Abstract: New polypropylene composition which combines low sealing initiation temperature (SIT), low overall migration, good optical properties, like low haze and good retortability, its use and articles made therefrom.

Abstract: A grafted polylactic acid is provided, wherein the grafted polylactic acid contains carboxylic acid end groups in an amount from 1.0 to 10.0 mg KOH/g and contains epoxide groups in an amount from 0.005 to 0.500 mmol/g.

Abstract: The invention provides a modified liquid diene polymer that allows a rubber composition to give a crosslinked product which contains a filler in a dispersed state ideal for attaining enhanced properties and which also exhibits excellent properties such as wet grip and abrasion resistance. The invention also provides a rubber composition including the modified liquid diene polymer, a crosslinked product thereof, and a tire which includes a portion including the composition or the crosslinked product. The modified liquid diene polymer is a product of modification, with a specific silane compound, of a liquid diene block copolymer including a polymer block (b?1) or (b?1) containing butadiene units and a polymer block (b?2) or (b?2). The modified liquid diene polymer has a functional group derived from the silane compound, and satisfies specific conditions.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition including a resin containing a polymer, a hygroscopic particle, and an organic solvent-soluble dispersant. Preferably the ratio of the dispersant relative to 100 parts by weight of the hygroscopic particle is 0.1 part by weight or more and 1000 parts by weight or less, and the absolute value of the difference in refractive index between the resin and the hygroscopic particle is 0.05 or less. Also provided are a resin film formed by molding the resin composition into a film shape, and an organic electroluminescent device including the resin film.

Abstract: Curable organopolysiloxane compositions contain (A) organopolysiloxane resins consisting of units of the formula RaR1b(OR2)cSiO(4?a?b?c)/2 ??(I), with the proviso that in formula (I) the sum of a+b+c?3, in at least one unit of the formula (I) b=1, in at least 50% of the units of the formula (I) a+b=1 and in at most 10% of the units of the formula (I) a+b=3, based in each case on all siloxane units of the formula (I) in organopolysiloxane resin (A), (B) organic compounds having at least one unit of the formula CR32=CR3—CO—Z—??(II), (C) initiators, (D) fillers and (K) amines, wherein the radicals and indices have the definition specified in claim 1. When coarse and fine grained fillers are employed, the composition can be used to mold artificial stone.

Abstract: Composite oxide fine particles are produced by sol-gel method under conditions in which coarse particles and aggregated particles are unlikely to be generated, and the composite oxide fine particles are further wet-filtered using a filter to remove the coarse particles and the aggregated particles. Then, a salt is added to a dispersion of the composite oxide fine particles to produce weak aggregates of the composite oxide fine particles in the dispersion. A solid content is separated from the dispersion of the composite oxide fine particles containing the aggregates, and then dried. The solid content is easily made finer because no firm aggregates are generated during the drying. That is, composite oxide fine particles containing no coarse particles and aggregated particles are obtained. Use of a known cracking means can further reduce the amount of coarse particles.

Abstract: Provided are a coated particle that enables particles with low surface free energy to be dispersed in an aqueous solvent without using a fluorochemical surfactant, a dispersion solution, a dispersion method of coated particles, a coating film, a manufacturing method of a coating film, and a copolymer. A coated particle has: a particle with surface free energy of 50 mJ/m2 or less; and a copolymer in which a monomer including a hydrophilic group except for catechol groups and a monomer including at least a catechol group are copolymerized, and the particle is coated with the copolymer.

Abstract: A core-shell copolymer, a method of making the same, and a thermoplastic resin composition including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a core-shell copolymer includes a core and a shell surrounding the core, the core includes a conjugated diene-based monomer-derived repeating unit and a phosphate-based cross-linking agent-derived cross-linking part represented by Formula 1, and the shell includes a first alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer-derived repeating unit, a second alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer-derived repeating unit, and a sulfonate-based ionic monomer-derived repeating unit represented by Formula 2. The core is 68 parts to 92 parts and the shell is 8 parts to 32 parts, based on 100 parts of the core-shell copolymer, the core has a swell index of 2.7 to 10.9, the shell includes 1 wt % to 16 wt % of the sulfonate-based ionic monomer-derived repeating unit, and the shell has a weight average molecular weight of 105,000 g/mol to 645,000 g/mol.

Abstract: A secondary database system is configured to act as a backup system for a primary database system. The primary database system receives a query request from a client application in advance of receiving a query. Thereafter, the primary database system determines that a routing hint in the query request indicates that workload from the query may be shifted to the secondary database system. It can then be determined that execution of the query does not involve writing data. The primary database system then determines to instruct the client application to route the query to the secondary database system based on the routing hint. The primary database system then instructs the client application to route the query to the secondary database system. The query is then compiled and executed on the secondary database system such that a replica table does not replace the source table.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for prefetching data in databases. One method for prefetching data in a database comprises receiving a database query on the database, determining one or more sets of adjacent columns access by the database query, and for each set of adjacent columns of the one or more determined sets, prefetching data in the adjacent columns.

Abstract: Systems and methods for replicating data from storage. Snapshots are taken on a consistency group of volumes and are stored in snapshot volumes. Changes to the data stored in the volumes are identified from the snapshots and the changes are written to a journal. The journal allows the changes to be replicated to a virtual replication system and a physical replication system. The journal can be replicated to different systems, including physical and virtual systems, by exposing the same journal in different manners.

Abstract: A method for improving asynchronous data replication between a primary storage system and a secondary storage system is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes monitoring, in a cache of the primary storage system, unmirrored data elements needing to be mirrored, but that have not yet been mirrored, from the primary storage system to the secondary storage system. The method maintains a regular LRU list designating an order in which data elements are demoted from the cache. The method determines whether a data element at an LRU end of the regular LRU list is an unmirrored data element. In the event the data element at the LRU end of the regular LRU list is an unmirrored data element, the method moves the data element to a transfer-pending LRU list dedicated to unmirrored data elements in the cache. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device and a computer program product for file management. The method includes: generating an extended list based on a path list associated with predetermined files, the extended list comprising a set of paths in the path list that are at least partly the same from a root directory; generating an identifier indicating the extended list; and updating the path list based on the identifier. In this way, the embodiments of the present disclosure accomplish optimization of a path list by creating an extended list, to reduce a number of searching performed based on the path list and thus improve the efficiency of searching a file.

Abstract: Files can be managed to mitigate undesirable reading of files from secondary storage component (SSC) associated with a storage system comprising primary storage component (PSC). File management component (FMC) can determine file identifiers for files stored in SSC and store them in reference files associated with such files. FMC can determine file identifiers for files stored in PSC and store them in a file entry data store. In response to a client request, FMC can determine whether a local file stored in PSC is a copy of an archived file stored in SSC based on whether the respective file identifiers of the archived file and local file or snapshot of the local file match. If there is a suitable match, FMC can read the snapshot of the local file and provide it to client device; if not, FMC can read the archived file and provide it to client device.

Abstract: Approaches presented herein enable replicating data records between a source database and a target database. More specifically, for a batch of change records in a table received from the source database, a first estimated replication duration needed to apply the batch as a bulk change to the target is determined. For the same batch, a second estimated replication duration needed to apply a set of changes in a single row of the table to the target is determined based on time penalties for each column in the row. A threshold quantity of rows at which the first duration equals a summed total of second durations for the quantity is calculated. The bulk change is selected if a number of rows in the batch exceeds the threshold. Applying change records singly is selected if the number of rows in the batch is less than the threshold.

Abstract: In an approach for migrating database content with row-level security from a source database with row-level security to a target database without row-level security, a computer determines a type of the source database to be migrated, and upon determining that a source table of the source database is maintained using multi-level security attributes, creating a data structure for a source table of the source database for storing meta-data comprising the multi-level security attributes, determining all dimensions of the multi-level security attributes, adding columns to a target table of the target database relating to the source table, the added columns representing the multi-level security attributes of the source table.

Abstract: Examples of an intelligent data quality application are defined. In an example, the system receives a data quality requirement from a user. The system obtains target data from a plurality of data sources. The system implements an artificial intelligence component sort the target data into a data cascade. The data cascade may include a plurality of attributes associated with the data quality requirement. The system may evaluate the data cascade to identify a data pattern model for each of the attributes. The system may implement a first cognitive learning operation to determine a mapping context from the data cascade and a conversion rule from the data pattern model. The system may establish a data harmonization model corresponding to the data quality requirement by performing a second cognitive learning operation. The system may generate a data cleansing result corresponding to the data quality requirement.

Abstract: A method for improving asynchronous data replication between a primary storage system and a secondary storage system maintains a cache in the primary storage system. The cache includes a higher performance portion and a lower performance portion. The method monitors, in the cache, unmirrored data elements needing to be mirrored, but that have not yet been mirrored, from the primary storage system to the secondary storage system. The method maintains a regular LRU list designating an order in which data elements are demoted from the cache. The method determines whether a data element at an LRU end of the regular LRU list is an unmirrored data element. In the event the data element at the LRU end is an unmirrored data element, the method moves the data element from the higher performance portion to the lower performance portion. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques described herein proposes a Dependent Grouping Column Rewrite that simplifies a grouping operation by excluding dependent grouping columns from a group by clause. A non-blocking aggregation function is applied to dependent grouping columns in at least select clauses. Such a simplified grouping operation reduces memory pressure, speeds up grouping operations, and saves compute time, as grouping columns that have no additional effect on the grouping operation are excluded from processing (e.g., hashing and key matching).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data attribution using frequent pattern analysis are described. In some cases, data stored at a multi-tenant database server may be analyzed to understand various interactions and patterns between data attributes associated with multiple users. The multi-tenant database server may effectively cluster and/or perform calculations on attributes of the data to understand user patterns. In some examples, the multi-tenant database server may determine a change (e.g., a probability change) in the user patterns by removing one or more attributes from the data set and re-performing the analysis. By re-performing the analysis, the multi-tenant database server may attribute a value to individual pieces and combinations of the data in order to indicate the effect that each piece of data has on the analysis.