Abstract: The present teachings disclose a process for producing a safe and preserved food. The process includes: (i) introducing a non-live-bacteria preparation on or in a food to produce an activated food, and the non-live-bacteria preparation results from fermentation of fermented bacteria, but the non-live-bacteria preparation is substantially depleted of the fermented bacteria, and the fermented bacteria are bacteria that are living; and (ii) incubating the activated food in presence of the non-live-bacteria preparation to kill and/or inhibit growth of pathogens and/or spoilage microorganisms on and/or in the activated food and thereby producing the safe and preserved food; and wherein the fermented bacteria is anti-pathogen bacteria and/or anti-spoilage bacteria.

Abstract: A process for producing a combiomic complex is disclosed. The process includes: (i) obtaining a pre-combiomic mixture, which includes at least one non-adhered bacteria and/or yeast and at least one non-adhered prebiotic; and (ii) treating at least some of the pre-combiomic mixture to form a combiomic mixture, which comprises a combiomic complex that includes at least one bacteria and/or yeast adhered to at least one prebiotic.

Abstract: The present teachings disclose a topical application composition. The topical application composition includes: (1) a non-fermenting bacteria that is in a substantially non-fermenting state and is produced from fermentation of the bacteria; (2) a fermentation byproduct produced from the fermentation; and (3) a fluid portion.

Abstract: A process for producing a meat slurry is described. The process includes: (i) obtaining an animal source of protein; (ii) reducing piece size of the animal source of protein to produce a smaller-piece-sized animal source of protein; (iii) introducing one or more types of lactic acid producing bacteria and at least one carbohydrate energy source to the smaller-piece-sized animal source of protein to produce a meat mixture; (iv) adding water to the meat mixture to produce an activated meat mixture; (v) incubating the activated meat mixture to produce a meat slurry; and wherein the activated meat mixture has a pH value that is greater than about 5.

Abstract: A meat slurry composition with extended shelf-life and incorporated into pet food. The extended shelf-life of the meat slurry occurs due to the making of a cultured meat slurry. The cultured meat slurry includes a meat slurry, a culture energy source and a starter culture. The cultured meat slurry may also contain the addition of proteolytic enzymes. The cultured meat slurry may also be vacuum packaged. The method of forming the cultured meat slurry is also described.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to perform efficient branch prediction operations are described. In one embodiment, branch prediction may be performed by utilizing a combination of a bimodal predictor, a plurality of global predictors, and a loop predictor. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and system for tracking call returns. At least one embodiment maps the locations of a return instruction pointer within a speculative return stack buffer and a committed return stack buffer to determine a return stack buffers from which the return instruction pointer should be retrieved.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for staging the data output from an addressable memory location as a plurality of fields. In embodiments, each field of a data item that is stored at an address may be output during a different clock cycle. In further embodiments, the most time critical field may be output first.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for staging the data output from an addressable memory location as a plurality of fields. In embodiments, each field of a data item that is stored at an address may be output during a different clock cycle. In further embodiments, the most time critical field may be output first.

Abstract: Systems and methods of predicting instruction branches provide for independent checking predictions and dynamic next-line predictions. Next-line predictions may also have a latency that is a plurality of clock cycles, where the next line predictions include group predictions. Each group prediction includes a plurality of target addresses corresponding to their plurality of clock cycles. The plurality of target addresses can include a leaf target and one or more intermediate targets, where the leaf target defines a target address of the group prediction.