Abstract: The present invention relates to novel methods for increasing recombination so that the resulting plant or plant material has an increased rate of recombination. In particular, the present invention provides methods for increase of recombination in agricultural plants. Increased recombination is achieved by a controlled temperature treatment by aligning meiosis progression in a specific treatment window to macroscopically or microscopically detectable characteristics. Furthermore, the methods described herein are also useful to shift meiotic recombination to regions in the genome which usually show a reduced amount of recombination. The resulting plants can for example be used to introduce new genetic variations into breeding pools and breeding populations, as the methods can be performed without a significant loss in fertility usually going along with uncontrolled heat/cold treatments.

Abstract: A system and method includes: implementing an intelligence and insights service; identifying an anomalous observation output by a data processing pipeline based on streams of data sourced from a subscriber to the intelligence and insights service; recursively inputting into a subset of the data processing pipeline of the intelligence and insights service a plurality of dimensions of the streams of data based on attributes of the anomalous observation; automatically identifying one or more driving factors causing the output of the anomalous observation based on an analysis within the subset of the data processing pipeline of plurality of dimensions of the streams of data; generating a story component based on a conversion of the one or more driving factors; and augmenting the story component to a pre-existing story relating to the anomalous observation that is provided to the subscriber via a user interface.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for attaching loyalty program data to an electronic payment in a payment processing network. In an embodiment, a method transmits, from a merchant to a bank network (BankNet), an authorization request comprising a primary account number (PAN) of a customer and routes the request to a payment card issuer. The method then identifies a loyalty program associated with the PAN and receives, at the BankNet, an authorization response comprising an indicator of the loyalty program. The method forwards the authorization response to an acquirer and sends the authorization response to the merchant. In another embodiment, a system transmits an authorization request and routes the authorization request to a BankNet in response to determining that a merchant is a member of a loyalty program. The system receives an authorization response comprising an indicator of the loyalty program, forwards the response to an acquirer and the merchant.