Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for classification and storage of acquired well data according to the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention a system for handling information generally includes, but is not limited to, a sensor associated with a well and a memory coupled to receive data from the sensor and store the data. The system also includes a processor programmed to read data identified as active from the memory and programmed to read other data from an electronic storage, where the memory is capable of being read at higher speed than the electronic storage.

Abstract: A method for optimizing the position and size of a search window in a tracking system is disclosed. According to some embodiments of the present invention, the method may comprise: calculating a velocity of a tracked object based on comparison of at least two previously captured consecutive frames; calculating an expected position of the tracked object in a subsequent frame based on calculated velocity of the tracked object; determine possible positions of the tracked object in the subsequent frame, based on the last known position of the tracked object, status of the tracked object, the expected position and the acceleration of the tracked object; and optimizing the size and position of the search window within the subsequent frame so that the search window covers the expected position and at least one of the possible positions of said tracked object.

Abstract: Monoclonal neutralizing antibodies are disclosed that specifically bind to the HIV-1 gp41 membrane-proximal external region (MPER). Also disclosed are compositions including the disclosed antibodies that specifically bind gp41, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including the nucleic acids, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acids. The antibodies and compositions disclosed herein can be used for detecting the presence of HIV-1 in a biological sample, or detecting an HIV-1 infection or diagnosing AIDS in a subject. In additional, the broad neutralization breadth of the disclosed antibodies makes them ideal for treating a subject with an HIV infection. Thus, disclosed are methods of treating and/or preventing HIV infection.

Abstract: A wellbore servicing tool comprising a housing at least partially defining an axial flowbore, the housing comprising one or more ports, a sliding sleeve, and a fluid delay system. The sliding sleeve is slidably positioned within the housing and transitionable from a first position in which the sliding prevents fluid communication via a route of fluid communication via the one or more ports to a second position in which the sliding sleeve allows fluid communication via the route of fluid communication via the one or more ports. The fluid delay system is configured to retain the sliding sleeve in the first position until actuated and to allow the sliding sleeve to transition from the first position to the second position at a controlled rate when actuated. The fluid delay system is actuatable via a wireless signal.

Abstract: Apparatus and systems include a magnet assembly comprising a central magnet having a first axial end and a second, opposite axial end; a first end piece magnet having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end spaced apart from the first axial end of the central magnet; and a second end piece magnet spaced apart from the second axial end of the central magnet; at least one first shim magnet disposed adjacent to or at least partially surrounded by first magnetically permeable material, the at least one first shim magnet disposed next to an end of the first end piece magnet that is proximal to the central magnet, or next to an end of the first end piece magnet that is distal to the central magnet; and a downhole tool attached to the magnet assembly. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: Pulse telemetry systems and methods for communicating digital data from a wellbore to a surface unit are presented that include a valve fluidly coupled to drilling fluid. The valve adjusts pressure in a drillpipe to cause pressure transitions within the drilling fluid within the drillpipe to transmit data over the drilling fluid. The valve includes a voice coil actuator for developing the pressure transitions within the drilling fluid. Other systems and methods and are included.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are isolated humanized monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) with a binding affinity of about 1.0 nM or less. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including these nucleic acid molecules, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acid molecules are also disclosed. Methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating JEV infection in a subject with JEV also are disclosed. Additionally, the antibodies can be used to detect JEV in a sample, and methods of diagnosing JEV infection, or confirming a diagnosis of JEV infection in a subject, are disclosed herein that utilize these antibodies.

Abstract: A method that includes obtaining log data of a downhole formation, and characterizing the downhole formation by determining stiffness coefficients including C33, C44, C66, C11, C12, and C13. C13 is a function of C33, C44, C66, and at least one of a kerogen volume and a clay volume derived from the log data. In another method or system, C13 is derived based at least in part on C11 calculated as C11=k1[C33+2(C66?C44)]+k2 or C33 calculated as C33=((C11?k2)/k1)?2(C66?C44), where k1 and k2 are predetermined constants. In another method or system, C13 is derived in part from at least one of a kerogen volume derived from the log data, a clay volume derived from the log data, C11 calculated as C11=k1[C33+2(C66?C44)]+k2, or C33 calculated as C33=((C11?k2)/k1)?2(C66?C44), where k1 and k2 are predetermined constants.

Abstract: Some embodiments override network or router level path selection with application or server controlled path selection by repurposing the type-of-service (ToS) or differentiated services header field. A mapping table maps different ToS values to different available transit provider paths to a particular destination. A server generating a packet to the destination selects one of the available paths according to any of load balanced, failover, or performance optimization criteria. The server sets the packet header ToS field with the value assigned to the selected path. A router operating in the same network as the server is configured with policy based routing rules that similarly map the ToS values to different transit provider paths to the particular destination network. Upon receiving the server generated packet, the router routes the packet to the destination network through the transit provider path identified in the packet header by the server set ToS value.

Abstract: Methods and systems for license plate recognition utilizing a trained neural network. In an example embodiment, a neural network can be subject to operations involving iteratively training and adapting the neural network for a particular task such as, for example, text recognition in the context of a license plate recognition application. The neural network can be trained to perform generic text recognition utilizing a plurality of training samples. The neural network can be applied to a cropped image of a license plate in order to recognize text and produce a license plate transcription with respect to the license plate. An example of such a neural network is a CNN (Convolutional Neural. Network).

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus, methods, and applications for treating wastewater, and more particularly to biological processes for removing pollutants from wastewater. This invention further relates to apparatus and methods for growing microbes on-site at a wastewater treatment facility, and for economically inoculating sufficient microbes to solve various treatment problems rapidly.

Abstract: Methods and systems including introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises a base fluid and a fluid loss control package (FLCP). The FLCP comprises rigid non-degradable particulates and pliable degradable particulates. The FLCP forms a fluidic seal in the subterranean formation at a target interval, thereby providing fluid loss control therein.

Abstract: The invention includes a work platform and support system that includes a hub and joist configuration, wherein the hubs and joists are capable of articulation, or pivoting. One method of installation allows for sections of new work platform system to be extended from an existing suspended work platform system. The system is also capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied to it.

Abstract: New functions for a contact center system include: testing user's comprehension of informational messages; capturing insight users having a KPI score above a threshold by having those users submit information on why they perform well; dynamically ordering solutions to issues by re-ranking the solutions periodically based on recency and frequency; integrating information for use by a contact center representative while online with a customer and information for use when not online; storing content items in a telecommunications industry taxonomy; directing user feedback on a content item to the proper owner/manager of that content; communicating solution information using a solutions taxonomy; displaying a dual information system having a CRM application and reference material that's context-appropriate; enforcing completion of a group of templates when creating a content item to be published; ensuring a group of templates for a content item are complete before publishing them; and searching within a contact ce

Abstract: Regions of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen are provided representing epitopes recognized by antibodies in subjects that have acquired immunity to Bacillus anthracis infection. The recognition of these epitopes correlates with autoimmunity in a subject. Also provided are vaccines that include at least one of these epitopes that when administered to a subject provide improved acquired immunity.

Abstract: Identified herein are different forms of bitter receptor genes that occur in different humans. These alleles are generated by numerous coding single nucleotide polymorphisms (cSNP's) that occur within the members of the T2R gene family. Some SNP's cause amino acid substitutions, while others introduce chain termination codons, rendering the allele non-functional. Differences in these genes are believed to have a large effect on those individuals' sense of bitter taste, such that these individuals perceive the taste of bitter substances differently than the rest of the population. The ability to assay this allelic information is useful in the development of flavorings and flavor enhancers, as it can be used to define large groups and populations who perceive bitter tastes differently. This in turn allows the taste preferences of these groups to be addressed at the molecular level for the first time.

Abstract: A gas presence and distance thereof are calculated using pulsed neutron data. A distance of a gas flow path and a velocity of the gas flow therein are calculated using distributed acoustic sensors. The gas saturation and distance, and gas velocity and distance obtained from the noise data are correlated to obtain a first calculated distance and velocity values. The distance and the velocity of the gas flow are calculated using distributed Doppler sensors. The distance and velocity values are compared with the first calculated distance and velocity values to obtain a second calculated distance and velocity values. The distance of the gas flow and the velocity of the gas flow are calculated using distributed temperature sensors. The distance and velocity values are compared with the second calculated distance and velocity values to determine a distance of a cement interface, and a velocity of a gas flow therein.

Abstract: A method and system for providing synchronous display at a customer mobile device of a vendor point of sale register receipt in the process of being created is disclosed. The method may include, at a customer mobile wireless device, initiating a live register receipt application and authentication process with a live register receipt provider, receiving and forwarding unique vendor register identification information and forwarding that information to the live register receipt provider. In response the customer mobile device receives and displays line item data from the identified vendor register via the provider in real-time. The system may include a customer mobile device configured to implement the live register receipt functionality described and a live register receipt provider configured to communicate live register data from vendor registers and mobile devices.

Abstract: Optical computing devices including a light source that emits electromagnetic radiation into an optical train that extends from the light source to a detector, a substance arranged in the optical train and configured to optically interact with the electromagnetic radiation and produce sample interacted radiation, an integrated computational element (ICE) array arranged in the optical train and including a plurality of ICE cores arranged on a substrate, and a variable weighting array arranged in the optical train and including a plurality of weighting devices arranged on a weighting substrate, the plurality of weighting devices being configured to optically apply corresponding weighting factors to beams of modified electromagnetic radiation prior to being received by the detector, wherein the detector generates an output signal indicative of a characteristic of the substance based on the plurality of beams of modified electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: Methods for reducing the amount of water produced from a subterranean formation can include the use of a gellable treatment fluid that comprises a quaternary ammonium salt as a gel-time modifier. The gellable treatment fluids can comprise an aqueous base fluid, a base polymer comprising an acrylamide monomer unit, an organic crosslinking agent, and a gel-time modifier comprising a quaternary ammonium salt.