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A method for inhibiting the formation of naphthenic acid solids and/or naphthenic acid emulsions in crude oil in and/or downstream from an oil well, said crude oil including at least some brine that is co-produced from the reservoir, said method comprising introducing an additive effective for inhibiting the formation of naphthenic acid solids and/or naphthenic acid emulsions into a crude oil production process prior to deprotonation of the naphthenic acid, wherein the additive is introduced prior to the pH of the aqueous components in the crude oil increasing above the deprotonation pH for the naphthenic acids present in the crude oil, and wherein the additive is a cationic surfactant selected from the group consisting of: octadecylmethyl[polyoxyethylene] ammonium chloride, octadecylmethyl[polyoxyethylene] ammonium chloride, cocodecylmethyl [polyoxyethylene] ammonium chloride, cocodecylmethyl[polyoxyethylene] ammonium chloride, cocoalkylmethyl-bis(2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium chloride, cocoalkylmethyl [polyoxyethylene] ammonium chloride, cocoalkylmethyl [polyoxyethylene] ammonium chloride, oleylmethylbis(2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium chloride, tris(2-hydroxyethyl)tallowalkyl ammonium acetate, ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compound and mixtures thereof.
A method performed by a user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving, from an evolved Node B, eNB, a Radio Resource Control, RRC, message including a parameter related to a Scheduling Request, SR, periodicity for a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, secondary cell and a parameter related to a SR prohibit timer; and setting the SR prohibit timer based on (i) shortest SR periodicity of a primary cell and the PUCCH secondary cell, and (ii) the parameter related to the SR prohibit timer. receiving, from an evolved Node B, eNB, a Radio Resource Control, RRC, message including a parameter related to a Scheduling Request, SR, periodicity for a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, secondary cell and a parameter related to a SR prohibit timer; and setting the SR prohibit timer based on (i) shortest SR periodicity of a primary cell and the PUCCH secondary cell, and (ii) the parameter related to the SR prohibit timer.
A household appliance comprising - at least one body, - a panel situated on the body, - at least one speaker, - at least one push-pull type button provided on the panel, characterized by - a sound transmission line that provides the sound coming from the speaker to extend towards the button without dispersing in the environment by following the sound transmission line and to be transmitted to the outer environment by passing through the button, and - the button which allows the sound to be delivered to the outer environment by opening the sound transmission line when opened and which prevents the sound from being delivered to the outer environment by closing the sound transmission line when closed. - at least one body, - a panel situated on the body, - at least one speaker, - at least one push-pull type button provided on the panel, - a sound transmission line that provides the sound coming from the speaker to extend towards the button without dispersing in the environment by following the sound transmission line and to be transmitted to the outer environment by passing through the button, and - the button which allows the sound to be delivered to the outer environment by opening the sound transmission line when opened and which prevents the sound from being delivered to the outer environment by closing the sound transmission line when closed.
An energy storage system comprising: a plurality of battery strings, each battery string including a plurality of batteries coupled electrically together; a plurality of temperature sensors; an enclosure housing the plurality of battery strings and the temperature sensors; a plurality of fans positioned in different locations within the enclosure; and a temperature control system characterized in that said temperature control system comprises: heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components configured to control temperature and/or volumetric flow rate of air provided to the enclosure, and a controller configured to: determine commands for the HVAC components based at least in part on operating margins of the fans; determine fan speed operating commands based at least in part on sensed temperatures at the different locations, and operate the respective fans in response to the fan speed operating commands provided to the respective fans. a plurality of battery strings, each battery string including a plurality of batteries coupled electrically together; a plurality of temperature sensors; an enclosure housing the plurality of battery strings and the temperature sensors; a plurality of fans positioned in different locations within the enclosure; and a temperature control system characterized in that said temperature control system comprises: heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components configured to control temperature and/or volumetric flow rate of air provided to the enclosure, and a controller configured to: determine commands for the HVAC components based at least in part on operating margins of the fans; determine fan speed operating commands based at least in part on sensed temperatures at the different locations, and operate the respective fans in response to the fan speed operating commands provided to the respective fans. heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components configured to control temperature and/or volumetric flow rate of air provided to the enclosure, and a controller configured to: determine commands for the HVAC components based at least in part on operating margins of the fans; determine fan speed operating commands based at least in part on sensed temperatures at the different locations, and operate the respective fans in response to the fan speed operating commands provided to the respective fans. determine commands for the HVAC components based at least in part on operating margins of the fans; determine fan speed operating commands based at least in part on sensed temperatures at the different locations, and operate the respective fans in response to the fan speed operating commands provided to the respective fans.
A method of operation of a radio access node in a cellular communications network to provide outer loop link adaptation, LA comprising: receiving, from a wireless device, a bundled feedback acknowledging reception of data by a plurality of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, processes at the wireless device; and in response to receiving the bundled feedback, updating an outer loop LA parameter based on a number of HARQ processes in the plurality of HARQ processes and a metric indicative of channel correlation for a channel from the radio access node to the wireless device, wherein updating the outer loop LA parameter comprises: - determining an adjusted target block error rate, BLER, based on a predefined target BLER, the number of HARQ processes in the plurality of HARQ processes, and the metric indicative of channel correlation, wherein determining the adjusted target BLER comprises determining the adjusted target BLER based on a decreasing function of the predefined target BLER with respect to the number of HARQ processes in the plurality of HARQ processes for which the bundled feedback is received, wherein the decreasing function is inversely related to the number of HARQ processes; and - updating the outer loop LA parameter based on the adjusted target BLER. receiving, from a wireless device, a bundled feedback acknowledging reception of data by a plurality of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, processes at the wireless device; and in response to receiving the bundled feedback, updating an outer loop LA parameter based on a number of HARQ processes in the plurality of HARQ processes and a metric indicative of channel correlation for a channel from the radio access node to the wireless device, wherein updating the outer loop LA parameter comprises: - determining an adjusted target block error rate, BLER, based on a predefined target BLER, the number of HARQ processes in the plurality of HARQ processes, and the metric indicative of channel correlation, wherein determining the adjusted target BLER comprises determining the adjusted target BLER based on a decreasing function of the predefined target BLER with respect to the number of HARQ processes in the plurality of HARQ processes for which the bundled feedback is received, wherein the decreasing function is inversely related to the number of HARQ processes; and - updating the outer loop LA parameter based on the adjusted target BLER. - determining an adjusted target block error rate, BLER, based on a predefined target BLER, the number of HARQ processes in the plurality of HARQ processes, and the metric indicative of channel correlation, wherein determining the adjusted target BLER comprises determining the adjusted target BLER based on a decreasing function of the predefined target BLER with respect to the number of HARQ processes in the plurality of HARQ processes for which the bundled feedback is received, wherein the decreasing function is inversely related to the number of HARQ processes; and - updating the outer loop LA parameter based on the adjusted target BLER.
An underreamer, comprising: a body; a first cutter block movably coupled to the body and having a recess therein, the first cutter block being movable between a retracted state and an expanded state, wherein in the retracted state an outer diameter of the first cutter block is less than or equal to an outer diameter of the body, and in the expanded state the outer diameter of the first cutter block is greater than the outer diameter of the body; and a second cutter block positioned within the recess of the first cutter block and movably coupled to the body, the first cutter block, or both, the second cutter block being movable between a retracted state and an expanded state, wherein in the retracted state an outer diameter of the second cutter block is less than or equal to the outer diameter of the body, and in the expanded state the outer diameter of the second cutter block is greater than the outer diameter of the first cutter block in its expanded state. a body; a first cutter block movably coupled to the body and having a recess therein, the first cutter block being movable between a retracted state and an expanded state, wherein in the retracted state an outer diameter of the first cutter block is less than or equal to an outer diameter of the body, and in the expanded state the outer diameter of the first cutter block is greater than the outer diameter of the body; and a second cutter block positioned within the recess of the first cutter block and movably coupled to the body, the first cutter block, or both, the second cutter block being movable between a retracted state and an expanded state, wherein in the retracted state an outer diameter of the second cutter block is less than or equal to the outer diameter of the body, and in the expanded state the outer diameter of the second cutter block is greater than the outer diameter of the first cutter block in its expanded state.
A method operational on an access terminal, the method comprising: receiving a validation key from an authorized vendor; storing the validation key in a storage medium; determining that a user identity from a user identity module in the access terminal is not recorded for use with the access terminal; generating a report message including the user identity and an access terminal identity, the report message adapted to report a usage relationship between the user identity and the access terminal identity; signing the report message with a signature that is generated based on the validation key, wherein the signature is adapted to authenticate that the access terminal is authorized to use the access terminal identity included in the report message; and sending a transmission including the signed report message to a validation server. receiving a validation key from an authorized vendor; storing the validation key in a storage medium; determining that a user identity from a user identity module in the access terminal is not recorded for use with the access terminal; generating a report message including the user identity and an access terminal identity, the report message adapted to report a usage relationship between the user identity and the access terminal identity; signing the report message with a signature that is generated based on the validation key, wherein the signature is adapted to authenticate that the access terminal is authorized to use the access terminal identity included in the report message; and sending a transmission including the signed report message to a validation server.
Vehicle seat arrangement having a seat frame, in particular vehicle seat bench, wherein the vehicle seat arrangement forms a vehicle seat in a first use position and a vehicle seat bench in a second use position, wherein the seat frame comprises a supporting arrangement, a backrest structure, a joint and a holding mechanism, wherein the supporting arrangement comprises a vertical support (6, 7) and attachment means, wherein the vertical support (6, 7) can be fixed upright in a floor region of a vehicle by means of the attachment means, wherein the backrest structure is connected rotatably to the supporting arrangement via the joint, wherein the holding mechanism is designed to fix the backrest structure in a first use state to the supporting arrangement, wherein a vehicle seat can be formed with the seat frame in the first use state, wherein the backrest structure forms part of a backrest of the vehicle seat in the first use state, wherein the backrest structure is rotatable counter to the seat direction of the vehicle seat about an axis of rotation of the joint from the first use state into a second use state, wherein a seat surface of the vehicle seat arrangement can be formed with the backrest structure in the second use state, wherein the vehicle seat arrangement has a first cushion element, wherein the first cushion element in the first use position forms a backrest cushion of the vehicle seat of the vehicle seat arrangement, wherein the first cushion element in the second use position forms a seat cushion of the vehicle seat bench of the vehicle seat arrangement, wherein the backrest structure of the seat frame has a bearing surface for bearing the first cushion element, and the first cushion element in the first and in the second use position lies against the bearing surface of the backrest structure, wherein the backrest structure has a mounting member (27, 28) for the arrangement of a head restraint of the vehicle seat arrangement, wherein the seat frame comprises an adapter element, wherein the adapter element is arranged on the backrest structure, wherein the adapter element comprises a mounting element for the mounting of the head restraint such that, in the state of the adapter element in which it is arranged on the backrest structure, the head restraint can be attached to the adapter element, wherein the mounting member (27, 28) and the mounting element are spatially spaced apart in the state of the adapter element in which it is arranged on the backrest structure, wherein the vehicle seat arrangement has a third cushion element, wherein the third cushion element in the first use position can be arranged on the mounting member of the seat frame in order to form a head restraint of the vehicle seat, wherein the third cushion element in the second use position can be arranged on the mounting element of the seat frame in order to form an armrest of the vehicle seat bench, characterized in that the third cushion element in the second use position can be attached so as to lie directly on the bearing surface.
Edgebanding unit comprising an edgebanding machine and at least one device for providing edgebands, comprising a storage unit with individual store places, which are configured for the at least indirect loading with edgebands which in particular each form an edge reel at least in sections, characterised in that the at least one device is arranged in the region of the edgebanding machine in such manner that at least one edgeband, which can be arranged in the device, can be supplied at least in sections directly from the storage unit of the device to the edgebanding machine and that at least one of the store places is configured for receiving at least one cassette containing the edgeband at least in part, and the storage unit is arranged in or on a base frame linearly displaceable parallel to a vertical, and that the store places of the device which can each be loaded at least indirectly with an edgeband can be arranged through linear displacement of the storage unit relative to the base frame in a plane of an edge feed of the edgebanding machine, and that the device further has a cutting arrangement by which a section of an edgeband, in particular unwound from an edge reel, can be separated.
An optical coherence tomography anterior eye part imaging apparatus, in which a tomographic image of an anterior eye part (Ec) of subject's eye is obtained by an optical coherence tomography, the apparatus comprising: a tomographic image obtaining unit that is provided on an apparatus body mounted on a holder and is configured to obtain a tomographic image of the subject's anterior eye part (Ec) in a depth direction by the optical coherence tomography, the tomographic image being taken along a scan line; an imaging unit that is provided on the apparatus body to obtain a frontal image of the subject's eye; a display unit that is configured to display the frontal image of the subject's eye obtained by the imaging unit; a corneal apex location detecting unit that is configured to detect a location of a corneal apex of the subject's eye; and an alignment unit that is configured to move the apparatus body relative to the holder so that the location of the corneal apex corresponds with a predetermined image obtaining location; characterised by a designating unit that is configured to designate an area or a location whose tomographic image is to be obtained on the subject's frontal image displayed on the display unit; a scan line setting unit that is configured to set the scan line in the tomographic image obtaining unit on a straight line passing the corneal apex, according to the area or location designated by the designating unit; a correcting unit that is configured to correct corneal refraction of each one of the tomographic images taken along the scan line and obtained by the tomographic image obtaining unit; and the apparatus being configured to obtain a three-dimensional frontal image from the corrected tomographic image data. a tomographic image obtaining unit that is provided on an apparatus body mounted on a holder and is configured to obtain a tomographic image of the subject's anterior eye part (Ec) in a depth direction by the optical coherence tomography, the tomographic image being taken along a scan line; an imaging unit that is provided on the apparatus body to obtain a frontal image of the subject's eye; a display unit that is configured to display the frontal image of the subject's eye obtained by the imaging unit; a corneal apex location detecting unit that is configured to detect a location of a corneal apex of the subject's eye; and an alignment unit that is configured to move the apparatus body relative to the holder so that the location of the corneal apex corresponds with a predetermined image obtaining location;
An image processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to receive at least two images of at least one cell, wherein the at least two images are captured at different times; determine a motion amount of at least one intracellular structure identified within each cell by comparing the at least two images; generate an indication of cell metabolism information associated with each cell by relating at least one parameter of the motion amount to a degree of cell metabolism for each cell based on reference information; characterized in that the at least one parameter of the motion amount includes a relative motion area identifying a proportion of a motion area to an area of each cell; and the indication provides information identifying a degree of stabilization of microtubules based on the value of the relative motion area. circuitry configured to receive at least two images of at least one cell, wherein the at least two images are captured at different times; determine a motion amount of at least one intracellular structure identified within each cell by comparing the at least two images; generate an indication of cell metabolism information associated with each cell by relating at least one parameter of the motion amount to a degree of cell metabolism for each cell based on reference information; characterized in that the at least one parameter of the motion amount includes a relative motion area identifying a proportion of a motion area to an area of each cell; and the indication provides information identifying a degree of stabilization of microtubules based on the value of the relative motion area.
A sound absorbing panel to be mounted on a surface inside a building, said surface forming part of a thermally activated building system (TABS), said panel comprising: a substantially rigid frame, a front cover placed on said frame and being configured to face away from said surface onto which the panel is to be mounted, one or more sound absorbing elements placed within said frame in such a way that a first air gap is formed between the one or more sound absorbing elements and the surface when the panel is mounted on said surface, and a second air gap is formed between the one or more sound absorbing elements and the front cover, wherein the panel further comprises a first air passage between the first and second air gap (12, 14) and means for providing an airstream through said first air passage, and wherein the means for providing the airstream through said first air passage is a fan placed in, or adjacent to, the first air passage. a substantially rigid frame, a front cover placed on said frame and being configured to face away from said surface onto which the panel is to be mounted, one or more sound absorbing elements placed within said frame in such a way that a first air gap is formed between the one or more sound absorbing elements and the surface when the panel is mounted on said surface, and a second air gap is formed between the one or more sound absorbing elements and the front cover, wherein the panel further comprises a first air passage between the first and second air gap (12, 14) and means for providing an airstream through said first air passage, and wherein the means for providing the airstream through said first air passage is a fan placed in, or adjacent to, the first air passage.