Abstract: A system for determining lack of compliance of a transactional entity with an enterprise policy by maintaining an historical record of the entity as changes are made over time. The system allows establishment, codification, and maintenance of enterprise policies, monitors electronic transactions of the enterprise from various data sources, detects exceptions to established policies, reports exceptions to authorized users such as managers and auditors, and/or provides a case management system for tracking exceptions and their underlying transactions. A master data extractor establishes an initial instance of a transactional entity in a monitoring database. A changed data extractor is responsive to changed data for establishing a subsequent instance of the transactional entity in the monitoring database.

Abstract: A knowledge base and methods for use in connection with a policy compliance monitoring system operative to determine exceptions to policies expressed by computer-executable policy statements. The system allows establishment, codification, and maintenance of enterprise policies, monitors electronic transactions of the enterprise from various and possibly heterogeneous data sources, detects exceptions to established policies, reports exceptions to authorized users such as managers and auditors, and/or provides a case management system for tracking exceptions and their underlying transactions. The knowledge base comprises extractor files that are utilized for extracting information from data sources for utilization in policy compliance monitoring, a mapper for normalizing data from the data sources against a system ontology and storing normalized data in a monitoring database, and computer-executable compliance policy statements used by a transaction analysis engine.

Abstract: An automated transaction integrity monitoring system (100) operative to monitor electronic transactions of an enterprise and detect exceptions indicating noncompliance with enterprise policies. An extractor (140) obtains data from heterogeneous data sources such as enterprise databases. A staging database (155) caches data from the data sources. A mapper (150) maps enterprise data into an enterprise ontology used to express enterprise policies. A knowledge base (165) stores computer-executable policy statements, extractor data, and mapper data. A monitoring database (175) stores data mapped in the enterprise ontology. A collaborative reasoning engine (CORE) (160) executes policy statements against the monitoring database and determines exceptions. An exceptions database (185) stores exceptions from CORE. A case management system (190) provides for analysis and tracking of exceptions.

Abstract: Heterocyclic amide derivatives, of formula (I): wherein —X-Y-Z- is selected from —S—CR4═CR5—, —CR4═CR5—S—, —O—CR4═CR5—, —CR4═CR5—O—, —N═CR4—S—, —S—CR4═N—, —NR6—CR4═CR5— and —CR4═CR5—NR6—; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or an in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof; (with provisos); possess glycogen phosphorylase inhibitory activity and accordingly have value in the treatment of disease states associated with increased glycogen phosphorylase activity. Processes for the manufacture of said heterocyclic amide derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.

Abstract: The rock cutting tip insert of a rock cutting tool comprises two layers, the front layer being harder than the backing or base layer by at least one hundred units on the Vickers Hardness scale.

Abstract: A process is described for cathodically depositing chromate films on metal surfaces. Metal surfaces of interest are copper, and copper alloy surfaces, nickel, and nickel alloy surfaces, and iron and iron alloy surfaces. Particular electrolytic conditions and solution compositions yield chromate films which are advantageous in many applications including protection of surfaces against corrosion and improved adhesive characteristics of metal surfaces toward various films including organic (paint, etc.) films. In addition, chromate films produced in accordance with the described procedure are advantageous as plating masks for electrolytic deposition of gold.

Abstract: A process is described for putting down patterned chromate films on metal substrates. The procedure involves first forming a chromate film on the metal surface and then forming the patterned chromate film. The pattern is formed by sputtering the substrate through a suitable shadow mask. This procedure yields patterned chromate films with high dimensional tolerance limits. Such patterns are particularly useful in the fabrication of electronic artifacts, as for example, a mask in gold plating processes.

Abstract: A process is described for selectively electroplating gold on metallic surfaces containing copper using a chromate film as a plating mask. This procedure permits reduced use of gold without adversely affecting device performance. In addition, chromate films may be patterned with relatively high dimensional resolution and control so as to achieve gold plating patterns useful in electronic and integrated circuits.

Abstract: A process is described for making modified gold platings of low porosity. This process involves first putting down a gold layer and then passivating this layer using an electrochemical chromating procedure. This process permits use of much thinner gold layers than ordinarily used without the danger of corrosion of underlying base metal.