Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion that includes a brine continuous phase; and an oleaginous discontinuous phase stabilized by an emulsifier blend, the emulsifier blend comprising: an emulsifier having an HLB greater than 11; and an amphoteric chemotrope is disclosed. Emulsifier blends comprising an emulsifier having an HLB greater than 11 and an amphoteric chemotrope and methods of using emulsifier blends are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for processing a request for a cryptographic function that includes calling into a user-level encryption framework to process the request, wherein calling into the encryption framework comprises sending the request from a user-level application, and processing the request and returning a result to the user-level application, wherein processing the request includes selecting a user-level cryptographic provider from available user-level providers and processing the request using the user-level cryptographic provider selected from the available user-level providers, if the request comprises a metaslot provider request, and selecting the user-level cryptographic provider specified in the request and processing the request using the specified user-level cryptographic provider, if the request is not the metaslot provider request.

Abstract: A radio base station for establishing a signaling control channel and a shared data channel for a mobile station and communicating with the mobile station includes a broadcast information generating unit configured to generate broadcast information including one or more information blocks; a scheduling information generating unit configured to generate scheduling information for the one or more information blocks; and a broadcast information transmitting unit configured to transmit the scheduling information as part of the broadcast information.

Abstract: A method and system for crawling multiple websites containing one or more web pages having information relevant to a particular domain of interest, such as details about local restaurants, extracting content from such websites, such as hours, location and phone number as well as reviews, review dates and other business specific information, and associating the extracted content with a specific business entity.

Abstract: A system includes an input device, an output device, a printed circuit board, and a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die. The semiconductor die includes a clock distribution network that distributes a primary clock signal. The clock distribution network includes a low RC local clock distribution structure. The low RC local clock distribution structure includes a conductor, a first clock signal incident on the conductor, a local gain buffer pair that receives the first clock signal and outputs a second clock signal corresponding to the first clock signal, and a shorting bar that shorts the second clock signal to a plurality of conductors.

Abstract: An electronic component pressing device includes a first pressing member for pressing a predetermined first region of the electronic component to be tested; a second pressing member for pressing a predetermined second region other than the first region of the electronic component to be tested; a gimbal mechanism for adhering the first pressing member to the first region when the first pressing member presses the first region of the electronic component to be tested; first pressing load applying means for applying a pressing load on the gimbal mechanism; and second pressing load applying means for applying a pressing load on the second pressing member.

Abstract: Techniques for efficiently isolating software regressions are provided. A system test tool determines that a particular regression is present in a particular build of a software system, but not in a baseline build. Using historical data, the tool determines, for each of a plurality of intermediate builds between these two builds, a likelihood that that intermediate build introduced the particular regression. A particular intermediate build can be identified as a build to be tested. Here, the particular intermediate build comprises a plurality of layered putbacks, each of which putbacks comprises one or more code changes in the software system. The tool determines, for each putback, a likelihood that that putback introduced the particular regression. A particular putback in the plurality of putbacks may be selected as a putback to be tested. In some embodiments, the particular putback is the putback that has the greatest likelihood of introducing the particular regression.

Abstract: A tailstock control device supports an object to be machined by driving and controlling a servo motor which drives a driving system of a tailstock having a spring member in forward and backward directions, to cause a tailstock center connected to the tailstock to contact a center hole of the object to be machined. The tailstock control device comprises a limit torque value calculating unit which calculates, as a limit torque value (Tm), a drive torque value of the servo motor necessary for supporting the object to be machined, and a servo control unit which drives and controls the servo motor to attempt to move the tailstock at a tailstock movement velocity (Vs) which is set in advance, until an output torque value (Tr) of the servo motor reaches the limit torque value (Tm). The limit torque value (Tm) is calculated by subtracting, from the support thrust (Fa) necessary for supporting the object to be machined, an excessive thrust Fs which is calculated based on the tailstock movement velocity (Vs).

Abstract: In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure a support structure includes a contact surface configured to deform, a base section configured to receive the contact surface, a first set of ribs extending from the contact surface toward the base section and inclined in a first direction, and a second set of ribs extending from the contact surface toward the base section and inclined in a second direction, in which the first set of ribs and the second set of ribs are disposed such that there is no contact with each other in a relaxed position, and in which the first set of ribs and the second set of ribs are configured to deform and contact each other upon application of a force to the contact surface.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus allocate and adjust memory of a hardware platform hosting a plurality of guest virtual machines. One of the virtual machines is configured as a management domain that determines whether other virtual machines comply with a performance computing policy. If not, an initial amount of memory for the other virtual machines is adjusted higher or lower. In this manner, the guest machines are each outfitted with sufficient memory to accomplish their respective workloads, and such is adjusted over time as workloads vary per machine. This distributes throughput concerns throughout an entire platform to sufficiently guarantee a quality of service for each machine of the platform, regardless of its individual tasks. Other features contemplate specific computing policies regarding page fault rates and computer program products for assisting in the foregoing, to name a few.

Abstract: To efficiently obtain two outputs including one at a normal level and the other at an excessive level. An input signal input to the negative input terminal of an operational amplifier (14) having a negative feedback path is amplified to output an output signal. Signal combining units (18, 20, 22) are provided for adding in a weighted manner a negative input terminal side signal obtained by combining the input signal input to the negative input terminal of the operational amplifier (14) and a feedback signal from the negative feedback path and the output signal from the operational amplifier to output a combined signal, so that two signals, namely the output signal from the operational amplifier (14) and the combined signal, are obtained.

Abstract: A role passing and persistence mechanism that implements role-based access control at a container level is disclosed. In one implementation, the role passing and persistence mechanism provides one or more RBAC services. Functions provided by the role passing and persistence mechanism include role validating, role persisting and role administration. The role passing and persistence mechanism is used to persist role information for a session between a client and a container for any type of client. No matter which adaptor a client uses to connect to the container, the role passing and persistence mechanism provides a uniform method of passing role information to the container such that persisted role information can be used by any service hosted by the container after the session is established and the role information has been persisted.

Abstract: In a base station apparatus for transmitting a L1/L2 control channel to a user apparatus to communicate with the user apparatus, a plurality of combinations of a modulation scheme and a channel coding scheme which include a plurality of types of coding rates are prepared. The user apparatus reports downlink feedback information. The base station apparatus includes: a unit configured to collect the downlink feedback information; a unit configured to calculate a statistic based on the collected feedback information; a unit configured to determine whether a cell covered by the base station apparatus is an isolated cell or a cellular cell based on the statistic; and a unit configured to set a combination of the modulation scheme and the channel coding rate to be applied to the L1/L2 control channel based on the determination result.

Abstract: A method for assessing virtualization capability of a software application involves monitoring execution of the software application to obtain performance data associated with the software application, analyzing the performance data to determine whether the software application satisfies virtualization requirements, and generating a virtualization score indicating virtualization capability of the software application based on the analyzing.

Abstract: A disclosed communication system includes a base station and mobile stations. The base station includes a group management unit configured to classify the mobile stations into groups according to signal quality information transmitted from the mobile stations, a storing unit configured to store correspondence information on the correspondence between the groups and subframes constituting at least a part of a radio frame, a scheduling unit configured to schedule packets for the mobile stations according to the correspondence information, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the correspondence information to the mobile stations. Each mobile station includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit the signal quality information indicating received signal quality to the base station, and a receiving unit configured to receive the packets transmitted from the base station in one of the subframes that corresponds to one of the groups to which the mobile station belongs.

Abstract: An illuminating device includes: a light source which is disposed outside a vacuum chamber; a light guide which guides the light emitted from the light source, into the vacuum chamber; a light projecting portion which is fixed in the vacuum chamber, and which emits the light guided by the light guide; a light receiving portion which is attached to a support table of a holder driving device, and which receives the light emitted from the light projecting portion in a state where a holder is positioned in a notch detecting position; a light guide which guides the light received by the light receiving portion; and a light emitting device which is attached to the support table, and which irradiates an outer circumferential portion of a substrate with the light guided by the light guide.

Abstract: One feature of the present invention relates to a base station for operating multiple cells each having a predefined bandwidth, including: a load measurement unit configured to measure traffic status in each of the cells; a selection probability computation unit configured to compute a selection probability used to select a preselected cell based on the traffic status, the preselected cell being accessed by a mobile station in transition from an idle state to an active state; a transmission unit configured to transmit the selection probability; and a control plane control unit configured to connect to the preselected cell being accessed by the mobile station.

Abstract: A device, system, and method are directed towards managing threads and components in computer system with one or more processing units. A processor group has an associated hierarchical structure containing nodes that may correspond to processing units, hardware components, or abstractions. The processor group hierarchy may be used to assign one or more threads to one or more processing units, by traversing the hierarchy based on various factors. The factor may include load balancing, affinity, sharing of components, loads, capacities, or other characteristics of components or threads. A processor group hierarchy may be used in conjunction with a designated processor set.

Abstract: Methods are provided for decoking the radiant coils in an ethylene cracking plant. The decoking process is controlled by monitoring the coil outlet temperature to control the rate of burning of coke in the radiant coils. Air flow rates, steam flow rates and coil outlet temperatures are controlled during the decoking process to prevent tube damage, minimize decoking time and maximize coke removal.

Abstract: A method for controlling, during temporary stoppage, a four-stroke combustion engine including a block delimiting cylinders which define combustion chambers equipped with pistons into which opens an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe, both provided with valves that can move between open and closed positions. The method involves detecting conditions of a temporary stoppage of the engine and commanding the exhaust valves to be kept in the closed position once the engine has gone through an intake phase during the last engine cycle prior to the stoppage.