Abstract: A product design and process design device includes: a storage unit that stores design specification information containing the tolerance of a dimensional variation at any site of an assembly product, part dimension error information, assembly facility error information, assembly tolerance information, the part dimension error information, and the assembly facility error information, part manufacturing cost information, and facility investment cost information with respect to the assembly facility error information; a tolerance distribution processing unit that uses the assembly tolerance information to generate proposed tolerance distributions that differ in distributional combination with respect to each error, and calculates part manufacturing costs and facility investment costs; a facility planning processing unit that determines a proposed tolerance distribution, with, as an evaluation index, total production costs respectively including the sums of the part manufacturing costs and the facility investmen

Abstract: A product design and process design device includes: a storage unit that stores design specification information containing the tolerance of a dimensional variation at any site of an assembly product, part dimension error information, assembly facility error information, assembly tolerance information, the part dimension error information, and the assembly facility error information, part manufacturing cost information, and facility investment cost information with respect to the assembly facility error information; a tolerance distribution processing unit that uses the assembly tolerance information to generate proposed tolerance distributions that differ in distributional combination with respect to each error, and calculates part manufacturing costs and facility investment costs; a facility planning processing unit that determines a proposed tolerance distribution, with, as an evaluation index, total production costs respectively including the sums of the part manufacturing costs and the facility investmen

Abstract: A computing device having a non-uniform memory access (NUMA) architecture implements a method to attach a resource to an application instance that is unaware of a NUMA topology of the computing device. The method includes publishing the NUMA topology of the computing device, where the published NUMA topology indicates for one or more resources of the computing device, a NUMA socket associated with each of the one or more resources of the computing device.

Abstract: A biological material is disclosed for exerting antagonism against the mushroom pathogen Pseudomonas bacteria, which contains the Pseudomonas synxantha PS54 bacterium strain deposited under # NCAIM (P) B 001387 according to the Budapest treaty. The biological material according to the invention is an effective antagonist against the pathogens of mushrooms, in particular oyster mushrooms and/or champignons, in particular Pseudomonas tolaasii and Pseudomonas agarici. Furthermore, the invention relates to a composition comprising a culture of the biological material according to the invention, the use of the invention for the protection of mushrooms, and a process for controlling pathogens. The invention further relates to an agent for producing mushrooms, which agent has been contacted with the biological material according to the invention.

Abstract: A method for producing diesel grade fuel of plant origin by transesterifying a refined vegetable oil with a charge of a C1-C4 alcohol in the presence of a catalyst and at least 0.2 parts by volume, related to unit volume of refined vegetable oil, of an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent with a boiling point of ?42° C. to 200° C., comprises mixing the oil, alcohol, catalyst and solvent in a single reaction vessel under homogeneous conditions which promote transesterification to 95-98% completion and which suppress reverse glycerolysis, without stopping transesterification to remove by-product polar glycerol, and without subjecting the oil/fuel mixture to a further transesterification step with a fresh charge of alcohol and catalyst.

Abstract: A biological material is disclosed for exerting antagonism against vegetable pathogens, which contains Bacillus mojavensis R3B mutant strain deposited under # NCAIM (P) B 001389 according to the Budapest Treaty. The biological material according to the invention is an effective antagonist against the pathogens of vegetables, preferably tomato, pepper, lettuce and/or cabbage, in particular against the pathogens selected from the group of Xanthomonas vesicatoria, Pseudomonas syringae and Clavibacter michiganensis vegetable pathogen bacteria and Pythium debaryanum, Phytophthora infestans, Alternaria alternata and Fusarium oxysporum vegetable pathogen fungi.

Abstract: A computing device having a non-uniform memory access (NUMA) architecture implements a method to attach a resource to an application instance that is unaware of a NUMA topology of the computing device. The method includes publishing the NUMA topology of the computing device, where the published NUMA topology indicates for one or more resources of the computing device, a NUMA socket associated with each of the one or more resources of the computing device.

Abstract: A biological material is disclosed for exerting antagonism against vegetable pathogens, which contains Bacillus mojavensis R3B mutant strain deposited under # NCAIM (P) B 001389 according to the Budapest Treaty. The biological material according to the invention is an effective antagonist against the pathogens of vegetables, preferably tomato, pepper, lettuce and/or cabbage, in particular against the pathogens selected from the group of Xanthomonas vesicatoria, Pseudomonas syringae and Clavibacter michiganensis vegetable pathogen bacteria and Pythium debaryanum, Phytophthora infestans, Alternaria alternata and Fusarium oxysporum vegetable pathogen fungi.

Abstract: A biological material is disclosed for exerting antagonism against the mushroom pathogen Pseudomonas bacteria, which contains the Pseudomonas synxantha PS54bacterium strain deposited under # NCAIM (P) B 001387 according to the Budapest treaty. The biological material according to the invention is an effective antagonist against the pathogens of mushrooms, in particular oyster mushrooms and/or champignons, in particular Pseudomonas tolaasii and Pseudomonas agarici. Furthermore, the invention relates to a composition comprising a culture of the biological material according to the invention, the use of the invention for the protection of mushrooms, and a process for controlling pathogens. The invention further relates to an agent for producing mushrooms, which agent has been contacted with the biological material according to the invention.

Abstract: A method for producing diesel grade fuel of plant origin by transesterifying a refined vegetable oil with a charge of a C1-C4 alcohol in the presence of a catalyst and at least 0.2 parts by volume, related to unit volume of refined vegetable oil, of an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent with a boiling point of ?42° C. to 200° C., comprises mixing the oil, alcohol, catalyst and solvent in a single reaction vessel under homogeneous conditions which promote transesterification to 95-98% completion and which suppress reverse glycerolysis, without stopping transesterification to remove by-product polar glycerol, and without subjecting the oil/fuel mixture to a further transesterification step with a fresh charge of alcohol and catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing Diesel grade fuel of plant origin by transesterifying a refined vegetable oil in a homogenous phase with a C1-C4 alkanol in the presence of an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent with a boiling point of 40-200° C. and a catalyst to form a first polar phase comprising glycerol by-product and a first apolar phase comprising transesterified fuel, non-transesterified vegetable oil, and aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, separating the first polar phase and the first apolar phase, and refining the fuel from the first apolar phase, wherein the C1-C4 alcohol is used in an amount selected from the group consisting of: a stoichiometric amount; and an excess not exceeding 30% of an stoichiometric amount, and the aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent is used in an amount of at least 0.2 parts by volume relative to the unit volume of the refined vegetable oil.