CONTAINER PATCHING AUTOMATION

The present disclosure relates to a method and an automation system for automatically patching a software container. In an embodiment, the present disclosure discloses the aspect of performing pre-validations from Operating System (OS) perspective, and pre-validating cluster/node from Kubernetes perspective and a drain node. Further, the present disclosure discloses patching the node and rebooting the node and performing post-validation from the OS perspective. Additionally, the present disclosure discloses the aspect of post-validating the cluster/node and re-establishing the cluster

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING CONTAINER CLUSTER

The present disclosure provides a method and container management system for building container cluster. The container management system based on user requirement may automate hardening of operating system and configure network and storage for adding new container. The container management system obtains and configures load balancer VIP without any manual intervention. Thereafter, the container management system performs end-to-end validation by deploying test application and validating the test application. Thus, the present disclosure reduces time consumption for building container clusters based on the user requirement

A METHOD FOR ADDING IMAGE CLUSTER NODE APIS

The present disclosure discloses a method for adding image cluster node APIs. The objective of the present disclosure is to initiate cluster add node to a Jenkins pipeline by calling the Jenkins APIs. The present disclosure focuses to automatically update the status of the job to the MongoDB. In some embodiments, the present disclosure focuses on adding one or more nodes to the image cluster by initiating Jenkins APIs. Further, the present disclosure includes configuring the cluster files and validating the input data related to new node and initiating capacity add playbook and updating status back to the image cluster

Migration and household adaptation in climate-sensitive hotspots in South Asia

This is the final version. Available from Springer Nature via the DOI in this record. Purpose of Review: South Asia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, owing to the high dependency on climate-sensitive livelihoods and recurrent extreme events. Consequently, an increasing number of households are adopting labour migration as a livelihood strategy to diversify incomes, spread risks, and meet aspirations. Under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) initiative, four research consortia have investigated migration patterns and their inherent linkages to adaptation to climate change in climate hotspots. This article synthesizes key findings in regional context of South Asia. Recent Findings: The synthesis suggests that in climate-sensitive hotspots, migration is an important livelihood diversification strategy and a response to various risks, including climate change. Typically, one or more household members, often young men, migrated internally or internationally to work in predominantly informal sectors. Remittances helped spatially diversify household income, spread risks, and insure against external stressors. The outcomes of migration are often influenced by who moves, where to, and what capacities they possess. Summary: Migration was found to help improve household adaptive capacity, albeit in a limited capacity. Migration was mainly used as a response to risk and uncertainty, but with potential to have positive adaptation co-benefits.International Development Research Centr

Accelerated surgery versus standard care in hip fracture (HIP ATTACK): an international, randomised, controlled trial

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Background: Observational studies have suggested that accelerated surgery is associated with improved outcomes in patients with a hip fracture. The HIP ATTACK trial assessed whether accelerated surgery could reduce mortality and major complications. Methods: HIP ATTACK was an international, randomised, controlled trial done at 69 hospitals in 17 countries. Patients with a hip fracture that required surgery and were aged 45 years or older were eligible. Research personnel randomly assigned patients (1:1) through a central computerised randomisation system using randomly varying block sizes to either accelerated surgery (goal of surgery within 6 h of diagnosis) or standard care. The coprimary outcomes were mortality and a composite of major complications (ie, mortality and non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, venous thromboembolism, sepsis, pneumonia, life-threatening bleeding, and major bleeding) at 90 days after randomisation. Patients, health-care providers, and study staff were aware of treatment assignment, but outcome adjudicators were masked to treatment allocation. Patients were analysed according to the intention-to-treat principle. This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02027896). Findings: Between March 14, 2014, and May 24, 2019, 27 701 patients were screened, of whom 7780 were eligible. 2970 of these were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive accelerated surgery (n=1487) or standard care (n=1483). The median time from hip fracture diagnosis to surgery was 6 h (IQR 4–9) in the accelerated-surgery group and 24 h (10–42) in the standard-care group (p\u3c0·0001). 140 (9%) patients assigned to accelerated surgery and 154 (10%) assigned to standard care died, with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0·91 (95% CI 0·72 to 1·14) and absolute risk reduction (ARR) of 1% (−1 to 3; p=0·40). Major complications occurred in 321 (22%) patients assigned to accelerated surgery and 331 (22%) assigned to standard care, with an HR of 0·97 (0·83 to 1·13) and an ARR of 1% (−2 to 4; p=0·71). Interpretation: Among patients with a hip fracture, accelerated surgery did not significantly lower the risk of mortality or a composite of major complications compared with standard care. Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

How instructors initially viewed teaching online in higher education in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

Learning and teaching in higher education institutions around the world have been heavily affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 since the fall of 2019. Teachers were suddenly told to convert their classes online and to be prepared to teach virtually. An online focus group (n = 9) was conducted during the initial period of lockdown in the UK at the end of March 2020 to find out about their teaching experiences of transition into online education. A number of challenges were identified in both synchronous and asynchronous teaching processes, including unfamiliarity with the learning management system, privacy concerns, student engagement, preparation time and technological issues. A set of best practices was developed for instructors teaching online during the COVID-19 pandemic

Formation of metastable solid solutions in the Pb-Ge system

The formation and decomposition behaviours of metastable solid solutions in liquid-quenched and vapour-quenched Pb-Ge alloys were studied using X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and resistance measurement techniques. It is shown that the Pb-rich fcc phase can retain upto about 13 at% Ge on liquid-quenching and upto about 5 at% Ge on vapour-quenching. Decomposition of the Pb-rich fcc phase occurs in the temperature range 220 to 300° C and it is a temperature dependent nucleation and growth phenomenon. Upto about 7.5 at% Pb can be retained in Ge-rich compositions in an amorphous Ge matrix on vapour-quenching but there is no detectable solubility of Pb in crystalline Ge retained by liquid-quenching. On heating, the amorphous Ge-Pb films crystallize to a Ge-rich solid solution which decomposes to equilibrium constituents at higher temperatures. Stability of amorphous Ge-Pb films decreases on increasing metal concentration