A valve having improved inherent flow characteristics and improved dynamic torque characteristics is provided. In particular, an application state, such as application settings, may be synchronized between a first instance of an application on a first device and a second instance of the application on a second device. The method also includes comparing the quantitative result to a standard, based on the comparison, identifying at least one data element in the string, posting the data elements to a searchable database, and in response to a data request, displaying at least one data element to a user.