mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising introducing a proppant stage into the subterranean formation, wherein the proppant stage comprises a fine textured foam containing: (i) a viscosified aqueous fluid having ultra lightweight proppant suspended in the viscosified aqueous fluid; and (ii) a gaseous fluid, wherein the gaseous fluid constitutes at least 85 volume percent of the combination of gaseous fluid and aqueous fluid in the fine textured foam wherein the diameter of at least 70% gas volume of the bubbles of the fine textured foam is less than or equal to 0.18 mm and further wherein the proppant stage is introduced into the subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enlarge a fracture; wherein the ultra lightweight proppant has an apparent specific gravity less than or equal to 2.45; and wherein the viscosified aqueous fluid contains a viscosifying agent which comprises a viscoelastic surfactant containing an anionic surfactant which is sodium xylene sulfonate and a cationic surfactant which is N,N,N-trimethyl-1-octadecammonium chloride; wherein the volume ratio of anionic surfactant to cationic surfactant is from 1:4 to 4:1; wherein the concentration of proppant in the proppant stage is from 0.05 to 0.5 ppg (6.0 to 60 kg/m 3). (i) a viscosified aqueous fluid having ultra lightweight proppant suspended in the viscosified aqueous fluid; and (ii) a gaseous fluid, wherein the gaseous fluid constitutes at least 85 volume percent of the combination of gaseous fluid and aqueous fluid in the fine textured foam
A system that facilitates quality control in a manufacturing line comprising: a vision sensor that captures a digital image of a manufactured item; an indicator component that annotates on the digital image a troubled manufacturing spot(s), to create an annotated image; and a logic unit that compares the digital image to a signature image, and determines a quality of the manufactured item, wherein the signature image defines acceptable and unacceptable levels of image parameters among pixels of the digital image, wherein the image parameters comprise contrast, and wherein an area test for contrast among pixels is employed for rejecting the manufactured item based on the absolute value of the summation of all grey values smaller than 128, subtracted from the summation of all grey values larger than 128. a vision sensor that captures a digital image of a manufactured item; an indicator component that annotates on the digital image a troubled manufacturing spot(s), to create an annotated image; and a logic unit that compares the digital image to a signature image, and determines a quality of the manufactured item, wherein the signature image defines acceptable and unacceptable levels of image parameters among pixels of the digital image, wherein the image parameters comprise contrast, and wherein an area test for contrast among pixels is employed for rejecting the manufactured item based on the absolute value of the summation of all grey values smaller than 128, subtracted from the summation of all grey values larger than 128.
A foam core for a composite laminated article, the foam core having opposite major surfaces, each surface having a network of moulded grooves therein which forms a diamond grid pattern on each of the opposite major surfaces, wherein the network of grooves comprises a first set of mutually parallel first grooves and a second set of mutually parallel second grooves, the first and second grooves being mutually inclined at an acute angle and intersecting to form an array of a plurality of diamond shapes therebetween, and a third set of mutually parallel third grooves extending in a longitudinal direction, each third groove intersecting with a plurality of adjacent intersections of the first and second grooves and, at each intersection, bisecting the acute angle between the first and second grooves, and the foam core further comprising an array of through-holes extending through the thickness of the foam core between the opposite major surfaces, wherein at least some, optionally all, of the moulded grooves are impressed grooves formed by inward pressing of the respective surface of the foam core.
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a decoder, encoded video data in a bitstream as well as control information in the bitstream for controlling post-processing filtering; decoding the encoded video data; and performing post-processing filtering according to the control information, characterized in that the control information represents a filter type selection for the post-processing filtering and represents a maximum allowed level of post-processing filtering by the decoder, the control information being specified on a frame-by-frame basis, and performing the post-processing filtering according to the control information includes, if the decoder does not have enough processor cycles available to apply the maximum allowed level of post-processing filtering, applying a lower level of post-processing filtering or skipping post-processing filtering. receiving, at a decoder, encoded video data in a bitstream as well as control information in the bitstream for controlling post-processing filtering; decoding the encoded video data; and performing post-processing filtering according to the control information,
An aluminum chelate latent curing agent that is micro-encapsulated in a core-shell form, wherein an aluminum chelate curing agent and a cationic polymerizable compound are included in a capsule formed from an interfacial polymerization product of a polyfunctional isocyanate (except a case where a radical polymerizable compound is included), wherein the cationic polymerizable compound is added in an amount of 10 to 300 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the aluminum chelate curing agent, and wherein the aluminum chelate curing agent and the cationic polymerizable compound in a total amount of 100 to 2,000 parts by mass are included by 100 parts by mass of the wall of the capsule formed from the interfacial polymerization product of the polyfunctional isocyanate.
A system for securing artificial teeth to a dental prosthetic base with a gradient polymer, the system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with a 3D printing device and the one or more processors, the memory storing a set of instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors; cause the one or more processors to: generate a print file representative of a polymeric dental prosthesis to fit within a mouth of a user, the print file including (i) a first material for a dental prosthetic base, (ii) a second material that does not chemically bond with the first material for an artificial tooth, and (iii) a gradient transition zone bonding the first material to the second material that is a gradient polymer of the first material and the second material, and print, via the 3D printing device, the polymeric dental prosthesis based on the print file, wherein the polymeric dental prosthesis includes the first material, the second material, and the gradient transition zone. one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with a 3D printing device and the one or more processors, the memory storing a set of instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors; cause the one or more processors to: generate a print file representative of a polymeric dental prosthesis to fit within a mouth of a user, the print file including (i) a first material for a dental prosthetic base, (ii) a second material that does not chemically bond with the first material for an artificial tooth, and (iii) a gradient transition zone bonding the first material to the second material that is a gradient polymer of the first material and the second material, and print, via the 3D printing device, the polymeric dental prosthesis based on the print file, wherein the polymeric dental prosthesis includes the first material, the second material, and the gradient transition zone. generate a print file representative of a polymeric dental prosthesis to fit within a mouth of a user, the print file including (i) a first material for a dental prosthetic base, (ii) a second material that does not chemically bond with the first material for an artificial tooth, and (iii) a gradient transition zone bonding the first material to the second material that is a gradient polymer of the first material and the second material, and print, via the 3D printing device, the polymeric dental prosthesis based on the print file, wherein the polymeric dental prosthesis includes the first material, the second material, and the gradient transition zone.
Dental care product comprising 0.4-40 wt% mineral particles, the particles having a size of 0.01-50 μm, and 0.001-5 wt% of a protein capable of forming a protein matrix which is a hydrogel, wherein the dental care product comprises a fluorophore, wherein the protein is a self-assembling peptide having at least 60% sequence identity to a peptide consisting of any of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 or 19.
A composition for topical administration to an external body surface comprising: a polyhydroxy acid and a zinc salt of its conjugate base, wherein the polyhydroxy acid is selected from lactobionic acid, gluconolactone, or a combination of lactobionic acid and gluconolactone, a partition coefficient enhancer selected from propylene glycol, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, hexylene glycol, 1,5 pentane diol, and a combination thereof wherein the partition coefficient enhancer is at 15 - 30% w/w of the composition, a diffusion coefficient enhancer which is selected from a C12 to C14 straight chain fatty acid or a C14 straight chain primary alcohol wherein the diffusion coefficient enhancer is at 1.0 - 2.0% w/w of the composition, and wherein the composition has a pH in the range of 2.7 to 5.0. a polyhydroxy acid and a zinc salt of its conjugate base, wherein the polyhydroxy acid is selected from lactobionic acid, gluconolactone, or a combination of lactobionic acid and gluconolactone, a partition coefficient enhancer selected from propylene glycol, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, hexylene glycol, 1,5 pentane diol, and a combination thereof wherein the partition coefficient enhancer is at 15 - 30% w/w of the composition, a diffusion coefficient enhancer which is selected from a C12 to C14 straight chain fatty acid or a C14 straight chain primary alcohol wherein the diffusion coefficient enhancer is at 1.0 - 2.0% w/w of the composition, and wherein the composition has a pH in the range of 2.7 to 5.0.
A top drive system comprising: a motor unit including a control swivel; an accessory tool releasably connected to the motor unit and selected from a group consisting of a casing unit, a cementing unit (1s;101), and a drilling unit, wherein the accessary tool includes one or more hydraulic passages (39;49), and the one or more hydraulic passages are connected to the control swivel when the accessory tool is connected to the motor unit; and a genset mounted to the accessory tool and comprising: a fluid driven motor having an inlet and an outlet for connection to the control swivel via the one or more hydraulic passages in the accessory tool; an electric generator connected to the fluid driven motor; a manifold having an inlet for connection to the control swivel and an outlet connected to an accessory tool actuator (41;88h); and a control unit in communication with the electric generator and the manifold and comprising a wireless data link; wherein the electric generator is configured to power the control unit, and the control unit is configured to operate the manifold in response to instruction signals received by the wireless data link. a motor unit including a control swivel; an accessory tool releasably connected to the motor unit and selected from a group consisting of a casing unit, a cementing unit (1s;101), and a drilling unit, wherein the accessary tool includes one or more hydraulic passages (39;49), and the one or more hydraulic passages are connected to the control swivel when the accessory tool is connected to the motor unit; and a genset mounted to the accessory tool and comprising: a fluid driven motor having an inlet and an outlet for connection to the control swivel via the one or more hydraulic passages in the accessory tool; an electric generator connected to the fluid driven motor; a manifold having an inlet for connection to the control swivel and an outlet connected to an accessory tool actuator (41;88h); and a control unit in communication with the electric generator and the manifold and comprising a wireless data link; wherein the electric generator is configured to power the control unit, and the control unit is configured to operate the manifold in response to instruction signals received by the wireless data link. a fluid driven motor having an inlet and an outlet for connection to the control swivel via the one or more hydraulic passages in the accessory tool; an electric generator connected to the fluid driven motor; a manifold having an inlet for connection to the control swivel and an outlet connected to an accessory tool actuator (41;88h); and a control unit in communication with the electric generator and the manifold and comprising a wireless data link; wherein the electric generator is configured to power the control unit, and the control unit is configured to operate the manifold in response to instruction signals received by the wireless data link.
Tray for containing a number of eggs in an incubation chamber, the tray comprising a number of egg accommodation spaces in which space an egg is able to be hatched, characterized in that a first egg accommodation space comprises, seen from the first egg accommodation space, an inwardly protruding member for supporting an egg in the first egg accommodation space and an outwardly protruding member for supporting an egg in an adjacent egg accommodation space, wherein the first egg accommodation space comprises a passage through which a newly hatched chicken may pass through the tray and enter a chicken accommodation space located below the tray, wherein the passage is at least delimited by the inwardly protruding member and the outwardly protruding member.
A vehicle lift for loads, in particular wheelchairs, which can be moved at least into a first retracted position and a second extended position, comprising at least one support pillar (10, 10'), a platform pivoted movably to the at least one support pillar (10, 10'), and at least one lifting device (6, 6') hingedly connected to the support pillar (10, 10') for lifting and lowering the support pillar (10, 10') together with the platform, characterised in that the at least one support pillar (10, 10') is in one piece and is of a curved configuration at least portion-wise along its longitudinal axis and comprises aluminium.
Combined power plant for connection to a transmission grid, comprising an upper water tank, a lower water tank, a waterway which is arranged in a connecting manner between the upper water tank and the lower water tank, a hydraulic machine arranged in the waterway, an electrical machine connected to the hydraulic machine, a photovoltaic module and an externally commutated converter connected to the photovoltaic module, characterized in that the combined power plant comprises a first and a second transformer, and the hydraulic machine is in the form of a reversible pump turbine, and the electrical machine is in the form of a synchronous machine which is connected to the transmission grid via the first transformer and a circuit breaker, and in that the power plant comprises a start-up converter for starting up the synchronous machine and a busbar, to which the externally commutated converter is connected via a switch, and wherein the busbar is connected to the transmission grid via the second transformer, and in that the power plant comprises a power controller which is designed in such a manner that it can control all switches of the power plant, the start-up converter, the synchronous machine and the reversible pump turbine.
A light pattern exposure method comprising irradiating a pattern of light to a resist film through a photomask using ArF excimer laser light as the light source, wherein the photomask used is such a halftone phase shift mask that it has been irradiated with ArF excimer laser light in a cumulative dose of at least 10 kJ/cm 2, said halftone phase shift mask comprising a transparent substrate and a pattern of halftone phase shift film of a material comprising a transition metal, silicon, nitrogen and oxygen, and said material having an atomic ratio of transition metal to silicon (Met/Si) of 0.18 to 0.21, a silicon content of 30 atom% to 45 atom%, a nitrogen content of 25 atom% to 50 atom%, and an oxygen content of 5 atom% to 20 atom%, except for an outermost surface region extending from the film surface remote from the substrate to a depth of 10 nm.
Hand-held tool battery pack (40a,b,d,g-j) having a housing unit (42a,b,g-j) in which a cell unit (44a,b,d,g,i,j) and, on a side opposite the cell unit (44a,b,d,g,i,j), an inductive charging coil device (10a,b,d-k), in particular hand-held tool inductive charging coil device, is arranged, wherein the inductive charging coil device (10a,b,d-k), emanating from the cell unit (44a,b,d,g,i,j), has a circuit board having charging electronics, characterized in that has at least one core unit (14a-k) next to the circuit board and at least one coil unit (12a-k) next to the core unit (14a-k), wherein the core unit (14a-k) is formed at least partly by microscopic core elements (24a-b, 16b, 16c, 16e-h, 16j-k) embedded in a binder (22a,b,e-h,k).
An emergency cooling system suitable for a fuel container of a nuclear power plant, characterized by: a loop thermosyphon, in which an evaporating portion at which heat exchange with a cooling object takes place is connected with a condensing portion at which a heat radiation takes place through a vapor pipe and a return pipe in a manner to form a cyclic conduit; a condensable working fluid circulating within the loop thermosyphon to be evaporated by a heat of the cooling object at the evaporating portion, and to be condensed at the condensing portion to radiate the heat conducted from the cooling object; a switching valve that is disposed on the return pipe to selectively allow the working fluid in a liquid phase to be returned from the condensing portion to the evaporating portion; wherein a heat transfer pipe, which is arranged in the evaporating portion and to which the heat of the cooling object is conducted; a heat transfer protrusion that is formed on an inner wall of the heat transfer pipe to penetrate through a dew of the working fluid; and a preheating portion having a predetermined length and suitable for raising a temperature of the working fluid flowing toward the evaporating portion almost to the saturation temperature, which is formed within a portion of the return pipe connected to the heat transfer pipe, and to which the heat of the cooling object is conducted. a loop thermosyphon, in which an evaporating portion at which heat exchange with a cooling object takes place is connected with a condensing portion at which a heat radiation takes place through a vapor pipe and a return pipe in a manner to form a cyclic conduit; a condensable working fluid circulating within the loop thermosyphon to be evaporated by a heat of the cooling object at the evaporating portion, and to be condensed at the condensing portion to radiate the heat conducted from the cooling object; a switching valve that is disposed on the return pipe to selectively allow the working fluid in a liquid phase to be returned from the condensing portion to the evaporating portion; wherein a heat transfer pipe, which is arranged in the evaporating portion and to which the heat of the cooling object is conducted; a heat transfer protrusion that is formed on an inner wall of the heat transfer pipe to penetrate through a dew of the working fluid; and a preheating portion having a predetermined length and suitable for raising a temperature of the working fluid flowing toward the evaporating portion almost to the saturation temperature, which is formed within a portion of the return pipe connected to the heat transfer pipe, and to which the heat of the cooling object is conducted.
A communication program that causes a computer, of a communication device belonging to a first cluster among clusters that include a plurality of communication devices, to execute a process comprising: storing a summary of metadata including attribute of data held by a server connected to a communication device belonging to another cluster that is different from the first cluster; forwarding the summary to another communication device belonging to the first cluster, the summary including, as the attribute, a word extracted from a description of the data, the description being included in the metadata; and upon receiving a request to retrieve metadata based on the summary, retrieving (S9, S10) the metadata from the communication device belonging to the another cluster and forwarding the retrieved metadata to a terminal that made the request to retrieve the metadata. storing a summary of metadata including attribute of data held by a server connected to a communication device belonging to another cluster that is different from the first cluster; forwarding the summary to another communication device belonging to the first cluster, the summary including, as the attribute, a word extracted from a description of the data, the description being included in the metadata; and upon receiving a request to retrieve metadata based on the summary, retrieving (S9, S10) the metadata from the communication device belonging to the another cluster and forwarding the retrieved metadata to a terminal that made the request to retrieve the metadata.
A touch sensor panel (100, 200) adapted to compensate for received electromagnetic noise, characterized by a plurality of drive elements (D, 202, 802; 902; 1002); a plurality of sense elements (S, 204, 804; 904; 1004) in proximity to one or more of the plurality of drive elements (D, 202, 802; 902; 1002) and adapted to capacitively couple to one or more of the drive elements (D, 202, 802; 902; 1002) and detect touch events; and a plurality of reference elements (206, 406, 606, 1014) in proximity to at least one of the sense elements (S, 204, 804; 904; 1004), the plurality of reference elements (206, 406, 606, 1014) adapted for capacitively coupling electromagnetic noise and providing reference output signals (R x), and a number of the plurality of reference elements (206, 406, 606, 1014) being less than a number of the plurality of sense elements (S, 204, 804; 904; 1004); and a set of correction modules (306; 506 -506(n);1134), each correction module (306; 506 -506(n);1134) adapted to correct for noise in the detected touch events based at least in part upon an average value of the reference output signals (R x).