Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a blend of nucleators with reduced haze in nucleated polyolefin material compared to blends of the same nucleators having different component weight ratios. The method comprises: i) preparing multiple blends of at least two nucleators wherein each blend containing the same nucleators in different weight ratios, wherein the blends include one or more blends in which one of the nucleators is a major weight fraction and one or more blends where the same nucleator is a minor weight fraction; ii) determining, for each blend, a minimum dissolution temperature when the blend completely dissolves in individual samples of the same molten polyolefin resin, wherein the concentration of each blend is substantially the same and below the saturation point in the molten polyolefin resin; and iii) identifying a blend that has a lower minimum dissolution temperature than the majority of the blends.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive composition and a low haze polyolefin material which may be prepared using said additive composition. In particular, the polyolefin material is prepared from a polyolefin resin composition comprising one or more optical brighteners, bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol at a certain weight ratio. In an aspect, the present invention relates to a method for forming a polyolefin material; said method comprising: (i) preparing a polyolefin resin composition comprising polyolefin resin, one or more optical brighteners, bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol, wherein the weight ratio of bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol to bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol in the polyolefin resin composition is 45:55 to 25:75; (ii) processing said polyolefin resin composition to form said polyolefin material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive composition and a low haze polyolefin material which may be prepared using said additive composition. In particular, the polyolefin material is prepared from a polyolefin resin composition comprising bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol at a certain weight ratio. In an aspect, the present invention relates to a method for forming a polyolefin material; said method comprising: (i) preparing a polyolefin resin composition comprising polyolefin resin and bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol, wherein the weight ratio of bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol to bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol in the polyolefin resin composition is 45:55 to 25:75; (ii) processing said polyolefin resin composition to form said polyolefin material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive composition and a low haze polyolefin material which may be prepared using said additive composition. In particular, the polyolefin material is prepared from a polyolefin resin composition comprising one or more optical brighteners, bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol at a certain weight ratio. In an aspect, the present invention relates to a method for forming a polyolefin material; said method comprising: (i) preparing a polyolefin resin composition comprising polyolefin resin, one or more optical brighteners, bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol, wherein the weight ratio of bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol to bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol in the polyolefin resin composition is 45:55 to 25:75; (ii) processing said polyolefin resin composition to form said polyolefin material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a blend of nucleators which is advantageous for providing reduced haze in a nucleated polyolefin material compared to blends of the same nucleators having different weight ratios of components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive composition and a low haze polyolefin material which may be prepared using said additive composition. In particular, the polyolefin material is prepared from a polyolefin resin composition comprising bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol at a certain weight ratio. In an aspect, the present invention relates to a method for forming a polyolefin material; said method comprising: (i) preparing a polyolefin resin composition comprising polyolefin resin and bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol, wherein the weight ratio of bis-3,4-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol to bis-p-ethylbenzylidene sorbitol in the polyolefin resin composition is 45:55 to 25:75; (ii) processing said polyolefin resin composition to form said polyolefin material.

Abstract: A self transportable aerostat system comprising: a first motorized mooring truck; a mooring tower removable attached to a base assembly of the first mooring truck, generally vertically arranged in relation to the bed of the first mooring truck; a proximal and distal boom deck removably attached to the base assembly; a flying sheave for redirecting a tether carried by the base assembly and attachable to an aerostat; a second motorized mooring truck attachable to the outer edge of the distal boom; and, an aerostat truck having an electrical connection for connecting to the first mooring truck and having an aerostat storage compartment for storing the aerostat is a retracted configuration.

Abstract: A self transportable aerostat system comprising: a first motorized mooring truck; a mooring tower removable attached to a base assembly of the first mooring truck, generally vertically arranged in relation to the bed of the first mooring truck; a proximal and distal boom deck removably attached to the base assembly; a flying sheave for redirecting a tether carried by the base assembly and attachable to an aerostat; a second motorized mooring truck attachable to the outer edge of the distal boom; and, an aerostat truck having an electrical connection for connecting to the first mooring truck and having an aerostat storage compartment for storing the aerostat is a retracted configuration.

Abstract: Reduced spatial redundancy of lower bits data can provide data protection for a flash memory having MLC NAND devices operated in page mode. An interrupted write operation of most significant bit pages can corrupt previously written data in lower bit pages. The lower bits redundant memory can assist in restoring the data, using less than a full back up storage.

Abstract: A self transportable aerostat system comprising: a first motorized mooring truck; a mooring tower removably attached to a base assembly of the first mooring truck, generally vertically arranged in relation to the bed of the first mooring truck; a proximal and distal boom deck removably attached to the base assembly; a flying sheave for redirecting a tether carried by the base assembly and attachable to an aerostat; a second motorized mooring truck attachable to the outer edge of the distal boom; and, an aerostat truck having an electrical connection for connecting to the first mooring truck and having an aerostat storage compartment for storing the aerostat is a retracted configuration.

Abstract: Reduced spatial redundancy of lower bits data provides data protection for a flash memory having MLC NAND devices operated in page mode. An interrupted write operation of most significant bit pages can corrupt previously written data in lower bit pages. The lower bits redundant memory assists in restoring the data, using less than a full back up storage.

Abstract: Flash memory devices can be implemented with deduplication mechanism through a synergetic deduplication mapping that combines the logical-to-physical address mapping of the flash memory devices with the deduplication mapping. A deduplication algorithm can be implemented in the application layer, which can freely communicate with the flash memory devices and perform computationally expensive operations.

Abstract: Reduced spatial redundancy of lower bits data can provide data protection for a flash memory having MLC NAND devices operated in page mode. An interrupted write operation of most significant bit pages can corrupt previously written data in lower bit pages. The lower bits redundant memory can assist in restoring the data, using less than a full back up storage.

Abstract: An embodiment is a technique to perform static wear leveling in a flash device. A first static block is popped from front of a first-in-first-out (FIFO) static pool when a static wear leveling condition is met. Data are copied from the first static block into an erased block to form a new block. The new block is pushed to end of the FIFO static pool. The static pool is part of a current static set and a next static set. Another embodiment is a technique to maintain a FIFO static pool. All valid data are consolidated when a data collection condition is met. An erased block is selected from a free set. All consolidated data are copied into the erased block to form a new block. The new block is pushed into the FIFO static pool.

Abstract: An embodiment is a method and apparatus to provide an optimization of commands in a flash device. Commands sent by at least a top-level processor to a flash device are buffered in a buffer. The buffered commands are analyzed for an optimizing condition. The commands are aggregated if the optimizing condition is met. The aggregated commands are sent to the flash device.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and storage medium that in an embodiment receive a key parameter from a container-managed persistent bean, determine that the container-managed persistent bean is associated with a non-relational data store, creating a web service input message with the key parameter, and invoke a web service function with the web service input message to interface with a non-relational data store. The determination that the container-managed persistent bean is associated with a non-relational data store may be based on deployment description extension settings specified by a bean assembler. In this way, a container-managed persistent bean may be used to access a non-relational data store.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for providing a generic sequencing service for ordering processing requests in a scalable business integration environment. When a request is received at a sequencing component, the operation specified in the request is identified. A determination is then made as to whether to sequence the operation according to a sequencing specification. If the operation is to be sequenced, key information of the operation is classified according to the sequencing specification. A lock on the request is then requested using the operation and the key information. Responsive to the lock being granted, a determination is then made as to whether the request is synchronous or asynchronous. If the request is synchronous, the target service component is invoked synchronously. If the request is asynchronous, the target service component is invoked asynchronously.

Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for matching client interfaces with service interfaces. A client component includes at least one client interface and a target component includes at least one service interface. A data structure for the client component associates at least one client interface in the client component with one target component. For each client interface indicated in the data structure, a determination is made as whether there is one service interface in the target component associated with the client interface that is compatible with the client interface.

Abstract: A method, that in an embodiment receives a key parameter from a container-managed persistent bean, determines that the container-managed persistent bean is associated with a non-relational data store, creating a web service input message with the key parameter, and invokes a web service function with the web service input message to interface with a non-relational data store. The determination that the container-managed persistent bean is associated with a non-relational data store may be based on deployment description extension settings specified by a bean assembler. In this way, a container-managed persistent bean may be used to access a non-relational data store.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and storage medium that in an embodiment receive a key parameter from a container-managed persistent bean, determine that the container-managed persistent bean is associated with a non-relational data store, creating a web service input message with the key parameter, and invoke a web service function with the web service input message to interface with a non-relational data store. The determination that the container-managed persistent bean is associated with a non-relational data store may be based on deployment description extension settings specified by a bean assembler. In this way, a container-managed persistent bean may be used to access a non-relational data store.