Abstract: Provided is food component comprising cells of at least one bacterium, said cells comprising a crude protein concentration of at least 60 wt % of a total dry weight of said cells and nucleic acid at a concentration of less than about 5 wt % of a total dry weight of said cells, wherein at least 50% of a total number of said cells are dead cells. Further provided are food and beverages comprising such food components and methods of manufacture thereof.

Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) system includes a cycler including an actuation surface having a peristaltic pump actuator; a manifold assembly including a rigid manifold having first and second chambers (110a, 110b), the rigid manifold configured and arranged to be abutted against the actuation surface for operation, a peristaltic pump tube (124gh) extending from the first chamber (110a) to the second chamber (110b) of the rigid manifold, a dialysis fluid container line (124b) extending from the first chamber (110a), and a branch line (124c) extending between the dialysis fluid container line (124b) and the second chamber (110b); and a control unit configured to cause the peristaltic pump actuator to actuate the peristaltic pump tube (124gh) to pump dialysis fluid from the branch line (124c) into the second chamber (110b) and from the second chamber (110b) into the first chamber (110a).

Abstract: Provided is an isolated asporogenous strain of Clostridium tyrobutyricum bacterium comprising a single base pair mutation in a gene involved in the control of a sporulation process and methods of production thereof. Also provided is a feed ingredient comprising an isolated asporogenous strain of Clostridium tyrobutyricum bacterium, such as an asporogenous strain comprising a mutation in a gene involved in the control of a sporulation process.

Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) system includes a cycler including an actuation surface having a peristaltic pump actuator; at least one pair of capacitive sensing plates; a manifold assembly including a rigid manifold having at least one chamber, the rigid manifold configured and arranged to be abutted against the actuation surface for operation, wherein the at least one pair of capacitive sensing plates is positioned to be operable with the at least one chamber; a peristaltic pump tube; and a control unit configured to actuate the peristaltic pump actuator to pump an amount of dialysis fluid to the at least one chamber, receive a signal from the pair of capacitive sensing plates, count a number of revolutions of the peristaltic pump actuator, determine a current volume per revolution for the peristaltic pump actuator, and use the current volume per revolution for a subsequent operation of the peristaltic pump actuator.

Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis (“RD”) system includes a cycler including an actuation surface having a peristaltic pump actuator; a manifold assembly including a rigid manifold having first and second chambers (110a, 110b), the rigid manifold configured and arranged to be abutted against the actuation surface for operation, a peristaltic pump tube (124gh) extending from the first chamber (110a) to the second chamber (110b) of the rigid manifold, a dialysis fluid container line (124b) extending from the first chamber (110a), and a branch line (124c) extending between the dialysis fluid container line (124b) and the second chamber (110b); and a control unit configured to cause the peristaltic pump actuator to actuate the peristaltic pump tube (124gh) to pump dialysis fluid from the branch line (124c) into the second chamber (100b) and from the second chamber (110b) into the first chamber (110a).

Abstract: Provided is food component comprising cells of at least one bacterium, said cells comprising a crude protein concentration of at least 60 wt % of a total dry weight of said cells and nucleic acid at a concentration of less than about 5 wt % of a total dry weight of said cells, wherein at least 50% of a total number of said cells are dead cells. Further provided are food and beverages comprising such food components and methods of manufacture thereof.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized into logical groups, such as auto-scaling groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scaling group may be place into standby. Standby instances may still be managed by the auto-scaling group but may not contribute to the capacity of the auto-scaling group for auto-scaling purposes.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of producing egg granules comprising spray drying an egg comprising one or more antibodies to produce a low moisture egg powder; and dry granulating the low moisture egg powder to produce egg granules comprising the one or more antibodies. The present disclosure also relates to egg granule having a diameter in a range of about 0.70 mm to about 5.00 mm, wherein the egg granule comprises one or more antibodies.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insect, bacteria, and/or fungi control composition that includes a carrier oil and two or more essential oils for effectively controlling and/or killing insects, bacteria, and/or fungi. Some insect, bacteria, and/or fungi control compositions comprise castor oil; a first oil selected from the group consisting of rosemary oil, thyme oil, clove oil, garlic oil, geraniol, peppermint oil, and cinnamon oil; and a second oil selected from the group consisting of rosemary oil, thyme oil, clove oil, garlic oil, geraniol, peppermint oil, and cinnamon oil, wherein in the first oil is different from the second oil. Compositions according to the present disclosure kill insects at multiple stages in their life cycle including adult insects, larvae, and disrupt the egg cycle.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized into logical groups, such as auto-scale groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scale group may be associated with one or more load balancers configured to direct traffic to the computing instances. Furthermore, customers of the computing resource service provider may add or remove load balancer from the auto-scale groups. A background process may be used to add and remove computer instances of the auto-scale group from the load balancers customers are attempting to have added or removed.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized into logical groups, such as auto-scaling groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scaling group may be place into standby. Standby instances may still be managed by the auto-scaling group but may not contribute to the capacity of the auto-scaling group for auto-scaling purposes.

Abstract: A transaction directed to a hierarchy of data objects stored in a non-transactional data store may be executed. The transaction may be received and description of the transaction stored in a parent data object of the hierarchy. Upon storing the description of the transaction, the transaction may be acknowledged as committed. Access requests for the hierarchy of data objects may be serviced by accessing the description of the transaction and applying to child data objects in the hierarchy returned for servicing a query directed to the hierarchy. A new transaction that is received may initiate application of the transaction according to the description in the parent data object with respect to child data objects.

Abstract: A secondary index may be implemented for a distributed data set that is strongly consistent. Updates to a distributed data set that add or remove items from the distributed data set may be reflected in the secondary index as part of performing the update. Pointers to items to be added to a distributed data set may be included in the secondary index as part of processing an insertion request for the new items. Pointers to items removed from a distributed data set may be removed from the secondary index as part of processing a deletion request. Changes to the secondary index may be performed so that the secondary index does not fail to identify items that are present in the distributed data set.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized into logical groups, such as auto-scale groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scale group may be associated with one or more load balancers configured to direct traffic to the computing instances. Furthermore, customers of the computing resource service provider may add or remove load balancer from the auto-scale groups. A background process may be used to add and remove computer instances of the auto-scale group form the load balancers customers are attempting to have added or removed.

Abstract: Migration of mutable data sets between data stores may be implemented. Multiple data sets may be stored at a source data store. Some of the data sets may be identified for migration to a destination data store. Updates to the identified data sets may be blocked while the identified data sets are copied from the source data store to the destination data store. In some embodiments, the copies of the data sets at the destination data store are validated. Updates to the data sets may then be allowed at the destination data store instead of the source data store.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized in to logical groups, such as auto-scaling groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scaling group may be detached from auto-scaling group. Detached instances may no longer be managed by the auto-scaling group and may not contribute to the capacity of the auto-scaling group for auto-scaling purposes.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized into logical groups, such as auto-scale groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scale group may be associated with one or more load balancers configured to direct traffic to the computing instances. Furthermore, customers of the computing resource service provider may add or remove load balancer from the auto-scale groups. A background process may be used to add and remove computer instances of the auto-scale group form the load balancers customers are attempting to have added or removed.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized into logical groups, such as auto-scale groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scale group may be associated with one or more load balancers configured to direct traffic to the computing instances. Furthermore, customers of the computing resource service provider may add or remove load balancer from the auto-scale groups.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized into logical groups, such as auto-scaling groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scaling group may be place into standby. Standby instances may still be managed by the auto-scaling group but may not contribute to the capacity of the auto-scaling group for auto-scaling purposes.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide computing instances organized into logical groups, such as auto-scaling groups. Computing instances assigned to an auto-scaling group may be associated with one or more load balancers configured to direct traffic to the computing instances. Furthermore, customers of the computing resource service provider may add or remove load balancer from the auto-scaling groups. The computing resource service provider may track a state of the load balancer in a database in order to enable efficient addition and removal of load balancers to auto-scale groups.