Abstract: A method for acidizing a subterranean formation may include: preparing a water-in-oil emulsion comprising a non-polar phase, a polar phase, an emulsifier an acid, and a drag reducing agent; pumping the water-in-oil emulsion into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation above a fracture gradient of the subterranean formation to create or extend at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to using continuous contact radially phased centralizers in downhole operations. A centralizer comprises adjacent sections. Each adjacent section includes slots defined by adjacent non-slotted portions. Each slot is configured to pass fluid. The centralizer also includes a fluid channel that is disposed between each pair of adjacent sections to receive the fluid. The slots and the non-slotted portions are included in a radially phased arrangement that includes two or more of the adjacent section.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to shifting downhole tools based on pressure. A downhole tool comprises an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve including: a chamber and a pressure relief valve in communication with the chamber. A return spring is disposed in the chamber. The outer sleeve is movable in forward and backward directions relative to the inner sleeve. A ball is disposed between the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve. A spacer is adjacent to the ball and a groove is adjacent to the spacer. A pocket is configured to receive the spacer upon movement of the outer sleeve in a forward direction. The spacer is configured to travel to the ball from the pocket and from the ball to the pocket. The pressure relief valve is configured to pass fluid based on a threshold pressure to unlock and move the outer sleeve in a backward direction.

Abstract: A device manager includes a processor and memory, coupled to the processor, that stores a program of instructions. The processor is configured to execute the program of instructions to determine an availability of at least a portion of a cloud-based media management system configured to provide media automation services to a managed device, and in response to determining that the at least a portion of a cloud-based media management system is unavailable, transmit a status message to the managed device, wherein the status message indicates that the managed device is to emulate the at least a portion of a cloud-based media management system.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling the display of sensitive information in a home work environment is provided. The method comprises: providing a work computing device including a first processor for executing a web-based computer application accessible over a network for displaying information contained in at least one data field; and providing an administrative computing device in communication with the work computing device including a second processor configured to execute computer executable instructions for designating the data field as either restricted or unrestricted. When the data field is designated as restricted, the computer executable instructions mask the information contained in the data field so that the information is not viewable on a display of the work computing device. The system and method also provide for the selective unmasking of the masked information using the work computing device, with data associated with the unmasking being communicated to the administrative computing device.

Abstract: A method for optimizing a workflow of deferrable work interactions in a contact center that includes: providing a NLP models and a priority model; using text derived from received deferrable working interactions as inputs to the NLP models to generate the NLP scores; using the LP scores as inputs to the priority model to generate the priority score; identifying candidate agents of the agents for handling the deferrable work interactions; receiving an inbound work forecast; receiving agent work schedule data; using an optimization process to generate an optimized workflow for the deferrable work interactions, where the optimized workflow includes assignments in which an agent from the candidate agents is selected to handle the deferrable work interaction and a target timeframe for handling is scheduled; and routing the deferrable work interactions in accordance with the assignments of the optimized workflow.

Abstract: This disclosure presents methods and processes to estimate a position parameter, an orientation parameter, a dip parameter, and a diameter parameter of an object or subterranean formation change proximate an active borehole. The object or formation can be an adjacent borehole. The parameters can be utilized by a geo-steering system or a well site job plan system to reduce an uncertainty surrounding or looking ahead of the active borehole to avoid a collision with the object or formation, to intercept the object or formation, or to place the active borehole in a more advantageous position. The parameters can be derived from collected component resistivity data that has been reconstructed utilizing a three-dimensional inversion algorithm. In some aspects, low resistivity data can be extracted to improve the estimating of the parameters. In some aspects, the process can be implemented in a downhole tool, in a surface system, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A reconfigurable box blade includes a box frame that includes a left sidewall, a right sidewall, and a scraping blade that spans laterally between the left sidewall and the right sidewall. The reconfigurable box blade also includes a means for attaching the box frame to a vehicle. The reconfigurable box blade has a first configuration and a second configuration. The first configuration includes the scraping blade being in contact with a ground surface, and, a longest dimension of the box blade oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The second configuration includes the scraping blade being out of contact with the ground surface and the longest dimension of the box frame being substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Abstract: Based upon the identification of a structural member, a projective path and final attachment location for the structural member is presented to the crane operator. Further, the dimensions of each structural member are determined and compared against a construction site database. Structural members not conforming to the dimensions listed in the construction site database are identified and the crane operator alerted.

Abstract: A system for contactless monitoring of a person in a chair includes a detector mount positioned adjacent the chair and detached from the chair. A detector is coupled to the detector mount and is configured to detect thermal radiation from a field of view that includes the chair. A controller controls the detector. The controller includes a processor and a nontransitory memory device that includes instructions that are performed by the processor to control the detector.

Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to a formwork system. In one implementation, the formwork system includes aluminum extrusions and aluminum castings. The aluminum castings and the aluminum extrusions can be assembled by being pressed and riveted together.

Abstract: A server computer receives a routing request for providing a ride service and retrieves a start location and destination from the request. The server computer identifies a plurality of routes connecting the start location and destination among historical route information collected over a period of time. The routes are traveled by one or more vehicles and reported during the period of time. The server computer identifies a selected route, including a plurality of waypoints, among the plurality of routes based on the selected route having a higher probability to be taken. The server computer multiplies an identified time duration for each waypoint with a determined adjustment factor for each time duration to determine an augmented time duration for each waypoint, determines a sum of all the augmented time durations as the estimated time for arrival, and transmits the estimated time of arrival to the user device.

Abstract: Described herein is a combination of a catalyst and an activator and method of use for causing an exothermic reaction in a low temperature environment. The mixture can include sodium nitrite, an ammonium-based compound, a catalyst that comprises an oxidizer, and an activator and can be injected into a fluid flow path. The fluid flow path can be a pipeline, a flowline, a wellbore, or a subterranean formation. The mixture can cause an exothermic reaction in the fluid flow path and remove, using the exothermic reaction, a damaging material from the fluid flow path.

Abstract: A downhole tool for cleaning and sealing a wellbore includes a wash tool configured at a downhole end of the downhole tool to generate pulses of a first fluid at a first frequency and a first pressure for washing a target interval of a wellbore. The downhole tool further includes a plugging tool configured uphole or downhole from the wash tool to generate pulses of a second fluid at a second frequency and a second pressure for depositing a sealing plug at the target interval of the wellbore. The second fluid has a higher viscosity than the first fluid, the second frequency is lower than the first frequency, and the second pressure is higher than the first pressure.

Abstract: A liquid measurement article includes an absorbent wicking layer and a marking cluster having at least one mark whose location on the article is calibrated to correspond to a particular quantity of liquid having been deposited on the article at a liquid receiving site thereof and having wicked toward the mark. A label associated with at least one of the marks indicates the particular quantity.

Abstract: A method for enhancing intent health of a conversational bot. The conversational bot include a machine learning model trained for natural language understanding (NLU) within a NLU domain that is defined by a collection of intents and sets of associated utterances. The method includes: retrieving the collection of intents and associated utterances; generating an utterance embedding for each of the retrieved utterances; calculating scores for utterance-level health indicators for each intent of the collection of intents; and calculating an overall intent health score for each intent of the collection of intents. The overall intent health score may be based on a weighted combination of the calculated scores for the utterance-level health indicators. The utterance-level health indicators may include an utterance in conflict indicator based on a computed semantic similarity and an utterance outlier indicator based on local density.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for operating and constructing a neutron generator. In some examples, an ion source within a neutron generator may include a hot cathode; at least one cylindrical sleeve coupled to an exterior surface of the hot cathode; at least one electrode coupled to an interior surface of the neutron generator; and at least one mounting flange, wherein a proximal end of the at least one mounting flange is coupled to the at least one cylindrical sleeve and a distal end of the at least one mounting flange is coupled to the at least one electrode.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for optimizing the performance of a target for a downhole neutron generator. An example method can include disposing a first source material and a first substrate in a vacuum chamber at an initial temperature, evaporating the first source material to be deposited onto a surface of the first substrate, monitoring a temperature of the first substrate during the evaporation of the first source material, and determining a thermal equilibrium process temperature at which the temperature of the first substrate is stabilized. The example method can further include disposing a second source material and a second substrate in the vacuum chamber at the thermal equilibrium process temperature, evaporating the second source material to be deposited onto a surface of the second substrate, and obtaining the second substrate deposited with the second source material for a target of a downhole neutron generator.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are wellbore packer assemblies and methods of use of these wellbore packer assemblies. The wellbore packer assemblies may include a protective material, a swellable material, and a tubular. The swellable material is disposed on the tubular, wherein the protective material is disposed on the swellable material and at least partially covering a portion of the swellable material. Methods of use of the wellbore packer assembly may include inserting into a wellbore the packer assembly, contacting the swellable material with a swelling fluid, swelling the swellable material to expand the protective material against a wellbore wall, and forming a seal between the protective material and the wellbore wall.

Abstract: A bottom hole assembly (“BHA”) includes a driveshaft including a bore through which the drilling fluid is flowable. The BHA also includes a bearing assembly configured to rotatably support the driveshaft that includes a radial bearing with an internal radial gap; an annular flow restrictor with an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve separated by a restrictor clearance; and a bypass fluid flow path open to the bore and extending through the radial gap and the restrictor clearance such that at least some drilling fluid is diverted from the bore into the bypass fluid flow path. The restrictor clearance is sized to restrict flow of the drilling fluid diverted through the bypass fluid flow path to control a pressure of the drilling fluid in the driveshaft. The outer sleeve is dynamically radially supported such that a radial load absorbed by the annular flow restrictor is below a selected threshold.