Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method comprises: providing a card sized to fit within a card personalization machine, the card including a surface defining at least a portion of a recess; inserting at least a portion of a sub-card into the recess; providing adhesive between the surface and the sub-card to releasably retain the at least a portion of the sub-card within the recess; and personalizing the sub-card, using the card personalization machine, while the at least a portion of the sub-card is within the recess. According to some embodiments, apparatus comprises: a card defining a recess; a sub-card, at least a portion of the sub-card being inserted into the recess; adhesive to releasably retain the at least a portion of the sub-card within the recess; and a card personalization machine to personalize the sub-card while the at least a portion of the sub-card is within the recess.

Abstract: A system to query a database based on a logical schema of the database and an abstraction of the logical database schema, the abstraction including a plurality of objects and one or more properties associating one or more of the plurality of objects to one or more others of the plurality of objects. The system includes reception of a query including a first plurality of objects of the abstraction, a first one or more properties associating one of the first plurality of objects with another one of the plurality of objects, and two or more instances of a first one of the first plurality of objects.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus and system includes a substrate including outer surfaces, one of the outer surfaces defining a first plurality of electrical contacts, one of the outer surfaces adapted to be mounted to a circuit board and defining a second plurality of electrical contacts adapted to be electrically connected to the circuit board; an integrated circuit die mounted to one of the outer surfaces, and a crystal oscillator mounted to one of the outer surfaces and electrically connected to the integrated circuit die.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes characterizing a plurality of channels, each of the plurality of channels being a channel between a location and a respective one of the plurality of communication interfaces; for each of the plurality of communication interfaces, supplying signals to the communication interface and detecting interference that occurs at the location as a result of emissions radiated from the plurality of communication interface while the signals are supplied thereto; for each of the plurality of communication interfaces, determining an estimate of interference that would occur at the location as a result of emissions radiated from the communication interface while the signals are supplied thereto, based at least in part on the characterization of the channel between the location and the communication interface; and for each of the plurality of communication interfaces, comparing the estimate of interference that would occur at the location to the detected interference that occurs at the

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for ad hoc coordination actions in business processes. A computer-implemented method for implementing an ad-hoc coordination action framework, extending on a business process framework, includes enabling ad-hoc coordination actions as generic callable services in a work context, implementing the ad-hoc actions as templates defining state transitions between roles participating at the work context, and enabling the work context to track state transitions as a conversation thread.

Abstract: A method includes selecting a target pixel and comparing a value of the target pixel with a respective value of each of a plurality of pixels located in an area that includes the target pixel. Further, for each pixel of the plurality of pixels that has a value different by at least a threshold amount from the value of the target pixel, the value of such pixel is replaced by the value of the target pixel. A filter function is applied to a set of pixels which includes the value of the target pixel and current values, after the selective replacement step, of the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: Data quality enrichment integration and evaluation system that enables the import of data into a database and the turnkey integration with data enrichment entities. The data imported into the database may be validated using validation rules. Data with particular data quality problems may be sent to a particular bucket for to avoid processing or to obtain processing by a particular data quality enrichment entity. A bucket of data may be sent to be enriched by one or more data enrichment entities. The enrichment results may be compared between entities to enable the selection of a data enrichment entity. The enrichment results may also be drilled down into to provide geographic and other plots that show the quality of original data and quality of data enrichment provided by each data enrichment entity. Evaluation of the enrichment results side by side allows for the selection of a data enrichment entity.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a programming language in an application server may access different database server implementations, wherein the programming language accesses content of database tables via work areas derived from the database tables. A database table may be mapped to a work area such that each column in the database table is mapped to a corresponding component of the work area (having a default component type based on the column type of the associated column). It may be determined that a particular column in the database table is to store large object data content, and a new mapping to a work area may be defined such that a particular column maps to a corresponding component having a component type other than the default component type.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method and system are provided to receive an airflow at a blower fan via an axial fan, and expel the airflow via a blower fan. The blower fan comprises a hub associated with an axis of rotation, and the axial fan comprises the hub.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are approaches for detecting and/or generating silhouettes, in graphics processing applications, of objects (e.g., convex objects such as polyhedrons).

Abstract: One or more embodiments enable a system and method for creation and runtime rendering of web-based user interface applications for a master data management applications. The system and method comprise acquiring metadata of a schema of a master data management database at initialization, the metadata identifying a plurality of schema elements; selecting a schema element of the plurality of schema elements in the schema metadata; identifying a set of all appropriate Web UI element options for the schema element; presenting to a UI designer a graphic user interface populated with the schema element and the set of all appropriate Web UI element options for the schema element; accepting from the UI designer a selected Web UI element from the set of all appropriate Web UI element options; generating a Web UI component definition comprising a link between the schema element and the selected Web UI element; storing the Web UI component definition related to the link in the master data management database.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a graphics process frame generation frame rate may be monitored in combination with a utilization or work load metric for the graphics process in order to allocate performance resources to the graphics process and in some cases, between the graphics process and a central processing unit.

Abstract: A system and method for on-demand indexing in a data management system is described. An index is generated when it is requested, such as when a database operation requires access to the index. If the index is loaded in memory, the index is retrieved from memory. Otherwise, the index is generated on-demand. A priority configuration identifies at least one priority index which is generated and loaded in memory. The priority configuration can identify priority indexes either directly or indirectly, such as by a threshold parameter.

Abstract: Aspects may include determination of a first security profile associated with a user and an information space, the information space comprising metadata indicating a plurality of objects mapped to logical entities of a hierarchical data structure, reception of a request from the user for an interface for creating queries to the hierarchical data structure, and determination, based on the first security profile, of a first subset of the plurality of objects based on which the user is allowed to create queries. A query is executed based on one or more of the first subset of objects, data of the hierarchical data structure is received in response to execution of the query, a second subset of the received data which the user is allowed to view is determined based on the first security profile, and the second subset of the received data is presented to the user.

Abstract: A preemptive neural network database load balancer configured to observe, learn and predict the resource utilization that given incoming tasks utilize. Allows for efficient execution and use of system resources. Preemptively assigns incoming tasks to particular servers based on predicted CPU, memory, disk and network utilization for the incoming tasks. Direct write-based tasks to a master server and utilizes slave servers to handle read-based tasks. Read-base tasks are analyzed with a neural network to learn and predict the amount of resources that tasks will utilize. Tasks are assigned to a database server based on the predicted utilization of the incoming task and the predicted and observed resource utilization on each database server. The predicted resource utilization may be updated over time as the number of records, lookups, images, PDFs, fields, BLOBs and width of fields in the database change over time.

Abstract: A system includes determination of a name of a semantic object associated with a semantic layer, determination of a linguistic entity category associated with the name, and storage, in association with the semantic layer, of an association between the semantic object and the linguistic entity category. Also included may be determination of a plurality of values associated with the semantic object, and creation of a custom linguistic entity category associated with the semantic object and comprising a plurality of entities, wherein each of the plurality of entities corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of values.

Abstract: A computer system and method for validating data object classification and consolidation using external references. The external references may be web pages, product catalogs, external databases, URLs, search results provided by a search engine or subsets or combinations of any of these to validate a classification or consolidation of records. Embodiments validate a data object classification or consolidation decision by searching external data sources, such as databases, the Internet etc. for references to the transactional data object and determining a confidence level based on the original data object and the unstructured information reference, URL, or search result for example. Decisions may be verified or denied based on the comparison of the external references related to each data object. Embodiments of the invention save substantial labor in validating business data objects and make data more reliable across enterprise systems.

Abstract: A system to create a first database object in the object-oriented database, the first database object associated with a primary key, a first group ID m, and a first delta ID m, associate a first pointer with the first database object, create a second database object in the object-oriented database, the second database object associated with the primary key, a second group ID n, and a second delta ID n, associate a second pointer with the second database object, and create a third database object in the object-oriented database, the third database object associated with the primary key, the first group ID m, and a third delta ID m+1. The third database object is associated with a change to the first database object.

Abstract: System and methods for checking portfolios used to model the behavior of actively managed funds to facilitate intra-day trading of actively managed exchange traded funds (AMETFs) without revealing the fund assets. Exchange traded notes based on an underlying actively managed fund without revealing the fund assets. Computer means are used to perform a statistical comparison between a model portfolio and the AMETF, and a statistical comparison compares the periodic values, returns, or risk characteristics of the model portfolio and the financial instrument over some period of time, periodically sending or publishing the results of the statistical comparison. The model portfolio does not reveal the assets of the financial instrument.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to determine an estimated value of a traded fund whose assets are not publicly disclosed on a daily basis, where a computer system includes one or more computers and is programmed to determine an estimated value of the traded fund. Embodiments include operating the computer system to calculate an estimated value of the traded fund based on the value of a proxy portfolio, where the identities of the assets of the traded fund are not disclosed to an investor who trades shares of the traded fund on a secondary market, and publicly disclosing the estimated value of the traded fund periodically throughout a trading day.