Abstract: There is provided a data processing apparatus in which decode circuitry receives a memory copy instruction containing an indication of a source area of memory, an indication of a destination area of memory, and an indication of a remaining copy length. In response to receiving the memory copy instruction, the decode circuitry generates at least one active memory copy operation or a null memory copy operation. The active memory copy operation causes one or more execution units to perform a memory copy from part of the source area of memory to part of the destination area of memory and the null memory copy operation leaves the destination area of memory unmodified.

Abstract: In a capsule containing a substance constituted by a mass of loose, solid particles, for the preparation of a potable beverage by extracting and/or dissolving the substance by means of supplying a fluid under pressure into the capsule, a screen, permeable to water and impermeable to a predominant portion of particles of the substance is positioned between the substance and the bottom. The screen is attached to the capsule body along attachment zones spaced from the center and circumferentially spaced from each other. A beverage brewing system comprising such a capsule, a method of use of such a capsule and a method of attaching a screen into a capsule body are described as well.

Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein generally relate to determining flaring efficiency of a flare based at least in part on radiant or thermal heat generated by the flare that is detected by one or more flare monitors. In particular, in certain embodiments, a control system may be used to determine a flaring efficiency of the combustion of the flare gas at the tip of the flare based at least in part on the radiant or thermal heat detected by the one or more flare monitors.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided that comprises fetch circuitry to fetch an instruction stream comprising a plurality of instructions, including a status updating instruction, from storage circuitry. Status storage circuitry stores a status value. Execution circuitry executes the instructions, wherein at least some of the instructions are executed in an order other than in the instruction stream. For the status updating instruction, the execution circuitry is adapted to update the status value based on execution of the status updating instruction. Flush circuitry flushes, when the status storage circuitry is updated, following instructions that appear after the status updating instruction in the instruction stream.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic nutrient slurry from organic material containing at least one of animal material and plant material is provided. The method includes introducing the organic material into a pressurized reactor and subjecting the organic material to agitation and saturated steam at a temperature and pressure within the pressurized reactor for a duration of time sufficient to thermally hydrolyze and denature the organic material into a denatured slurry having mineral particle sizes of less than 200 microns; conveying the denatured slurry and at least one microbial inoculant to an aerobic reactor to form a mixture therein; and introducing oxygen to the aerobic reactor to stimulate aerobic digestion of the mixture, while maintaining the mixture at a predetermined temperature range and predetermined pH range sufficient to support the aerobic digestion, in order to produce an organic nutrient slurry for plants.

Abstract: A countertop cooking appliance is an apparatus that is used to manufacture food, particularly cheeses, with controlled heating, mixing, drainage, and pressure cycles. The apparatus is also configured to accept various cooking patterns for different foods based on different recipes. A perforated drainer is used to hold ingredients for mixing, completed cheese curds, and the finalized cheese product. A first receptacle is a container that holds the perforated drainer and temporarily stores whey and process byproducts. A second receptacle is a storage unit for whey and other liquid byproducts produced in the cheese development process. A fluid pump applies pressure to fluids collected in the first receptacle, transferring them to the second receptacle. A linear actuator provides mechanical power to one of several detachable food-interacting heads, which consequently chops, mixes, or otherwise agitates the contents of the perforated container.

Abstract: Fluid modeling methods and systems are provided for predicting phase behavior of petroleum fluids using a computational model that employs pseudo-components of varying carbon numbers that represent asphaltenes, asphaltene-like hydrocarbon, and non-asphaltene hydrocarbons. The computational model models the phase equilibria of the mixture of components with mixing rules that employ binary interaction parameters determined from correlations that involve certain properties or parameters associated with respective pseudo-component pairs as input variables. The binary interaction parameters are tuned by adjusting at least one parameter of the respective correlations based on matching at least one measured property of one or more petroleum fluids to a corresponding property predicted by the computational model for the one or more petroleum fluids. The tuned values for the binary interaction parameters can be stored as part of the computational model for subsequent fluid modeling.

Abstract: A countertop cooking appliance is an apparatus that is used to manufacture food, particularly cheeses, with controlled heating, mixing, drainage, and pressure cycles. The apparatus is also configured to accept various cooking patterns for different foods based on different recipes. A perforated drainer is used to hold ingredients for mixing, completed cheese curds, and the finalized cheese product. A processing receptacle is a container that holds the perforated drainer and temporarily stores whey and process byproducts. A byproduct receptacle is a storage unit for whey and other liquid byproducts produced in the cheese development process. A fluid pump applies pressure to fluids collected in the processing receptacle, transferring them to the byproduct receptacle. A linear actuator provides mechanical power to one of several detachable food-interacting heads, which consequently chops, mixes, or otherwise agitates the contents of the perforated container.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided. It includes processing circuitry for speculatively executing a plurality of instructions. Storage circuitry stores a current state of the processing circuitry and a plurality of previous states of the processing circuitry. Execution of the plurality of instructions changes the current state of the processing circuitry. Flush circuitry replaces, in response to a miss-prediction, the current state of the processing circuitry with a replacement one of the plurality of previous states of the processing circuitry.

Abstract: A countertop cooking appliance is an apparatus that is used to manufacture food, particularly cheeses, with controlled heating, mixing, drainage, and pressure cycles. The apparatus is also configured to accept various cooking patterns for different foods based on different recipes. A perforated drainer is used to hold ingredients for mixing, completed cheese curds, and the finalized cheese product. A processing receptacle is a container that holds the perforated drainer and temporarily stores whey and process byproducts. A byproduct receptacle is a storage unit for whey and other liquid byproducts produced in the cheese development process. A fluid pump applies pressure to fluids collected in the processing receptacle, transferring them to the byproduct receptacle. A linear actuator provides mechanical power to one of several detachable food-interacting heads, which consequently chops, mixes, or otherwise agitates the contents of the perforated container.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided that comprises fetch circuitry to fetch an instruction stream comprising a plurality of instructions, including a status updating instruction, from storage circuitry. Status storage circuitry stores a status value. Execution circuitry executes the instructions, wherein at least some of the instructions are executed in an order other than in the instruction stream. For the status updating instruction, the execution circuitry is adapted to update the status value based on execution of the status updating instruction. Flush circuitry flushes, when the status storage circuitry is updated, flushed instructions that appear after the status updating instruction in the instruction stream.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided. It includes processing circuitry for speculatively executing a plurality of instructions. Storage circuitry stores a current state of the processing circuitry and a plurality of previous states of the processing circuitry. Execution of the plurality of instructions changes the current state of the processing circuitry. Flush circuitry replaces, in response to a miss-prediction, the current state of the processing circuitry with a replacement one of the plurality of previous states of the processing circuitry.

Abstract: In a capsule containing a substance constituted by a mass of loose, solid particles, for the preparation of a potable beverage by extracting and/or dissolving the substance by means of supplying a fluid under pressure into the capsule, a screen, permeable to water and impermeable to a predominant portion of particles of the substance is positioned between the substance and the bottom. The screen is attached to the capsule body in such a manner that the screen releases from the capsule body during brewing. A beverage brewing system comprising such a capsule and a method of use of such a capsule are described as well.

Abstract: In a capsule containing a substance constituted by a mass of loose, solid particles, for the preparation of a potable beverage by extracting and/or dissolving the substance by means of supplying a fluid under pressure into the capsule, a screen, permeable to water and impermeable to a predominant portion of particles of the substance is positioned between the substance and the bottom. The screen is provided with a plurality of passages dimensioned so that at least a fraction of the substance can pass through the passages in solid form. A beverage brewing system comprising such a capsule and a method of use of such a capsule are described as well.

Abstract: A multi-mode control device is provided for controlling an external load device. The control device includes a high-power interface, a low-power interface, and a control module. The high-power interface can be electrically coupled to a high-power module providing current from an external power source to the load device. The low-power interface can be electrically coupled to a low-power module. The high-power interface can receive a first current from the high-power module. The low-power interface can receive a second current from the low-power module that is less than the first current. The low-power interface can prevent the first current from flowing to the low-power module. The control module, which is electrically coupled to the high-power interface and the low-power interface, be powered by one or more of the first and second current.

Abstract: A countertop cooking appliance is an apparatus that is used to manufacture food, particularly cheeses, with controlled heating, mixing, drainage, and pressure cycles. The apparatus is also configured to accept various cooking patterns for different foods based on different recipes. A perforated drainer is used to hold ingredients for mixing, completed cheese curds, and the finalized cheese product. A first receptacle is a container that holds the perforated drainer and temporarily stores whey and process byproducts. A second receptacle is a storage unit for whey and other liquid byproducts produced in the cheese development process. A fluid pump applies pressure to fluids collected in the first receptacle, transferring them to the second receptacle. A linear actuator provides mechanical power to one of several detachable food-interacting heads, which consequently chops, mixes, or otherwise agitates the contents of the perforated container.

Abstract: Data processing circuitry comprises out-of-order instruction execution circuitry to execute program instructions in an instruction execution order; a data store, to store information on a set of instructions for which execution has been initiated, the data store providing ordering information indicating the relative position of each instruction in the set of instructions with respect to a program code order; commit circuitry to commit the results of instructions executed by the instruction execution circuitry; one or more cumulative status registers configured to be set in response to a respective condition generated by execution of an instruction and then to remain set until an unset instruction is executed; and an identifier store, to store for at least those of the one or more cumulative status registers which are not currently set, an identifier of an instruction which is earliest in the program code order in the set of instructions and which generated a condition to set that cumulative status register.

Abstract: Data processing circuitry comprises out-of-order instruction execution circuitry to execute program instructions in an instruction execution order; a data store, to store information on a set of instructions for which execution has been initiated, the data store providing ordering information indicating the relative position of each instruction in the set of instructions with respect to a program code order; commit circuitry to commit the results of instructions executed by the instruction execution circuitry; one or more cumulative status registers configured to be set in response to a respective condition generated by execution of an instruction and then to remain set until an unset instruction is executed; and an identifier store, to store for at least those of the one or more cumulative status registers which are not currently set, an identifier of an instruction which is earliest in the program code order in the set of instructions and which generated a condition to set that cumulative status register.

Abstract: In a capsule containing a substance constituted by a mass of loose, solid particles, for the preparation of a potable beverage by extracting and/or dissolving the substance by means of supplying a fluid under pressure into the capsule, a screen, permeable to water and impermeable to a predominant portion of particles of the substance is positioned between the substance and the bottom. The screen is attached to the capsule body along attachment zones spaced from the center and circumferentially spaced from each other. A beverage brewing system comprising such a capsule, a method of use of such a capsule and a method of attaching a screen into a capsule body are described as well.

Abstract: A loop buffer is provided with a main store 26 and an auxiliary store 28. The main store 26 stores micro-operation instructions. The auxiliary store 28 has fewer entries than the main store 26 and stores target addresses for predicted taken branch instructions stored within the main store 26. Read control circuitry serves to control reading from the main store and from an auxiliary store such that target addresses are read from the auxiliary store in association with the predicted taken branch instructions read from the main store.