Abstract: In some aspects, a method of carbonation control can include monitoring, via a first sensor, an environmental condition in a contactor unit, the contactor unit including a plurality of carbonation vessels including carbonation medium, monitoring, via a second sensor, an environmental condition at a location outside of the contactor unit, predicting, based on the measured environmental condition in the contactor unit and the measured environmental condition at the location outside of the contactor unit, a local humidity in a carbonation vessel from the plurality of carbonation vessels, a water content of the carbonation medium in the carbonation vessel from the plurality of carbonation vessels, and a carbonation extent of the carbonation medium in the carbonation vessel from the plurality of carbonation vessels for a carbonation forecasting period, and executing an action on the plurality of carbonation vessels based on the predicted water content and predicted carbonation extent.

Abstract: A liner system (500) for use with a blood pressure cuff (500) includes a plurality of layers (503,504,505,506) of material arranged in a stack (502). Each layer of material can be peelable from other layers of material such that an uppermost layer of the stack can be peeled from the stack after use to reveal a next uppermost layer of the stack. Each layer of material can include a tab (517,518,519,520) to facilitate peeling the each layer of material from the stack. The tabs can be staggered from other tabs of the stack. The lowermost layer of the stack can include a fixative (1228) to attach the stack to an inner surface (202) of the blood pressure cuff. The liner system prevents the cross-contamination between patients.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to multiple-platter disk drive digital data storage with integrated redundancy operations for improved reliability. Within a single disk drive assembly (300), one or more individual storage platters (304) can be used to store redundant data, enabling recovery of user data in the event that another platter (302) is defective, fails or is otherwise unavailable. “On-the-fly” redundancy operations (FIGS. 6A,6B) can be made transparent to the user or host, and impose no significant speed penalty. A data path switch (26) can reconfigure mappings between logical ports and platter interfaces (210) as needed.

Abstract: For attached disk drive operations such a file copy and move, as well as more elaborate processes such as searching, virus-scanning and volume merge, a novel intelligent storage engine concept is disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage engine (40), utilizing local processor intelligence, and accessed through a suitable driver (60) and API (App. B), carries out disk access operations without burdening the host CPU (22) and without imposing data traffic on the local CPU bus (34), except for returning results data in an appropriate case.

Abstract: For attached disk drive operations such a file copy and move, as well as more elaborate processes such as searching, virus-scanning and volume merge, a novel intelligent storage engine concept is disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage engine (40), utilizing local processor intelligence, and accessed through a suitable driver (60) and API (App. B), carries out disk access operations without burdening the host CPU (22) and without imposing data traffic on the local CPU bus (34), except for returning results data in an appropriate case.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to multiple-platter disk drive digital data storage with integrated redundancy operations for improved reliability. Within a single disk drive assembly (300), one or more individual storage platters (304) can be used to store redundant data, enabling recovery of user data in the event that another platter (302) is defective, fails or is otherwise unavailable. “On-the-fly” redundancy operations (FIGS. 6A,6B) can be made transparent to the user or host, and impose no significant speed penalty. A data path switch (26) can reconfigure mappings between logical ports and platter interfaces (210) as needed.