Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises a seal section that comprises a housing and at least one sacrificial anode assembly. The at least one sacrificial anode assembly comprises a sacrificial material suitable to attenuate the corrosive effect of H2S fluid (hydrogen sulfide) and comprises a containment disposed inside the housing. The containment defines an annulus between an outside of the containment and an inside of the housing. The containment is disposed around the sacrificial material. The containment defines interiorly an initially void space downhole of the sacrificial material. The at least one sacrificial anode assembly defines a folded fluid flow path through the sacrificial material.

Abstract: Mixed lineage kinase (MLK) inhibitors are disclosed. The compounds inhibit kinase activity. The compounds may be used to treat diseases or conditions characterized at least in part by overexpression of one or more MLKs. The compounds have a structure according to formula I, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) amino acid constructs. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the CAR constructs are disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal are also disclosed. Methods of making the CAR constructs are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects for dispersing a non-fungible token in response to a security program. An aspect begins by generating a three-dimensional virtual world. The aspect continues by receiving a request to access a test program as part of a security program in the three-dimensional virtual world. The test program includes a display of a source code and instructions for a user to resolve an associated challenge. The aspect then determines a tier of the user, where the tier indicates progress of the user in resolving challenges corresponding to the security program. The test program is generated based on the tier of the user and is generated on a user device through a perspective of a virtual camera. The aspect continues by receiving a resolution to the challenge. A non-fungible token is then generated based on the resolution, assigned to a digital wallet, and recorded on a blockchain.

Abstract: A completion system is provided for use downhole in a wellbore that includes a pipe with a restriction inside the pipe. The system includes an upper completion assembly with a mandrel with a mandrel axis and a stinger sub rotatably connected with the mandrel and rotatable around a stinger axis offset from the mandrel axis. The stinger sub also includes a first portion wet-mate connector located in a radially outward portion of the stinger sub. The system also includes a lower completion assembly with a second portion wet-mate connector. The first and second portion wet-mate connectors are connectable downhole. Further, rotation of the stinger sub around the stinger axis rotates and moves the radially outward portion radially inward with respect to the mandrel axis. Doing allows the upper completion assembly to move past a restriction and further downhole into the wellbore.

Abstract: A downhole cutting tool may include a tubular housing securable to a downhole end of a conveyance and a cutting head secured to the tubular housing. The cutting head may have a retractable cutting blade configured to move between a radially extended position and a retracted position. Additionally, the cutting head may be configured to rotate with respect to the tubular housing to drive the retractable cutting blade, in the radially extended position, to cut a downhole tubular disposed in a wellbore. The downhole cutting tool may also include at least one motor secured within the tubular housing and configured to drive rotation of the cutting head. Further, the downhole cutting tool may include a power source disposed within the tubular housing and configured to supply power to the at least one motor, and the power source may include at least one battery.

Abstract: A method for planning and/or optimizing an in-person trip includes: determining, based on a user interaction between a user and a user device, that the user has an in-person-action intention associated with a particular location; obtaining a list of elements designated by the user for in-person action; identifying at least one entity associated with the particular location; determining at least one location at the at least one entity associated with at least one element on the list; generating directions that indicate a path through the at least one entity and to the at least one location associated with the at least one element; receiving an indication from the user device that the user device has determined that the user has arrived at the at least one entity; and in response to receiving the indication, causing the user device to output the directions.

Abstract: An e-vaping device having a cartridge including an outer container extending in a longitudinal direction, a conduit within the outer container, a storage portion including pre-vapor formulation ingredients, the storage portion being between the outer container and the conduit and including a plurality of chambers, a plurality of wicks, each of the wicks being in communication with each of the chambers and the conduit and being configured to deliver one or more ingredients in each of the chambers to the conduit, and a coil heater located in the chimney and operatively coupled to each of the wicks. The e-vaping device also includes a power supply source coupled to the cartridge, the power supply source is configured to heat the wicks to vaporize ingredients located in respective chambers and generate a vapor corresponding to each of the vaporized ingredients.

Abstract: An electronics encapsulation for preventing gas invasion is provided. An example downhole tool can comprise a drilling assembly and a sensor secured to the drilling assembly. The sensor can include a circuit board, wherein at least a portion of a surface of the circuit board is covered with a coating made of an epoxy resin composition comprising one or more benzene rings.

Abstract: A method for creating a final application includes a computer obtaining an obfuscated SDK binary and an interface source code that comprises one or more functions that call obfuscated functions within the obfuscated SDK. The computer then creates application source code that calls functions in the interface source code. The computer builds an intermediate object comprising the interface source code and the application source code. The computer then creates the final application using the intermediate object and the obfuscated SDK binary.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a method and system for re-encryption of an encrypted data. State-of-the-art methods provide the re-encryption scheme for a specific Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) encrypted data. However, a generic scheme that converts any given FHE scheme to an HPRE scheme is not yet achieved. The disclosed method provides re-encryption of the encrypted data transferred between a first user and a second user by a re-encryption key. The re-encryption key is obtained by splitting a private key of the first user into a primary private key and a secondary private key. The primary private key generates a public re-key component using probabilistic encryption algorithm; and the secondary private key generates a private re-key component using probabilistic switch key generation algorithm. Both the private re-key and the public re-key are consolidated further to generate the re-encryption key.

Abstract: A variety of methods and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, downhole tool for use in a well, comprising: a tool mandrel; a sealing element disposed about the mandrel, wherein the sealing element comprises a lower modulus region and a higher modulus region.

Abstract: A method for dynamically modifying a virtual warehouse is disclosed. The method includes determining a first feature of interest of a virtual object of the virtual warehouse based on a first passive user interaction with the virtual object, generating a first search query based on the determined first feature of interest, identifying one or more first search results that corresponds to the first search query, the one or more first search results including at least one object with at least one feature, modifying the virtual warehouse based on the one or more first search results, and causing a user interface to output the modified virtual warehouse.

Abstract: An electrically conductive flat filament arrangement for a fluid permeable heater assembly for aerosol-generating systems includes a center portion and two side portions. The two side portions are on opposite sides of the center portion. The center portion defines a heating region of the filament arrangement and the side portions define electrical contact regions of the filament arrangement. The center portion and the two side portions each include a plurality of openings. Each plurality of openings defines an open area of the center portion and an open area of each of the two side portions. A percentage of the total area of the center portion including the open area of the center portion is greater than the percentage of the total area of one of the side portions including the open area of the side portion.

Abstract: An exemplary accessory for an electronic smoking article includes a hollow body having inner and outer surfaces and a sensor in the body. The sensor is configured to detect an emission of the electronic smoking article. A processor is embedded in the body, where the processor is configured to generate smoking topography data based on the emission. A display generates an output based on the smoking topography data provided by the processor.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for orchestrating application performance testing using state machines. For instance, at least a portion of information included in a request to run a performance test on an application may be received, the portion including each component of the application. Each component of the application may be deployed in a performance testing environment, and a script for the performance test may be generated based on one or more application performance metrics associated with the application. The performance test may be generated in accordance with the script and run on the application in the performance testing environment. Upon detecting a completion of the performance test, each component of the application deployed in the performance testing environment may be destroyed.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a universal authentication application from a resource provider computer, a user credential verification request message comprising a user identifier, server computer data, and interaction data for an interaction. The universal authentication application transmits the user credential verification request message to a browser that invokes the authenticator to verify biometric information of a user. The universal authentication application receives a user credential verification response message from the authenticator. The user credential verification response message includes signed interaction data. The universal authentication application sends the user credential verification response message to the resource provider computer. The resource provider computer provides at least the signed interaction data to a plurality of server computers to retrieve a plurality of portable device credentials respectively associated with the plurality of server computers.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for improving an accuracy of determinations made using data sensed in a wellbore or in a laboratory. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensing devices may be used to collect data in a wellbore or lab. NMR sensing devices include a magnet (e.g., a permanent magnet or electromagnet) that provides a magnetic field that aligns the spins of protons in substances near the NMR sensing device. The magnetic field strength provided by the magnet of the NMR sensing device affects the sensitivity of the NMR sensing device and affects frequencies that the NMR sensing device effectively uses when the NMR sensing device operates. Systems and techniques of the present disclosure may measure concentrations of lithium in brine deposits when identifying particular brine deposits that include sufficient lithium concentrations to justify extracting lithium from those particular brine deposits.