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A dedicated, optimized, secure and private apparatus, system and method is provided for service providers to dynamically share the resources of a single packet services node within a telecommunications network. The apparatus, method and system uses real-time dynamic software partitioning, with low-level dynamic hardware reconfiguration and adaptation, to enable real-time network, software and hardware resource allocation. The packet services node is configured as a unified and integrated switch (UIS) that can be segmented into a number of logical communication nodes (LCN). Each LCN operates as a secure, independent, private and dynamically configured packet services node. A master controller is responsible for the allocation of resources to LCNs based on resource availability and / or a predefined resource allocation configuration between the operator of the UIS and the user of the LCN.

A method and apparatus for adapting media is provided. The method includes receiving a request for a first media stream and a second media stream at different media times. The method further includes processing a source media stream to produce a first portion media stream and a second portion media stream using a media processing element. A method for processing media comprises creating a first media processing element and a second media processing element. The method further includes processing a first media stream using the first media processing element to produce assistance information. Further, the method includes processing a second media stream using the second media processing element wherein the second media processing element utilizes the assistance information.

The present embodiments disclose a system (100) for reducing inlet air temperature of a device, comprising: a fogging system that provides air cooling, wherein the fogging system comprises at least one low pressure atomiser (110).

An instrument for conducting nucleic acid amplification reactions in a disposable test device. The test device includes a first reaction chamber containing a first nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., primers and nucleotides) and a second reaction chamber either containing, or in fluid communication, with a second nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., an amplification enzyme such as RT). The instrument includes a support structure receiving the test device. A temperature control system maintains the first reaction chamber at a first elevated temperature but simultaneously maintains the second nucleic acid amplification reagent at a second temperature lower than the first temperature so as to preserve the second nucleic acid amplification reagent. An actuator operates on a fluid conduit in the test device to place the first and second reaction chambers in fluid communication with each other after a reaction has occurred in the first reaction chamber at the first temperature. A pneumatic system is also provided that assists in fluid transfer of a reaction solution from the first chamber to the second chamber.

The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device including a shell that is divided into a first half and a second half along a longitudinal axis thereof. One or more batteries may be positioned within the shell along with a battery lead that provides an electrical connection to battery terminals. A base unit may be included and may have electrical contacts for matching with a battery terminal and the battery lead. The base unit can include one or both of a printed circuit board (PCB) and a pressure sensor. The shell can attach to a cartridge housing a reservoir for an aerosol-forming composition, a heater; a liquid transport element configured for transport of the aerosol forming composition between the reservoir and the heater; and heater terminals. Such construct can provide for simplified assembly of the device.

An instrument for conducting nucleic acid amplification reactions in a disposable test device. The test device includes a first reaction chamber containing a first nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., primers and nucleotides) and a second reaction chamber either containing, or in fluid communication, with a second nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., an amplification enzyme such as RT). The instrument includes a support structure receiving the test device. A temperature control system maintains the first reaction chamber at a first elevated temperature but simultaneously maintains the second nucleic acid amplification reagent at a second temperature lower than the first temperature so as to preserve the second nucleic acid amplification reagent. An actuator operates on a fluid conduit in the test device to place the first and second reaction chambers in fluid communication with each other after a reaction has occurred in the first reaction chamber at the first temperature. A pneumatic system is also provided that assists in fluid transfer of a reaction solution from the first chamber to the second chamber.

The process for the distillation of a gas mixture comprising (meth)acrylic acid obtained from the gas-phase oxidation of at least one (meth)acrylic acid precursors is improved through the use of coupled distillation columns. In a first column, the gaseous mixture is dehydrated while in a second column, the dehydrated gaseous mixture is distilled into product, overhead and bottoms streams.

A serial train communication system employs a pair of ultrasonic transceivers oppositely mounted at each end of a railway car. Each ultrasonic transceiver is coupled to a controller and to an independent power source. The controller is further coupled to various apparatuses installed on the railway car and is capable of controlling operation thereof. A command signal sent from a locomotive cab travels between railway cars enabling control of various apparatuses of such railway cars and status signals from such apparatuses may be sent back to a locomotive cab event recorder. The controller and the power source may be attached to the railway car or to any such apparatus. In another embodiment, a single ultrasonic transceiver is installed within an air brake pipe enabling communication within a mixed railway car configuration.

Systems and techniques for managing product inventory and pricing and product information. A moving camera platform is directed to desired locations in an environment to capture visual information relating to shelf labels affixed to shelves in the environment and visual information relating to products on the shelves. Image recognition is performed on the visual information to extract information on the shelf labels. The information from the shelf labels is compared against corresponding stored information, and mismatches between the shelf label information and the stored information are noted. Image recognition is also performed on the visual information to extract inventory information of the products. The inventory information is also compared against corresponding stored information, and mismatches between the inventory information and the stored information are also noted.

The process for the distillation of a gas mixture comprising (meth)acrylic acid obtained from the gas-phase oxidation of at least one (meth)acrylic acid precursors is improved through the use of coupled distillation columns. In a first column, the gaseous mixture is dehydrated while in a second column, the dehydrated gaseous mixture is distilled into product, overhead and bottoms streams.

The present invention provides a method for accelerating start-up for SAGD-type operation by providing radio frequency heating devices inside the lateral wells that can re-heat the injected steam after losing heat energy during the initial injection. The method also extends the lateral wells such that the drilling of vertical wells can be reduced to save capital expenses.

A new residuum full hydroconversion slurry reactor system has been developed that allows the catalyst, unconverted oil, products and hydrogen to circulate in a continuous mixture throughout an entire reactor with no confinement of the mixture. The mixture is partially separated in between the reactors to remove only the products and hydrogen while permitting the unconverted oil and the slurry catalyst to continue on into the next sequential reactor. In the next reactor, a portion of the unconverted oil is converted to lower boiling point hydrocarbons, once again creating a mixture of unconverted oil, products, hydrogen and slurry catalyst. Further hydroprocessing may occur in additional reactors, fully converting the oil. The oil may alternately be partially converted, leaving a highly concentrated catalyst in unconverted oil which can be recycled directly to the first reactor. The slurry reactor system is, in this invention, preceded by an in-line pretreating step, such as hydrotreating or deasphalting. Following the slurry reactor system, fully converted oil may be subsequently hydrofinished for the removal of hetoroatoms such as sulfur and nitrogen.

An integrated platform management apparatus to which SDN and NFV technologies are applied includes a VIM controlling and managing virtualized computing, storage, and network resources of a NFVI and interaction of the resources of the NFVI; a VNFM controlling at least one network function and virtualization of the at least one the network function so that a part of the at least one network function and the NFVI is implemented in software; and a NFV orchestrator displaying appliance functions of a plurality of VNFs in form of icons on a UI screen, and provides integrated wired, mobile, and hyper-connection communication services by connecting functions corresponding to icons selected by an OSS or a BSS among the icons displayed on the UI screen in form of a forwarding graph.

A method and system for capturing geothermal energy. Injection and production well pairs in a geothermal zone are connected with a power generation apparatus between the production well of one well pair and the injection well of an adjacent well pair in a subterranean closed loop daisy chain configuration. Fluid circulated through the loop and the power generation apparatus recover subterranean heat energy. Specification is also disclosed in respect of application of the technology to repurpose an unused or suspended oilfield.

The invention provides for the utilization of microchannel apparatus in a process for the cooling of a gaseous mixture comprising ethylene oxide and in a process for the concentration or purification of ethylene oxide.

An optical connector (10) comprises at least one optical guide (12) for carrying optical radiations; a total internal reflection surface (11) upon which, in use, said radiations impinge, so that the radiation in the optical guide is reflected by said surface towards an optical element (14) of the connector and means enabling the connector (10) to interlock with any other optical connector which is appropriately matingly configured.

A subsea system comprises a wellbore within a reservoir, equipment downstream of the wellbore, and a barrier connected to the equipment. The equipment is rated for a maximum pressure that is less than a maximum reservoir pressure and equal to or greater than the maximum reservoir pressure less external hydrostatic pressure experienced by the equipment. The barrier is rated for a maximum pressure that is equal to or greater than the maximum reservoir pressure.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a self-configuration method and system for a double-connection small base station in a heterogeneous network, and the method comprises the steps that an SeNB obtains the address of a network management system and uploads the equipment capability information of the SeNB and the parameter information of a transmission layer to the network management system; the network management system determines an ownership MeNB of the SeNB, requests the ownership MeNB to activate a new cell, transmits the transmission layer parameter information and configuration information of the SeNB to the new cell, and transmits the transmission layer parameter information of the MeNB to the SeNB; the SeNB and the ownership MeNB build a data transmission X2 interface, and the SeNB carries out corresponding parameter configuration according to configuration parameters transmitted by the ownership MeNB; the network management system also configures neighborhood self-optimizing ANR measurement and target PCI for the ownership MeNB and a user terminal in a nearby neighborhood base station of the ownership MeNB if the neighborhood relation of the SeNB and the PCI are not configured in advance, and the ownership MeNB determines whether to add the neighborhood relation or to request the network management system to modify the target PCI or not according to ANR measurement results uploaded by the user terminal. According to the embodiment of the invention, the method and system achieve quick deployment of the double-connection small base station in the heterogeneous network.

A method of combustion and a reformer. The method includes combusting a fuel in combustion region of an up-fired or down-fired reformer and forming non-uniform injection properties with a wall-bound burner. The combusting is performed in a combustion region by burners, wherein at least one of the burners is the wall-bound burner forming the non-uniform injection properties. The non-uniform injection properties generate a heat profile providing a first heat density proximal to a wall and a second heat density distal from the wall, the second heat density being greater than the first heat density. The non-uniform injection properties are formed by injection properties selected from an angle of one or more injectors, a flow rate of one or more injectors, an amount and / or location of oxidant injectors, an amount and / or location of fuel injectors, and combinations thereof.

This invention relates to a method and device to produce esterified, olefinated / esterified, or thermochemolytic reacted bio-oils as fuels. The olefinated / esterified product may be utilized as a biocrude for input to a refinery, either alone or in combination with petroleum crude oils. The bio-oil esterification reaction is catalyzed by addition of alcohol and acid catalyst. The olefination / esterification reaction is catalyzed by addition of resin acid or other heterogeneous catalyst to catalyze olefins added to previously etherified bio-oil; the olefins and alcohol may also be simultaneously combined and catalyzed by addition of resin acid or other heterogeneous catalyst to produce the olefinated / esterified product.

The invention relates to the field of producing polymers and copolymers of olefin oligomers produced by a trimerization reaction of olefin monomers. There is disclosed a process which comprises producing olefin oligomers with the aid of a trimerization catalyst system prepared using UHF irradiation for activating individual components of the trimerization catalyst system. The use of the trimerization catalyst system thus improved and having increased activity provides for increased effectiveness in the production of olefin oligomers from ethylene or other olefin monomers, inter alia, at a low pressure of ethylene. The olefin oligomers thus produced are then polymerized or copolymerized using processes known in the art.The technical effect consists in increasing the effectiveness of the production of olefin oligomers which are then used in a polymerization or copolymerization reaction.

A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.

A method and system for stateful handling of packets in a network are described. In a client-server network environment, the stateful inspection of incoming protocols is offloaded from the server and distributed to the client device. The stateful inspection, as well as the provisioning of the client with the necessary functions required by the handlers, is referred to as Client Assisted Application Level Gateway (ALG). This version of ALG, in which the client performs or assists the server by performing at least some of the inspection and provisioning tasks, allows for a marked performance gain to the network gateway by reducing its packet inspection load.

A continuous oil fryer used to fry food slices, such as potato chips, having an internal oil stripping capability. The fryer accumulates the steam produced by the frying process in a hood and utilizes such steam, after superheating the steam by passing it through a heat exchanger, to strip oil from product immediately upon removal from the hot oil bath by passing the superheated steam through a product bed while on an output conveyor. The superheated steam removes oil from the product on the output conveyor without increasing the moisture level of the product. The fryer therefore accomplishes the same function as a low-oil stripper without increasing the footprint of the frying unit and with less energy.

Disclosed herein are modular filter assemblies having a plurality of stacked filter plates formed from a porous material. The filter plate can comprise a planar base portion from which a convoluted ridge wall, having a ridge outer side surface, a ridge inner surface, and a top ridge surface extends. A plurality of fluid inlet troughs and a plurality if fluid outlet troughs are defined by the ridge wall. Adjoining filter plates form a plurality of fluid inlet cavities defined by the fluid inlet trough of one filter plate and a portion of the bottom surface of the adjoining filter plate; and a plurality of fluid outlet cavities defined by the fluid outlet trough of the one filter plate and a portion of the bottom surface of the adjoining filter plate. In use, the plurality of fluid inlet cavities are in filtered communication with the plurality of fluid outlet cavities.

An open architecture platform bypasses data from the facilities of a telecommunications carrier, e.g. an incumbent local exchange carrier, by distinguishing between voice and data traffic, and handling voice and data traffic separately. An SS7 gateway receives and transmits SS7 signaling messages with the platform. When signaling for a call arrives, the SS7 gateway informs a control server on the platform. The control server manages the platform resources, including the SS7 gateway, tandem network access servers (NASs) and modem NASs. A tandem NAS receives the call over bearer channels. The control server determines whether the incoming call is voice traffic or data traffic, by the dialed number, and instructs the tandem NAS how to handle the call. Voiced traffic is transmitted to a switch for transmission from the platform. Data traffic is terminated at a modem NAS, where it is converted into a form suitable for a data network, such as a private data network or an Internet services provider (ISP). The converted data is sent by routers to the data network. The data network need not convert the data, as the function has already been provided by the platform. In lieu of a conversion, the modems can create a tunnel (a virtual private network) between a remote server and the data network.

A short message service (SMS) node detects that at least one request to deliver a plurality of short messages (SM) originates from a single user. Information (MSISDN, ISMI) related to recipients of the plurality of short messages is combined in a signaling message, and the signaling message is transmitted to a charging function (OFCS, OCS).

A mask (stencil) having cells (openings) is disposed on a surface of a heater stage, and is then filled (printed) with solder paste. Then a substrate is assembled to the opposite side of the mask. Then the solder paste is reflowed. This may be done partially inverted. Then the mask is separated from the substrate, either before or after cooling. Solder balls are thus formed on the substrate, which may be a semiconductor wafer. A biased chuck urges the substrate into intimate contact with the mask. A method for printing the mask with solder paste is described. Methods of forming high aspect ratio solder bumps (including balls and reflowable interconnect structures) are described.

A system for removing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide laden gas mixture, the system comprising two groups of carbon dioxide removal structures, each removal structure within each group comprising a porous solid mass substrate supported on the structure and a sorbent that is capable of adsorbing or binding to carbon dioxide, to remove carbon dioxide from a gas mixture, the sorbent being supported upon the surfaces of the porous mass substrate solid; an endless loop support for each of the groups of the removal structures, the endless loop support being so arranged as to move the support structures of each group along a closed curve while being exposed to a stream of the gas mixture; and a sealable regeneration box at one location along each of the endless loop supports, in which, when a porous solid mass substrate is sealed in place therein, carbon dioxide adsorbed upon the sorbent is stripped from the sorbent and the sorbent regenerated; each removal structural supporting a porous substrate in a position to be exposed to a flow of carbon dioxide laden gas mixture so as to allow for the removal of CO2 from the gas mixture; the number of removal structures to the number of regeneration boxes being directly determined by the ratio of the time to adsorb CO2, from a base level to desired level on the sorbent, to the time to strip the CO2 from the desired level back to the base level.