Abstract: A secondary cockpit barrier is disclosed herein. The secondary cockpit barrier includes a cylindrical cartridge having an outer wall and an interior compartment, an internal roller bar disposed in the interior compartment of the cylindrical cartridge, a receiver stanchion including a plurality of guide holes, a vertical bar configured to engage the receiver stanchion, a barrier having a first edge coupled to the internal roller bar and a second edge coupled to the vertical bar, the barrier configured to extend through an opening in the cylindrical cartridge and from the cylindrical cartridge to the receiver stanchion, a plurality of latch guides coupled to the vertical bar, each of the plurality of latch guides configured to engage a guide hole of the plurality of guide holes, and a lock coupled to the receiver stanchion, the lock configured to secure the barrier in a deployed position.

Abstract: An aircraft lavatory is disclosed herein. The aircraft lavatory includes a standard access door providing access to the aircraft lavatory from at least one of an aisle, a cross aisle, or a passageway of an aircraft, a first moveable wall adjacent the standard access door, the first moveable wall having a first end and a second end and configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the first end of the first moveable wall configured to rotate about a first pivot point, and a second moveable wall adjacent the first moveable wall, the second movable wall having a first end and a second end and configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the first end of the second moveable wall configured to rotate about a second pivot point.

Abstract: As an example, a walker includes a first leg pair, a second leg pair and a cross beam connecting the first and second leg pairs in a parallel, spaced apart relationship. Each leg pair includes a U-shaped tube defining a front leg and a rear leg. A front strut is telescopically movable within the front leg and extends outwardly therefrom. A rear strut is telescopically movable within the rear leg and extends outwardly therefrom. A mechanical linear actuator includes a rotating element adapted to rotate relative to at least one of the front leg or the rear leg. The rotating element includes an interface with a track on the respective strut relative to which the rotating element rotates, whereby rotational motion of the rotating element translates to corresponding linear motion of the strut.

Abstract: An audio processor for generating a non-delayed sidetone for a user, the audio processor including an input for receiving a playback signal, the playback signal including respective delayed audio signals from one or more users mixed together as the playback signal, the one or more users including a first user and the mixed audio signal from the first user being a delayed input audio signal; a signal remover configured to generate a first processed signal by removing the delayed audio signal for the first user from the playback signal; and a signal mixer coupled to the signal remover, the signal mixer configured to: generate a second processed signal by mixing the first processed signal with a non-delayed input audio signal from the first user, and output the second processed signal, the non-delayed input audio signal acting as a sidetone for the first user.

Abstract: A headset for generating a non-delayed sidetone for a user, the headset including an input for receiving a playback signal, the playback signal including respective delayed audio signals from one or more users mixed together as the playback signal, one or more users including a first user and the mixed audio signal from the first user being a delayed input audio signal; a signal remover configured to generate a first processed signal by removing the delayed audio signal for the first user from the playback signal; and a signal mixer coupled to the signal remover, the signal mixer configured to: generate a second processed signal by mixing the first processed signal with a non-delayed input audio signal from the first user, and output the second processed signal, the non-delayed input audio signal acting as a sidetone for the first user.

Abstract: A monument for installation in an aircraft passenger cabin comprises a housing extending from the floor upwardly toward the ceiling, the housing including a first configuration configured to receive a wheelchair in a first unfolded condition, and a second configuration configured to receive a stretcher in a second unfolded condition, a first interior space formed in the housing, a staircase disposed within the interior space; a second interior space formed in the housing, a first entrance into the first interior space through a door; a second entrance into the second interior space of the housing, and a securement assembly positionable on the floor, the securement assembly configured to secure one of the wheelchair or the stretcher in place within the interior space.

Abstract: An aircraft lavatory is disclosed herein. The aircraft lavatory includes a standard access door providing access to the aircraft lavatory from at least one of an aisle, a cross aisle, or a passageway of an aircraft, a first moveable wall adjacent the standard access door, the first moveable wall having a first end and a second end and configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the first end of the first moveable wall configured to rotate about a first pivot point, and a second moveable wall adjacent the first moveable wall, the second movable wall having a first end and a second end and configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the first end of the second moveable wall configured to rotate about a second pivot point.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of facilitating trading non-negotiable financial assets. Further, the method may include receiving an issue data from at least one issuer device associated with at least one issuer, issuing a certificate of deposit (CD) based on the issue data, receiving a purchase request data from at least one investor device associated with at least one investor, identifying the CD based on the CD identifier, processing a transaction for the CD using one or more investor data, generating one or more transaction attributes associated with the transaction based on the processing, storing the one or more transaction attributes in a distributed ledger using a smart contract, and transmitting the CD to the at least one investor device.

Abstract: Provided is a feed ingredient comprising propionate and a byproduct of fermentation of a feedstock by propionic acid-producing bacteria, wherein said feedstock comprises a carbon source and wherein said bacteria are of a class selected from the group consisting of Actinobacteria, Bacteroidia, Clostridia, Negativicutes and combinations thereof. Also provided are methods for manufacturing the feed ingredient and uses thereof.

Abstract: A solid-state cathode for a solid-state electrochemical cell includes an electrochemically active cathode material and one or more elemental dopant residing in grain boundaries of the electrochemically active cathode material. The grain boundaries contain at least 0.2 wt % of the one or more elemental dopant and the one or more elemental dopant is less than 10 wt % of the solid-state cathode. The solid-state cathode does not have liquid, gel and polymer materials.

Abstract: As an example, a walker includes a first leg pair, a second leg pair and a cross beam connecting the first and second leg pairs in a parallel, spaced apart relationship. Each leg pair includes a U-shaped tube defining a front leg and a rear leg. A front strut is telescopically movable within the front leg and extends outwardly therefrom. A rear strut is telescopically movable within the rear leg and extends outwardly therefrom. A mechanical linear actuator includes a rotating element adapted to rotate relative to at least one of the front leg or the rear leg. The rotating element includes an interface with a track on the respective strut relative to which the rotating element rotates, whereby rotational motion of the rotating element translates to corresponding linear motion of the strut.

Abstract: As an example, a walker includes a first leg pair, a second leg pair and a cross beam connecting the first and second leg pairs in a parallel, spaced apart relationship. Each leg pair includes a U-shaped tube defining a front leg and a rear leg. A front strut is telescopically movable within the front leg and extends outwardly therefrom. A rear strut is telescopically movable within the rear leg and extends outwardly therefrom. A mechanical linear actuator includes a rotating element adapted to rotate relative to at least one of the front leg or the rear leg. The rotating element includes an interface with a track on the respective strut relative to which the rotating element rotates, whereby rotational motion of the rotating element translates to corresponding linear motion of the strut.

Abstract: Provided is a method for the manufacture of a butyrate product by fermentation of a carbon source-containing fermentation feedstock with a Clostridia class bacterium which natively produces butyric acid while maintaining a pH of about 5 to 7, wherein ammonia is used for said maintaining pH and whereby a fermentation broth comprising ammonium butyrate, a biomass, and optionally a fermentation by-product is formed; separating said biomass from said fermentation broth to form separated biomass and a clarified fermentation broth, wherein said clarified fermentation broth comprises said ammonium butyrate and optionally said fermentation by-product; and adding to said clarified broth an additive selected from the group consisting of a mineral acid, a mineral base, a soluble calcium salt and combinations thereof, whereby said butyrate product is formed in said clarified broth. Further provided are feed ingredients, animal feeds and anti-icing agents comprising the composition, and uses thereof.

Abstract: In an aspect, a Co2Z ferrite has the formula: (Ba1-xSrx)3Co2+yMyFe24-2y-zO41. M is at least one of Mo, Ir, or Ru. The variable x can be 0 to 0.8, or 0.1 to 0.8. The variable y can be 0 to 0.8, or 0.01 to 0.8. The variable z can be ?2 to 2. The Co2Z ferrite can have an average grain size of 5 to 100 nanometers, or 30 to 80, or 10 to 40 nanometers as measured using at least one of transmission electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, or x-ray diffraction.

Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising at least one organism of a strain of the order Clostridiales and methods of use thereof for protecting against an infection, such as a viral, protozoal or fungal infection in an animal. Also provided are methods for improving hatchability of an egg under contaminated conditions by protecting against infection of an avian in ovo.

Abstract: Provided are microbial compositions comprising at least one attenuated form of a pathogenic bacterium having an ability to colonize at least one organ of the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, such as an attenuated form of a bacterium having an antagonistic effect against a bacterium selected from the group consisting of Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella enterica, Salmonella typhimurium, lostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens, Escherichia coli, Campylobacter spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Yersinia enterocolitica and combinations thereof. Also provided are animal feeds comprising such compositions, preparations for in-ovo injection comprising such compositions and methods of treatment using such compositions.

Abstract: Provided is a probiotic composition, comprising at least one genus of mixotrophic microorganism and a carrier and pharmaceutical preparations comprising such a composition for use in the treatment of bloating in an animal. Also provided are methods of use of such pharmaceutical preparations in the treatment of bloating in an animal.

Abstract: Supplemented mixotrophic method. A mixotrophic fermentation method is disclosed including providing a naturally acetogenic organism; providing a fermentation medium comprising a carbon source and a supplemented non-sugar reductant; and culturing the organism in the fermentation medium, where both the carbon source and the non-sugar reductant are metabolized and a fermentation broth is formed, which contains at least one carbon-containing bioproduct.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions an organism of the order Clostridiales for improving the health of an avian, wherein an effective dose of the composition is applied to an outer surface of an egg containing the avian as an embryo prior to hatching. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a strain within the order Clostridiales selected from the group consisting of Caldicoprobacteraceae; Christensenellaceae; Clostridiaceae; Defluviitaleaceae; Eubacteriaceae; Graciibacteraceae; Heliobacteriaceae; Lachnospiraceae; Oscillospiraceae; Peptococcaceae; Peptostreptococcaceae; Ruminococcaceae; Syntrophomonadaceae and combinations thereof and their use in such methods.

Abstract: A lithium battery cathode material comprises lithium transition metal-based material selected from lithium transition metal oxides and lithium transition metal phosphates, and crystalline silicon carbide residing at grain boundaries of the lithium transition metal-based material, forming conductive pathways along the grain boundaries, the crystalline silicon carbide being less than 10 wt. % of the cathode material.