Abstract: A formulation of an antibacterial nasal composition effective in reducing viable pathogens and that is effective as preventive and adjuvant therapy for nasal infections or diseases caused by other pathogens.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a control system sending for display a first user interface requesting user priority values for treatment metrics. The control system receives, as input from a user interacting with the first user interface, user priority values. The control system operates the farming machine according to the user priority values. Based on sensor data generated as the farming machine operates in the field, the control system determines actual values of the treatment metrics. The control system sends for display on the client device a second user interface including the actual values for the treatment metrics. The control system receives updated user priority values from the client device for the treatment metrics. The updated user priority values are received as input from the user interacting with the second user interface. The control system updates operation of the farming machine according to the updated user priority values.

Abstract: An example fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier. The fluid impermeable barrier at least defines a chamber, at least one opening. and a fluid outlet. The fluid collection assembly also includes at least one porous material disposed in the chamber. The porous material includes at least one of a polyurethane foam or a polyethylene foam. In an example, the porous material includes an outer layer disposed on an inner layer, wherein the outer layer includes the polyurethane foam and the inner layer includes the polyethylene foam.

Abstract: An apparatus for gathering intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance [ISR] in a hostile environment. The apparatus may be generally cylindrical to blend in with the environment, particularly with indicia which are visible to people viewing the apparatus. The apparatus may have a tinted skin which does not allow viewers to see inside. Inside the apparatus are one or more sensors which gather the ISR. The sensors may be disposed on a payload delivery mechanism having a first, retracted position inside the hollow body and extending outwardly through a port to a second position to deliver a payload to a hostile target. The sensor may be separable from the apparatus or may remain internal to the apparatus.

Abstract: As a farming machine travels through a field of plants, the farming machine operates in a normal operational state to perform one or more farming operations. The farming machine detects an operational failure of a component of the farming machine using measurements obtained from one or more sensors coupled to and monitoring the farming machine. The operational failure of the component impacts performance of a first farming operation of the farming operations. The farming machine configures the farming machine to operate in a remedial operational state. In the remedial operational state, the farming machine diagnoses the operational failure of the component using the obtained measurements. In the remedial operational state, the farming machine selects a solution operation to address the operational failure of the component based on the diagnosis. The farming machine performs the determined solution operation.

Abstract: An improved approach to tracking media playback includes tracking logic that is based on abandonment indicators. An abandonment indicator is detected during media playback, such as a user interaction with a computing device that is detected prior to ceasing playback of the media content. Tracking messages are reduced, suppressed, or suspended until an abandonment indicator is detected. After an abandonment indicator is detected, the system quickens, releases, or restart sending tracking messages to a collection system.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coating-free press hardening steel (CFPHS) component comprises heating a CFPHS blank at a first predetermined heating rate to a first predetermined temperature in a first predetermined temperature range using a heater; transferring the CFPHS blank to a furnace; soaking the CFPHS blank in the furnace at a second predetermined temperature in a second predetermined temperature range for a predetermined period; and pressing and forming the CFPHS blank in a stamp/press to form a CFPHS component.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a carrier box including: a floor panel; a pair of left and right side panels; and a rear gate supported by the floor panel in such a manner as to be capable of being opened and closed, the side panels being provided with an engagement section to which a height extension is detachably attachable, the rear gate including: a first panel connected with the floor panel in such a manner as to be movable rotationally; and a second panel connected with the first panel in such a manner as to be movable rotationally, wherein attaching the height extension to the engagement section and positioning the second panel over the first panel provides an additional height for both of the side panels and the rear gate.

Abstract: A method to achieve variable properties of a component using a coating free press hardened steel comprises: transferring a blank of a coating free press hardened steel (CFPHS) material having base blank properties into a heating unit having multiple induction heating coils; heating the blank within the heating unit to create a modified blank having differing modified blank properties throughout the modified blank compared to base blank properties; moving the modified blank out of the heating unit into a die; and forming a shaped part by operation of the die creating a finished CFPHS part.

Abstract: A magazine for loading projectiles into a launch assembly by gravity feed. The magazine has a plurality blades radially extending from a central axis and defining a like plurality of compartments in an axially rotatable ring. The ring rests upon a stationary deck plate having a hole for gravity feed of the projectile into the launch assembly below. Projectiles having different fight characteristics are deposited into the compartments at a safe location, supported by the deck plate and the launch assembly with an associated device are transported to a hostile environment. A first projectile is launched by the launch assembly in a longitudinal direction. The launch assembly is retracted, automatically indexing the rotatable ring and dropping the next projectile through the hole and into the launch assembly for subsequent launch.

Abstract: A communication system for sending surveillance signals in a hostile environment to an operator. The communication system comprises a plurality of relay sensors to transceive collected data between sequential relay sensors and ultimately to an operator. The communication system has a tractor for dispensing plural relay sensors throughout the hostile environment. The sensors may be dispensed by an elevator to a position where a relay sensor can be retrieved by a drone for placement to maintain line of sight communication. And relay sensors can be dispensed directly from the tractor to the ground or water. Direct dispensing of the relay sensors can occur through a hole in tractor or off a ramp.

Abstract: Payload systems for processing chemical substances under various gravity levels, such as hypergravity and/or microgravity. The payload systems may include a hypergravity thermal payload system configured to enable melt or cooling of a sample under hypergravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a gravity-independent thermal payload system for enabling melt or cooling of a sample under various gravity levels, such as microgravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a hypergravity crystallization payload system configured to enable crystallization of a chemical substance under hypergravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a gravity-independent crystallization system configured to enable crystallization of a chemical substance in various gravity levels, such as microgravity.

Abstract: Payload systems for processing chemical substances under various gravity levels, such as hypergravity and/or microgravity. The payload systems may include a hypergravity thermal payload system configured to enable melt or cooling of a sample under hypergravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a gravity-independent thermal payload system for enabling melt or cooling of a sample under various gravity levels, such as microgravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a hypergravity crystallization payload system configured to enable crystallization of a chemical substance under hypergravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a gravity-independent crystallization system configured to enable crystallization of a chemical substance in various gravity levels, such as microgravity.

Abstract: Payload systems for processing chemical substances under various gravity levels, such as hypergravity and/or microgravity. The payload systems may include a hypergravity thermal payload system configured to enable melt or cooling of a sample under hypergravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a gravity-independent thermal payload system for enabling melt or cooling of a sample under various gravity levels, such as microgravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a hypergravity crystallization payload system configured to enable crystallization of a chemical substance under hypergravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a gravity-independent crystallization system configured to enable crystallization of a chemical substance in various gravity levels, such as microgravity.

Abstract: Payload systems for processing chemical substances under various gravity levels, such as hypergravity and/or microgravity. The payload systems may include a hypergravity thermal payload system configured to enable melt or cooling of a sample under hypergravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a gravity-independent thermal payload system for enabling melt or cooling of a sample under various gravity levels, such as microgravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a hypergravity crystallization payload system configured to enable crystallization of a chemical substance under hypergravity. Alternatively, or in addition, the payload systems may include a gravity-independent crystallization system configured to enable crystallization of a chemical substance in various gravity levels, such as microgravity.

Abstract: A vertical tunneling field-effect transistor and a method for its manufacture are provided. According to methods herein disclosed, oppositely doped source and drain regions are formed, and an APAM delta layer is formed in the surface of the transistor substrate, beneath a metal gate, in electrical contact with, e.g., the source region. A dielectric layer intervenes between the substrate surface and the metal gate. An epitaxial cap layer directly over the APAM layer forms a dielectric layer interface with a dielectric layer, which is located between the epitaxial cap layer and the metal gate. A vertical channel is defined for tunneling between the APAM delta layer and an induced conduction channel adjacent to the dielectric layer interface that is formed in operation, and that is in electrical contact with, e.g., the drain region.

Abstract: Historical information is accessed that describes a previous state of a field, previous environmental conditions for the field, and previous farming machine actions performed in the field. A tank management model is applied to the historical information to determine expected weed densities within field portions and an amount of treatment fluid required to treat plants within the field. While the farming machine is treating plants in the field, current information describing a current state of the field is accessed. The tank management model is applied to the current information to determine updated weed densities within field portions not yet treated. The farming machine performs a modified plant treatment action based on the updated weed densities and a comparison of a remaining amount of treatment fluid within a tank of the farming machine and an updated amount of treatment fluid for treating plants within field portions not yet treated.

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure describes inventory management systems and methods which track all inventory of items within a retail supply chain. A computerized system aggregates inventory movement events to produce a common source of truth for the location and disposition of items within a supply chain. Order events and inventory events are received from multiple data sources. Additionally, a current inventory level for each item at each location within the supply chain is provided according to the data source. The computerized system normalizes the information in the event messages before it is stored in the centralized inventory database. The inventory information in the database can be accessed by multiple consumers through an API to obtain the most up-to-date information about the disposition and location of an item.

Abstract: A security monitoring system is a network of distributed computing systems. The distributed computing systems include an ingestion & rules engine, a compromised identity set service, and a message bus. The ingestion & rules engine, the compromised identity set service, and the message bus may be separated in the security monitoring system geographically from any other distributed computing system in the security monitoring system. The security monitoring system may communicate electronically with an information distributor, an identity system, and external services.

Abstract: Systems and Apparatuses for valve clip removal that includes a catheter configured with a first lumen, and a second lumen; a cutting sheath configured with a cutting mechanism; wherein the first lumen is used to deploy a first snare that enables securing a first section of a valve clip; wherein the second lumen is used to deploy a second snare that enables securing of a second section of the valve clip; upon securing the first section of the valve clip, the second snare pulls the cutting sheath over part of the second section of the valve clip for the cutting sheath to: capture part of a second section of valve clip and grasp the valve clip in a stable position, and execute a removal action across the part of the second section of valve clip to detach the valve clip from a valve leaflet whilst the valve clip is grasped; and after performing the removal action and liberating the valve clip from the valve leaflet, the cutting sheath and grasped valve clip are removed through the catheter.