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A floating body structure that is configured to support an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, comprising: a floating body section configured to be connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported so that a central axis of the object to be supported and a central axis of the floating body section are orthogonal to each other, wherein the floating body section has: an outer pipe made of steel; an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe ; a first fluid solidified material filled in at least a portion of a gap between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe ; a second fluid solidified material filled in a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe ; and a lid body which is made of steel and hermetically seals the floating body section , the first fluid solidified material and the second fluid solidified material are concrete or mortar, the inner pipe and the outer pipe are configured such that the base end portion of the object to be supported can penetrate toward the inside of the inner pipe from the outside in a radial direction of the inner pipe and the outer pipe , and the inner pipe and the second fluid solidified material are configured such that the base end portion is fixed to the floating body section by the second fluid solidified material filled in the hollow portion of the inner pipe at a position configured for the base end portion to penetrate. a floating body section configured to be connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported so that a central axis of the object to be supported and a central axis of the floating body section are orthogonal to each other, wherein the floating body section has: an outer pipe made of steel; an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe ; a first fluid solidified material filled in at least a portion of a gap between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe ; a second fluid solidified material filled in a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe ; and a lid body which is made of steel and hermetically seals the floating body section , the first fluid solidified material and the second fluid solidified material are concrete or mortar, the inner pipe and the outer pipe are configured such that the base end portion of the object to be supported can penetrate toward the inside of the inner pipe from the outside in a radial direction of the inner pipe and the outer pipe , and the inner pipe and the second fluid solidified material are configured such that the base end portion is fixed to the floating body section by the second fluid solidified material filled in the hollow portion of the inner pipe at a position configured for the base end portion to penetrate.
A computer-implemented method for instance storage using segment-based storage on a storage device, comprising: storing , in a live write stream cache , one or more logical blocks corresponding to a data segment, the live write stream cache including scattered logical blocks from the multiple applications; writing , for each logical block in the data segment, a cache element of a cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216) that points to the logical block in the live write stream cache , wherein the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216) includes multiple cache elements corresponding to the multiple logical blocks of the data segment; writing , for the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216), a table entry (202; 204; 206; 208) in a mapping table that points to the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216); and wherein, when a storage policy is triggered for the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216) in response to all of the multiple logical blocks of the data segment being received in the live write stream cache : writing the multiple logical blocks, pointed to by each cache element of the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216), to a stream for storing as contiguous logical blocks on the storage device ; and updating the table entry (202; 204; 206; 208) to point to a physical address of a first logical block of the contiguous logical blocks on the storage device. storing , in a live write stream cache , one or more logical blocks corresponding to a data segment, the live write stream cache including scattered logical blocks from the multiple applications; writing , for each logical block in the data segment, a cache element of a cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216) that points to the logical block in the live write stream cache , wherein the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216) includes multiple cache elements corresponding to the multiple logical blocks of the data segment; writing , for the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216), a table entry (202; 204; 206; 208) in a mapping table that points to the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216); and wherein, when a storage policy is triggered for the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216) in response to all of the multiple logical blocks of the data segment being received in the live write stream cache : writing the multiple logical blocks, pointed to by each cache element of the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216), to a stream for storing as contiguous logical blocks on the storage device ; and updating the table entry (202; 204; 206; 208) to point to a physical address of a first logical block of the contiguous logical blocks on the storage device. writing the multiple logical blocks, pointed to by each cache element of the cache entry (210; 212; 214; 216), to a stream for storing as contiguous logical blocks on the storage device ; and updating the table entry (202; 204; 206; 208) to point to a physical address of a first logical block of the contiguous logical blocks on the storage device.
A method for determining a channel state performed at a user device, UE , of a radio access network, comprising: • performing a reference signal received power measurement, RSRP, on cell specific reference symbols, CRS, or on Channel State Information Reference Signals, CSI-RS, in a current subframe, and comparing the RSRP to an average value of a set of measurements of previously received subframes, • determining (S11, S21) a plurality of subframes to be used for channel state measurements by excluding those subframes where the comparing yields a power difference exceeding a certain threshold, and • generating channel state information by determining an average of a plurality of RSRPs of the subframes to be used for channel state measurements. • performing a reference signal received power measurement, RSRP, on cell specific reference symbols, CRS, or on Channel State Information Reference Signals, CSI-RS, in a current subframe, and comparing the RSRP to an average value of a set of measurements of previously received subframes, • determining (S11, S21) a plurality of subframes to be used for channel state measurements by excluding those subframes where the comparing yields a power difference exceeding a certain threshold, and • generating channel state information by determining an average of a plurality of RSRPs of the subframes to be used for channel state measurements.
A system for measuring the volume of a tank , the system comprising; an optical device that emits a laser beam that is, in use, substantially parallel to a surface of the tank ; a magnetic trolley configured to be remotely controlled by an operator, and wherein, in use, the magnetic trolley is selectively moveable along the surface of the tank , the magnetic trolley comprising; a linear position sensor illuminated with the laser beam to determine the position of the magnetic trolley relative to the laser beam as the magnetic trolley , in use, moves along the surface of the tank via changes of position over time of where the laser beam illuminates the linear position sensor ; an elevation sensor for measuring the elevation of the magnetic trolley relative to the bottom of the tank ; and a data processor that communicates with the linear position sensor to calculate the volume of at least a portion of the tank based at least partially on the position data collected by the linear position sensor and the elevation data. a linear position sensor illuminated with the laser beam to determine the position of the magnetic trolley relative to the laser beam as the magnetic trolley , in use, moves along the surface of the tank via changes of position over time of where the laser beam illuminates the linear position sensor ; an elevation sensor for measuring the elevation of the magnetic trolley relative to the bottom of the tank ; and a data processor that communicates with the linear position sensor to calculate the volume of at least a portion of the tank based at least partially on the position data collected by the linear position sensor and the elevation data.
An occlusion device comprising: an inner embolic element comprising a proximal section and a distal section, wherein the distal section has a first stiffness and the proximal section has a second stiffness; and an expandable mesh capable of being transformed between a collapsed position and an expanded position, wherein the expandable mesh is disposed over a portion of the proximal section of the inner embolic device; characterised in that the first stiffness is greater than the second stiffness. an inner embolic element comprising a proximal section and a distal section, wherein the distal section has a first stiffness and the proximal section has a second stiffness; and an expandable mesh capable of being transformed between a collapsed position and an expanded position, wherein the expandable mesh is disposed over a portion of the proximal section of the inner embolic device; characterised in that the first stiffness is greater than the second stiffness.
A film for use as a topsheet, the film having a top surface and a bottom surface , the film comprising: a plurality of lands , each of the plurality of lands comprising a first plurality of micro-cells , and each of the first plurality of micro-cells comprising an open-ended tip at the top surface of the film , a first and second valley at the bottom surface of the film, and a first and second sidewall extending downward from the open-ended tip at the top surface of the film to the respective first and second valleys at the bottom surface of the film in a first z-direction; and a plurality of macro-depressions adjacent to at least one respective land of the plurality of lands , each of the plurality of macro-depressions comprising a second plurality of micro-cells therein, and each of the second plurality of micro-cells comprising an open-ended tip at the bottom surface of the film , a first and second valley at the top surface of the film, and a first and second sidewall extending upward from the open-ended tip at the bottom surface of the film to the respective first and second valleys at the top surface of the film in a second z-direction opposite the first z-direction. a plurality of lands , each of the plurality of lands comprising a first plurality of micro-cells , and each of the first plurality of micro-cells comprising an open-ended tip at the top surface of the film , a first and second valley at the bottom surface of the film, and a first and second sidewall extending downward from the open-ended tip at the top surface of the film to the respective first and second valleys at the bottom surface of the film in a first z-direction; and a plurality of macro-depressions adjacent to at least one respective land of the plurality of lands , each of the plurality of macro-depressions comprising a second plurality of micro-cells therein, and each of the second plurality of micro-cells comprising an open-ended tip at the bottom surface of the film , a first and second valley at the top surface of the film, and a first and second sidewall extending upward from the open-ended tip at the bottom surface of the film to the respective first and second valleys at the top surface of the film in a second z-direction opposite the first z-direction.
A method comprising: directing a pulsed laser beam towards a composite structure comprised of a plurality of layers , wherein a number of wide-band ultrasonic signals are formed in the composite structure when radiation of the pulsed laser beam is absorbed by the composite structure ; detecting the wide-band ultrasonic signals to form data , wherein the data comprises a plurality of ultrasonic A-scans for the composite structure ; applying a moving window to each of the plurality of ultrasonic A-scans to form windowed signals ; determining a frequency measurement within the windowed signals for each of the plurality of ultrasonic A-scans , wherein the frequency measurement is selected from a mean frequency or a maximum frequency ; removing spectral components of a structure signal from an A-scan spectrum of each of the plurality of ultrasonic A-scans using the frequency measurement ; and performing an interpolation on the A-scan spectrum of the each of the plurality of ultrasonic A-scans after removing the spectral components of the structure signal to form interpolated A-scan spectrum data. directing a pulsed laser beam towards a composite structure comprised of a plurality of layers , wherein a number of wide-band ultrasonic signals are formed in the composite structure when radiation of the pulsed laser beam is absorbed by the composite structure ; detecting the wide-band ultrasonic signals to form data , wherein the data comprises a plurality of ultrasonic A-scans for the composite structure ; applying a moving window to each of the plurality of ultrasonic A-scans to form windowed signals ; determining a frequency measurement within the windowed signals for each of the plurality of ultrasonic A-scans , wherein the frequency measurement is selected from a mean frequency or a maximum frequency ; removing spectral components of a structure signal from an A-scan spectrum of each of the plurality of ultrasonic A-scans using the frequency measurement ; and performing an interpolation on the A-scan spectrum of the each of the plurality of ultrasonic A-scans after removing the spectral components of the structure signal to form interpolated A-scan spectrum data.
A liquid detection system for determining a presence of a liquid, comprising: a piezoelectric element that outputs a first ultrasonic signal in response to an input electrical signal, said piezoelectric element disposed inside a single piece housing ; and said single piece housing comprising a first surface within said single piece housing and a second surface disposed on opposite sides of a portion of the housing , a third surface disposed opposite the second surface across a gap in the housing , and a fourth surface and a fifth surface extending between the second surface and the third surface, wherein the fourth surface and the fifth surface constitute supports connecting the second surface and third surface of the housing , and wherein the first surface , the second surface and the third surface are parallel to each other and wherein the fourth surface and fifth surface are parallel to each other, and wherein the first surface and second surface are situated above the third surface ; wherein the piezoelectric element is coupled to the first surface of the housing so that the piezoelectric element directs the first ultrasonic signal toward the second surface , and wherein the gap in the housing is in liquid communication with a surrounding environment so that when liquid from the surrounding environment is present in the gap completely between the second and third surfaces , the third surface of the housing reflects a second ultrasonic signal in response to the first ultrasonic signal when the liquid is present in the gap . a piezoelectric element that outputs a first ultrasonic signal in response to an input electrical signal, said piezoelectric element disposed inside a single piece housing ; and said single piece housing comprising a first surface within said single piece housing and a second surface disposed on opposite sides of a portion of the housing , a third surface disposed opposite the second surface across a gap in the housing , and a fourth surface and a fifth surface extending between the second surface and the third surface, wherein the fourth surface and the fifth surface constitute supports connecting the second surface and third surface of the housing , and wherein the first surface , the second surface and the third surface are parallel to each other and wherein the fourth surface and fifth surface are parallel to each other, and wherein the first surface and second surface are situated above the third surface ; wherein the piezoelectric element is coupled to the first surface of the housing so that the piezoelectric element directs the first ultrasonic signal toward the second surface , and wherein the gap in the housing is in liquid communication with a surrounding environment so that when liquid from the surrounding environment is present in the gap completely between the second and third surfaces , the third surface of the housing reflects a second ultrasonic signal in response to the first ultrasonic signal when the liquid is present in the gap .
A fastener application device comprising: a shaft comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion; and a handle mounted at the proximal portion of the shaft with a trigger disposed at the handle , wherein a fastener carrier is disposed at least partially within the shaft and comprises a replaceable cartridge preloaded with a plurality of pre-formed fasteners , each fastener having at least one barbed strut; and each fastener is selected from long fasteners and short fasteners; a hammer member is disposed at least partially within the shaft and configured to travel a fixed distance along an axis of the shaft upon operation of the trigger and engage the fastener nearest the distal tip of the shaft , wherein when the hammer member engages a long fastener, a first proportion of the fixed distance is travelled within the shaft to deliver the long fastener to a first depth; and when the hammer member engages a short fastener, a second proportion of the fixed distance is travelled within the shaft to deliver the short fastener to a second depth, the first proportion being less than the second proportion and the first depth being greater than the second depth. a shaft comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion; and a handle mounted at the proximal portion of the shaft with a trigger disposed at the handle , wherein a fastener carrier is disposed at least partially within the shaft and comprises a replaceable cartridge preloaded with a plurality of pre-formed fasteners , each fastener having at least one barbed strut; and each fastener is selected from long fasteners and short fasteners; a hammer member is disposed at least partially within the shaft and configured to travel a fixed distance along an axis of the shaft upon operation of the trigger and engage the fastener nearest the distal tip of the shaft , wherein when the hammer member engages a long fastener, a first proportion of the fixed distance is travelled within the shaft to deliver the long fastener to a first depth; and when the hammer member engages a short fastener, a second proportion of the fixed distance is travelled within the shaft to deliver the short fastener to a second depth, the first proportion being less than the second proportion and the first depth being greater than the second depth.
A method for decommissioning an offshore oil or gas platform , comprising the steps of: a) providing a jack up rig , the jack up rig being equipped with one or more of an accommodation block , drilling mud supply and power supply , wherein the jack up rig has a cantilever structure extending over a side of the jack up rig, on which structure is mounted a first decommissioning rig tower ; b) maneuvering the jack up rig alongside the platform such that the cantilever and first decommissioning rig tower overlie a first well within a well bay of the platform; characterised by c) installing on the platform a second decommissioning rig tower overlying a second well in the well bay of the platform ; and d) operating the first and second decommissioning rig towers and associated equipment with one or more of power, drilling mud and operator personnel from or housed on the jack up rig . a) providing a jack up rig , the jack up rig being equipped with one or more of an accommodation block , drilling mud supply and power supply , wherein the jack up rig has a cantilever structure extending over a side of the jack up rig, on which structure is mounted a first decommissioning rig tower ; b) maneuvering the jack up rig alongside the platform such that the cantilever and first decommissioning rig tower overlie a first well within a well bay of the platform; characterised by c) installing on the platform a second decommissioning rig tower overlying a second well in the well bay of the platform ; and d) operating the first and second decommissioning rig towers and associated equipment with one or more of power, drilling mud and operator personnel from or housed on the jack up rig .