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An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for data access management on a storage device connected to a storage area network. A client includes network connections to a first and second network, where the second network comprises a storage area network (SAN). The client also includes a storage management client and a storage agent. The storage agent is configured to minimize the amount of metadata processing that occurs on the client by sending the metadata or a copy thereof to a storage server to be stored in a centralized metadata database. The storage server also includes a storage manager that is configured to manage data access by the storage agent to the requested storage device.

Some embodiments provide a method of color correcting an image. Some such embodiments provide (1) a display area for displaying a modifiable graph correlating a first color attribute of the image to a set of second color attributes and (2) at least one tool that adjusts the graph in order to adjust color attributes in the image. The graph adjustment tool of some embodiments is a set of control points that specify the color correction adjustment over a parameterized curve representation of the graph. In some embodiments, the graphs are rasterized curves that are adjusted through the use of a Gaussian manipulator. The Gaussian manipulator distributes a second color attribute adjustment over a set of first color attribute values according to a Gaussian distribution. Moreover, some embodiments allow for the selective switching between the parameterized and rasterized curves or the control points and the Gaussian manipulator.

A method is provided for facilitating transactions between a product brand manager and manufacturing organizations using a transactional computer system. The product brand manager has a product brand and product brand information that includes information for manufacturing the product brand, and there is manufacturing organization information for each of the manufacturing organizations that includes the manufacturing process capabilities of the respective manufacturing organization. The method includes communicating the product brand information from the product brand manager to the transactional computer system, and communicating the manufacturing organization information for the manufacturing organizations from the manufacturing organizations to the transactional computer system. The method also includes using the transactional computer system to process the product brand information and the manufacturing organization information to select at least one candidate manufacturing organization from the manufacturing organizations and to generate selection information regarding the at least one candidate manufacturing organization. The selection processing uses the transactional computer system to compare the product brand information to the manufacturing organization information. The method further includes using the transactional computer system to communicate the selection information to the product brand manager. A related method is provided for the selection of product brand managers for the benefit of a manufacturing organization. Related systems also are disclosed.

A device and method for reinforcing a blister, including a transport mechanism for transporting the blister, and a centering mechanism that bring the blister into a particular position in the direction transverse to the travel direction of the transport mechanism. A gluing station applies an adhesive to the blister and/or to a card, with the card having at least one opening that is matched to the geometry of a pocket of the blister. An insertion device is provided that sets the card into place on the blister.

A system for modularizing a business application, the system including a computer having a first computer-readable medium encoded with a browser and an application server. The browser manages a user presentation interface for the business application and is configured to support client-side scripting. The application server is coupled to the computer and includes a second computer-readable medium that is encoded with a server-side script processing engine for processing scripts submitted by the browser and a Module Controller Servlet for opening, closing and managing at least one Module associated with the business application. A Module is a dynamic, configurable software element which includes at least one Extension component and a Data Store. The Extension component defines at least one particular business method function associated with the business application and is invoked as required by the business application. The Data Store includes at least one associated data set which contains data associated with the business application.

A method for clutch characteristic curve adaptation of an automatic dual-clutch transmission which comprises two sub-gearboxes each with an input shaft connected, via a friction clutch, to the drive shaft of a motor and several gears that are shifted via a friction-synchronized gear clutch. A value of the current touch point of the friction clutch can be determined with the motor running and the gears disengaged in a load-free sub-gearbox. The method includes the steps of starting synchronization of a gear clutch with a defined force of a regulator. Waiting until the gear clutch is synchronized. Engaging the friction clutch of the until the gear clutch is synchronizes. Determination the current touch point from the current synchronous torque of the gear clutch and the current regulating parameter of the associated clutch regulator. Then, adapting the clutch characteristic curve of the friction clutch in view of the current touch point.

A process for leaching laterite ores containing limonite and saprolite. Sufficient mineral acid is added to a slurry of limonite which is leached at atmospheric pressure to dissolve most of the soluble non-ferrous metals and soluble iron. After adding saprolite the slurry is further leached at a temperature above the normal boiling point and at a pressure above atmospheric pressure for a time sufficient to leach most of the contained nickel in the saprolite and to precipitate most of the iron in solution. The pressure of the slurry is then reduced, and nickel and/or cobalt is subsequently recovered from the leach solution by solvent extraction, resin-in-pulp or other ion exchange, sulfide or hydroxide precipitation, or other recovery method.

A method for producing a microporous thermoplastic resin membrane comprising the steps of extruding a solution obtained by melt-blending a thermoplastic resin and a membrane-forming solvent through a die, cooling an extrudate to form a gel-like molding, removing the membrane-forming solvent from the gel-like molding by a washing solvent, and removing the washing solvent, the washing solvent having (a) a surface tension of 24 mN/m or less at a temperature of 25° C., (b) a boiling point of 100° C. or lower at the atmospheric pressure, and (c) a solubility of 600 ppm (on a mass basis) or less in water at a temperature of 16° C.; and the washing solvent remaining in the washed molding being removed by using warm water.

Apparatus for producing a composite filler includes at least one die and a device for moving a stack of reinforced ply strips through the die. The die has peripheral die face adapted for forming the ply strip stack into a desired cross sectional shape. The cross section of the die face may vary around the periphery of the die.

There is provided a target for an X-ray generator, including: a holder part made of an electrically conductive material and having an opening part; a diamond plate air-tightly joined to the holder part so as to close the opening part; a thin film target provided on a surface of the diamond plate, with its outer peripheral part extending to the holder part to be electrically connected to the holder part, wherein the holder part is configured to be electrically connected to a power supply of the X-ray generator, and the diamond plate is incorporated into the X-ray generator with one side disposed in a vacuum atmosphere where the thin film target is formed, and an opposite side thereto disposed at a side where the diamond plate is brought into thermal contact with a refrigerant and cooled.

The invention relates to a system and a method for tracing and evaluating the communication of software applications, especially MES applications in an entire system. The tracing and evaluation can be carried out progressively or step-by-step on a project level, an adapter level and a port level, i.e. individual communication connections and individual applications, but the entire project is also traced by (even heterogeneous) application environments. The tracing and evaluation mechanisms enable higher-level services to access online the archived trace and error data at all times. An example of one such service is the generation of a report in the pharmaceutical field, indicating the materials used and sent in production orders.

The invention discloses a parallel computing method capable of expanding a precision Logistic chaotic sequence, comprising the following steps: (1) saving initial parameters x0 and mu integer quantization to an one-dimensional array, and arranging the precision required to be achieved or designating iterative times; (2) the first part of the parallel computational algorithm x=x*(1-x): utilizing amatrix to save and compute the intermediate result, modifying the length of a dynamic array and saving the computation result to the dynamic array; (3) the second part of the parallel computational algorithm x=mu*x: saving the computation result to the dynamic array; (4) and if the precision or the iterative times achieves the required value, acquiring the chaotic sequence in the dynamic array, thus the computation is finished, and otherwise, transferring to step (2). The method of the invention fully utilizes the properties of a chaotic system, provides the chaotic sequence of a more expansive mapping space, can be used in the fields of secret communication, information safety and so on, and is especially suitable for encryption, storage and network transmission of graph, image and multimedia and other information.

The invention provides an interactive image text labeling method, which comprises the following steps: a server end receives an image and/or text data sample labeled by a user, and trains a model at the server end based on the sample. The trained model pre-annotates data which is newly loaded to the server end. The pre-annotated data is sent to the client for correction; And the server receives the corrected data to iteratively update the training model. The invention invokes the depth learning algorithm, can carry out on-line or off-line training on the labeled data samples to update the labeling model, continuously optimizes the labeling process, greatly improves the labeling efficiency, and saves human resources and time cost for customers.

A reactor and method for production of nanostructures produces, for example, metal oxide nanowires or nanoparticles. The reactor includes a metal powder delivery system wherein the metal powder delivery system includes a funnel in communication with a dielectric tube; a plasma-forming gas inlet, whereby a plasma-forming gas is delivered substantially longitudinally into the dielectric tube; a sheath gas inlet, whereby a sheath gas is delivered into the dielectric tube; and a microwave energy generator coupled to the dielectric tube, whereby microwave energy is delivered into a plasma-forming gas. The method for producing nanostructures includes delivering a plasma-forming gas substantially longitudinally into a dielectric tube; delivering a sheath gas into the tube; forming a plasma from the plasma-forming gas by applying microwave energy to the plasma-forming gas; delivering a metal powder into the dielectric tube; and reacting the metal powder within the plasma to form metal oxide nanostructures.

In one embodiment, a method may include storing information from a first frame of an incoming broadcast signal in a memory coupled to a demodulator, decoding a first preamble symbol of the first frame to determine a transmission mode, accessing at least some of the stored information from the memory and decoding at least one second preamble symbol of the first frame from the accessed information to determine pilot pattern information, and receiving data symbols of the first frame and synchronizing the demodulator based on the received data samples and the pilot pattern information.

A kinetically controlled vapor reaction process for synthesizing silica areogel in a reaction container by injection of a precursor reagent vapor, a catalyst reagent vapor, super saturated steam as a component of the catalyst solution, and a hydrophobic reagent vapor amd continuously mixing vapor droplets of the precursor, catalyst and water reagents in a super saturated state to continuously nucleate in a hydrolysis/poly-condensation reaction and deposit as silica aerogel.