Abstract: A system is provided which includes a bottomhole assembly, a cable assembly, and a controller. The bottomhole assembly is disposed in a wellbore traversing a subterranean formation from a surface of the earth, and includes a drill tool. The cable assembly includes a fiber optic line coupled with the bottomhole assembly. The fiber optic line has a length that traverses a length of the wellbore from the bottomhole assembly to the surface. The fiber optic line is a distributed sensor and measures one or more downhole parameters along the length of the fiber optic line during the drilling of the wellbore. The controller is coupled with the cable assembly, and receives data from the fiber optic line during the drilling of the wellbore by the drill tool.

Abstract: A drill collar having at least one pocket for receiving at least one component. The at least one pocket includes a rectangular portion that extends from a first end to a second end. The rectangular portion also includes a base surface. Each of the first and the second ends includes a transition surface extending from the base surface to a pair of shoulder surfaces and a channel. The pair of shoulder surfaces and a surface of the channel are parallel to the base surface. The channel extends to an end pocket that can be in communication with an aperture.

Abstract: The disclosure herein generally relates to the field of determination of cardiopulmonary signals for multi-persons, and, more particularly, to determination of cardiopulmonary signals for multi-persons using in-body signals obtained by ultra-wide band (UWB) radar. The disclosed method determines of cardiopulmonary signals for multi-persons using in-body signals, wherein a UWB radar signals/waves reflected from inside a human body is utilized for efficient determination of cardiopulmonary signals. The disclosed method and system utilize the UWB radar signals to identify a number of persons along with several details about the persons that include a girth of the each identified person and the orientation of the identified person towards the one or more UWB radar. Further a chest wall distance, a breathing rate, a heart wall distance and a heart rate are determined for all the identified persons based on the identified girth and the identified orientation along with the UWB radar signals.

Abstract: A method for the rapid, automatic, and adaptative deployment of a cloud environment that is secure, that adapts to different hardware architectures, network architectures, cloud services, technologies, and user needs, and that requires minimal user input. Configuration data may be generated for a collection of software components, which may include user inputs and randomly generated data. This data may be stored in a configuration database that is updated as deployment proceeds. Available hardware such as servers, storage, and networks may be discovered automatically and added to the configuration database. An initial software component may be deployed to coordinate subsequent steps, and then additional software components may be deployed in a sequence that considers dependencies. Software components may be organized into deployment groups. Users may select subsets of the components to deploy. The deployed cloud environment may be tested and validated automatically.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a sensor container for a downhole tool. The sensor container can be mountable in a receiver space on a carrier that is insertable into a wellbore. The sensor container can comprise a container body having a receiving space to which a shock-sensitive sensor is couplable. Further, the sensor container can comprise a shock absorber positioned at a lateral side thereof. The shock absorber can be configured to buffer shock forces and vibration forces acting thereupon.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating augmented reality environments from 2D drawings are provided. The system performs a camera calibration process to determine how a camera transforms images from the real world into a 2D image plane. The system calculates a camera pose and determines an object position and an object orientation relative to a known coordinate system. The system detects and processes a 2D drawing/illustration and generates a 3D model from the 2D drawing/illustration. The system performs a rendering process, wherein the system generates an augmented reality environment which includes the 3D model superimposed on an image of the 2D drawing/illustration. The system can generate the augmented reality environment in real time, allowing the system to provide immediate feedback to the user. The images processed by the system can be from a video, from multiple image photography, etc.

Abstract: Data filtering and processing techniques for generating improved wellbore resistivity maps are contemplated. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving a plurality of measurement sets, wherein each measurement set includes electromagnetic field data associated with a geologic formation, performing an inversion on each of the plurality of measurement sets to generate a corresponding plurality of formation profiles, and applying a filter to each of the formation profiles to generate a plurality of profile clusters. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for selecting a representative cluster from among the profile clusters for use in generating a wellbore resistivity map. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for computing and recommending optimal hold time for every flight of an airline to minimize passenger misconnects in airline operations. The method recommends an optimal hold time for a flight based on passenger and airline disutility. Passenger disutility is computed based on the delay to destination of some or all of the passengers, availability of alternate routes for the connecting passengers, and a passenger specific connection time for connecting passengers. Airline disutility is computed based on the arrival delay of the outbound flight and subsequent flights of the same physical aircraft, till the delay no-longer propagates and an operating cost to the airline such as rebooking cost, ground cost etc. Finally, the method introduces a business factor, bringing in airline specific flexibility, to combine passenger and airline disutility to form total disutility and recommends the optimal hold based on least value.

Abstract: A charged particle accelerator for which assembly work can be simplified is provided, and a method for building the same is provided. In a vacuum-duct joint-portion 10: a male screw 21 is engraved on an outer peripheral surface of a joint 11; a contact surface 25 to be brought into contact with an annular seal 12 is formed at the end of the inner peripheral surface 22 of the joint 11; a pressing surface 26 for pressing the annular seal 12 toward the contact surface 25 of the joint 11A is formed on the ring 15; an abutting surface 28 that abuts on the ring 15 is formed on the nut 16; and a female screw 27 to be screwed to the male screw 21 of the joint 11A is engraved on the inner peripheral surface of the nut 16.

Abstract: A reservoir assembly that holds a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation in a reservoir includes a reservoir assembly connector assembly defining a connector conduit, and which may be configured to detachably couple with a non-nicotine vaporizer assembly based on a connector element of the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly engaging with the connector conduit of the connector conduit. The reservoir assembly may include an isolation structure configured to move in relation to both the reservoir and the non-nicotine vaporizer connector assembly between a first position where the isolation structure exposes the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly to the reservoir and at least partially obstructs the connector conduit to restrict the connector element from disengaging from the connector conduit, and a second position where the isolation structure isolates the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly from the reservoir and opens the connector conduit to enable the connector element to disengage from the connector conduit.

Abstract: A flow control apparatus with a guide housing having one or ports, a breakable bond, and a platform with an upper surface having one or more pistons. The platform and guide housing have a first bonded configuration where the pistons are received in the ports, a breaking configuration, an opening configuration where the platform is movable away from the guide housing, and a misaligned configuration where the platform is displaced with respect to the guide housing. The guide housing has a guide bore and the platform has a guide projection extending into the guide bore. The guide bore has a groove and the guide projection has an extension extending in the groove for transitioning between configurations.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.

Abstract: Expansive cement compositions for use in subterranean wellbores that include a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder material (MAHBM). The MAHBM may include a plurality of particles having a silica core and an amorphous coating substantially surrounding the silica core. The coating may comprise, for example, a plurality of amorphous ?-dicalcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles or microparticles. The MAHBM may be used as an expansion agent in a cement composition or used as an expansive cement by itself.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustic sensor system comprising an electrical connector, at least one transducer connected to the electrical connector, a fluid compensating piston connected to the electrical connector, a housing having the electrical connector, the at least one transducer, and the fluid compensating piston arranged in a linear arrangement, and a collar having the housing mounted along an interior surface of the collar.

Abstract: A fluid is provided. The fluid includes a base fluid and an additive. The additive has a marker functional group that absorbs infrared radiation having a wavelength in a predetermined range between about 2100 cm?1 and about 2300 cm?1.

Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing and a spring clip disposed in the housing. The housing has a main body and a cover. The cover is movable with respect to the main body between an open position and a closed position. The spring clip is resiliently deflectable by the cover. The spring clip is in a first state with the cover in the open position in which the spring clip abuts a conductor exposed through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable with a first contact force. The spring clip is in a second state with the cover in the closed position in which the spring clip abuts the conductor with a second contact force greater than the first contact force.

Abstract: A terminal locator for a hand tool includes a base, a magnet, and a holder attached to the base and rotatable with respect to the base between an open position and a closed position. The holder has a magnet passageway and a resilient latch retaining the magnet in the magnet passageway.

Abstract: A system for use in performing a reverse cementing operation in a downhole well operation and creating a sectional separation within a well casing and a process completion indicator. The system comprising a well casing, and a magnetic element, and a plurality of magnetizable particles. The magnetic element is coupled with a radial, interior section of the well casing and the plurality of magnetizable particles couple with the magnetic element forming an impediment between a first and second section of the well casing. The impediment creates a detectable resistive force. The magnetizable particles and the at least one magnet form a contiguous and porous wall and the resistive force creates a pressure spike at a surface of the well in response to the interaction of a cement slurry pumped into an annulus of a wellbore and the wall.

Abstract: Described are a system, method, and computer program product for updating and processing payment device transaction tokens. The method includes receiving an update request to update stored transaction information, the update request identifying at least one old payment device and at least one new payment device. The method also includes generating at least one new token associated with the at least one new payment device, and linking the at least one new token to at least one old token. The method further includes receiving a transaction request including the at least one old token, and communicating the at least one new token that is linked to the at least one old token to an issuer for processing of the transaction request.

Abstract: The described systems and methods provide a user's mobile device with a graphical user interface that can provide information about the lowest price offered for one or more products. For instance, when a person at a physical retail store places one or more products in a physical shopping cart, a scanning device may scan the one or more products to obtain information about the one or more products, the scanned information is sent to a server that provides pricing and store location information to a mobile device based on the scanned information, the pricing and store location information can be analyzed by the mobile device to display the lowest price and store location for each product.