Abstract: Organometallic compounds, organic light-emitting devices, and lighting devices employing the same are provided. The organometallic compound has a chemical structure represented by formula (I) or (II): wherein n is 1 or 2; each R1 is independent and can be hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl, C1-8 alkoxy, C5-10 aryl, or C2-8 heteroaryl; each R2 is independent and can be hydrogen, C1-8 fluoroalkyl, or C1-8 alkyl; A is N, or CH; B is N, or CH; D is N, or C—R3, wherein R3 is H, or C1-8 alkyl; and R1 is not hydrogen when R2 is hydrogen.

Abstract: A method for balancing database workloads among a plurality of database servers includes when a new server is available, selecting a set of master and slave databases to be migrated to the new server; and migrating the selected databases to result in a balanced new workload among all servers while minimizing migration cost; and during operation, if workload unbalance is detected in real time from a workload change in a certain database, iteratively selecting one database at a time to migrate to a different server to balance the workload.

Abstract: A continuous electrolyzed oxidizing/reduction water generator device includes an electrically insulative housing which is an acid, alkali and pressure resistant box with a water inlet and multiple water outlets on opposing sides, positive and negative electrodes are mounted in the electrically insulative housing in parallel and equally spaced by a cation exchange membrane, and an electric control box to provide high voltage DC across the positive and negative electrodes to oxidize intake water into electrolyzed oxidizing/reduction water. Multiple generator units may be connected in series.

Abstract: An exercise recording device includes a communication unit for receiving an equipment information, a gravity sensor for generating a sensing signal, a processor coupled to the communication unit and the gravity sensor for generating an exercise record according to the equipment information and the sensing signal, and a display coupled to the processor for displaying the exercise record according to a display signal generated by the processor.

Abstract: A heteroleptic iridium complex of a formula (I): where R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, or aryl, X is C-X1 or nitrogen, X1 being hydrogen or phenyl, L1 is a monoanionic bidentate ligand, and L2 is a neutral bidentate ligand.

Abstract: A control method for a wind power generating system includes the following procedures. When a rotational speed control condition is satisfied, a wind turbine is switched to operate under a rotational speed control mode to limit the electricity power by a maximum power point shifting manner. When a speed of an external wind is greater than a predetermined wind speed, the wind turbine is switched to operate under a safety mode to decrease a rotational speed of the wind turbine by a maximum torque extraction manner to protect the wind power generating system. A wind power generating system is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of workload scheduling under two different types of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), namely soft and hard SLA which employ both a deadline- and cost-aware scheduler called iCBS-DH. The scheduler is evaluated against deadline and cost performance of various scheduling policies under a large range of SLA cost function and deadline types.

Abstract: A bisazole-based compound is represented by formula (I): wherein X represents C—R3 or nitrogen, R1 and R2 independently represent a haloalkyl group, R3 represents H or F. A transition metal complex is represented by formula (II): ML1L2L3??(II) wherein M is a transition metal, L1 represents in which X represents C—R31 or nitrogen, R11 and R21 independently represent a haloalkyl group, and R31 represents H or F; and L2 and L3 independently represent a dipyridine-based ligand.

Abstract: Methods and systems for database migration from a multitenant database include taking a snapshot of an original database to be migrated with a hot backup process, such that the database is still capable of answering queries during the hot backup process; maintaining a query log of all queries to the tenant database after the hot backup process begins; initializing a new database at a target server using the snapshot; replaying the query log synchronize the new database with the original database; and answering new queries with the new database and not the original database.

Abstract: There are provided a system and method for predicting query execution time in a database system. A cost model determination device determines a cost model of a database query optimizer for the database system. The cost model models costs of queries applied to the database system. A profiling device determines profiling queries for profiling input/output cost units and processor cost units relating to the database system, and profiles the cost units using the profiling queries to output profiled cost units. A calibrating device calibrates cost units in the cost model responsive to the profiled cost units to output calibrated cost units. A sampling re-estimator samples and re-estimates a cardinality estimation of a final query plan to output an updated cardinality estimation. A predictor applies the calibrated cost units and the updated cardinality estimation in the cost model to generate a prediction of an execution time of a given query.

Abstract: A wind-power generator control system is provided. The wind-power generator control system includes a wind turbine, a power generator, a normally closed relay, and a control unit. The wind-power generator has a first output terminal and a second output terminal, and outputs a power output via the first and second output terminal when the wind turbine rotates. The normally closed relay is connected between the first and second output terminals. The control unit transmits a control signal to the normally closed relay by grid power. Also, when the normally closed relay does not receive the control signal, the first output terminal short-circuits the second output terminal by the normally closed relay for protecting the wind-power generator. When the normally closed relay receives the control signal, the first output terminal open-circuits the second output terminal by the normally closed relay for providing the power output.

Abstract: A power transforming apparatus implements a transformation of an energy signal and comprises a control unit, a pulse width modulation (PWM) unit, a transformation unit, and a slope compensation unit. The control unit outputs a target power signal. The PWM unit is coupled with the control unit and generates a switch signal. The transformation unit is coupled with the PWM unit, and implements a power transforming of the energy signal to output an energy transformation signal according to the switch signal. The slope compensation unit is coupled with the control unit and the PWM unit, and implements a slope compensation, according to the target power signal and a feedback signal, to output a compensation signal to the PWM unit. The switch signal is generated according to the target power signal and the compensation signal.

Abstract: An AC/DC converting circuit and a starting method thereof are provided. An AC detection or a rectified AC voltage detection is disabled when the AC voltage or the rectified AC voltage not up to a start-up voltage is detected, so as to shorten a recovery time of a voltage of a power supply terminal of an AC/DC power conversion controller, and further shorten a starting time of the AC/DC converting circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a 4,4?-dicarboxy-2,2?-bipyridine derived tridentate ligand represented by formula (I): wherein definitions of Y1, Y2, and R are the same as those defined in the specification. Also disclosed are a metal complex containing the aforesaid tridentate ligand and a dye-sensitized solar cell containing the metal complex.

Abstract: A level shift circuit includes an input end, a decoding circuit, a control circuit, and a plurality of output circuits. The input end is configured to receive a coded signal string including a starting code, a setting code, a clock standard signal and an ending code. The decoding circuit is coupled to the input end for decoding the coded signal string and outputting the starting code, the setting code, the clock standard signal and the ending code respectively. The control circuit is coupled to the decoding circuit for controlling logic levels of a plurality of logic driving signals according to the setting code and the clock standard signal after receiving the starting code, and stopping changing the logic driving signals after receiving the ending code. The plurality of output circuits are coupled to the control circuit for outputting a plurality of clock signals according to the corresponding logic driving circuit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting query execution time for concurrent and dynamic database workloads include decomposing each query into a sequence of query pipelines based on the query plan from a query optimizer, and predicting an execution time of each pipeline with a progress predictor for a progress chart of query pipelines.

Abstract: A six-coordinated ruthenium complex is represented by the following formula (I): RuL1L2L3??(I) wherein L1 represents a 2,2?-bipyridine-based bidentate ligand having at least two functional groups selected from COOH, a carboxylate group and the combination thereof; and L2 and L3 independently represent a 1-(haloalkylpyrazole)-isoquinoline-based bidentate ligand of formula (II) or formula (III).

Abstract: An efficient cost-based scheduling method called incremental cost-based scheduling, iCBS, maps each job, based on its arrival time and SLA function, to a fixed point in the dual space of linear functions. Due to this mapping, in the dual space, the job will not change their locations over time. Instead, at the time of selecting the next job with the highest priority to execute, a line with appropriate angle in the query space is used to locate the current job with the highest CBS score in logarithmic time. Because only those points that are located on the convex hull in the dual space can be chosen, a dynamic convex hull maintaining method incrementally maintains the job with the highest CBS score over time.

Abstract: An admission control system for a cloud database includes a machine learning prediction module to estimate a predicted probability for a newly arrived query with a deadline, if admitted into the cloud database, to finish its execution before said deadline, wherein the prediction considers query characteristics and current system conditions. The system also includes a decision module applying the predicted probability to admit a query into the cloud database with a target of profit maximization with an expected profit determined using one or more service level agreements (SLAs).

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to schedule jobs in a cloud computing infrastructure by receiving in a first queue jobs with deadlines or constraints specified in a hard service level agreement (SLA); receiving in a second queue jobs with a penalty cost metric specified in a soft SLA; and minimizing both constraint violation count and total penalty cost in the cloud computing infrastructure by identifying jobs with deadlines in the first queue and delaying jobs in the first queue within a predetermined slack range in favor of jobs in the second queue to improve the penalty cost metric.