Abstract: A computer implemented method processes a query. A number of processor units processes the query to identify a result set in response to receiving the query from a first client. The number of processor units stores, the result set in a shared cache assigned to a group of clients, wherein result set stored in the shared cache is accessible by the group of clients. The number of processor units returns the result set to a second client in the group of clients from the shared cache in response to receiving the query from the second client in the group of clients.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for relational database locks based on columns. Database transactions may be targeted to specific columns of one or more records, instead of the entire row for those records, using primary keys. Column locks on specific keys are stored separately than column locks on ranges of keys, which are both checked when requesting a new column lock for either a single key or a range of keys. When a threshold number of columns for a given record, or range of records/keys, have been locked, the column locks for that record, or range of records, can be combined into a single row level lock to reduce resource costs for maintaining multiple concurrent locks.

Abstract: A method of growing electrochemically active materials in situ within a dispersed conductive matrix to yield nanocomposite cathodes or anodes for electrochemical devices, such as lithium-ion batteries. The method involves an in situ formation of a precursor of the electrochemically active materials within the dispersed conductive matrix followed by a chemical reaction to subsequently produce the nanocomposite cathodes or anodes, wherein: the electrochemically active materials comprise nanocrystalline or microcrystalline electrochemically active metal oxides, metal phosphates or other electrochemically active materials; the dispersed conductive matrix forms an interconnected percolation network of electrically conductive filaments or particles, such as carbon nanotubes; and the nanocomposite cathodes or anodes comprise a homogeneous distribution of the electrochemically active materials within the dispersed conductive matrix.

Abstract: A novel method for preparing unique composition high-performance anode materials with high energy density, high power density, high stability, and excellent cyclability for electrochemical energy storage devices, in particular for lithium ion batteries, wherein this method and material circumvent and surpass the limitations of those methods and materials currently available.