Abstract: An aspect of post-lending credit management includes collecting data associated with events for a plurality of clients, serializing the data by time stamp and value to produce a client-based time series of the events, and performing feature generalization for the time series. Feature generation includes grouping the client-based time series according to a selected feature to produce feature-based time series, defining a feature-based default burst and a threshold value for the feature-based time series, identifying a point in time on the feature-based time series when the feature-based default burst reaches the threshold value, determining a cause and effect relationship between default events occurring across the plurality of feature-based time series from the feature-based default burst, and outputting feature-based default rules from the corresponding cause and effect relationship.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for identifying suggestions as to which log files associated with data in a data warehouse to search for particular data. Features from the contents of a plurality of log files from a set of log files are selected. The plurality of log files are grouped based on the selected features. Using extracted log event sequences, a correlation between the log event sequences and a plurality of data transaction tables from a set of data transaction tables in the data warehouse is calculated. Suggestions as to which log files in the set of log files should be searched is then identified for particular data based on a business relevance value and a utilized data ratio.

Abstract: This invention discloses a method to fuse silicone and thermoplastic resin, comprising the following steps; Step A: conducting treatment twice on thermoplastic resin lid upon molding in plasma equipment under normal temperature, and opening, the inert molecular chain of thermoplastic resin; wherein the power for treating the thermoplastic resin lid ranges 500 to 800 W, the time of treatment ranges from 5 s to 60 s; Step B: applying glue on the place for laying: silicone gasket on thermoplastic resin lid, baking in the oven for 15-20 min; Step C: putting the treated thermoplastic resin lid and silicone gasket in step B into the over mold for encapsulation, the time of which is 2-3 min; conducting post vulcanization for 2 h after completing the encapsulation.

Abstract: Embodiments include predicting transactions by an entity and identifying promotions to offer the entity. Aspects include parsing a plurality of event records corresponding to a plurality of entities respectively. Aspects also include identifying a sequence of events corresponding to the entity and discretizing time intervals and event values of the sequence of events into discrete symbolic values. Aspects further include generating a temporal pattern of events in the sequence of events, the temporal pattern including a sequence of transaction-symbols representative of the time interval and the event value of the events in the sequence of events of the entity and predicting a next transaction based on the temporal pattern.

Abstract: Embodiments include predicting transactions by an entity and identifying promotions to offer the entity. Aspects include parsing a plurality of event records corresponding to a plurality of entities respectively. Aspects also include identifying a sequence of events corresponding to the entity and discretizing time durations and event values of the sequence of events into discrete symbolic values. Aspects further include generating a temporal pattern of events in the sequence of events, the temporal pattern including a sequence of transaction-symbols representative of the time duration and the event value of the events in the sequence of events of the entity and predicting a next transaction based on the temporal pattern.

Abstract: A proportion-integration-derivation (PID) kettle structure includes: a kettle upper cover; a water filling cap, embedded into kettle upper cover; and a PID element, fixed onto inner side of water filling cap, to indicate usage time of a filter core in a kettle. The PID element includes: a guiding axis, disposed at an end inside the water filling cap; a pushing rack, sleeved around the guiding axis; a reset spring, disposed between pushing rack and guiding axis; an arc-shape rack pushing boss, disposed symmetrically on both sides of the pushing rack, used to push the pushing rack to move, when water filling cap is opened or closed; a driving gear, disposed at front end of the pushing rack, to act in cooperation with the pushing rack; and a driven gear, disposed below the driving gear, and connected to rotate along with the driving gear.

Abstract: A computer receives a first audio signal that is acquired by a first user device used by a first user in a conference and a second audio signal that is acquired by a second user device used by a second user in the conference. The computer processes the first audio signal based on the second audio signal to improve quality of the first audio signal, and sends the processed first audio signal to the conference.

Abstract: Supercapacitors have composite electrodes that include a porous carbonaceous material such as graphene onto which a metal oxide pseudocapacitor material is deposited in the form of nano-scale particles or a nano-scale film. The composite electrodes exhibit excellent specific capacitance, even at high scan rates.

Abstract: Described are a gas turbine engine fan blade platform, related rotor assembly and gas turbine engine, as well as a method of assembling the same. The platform has a forward portion proximal to an axis of rotation, an aft portion, and a transition portion between the forward and aft portions. The forward portion has a forward interface surface facing axially forward, the aft portion has an aft interface surface facing radially outward, and the transition portion has at least one mounting feature. For the method of assembly, an aft support is installed on a fan disk and booster spool assembly. A plurality of fan blades are installed into a fan disk, followed by installing a fan platform between adjacent blades and securing the mounting features to the disk, thereby filling the annulus of the fan disk. Finally, a forward support is installed on the fan disk.

Abstract: The presently disclosed inventive concepts are directed in certain embodiments to a method of producing protoporphyrin IX by (1) cultivating a strain of Shewanella bacteria in a culture medium under conditions suitable for growth thereof, and (2) recovering the protoporphyrin IX from the culture medium. The strain of Shewanella bacteria comprises at least one mutant hemH gene which is incapable of normal expression, thereby causing an accumulation of protoporphyrin IX. In certain embodiments of the method, the strain of Shewanella bacteria is a strain of S. loihica, and more specifically may be S. loihica PV-4. In certain embodiments, the mutant hemH gene of the strain of Shewanella bacteria may be a mutant of shew_2229 and/or of shew_1140.

Abstract: A fiber preform architecture and method of making, including a plurality of fiber bands. Each band of the plurality of fiber bands is placed at a time, at a predetermined position and orientation, to generate an interwoven and interlocking pattern between the fiber bands. Each of the plurality of fiber bands is formed of a plurality of fiber tows, positioned side by side at a predetermined spacing to define one or more gaps between each tow in the fiber band and define a secondary based interleaving within each of the fiber bands. The plurality of fiber bands are interwoven in an in-plane and out-of-plane orientation by interleaving each of the plurality of fiber bands with one or more of the plurality of fiber bands previously laid down and not in a common plane. The plurality of fiber bands include three or more different orientation angles and provide uniformity in coverage.

Abstract: The presently disclosed inventive concepts are directed in certain embodiments to a method of producing protoporphyrin IX by (1) cultivating a strain of Shewanella bacteria in a culture medium under conditions suitable for growth thereof, and (2) recovering the protoporphyrin IX from the culture medium. The strain of Shewanella bacteria comprises at least one mutant hemH gene which is incapable of normal expression, thereby causing an accumulation of protoporphyrin IX. In certain embodiments of the method, the strain of Shewanella bacteria is a strain of S. loihica, and more specifically may be S. loihica PV-4. In certain embodiments, the mutant hemH gene of the strain of Shewanella bacteria may be a mutant of shew_2229 and/or of shew_1140.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a composite article to have a primary composite structure and an integral secondary composite structure that extends out of a plane defined by the primary composite structure. The method includes laying-up first plies to construct the primary composite structure. The first plies contain continuous reinforcement material and extend from a first zone that will define the primary composite structure into a second zone that will define the secondary composite structure. During laying-up of the first plies, additional plies are interleaved with the first plies within the second zone but not the first zone. The additional plies originate within a build-up zone between the first and second zones and extend therefrom into the second zone. After interleaving the plies, the build-up zone is deformed to orient the second zone and form the secondary composite structure that extends out of the plane defined by the continuous reinforcement material of the first plies.

Abstract: A multi-touch method includes, in response to at least one finger of a user pointing toward a computer screen, recognizing an eye and at least one finger in an image frame taken by a camera; mapping a first coordinate of the recognized finger in the image frame to a second coordinate of the finger on the computer screen; mapping a third coordinate the recognized eye in the image frame to a fourth coordinate of the eye on the computer screen; determining whether the fourth coordinate is in the proximity of the second coordinate; in response to a positive decision, determining the second coordinate as a multi-touch point.

Abstract: Articles having substantially cylindrical bodies including a plurality of circumferential layers, each layer having at least one ply of material, the material comprising a weave fabric, a non-crimp fabric, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The combustor is described as comprising a dome plate coupled to a liner thereof, with at least one heat shield comprised of a ceramic matrix composite coupled at the aft end of the dome plate. Also described is a method for assembling a combustor for a gas turbine engine, including releasing a metal alloy heat shield from a dome plate and providing a ceramic matrix composite heat shield as replacement.

Abstract: Composite article includes a generally cylindrical body having an internal grid structure interleaved with casing layers formed of reinforcing fibers disposed in a resin matrix. The composite article may be utilized in a fan case containment system for aircraft engine applications. Methods for fabricating the composite article are also provided.

Abstract: Methods for reducing stress on composite structures involving providing a primary composite structure having a circumference, providing at least one mounting flange operably connected to the primary composite structure about the circumference to form a joint, and providing a secondary structure operably connected to the primary composite structure at the mounting flange such that when stresses on the primary composite structure exceed a maximum capacity level delamination or separation of the mounting flange from the primary structure occurs at the joint, and the secondary structure remains operably connected to the mounting flange.

Abstract: A network communication method for use in a system kernel where a network data transceiver thread and a listening socket are created. The method includes steps of: associating the network data transceiver thread with the listening socket and adding the listening socket into an epoll queue; listening, by the listening socket, events in the epoll queue and performing, when sensing an event requiring to transmit/receive data, a specific operation corresponding to the event and sending a notification to the network data transceiver thread associated with the listening socket; and transmitting/receiving, by the network data transceiver thread, a network data according to the notification from the listening socket. A network communication system is also provided.

Abstract: According to an example, a web server receives an access request from one operator network of different operator networks, process the access request, and obtain processing data. The web server determines an output VIP address corresponding to an input VIP address carried in the access request according to a relationship between input VIP addresses and output VIP addresses of VS clusters of the different operator networks, and sends the processing data to a VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address via an internal network. The VS cluster selects one VS, and the VS selected sends the processing data to a user terminal via an external network.