Abstract: A computer system includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) data cache and a processor. The TLB data cache includes a hierarchical configuration comprising a first TLB array, a second TLB array, a third TLB array, and a fourth TLB array. The processor is configured to receive a first address for translation to a second address, and determine whether translation should be performed using a hierarchical page table or a hashed page table. The processor also determines (using a first portion of the first address) whether the first array stores a mapping of the first portion of the first address in response to determining that the translation should be performed using the hashed page table, and retrieving the second address from the third TLB array or the fourth TLB array in response to determining that the first TLB array stores the mapping of the first portion of the first address.

Abstract: A system includes a flow line connected to a fluid and a suction line in fluid communication with the flow line, wherein the fluid is to carry cuttings from a borehole. The system also includes a flow line pump to move fluid via the suction line onto a surface of a cuttings separation conveyor, wherein the surface of the cuttings separation conveyor comprises a separation screen.

Abstract: A method and system of managing addresses translations where in response to a request to invalidate an address translation, the scope of the address translation invalidation operation is determined; an address translation invalidation probe is installed or activated in a memory management unit (MMU) pipeline; whether an address translation undergoing a table walk operation is within a scope of the address translation invalidation probe is determined; and in response to the address translation undergoing a table walk operation being within the scope of the address translation invalidation probe, preventing or blocking the table walk operation from writing data to a translation buffer in the MMU. The probe also performs an address translation comparison to determine whether an address translation request coming down the MMU pipeline is within the scope of the probe, and if within the scope of the probe, prevents, blocks and/or rejects the address translation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an armored cable assembly may include a plurality of conductors and a metal sheath disposed over the plurality of conductors. The metal sheath may have a plurality of revolutions extending helically along a lengthwise axis, each of the plurality of revolutions including a first section having a curved profile, a second section extending from the first section, the second section having a planar profile, and a third section extending from the second section. The third section may include a free end angled towards an interior cavity of the metal sheath, the free end extending past a plane defined by a bottom most point of the first section of an adjacent revolution, the plane extending perpendicular to the second section.

Abstract: Patient support apparatuses, such as beds, cots, stretchers, recliners, or the like, include control systems with one or more image, radar, and/or laser sensors to detect objects and determine if a likelihood of collision exists. If so, the control system controls the speed and steering of the patient support apparatus in order to reduce the likelihood of collision. The control system may be adapted to autonomously drive the patient support apparatus, to transmit a message to a remote device indicating whether it is occupied by a patient or not, and/or to transmit its route to the remote device. The remote device may determine an estimate of a time of arrival of the patient support apparatus at a particular destination and/or determine a distance of the patient support apparatus from the particular destination.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring drilling fluids in real time. One method includes circulating a drilling fluid into and out of a borehole, generating a first output signal with a first optical computing device arranged near an outlet of the borehole, the first optical computing device having a first integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the drilling fluid, receiving the first output signal with a signal processor communicably coupled to the first optical computing device, determining the concentration of a gas present in the drilling fluid at the outlet of the borehole with the signal processor and generating a resulting output signal, conveying the resulting output signal to one or more peripheral devices, and adjusting one or more drilling or completion parameters in response to the concentration of the gas present in the drilling fluid.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting an interaction of a T cell receptor with a peptide-major histocompatibility complex comprising administering inhibitory peptides that bind to the T cell receptor without the aid of a major histocompatibility complex to inhibit the interaction, and methods of identifying the inhibitory peptides.

Abstract: A drilling method includes collecting survey data at a drilling site, and determining a waypoint or borehole path based on the survey data. The drilling method also includes sending the survey data to a remote monitoring facility that applies corrections to the survey data. The drilling method also includes receiving the corrected survey data, and automatically updating the waypoint or borehole path based on the corrected survey data.

Abstract: A system and method of handling data access demands in a processor virtual cache that includes: determining if a virtual cache data access demand missed because of a difference in the context tag of the data access demand and a corresponding entry in the virtual cache with the same virtual address as the data access demand; in response to the virtual cache missing, determining whether the alias tag valid bit is set in the corresponding entry of the virtual cache; in response to the alias tag valid bit not being set, determining whether the virtual cache data access demand is a synonym of the corresponding entry in the virtual cache; and in response to the virtual access demand being a synonym of the corresponding entry in the virtual cache with the same virtual address but a different context tag, updating information in a tagged entry in an alias table.

Abstract: A system of handling electronic information having a virtually tagged cache having a directory and a plurality of entries containing data, the directory containing multiple entries, each entry configured to comprise at least a virtual address and one of a plurality of context tags, wherein each context tag is an encoding for one of a plurality of layers of address space; a context tag table having a plurality of entries, each entry configured to map one of the plurality of context tags to one of the plurality of layers of space; and a scratch register containing a current context tag for a current layer of address space on which the processor is operating. The virtually tagged cache is configured to preserve information in the virtually tagged cache when performing a context switch in the system.

Abstract: Disclosed is an armored cable assembly including a core having a notched assembly tape about a plurality of conductors. A metal sheath surrounds the core.

Abstract: Disclosed is an armored cable assembly may include a plurality of conductors and a metal sheath disposed over the plurality of conductors. The metal sheath may have a plurality of revolutions extending helically along a lengthwise axis, each of the plurality of revolutions including a first section having a curved profile, a second section extending from the first section, the second section having a planar profile, and a third section extending from the second section. The third section may include a free end angled towards an interior cavity of the metal sheath, the free end extending past a plane defined by a bottom most point of the first section of an adjacent revolution, the plane extending perpendicular to the second section.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating solid waste extracted from a liquid waste stream of a cardboard manufacturing and/or converting facility, comprising the steps of: forming a mixed waste from the solid waste with biological waste; and composting the mixed waste. The invention further provides an apparatus comprising: a mixing system to mix the solid waste with biological waste to form a mixed waste; one or more composting bays to contain one or more corresponding piles of the mixed waste; and aeration system to aerate each of the one or more composting bays from below; and a dosing system to dose one or more types of accelerant onto the composting mixed waste.

Abstract: A system and method of handling data access demands in a processor virtual cache that includes: determining if a virtual cache data access demand missed because of a difference in the context tag of the data access demand and a corresponding entry in the virtual cache with the same virtual address as the data access demand; in response to the virtual cache missing, determining whether the alias tag valid bit is set in the corresponding entry of the virtual cache; in response to the alias tag valid bit not being set, determining whether the virtual cache data access demand is a synonym of the corresponding entry in the virtual cache; and in response to the virtual access demand being a synonym of the corresponding entry in the virtual cache with the same virtual address but a different context tag, updating information in a tagged entry in an alias table.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process-based virtualization system comprising a data processing unit. The system comprises a computer readable storage media, wherein a first memory component of the computer readable storage media is configured for access by an OS, secure and non-secure applications and the firmware, and wherein a second memory component of the computer readable storage media is configured for access by the firmware and not by the OS and the non-secure application. The data processing unit is configured to operate in a first mode of operation that executes a non-secure application process using the OS, and to operate in a second mode of operation that executes the secure application using the firmware, thereby executing application code using the second memory component.

Abstract: A process for continuously preparing a polymer by free-radical polymerization, the process includes: continuously feeding to a reactor a mixture including about 20 wt % to about 96 wt % of a vinylic monomer, the vinylic monomer comprising a styrenic monomer, a (meth)acrylic monomer, or a mixture thereof, greater than 0 wt % to about 0.25 wt % of a polymerization initiator, and about 4 wt % to about 80 wt % of a reaction solvent; maintaining the reactor at a temperature from about 120° C. to about 190° C.; and collecting the polymer; where the polymer has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) from 20,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol.

Abstract: A system and method of stopping program execution includes tagging an entry in a virtual cache with an indicator bit where the virtual address of the entry corresponds to a virtual address range in a break point register, in response to a second virtual cache data access demand matching the entry tagged with the indicator bit, determining whether the second data access demand matches the virtual address range of the breakpoint register, and in response to the second data access demand matching the virtual address range of the break point register, flagging an exception and stopping execution of the program. In an embodiment, the method or system enters a slow-mode in response to the second data access demand matching the virtual cache entry with the indicator bit, and performs a full comparison between the second data access demand and the break point register virtual address range.

Abstract: A method and system of managing addresses translations where in response to a request to invalidate an address translation, the scope of the address translation invalidation operation is determined; an address translation invalidation probe is installed or activated in a memory management unit (MMU) pipeline; whether an address translation undergoing a table walk operation is within a scope of the address translation invalidation probe is determined; and in response to the address translation undergoing a table walk operation being within the scope of the address translation invalidation probe, preventing or blocking the table walk operation from writing data to a translation buffer in the MMU. The probe also performs an address translation comparison to determine whether an address translation request coming down the MMU pipeline is within the scope of the probe, and if within the scope of the probe, prevents, blocks and/or rejects the address translation.

Abstract: Patient support apparatuses, such as beds, cots, stretchers, recliners, or the like, include control systems with one or more image, radar, and/or laser sensors to detect objects and determine if a likelihood of collision exists. If so, the control system controls the speed and steering of the patient support apparatus in order to reduce the likelihood of collision. The control system may be adapted to autonomously drive the patient support apparatus, to transmit a message to a remote device indicating whether it is occupied by a patient or not, and/or to transmit its route to the remote device. The remote device may determine an estimate of a time of arrival of the patient support apparatus at a particular destination and/or determine a distance of the patient support apparatus from the particular destination.