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A method of removing casing from a well , in which an annulus between the outside of the casing and the inside of a surrounding downhole body is at least partially filled by a viscous and/or solid mass , the method comprising: (a) lowering a string into the well, a packer , a punch tool , and a cutting tool being connected to the string, and the string being arranged to carry a fluid; (b) locating an end of the string in relation to a plug in the casing, the plug providing a seal across the bore of the casing at a first depth; (c) forming one or more perforations through the casing with said punch tool at a second depth in the well, the second depth being shallower than the first depth; (d) setting the packer at a third depth, the third depth being shallower than the second depth; (e) pumping fluid through the string and through the one or more perforations; characterised in that : (f) a circulation test is performed by looking for a return at surface which determines if fluid has managed to pass through material in the annulus between the outside of the casing and the inside of the surrounding downhole body; (g) in the event that a return is detected at surface, cutting the casing using the cutting tool to separate a length of cut casing from plugged casing; (h) creating a vibratory action and using the vibratory action to assist in pulling the length of cut casing from the well. (a) lowering a string into the well, a packer , a punch tool , and a cutting tool being connected to the string, and the string being arranged to carry a fluid; (b) locating an end of the string in relation to a plug in the casing, the plug providing a seal across the bore of the casing at a first depth; (c) forming one or more perforations through the casing with said punch tool at a second depth in the well, the second depth being shallower than the first depth; (d) setting the packer at a third depth, the third depth being shallower than the second depth; (e) pumping fluid through the string and through the one or more perforations; (f) a circulation test is performed by looking for a return at surface which determines if fluid has managed to pass through material in the annulus between the outside of the casing and the inside of the surrounding downhole body; (g) in the event that a return is detected at surface, cutting the casing using the cutting tool to separate a length of cut casing from plugged casing; (h) creating a vibratory action and using the vibratory action to assist in pulling the length of cut casing from the well.
A polylactic acid-based composition comprising: i) 70 to 95 wt.-% of a polylactic acid compound, ii) 4 to 25 wt.-% of an aromatic-based copolyester having soft segments being long-chain ester units, and iii) 0.1 to 5.0 wt.-% of a polybutylene terephthalate cyclic oligomer. i) 70 to 95 wt.-% of a polylactic acid compound, ii) 4 to 25 wt.-% of an aromatic-based copolyester having soft segments being long-chain ester units, and iii) 0.1 to 5.0 wt.-% of a polybutylene terephthalate cyclic oligomer.
A method of preparing a mesenchymal stem cell-hydrogel composition, wherein the method includes the steps of: (a) culturing of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells; (b) mixing the cultured adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and a hydrogel solution to form a gel; (c) culturing the gel; and (d) filling the gel of step (c) into an ampoule, a vial, or a syringe, wherein the hydrogel is fibrin glue, wherein the fibrin glue includes fibrinogen of a concentration from 0.9 to 1.6 mg/mL. (a) culturing of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells; (b) mixing the cultured adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and a hydrogel solution to form a gel; (c) culturing the gel; and (d) filling the gel of step (c) into an ampoule, a vial, or a syringe,
A method of setting up a secure path in a network for establishing a secure communication session between a first endpoint that connects to the network via a first access node of the network and a second endpoint that connects to the network via a second access node of the network, said method characterized by the steps of: sending a first message from the first access node to the second access node, said first message propagated by one or more intermediate nodes in said network establishing a path through said network, and wherein each said intermediate node stores a hint token included in the first message that is derived from cryptographic information to be used for said secure communication session; sending a second message from the second access node to the first access node, in response to the second access node receiving the propagated first message, said second message including a disclosure token verifiable using the hint token, and said second message conditionally propagated by each intermediate node back towards the first access node based on the intermediate node verifying the disclosure token via the hint token stored at the intermediate node; and indicating to the first endpoint that said path has been established as said secure path, responsive to receiving and verifying the second message at the first access node. sending a first message from the first access node to the second access node, said first message propagated by one or more intermediate nodes in said network establishing a path through said network, and wherein each said intermediate node stores a hint token included in the first message that is derived from cryptographic information to be used for said secure communication session; sending a second message from the second access node to the first access node, in response to the second access node receiving the propagated first message, said second message including a disclosure token verifiable using the hint token, and said second message conditionally propagated by each intermediate node back towards the first access node based on the intermediate node verifying the disclosure token via the hint token stored at the intermediate node; and indicating to the first endpoint that said path has been established as said secure path, responsive to receiving and verifying the second message at the first access node.
A powered ophthalmic lens, the powered ophthalmic lens comprising: a contact lens or an intraocular lens comprising a variable-focus or variable-power optic; and a pupil position and convergence detection system incorporated into the lens, the pupil position and convergence detection system including a sensor to determine pupil position of a first eye, a communication device configured to send information to and receive information from a second pupil position and convergence detection system incorporated into a second lens, wherein the information sent to the second pupil position and convergence detection system is indicative of convergence based upon the pupil position of the first eye and wherein the communication device is configured to receive information from the second pupil position and convergence detection system which is indicative of convergence based upon the pupil position of a second eye, the powered ophthalmic lens further comprising a system controller cooperatively associated with the sensor and the communication device and configured to determine pupil convergence based on information from the sensor and the information received from the second pupil position and convergence detection system and to output a control signal based upon the pupil convergence so determined, and at least one actuator configured to receive the output control signal and switch the variable-focus or variable-power optic between a far-focus state and a near-focus state. a contact lens or an intraocular lens comprising a variable-focus or variable-power optic; and a pupil position and convergence detection system incorporated into the lens, the pupil position and convergence detection system including a sensor to determine pupil position of a first eye, a communication device configured to send information to and receive information from a second pupil position and convergence detection system incorporated into a second lens, wherein the information sent to the second pupil position and convergence detection system is indicative of convergence based upon the pupil position of the first eye and wherein the communication device is configured to receive information from the second pupil position and convergence detection system which is indicative of convergence based upon the pupil position of a second eye, the powered ophthalmic lens further comprising a system controller cooperatively associated with the sensor and the communication device and configured to determine pupil convergence based on information from the sensor and the information received from the second pupil position and convergence detection system and to output a control signal based upon the pupil convergence so determined, and at least one actuator configured to receive the output control signal and switch the variable-focus or variable-power optic between a far-focus state and a near-focus state.
A natural gas recovery system for a liquefied natural gas supply system configured to be mounted on a vehicle, such supply system comprising a first tank , configured to store liquefied natural gas, a liquid phase and a gaseous phase of said natural gas coexisting in the first tank, the recovery system of natural gas comprising a second tank intended to store compressed natural gas, a compressor (CP), adapted to compress in said second tank an excess of gaseous phase of said first tank, wherein said compressor has an inlet operatively connected with said first tank and an outlet operatively connected with said second tank and wherein the system further comprises connection means suitable to connect respective openings of said first and second tanks towards an injection device of a natural gas supply system fuelling an internal combustion engine of the vehicle, said first tank further comprises a first safety valve (V1) adapted to place in communication said first tank with the environment, when a pressure inside said first tank exceeds a first predefined pressure threshold and wherein said first safety valve is connected to said first tank and physically separated with respect to the fluid interconnection between said first and second tank. the recovery system of natural gas comprising a second tank intended to store compressed natural gas, a compressor (CP), adapted to compress in said second tank an excess of gaseous phase of said first tank, wherein said compressor has an inlet operatively connected with said first tank and an outlet operatively connected with said second tank and wherein the system further comprises connection means suitable to connect respective openings of said first and second tanks towards an injection device of a natural gas supply system fuelling an internal combustion engine of the vehicle, said first tank further comprises a first safety valve (V1) adapted to place in communication said first tank with the environment, when a pressure inside said first tank exceeds a first predefined pressure threshold and wherein said first safety valve is connected to said first tank and physically separated with respect to the fluid interconnection between said first and second tank.
An equol-producing microorganism-containing composition containing (A) an equol-producing microorganism in a state of a living cell, and (B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, derivatives thereof and salts thereof, wherein the (B) component is contained in a mixing proportion of 0.05 to 5 wt%, wherein the equol-producing microorganism-containing composition comprises a fermented material that was fermented using an equol-producing microorganism as the equol-producing microorganism in the state of a living cell, and wherein the ascorbic acid derivative is at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbyl 2,6-dipalmitate, ascorbyl 6-stearate, ascorbyl 2-phosphate, ascorbyl 2-sulfate, ascorbyl 2-glucoside, ascorbyl glucosamine, ascorbyl 6-palmiate, L-ascorbyl tetra-isopalmitate, and ascorbyl tetra 2-hexyl decanoate.
A method of representing a virtual object in a view of a real environment, comprising: - providing image information of a first image of at least part of a human face in a real environment captured by a first camera, - determining a face region in the first image, - determining at least one first light falling on the face according to depth information associated with the face region of the first image and the at least one human face characteristic comprising a premodeled radiance transfer function for the face region, wherein the premodeled radiance transfer function indicates how the region of the face responds to light, - determining a non-face region in the first image, - determining at least one second light according to the non-face region, - combining the at least one second light into the first light; and - blending in a virtual object on a display device in the view of the at least part of the real environment according to the at least one first light. - providing image information of a first image of at least part of a human face in a real environment captured by a first camera, - determining a face region in the first image, - determining at least one first light falling on the face according to depth information associated with the face region of the first image and the at least one human face characteristic comprising a premodeled radiance transfer function for the face region, wherein the premodeled radiance transfer function indicates how the region of the face responds to light, - determining a non-face region in the first image, - determining at least one second light according to the non-face region, - combining the at least one second light into the first light; and - blending in a virtual object on a display device in the view of the at least part of the real environment according to the at least one first light.
A method for producing an additively manufactured, graded composite transition joint AM-GCTJ , the method comprising: preparing a grating or lattice pattern from a first alloy A , wherein the grating or lattice pattern includes pores in the grating or lattice pattern; building the grating or lattice pattern from a first end to a second end of the grating or lattice pattern, the grating or lattice pattern having a density being more dense on the first end than the second end, and wherein the grating or lattice pattern gradually reduces the density by at least one of increasing the pore size from the first end to the second end and reducing the density of the grating or lattice pattern as the grating or lattice pattern is additively manufactured; adding a second alloy B powder to the first end of the grating or lattice pattern ; filling the second alloy B powder from the first end towards the second end of the grating or lattice pattern ; forming a composite of the first alloy A and the second alloy B powder in the AM-GCTJ ; and subjecting the composite to hot isotropic pressing HIP to densify the composite, wherein, the second alloy B powder has a graduated concentration from the first end to the second end of the AM-GCTJ . preparing a grating or lattice pattern from a first alloy A , wherein the grating or lattice pattern includes pores in the grating or lattice pattern; building the grating or lattice pattern from a first end to a second end of the grating or lattice pattern, the grating or lattice pattern having a density being more dense on the first end than the second end, and wherein the grating or lattice pattern gradually reduces the density by at least one of increasing the pore size from the first end to the second end and reducing the density of the grating or lattice pattern as the grating or lattice pattern is additively manufactured; adding a second alloy B powder to the first end of the grating or lattice pattern ; filling the second alloy B powder from the first end towards the second end of the grating or lattice pattern ; forming a composite of the first alloy A and the second alloy B powder in the AM-GCTJ ; and subjecting the composite to hot isotropic pressing HIP to densify the composite, wherein, the second alloy B powder has a graduated concentration from the first end to the second end of the AM-GCTJ .
An elastomeric compound comprising a cured blend of at least one butyl rubber ionomer comprising phosphorus-based or nitrogen-based ionic moieties, at least one elastomer co-curable with the butyl rubber ionomer selected from butyl rubber, isobutylene-methylstyrene copolymer, ethylene propylene rubber, ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, butadiene rubber, solution styrene butadiene rubber, emulsion styrene butadiene rubber, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, natural rubber, epoxidized natural rubber, polyurethane, polyisoprene rubber, polyacrylic, polyacrylate, chloroprene, chlorosulphonylpolyethylene, chlorosulphonatedpolyethylene, ethylene acrylic, thermoplastic polyester urethane, thermoplastic polyether urethane, epichlorohydrin, fluoroethylene propylene-perfluoroalkoxy, tetrafluoroethylene/propylene, perfluoroelastomer, fluoroelastomer or fluorocarbon, fluorosilicone, silicone, polytetrafluoroethylene, ethylene vinylacetate rubber, ethylene acrylate rubber, polyurethane rubber, polyisobutylene, chlorinated polyethylene, polynorbornene rubber, polysulphide rubber or mixtures thereof and a filler.
A method of making an aluminum alloy article, the method comprising: casting an aluminum alloy to form an aluminum alloy cast product; homogenizing the aluminum alloy cast product to form a homogenized aluminum alloy cast product; subjecting the homogenized aluminum alloy cast product to a first rolling process to form a first rolled aluminum alloy product having a first thickness, wherein the first rolling process comprises one or more hot rolling passes followed by one or more cold rolling passes; annealing the first rolled aluminum alloy product at a temperature of not more than 50 °C above a minimum recrystallization temperature of the aluminum alloy to form a first annealed aluminum alloy product; and subjecting the first annealed aluminum alloy product to a second rolling process to form a second rolled aluminum alloy product having a second thickness, wherein the annealing is carried out at a first temperature above the minimum recrystallization temperature for a first period of time and at a second temperature above the minimum recrystallization temperature for a second period of time, wherein the first temperature above the minimum recrystallization temperature is greater than the second temperature above the minimum recrystallization temperature, and wherein the aluminum alloy is a 7xxx series aluminum alloy. casting an aluminum alloy to form an aluminum alloy cast product; homogenizing the aluminum alloy cast product to form a homogenized aluminum alloy cast product; subjecting the homogenized aluminum alloy cast product to a first rolling process to form a first rolled aluminum alloy product having a first thickness, wherein the first rolling process comprises one or more hot rolling passes followed by one or more cold rolling passes; annealing the first rolled aluminum alloy product at a temperature of not more than 50 °C above a minimum recrystallization temperature of the aluminum alloy to form a first annealed aluminum alloy product; and subjecting the first annealed aluminum alloy product to a second rolling process to form a second rolled aluminum alloy product having a second thickness, wherein the annealing is carried out at a first temperature above the minimum recrystallization temperature for a first period of time and at a second temperature above the minimum recrystallization temperature for a second period of time, wherein the first temperature above the minimum recrystallization temperature is greater than the second temperature above the minimum recrystallization temperature, and
Steel or aluminium piston for a combustion engine with at least one cooling channel in which tongues extend both substantially in the direction of the piston axis and also in a substantially radial direction.
Plaster with a bielastic backing layer, in which - the bielastic backing layer comprises or consists of a film of optionally open-pored foam, wherein - the film is provided with an element that is stretch-reducing to stretch-resistant, at least in the direction of the larger diameter of the oval foam pores, the element being designed in the form of stretch-reducing to stretch-resistant threads or stretch-reducing to stretch-resistant filaments, as a woven fabric, as a braid, as a knitted fabric or as a foil, wherein - the bielasticity of the backing layer is characterized in that the backing layer shows elastic behavior in two different directions to a not insignificant extent, and wherein the backing layer is selected from a polyolefin and/or a polyurethane, particularly preferably a polyolefin and/or polyurethane foam material. - the bielastic backing layer comprises or consists of a film of optionally open-pored foam, wherein - the film is provided with an element that is stretch-reducing to stretch-resistant, at least in the direction of the larger diameter of the oval foam pores, the element being designed in the form of stretch-reducing to stretch-resistant threads or stretch-reducing to stretch-resistant filaments, as a woven fabric, as a braid, as a knitted fabric or as a foil, wherein - the bielasticity of the backing layer is characterized in that the backing layer shows elastic behavior in two different directions to a not insignificant extent, and
A reception apparatus, comprising: an acquisition unit of a Digital Video Broadcasting, DVB, client configured to acquire control information including information for acquiring data transmitted through a Real-time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport, ROUTE, session using a ROUTE protocol at a transport layer in a protocol stack of an Internet Protocol, IP, transmission system and for identifying one of at least two different bearers that transmits the data at a physical layer in the protocol stack of the IP transmission system, wherein said information for identifying one of at least two different bearers includes bearer identifiers for identifying the bearers that each transmit data for the ROUTE session according to respective protocols; a selection unit configured to select one of the bearers identified in the received control information; and a control unit configured to control an operation of each unit that acquires the data transmitted on the selected bearer on the basis of the control information, wherein the control information includes a Layered Coding Transport, LCT, Session Instance Description, LSID, of the ROUTE protocol, and wherein the bearer identifier of DVB is a combination of an original network identifier, ID, a transport ID, and a service ID. an acquisition unit of a Digital Video Broadcasting, DVB, client configured to acquire control information including information for acquiring data transmitted through a Real-time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport, ROUTE, session using a ROUTE protocol at a transport layer in a protocol stack of an Internet Protocol, IP, transmission system and for identifying one of at least two different bearers that transmits the data at a physical layer in the protocol stack of the IP transmission system, wherein said information for identifying one of at least two different bearers includes bearer identifiers for identifying the bearers that each transmit data for the ROUTE session according to respective protocols; a selection unit configured to select one of the bearers identified in the received control information; and a control unit configured to control an operation of each unit that acquires the data transmitted on the selected bearer on the basis of the control information, wherein the control information includes a Layered Coding Transport, LCT, Session Instance Description, LSID, of the ROUTE protocol, and wherein the bearer identifier of DVB is a combination of an original network identifier, ID, a transport ID, and a service ID.