Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure propose a method and apparatus for optimizing storage of application data. The method comprises obtaining description information for application data from an application; performing storage optimization based on the description information; and performing at least pan of a storage function to be implemented by the back-end storage device, based on the description information before transmitting application data to the back-end storage device. With the method or apparatus according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, an efficient manner of integrating the application and non-volatile storage device is provided to coordinate the application and storage, thereby improving efficiency and expanding capability.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for a cloud system. The method includes: dynamically selecting, based on available infrastructure resources and at least one resource request, a scheduling strategy from a set of candidate scheduling strategies; and applying the selected scheduling strategy to schedule the infrastructure resources to serve the at least one resource request. Through embodiments of the present disclosure, when a single resource request or a batch of resource requests arrive, the most appropriate scheduling strategy is dynamically selected to generate an optimal allocation scheme for the request(s), thereby achieving cost-effective operations with the service level requirement of the resource request(s) satisfied.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for distributed data processing. The method comprises: receiving from an upstream node an input message attached with a shared count, the shared count being used for determining a processing status of a root message associated with the input message; processing the input message to generate one or more new messages; allocating to each of the one or more new messages a respective new shared count based on the received shared count; and transmitting the one or more new messages to one or more downstream nodes respectively. Compared with the prior art, the methods and apparatuses for distributed data processing according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can effectively reduce network traffic overheads and the consumed CPU and memory resources, and would be scalable for different topologies of various distributed data processing systems.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for determining a cause of performance degradation of a storage system. The method comprises: monitoring performance of the storage system according to a predetermined policy; generating a performance degradation event from a result of the monitoring based on system performance baseline; in response to performance degradation event, obtaining information about the performance degradation; and offline analyzing the information to determine the cause of the performance degradation. Compared with the prior art, embodiments of the present disclosure can manage the system performance degradation effectively and continuously to minimize running costs and enable current performance profiling tools in the manner of insertion.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided that includes a block copolymer present at greater than or equal to 30 total weight percent of the adhesive system comprising a high glass transition temperature in subunits Y and Y?, each of the subunits Y and Y? having a high glass transition temperature of from 70° C. to 130° C. with a low glass transition temperature subunit Z having a low glass transition temperature of from ?100° C. to 10° C. intermediate between said high glass transition temperature acrylate subunits to define a structure Y-Z-Y?. The triblock copolymer is dissolved in a monomer curable under free radical. A free radical initiator of a peroxide or a hydroperoxide are present in combination with a sulfonyl chloride, dihydropyridine and copper or vanadium salt. By heating the cured adhesive at or above 70° C., the adhesive is amenable to being removed, repaired, or reworked.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a method and device for checking false sharing in deletion of a data block. The method includes setting weight bits and a weight reset bit in the MP pointing to the data block, wherein the weight reset bit is configured to define whether weight indicated by the weight bits has been increased; and determining, based on the weight bits and the weight reset bit, whether a false sharing occurs. The method determines whether the false sharing occurs accurately and with low cost by using a computable formula. All information for such computable formula comes from in-memory MP, with no need to load any extra metadata, for example, with no need to access BMD. The method also considers a scenario where a weight increase occurs during weight split and mergence.

Abstract: A method, device, and computer program product for fingerprint based status detection in a distributed processing system is provided. The method comprises: generating and sending, at a root node, an initial fingerprint based on the output message ID to be sent; at a middle node, generating and sending an updated fingerprint based on a received input message ID, an output message ID to be sent and a received fingerprint; sending, at the leaf node, a final updated fingerprint to a tracking task point; and obtaining, at the tracking task point, status information based on the final updated fingerprint. As the method does not generate traffic at each node but only generates tracking traffic at leaf nodes, the approach according to the present disclosure reduces tracking overhead significantly while guaranteeing the reliability of data processing.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for reclaiming a chunk in a snapshot storage space. The method comprises: in response to a predefined trigger event, detecting an unused chunk in the snapshot storage space; and providing the detected unused chunk to a storage pool for reuse.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for reusing a storage block of a file system. The file system is based on a thin provision storage configuration and shares a storage pool with a further file system. The method comprises detecting an unused storage block in a storage space of the file system in response to a predefined trigger event. The method further comprises in response to an unused storage block being detected in the storage space, providing the unused storage block to the storage pool for being reused. According to various embodiments of the present invention, effective utilization of the storage space of the storage pool is achieved.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining degradation of a battery comprising the steps of collecting data of the battery and data related to the degradation of the battery; processing the collected data to obtain parameters related to the degradation of the battery; creating and updating a degradation model for the battery with the obtained parameters; and computing the degradation of the battery by using the degradation model and the parameters.

Abstract: A therapeutic procedure, Extracorporeal Autoimmune Solution Therapy (EAST), is invented for eliminating pathogenic or pathologic antibodies and immune complexes via affinity column capture, specific enzyme cleavage, and specific immune suppression/immune modulation via reinfusion of the autoantibody Fab, F(ab?)2 or Fc fragments back into the patients with a variety of acute or chronic autoimmune, inflammatory, and related other diseases.

Abstract: A fuel control system for an engine utilizing direct fuel injection including a smoke sensor for measuring the level of smoke in the engine exhaust. A control module, in response to the output signal from the smoke sensor, regulates the timing and delivery of fuel to the engine, the delivery of air to the engine, the amount of exhaust gases that are recirculated to the engine, the turbo boost pressure and performs on-board diagnostics.