A unisex protective garment worn by both male and female animals, particularly dogs, the garment having a first forward harness portion and a rear genitalia protection portion. Upon failing to receive a message response from the destination node, the computing device sends a query to a plurality of additional nodes, wherein the query causes the additional nodes to attempt to communicate with the destination node and to forward the query to other additional nodes if the attempt to communicate with the destination node fails. The stabilized particles of the present invention can readily be used either alone or in combination with other skin care actives to form topical compositions with improved stability and performance. At least a portion of the turns in the secondary shape form a cylindrical region and adjacent that region on at least one end is a conical region which tapers from a diameter approximating that of the central cylindrical region to a smaller diameter. In some embodiments, an abietic acid compound may be used as the flux agent, or alternatively, as the LCM. Process conditions in the fabrication or formation of melt processed parts are modified to deliberately introduce surface, detectable defects into the melt processed parts.