Abstract: This patent relates to a smooth bore barrel, replaceable magazine fed, semi-automatic pistol weighing at least 5 pounds for discharging of slug, shot, or crowd control/specialty loads of at least 12-gauge (18.5 mm), 1.75-inch (42 mm) shell loads with a recoil energy less than 45 ft-lbs.

Abstract: Methods and systems for intermittently mixing a fluid in a tank based on information received from at least two data acquisition devices that are vertically spaced on the tank and capable of obtaining at least one property or characteristic of the fluid that is in the tank and adjacent to each data acquisition device. A data analyzer compares data measurements received from the data acquisition devices and intermittently operates a mixer to maintain homogeneity of at least one chemical characteristic or physical property of the fluid both prior to and during dispensing of the fluid from the tank. The method further utilizes information received from the at least two data acquisition devices to assist in calculating a volume of fluid dispensed from the tank.

Abstract: A method of plugging a permeable porous cellular body (14) comprises: contacting the permeable porous cellular body (14) with a plugging mixture (100), the permeable porous cellular body (14) defining a plurality of channels (26); forcing the plugging mixture (100) into the plurality of channels (26) until a maximum, self-limiting, depth (114) of plugging mixture (100) is disposed within the plurality of channels (26); and maintaining a constant flow rate of the plugging mixture (100) into the plurality of channels until (26) a pressure on the plugging mixture (100) elevates to a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising proteins identified in barn dust extract or peptides derived from one of the proteins. The composition is useful in the prevention or treatment of a disease.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb body having a honeycomb structure with a matrix of intersecting walls, and a skin disposed on an outer peripheral portion of the matrix where the skin has a first average porosity and the interior portion of the matrix has a second average porosity that is greater than the first average porosity. The methods include coating at least the skin with a fluid formulation containing a sintering aid and subsequently firing the honeycomb structure. In certain embodiments, a glass layer is formed in the skin or in regions of the walls directly adjacent to the skin. In certain embodiments, the coating is applied to a green honeycomb structure, and in other embodiments the coating is applied to a ceramic honeycomb structure. Other honeycomb bodies and methods are described.

Abstract: A particulate composite ceramic material may include: particles of at least one first ultra-high-temperature ceramic “UHTC,” the outer surface of the particles being at least partially covered by a porous layer made of at least one second UHTC in amorphous form; and the particles defining a space therebetween; optionally, porous clusters of the at least one second ultra-high-temperature ceramic in amorphous form, distributed in said space; a dense matrix and at least one third UHTC in crystallized form at least partially filling the space; optionally, a dense coating made of at least the third UHTC in crystallized form, covering the outer surface of the matrix, the matrix and the coating representing 5% to 90% by mass with respect to the total mass of the material. A part may include such a particulate ceramic composite material.

Abstract: A method of plugging a honeycomb body is disclosed herein, the method comprising: applying a mask layer to a honeycomb body comprising a plurality of channels; forming a plurality of holes in the mask layer such that the plurality of holes are aligned with the plurality of channels; positioning a nozzle defining an opening proximate the mask layer; moving at least one of the nozzle and the honeycomb body relative to one another; and passing a plugging cement through the opening defined by the nozzle against the mask layer such that the plugging cement passes through the plurality of holes in the mask layer and enters the plurality of channels of the honeycomb body.

Abstract: An implement attachment holder for a hand mixer includes a body defining opposed first and second surfaces and first and second mounting projections coupled with the body and extending away from the first surface of the body at respective first and second locations spaced apart at a first distance along a first direction. The attachment holder further includes a device retention projection extending away from the second surface of the body and partially along the first surface to at least partially overlie the first and second locations from which the first and second mounting projections extend. The device retention projection further defines a plurality of attachment channels extending in a second direction normal to the first direction at spaced-apart locations along the device retention projection.

Abstract: An implement attachment holder for a hand mixer includes a body defining opposed first and second surfaces and first and second mounting projections coupled with the body and extending away from the first surface of the body at respective first and second locations spaced apart at a first distance along a first direction. The attachment holder further includes a device retention projection extending away from the second surface of the body and partially along the first surface to at least partially overlie the first and second locations from which the first and second mounting projections extend. The device retention projection further defines at least three attachment channels extending in a second direction normal to the first direction at spaced-apart locations along the device retention projection.

Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb body comprising a peripheral skin layer and a fiber extending around the outer periphery of a honeycomb core, the fiber embedded in the peripheral skin layer is described. A method of making a honeycomb body having a fiber extending around the outer periphery of a honeycomb core and embedded in the peripheral skin layer is also described.

Abstract: Methods of firing ceramic-forming honeycomb bodies are disclosed that include heating the honeycomb bodies and blocking furnace gases from flowing through the honeycomb body by placing a layer selected from the group consisting of a graphite layer, a graphite-containing layer, an activated carbon layer, or an amorphous carbon layer adjacent an endface of the honeycomb body. Heating removes organic pore-forming material and graphite pore-forming material in the honeycomb body. The layer oxidizes to form a porous layer after firing to a first temperature, and furnace gases flow through the honeycomb body.

Abstract: A method is taught for maintaining a fluid within a tank. In this method an upper data acquisition device is operated which is capable of obtaining at least one characteristic of the fluid in a tank adjacent to the upper data acquisition device. A lower data acquisition device is also operated which is situated below the upper data acquisition device, capable of obtaining at least one characteristic of the fluid in the tank adjacent to the lower data acquisition device. A data analyzer is then utilized which is capable transmitting a data packet to the intermittent mixer. The method then automatically turns on the intermittent mixer from the data received from the data packet. Afterwards, the method automatically turns off the intermittent mixer from the data received from the data packet resulting in the at least one characteristic from the upper data acquisition device is within specifications of the at least one characteristic from the lower data acquisition device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing updates to user devices, and in particular, SIM-based OTA updates. In some cases, SIMOTA updates need to be made while a user device has a cellular connection (e.g., 4G/LTE, 5G). As such, an instruction is transmitted to the user devices that need a SIM-based update but that currently have a non-cellular connection. The instruction is for the user devices to deregister from the non-cellular connection and to reregister using a cellular connection. An indication is received that at least a portion of those user devices now currently have a cellular connection. The SIM-based updates are then transmitted to those user devices.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to credential management for distributed services. A plurality of mesh agents for an overlay network may be provided such that the overlay network may be employed to provide a secure tunnel between a client and a resource server. If client request that requires user credentials is provided to a mesh agent associated with the resource server, credential instructions may be provided to the mesh agent and the credential instructions may be employed to determine credential information that enables access to the resource server. The mesh agent may be employed to communicate the client request and the credential information to the resource server; determining a response to the client request from the resource server; employing the mesh agent to receive a response to the client request from the resource server and forwarded to the client over the overlay network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present system describes a system wherein a first fluid is within a tank. An intermittent mixer is used for agitating the first fluid within the tank. At least one data acquisition device within the tank is capable of measuring at least one characteristic within the first fluid. In the embodiment, at least one data analyzer is capable of receiving the characteristics within the first fluid, comparing the characteristics within the first fluid to the characteristics of a second fluid, generating a data packet which contains a calculated operational speed and an operational time needed for the intermittent mixer to agitate the first fluid to obtain the characteristics of the second fluid and transmitting the data packet to the intermittent mixer. In this system the intermittent mixer is capable of altering the first fluid within the tank into the second fluid.

Abstract: Development of machine learning models and applications tends to be iterative and complex, made even harder because most of the necessary tools are not built for the entire machine learning lifecycle. Introduced here is a data platform that is able to accelerate time-to-value by enabling users to utilize applied machine learning prototypes (“AMPs”) made by others. These AMPs may be extendable, by the data platform, to new datasets, allowing machine learning to be developed and deployed more rapidly.

Abstract: This patent relates to a smooth bore barrel, replaceable magazine fed, semi-automatic pistol weighing at least 5 pounds for discharging of slug, shot, or crowd control/specialty loads of at least 12-gauge (18.5 mm), 1.75-inch (42 mm) shell loads with a recoil energy less than 45 ft-lbs.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing updates to user devices, and in particular, SIM-based OTA updates. In some cases, SIMOTA updates need to be made while a user device has a cellular connection (e.g., 4G/LTE, 5G). As such, an instruction is transmitted to the user devices that need a SIM-based update but that currently have a non-cellular connection. The instruction is for the user devices to deregister from the non-cellular connection and to reregister using a cellular connection. An indication is received that at least a portion of those user devices now currently have a cellular connection. The SIM-based updates are then transmitted to those user devices.

Abstract: A method for compressing display data is disclosed. The method comprises performing a wavelet transformation to obtain a general approximation coefficient and a plurality of detail coefficients for a group of pixels; determining whether to prioritise transmission of the general approximation coefficient over transmission of the detail coefficients based on whether there are sufficient resources available to enable a corresponding image frame to be ready for display and/or based on a time since the detail coefficients for a corresponding group of pixels were previously transmitted.