1. A method for controlling pests comprising applying finely ground glass particles to the area where an infestation of the pests has occurred or is possible.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pests are invertebrates.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the invertebrates are arthropods.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the arthropods are insects.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the invertebrates are gastropods.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the gastropods are selected from the group consisting of snails and slugs.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass particles are recycled glass.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass particles are e-glass.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass particles comprise a specially formulated glass including a composition selected from the group consisting of a binary mixture of potassium and phosphorus; a ternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus and silica; a ternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus, and calcium; and a quaternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and silica.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass particles have an upper size defined by particles that pass through a 30 mesh screen but are retained on a 50 mesh screen and a lower size defined by particles that pass a 50 mesh screen but are retained on a 400 mesh screen.
11. A kit for controlling pests, comprising
a) a container suitable for holding finely ground glass particles;
b) finely ground glass particles; and
c) instructions for applying the glass particles to an area in need of pest control.
12. The kit of claim 11, wherein the glass particles have an upper size defined by particles that pass through a 30 mesh screen but are retained on a 50 mesh screen and a lower size defined by particles that pass a 50 mesh screen but are retained on a 400 mesh screen.
13. The kit of claim 11, wherein the glass particles are recycled glass.
14. The kit of claim 11, wherein the glass particles are e-glass.
15. The kit of claim 11, wherein the glass particles comprise a specially formulated glass including a composition selected from the group consisting of a binary mixture of potassium and phosphorus; a ternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus and silica; a ternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus, and calcium; and a quaternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and silica.
16. A kit for controlling pests, comprising
a) a container suitable for holding finely ground glass particles;
b) finely ground glass particles; and
c) instructions for applying the glass particles to an area in need of pest control, wherein the glass particles have an upper size defined by particles that pass through a 30 mesh screen but are retained on a 50 mesh screen and a lower size defined by particles that pass a 50 mesh screen but are retained on a 400 mesh screen, and wherein the glass particles are selected from the group consisting of recycled glass, e-glass, glass comprising a binary mixture of potassium and phosphorus; glass comprising a ternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus and silica; glass comprising a ternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus, and calcium; and glass comprising a quaternary mixture of potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and silica.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
We claim:
1. A mapping circuit for vectors of Q-many bits, the circuit comprising:
n-many MUX’s, nQ, and each MUX having at least Q-many data inputs to which are coupled the Q-many bits of the vector to be mapped, the correspondence between the Q-many data inputs and the bits of the Q-bit vector to be mapped being the same for each MUX;
each MUX having an output bit that will represent the signal at one of the Q-many data inputs of that MUX;
each MUX also having a collection of at least m control inputs, 2mQ, to which are coupled for each MUX a corresponding separate collection of control signals whose values indicate which of the Q-many data inputs will have its signal coupled to the output bit;
the output bits for the n-many MUX’s forming an ordered collection of signals constituting a mapped vector according to a mapping defined by the n-may collections of m-many control signals;
a memory having an address and containing addressable locations each storing the values of the m-many control signals for the n-many MUX’s and also having data outputs coupling those control signal values to the control inputs of their respective MUX’s; and
a programmatically controlled address applied to the memory and that selects the mapping to be used to map the vector.
2. A circuit as in claim 1 wherein nQ and the vector is transmitted to a device under test.
3. A circuit as in claim 1 wherein n<Q and the vector is comparison results between a desired response and an actual response for a device under test.