Abstract: A gas turbine component includes a substrate and a corrosion resistant layer coupled to the substrate. The corrosion resistant layer includes zirconium silicate and is configured to protect the substrate from exposure to a vanadium corrodent.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of treating, storing, and delivering water such that the water may be suitable for washing, rinsing, etc., without forming water spots on a surface or finish. The disclosed systems and methods may treat and store water by a combination of filtration, reverse osmosis, and/or ion exchange.

Abstract: A surveillance camera system having a specialized camera assembly with a fixed-angle lens is provided in a housing designed to reduce the size and weight of the camera assembly and reduce the identifiability of the system as a surveillance camera. The camera assembly can include an integrated ball joint assembly to support the camera assembly at arbitrary angles. The ball joint can further provide a standard threaded mating component to secure the camera assembly. The surveillance camera system can employ a recessed housing partially shrouding the camera assembly in a ceiling installation and further reducing the observability of the camera assembly without obstructing the camera lens. Installed in the recessed housing with an integrated ball joint, the camera assembly retains pan and tilt adjustments common to current recessed dome surveillance cameras. The camera assembly supports attachment of a customizable front cover further obscuring the camera assembly.

Abstract: A production system having a first production path, a second production path, and a control system that causes the first production path to generate a show in a first aspect ratio and the second production path to generate the same show in a second aspect ratio. Moreover, the product system can product a show from live material and from archived material. This aspect operates by producing a first show including multiple stories, segmenting the first show, and storing the show segments in an archive. Then, the system produces a second show using live portions as well as show segments retrieved from the archive. The product system can include a media manager that interacts with a server that may be integrated with the production system. The media manager automatically assigns channels/ports of the server when accessing material stored in the server.

Abstract: A treatment composition is disclosed including a carrier and a sacrificial oxide-forming material suspended within the carrier. The sacrificial oxide-forming material is selected from the group consisting of tin oxide, magnesium oxide, antimony pentaoxide, and combinations thereof. A treatment process for a gas turbine component including an abradable ceramic coating is disclosed. The process includes contacting the abradable ceramic coating with the treatment composition. The sacrificial oxide-forming material is infused into the abradable ceramic coating to form sacrificial oxide-forming deposits within the abradable ceramic coating. A rejuvenation process is disclosed including contacting the hot gas path surface of a gas turbine component with a rinse composition comprising water and the treatment composition to form the sacrificial oxide-forming deposits within the abradable ceramic coating.

Abstract: A production system having a first production path, a second production path, and a control system that causes the first production path to generate a show in a first aspect ratio and the second production path to generate the same show in a second aspect ratio. Moreover, the product system can product a show from live material and from archived material. This aspect operates by producing a first show including multiple stories, segmenting the first show, and storing the show segments in an archive. Then, the system produces a second show using live portions as well as show segments retrieved from the archive. The product system can include a media manager that interacts with a server that may be integrated with the production system. The media manager automatically assigns channels/ports of the server when accessing material stored in the server.

Abstract: Methods and devices for sampling tracers may include providing tracers into a wellbore, taking samples of the fluids exiting the wellbore, and quantifying an amount of tracer returning from the well, wherein the samples are automatically taken based on a predetermined profile.

Abstract: Compounds are provided herein for inducing weight loss and for treating diabetes, dyslipidemia, NASH and/or obesity. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and therapeutic uses of such compounds and compositions, where such compounds act as GDF15 agonists with extended time of action and other advantageous properties.

Abstract: A production system having a first production path, a second production path, and a control system that causes the first production path to generate a show in a first aspect ratio and the second production path to generate the same show in a second aspect ratio. Moreover, the product system can product a show from live material and from archived material. This aspect operates by producing a first show including multiple stories, segmenting the first show, and storing the show segments in an archive. Then, the system produces a second show using live portions as well as show segments retrieved from the archive. The product system can include a media manager that interacts with a server that may be integrated with the production system. The media manager automatically assigns channels/ports of the server when accessing material stored in the server.

Abstract: Example medical device data platforms are disclosed herein. In an example, the platform may include at least one integration device to access information originating from a plurality of implantable medical devices manufactured by a plurality of manufacturers and implanted in a plurality of patients. The system may also include an information processor to process the accessed information to generate at least one of patient-oriented information and provider-oriented information. The system may also include at least one communication device providing at least one of a patient portal and a provider portal to provide the patient-oriented information and the provider-oriented information, respectively.

Abstract: In one general aspect, a microchannel heat exchanger is disclosed. It includes a cover, a base, and thermally conductive sheets between the cover and the base that each define a series of side-by-side lanes aligned with a flow direction. The lanes each include aligned slots that define microchannel segments and are separated by cross ribs. The sheets are stacked between the base and cover so as to cause at least some of the ribs to be offset from each other and allow the microchannel segments in the same lane in adjacent sheets to communicate with each other along the flow direction to define a plurality of microchannels in the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A production system having a first production path, a second production path, and a control system that causes the first production path to generate a show in a first aspect ratio and the second production path to generate the same show in a second aspect ratio. Moreover, the product system can product a show from live material and from archived material. This aspect operates by producing a first show including multiple stories, segmenting the first show, and storing the show segments in an archive. Then, the system produces a second show using live portions as well as show segments retrieved from the archive. The product system can include a media manager that interacts with a server that may be integrated with the production system. The media manager automatically assigns channels/ports of the server when accessing material stored in the server.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor component caused to: retrieve metadata of organization of data within a data set, and map data of organization of data blocks within a data file; receive indications of which node devices are available to perform a processing task with a data set portion; and in response to the data set including partitioned data, compare the quantities of available node devices and of the node devices last involved in storing the data set. In response to a match, for each map data map entry: retrieve a hashed identifier for a data sub-block, and a size for each of the data sub-blocks within the corresponding data block; divide the hashed identifier by the quantity of available node devices; compare the modulo value to a designation assigned to each of the available node devices; and provide a pointer to the available node device assigned the matching designation.

Abstract: A production system having a first production path, a second production path, and a control system that causes the first production path to generate a show in a first aspect ratio and the second production path to generate the same show in a second aspect ratio. Moreover, the product system can product a show from live material and from archived material. This aspect operates by producing a first show including multiple stories, segmenting the first show, and storing the show segments in an archive. Then, the system produces a second show using live portions as well as show segments retrieved from the archive. The product system can include a media manager that interacts with a server that may be integrated with the production system. The media manager automatically assigns channels/ports of the server when accessing material stored in the server.

Abstract: A method for purchasing an item using a mobile device is provided. The method includes but is not limited to inputting identification information into the mobile device which identifies the item for purchase and generating an order for the item identified by the identification information. The method also includes but is not limited to displaying on a display of the mobile device an optical machine-readable representation of the order.