Abstract: Method of producing molybdenum-99, comprising accelerating ions by means of an accelerator; directing the ions onto a metal target so as to generate neutrons having an energy of greater than 10 MeV; directing the neutrons through a converter material comprising techentium-99 to produce a mixture comprising molybdenum-99; and, chemically extracting the molybdenum-99 from the mixture.

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting energy usage of an asset are provided. Among several implementations of methods implemented by a computer, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method includes selecting one of a plurality of base temperatures that allows a linear equation to estimate energy consumption by an asset as a function of an average daily demand on the asset to attain a desired temperature. The computer-implemented method also includes inserting the selected base temperature in a non-linear equation for modeling the asset's energy consumption.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and associated software are described for receiving first inputs and first outputs, providing the first inputs and first outputs to an artificial neural network (ANN) for training, creating a boundary such that the first inputs fall within the boundary or on a boundary line defining the boundary, wherein additional inputs are considered to be valid if they fall within the boundary and are considered to be invalid if they fall outside the boundary, receiving second inputs, separating the valid second inputs from the invalid second inputs, determining a percentage of the second inputs that are invalid, and when the percentage exceeds a predetermined threshold, retraining the ANN and redefining the boundary such that the second inputs fall within the boundary.

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting energy usage of an asset are provided. Among several implementations of methods implemented by a computer, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method includes selecting one of a plurality of base temperatures that allows a linear equation to estimate energy consumption by an asset as a function of an average daily demand on the asset to attain a desired temperature. The computer-implemented method also includes inserting the selected base temperature in a non-linear equation for modeling the asset's energy consumption.

Abstract: Method of producing molybdenum-99, comprising accelerating ions by means of an accelerator; directing the ions onto a metal target so as to generate neutrons having an energy of greater than 10 MeV; directing the neutrons through a converter material comprising technecium-99 to produce a mixture comprising molybdenum-99; and, chemically extracting the molybdenum-99 from the mixture.

Abstract: A unified messaging system, comprising a plurality of nodes (100a-100f) and network means (103) for interconnecting said plurality of nodes for distributed operation, each node comprising means for receiving, storing and transmitting data, characterized in that an In-box having a predetermined logical location is reserved for each user, and data intended for a particular user is stored at the node at which it is received together with information indicating the logical location of the In-box of the user for which the data is intended, wherein the system is arranged such that said data can be retrieved at one or more other nodes in the system and such that all data bearing said predetermined logical location information is accessed when said user's In-box is accessed.