Abstract: A protective cap for adhesion to a substrate including a substantially flat base sheet, a dome extending outwardly from an obverse side of the base sheet and forming a cavity in the opposite side of the base sheet with the cavity sized for substantially encapsulating a connector. The cap also includes a semi-tubular shield extending outwardly from one side of the base sheet that defines a channel in the opposite side of the base sheet extending from the cavity toward the periphery of the base sheet, and an integrated primer layer comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive and attached to the reverse side of the base sheet for application to the substrate.

Abstract: A short radius exit from a window milled in casing is possible using a whipstock with a sloping surface in excess of 3.5° and a window mill whose diameter is reduced to a percentage generally below about 95% of the casing inside diameter in a mono-bore or non-through tubing application. The system provides a greater flexibility in choosing the window location and eliminates having to penetrate adjacent formations as compared to previous techniques using a longer exit radius. The decrease in mill diameter, as compared to previous techniques, limits stresses on the milling equipment to minimize equipment failures during window milling and subsequent drilling of the lateral.

Abstract: A microprocessor, data processing system, and an associated method of executing microprocessor instructions and generating instruction fetch addresses are disclosed. The microprocessor includes an instruction fetch unit comprising and instruction fetch address register (IFAR) and an instruction processing unit (IPU). The IFAR is configured to provide an address to an instruction cache. The IPU is suitable for receiving a set of instructions from the instruction cache and for generating an instruction fetch address upon determining from the set of instructions that the program execution flow requires redirection. The IPU is adapted to determine that the program flow requires redirection if the number of branch instructions in the set of instructions for which branch instruction information must be recorded exceeds the capacity of IPU to record the branch instruction information in a single cycle.

Abstract: A multiple exchange instance for facilitating business to business e-commerce. The multiple exchange instance includes a plurality of exchanges. Each of the plurality of exchanges are implemented within a common instance. The plurality of exchanges share a set of common components to avoid redundancy. The plurality of exchanges are each provided with a respective view having respective unique components asked her the requirements of their respective exchange operators. The multiple exchanges within the common instance facilitate communication between the exchanges. The multiple exchanges each have their respective users, and the common instance allows the users to perform input/output using the common components. The multiple exchanges are configured to use communication protocols to communicate with processes external to the common instance. The common instance is implemented using a database program running on one or more computer systems.