Abstract: A computer system comprising: a plurality of memories each containing one or more locations; and a first threadlet for causing a first program to run in the computer system when at least one first memory location of the plurality of memory locations is local to the threadlet. Also provided is a method allowing such a threadlet to move itself to memories that include some specified second memory location.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and compound for sensing the presence of anionic phospholipids, especially phosphatidylserine, on the surface of vesicles and cells.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for processing an emission signal, such as a fluorescent signal, to compensate for noise in an excitation beam, such as a laser beam. As one example, a scanning system is described that includes an excitation signal generator that provides an excitation signal having one or more representative excitation values representative of an excitation beam; an excitation reference provider that provides at least one excitation reference value; a normalization factor generator that compares the excitation reference value to at least one representative excitation value, thereby generating a normalization factor; and a comparison processor that adjusts at least one emission value corresponding to the at least one representative excitation value based, at least in part, on the normalization factor.

Abstract: The invention is an ISDN terminal equipment which will maintain connectivity with existing analog modems by setting up a voice-grade connection to existing analog modems and using the power of a digital signal processor DSP to generate the digital equivalent of the analog modem signals for transmission on an ISDN "B" channel.