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20100009334 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND STORAGE OF PLATELETS - Provides are improved methods for storing platelets and compositions that contain stored platelets for use in transfusions. The method entails obtaining a platelet concentrate from blood obtained from an individual and holding the platelet concentrate in at refrigerated temperatures under an atmosphere having a pressure of from 3.5 to 5 bars comprising more than 65% xenon and for at least one week. Also provided is a refrigerated composition that contains a platelet concentrate, wherein the platelet concentrate contains xenon, and wherein the platelet concentrate has been isolated from an individual for at least seven days. | 01-14-2010 |
20100031892 | METHOD FOR STORAGE OF LIVE CRUSTACEANS - Provided is a method for storage of live crustaceans. The method is performed by causing the live crustacean to enter into an anesthetized state by exposing the crustacean to a combination of xenon and oxygen, cooling the anesthetized live crustacean to a temperature of 1° C. to 10° C. to cause the crustacean to enter into a state of anabiosis, and storing the live crustacean in the state of anabiosis under ambient pressure at 1° C. to 10° C. under from 90% to 100% humidity. Also provided is a container containing a plurality of live crustaceans that are in a state of anabiosis via performance of the method. | 02-11-2010 |
20100112151 | HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSED ELECTRICAL FIELD FOR ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT - Aspects of the invention relate to a device and method for non-contact inactivation of undesirable and/or harmful microorganisms in products using high-voltage nanosecond pulsed electrical field. In certain embodiments, a product may be packaged into a container which is made from a dielectric material and placed between electrodes to be processed by a pulsed electrical field. In certain embodiments, the electrodes, together with the container, may be placed into a treatment assembly filled with a high dielectric permeability media that allows the formation of a quasi-uniform electrical field inside the product and prevents the electrical breakdown of the dielectric material of the container. The electrodes may be connected to a high voltage generator, which forms nanosecond pulses that allow an electrical field of high intensity to penetrate the dielectric material of container walls and gaps between the electrodes and the container's walls to the product without significant energy losses. | 05-06-2010 |
20120196362 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND STORAGE OF PLATELETS - Provides are improved methods for storing platelets and compositions that contain stored platelets for use in transfusions. The method entails obtaining a platelet concentrate from blood obtained from an individual and holding the platelet concentrate in at refrigerated temperatures under an atmosphere having a pressure of from 3.5 to 5 bars comprising more than 65% xenon and for at least one week. Also provided is a refrigerated composition that contains a platelet concentrate, wherein the platelet concentrate contains xenon, and wherein the platelet concentrate has been isolated from an individual for at least seven days. | 08-02-2012 |
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20110208789 | TRANSFORMATION OF LOGICAL DATA OBJECTS FOR STORAGE - Various embodiments for operating a transformation system, capable of transforming a logical data object (LO) to a transformed logical data object (TLO), are provided. In one such embodiment, an open LO request to a certain LO and addressed by the at least one client to the at least one storage device, is intercepted. An identifier (ID) in a header of a TLO corresponding to the requested LO and stored in the at least one storage device, is obtained. The obtained ID is used to characterize the TLO and the LO. A determination is made whether the transformation system handles at least one open LO characterized by an ID with a same value as the obtained ID. The requested LO is opened if at least one open LO is not found. An instance corresponding to the intercepted open LO request is generated. The instance is associated to the obtained ID. | 08-25-2011 |
20110302218 | TRANSFORMATION OF LOGICAL DATA OBJECTS FOR STORAGE - Various embodiments for operating a transformation system, capable of transforming a logical data object (LO) to a transformed logical data object (TLO), are provided. In one such embodiment, an open LO request to a certain LO and addressed by the at least one client to the at least one storage device, is intercepted. An identifier (ID) in a header of a TLO corresponding to the requested LO and stored in the at least one storage device, is obtained. The obtained ID is used to characterize the TLO and the LO. A determination is made whether the transformation system handles at least one open LO characterized by an ID with a same value as the obtained ID. The requested LO is opened if at least one open LO is not found. An instance corresponding to the intercepted open LO request is generated. The instance is associated to the obtained ID. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302219 | TRANSFORMATION OF LOGICAL DATA OBJECTS FOR STORAGE - Various embodiments for operating a transformation system, capable of transforming a logical data object (LO) to a transformed logical data object (TLO), are provided. In one such embodiment, an open LO request to a certain LO and addressed by the at least one client to the at least one storage device, is intercepted. An identifier (ID) in a header of a TLO corresponding to the requested LO and stored in the at least one storage device, is obtained. The obtained ID is used to characterize the TLO and the LO. A determination is made whether the transformation system handles at least one open LO characterized by an ID with a same value as the obtained ID. The requested LO is opened if at least one open LO is not found. An instance corresponding to the intercepted open LO request is generated. The instance is associated to the obtained ID. | 12-08-2011 |
20130024433 | REAL-TIME COMPRESSION OF TABULAR DATA - Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for real-time column compression of data are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a data structure is estimated for an initially unknown structured data. The estimated data structure is placed in a stream. A columnar compression operation is applied to the stream to generate an achieved compression ratio. The stream is compressed. Feedback of the achieved compression ratio is analyzed from the stream to determine if an optimal one of the columnar compression operations has been applied. If the optimal one of the columnar compression operations has been applied, the actual data structure of the initially unknown structured data is determined. | 01-24-2013 |
20130097210 | EFFICIENT GARBAGE COLLECTION IN A COMPRESSED JOURNAL FILE - Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for efficient garbage collection in a compressed journal file system are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a map corresponding to data blocks with overwritten compressed journal entries is configured. Weighted conditions for each of the overwritten compressed journal entries are calculated. The weighted conditions are arranged in the map from lowest to highest. One of the weighted conditions includes a biasing variable towards selecting data blocks having free space at an end of at least one associated record. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages. | 04-18-2013 |
20130185338 | EFFICIENT GARBAGE COLLECTION IN A COMPRESSED JOURNAL FILE - A map corresponding to data blocks with overwritten compressed journal entries is configured. Weighted conditions for each of the overwritten compressed journal entries are calculated. The weighted conditions are arranged in the map from lowest to highest. One of the weighted conditions includes a biasing variable towards selecting data blocks having free space at an end of at least one associated record. | 07-18-2013 |
20130339322 | REDUCING DECOMPRESSION LATENCY IN A COMPRESSION STORAGE SYSTEM - In a compression processing storage system, using a pool of compression cores, the compression cores are assigned to process either compression operations, decompression operations, or decompression and compression operations, which are scheduled for processing. A maximum number of the compression cores are set for processing only the decompression operations, thereby lowering a decompression latency. A minimal number of the compression cores are allocated for processing the compression operations, thereby increasing compression latency. Upon reaching a throughput limit for the compression operations that causes the minimal number of the plurality of compression cores to reach a busy status, the minimal number of the plurality of compression cores for processing the compression operations is increased. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339635 | REDUCING READ LATENCY USING A POOL OF PROCESSING CORES - In a read processing storage system, using a pool of CPU cores, the CPU cores are assigned to process either write operations, read operations, and read and write operations, that are scheduled for processing. A maximum number of the CPU cores are set for processing only the read operations, thereby lowering a read latency. A minimal number of the CPU cores are allocated for processing the write operations, thereby increasing write latency. Upon reaching a throughput limit for the write operations that causes the minimal number of the plurality of CPU cores to reach a busy status, the minimal number of the plurality of CPU cores for processing the write operations is increased. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339750 | REDUCING DECRYPTION LATENCY FOR ENCRYPTION PROCESSING - In a storage system, using a pool of encryption processing cores, the encryption processing cores are assigned to process either encryption operations, decryption operations, and decryption and encryption operations, that are scheduled for processing. A maximum number of the encryption processing cores are set for processing only the decryption operations, thereby lowering a decryption latency. A minimal number of the encryption processing cores are allocated for processing the encryption operations, thereby increasing encryption latency. Upon reaching a throughput limit for the encryption operations that causes the minimal number of the plurality of encryption processing cores to reach a busy status, the minimal number of the plurality of encryption processing cores for processing the encryption operations is increased. | 12-19-2013 |
20140250305 | REDUCING DECRYPTION LATENCY FOR ENCRYPTION PROCESSING - In a compression processing storage system, using a pool of encryption processing cores, the encryption processing cores are assigned to process either encryption operations, decryption operations, and decryption and encryption operations, that are scheduled for processing. A maximum number of the encryption processing cores are set for processing only the decryption operations, thereby lowering a decryption latency. A minimal number of the encryption processing cores are allocated for processing the encryption operations, thereby increasing encryption latency. Upon reaching a throughput limit for the encryption operations that causes the minimal number of the plurality of encryption processing cores to reach a busy status, the minimal number of the plurality of encryption processing cores for processing the encryption operations is increased. | 09-04-2014 |
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20110188999 | Axial turbine for a gas turbine with limited play between blades and housing - An axial turbine for a gas turbine including a rotor blade cascade is provided. The rotor blade cascade is formed from rotor blades each including, a front edge, a blade tip, and an annular space wall that surrounds the rotor blade cascade and includes an annular space inner side, enabling the annular space wall to be arranged directly adjacent to the blade tip forming a radial gap between the covering of the blade tip and the annual space inner side. When the turbine is in operation, the area of the blade tip with the highest pressure load is disposed in the region of the front edges, and the rotor blades in the region of their front edges include a radial projection and the annular space wall includes on the annular space inner side, a peripheral radial recess that interacts with the radial projections such that a minimum is established in the direction of the main through-flow of the turbine. | 08-04-2011 |
20110280721 | Gas turbine - A gas turbine including a plurality of hook elements disposed one inside the other and designed substantially in the form of hollow cones or hollow cylinders, and including a stator blade support, is intended to enable an especially high efficiency while maintaining the greatest possible operating safety and operating life. To this end, at least one of the hook elements or the stator blade support has a substantially elliptical cross-sectional contour. | 11-17-2011 |
20140295086 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A LAYER SYSTEM - A process for producing a layer system is provided wherein the layer system has at least a substrate, a ceramic layer, which is applied to a surface structured in a targeted manner, in which process the intermediate layer, in particular the metallic layer, is applied in such a way that the recesses form during the coating. By introducing recesses into a surface, the stresses in the ceramic layer on the metallic substrate are reduced in such a manner that a longer lifespan for the ceramic layer is achieved. | 10-02-2014 |
20140349065 | MODIFIED INTERFACE AROUND A HOLE - A layer system including a substrate and a layer is provided. The layer system has a hole at least in the layer, and wherein at least one recess is present in a surface of the layer in a vicinity around the hole or directly adjoining a boundary line of the hole. | 11-27-2014 |