Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide computer-implemented methods including defining a workload comprising a plurality of service requests, each service request corresponding to a class of a plurality of classes, applying the workload to a computer system that receives and processes service requests, measuring a response time of the computer system for each request of the workload, estimating a mean service demand for each class based on the response times and a base queuing model that represents the computer system, and generating the queuing model based on the mean service demands and characteristics of the workload.

Abstract: A message handler may receive a plurality of messages associated with a plurality of events, the events having a temporal relationship to one another. A header inspector may extract latency information from the plurality of messages, the latency information characterizing a transmission duration experienced by each message in traveling from the one or more source nodes through the network. A window manager may correct a disruption in the temporal relationship between at least two events of the plurality of events, the disruption including relative differences in the transmission duration experienced by the at least two events, including relating the at least two events to a time window for processing the at least two events. An event processor may process the at least two events relative to the time window.

Abstract: A message handler may receive a plurality of messages associated with a plurality of events, the events having a temporal relationship to one another. A header inspector may extract latency information from the plurality of messages, the latency information characterizing a transmission duration experienced by each message in traveling from the one or more source nodes through the network. A window manager may correct a disruption in the temporal relationship between at least two events of the plurality of events, the disruption including relative differences in the transmission duration experienced by the at least two events, including relating the at least two events to a time window for processing the at least two events. An event processor may process the at least two events relative to the time window.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide computer-implemented methods including defining a workload comprising a plurality of service requests, each service request corresponding to a class of a plurality of classes, applying the workload to a computer system that receives and processes service requests, measuring a response time of the computer system for each request of the workload, estimating a mean service demand for each class based on the response times and a base queuing model that represents the computer system, and generating the queuing model based on the mean service demands and characteristics of the workload.

Abstract: A process for selectively controlling the crystallisation of thermodynamically stable Form (1) or kinetically stable Form (2) polymorphs of mesotrione from an aqueous mesotrione solution, said method comprising adjusting the pH of the mesotrione solutions to a value wherein said thermodynamically stable Form (1) or kinetically stable Form (2) mesotrione is ultimately obtained is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for making microcapsules of an oil which are in dispersion in water comprises the steps of; (i) forming an initial dispersion of the oil in water in the presence of a surfactant, (ii) heating the initial dispersion above its phase inversion temperature, to form a bicontinuous phase composition, (iii) allowing or causing the composition to cool to below the phase inversion temperature so as to form an emulsion of oil droplets in the water, and (iv) encapsulating the oil droplets. The oil preferably has dissolved in it an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible active ingredient selected from agrochemicals, cosmetics, fragrances, sun-screens, ink-jet dyes, pigments, toners, biocides and pharmaceutical and veterinary products including drug delivery systems.

Abstract: A process for making microcapsules of an oil which are in dispersion in water comprises the steps of; (i) forming an initial dispersion of the oil in water in the presence of a surfactant, (ii) heating the initial dispersion above its phase inversion temperature, to form a bicontinuous phase composition, (iii) allowing or causing the composition to cool to below the phase inversion temperature so as to form an emulsion of oil droplets in the water, and (iv) encapsulating the oil droplets. The oil preferably has dissolved in it an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible active ingredient selected from agrochemicals, cosmetics, fragrances, sun-screens, ink-jet dyes, pigments, toners, biocides and pharmaceutical and veterinary products including drug delivery systems.

Abstract: A process for preparing a crystal suspension of an organic compound which has a &Dgr;H/RT value (where &Dgr;H is the heat of fusion of the compound, R is the molar gas constant and T is the melting point of the compound) in the range of 1 to 10, the process comprising dispersing a melt of the organic compound in a liquid dispersion medium, typically water, to form an emulsion, typically an oil-in-water emulsion, cooling the emulsion below the melting point of the organic compound and subjecting the emulsion to ultrasonic vibration.

Abstract: A process for preparing a crystal suspension of an organic compound which has a &Dgr;H/RT value greater than 10, the process comprising dispersing a melt of the organic compound in a liquid dispersion medium to form an emulsion, cooling the emulsion below the melting point of the organic compound and subjecting the emulsion to ultrasonic vibration.