Abstract: Embodied herein is a monohull vessel with a moonpool capable of being used offshore. The monohull vessel includes a moonpool and a deck level. A movable hatch is connected to topside of the moonpool and is countersunk beneath the deck level. A multipurpose tower is mounted on the monohull vessel. The monohull vessel includes an equipment handling system removably mounted on the vessel and a hoist system located inside the monohull vessel.

Abstract: This invention concerns the crosslinking of isotactic polypropylene, which has always been considered a non-crosslinkable polymer. Isotactic polypropylene crosslinking not only generates new uses but also the prospects of both economic and environmentally friendly mixing and recovery operations with other polymers. The crosslinking and interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) (as is the case with polypropylene/polyethylene mixture) provides both interesting properties and significant economic and environmentally friendly interest. The principle of the crosslinking mechanism is to create macro radicals and cause them to act immediately on sulphur before the reaction of peroxide termination. The mixing process used is extrusion; however, all other processes of transformation used for thermoplastics would be useful for subsequent industrial use.

Abstract: Methods for rating installation technicians for telecommunications are described herein. The method generally includes defining performance criteria, making reports on each technician on a regular basis, assigning a rank to each technician on the regular basis, assigning between zero and five stars to each technician within the rank on a regular basis, creating reports on the technicians, comparing reports to the criteria and comparing the prior rank to the results of the reports.

Abstract: The invention is an ingestible wellness one time daily dosage made of a large quantity of rapid absorbing glucosamine sulfate, glucosamine hydrochloride, and an n-acetyl glucosamine and combinations thereof, a large quantity of chondroitin sulfate, chondroitin hydrochloride and combinations thereof, a vasodialating sulfonate with at least one methyl group, and a buffer to reduce adverse symptoms from large amounts of glucosamine and chondroitin selected from the family of araliaceae and a B3 vitamin, wherein the invention is also a wellness beverage that involves a fluid combined with the ingestible wellness dosage.

Abstract: The apparatus for providing notices to a user interface concerning status of at least one item in a container involves a loading opening and a collection opening, a first sensor connected to the loading opening for generating a first signal when an item is inserted in the container, a second sensor connected to the collection opening for generating a second signal when the item is removed from the container, an intelligent device connected to the first and second sensors for receiving the signals and generating intelligent device signals, a communication system in contact with the intelligent device for receiving the intelligent device signals, a software interface in contact with the communication system that processes the intelligent device signals, and a user interface in contact with the software interface that receives the intelligent device signals processed from the software interface.

Abstract: The invention is a beverage involving an ingestible fluid and a dosage amount of an ingestible composition for treating an inflammatory tissue in a mammal, involving the inflammatory tissue selected from the group comprising underperfused tissue, inflamed joints, inflamed muscles, wherein the dosage amount has a glucose ingredient, such as glucosamine sulfate, glucosamine hydrochloride, n-acetyl glucosamine, and combinations thereof; a chondroitin component, such as chondroitin sulfate, chondroitin hydrochloride, and combinations thereof; a member of the family of araliaceae for buffering the ingestion of the glucose ingredient, such as American ginseng, Siberian ginseng, panax ginseng, and combinations thereof; a calcium containing component; and a sulfonate having at least one methyl group ingesting the beverage.

Abstract: The invention is a multiple fuel cell layer structure with numerous fuel cell layers, each fuel cell has an anode, a cathode, a positive end and a negative end, wherein a first fuel cell layer is stacked on top of a second fuel cell layer such that the anode side of the first fuel cell and the anode side of the second fuel cell adjoin, additional fuel cell layers can then added in a like manner, at least one seal disposed between the adjacent fuel cell layers forming at least one plenum, and a positive and a negative connector is connected to the stack to an outside load such that when fuel is presented to the anode sides of the fuel cell layers and oxidant is presented to the cathode sides of the fuel cell layers current is produced to drive the outside load.

Abstract: The invention is a method for balancing and maintaining Cortisol levels in humans by identifying the hormonal needs for a human, using blood tests or saliva tests to ascertain the current relationship between the DHEA, androstenedione, testosterone and androstenediol for that human, inserting the low values of each hormone level into a hormone tree, balancing the DHEA with the androstenediol and the testosterone and the androstenediol in a ratio which is normal for the particular person, modifying the inserted values individually forming modified values wherein the modified values account for a selected symptoms, changing the modified value to accommodate for sex type of an individual forming a gender accommodated value, and creating a morning and evening dose that priors an amount of bio-identical hormones to bring the gender accommodated value up to the normal ratio.

Abstract: The invention is a transporting apparatus for holding lengths of tubulars and transporting tubulars to a drill floor of a drill rig, wherein the transport container for tubulars has a bottom side, a two sides connected to the bottom side, and two ends connected to the bottom side and the sides, wherein there is at least two tubular supports for supporting a plurality of tubulars secured to the two sides adapted to support a row of tubulars and to act as a guide to allow the tubulars to be inserted upward or downward into the container, each support is made of at least two parallel upright members for slidingly receiving an end of a tubular and preventing horizontal movement of the tubulars perpendicular to the side and at least one connector is located on one end and a second connector is located on the other end.

Abstract: The invention is a method for lifting and transporting a heavy load comprising using a heavy lift vessel with at least two heavy lift cranes adapted to operate simultaneously; mounting a deep water deployment system on each crane adapted to increase hook travel the crane; shifting the load from the first location to over a second location on the heavy lift vessel; placing the load on the second location; moving the heavy lift vessel to a second position; using a conventional mooring system to maintain the heavy lift vessel at the second position; picking up the load from the second location using the cranes simultaneously; shifting the load from a second location to over a third location; and placing the load on the third location.

Abstract: The method for loading pressurized compressed natural gas into a storage element on a floating vessel entails introducing compressed natural gas from a source into a storage element located on the floating vessel raising the storage element pressure from about 800 psi to about 1200 psi at an ambient temperature; allowing a portion of the compressed natural gas to cool forming a liquid in the storage element; removing remaining vapor phase compressed natural gas from the storage element to a refrigeration plant, wherein the refrigeration plant is adapted to cool the vapor; removing the liquid from the storage element to the refrigeration plant; wherein the refrigeration plant is adapted to cool the liquid; mixing the cooled vapor phase with the cooled liquid phase and returning the mixture to the storage element; repeating the steps until the vapor has been cooled and is substantially a liquid.

Abstract: The method for identifying the presence of an item to a user interface entails using a container having a loading opening and a collection opening, passing the item through the loading opening activating a first sensor, sending a first signal from the first sensor to an intelligent device, creating a first intelligent device signal from the intelligent device, communicating the first intelligent device signal to a communication system, opening the collection opening to collect the item, thereby activating a second sensor, sending a second signal from the second sensor to the intelligent device, creating a second intelligent device signal from the intelligent device, communicating the second intelligent device signal to the communication system, and using a software interface to process the first intelligent device signal and the second intelligent device signal and present the intelligent device signals processed by the software interface to the user interface.

Abstract: The invention is a method for operating a heat exchanger in a power plant by pumping a heat exchange fluid around a set of tubes in the first heat exchanger; increasing the heat exchange fluid temperature and cooling the compressed heated air; splitting heated fluid flow into a second and third heat exchanger and a vessel; injecting a hydrocarbon flow into the set of tubes in the second heat exchanger; flowing the heated fluid into the second heat exchanger transferring heat from the heated heat exchange fluid to the hydrocarbon flow whose temperature increases between 90% and 500%; flowing the cooled heat exchange fluid to the vessel; flowing the heated fluid from the first heat exchanger to a third heat exchanger and cooling the excess heated heat exchange fluid; and using the vessel to accommodate thermal expansion of the fluid.

Abstract: A device for stopping a bullet having undergarment pants, pockets attached into the undergarment pants or a one piece under garment, covering each femoral artery path, at least one pocket sewn into the undergarment pants covering the lower portion of the spine of the wearer, and at least three removable ballistic protection pads one each to be inserted into each pocket and thereby cover each femoral artery and iliac vessels path and the lower portion of the spine of a wearer.

Abstract: An enterprise server for communication for a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, comprising: configurable server software running on memory in a computer; a configurable server interface adapted to receive at least one client request from at least one client application for specific device status data and providing those requests to the server software; a configurable protocol interface with the server software for building a message for the specific device using a device protocol; a configurable connection interface for connecting to the specific device and enabling the message to be transmitted to the specific device and receiving the specific device status data from the specific device and transmitting the status data to the server interface using the device protocol; and caching the status data on the memory in the computer as cached data from the configurable server interface.

Abstract: The flying lead deployment apparatus with one reel assembly is made of a frame assembly; a reel assembly with flying lead disposed in the frame assembly adapted to rotate to distribute the flying lead; a first ROV-flying lead interface connected to the frame assembly and one end of the flying lead; a second ROV-flying lead interface connected to the reel assembly and the other end of the flying end; a drive assembly connected to the reel assembly with a counting gear adapted to count the number of times the reel assembly rotates, an adjustable rack gear, and a locking mechanism connected to the adjustable rack gear and the reel assembly adapted to stop the reel assembly when the counting gear reaches a predetermined number; and a friction brake connected to the frame assembly and reel assembly adapted to apply friction to maintain constant tension on the flying lead.

Abstract: The method for re-deploying an offshore jacket using a plinth involves the steps of locating an offshore jacket; constructing a plinth with a plinth legs, a skirt pile sleeve, a mud mat, a space frame, guide cones, and a trestle per plinth leg; placing the plinth at the second site; driving one skirt pile into each skirt pile sleeve; disconnecting the jacket legs from the seabed at the first site; lifting the offshore jacket above the seabed; moving the offshore jacket from the first site to the second site; and lowering the offshore jacket such that each jacket leg stabs into each guide cone on the plinth until each jacket leg mud mat contacts each trestle; and inserting pin piles through each jacket leg and plinth leg and grouting the pin piles to effect a permanent structural connection between plinth and jacket.

Abstract: The invention is a method and supplement for treatment of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, depression, and combination thereof, comprising: from about 20 wt % to about 70 wt % emu oil, wherein the emu oil further comprises from about 1 wt % to about 12 wt % linolenic acid; from about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % l-arginine; from about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % pyroglutamate; from about 0.5. wt % to about 20 wt % B-12 methylcobalamin; and from about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % calcium, wherein the supplement is adapted for crossing a blood brain barrier, and for fortification of phospholipids in neurotransmitters of a brain to increase cell proliferation for treatment of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, depression, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communication for a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, the SCADA system comprising: an enterprise server; at least one intelligent electronic device (RTU), wherein the RTU measures a physical process and stores digital data representative of the measurement in a memory area for transmission; a configuration tool (AES) linking the SCADA server with the RTU; a connection device (TAC) for installing the SCADA system on related software program; a gel encapsulation layer (GEL), the method comprising the steps of: (1) communicating a command from the enterprise server to said RTU via the AES to configure said RTU; (2) permitting said RTU to receive data input and to store said data; and (3) transmitting said data back from the RTU to the enterprise server.

Abstract: The method for lowering an object to an underwater installation site, wherein a submersible remotely operated vehicle (ROV) having at least one thruster for providing lateral thrust is interconnectable to an object, entails providing a vessel, having a winch and suspension cable; interconnecting and lowering the object and ROV towards the underwater installation site using a suspension cable, providing at least one anchor near the installation site; interconnecting each anchor and ROV with a positioning wire, while the ROV and object are suspended in the holding position; tensioning and adjusting the length of each positioning wire such that the interconnected ROV and object are positioned with respect to the installation site; and further lowering interconnected object and ROV, which are positioned by at least one positioning wire onto the installation site while keeping the interconnected object and ROV suspended from a suspension cable.