Abstract: A method for detecting corrosion on a conductive object includes submerging a surface of the conductive object at least partially in an aqueous solution, flowing current through the surface of the conductive object by forming a voltage differential across the surface, varying the voltage differential across the surface while monitoring the current through the surface of the conductive object, determining a total charge corresponding to a corrosion level of the surface of the conductive object based on current versus voltage levels. The corrosion level may further be utilized in selecting a cleaning process to remediate the corrosion of the surface based on the corrosion level and in applying a protective corrosion barrier to on at least part of the surface after the cleaning process.

Abstract: A column or other elongate molded part is molded using an elongate tubular mold having a closed end, an open end, and a flexible sidewall. After the column or other molded part is formed, it is extracted from the mold by pulling the column or other molded part axially through the open end of the mold. The column may be extracted using an expandable plug that is inserted into the interior of the column or other molded part through the open end of the mold. The expandable plug, if used, may be expanded to engage and seal against an inner surface of the elongate molded part. A pressurized gas is introduced into the interior of the elongate molded part through the plug to expand the mold before pulling the column through the open end of the mold.

Abstract: The invention relates to utilising red marine macroalgae to provide improvements in growth performance of livestock, particularly ruminant animals for red meat production, especially cattle, in pasture and feedlot farming systems. There is provided a method for improving the growth performance of a livestock animal in a farming system including: providing a red marine macroalgae to a farming system to enable consumption of the red marine macroalgae by a livestock animal in the farming system; thereby improving the growth performance of the livestock animal in the system.

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for transferring subscriptions are provided. For example, a user (e.g., and/or a device associated with the user) of a communication platform may request to transfer a plurality of subscriptions from a first account to a second account. Access information associated with the first account may be used to access a first storage space of the first account, the plurality of subscriptions may be identified based upon the first storage space, and the plurality of subscriptions may (e.g., concurrently) be transferred from the first account to the second account.

Abstract: A database management engine provides a user interface that allows users to access and modify employee information in a database. The database includes entries for employees, and each database entry includes identifying information about the associated employee. A user can request to modify data within database entries, for instance in order to update information associated with an employee. Responsive to the request, the database management engine identifies liabilities associated with the database modification stemming from associated tax laws. Based on the identified tax liabilities, the engine computes the aggregate tax liability owed by the employer and/or employee. Before modifying a database entry, the engine modifies the user interface to include interface elements detailing the computed aggregate tax liability. The user explicitly can be required to confirm the database modification in view of the aggregate tax liability.

Abstract: A system and methods for interpreting a user's movement through space as a passive behavioural biometric is described. Using patterns of user's movement through space, the system detects anomalies in user movement, provides or restricts access to a restricted space without adding extra friction to the user, and generates risk events. An adjacency matrix (i.e., footprint) is generated by analyzing a user's movement through space and creating a weighted directed graph for the user. Anomalies are detected by comparing a user's footprint against the same user's earlier footprint, or the footprints of other users within a group, or the footprints of all other uses in the system.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for treating cancers in patients carrying an IDH2 mutation using a combination of an inhibitor of a mutant IDH2 enzyme and a DNA demethylating agent.

Abstract: A method and system for interrogating a target for one or more chemical species of interest using Raman microscopy and spectroscopy. A feature includes the ability to precisely electro-mechanically move and orient a Raman microscope relative to the target with multiple degrees of freedom of movement, including targets with 3-D form factors. This promotes effective detection of minute quantities of chemical species of interest. It also allows effective detection of minute quantities whether the target is static or moving. The method and system can include enhancements. Examples include alternative imaging spectrometers, alternative Raman microscope optical set-ups, and alternative focusing techniques. Others include control of the excitation energy and user controls and options to allow highly adjustable, flexible, and effective detection for a variety of detection applications.

Abstract: A storage system is provided with a first modular closet storage assembly packaged separately. The first modular closet storage assembly includes a pair of upright side supports to be supported upon an underlying support surface. A first plurality of horizontal cross members interconnects the pair of upright side supports. A second modular closet storage assembly is packaged separately. The second modular closet storage assembly includes only one upright side support to be supported upon the underlying support surface. A second plurality of horizontal cross members interconnects the only one upright side support to at least one of the pair of upright side supports of the first modular closet storage assembly.

Abstract: A drawer assembly is provided with a bottom panel sized to receive and support articles. A rear upright panel is in cooperation with the bottom panel. A pair of spaced apart upright side panels is in cooperation with the bottom panel. A front upright panel is spaced apart from the rear upright panel, and in cooperation with the bottom panel. A series of connectors is provided at intersections of the pair of upright side panels with the rear upright panel and with the front upright panel and oriented in an upright direction to assemble the pair of upright side panels to the rear upright panel and the front upright panel by sliding in the upright direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel stand-off distance chemical detector system such as can be used, for example, for standoff detection of explosives. Instead of a conventional lasing medium, a Pr:YAG or Pr:BYF based UV laser is used which can be advantageously implemented in Raman spectroscopy.

Abstract: Operand-based reach explicit dataflow processors, and related methods and computer-readable media are disclosed. The operand-based reach explicit dataflow processors support execution of a producer instruction that explicitly names a target consumer operand of a consumer instruction in a consumer operand encoding namespace of the producer instruction. The produced value from execution of the producer instruction is provided or otherwise made available as an input to the named target consumer operand of the consumer instruction as a result of processing the producer instruction. The target consumer operand is encoded in the producer instruction as an operand target distance relative to the producer instruction. Instructions in an instruction stream between the producer instruction and the targeted consumer instruction that have no operands do not consume an operand reach namespace in the producer instructions.

Abstract: A device is described that includes a first microprocessor configured for interfacing with a digital access control backend, and a second microprocessor configured for dedicated communications with an access control manager device backend. The first microprocessor is a master device that controls the operation of the second microprocessor as a secondary device. The proposed device is configured for operation of the first microprocessor and the second microprocessor at low clock speeds and to maintain a hash segregation between locally received data sets and data sets transmitted to an external authentication system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for an event navigation system. The event navigation system includes a sensor configured to monitor traffic flow within a first structure. The event navigation system includes a memory configured to store a map of the first structure. The event navigation system includes a processor coupled to the sensor and the memory. The processor is configured to obtain a current location of a user and a destination location for the user. The processor is configured to determine a route from the current location to the destination location based on the map of the first structure, the current location, the destination location and the traffic flow within the first structure. The processor is configured to provide the route to the user.

Abstract: A powered or non-powered pool skimmer device can include a funnel assembly comprising a funnel having a wide opening and a narrow opening, and a funnel profile extending between the wide opening and the narrow opening, a funnel plate to allow the funnel to freely float or be manually adjusted to position the funnel just beneath the water surface, a filter assembly positioned below the funnel assembly, and a main body with no bottom, so water can flow freely into the swimming pool's main filter system, that fits into an existing skimmer in both height and diameter extending along an axis, which can be locked into the skimmer via a skimmer adapter ring, wherein the funnel assembly, the filter assembly, and the pump assembly are positioned within the main body and arranged along the axis.

Abstract: A method for protecting a wellbore includes identifying a parent wellbore and a child wellbore and identifying a parent well stage along the parent wellbore that has the potential to interact with a child well stage along the child wellbore while the child well stage undergoes hydraulic fracturing. The method further includes pumping a treatment fluid downhole to the parent well stage for pressurizing the parent well stage to a pressure that is equal to or greater than the pressure in the child well stage while the child well stage undergoes hydraulic fracturing and maintaining the pressure in the parent well stage that is equal to or greater than the pressure in the child well stage while the child well stage undergoes hydraulic fracturing.

Abstract: A point-of-sale (POS) system and a data analytic platform provides receipt modification. The POS system has a receipt monitor intercepting receipt data from a POS till. The receipt monitor modifies the receipt data to produce modified receipt data and the receipt monitor transmits the modified receipt data to a receipt printer. A data processing server may receive the receipt from the receipt monitor. The server structures the receipt data, extracts one or more attributes, and may provide modified receipt data to the receipt monitor.

Abstract: An apparatus for covering an open top of a transportation trailer container includes a frame on top of the container. The frame surrounds an aperture for flow of material into the container. The apparatus also includes an arm pivotable between a closed position and an open position. The arm holds a rotatable roller for dispensing and receiving a flexible cover. The flexible cover is wrapped around the roller when the arm is in the open position. The flexible cover is unrolled from the roller to cover the aperture due to motion of the arm from the open position to the closed position. The frame includes a side portion having an inwardly and upwardly tapered outer surface. The roller contacts the outer surface when the arm is in the closed position.