Abstract:
Some of the embodiments herein provide a seamless cloud of storage. This storage may be content-addressable storage. An end application may or may not be exposed to the fact that content-addressable storage is used. Various embodiments herein provide event notification, which may allow applications or users to subscribe to particular events (such as storage of an X-ray by a particular entity). Some embodiments provide for a shared archive. A shared archive may provide homogeneous access to medical data, etc. that was previously stored into the CAS cloud by heterogeneous applications, varied data types, etc. Additionally, embodiments herein allow for the creation and distribution of virtual packages. For example, a user may create a virtual package for all images related to a patient so that she may have a virtual package of all of her medical data to present to a referring physician.
Abstract:
A processor communication register (PCR) contained in each processor within a multiprocessor system provides enhanced processor communication. Each PCR stores identical processor communication information that is useful in pipelined or parallel multi-processing. Each processor has exclusive rights to store to a sector within each PCR and has continuous access to read the contents of its own PCR. Each processor updates its exclusive sector within all of the PCRs, instantly allowing all of the other processors to see the change within the PCR data, and bypassing the cache subsystem. Efficiency is enhanced within the multiprocessor system by providing processor communications to be immediately transferred into all processors without momentarily restricting access to the information or forcing all the processors to be continually contending for the same cache line, and thereby overwhelming the interconnect and memory system with an endless stream of load, store and invalidate commands.
Abstract:
A one component adhesive composition is provided, which can be formulated from substantially or totally bio-based, renewable raw materials. Such adhesives can be formulated to have high strength and/or low or substantially no VOC emissions. This can be achieved by utilizing polymers that are derived or extracted from renewable plant materials such as soybeans, corn, sunflowers, wheat, etc. Adhesive compositions in accordance with the invention can include oils. The composition preferably contains bio-based oils only, but need not be completely free of fossil fuel or synthetic based oils. It should also include drying oils and/or similarly acting polymers, co-polymers, and fatty acids. Plasticizers, such as hydrogen oxide, derived from renewable sources are utilized to impart performance properties to the formulated adhesive. Metal napthanates can be used to catalyze the drying and/or curing speed when the adhesive composition is applied to a substrate.
Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods to realize the potential benefit of portable storage devices by taking advantage of standard PCs including an optical disk drive capable of reading an optical disk, such as a CD or a DVD, cost effective optical disks, and the Internet. In a preferred embodiment, an individual patient provides personal data to a healthcare service center. The healthcare service center then creates a portable optical disk for the patient to carry, if he/she so desires. The personal data that is written onto the portable optical disk is stored on a database management server database and is readable and updateable by the individual patient using his/her PC with an optical disk drive and connected to the Internet. The individual patient can choose to update his/her personal data on the portable optical disk and can receive a new portable optical disk that includes the update. The new portable optical disk containing the latest update is created and delivered to the patient by the database management server.
Abstract:
An electric coolant heater assembly (10) has a coolant gallery (12) connected at each end to a fluid line of an engine's (E) coolant system (C). The gallery defines a fluid flow path through the assembly and includes baffles (24) for inducing turbulent flow to the fluid. A housing (20) mounted on one side of the gallery includes drive control electronics (18) for the assembly and a heater unit (14) is installed on the opposite side of the gallery. Heating elements (26) comprising the heater unit are energized by the drive control electronics. The drive control electronics are responsive to inputs from an external engine controller to operate an electric pump (P) and activate the heating elements so, at initial engine start-up, cause the coolant temperature to rise more rapidly than it otherwise would and assist the engine in reaching its nominal operating temperature faster than it otherwise would. Besides this initial engine warm-up assist, increased coolant temperature also adds to the amount of heat available to a heater (H) to heat the passenger compartment (PC) of the vehicle.
Abstract:
An occlusion method and apparatus. The occluder includes a elastically deformable members and a jacket. The elastically deformable members are secured in spaced relation and extend in arcuate conformation therebetween. The jacket covers at least a portion of the elastically deformable members. The elastically deformable members are configured to become compressed upon application of a force and to recover the arcuate conformation upon removal of the force to occlude a site.
Abstract:
Two different operating systems, such as one using Windows real-time extensions and another using Windows NT or other non-real-time operating system, may be implemented on a same system or hardware, such as being co-located on a same processor, without changing client software. Two or more software processes are run on a same processor or system. The software or operating systems communicate using a socket application programming interface. The use of socket communications allows the processes to communicate as if the processes were on different systems. Socket communications between the two operating systems are intercepted by the layered service provider before being provided to the hardware for external transport. The socket communications are re-routed to the socket stack of the destination operating system. The socket communication using sockets is transparent to the application or middleware layer software. By providing for socket communications between two co-located operating systems, the implementation cost and development risk caused by using a shared memory may be avoided.
Abstract:
An adhesive composition which can be formulated to have low or substantially no VOC emissions is provided. Adhesives in accordance with the invention can be formulated as high solids, one-part, reactive, cross-linked adhesives. This can be achieved by utilizing amide-ester-acrylate reactions or reactions with any other carboxylated polymers. Adhesive compositions in accordance with the invention can include oils, such as various drying oils and similarly acting polymers, co-polymers, and fatty acids. Adhesives in accordance with the invention can also include various hydrocarbon resins, particularly crosslinkable hydrocarbons having a melting point in the range 70° C. to 140° C. Cross-linking agents, such as materials with pendant oxazoline groups are also advantageously included. Various other mixing, flow and other handling ingredients can also be included.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a soil treatment composition, to soil treatment compositions and to the use of such compositions. The process according to the invention comprises a step of selecting one or more slags having a predetermined free lime content of greater than or equal to a first threshold value, a step (B1) of adding free lime to the slag or slags and a step of grinding the slag or slags in order to obtain a soil treatment composition having a predetermined free lime content of greater than or equal to a second value.