Abstract: A method, a filtering control device, a computer program and a computer program product for processing a first picture in a sample adaptive filtering procedure are disclosed. The first picture is reconstructed from video data. The filtering control device obtains an offset magnitude from the video data. The offset magnitude indicates a magnitude of a sample adaptive offset to be applied in the sample adaptive filtering procedure. The filtering control device obtains an offset sign from the video data. The offset sign indicates a sign of the sample adaptive offset. The filtering control device determines the sample adaptive offset based on the offset magnitude and the offset sign. Moreover, the filtering control device processes, in the sample adaptive filtering procedure, at least a portion of the first picture while applying the sample adaptive offset.

Abstract: A potentiometric sensor, comprising: a potentiometer track; a collector track opposite the potentiometer track; a conductive magnetic cushion slider coupled to the potentiometer track and the collector track; and a sealed body housing the potentiometer track, the collector track, and the conductive magnetic cushion is disclosed. The potentiometric sensor may provide a variable output voltage indicative of a level of liquid in a container. The output voltage of the potentiometric sensor may be based on a position of a magnet, which may determine a position of the conductive magnetic cushion or a ferromagnetic spring. The magnet may be outside of the sealed body. As the sensor will be more cost effective and less space consuming, the totally sealed sensor incorporating the conductive magnetic cushion or a ferromagnetic spring may replace many applications that allow a hysteresis of less than 1 mm. Additionally, these applications may be used on rotary systems.

Abstract: A flash suppressor assembly that captures, burns, and cools the combustion gases produced when a projectile, such as a bullet, is fired by a weapon. The flash suppressor assembly includes a housing with an internal space containing a tubular burn chamber disposed about a burn tube that define at least one set of an accelerated gas flow chamber, an expanded burn chamber, and an elongated cooling chamber. The outer surface profile of the burn tube includes grooves that facilitate the intermixing of oxygen with the combustion gases to enhance burning thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for requesting scheduling of resources to be used for uplink communication of data in a communications system. If the repeated transmission by a user equipment of scheduling requests on an uplink control channel is determined to be unsuccessful, a random access transmission on a random access channel is initiated as a fallback procedure.

Abstract: A tool assembly is described. In embodiments, the tool assembly has an elongated body having uphole and downhole ends adapted for forming a tool joint, where the body has an axial through bore and at least one aperture in a side wall of the elongated body for receiving a keying element, and an inner de-coupling sleeve movable within the through bore of the elongated body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tailgate, and in particular to an improved tailgate having a support plate that is movable to a raised position. The tailgate has a body that mounts to a truck bed in a conventional manner. The body has a cavity. When in a storage position, an extension plate, a first side plate, a second side plate and a support plate are contained within in the cavity. When in a deployed or extended position, the extension plate is rotated relative to the body, the side plates are pivoted up and the support plate is raised within the cavity. The support plate can be raised and lowered automatically as the side plates are swung open and closed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a graft block copolymer comprising a first block polymer; the first block polymer comprising a backbone polymer and a first graft polymer; where the first graft polymer comprises a surface energy reducing moiety that comprises a halocarbon moiety, a silicon containing moiety, or a combination of a halocarbon moiety and a silicon containing moiety; a second block polymer; the second block polymer being covalently bonded to the first block; wherein the second block comprises the backbone polymer and a second graft polymer; where the second graft polymer comprises a functional group that is operative to undergo acid-catalyzed deprotection causing a change of solubility of the graft block copolymer in a developer solvent.

Abstract: We describe methods of mass-producing full color, 3D holograms, potentially incorporating a personalized image, which are particularly suitable for security purposes. Broadly speaking in embodiments a method generates, electronically, an interlaced image comprising a set of different views of a 3D object from different angles. This is projected onto a diffusing screen using coherent light and mapped from the screen into an angularly encoded object beam using a lenticular array. The different views in the angularly encoded object beam are then recorded simultaneously into holographic film using a reference beam.

Abstract: Adapter for a flue gas outlet with a first end (2), a second end (4), and a central passageway (6) extending there between. The second end (4) has at least two interconnected cylinder shaped walls (8, 10, 12) having different internal diameters (d1, d2, d3), each cylinder shaped wall (8,10,12) being arranged for sealed engagement with a corresponding pipe to be inserted into the adapter (1). An internal diameter of the at least two cylinder shaped walls (8,10,12) decreases with increased insertion depth (h) as measured from the second end (4) toward the first end (2). The at least two cylinder shaped walls (8,10,12) are eccentrically disposed and mutually tangent in a longitudinal direction of the adapter (1). The adapter (1) further has a pipe securing member (14) circumferentially disposed at the second end (4).

Abstract: A method for making a heat exchanger includes providing a first outer tube, and an inner tube disposed in the first outer tube; placing a first coiled heat-transfer tube in a space defined between the inner tube and the first outer tube without being fixed to either one of an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube and an inner peripheral surface of the first outer tube, the first coiled heat-transfer tube including a plurality of coiled sections, an inside space of the heat-transfer tube defining a first flow path, a coiled space defined between coiled sections of the heat-transfer tube in the space, defined between the inner tube and the first outer tube, defining a second flow path, wherein heat is exchanged between two fluids.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method including feeding an invert emulsion wellbore fluid, or a previously used invert emulsion wellbore fluid, into a mixing unit; adding an additive to the mixing unit; delivering the invert emulsion wellbore fluid and the additive to one or more stages of the mixing unit, the mixing unit having a shear rate ranging from about 10,000 s-1 to about 100,000 s-1. The invert emulsion wellbore fluid includes a non-oleaginous fluid being the discontinuous internal aqueous phase of the wellbore fluid, and an oleaginous fluid being the continuous external phase of the wellbore fluid.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for measuring received signal power at a mobile terminal in a cellular communications network in such a manner as to efficiently provide highly accurate received signal power measurements in the presence of strong inter-cell interference. In one embodiment, in order to measure received signal power for a measured cell, a mobile terminal selects weighting parameters for a number of time-frequency samples of a reference signal of the measured cell based, at least in part, on inter-cell interference from one or more synchronized interfering cells and inter-cell interference from one or more non-synchronized interfering cells. The mobile terminal applies the time-frequency samples of the reference signal of the measured cell and the corresponding weighting parameters to corresponding time-frequency samples of a received signal from the measured cell in order to obtain a measurement of the received power for the measured cell.

Abstract: A load transporting apparatus is described including: a main body; a ground engaging wheel positioned at or towards one end of the main body and supported for rotation about a generally horizontal axis; a support member, which is connected to the main body, and which supports a pair of wheel assemblies, each assembly including a wheel which is supported for rotation about a generally horizontal wheel axis, wherein said wheel assembly permits the wheel to swivel about a swivel axis which is substantially perpendicular to the wheel axis and off-set therefrom; wherein the support member is connected to the main body by connection means which permits movement of the main body towards and away from the support member. Also described is an apparatus where the or a further connection means is configured to permit rotation of the support member relative to the main body about an axis which extends generally in a fore-aft direction of the apparatus.

Abstract: A Post Migration platform that has a Remediation Engine that checks for errors and warnings in the generated code from the source code, both in a different language. The system provides the options to the user for resolving the ambiguity, issues, and warnings with best practice suggestions. The engine consists of Smart (migration) Remedy Engine 4, a Report Engine 17 and a Log Engine 18. The tool generated files 1 are passed into the Smart (migration) Remedy Engine 4 that checks for syntactic and semantic errors, warnings, uncertainties, and ambiguities in the code, and also analyzes the code for the best practices. The Technical Logs are generated by the Log Engine 16. A report is generated which contains a list of technical errors, warnings and stack traces along with the TODO list.

Abstract: A system (100) for controlling the environment in a reaction box (300) comprises a controller (150) configured to control a gas multiplexer (130) to switch between applying an under pressure in the reaction box (300) from a vacuum pump (140) and applying a gas flow from a connected gas source (200) to the reaction box (300) multiple times in a cyclic manner. A particle monitor (160) generates particle information representing a concentration of particles in the reaction box (300). This particle information is stored as a GMP clean room classification notification for the reaction box (300).

Abstract: An irradiation device using ionizing radiation, particularly for radiation therapy and/or radiation biology, simultaneously includes: at least one unit (MER) for emitting ionizing radiation; at least one dose-monitoring unit (MCD); at least one unit for detecting an ionizing radiation dose (MDD); and at least one monitoring and control system (SCC). The units (MER, MDD, MCD) and the system (SCC) are also intelligently interconnected therebetween so as to engage with one another and form an intelligent monitoring and adjustment loop, such as to controllably, precisely and desirably produce strong doses of ionizing radiation of at least 0.01 Gy, having a precision within at least one 1? Gy but preferably 1 n Gy, in strong dose rates up to 1000 Gy/s with power within a range of 1 to 50 Me V in very brief time intervals of at least 0.1 ?s, preferably 1 ms.

Abstract: Methods for reducing loss of wellbore fluid to formation may include pumping an oil-based wellbore fluid into the wellbore, where the wellbore includes an oleaginous continuous phase and a plurality of modified brine phases dispersed in the oleaginous continuous phase.