Abstract: Autonomic computing systems are self-aware and self-healing. Microstates of components of a system are organized into macrostates, and the macrostates are organized into meta-dynamic states (MDS's). When the system is perturbed, it is determined whether the system enters a given undesirable MDS. Where the system will enter an undesirable MDS, a microstate/MDS graph (MMG) is constructed depicting which meta-dynamic states the system enters when its microstates are changed. A self-heal graph (SHG) is constructed from the MMG. The undesirable MDS is at the center of, and a desired MDS is at the periphery of, the SHG. The SHG has paths from the undesirable MDS to the desired MDS, each path having an associated cost incurred if the system moves along the path. An optimal path is selected from these paths that have the lowest associated costs. The system moved on the selected optimal path to reach the desired MDS.

Abstract: The detection of protein sequence alignments firstly generates protein blocks having n successive C-alpha atoms from two protein sequences. A matrix of the distance of protein atoms from said C-alpha atoms for each block is then determined. A difference matrix is determined from respective distance matrices representing the differences between the protein blocks of the two protein structures. A Cellular Automaton (CA) model is generated in an initial configuration based upon the difference matrix, and evolved through at least one generation using predetermined rules. The rules determine which CA cells remain live and which are set to be dead.

Abstract: A process for the production of high density hydration resistant sintered lime which comprises washing limestone having impurities of less than 2% to remove external impurities, crushing the washed limestone to a size of 25 mm or below, calcining the limestone at a temperature in the range of 1000 to 1150° C. for a period in the range of 2 to 3 hours to form a calcined mass, hydrating the calcined mass, drying the hydrated mass by known methods, deagglomerating the dried hydrated mass with 1 to 4 weight percent of an additive selected from the group consisting of a transition metal oxide capable of forming a low melting compound, a rare earth metal oxide capable of forming a solid solution, and mixtures thereof, pelletizing the resultant mixture at a pressure of at least 1000 Kg/lcm2, sintering the pellets at a temperature In the range of 1500° C. to 1650° C. for a period In the range of 24 hours and allowing the resultant sintered pellets to cool.