Abstract: Embodiments relate to controlling configuration of a computer system comprising one or more exchangeable components. The exchangeable components comprising identification means to store an identifier. A pair of a private key and a public key are generated for each accepted manufacturer of the exchangeable components and a pair of a private key and a public key for the computer system; assigning an identifier for each exchangeable component available for attachment to the system; receiving configuration data comprising a list of encrypted identity records comprising identifiers of the components together with signatures over the data generated with the private key of the respective component manufacturer for each component expected to be attached to the system; and receiving a configuration record. The configuration data of the expected components from the received configuration record is compared with the configuration data of the components attached to the system.

Abstract: A caching mechanism is provided in a computer server system including at least one host coupled to at least one disk, one or more virtual machines, one or more images of the one or more virtual machines created in a file system of the disk, and a virtual machine manager for assigning hardware resources of the computer server system to the one or more virtual machines. The mechanism provides a masking cache layer between the one or more virtual machines and the virtual machine manager, the masking cache layer including at least one separate entry for every cacheable data block of the file system to be referenced, collects profiling information related to one or more of the cacheable data blocks (58) and stores the profiling information in the masking cache layer and configures the masking cache layer according to the profiling information, or provides a configuration for the masking cache layer.

Abstract: A caching mechanism is provided in a computer server system including at least one host coupled to at least one disk, one or more virtual machines, one or more images of the one or more virtual machines created in a file system of the disk, and a virtual machine manager for assigning hardware resources of the computer server system to the one or more virtual machines. The mechanism provides a masking cache layer between the one or more virtual machines and the virtual machine manager, the masking cache layer including at least one separate entry for every cacheable data block of the file system to be referenced, collects profiling information related to one or more of the cacheable data blocks (58) and stores the profiling information in the masking cache layer and configures the masking cache layer according to the profiling information, or provides a configuration for the masking cache layer.

Abstract: A cascading learning system for semantic search is described including the generation, training and testing of a domain-specific module for a domain-specific search. One or more input elements and output elements are specified for the domain-specific module with reference to a domain that relates these elements together through data sets that include related metadata. The related metadata may include semantic terms that are incorporated into a contextual network applicable to the domain.

Abstract: In some aspects of the invention, a system for operating a plurality of plasma and/or induction heating processing systems includes an operating unit that has a display device on which a graphic user interface can be displayed, at least two power generators that supply power to a plasma process or an induction heating process, and a network that connects the operating unit to the power generators to transmit signals between the operating unit and the power generators. The graphic user interface includes a static region and a dynamic region, and a selection device for selecting information to be displayed in the dynamic region.

Abstract: A method of securely deleting data from a data storage device is described. The method includes the steps of receiving a secure delete command to securely delete a file. A data block of the file to securely delete is identified. A pointer to the data block is stored in a deletion buffer. It is then determined whether the secure delete command has a highest priority over other data storage device commands. In response to the secure delete command having the highest priority, the secure delete command to the data block is performed.

Abstract: A method of securely deleting data from a data storage device is described. The method includes the steps of receiving a secure delete command to securely delete a file. A data block of the file to securely delete is identified. A pointer to the data block is stored in a deletion buffer. It is then determined whether the secure delete command has a highest priority over other data storage device commands. In response to the secure delete command having the highest priority, the secure delete command to the data block is performed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanism for image deployment in a cloud environment comprising at least two hosts coupled to at least one disk, and at least one virtual machine created in at least one host of the at least two hosts by deploying an additional image to the at least one disk. The method is characterized in that the at least one host for deploying an additional image is selected according to a deployment factor representing a communality relationship between one or more existing base images in the cloud environment and the additional image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detection of relationships between objects in a meta-model semantic network is described. Semantic objects and semantic relations of a meta-model of business objects are generated from a meta-model semantic network. The semantic relations are based on connections between the semantic objects. A probability model of terminology usage in the semantic objects and the semantic relations is generated. A neural network is formed based on usage of the semantic objects, the semantic relations, and the probability model. The neural network is integrated with the semantic objects, the semantic relations, and the probability model to generate a contextual network. The generated probability model is integrated with semantic objects and neural networks for form parallel networks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing virtual machine image disk usage comprising a disk image emulator for a virtual machine provided by a hypervisor, comprising the steps of providing at least a first disk image comprising a sequence of data blocks for accumulating write operations to the first disk image, providing at least a second disk image comprising a sequence of data blocks for permanently storing disk image data, and providing a disk cleaning process for transferring disk image data from the first disk image to the second disk image and deleting unused data blocks in the first and/or the second disk image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a data processing system, comprising at least two disk emulators operating in parallel and emulating a disk subsystem each, the disk emulators each using a file in a file system for any data stored on the respective disk, a separate de-duplicator for de-duplicating the data stored in the files, the de-duplicator operating in parallel to the disk emulators, the de-duplicator further using an additional disk emulator emulating an additional disk subsystem by using an additional file in a file system for storing data shared between the other disk subsystems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a contour cut in a sheet metal web (BB) transported in a direction of transport (T) by means of a conveying apparatus (3). To accelerate the production of the contour cut, it is proposed in accordance with the invention to divide the sheet metal web (BB) into a plurality of overlapping processing strips and to assign successively two laser cutting units (10, 11) to at least two processing strips in the direction of transport (T).

Abstract: Data that includes information about an application is retrieved from a data feed. It is determined that the data from the data feed indicates that the application has been updated. In response to a determination that the data from the data feed indicates that the application has been updated, data descriptive of the application is extracted from the data from the data feed. One or more instructions for installing the application are determined based, at least in part, on the data descriptive of the application. In response to determination of the one or more instructions for installing the application, a first virtual machine skeleton that includes the one or more instructions for installing the application is generated.

Abstract: Data that includes information about an application is retrieved from a data feed. It is determined that the data from the data feed indicates that the application has been updated. In response to a determination that the data from the data feed indicates that the application has been updated, data descriptive of the application is extracted from the data from the data feed. One or more instructions for installing the application are determined based, at least in part, on the data descriptive of the application. In response to determination of the one or more instructions for installing the application, a first virtual machine skeleton that includes the one or more instructions for installing the application is generated.

Abstract: A method for enhancing stent visibility in digital medical images includes providing a time series of 2-dimensional (2D) images of a stent in a vessel, estimating motion of the stent in a subset of images of the time series of images, estimating motion of clutter in the subset of images, where clutter comprises anatomical structures other than the stent, estimating a clutter layer in the subset of images from the estimated clutter motion, estimating a stent layer in the subset of images from the clutter layer and the estimated clutter motion, and minimizing a functional of the estimated stent motion, the estimated stent layer, the estimated clutter motion, and the estimated clutter layer to in calculate a refined stent layer image, where the refined stent layer image has enhanced visibility of the stent.

Abstract: A data management method includes accessing data objects in an application written in C/C++ for change-logging and multi-step redo/undo, wherein the data objects are organized in a binary format and are devoid of self-describing information, and wherein the accessing the data objects is structured in a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers including a semantic layer, a change log layer, and a repository layer, dynamically analyzing the data objects to recognize all changes made by any of a plurality of users for all data types used by the application, the dynamically analyzing the data including using semantic analysis to track changes and identifying any changes in any of the data objects, and using generated wrapper classes to convert between C/C++ data structures and generic data format, wherein the wrapper classes are generated from developer provided annotations with C/C++ data structure declarations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a prenatal diagnostic method for the determination of a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy in a biological sample obtained from a pregnant woman, which method comprises enrichment and quantification of selected cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid sequences showing consensus nucleosome binding regions.

Abstract: Stent viewing is provided in medical imaging. Stent images are provided with minimal or no user input of spatial locations. Images showing contrast agent are distinguished from other images in a sequence. After aligning non-contrast images, the images are compounded to enhance the stent. The contrast agent images are used to identify the vessel. A contrast agent image is aligned with the enhanced stent or other image to determine the relative vessel location. An indication of the vessel wall may be displayed in an image also showing the stent. A preview images may be output. A guide wire may be used to detect the center line for vessel identification. Various detections are performed using a machine-trained classifier or classifiers.

Abstract: In some aspects of the invention, a system for operating a plurality of plasma and/or induction heating processing systems includes an operating unit that has a display device on which a graphic user interface can be displayed, at least two power generators that supply power to a plasma process or an induction heating process, and a network that connects the operating unit to the power generators to transmit signals between the operating unit and the power generators. The graphic user interface includes a static region and a dynamic region, and a selection device for selecting information to be displayed in the dynamic region.

Abstract: In some aspects, a power supply system for a plasma application and/or an induction heating system includes at least two controllable power generators of different types. Each controllable power generator includes an associated identifier, and at least one operating unit for controlling at least one of the power generators, the operating unit includes an operating application to import the respective identifiers from the power generators that are connected to the operating application, and based on generator-specific configuration data that are stored for each power generator and the identifiers, the operating application constructs a graphic user interface on a display device of the operating unit.