information about at least one cloud computing event in the cloud computing environment; determining if the at least one event is related to the allocation of storage to a cloud computing resource; in response to determining the at least one event is related to the allocation of storage to a cloud computing resource, requesting data from the cloud computing resource; and analyzing the data for the presence of security risks and vulnerabilities.

Abstract: A method of analysing ions comprises separating ions according to a first physico-chemical property by passing the ions through an ion separation device, and measuring the transit time of an ion through the ion separation device. The method further comprises detecting the ion using a charge-resolving ion detector so as to determine the charge of the ion, and using the transit time and the charge of the ion to determine a second physico-chemical property of the ion.

Abstract: A method comprises monitoring a computing environment including a plurality of containers, determining, for one of the containers, a service type and an IP address, assigning the IP address of the container having the determined service type to a first list of IP addresses, assigning an IP address of each of the containers to a second list of IP addresses, applying a first security policy for a first source of network traffic for processing by the container having the determined service type and the IP address assigned to the first list of IP addresses, and applying a second security policy for a second source of network traffic for processing by the containers having the IP addresses assigned to the second list of IP addresses.

Abstract: Threat management devices and methods for a containerized firewall. The methods may include receiving instructions to configure a web application firewall being executed within a first container-based architecture, wherein the received instructions include changes to a previous network traffic policy; storing the received instructions as a changelog that indicates an updated network traffic policy to be implemented by the web application firewall; and communicating the updated network traffic policy to a first object store associated with the first container-based architecture and to a proxy service associated with the web application firewall.

Abstract: A method comprises monitoring a computing environment including a plurality of containers, determining, for one of the containers, a service type and an IP address, assigning the IP address of the container having the determined service type to a first list of IP addresses, assigning an IP address of each of the containers to a second list of IP addresses, applying a first security policy for a first source of network traffic for processing by the container having the determined service type and the IP address assigned to the first list of IP addresses, and applying a second security policy for a second source of network traffic for processing by the containers having the IP addresses assigned to the second list of IP addresses.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a container-based architecture. The methods include executing, using one or more processors, instructions stored on memory to provide a Domain Name Service (DNS) proxy service, wherein the DNS proxy service is executed in a container-based architecture; and receiving at the DNS proxy service a domain name service (DNS) request, wherein the DNS request is received from an application service executing in the container-based architecture and the DNS request is directed to a DNS service being executed in the same container-based architecture as the DNS proxy service.

Abstract: A method for performing admission control in a containerized computing environment includes deploying, by one or more processors of a computer system, the containerized computing environment, receiving, by the containerized computing environment, constraints associated with admission control for containers, the constraints related to container security and receiving, by the containerized computing environment, a request for creating a container. The method includes determining, by an admission controller of the containerized computing environment, a quality metric of the container associated with the received request, performing, by the admission controller of the containerized computing environment, admission control prior to the creating of the container by applying the constraints using the determined quality metric, and allowing or disallowing, by the admission controller of the containerized computing environment, creation of the container based on the performing the admission control.

Abstract: A wind turbine control architectures, including a turbine control portion which is configured to control at least one component of a wind turbine, and a turbine data storage portion which is configured to store a data storage container therein is provided. The turbine control portion and the turbine data storage portion communicate with each other via an inter-process communication.

Abstract: Wound healing matrices, compounds, compositions, methods and systems comprising one or more chlorates, one or more chlorites, one or more antibiotics, one or more other antimicrobials, and/or one or more wound healing agents.

Abstract: A communication system includes: a transmitter configured to be responsive to a control request from a local device that facilitates toggling of the transmitter On and Off in a pattern of interruption to generate multiple consecutive On/Off bits having On/Off signals with a same pulse width that represents control information, the transmitter configured to transmit data via a communication medium at a first end thereof, the communication medium also having a second end; and, in response to the pattern of interruption, the transmitter is configured to interrupt the communication medium at the first end, each interrupting of the communication medium at the first end resulting in a detection of a loss of signal at the second end.

Abstract: A mass filter is disclosed having at least one electrode (42-48) comprising an aperture (43) or recess. Voltages are applied to the electrodes (42-48) of the mass filter such that ions having mass to charge ratios in a desired range are confined by the electrodes and are transmitted along and through the mass filter, whereas ions (47,49) having mass to charge ratios outside of said desired range are unstable and pass into the aperture (43) or recess such that they are filtered out by the mass filter. The aperture (43) or recess reduces or eliminates the number of ions that would otherwise impact the electrode surface facing the ion transmission axis and hence reduces degradation of the ion transmission properties of the mass filter.

Abstract: A mass filter is disclosed having at least one electrode (42-48) comprising an aperture (43) or recess. Voltages are applied to the electrodes (42-48) of the mass filter such that ions having mass to charge ratios in a desired range are confined by the electrodes and are transmitted along and through the mass filter, whereas ions (47,49) having mass to charge ratios outside of said desired range are unstable and pass into the aperture (43) or recess such that they are filtered out by the mass filter. The aperture (43) or recess reduces or eliminates the number of ions that would otherwise impact the electrode surface facing the ion transmission axis and hence reduces degradation of the ion transmission properties of the mass filter.

Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling wind turbines of a wind park connected to a utility grid, in case of a drop of a grid frequency, the method including controlling each of the wind turbines individually by an individual wind turbine control signal indicating an individual additional wind turbine power to be output by the respective wind turbine, wherein the individual wind turbine control signal is based on: a desired additional wind park power to be supplied from the wind park to the utility grid and an operational characteristic of the respective wind turbine.

Abstract: A communication system includes: a transmitter configured to be responsive to a control request from a local device that facilitates toggling of the transmitter On and Off in a pattern of interruption to generate multiple consecutive On/Off bits having On/Off signals with a same pulse width that represents control information, the transmitter configured to transmit data via a communication medium at a first end thereof, the communication medium also having a second end; and, in response to the pattern of interruption, the transmitter is configured to interrupt the communication medium at the first end, each interrupting of the communication medium at the first end resulting in a detection of a loss of signal at the second end.

Abstract: A mass filter is disclosed having at least one electrode (42-48) comprising an aperture (43) or recess. Voltages are applied to the electrodes (42-48) of the mass filter such that ions having mass to charge ratios in a desired range are confined by the electrodes and are transmitted along and through the mass filter, whereas ions (47,49) having mass to charge ratios outside of said desired range are unstable and pass into the aperture (43) or recess such that they are filtered out by the mass filter. The aperture (43) or recess reduces or eliminates the number of ions that would otherwise impact the electrode surface facing the ion transmission axis and hence reduces degradation of the ion transmission properties of the mass filter.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for changing to which remote device a local device is in communication via a communication medium, communicates with a matrix switch forming part of the system by interruption of the communication medium by the local device. Upon receipt of a unit of information via interruption of the communication medium, the matrix switch causes the local device to be in communication with another remote device other than the remote device that it was previously in communication. In one embodiment, the switching is to a next available remote device of a plurality of remote devices while in another embodiment, the matrix switch switches the local device to a switch configuration device for further communication therewith via the communication medium, thereby allowing the local device to select which other remote device it desires to be in communication.

Abstract: A method of treating a chronic wound in a subject in need of such treatment is provided. The method includes administering to the subject at least one antioxidant agent in an amount effective to treat the wound. In some versions, the antioxidant agent is ?-tocopherol or N-acetyl cysteine, or a combination of these compounds. In other versions, a method of preparing a chronic wound animal model is provided.

Abstract: A mass filter is disclosed having at least one electrode (42-48) comprising an aperture (43) or recess. Voltages are applied to the electrodes (42-48) of the mass filter such that ions having mass to charge ratios in a desired range are confined by the electrodes and are transmitted along and through the mass filter, whereas ions (47,49) having mass to charge ratios outside of said desired range are unstable and pass into the aperture (43) or recess such that they are filtered out by the mass filter. The aperture (43) or recess reduces or eliminates the number of ions that would otherwise impact the electrode surface facing the ion transmission axis and hence reduces degradation of the ion transmission properties of the mass filter.

Abstract: A method of treating a chronic wound in a subject in need of such treatment is provided. The method includes administering to the subject at least one antioxidant agent in an amount effective to treat the wound. in some versions, the antioxidant agent is ?-tocopherol or N-acetyl cysteine, or a combination of these compounds. In other versions, a method of preparing a chronic wound animal model is provided.