Abstract: A pet apparatus is provided which includes a housing including internal walls forming a cavity. The internal walls include a plurality of apertures. One or more panels are disposed within the cavity. Each of the panels includes at least one pocket configured to receive a toy and/or a treat. Toggles are coupled with each of the panels and are configured to be inserted into the plurality of apertures to removably couple the panels with the housing.

Abstract: Animal grooming wagons are presented including: a base having a substantially planar top surface and forming a rectangular shape, where the base includes: a pair of end wall receiving slots each positioned along opposite end portions of the base; a pair of side wall receiving slots each positioned along opposite side portions of the base; removable inserts positioned along the top surface of the base; a front steerable wheeled axle positioned along the front-end portion of the base; a rear wheeled axle positioned along the rear-end portion of the base; a steering bar for steering the front steerable wheeled axle; and an anchor point positioned centrally along the top surface of the base.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle-based data collection and distribution system includes a source of animal data that can be transmitted electronically. The source of animal data includes at least one sensor. The animal data is collected from at least one target individual. The system also includes an unmanned aerial vehicle that receives the animal data from the source of animal data as a first set of received animal data and a home station that receives the first set of received animal data. Characteristically, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes a transceiver operable to receive signals from the source of animal data and to send control signals to the source of animal data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a companion animal customized feed order system including: a store system configured to provide a management service for a store cooking natural food; an input/output terminal configured to receive companion animal basic information from a customer; and a management server configured to calculate a customized natural food recipe according to the companion animal information and transmit the calculated customized natural food recipe to the store system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a full-cycle health detection system for a dairy cow based on visual recognition, including: electronic chips provided with dairy cow identifiers (IDs), and fixed on dairy cows; an online acquisition device configured to acquire an image of a to-be-detected dairy cow online and recognize a dairy cow ID, and transmit an acquired image of the to-be-detected dairy cow and the dairy cow ID to a master control module; the master control module provided with an image recognition algorithm and a health determination algorithm; and the storage module configured to store full-cycle growth information of dairy cows corresponding to all of the dairy cow IDs and standard full-cycle growth information of the dairy cows. The present disclosure can use visual recognition instead of the manual measurement, and can determine growth and health states of the dairy cow quickly and accurately.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamically managing electronic pet care data including hosting a user portal corresponding to at least one user and at least one pet, the user portal including at least one user profile and at least one pet profile, receiving a first data set from a first external system, wherein the first data set includes at least one user identifier and at least one pet identifier, retrieving the at least one user profile and the at least one pet profile based on the at least one user identifier and the at least one pet identifier respectively, updating the at least one pet profile based on the first data set, generating an electronic key based on the at least one user profile and the at least one pet profile, and displaying the electronic key on a user interface of the user portal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bird feeder moveable from a first position to a second position. The bird feeder is preferably comprised of a seed tube for holding a substance, a seed tray having openings to receive and provide access to the substance, a shroud surrounding and protecting both the seed tube and seed tray and a cover secured to an upper end of the shroud. The bird feeder is also preferably comprised of a positioning mechanism to move the bird feeder from the first position, where access to the substance is provided, and the second position, where access to the substance is prevented.

Abstract: A method for reducing the negative effect of heat acclimatization for the hatching of a poultry hatching egg is provided. A special light source is used as an ambient light to hatch the poultry hatching egg. The special light source is light-emitting diode (LED) monochromatic blue light with a light intensity of 20 lux to 50 lux and a wavelength of about 450 nm, such that the light can reduce the negative effect of heat acclimatization at a hatching stage of the poultry hatching egg. The method can reduce the levels of oxidation products such as malondialdehyde (MDA) and corticosterone in a chicken embryo during heat acclimatization at the hatching stage of the poultry hatching egg and increase the expression levels of antioxidase and heat shock protein (HSP) genes, and the special light source reduces the metabolic heat production of the chicken embryo.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an autonomous biomonitoring system in lotic ecosystems, such as streams. A central design concept of autonomy is capturing aquatic organisms from their natural habitat and entraining them through an analyzer with an imaging unit. The system provides a collector for a sampling aqueous mixture that can flow through a screen to a sediment trap that is coupled to a pump that discharges the aqueous mixture into a staging tank. The staging tank is coupled to a flow-through analyzer and can continuously buffer and control the volume of aqueous mixture flow through the analyzer, and then the aqueous mixture is discharged. In at least one embodiment, the system allows continuous monitoring over a period of time. The system can transmit real time data to a remote location for data accumulation. The system can further provide remote movement of the collector for sampling at multiple remote locations.

Abstract: An aquaculture system (10) comprising growing modules (GM) and liquid treatment modules (LTM). Each growing module is associated via a network of pipes (101, 201, 202) with a respective liquid treatment module to form a pair (161, 162), wherein if liquid flow through a given pair (161, 162) is stopped and left to settle, liquid within the given pair (161, 162) is arranged to balance out to the same level.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat stress resisting technology for transport of live fish. Display screens are arranged in a transport case on the four side surfaces and the top surface, a plurality of transparent interlayer trays are arranged in the fish tank from the bottom to the top, a plurality of small through holes are formed in the interlayer trays, an oxygen generator is arranged in the transport case, an oxygen content meter is arranged in a pipeline of the oxygen generator, a refrigeration system is arranged in the transport case on one side surface, an air exchange pipe is arranged in the fish tank, the air exchange pipe extends out of the transport case, a second solenoid valve is arranged in the air exchange pipe. The present invention makes fish have no swimming activity and lack of response to external stimuli.

Abstract: An aquarium system includes a tank, a motion sensor, and a light source. The motion sensor is adapted to sense motion within a predetermined distance from the tank. The light source has a controllable intensity projecting light into the tank. The intensity varies responsive to motion sensed by the motion sensor. When the motion sensor senses movement, the light is on at 100% intensity. After some period of no-motion, such as about 60 seconds, the lighting slowly dims to around 20% of full brightness. When it senses movement again, the lighting slowly ramps up to 100% intensity.

Abstract: An indirect selective breeding method of high-collagen meat geese includes : (1) obtaining a curve equation y=0.017x+0.026; (2) rearing goslings to young geese; (3) measuring the length, width, and height values of the knobs of the geese, and calculating to give the collagen content according to the curve equation obtained in step (1); (4) sorting the geese in descending order according to the collagen content and keeping the geese with collagen content ranked top 50% as breeding geese; (5) after the geese lay eggs, hatching the goose eggs into goslings; and (6) repeating steps (2)-(5) for selective breeding over generations. The indirect selective breeding method is simple and easy to implement. A new strain of meat geese with high collagen content can be obtained from selective breeding simply by measuring the length, width, and height of the knobs of geese of each generation.

Abstract: A method of making sterile diploid organisms includes mating a first population and a second population of single knock-in diploid organisms, wherein the first population of single knock-in diploid organisms are heterozygous organisms expressing a first marker inserted into a gene required for fertility, wherein the second population of single knock-in diploid organisms are heterozygous organisms expressing a second marker inserted into the gene required for fertility, wherein introduction of the first/second marker disrupts expression of the required fertility gene creating a first/second mutant allele of the gene required for fertility, and wherein the first and second markers are distinct; sorting offspring produced from the mating based on their expression of the first and/or second markers; and isolating the sterile diploid organisms, wherein the sterile diploid organisms are heteroallelic diploid organisms expressing the first marker in the first mutant allele and the second marker in the mutant second

Abstract: Fishing lures including a front body, a middle body, an aft body, a first wing, and a second wing. The front body has an aerodynamic and hydrodynamic profile and is positively buoyant in water. The front body extends along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end and extends along a lateral axis from a first lateral side to a second lateral side. The middle body extends along the longitudinal axis from a third end proximate the second end to a fourth end. The aft body is coupled to the middle body proximate the fourth end and defines a hook opening. The hook opening receives a hook projecting beyond an outer surface of the aft body. The first wing and the second wing are coupled to the front body and disposed on the first lateral side and the second lateral side, respectively.

Abstract: An improved fishing rod butt component that has only one non-rusting, self-latching, moving part which can rotate smoothly from a self-locking literal alignment with the fishing rod into a non-injurious, moveable within ninety (90) degrees to a lower barrel T shaped body (e.g., requiring no positioning pins, levers, potentially rusting springs, screws, wooden covers, wedges or retainers) to be held against the body of the fisherman or user during a fish fight.

Abstract: The present invention is a rattle reel for catching fish. The rattle reel has a wall bracket, a reel arm, and a reel. The wall bracket is a U-shaped component that attached the present invention to a wall. The reel arm is a post that connects the reel to the wall bracket. The wall bracket has a plurality of screw holes, a pivot brushing, a clamp, a wall-facing side, and an arm sleeve. The pivot brushing is a hinge that allows the reel arm to rotate. The reel arm has a battery housing, a power switch, and an alarm housing. The reel has a light, a rattle mechanism, a handle, a tension adjuster, and an alarm adjuster. The tension adjuster is an axle that controls the rotating speed of the reel. The wall bracket is fixed at the end of the reel arm and extends away from the wall bracket. The reel is placed at the opposite side of the wall bracket to ensure the structural object the present invention is attached to is not in the way of the reel.

Abstract: A braking system for a fishing reel (10) is described, of the type comprising a body (12) and a spool (16) made of metal and rotatably supported by the body (12) for rotation about an axis of rotation (y) to allow, depending on its direction of rotation, winding or unwinding of a fishing line (18). The braking system comprises: at least one magnet (26) arranged to be movably mounted on the body (12), next to the spool (16), to generate eddy currents in the spool (16) by electromagnetic induction, as a result of the rotation of the spool (16); adjusting means (32, 38) associated to the at least one magnet (26) to adjust distance of the latter from the spool (16), thereby adjusting the intensity of the braking force applied onto the spool (16); and electronic control means (44) connected to the adjusting means (32, 38) and programmed to control the adjusting means (32, 38) so as to adjust the distance of the at least one magnet (26) from the spool (16), and hence the braking force applied onto the spool (16).

Abstract: One variation of a method includes: accessing an image of sensor plants sown in crops of a crop type within a geographic region and configured to signal presence of a stressor; interpreting a first pressure of the stressor within a first subregion based on a first subset of features extracted from the image; interpreting a second pressure of the stressor in a second subregion based on a second subset of features extracted from the image; based on the first pressure and the second pressure, deriving a pressure map representing pressures of the stressor within the geographic region; accessing a yield model linking pressures of the stressor and crop yield for crops of the crop type in the geographic region; and predicting a crop yield for crops of the crop type in the geographic region based on the pressure map and the yield model.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the field of pest elimination including all life stages of bed bugs. The present disclosure includes articles, systems, and methods of heat treatment to target and kill pests.

Abstract: A bug swatter is provided that reduces the chances that bug remains will come into contact with an object or surface in an undesirable manner. The bug swatter is made up of a swatter body having a swatter head connected to a handle portion, wherein the handle portion can be manipulated by a user so the user can advance the swatter head towards a bug to swat the bug. A cover member is connectable to the handle portion and moveable relative to the swatter head, wherein the bug swatter can be moved from an uncovered configuration where the swatter head is uncovered by the cover member to a covered configuration where at least a portion of the cover member covers at least a portion of the swatter head. The bug swatter can also have a locking mechanism adapted to lock the bug swatter in the uncovered configuration or the covered configuration. The locking mechanism can be unlocked by a user. A method of swatting a bug is also provided.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly for use with an agricultural crop sprayer includes a nozzle body and a turbine element journaled to the body. The turbine element has a fluid-conveying internal passage having a rifled profile. Other nozzle assemblies have a nozzle tip journaled to a nozzle body, and the nozzle tip has a fluid-carrying passage with a surface profile configured to interact with fluid passing therethrough to apply a torque on the nozzle tip.

Abstract: A multi-tank spray system includes a first tank, a second tank, a pump, and a plurality of valves including a first valve, a second valve, and an equalizing valve. A first end of the first valve is in fluid communication with the first tank, a second end of the first valve is in fluid communication with (i) a first end of the equalizing valve and (ii) an inlet of the pump. A first end of the second value is in fluid communication with the second tank. A second end of the second valve is in fluid communication with a second end of the equalizing valve. A tank module is configured to receive a spray mode, receive a measurement from at least one sensor of a plurality sensors, and control operation of the plurality of valves and the pump based on (i) the received spray mode and (ii) the received measurement.

Abstract: A method for remediation, control, and mitigation of aquatic species by killing, damaging, weakening, and or reducing the growth of living organisms or species on and under the surface of a body of water. A solar collector array powers a UVC light array comprising a plurality of UVC lights that have sufficient UVC power to control and mitigate aquatic species by killing, damaging, weakening and or reducing the growth of living organisms or species under or on the surface of a body water. The method includes remotely maneuvering the UVC light array on or under the surface of a body of water.

Abstract: A novel suspension type water medium agrochemical formulation comprising adjuvants selected from a copolymer dispersant comprising a copolymer of acrylic acid, hydrophobic monomer, alkylacrylate of a monoalkyl polyethylene glycol, and optionally strong acid derivatives of (meth)acrylic acid; non-ionic graft copolymer of acrylic ester and oxyalkylene; and having hydrophobic solid agrochemical active dispersed in aid water medium. A concentrate is also provided suitable for forming the formulation. The combination of copolymers provide dispersancy for the hydrophobic solid agrochemical active in the water medium of the suspension concentrate. There is also provided the use of said copolymers as dispersants for hydrophobic solid agrochemical active in agrochemical formulations, and a method of treating vegetation to control pests by applying the formulation or diluted concentrate form of the formulation to vegetation or the immediate environment.

Abstract: Solutions and methods for forming an exogenous flexible film on a plant and plants including the exogenous flexible film. The solutions include a solvent, a film forming matrix component, a hydrophobic barrier component, a plasticizing component, and a film enhancing component. The methods include spraying the solution on the plant. The methods also include evaporating at least a fraction of the solvent from the solution to form the exogenous flexible film. The plant includes fruit, and the spraying includes spraying at least 45 days prior to harvesting the fruit. The plants include an exogenous flexible film formed from the solutions and/or by the methods.

Abstract: Described herein is a stable herbicidal composition including a cyclohexenedione oxime herbicide, a derivative thereof, an isomer thereof, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof and an additional herbicide. The composition is stabilised using a recovery promoting agent and a solvent. Also described is a process of preparing the stable herbicidal compositions and a method of controlling weeds by applying the stable herbicidal composition onto a weed, a locus, a crop, or a habitat area.

Abstract: Described herein is a stable dry composition comprising a compound with herbicide activity located on a carrier compound and a compound with amphiphilic properties coating at least part or all of the compound with herbicide activity and carrier compound. Methods of manufacture and application of the dry composition are also described along with storage stable plant and herbicide compositions and methods of co-administration of combination plant and herbicide compositions.

Abstract: The disclosed composition for fertilization and treating trees, shrubs and climbing plants with programmed release of the active substance is comprising the active substance stored in capsules made by nanoencapsulation or microencapsulation method and wherein based on capsule membrane the time of release of the active substance is adjusted. The active component stored in the nanocapsules or microcapsules can be such that it acidifies the surrounding soil in the range of pH 2,5 to pH 6,5. One example of such active component is the use of citric acid, which is completely ecological and does not create environmental pollution. Also, the active component in the nanocapsules can be such that it regulates the acidity of the soil in the range of pH 6,5 to pH 7,0. Furthermore, the active component in the special capsules can be an insecticide and/or in the special capsules fungicide, and/or in the special capsules acaricide and/or in the special capsules pheromone and/or in the special capsules repellent.

Abstract: A disposable article infused with an insect repellant and method of making the same. The disposable article includes an outer, water absorbent layer, an inner, waterproof layer and an insect repellant applied to the outer layer. The disposable article can be fabric gowns, shoe-covers, leg coverings, hand coverings, arm coverings, head coverings, body coverings, face coverings, full body coverings and chuck pads. In certain embodiments, the outer, water absorbent layer is spun-bonded polypropylene. In other embodiments, the outer, water absorbent layer is spun-bonded polyester. The inner, waterproof layer can be cast polyethylene. The insect repellant can include an effective amount of DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), OLE (oil of lemon eucalyptus) and essential oils alone or in combination.

Abstract: The invention relates to the film-forming antimicrobial, antibacterial, antiviral, antiparasitic, and antifungal composition comprises a) a film-forming materials, b) one or more antimicrobial, antibacterial, antiviral, antiparasitic, and antifungal compound(s), c) one or more solubilizing agents, and optionally, d) one or more plasticizer, and e), one or more surfactants or detergents. The invention also relates to a use in prevention or treatment of a disorder in a mammal, such as a human and use of treating animated and non-animated surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling soybean rust fungus having an amino acid replacement of F129L in mitochondrial cytochrome b protein. A compound represented by formula (I) [wherein: Q represents a group represented by Q1 etc. (wherein “•” represents a position bonding to benzene ring); E represents C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.; R1 represents C1-C3 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; when n is 2 or 3, two or more of R2 may be identical to or different from each other; and R2 represents C1-C3 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.] can be used for controlling soybean rust fungus having an amino acid replacement of F129L in mitochondrial cytochrome b protein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPO) inhibitors of the general formula (I) where the variables are defined herein. The invention features processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of formula (I), compositions comprising them, and their use as herbicides—e.g., for controlling harmful plants. The invention also features methods for controlling unwanted vegetation comprising allowing an herbicidal effective amount of at least one PPO inhibitor of formula (I) to act on plants, their seed, and/or their habitat.

Abstract: Trifloxystrobin is used for the prevention and treatment of agricultural pest insects and mites. The trifloxystrobin can be configured as an agriculturally allowable emulsifiable concentrate, aqueous emulsion, aqueous solution, wettable powder, microemulsion, suspension, capsule suspension, or water dispersible granule, wherein the content of the trifloxystrobin in the dosage form is 1-80%. The trifloxystrobin has an outstanding effectiveness of control of agricultural pest insects and mites, and trifloxystrobin is a new compound, and there is no cross-resistance with existing products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling or preventing Panama disease in banana plants, comprising applying to a crop of banana plants or the locus thereof, a compound according to formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Y, A, B are as defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to oxadiazinylpyridazine compounds and the uses thereof for controlling phytopathogenic microorganisms such as phytopathogenic fungi. It also relates to processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising a transition metal chelate; and a potassium-containing salt and/or a sodium-containing salt; wherein said composition has enhanced herbicidal activity when compared with an otherwise identical composition lacking said potassium-containing salt and/or said sodium-containing salt; as well as related methods and uses.

Abstract: Sanitizing and disinfecting compositions with relatively low levels of free available chlorine, with good effectiveness against microbes. The composition may include less than 0.5% by weight hypochlorite or other free available chlorine level, at least one nonionic or zwitterionic surfactant, with a pH from 8 to 12.5. The composition is characterized by an R value of greater than 0 (e.g., greater than 0.5, or equal to 1), where R is defined as the sum of the concentration of any nonionic, zwitterionic, and cationic surfactants divided by the total surfactant concentration (and total surfactant concentration may include any surfactant aids). The compositions may exhibit at least a 3-log reduction in M. bovis or C. diff population within 10 minutes (e.g., 4-6 minutes).

Abstract: The present invention relate to a pesticidal composition comprising elemental sulphur, choline salt of pelargonic acid, and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient. The invention particularly relate to a pesticidal composition comprising elemental sulphur in the range of 1% w/w to 95% w/w of the total composition; choline salt of pelargonic acid present in the range of 0.01% to 50% w/w of the total composition; and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient. The pesticidal composition comprises particles in the size range of 0.1 micron to 50 microns. The present invention also relates to process of preparation of the pesticidal composition. The invention relates to a method of treating a plant, crop, plant propagation material, locus or parts thereof, a seed, seedling or surrounding soil with a pesticidal composition.

Abstract: An anti-microbial formulation for seed and crop application is a formulation including only between about 1 ppm and about 100 ppm hypochlorous acid; between about 1 ppm and about 300 ppm alkyl polyglycoside, wherein sufficient amount of alkyl polyglycoside is present such that the formulation has a pH between about 5.2 and about 7.8; and a remainder water. A method of manipulating the pH of the formulation and a method of treating seeds and crops with the formulation to restrict or eliminate microbial growth and proliferation is also described herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods of use thereof for enhancing characteristics of plants and soil.

Abstract: Described herein is a fermentation medium for production of a plant health promoting microorganism. The fermentation medium includes nicotinic acid and biotin. A concentration of nicotinic acid in the fermentation medium is at least 0.1 mg/l, and a concentration of biotin in the fermentation medium is at least 0.01 mg/l. The fermentation medium also includes methionine. A concentration of methionine in the fermentation medium is at least 0.01 g/l.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pesticide composition comprising at least two proteins selected from the group consisting of: CrylIa10, Cry2Abl, Cry9Eal, and the amino-acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6. Further provided are the nucleic acid construct comprising a nucleic-acid sequence encoding CrylIa10, Cry2Abl, Cry9Eal, and the amino-acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6, and a method of controlling a pest, comprising contacting the pest with an effective amount of the pesticide composition disclosed herein.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to gel capsules for delivery of one or more dsRNA plant protection materials to internal tree tissue of, for example, fruit trees. The gel capsules generally include a powdered matrix comprising silica gel, dsRNA (double-stranded RNA) bound to the powdered matrix, and, a capsule shell containing the powdered matrix with the bound dsRNA therein. The disclosure also relates to methods of preparing the gel capsules, and methods for delivering a dsRNA plant protection material to trees. After injection into the tree trunk, the gel capsules can provide a uniform, relatively consistent dose of dsRNA to all parts of the tree throughout the growing season, thus reducing waste of material and cost.

Abstract: The current invention includes systems, methods and compositions for the generation of sRNA molecules using select RNase III mutants. In one preferred embodiment, invention includes systems, methods and compositions for the generation of sRNA molecules using RNase III mutants to control a host pathogen through the production and diffusion of sRNA molecules that may initiate an RNAi pathway response directed to a host pathogen. Additional embodiments of the current invention include systems, methods and compositions for the DICER-independent generation of sRNA molecules using select RNase III mutants.

Abstract: Described is a saponified tall oil that can be used as an insecticide. Also described is an insecticide that contains a saponified tall oil. Also described is to a method for producing a composition or an insecticide containing the saponified tall oil. The method includes: providing a heated basic solution of water and lye; and performing saponification by adding tall oil to the heated basic solution during mixing, to form a saponified solution.

Abstract: An insecticidal composition includes one or more essential oils and/or vegetable oils having insecticidal properties, mineral oil in an amount of about 55 wt. % to about 95 wt. %, and isopropyl alcohol in an amount of about 10 wt. % or higher, wherein the insecticidal composition is substantially free of a lactate solvent, and wherein the insecticidal composition shows no phase separation at about 4° C. after about 72 hours of storage.

Abstract: An insecticidal composition includes one or more essential oils and/or vegetable oils in an amount of about 0.05 wt. % to about 5 wt. %, water in an amount of about 55 wt. % to about 95 wt. %, and mineral oil in an amount of less than about 15 wt. % wherein the composition is suitable for further dilution with water to form a sprayable preparation.

Abstract: A method for cooking is disclosed. In response to an oven being selected to cook a food item, a determination is made whether or not any oven is being engaged in cooking. If no oven is being engaged in cooking, then temperature-control mode is utilized to control oven temperature of the selected oven. If one oven is currently being engaged in cooking, then another determination is made whether or not the total current demand by the two ovens to cook respective food items exceeds a predetermined current limitation under temperature-control mode. If the total current demand does not exceed the predetermined current limitation, then temperature-control mode is utilized to control oven temperature of the two ovens. If the total current demand exceeds the predetermined current limitation, then time-control mode is utilized to control oven temperature of the two ovens.

Abstract: A heat transfer system includes a conveyor belt having air permeable outer and inner side walls and forming a conveyor stack having a plurality of tiers and a central space with a volume. A first portion of the volume and a first plurality of tiers are in a first sub-chamber and a second portion of the volume and a second plurality of tiers are in a second sub-chamber. The system further includes generating means which: produces, in the second sub-chamber, airflow in a horizontal direction towards the conveyor stack and in a horizontal and radial direction across the second plurality of tiers to enter the second portion of the volume; and draws, in the first sub-chamber, the airflow in a horizontal direction away from the conveyor stack and in a horizontal and radial direction to exit the first portion of the volume across the first plurality of tiers.