Abstract: A method for executing an application over a plurality of nodes in each of which an application monitor and a runtime are executing includes executing a first portion of the application by first threads of the runtime of the first node and a second portion of the application by second threads of the runtime of the second node, and under control of the application monitors of the first and second nodes and while executing the first portions and second portions of the application, migrating workloads of one or more of the first threads from the first node to the second node for execution by the second threads.

Abstract: A method for allocating and using file descriptors for an application executing over a plurality of nodes, each having a file system, includes receiving a system call from the application running on a first node to access a file in a file system, determining whether the file resides in a file system of a first node or the second node, and upon determining that the file resides on the second node, sending the system call and arguments of the system call to the one of the second nodes for execution on the one of the second nodes and returning a result of the system call executed on the second node to the application on the first node.

Abstract: A system for generating purified water from polluted water which includes an entry chamber communicating with a source of polluted water, a pump for delivering water vapor from the entry chamber to the vapor chamber, and a passageway for delivering condensed water from the vapor chamber to a reservoir of purified water.

Abstract: A system for generating purified water from polluted water which includes an entry chamber communicating with a source of polluted water, a pump for delivering water vapor from the entry chamber to the vapor chamber, and a passageway for delivering condensed water from the vapor chamber to a reservoir of purified water.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling parallel connected unequal electrical loads, such as the speeds of a two speed motor, from a two wire branch circuit having one leg load connected through a single pole, single throw switch, utilizing the unbalanced characteristics of the different loads, such as the high and low speed windings of a two speed split phase motor after the start winding circuit is broken, to control multiple solid state static switches coupled through a flip-flop for sequentially controlling the loads.