Abstract: At least one application in a computing environment is executed and one or more performance metrics of the application are measured. The measured performance metrics are analyzed and an operational performance regression is detected. The detected operational performance regression is correlated with one or more recorded changes and the correlated changes are identified as a cause of the operational performance regression. The elements of the computing environment are alerted in accordance with the identified changes to adjust operational performance.

Abstract: A liquid storage device for a propellant tank in a spacecraft includes a gas-guide tube, a cover plate, a housing, blades, a supporting column, a base, a passage-window pressing plate, a passage-window mesh piece, a liquid-storage-device mesh piece, a fixing block, and a pressing plate for the liquid-storage-device mesh piece. The blades are uniformly distributed on and fixed to the support column in a radial direction to form an integral structure, and the integral structure is mounted on and fixed to a circular partition plate in the base. The liquid-storage-device mesh piece is pressed on the circular partition plate in the base by the pressing plate for the liquid-storage-device mesh piece and then is fixed. The passage-window mesh piece is pressed on the outer side of a cylinder wall of the base by the passage-window pressing plate and then is fixed.

Abstract: System, method, and computer program product to perform an operation for task-based modeling for parallel data integration, by determining, for a data flow, a set of processing units, each of the set of processing units defining one or more data processing operations to process the data flow, generating a set of tasks to represent the set of processing units, each task in the set of tasks comprising one or more of the data processing operations of the set of processing units, optimizing the set of tasks based on a set of characteristics of the data flow, and generating a composite execution plan based on the optimized set of tasks to process the data flow in a distributed computing environment.

Abstract: System, method, and computer program product to perform an operation for task-based modeling for parallel data integration, by determining, for a data flow, a set of processing units, each of the set of processing units defining one or more data processing operations to process the data flow, generating a set of tasks to represent the set of processing units, each task in the set of tasks comprising one or more of the data processing operations of the set of processing units, optimizing the set of tasks based on a set of characteristics of the data flow, and generating a composite execution plan based on the optimized set of tasks to process the data flow in a distributed computing environment.

Abstract: A medical body surface ultrasonic probe may comprise a probe body and a sticking plate, where the sticking plate may comprise a sub-plate. The sub-plate may be connected to the probe body, and the bottom of the sub-plate may have a sticking layer for attaching a medical body surface ultrasonic probe to a body surface of a monitored user. The medical body surface ultrasonic probe can be used where prolonged, continuous ultrasonic monitoring is required. In addition, a corresponding ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic imaging system including the ultrasonic probe are provided. The ultrasonic probe comprises a probe body, an elastic liner, an adjusting assembly and a fixing member. The ultrasonic probe can control an elastic adjustment base to squeeze or loosen the elastic liner by tightening or loosening an adjusting rotary knob, and thereby the insertion depth of the probe body in the elastic liner can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the probe body. The angle of the ultrasonic waves and the pressurization depth of the probe body of the ultrasonic probe can be adjusted, and the ultrasonic probe can be secured to a target object for a long time for continuous ultrasonic imaging. Therefore, the ultrasonic probe can be widely applied to a clinical occasion where long-time continuous ultrasonic monitoring is required.

Abstract: A method for the distribution of medical reports from a data processing system to one or more connected addressees and their distribution channels includes automatically determining the distribution channel and format as a function of an order and of configured distribution rules and format rules, converting the medical report to the correct distribution format, and automatically distributing the converted medical report to the distribution channel.

Abstract: An apparatus (100) and method for measuring an extract (1000) released from a product sample (330) in vitro. The apparatus (100) comprising an in vitro environment which simulates an in vivo environment. The apparatus (100) contains a product sample (330) with the product sample (330) exposed to the in vitro environment. An extract (1000) is produced from the product sample (330) when the product sample (330) is subjected to the in vitro environment. The extract (1000) is analyzed to determine the amount of at least one element in the extract and the rate of release of at least one element in the product sample (330). The product sample is a smokeless tobacco product. An element analyzed for is nicotine.

Abstract: A sound attenuation panel is configured with a substantially acoustically transparent planar, rigid frame divided into a plurality of individual, substantially two-dimensional cells. A sheet of a flexible material is fixed to the rigid frame, and a plurality of platelets fixed to the sheet of flexible material such that each individual cell of the plurality of cells is provided with a respective platelet to establish a resonant frequency, the resonant frequency defined by the planar geometry of the individual cells, the flexibility of the flexible material and the platelets. The cells are divided into at least two different types of the individual cells, configured so that sound waves emitted by a first type of said different types of individual cells establishes a sound cancellation pattern with sound waves emitted by a second type of said different individual cells or an aggregation of different types of the individual cells.

Abstract: A single-phase brushless motor includes a stator, a rotor disposed within the stator, and sensors disposed around an outer periphery of the rotor. The stator includes a stator core made of a magnetic-conductive material, and a stator winding wound around the stator core. The rotor includes a rotary shaft and a pair of permanent magnetic poles. The stator core includes a pair of stator poles forming a receiving hole there between, and the rotor is disposed in the receiving hole. The inner circumferential surface of the receiving hole is located on a cylindrical surface which is coaxial with the rotary shaft and two locating slots which are symmetrical with respect to a center of the receiving hole are defined in the inner circumferential surface of the receiving hole, which can improve the distribution of magnetic flux, effectively reduce cogging torque, and increase operation efficiency.

Abstract: Systems and methods to deliver streaming video over a hybrid network are provided herein. An adjusted bitrate to transmit video from a server to a client is determined in response to a fast-forward or rewind request. Frames from a video are selectively transmitted to accommodate for the adjusted bitrate based and a bitrate of a connection between the server and the client.

Abstract: Systems and methods to deliver streaming video over a hybrid network are provided herein. The system includes a plurality of queues, each associated with a type of video frames and a classifier to store a packet of a plurality of packets in a respective queue of the plurality of queues based on a field in the packet that indicates the type of video frame in the packet. The system also includes a scheduler configured to selectively transmit or drop the packet based on an available bitrate for transmission and the type of video frame associated with the queue.

Abstract: A method of route convergence, a routing device, and a main control board in the routing device are provided herein. The method includes receiving route information from multiple neighbor routing devices; selecting a route among the received route information, and applying the selected route to update an FIB of the main control board; and delivering the selected route to an interface board after confirming that the route information from the multiple neighbor routing devices is received and the route selection is completed.

Abstract: An approach for deploying workload in a multi-tenancy computing environment is provided. The approach generates, by one or more computer processors, a tenant ID and a plan ID for a tenant based, at least in part, on a tenant registration request. The approach stores, by one or more computer processors, the tenant ID and the plan ID into a shared system record. The approach receives, by one or more computer processors, a request to update a first tenant service plan. The approach determines, by one or more computer processors, one or more resource pools supporting a second tenant service plan based at least in part, on an association between the tenant ID and the plan ID. The approach deploys, by one or more computer processors, one or more resources from the one or more resource pools supporting the second tenant service plan.

Abstract: An electronic device backlight can operate at a brightness setting using content adaptive backlight control that modifies a backlight intensity based on content for display. A determination can be made as to whether video is playing on a display of the electronic device. Content adaptive backlight control aggressiveness can be adjusted when video is playing on at least a portion of the display.

Abstract: An approach for deploying workload in a multi-tenancy computing environment is provided. The approach generates, by one or more computer processors, a tenant ID and a plan ID for a tenant based, at least in part, on a tenant registration request. The approach stores, by one or more computer processors, the tenant ID and the plan ID into a shared system record. The approach receives, by one or more computer processors, a request to update a first tenant service plan. The approach determines, by one or more computer processors, one or more resource pools supporting a second tenant service plan based at least in part, on an association between the tenant ID and the plan ID. The approach deploys, by one or more computer processors, one or more resources from the one or more resource pools supporting the second tenant service plan.

Abstract: A video reception device, comprising a single video decoder, may dynamically allocate media-processing resources based on QoS parameters associated with the received time-sensitive and non-time-sensitive video streams. The single video decoder is utilized to decode the content of the received time-sensitive and non-time-sensitive video streams for display. The QoS parameters associated with the received time-sensitive and non-time-sensitive video streams are mapped to corresponding media-processing resource requirements at the video reception device. The video reception device performs resource allocation for the received time-sensitive and non-time-sensitive video streams based on the corresponding media-processing resource requirements. Multi-dimensional resources allocation metrics are selected or formed from the corresponding associated QoS parameters for media-processing resource allocation. The video reception device starts resource allocation for the received time-sensitive video streams.

Abstract: A system for transcoding locally cached content may include a memory configured to store at least a video stream. A controller communicatively coupled to the memory may be configured to determine a video definition format of a requested video stream and compare the requested video stream with a video definition format of a cached version of the requested video stream. A transcoder coupled to the controller may be configured to convert the cached version of the requested video stream to a lower video definition format if the video definition format of the cached version is determined to be higher than the video definition format of the requested video stream. If the video definition format of the requested video stream is same as the video definition format of the cached version, the controller may supply the requested video stream using the cached version stored in the memory without transcoding.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a curling hammer and an operation principle thereof. The curling hammer is made up of a handle shell component, a control member, a heating member, a power member, a curling member and a hair care member. The handle shell component comprises a first handle shell and a second handle shell, the control member comprises a button, a decorated fixed mount, a button separator and a PCB board. The power member, heating member, curling member and hair care member are configured in the working part of the curling hammer together. The invention realizes the tunable temperature, tunable circle number of curling hair, tunable case-hardened time, tunable tuning round; improves the curling member, raises the operability and reliability of the curling hair greatly; increases three hair combing brushes which make the progress of curling hair more smooth.

Abstract: The present invention includes compounds useful as intermediates in the preparation of macrolactams, methods for preparing the intermediates, and methods for preparing macrolactams. One use of the methods and intermediates described herein is in the production of macrolactam compounds able to inhibit HCV NS3 protease activity. HCV NS3 inhibitory compounds have therapeutic and research applications.