Abstract: A server system is communicatively connected to a plurality of computing devices and one or more databases. The server system receives one or more queries from a computing device. The one or more queries specify a data source. The server system determines a level of security applicable to a user of the computing device. The server system translates the one or more queries into one or more logical queries according to semantics of the data source, and transmits the logical queries to a query pipeline of the server system. The server system executes the one or more queries against a first database of the one or more databases to retrieve query results from the data source. The server system applies the determined level of security to the query results to obtain one or more data sets, and returns the one or more data sets to the computing device.

Abstract: A client device receives one or more inputs for generating a data visualization according to a data source. The device determines one or more requirements for generating the data visualization. The device sends a request to a network gateway that is communicatively connected to the client device and a plurality of data servers, and receives, from the network gateway, capabilities of each data server. The device determines, according to the received capabilities, that a first data server of the plurality of data servers includes a first set of capabilities that satisfies the requirements for generating the data visualization. The device sends, via the network gateway, one or more queries to the first data server and receives, from the first data server, one or more data sets from the data source. The device generates the data visualization according to the retrieved data sets and displays the data visualization.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a first fan in a first location for cooling a first component of the information handling system, a second fan in a second location for cooling a second component of the information handling system, and a management controller. The management controller determines that the first fan has experienced greater stress than the second fan, and recommends that the first fan be placed in the second location and that the second fan be placed in the first location.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a first fan in a first location for cooling a first component of the information handling system, a second fan in a second location for cooling a second component of the information handling system, and a management controller. The management controller determines that the first fan has experienced greater stress than the second fan, and recommends that the first fan be placed in the second location and that the second fan be placed in the first location.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a first fan in a first location for cooling a first component of the information handling system, a second fan in a second location for cooling a second component of the information handling system, and a management controller. The management controller determines that the first fan has experienced greater stress than the second fan, and recommends that the first fan be placed in the second location and that the second fan be placed in the first location.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a first fan in a first location for cooling a first component of the information handling system, a second fan in a second location for cooling a second component of the information handling system, and a management controller. The management controller determines that the first fan has experienced greater stress than the second fan, and recommends that the first fan be placed in the second location and that the second fan be placed in the first location.

Abstract: Embodiments manage data transfer requests representing backup operations and update operations from a computing device using a centralized data transfer service. The data transfer service selects the data transfer requests for performance based at least on data usage statistics associated with a data usage plan and available network connections on the computing device. For the backup operations, the data transfer requests are also selected based on priority information associated with each of the backup operations. In some embodiments, the data transfer service selects and initiates the data transfer requests without incurring excess data transfer costs for the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rubbery core/shell polymers that have improved heat and ultraviolet light resistance. These polymers can be blended with thermoplastics to make leathery compositions. The core/shell polymers of this invention have an inner core and an outer shell. The inner core is has repeat units which are derived from (a) butyl acrylate, (b) a member selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, and ethyl acrylate, (c) optionally, an alkoxy ethyl acrylate or an alkoxy ethyl methacrylate, (d) acrylonitrile, (f) a cross-linking agent, and (g) a monomer containing reactive cure sites The outer core has repeat units which are derived from (d) acrylonitrile, (e) styrene, and (f) additional cross-linking agent. The outer core of these polymers is void of repeat units that are derived from methyl methacrylate.

Abstract: Asymmetric Physical Exercise method and hardware system wherein two trainee's body member units apply a load referred as isometric load against each other directly or indirectly while an additional load referred as bias load from an external source is applied to one of the body member units, each of said body member units includes at least one trainee's body member, and the said bias load direction is independent from the directions of body member units instantaneous motion velocities and has a component parallel to the isometric load.

Abstract: A mobile device management system is provided. The mobile device management system may include a device management client configured to be executed on a mobile computing device. The device management client may include a client scheduler module configured to contact a device management server via a computer network and download a device management schedule for storage on the mobile computing device. The device management schedule may be generated at the device management server and include one or more schedule items. Each schedule item may include a predefined event and an associated action. The client scheduler module may be configured to monitor the device management schedule, detect the predefined event defined in a schedule item, and perform the associated action associated with the event, to thereby configure software on the mobile computing device.

Abstract: A vacuum processing chamber for measuring the temperature of a surface of an object comprising a cap is provided. The cap has a non-deformable end wall of thermally conducting material and a side wall connected thereto. An outside surface of the end wall is shaped to conform to a shape of the object surface to be measured. A surface on an inside of the end wall of the cap emits electromagnetic radiation having a detectable optical characteristic that is proportional to the temperature of the cap end wall. The vacuum processing chamber further comprises a light wave guide having one end held within the cap a distance from the radiation emitting element and in optical communication therewith.

Abstract: In designing a precision monolithic structure having all discrete components with different Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) permanently bonded together, to avoid internal stress caused by changing of temperature: The Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) Adaptor must be bonded between two components having different Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE); the Bonding Interfaces must be parallel; the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) Adaptor is made of material having varied CTE, the variation must be gradual and in only one direction, which is perpendicular to the said Bonding Interfaces; at each Bonding Interface, the CTE of the CTE Adaptor must match the CTE of bonding component in certain degree.

Abstract: A luminescent temperature sensor comprising (i) an object having a recess, (ii) a layer of luminescent material disposed in the recess, wherein the luminescent material emits electromagnetic radiation having a detectable optical characteristic that is functionally dependent on the temperature of the object, and (iii) a light waveguide in optical communication with the layer of luminescent material, is provided. A test device for measuring a temperature in a processing step comprising (i) an object having a surface and having a recess in the surface of the object, (ii) a layer of luminescent material disposed in the recess, wherein the luminescent material emits electromagnetic radiation having a detectable optical characteristic that is functionally dependent on the temperature of the object in response to a source of excitation radiation, and (iii) an optical window that seals said layer of luminescent material in the recess in the surface of the object, is provided.

Abstract: Document transaction processes between systems comprising the following steps: The client requests a form; the host supplies the form rendered into HTML and PDF from XML template; the client fills in the form and submits the completed form to the host; the host receives and processes the form, extracts key information and stores the processed form; the host composes and sends a responding form for confirmation and the processed information to the client; the client receives and processes and stores the responding form; the client makes change or mark/correct any discrepancy/dispute on the responding form and returns it back to the host; the host receives and processes the returned responding form containing change and discrepancy/dispute marked by the client; the host revises the responding form and returns it to the client; the client receives, processes, and stores the responding form.

Abstract: A switch system including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports for transferring data from one of the input ports to one of the output ports, and a plurality of memory devices is disclosed. The memory devices include a first memory bank configured for data being written to the first memory bank while data is read from the first memory bank at a timeslot and a second memory bank, which is smaller than the first memory bank and configured for writing the data read from the first memory bank to the second memory bank and reading data from the second memory bank. The system further includes an address comparer configured to compare a write address of the first memory bank with a read address of the first memory bank and select data for output from the first memory bank if the write address is smaller than the read address and select data from the second memory bank if the read address is equal to or smaller than the write address.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (i) generate a read power signal and (ii) control power of a laser beam emitted from an optical pick-up circuit during a read process. The second circuit may be configured to (i) generate a first write power signal and (ii) control one or more power levels of the laser beam during a write process in response to a second write power signal. The third circuit may be configured to generate the second write power signal and a third write power signal in response to a target write signal.

Abstract: Translators are provided that enable automated and remote device configurations in an efficient and abstract manner. In one aspect, a device configuration system is provided. A configuration component stores one or more remote configuration trees for various devices. A translator component maps the remote configuration trees to at least one device configuration tree associated with the respective devices to enable device configuration in an automated manner.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an optical disc recorder laser power control apparatus utilizing two different current sources to solve the problem caused by the contradiction between control resolution and control range. The first current source and the second current source are connected in parallel to a single control output pin. The first current source and the second current source may work independently from each other. The laser driver controls emission power of one of the laser diodes with a driving current supplied from the single control output pin coupled to both the first current source and the second current source. Advantageously, the fine laser power control pitch from the first current source contributes to fine control resolution, while the coarse laser power control from the second current source provides a wide control range for various kinds of laser diodes.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a rubbery polymer having improved properties, which is comprised of repeat units which are comprised of (a) butyl acrylate, or optionally a mixture of butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate containing up to about 40 percent 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, and ethyl acrylate, (c) optionally, about 0% to about 40% of an alkoxy ethyl acrylate or an alkoxy ethyl methacrylate, (d) acrylonitrile, (e) styrene, and (f) a crosslinking agent; wherein about 1% to about 10% of a monomer containing reactive cure sites selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl groups, glycidyl groups, carboxylic acid groups, and unsaturated cure sites is incorporated into the rubbery polymer.

Abstract: A temperature sensor that has a thermally conducting contact with a surface that emits electromagnetic radiation in proportion to the temperature of the contact is disclosed. The sensor has a resilient member attached to the contact and configured to extend the contact toward the object to be measured. A first light waveguide is attached to the contact and is configured to transmit the electromagnetic radiation from the contact. The sensor has a guide with a bore formed therein that the first waveguide is insertable into. When the contact is moved, the first waveguide moves within the bore. A second waveguide is attached to the guide such that a variable gap is formed between the ends of the first waveguide and the second waveguide. Electromagnetic energy from the first waveguide traverses the gap and can be transmitted by the second waveguide. The guide allows the first waveguide to move with the contact in order to ensure that the contact is fully engaged with the surface of the object.