Abstract:
Work item rules for a work item tracking system are provided. Work item rules may be accessible, usable and subject to interpretation by multiple software entities. Further, work item rules may be configured to be subject to creation and change by users, for example, by exposure to users through a user interface. A work item rule may specify an identifier by which the abstraction can be identified and/or a name, and may specify, or be indicative of, a condition and an action to be taken if the condition is satisfied. In response to a first user action affecting a first work item rule, one or more work item rules corresponding to the first user and/or the first work item may be determined. The one or more work item rules then may be interpreted, and the user action responded to based on the interpretation.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process of obtaining a xylanase, said process comprising: providing a protein-containing extract of a transplastomic plant tissue comprising plastids transformed with a polynucleotide encoding said xylanase, said extract having been subjected to heat treatment that has denatured at least some of the protein content of said tissue but under which the xylanase has remained stable; and recovering said xylanase from said extract.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed that creates a high shear rate in a workpiece using a head including a ring-shaped rotatable shoulder, a first pin and a second pin, both pins extending downwardly relative to the shoulder. The process includes coupling the workpiece to a table and rotating the first pin and the second pin in the same direction, wherein the first pin has a diameter, wherein a gap between the first pin and the second pin is less than the diameter. The head is plowed through the workpiece with the shoulder bearing downwardly against the workpiece and the first and second pin disposed in the first and second workpieces. The first pin rotates in a direction opposite the direction of the second pin in the gap to create a high shear rate of the workpiece within the gap.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for producing ultra-fine grained metal material sheets. The apparatus molds and rapidly solidifies a metal material to form a fine grain precursor. The precursor is then subjected to a series of successive alternating tensile and compressive strains that alter the grain structure of the precursor so as to form a ultra fine grained structure in sheet form. The sheet form may then be subjected to superplastic forming to form a net shaped article.
Abstract:
Techniques for enabling inter-subsystem resource sharing are provided. The techniques include providing an RPC client on a first subsystem for acting as a proxy for a resource of a second subsystem. When the first subsystem receives a request from an application to access the resource, the RPC client may invoke a function of an RPC server associated with the second subsystem. The RPC server may load the resource on the second subsystem. The RPC client may then act as a proxy for the resource.
Abstract:
Techniques for improving operating system performance are provided. A subsystem of an operating system operates as a kernel mode component, such as a kernel mode driver, instead of operating as a user mode component.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for producing ultra-fine grained magnesium metal alloy material sheets. The apparatus molds and rapidly solidifies a metal alloy material to form a fine grain precursor. The precursor is then subjected to deformation strains that alter the grain structure of the precursor so as to form a ultra fine grained structure in sheet form. The sheet form may then be subjected to superplastic forming to form a net shaped article.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed that creates a high shear rate in a workpiece using a head including a ring-shaped rotatable shoulder, a first pin and a second pin, both pins extending downwardly relative to the shoulder. The process includes coupling the workpiece to a table and rotating the first pin and the second pin in the same direction, wherein the first pin has a diameter, wherein a gap between the first pin and the second pin is less than the diameter. The head is plowed through the workpiece with the shoulder bearing downwardly against the workpiece and the first and second pin disposed in the first and second workpieces. The first pin rotates in a direction opposite the direction of the second pin in the gap to create a high shear rate of the workpiece within the gap.
Abstract:
An exposure apparatus is provided for a semiconductor wafer, which includes a light source, a body containing the light source, and an illumination optical system for directing light from the light source to the semiconductor wafer. A holder in the body holds a reticle and a zero layer reticle is disposed between the illumination optical system and the light source for masking light from the light source. The zero layer reticle has a pellicle frame and a pellicle film with a zero layer image placement indicator thereon.
Abstract:
A process for the isolation of nontoxinogenic V. cholerae strain and a process for preparing a cholera vaccine from said V. cholerae strain, said process comprising (a) isolating V. cholerae from the stool of a patient suffering from cholera by spreading the stool on a selector medium specific for V. cholerae, (b) separating the non-toxinogenic V. cholerae strain from the population of the V. cholerae strains isolated in step (a), and (c) incorporating immunogenic cholera toxin (ctx) B subunit gene into the chromosome of the strain by conventional methods to produce the vaccine.