Abstract: A pin-based memory power modeling method using arc-based characterization includes steps as follows. All power arcs of a memory model are identified and characterized. A power arc is selected from the identified and characterized power arcs. Output bus switching power is computed by removing overlapping power using the selected power arc, and a temporary value for various input ramp times and output loads is derived. Output pin power for the selected power arc is calculated using the temporary value and a ratio of a number of output bits switching over an entire bus width. Switching power for the selected power arc is calculated by a power estimation tool based on port activity and an input intrinsic power value.

Abstract: A pin-based memory power modeling method using arc-based characterization includes steps as follows. All power arcs of a memory model are identified and characterized. A power arc is selected from the identified and characterized power arcs. Output bus switching power is computed by removing overlapping power using the selected power arc, and a temporary value for various input ramp times and output loads is derived. Output pin power for the selected power arc is calculated using the temporary value and a ratio of a number of output bits switching over an entire bus width. Switching power for the selected power arc is calculated by a power estimation tool based on port activity and an input intrinsic power value.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for securing access to data. These mechanisms and methods for securing access to data make it possible for systems to have improved control over accesses to information by redacting responses made by services based upon access policies. Requestors may be users, proxies or automated entities. This ability of a system to redact responses to queries or requests for services in accordance with access policies makes it possible to attain improved security in computing systems over conventional access control mechanisms that control based upon privileges for accessing a file, an account, a storage device or a machine upon which the information is stored.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for accessing a service on behalf of a requestor. These mechanisms and methods for accessing a service make it possible for results from the service to be provided to the requestor in the form that the requestor prefers. Some of the many types of forms available to requestors in various embodiments include, without limitation, filtered, alphabetized, numerically ordered, sort ordered, truncated, as well as other types of formatting in accordance with the criteria.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for providing an SQL interface for a service. These mechanisms and methods for providing an SQL interface for a service make it possible for data from a plurality of services to be provided to a requester so that the data appears to the requestor as having been organized into a single virtual SQL table. This ability of embodiments to provide data from a plurality of services to a requestor so that the data appears to the requestor as having been organized into a single virtual SQL table enables an SQL application making the SQL query to interface with the at least one of a plurality of services to obtain information using SQL format.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for modeling data services. These mechanisms and methods for modeling data services make it possible for organizations to lessen dependence on service implementations. In an example embodiment, modeling provides a unified view of disparate services to one or more requestors. Requestors may be users, proxies or automated entities. The view of data services provided to the requestor may be substantially independent of structure or format of the data services underlying the model. The data services underlying the model are mapped to the view. This ability of a liquid data framework to support modeling data services makes it possible to attain improved usage from computing resources in a computer system. In other example embodiments, multiple models of data services may be created, stored and used to increase flexibility in changing or adapting the organization's IT infrastructure.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for accessing a service on behalf of a requester and applying a query to results returned by the service. These mechanisms and methods applying queries to results returned by services make it possible for results from the service to be provided to the requester in a format conformed according to a filter provided by the requestor. This ability to access a service on behalf of a requestor and apply queries to results returned by the service makes it possible to attain improved usage from computing resources in a computer system because users can obtain results in a filtered form without the necessity of hard-coding all anticipated filtered forms into each service.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for using query plans for building and performance tuning services accessed on behalf of a requestor. These mechanisms and methods for using query plans for building and performance tuning services makes it possible to examine the query plan and response times for query execution. The ability to examine the query plans and response times for query execution makes it possible to improve query efficiency and apply caching more effectively.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for using query plans for building and performance tuning services accessed on behalf of a requestor. These mechanisms and methods for using query plans for building and performance tuning services makes it possible to examine the query plan and response times for query execution. The ability to examine the query plans and response times for query execution makes it possible to improve query efficiency and apply caching more effectively.

Abstract: A pin-based memory power modeling method using arc-based characterization includes steps as follows. All power arcs of a memory model are identified and characterized. A power arc is selected from the identified and characterized power arcs. Output bus switching power is computed by removing overlapping power using the selected power arc, and a temporary value for various input ramp times and output loads is derived. Output pin power for the selected power arc is calculated using the temporary value and a ratio of a number of output bits switching over an entire bus width. Switching power for the selected power arc is calculated by a power estimation tool based on port activity and an input intrinsic power value.

Abstract: The invention provides a process of obtaining a xylanase, said process comprising: providing a protein-containing extract of a transplastomic plant tissue comprising plastids transformed with a polynucleotide encoding said xylanase, said extract having been subjected to heat treatment that has denatured at least some of the protein content of said tissue but under which the xylanase has remained stable; and recovering said xylanase from said extract.

Abstract: A process for the isolation of nontoxinogenic V. cholerae strain and a process for preparing a cholera vaccine from said V. cholerae strain, said process comprising (a) isolating V. cholerae from the stool of a patient suffering from cholera by spreading the stool on a selector medium specific for V. cholerae, (b) separating the non-toxinogenic V. cholerae strain from the population of the V. cholerae strains isolated in step (a), and (c) incorporating immunogenic cholera toxin (ctx) B subunit gene into the chromosome of the strain by conventional methods to produce the vaccine.