Abstract: A method for detecting mentholated tobacco, comprising irradiating tobacco containing menthol and a fluorescent taggant with radiation and observing the tobacco for fluorescence from the taggant. A system and method for detecting and separating mentholated tobacco from non-mentholated tobacco within a product stream is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a frame, a vehicle engagement assembly, a lift actuation assembly, a locking assembly, and an indicator system. The vehicle engagement assembly is designed to vertically lift a vehicle. The frame comprises at least one slot to provide a predetermined path for the vehicle engagement assembly. The lift assembly provides the force required to lift the vehicle while the locking assembly stabilizes the vehicles without further force required by the lift assembly. The indicator system determines whether the locking assembly or the lift assembly is predominantly keeping the vehicle lifted.

Abstract: A distributed downhole sensor system for a well includes a sensor array comprising. The sensor array includes a plurality of sensors and cable segments. Each sensor is associated with a unique digital address and locatable downhole to capture sensor data simultaneously and output the simultaneously captured sensor data under a first control condition, and a single sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to capture sensor data independently and output the independently captured sensor data under a second control condition. The cable segments couple the sensors in a line or an array to deliver power to the sensors and provide a communication channel to and from the sensors.

Abstract: An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a vapor precursor compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the vapor precursor compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.

Abstract: A venturi jet basket assembly adapted to be coupled to a tubing that extends into a wellbore includes a body and a jet nozzle subassembly. The body includes a wall that defines a passageway that extends longitudinally through the body. The body also includes an opening extending through the wall and into the passageway. The wall also includes a flute formed in an outer surface of the wall of the body. The flute is in fluid communication with the opening. The jet nozzle subassembly is disposed within the passageway and includes a jet nozzle. The jet nozzle is arranged to direct fluid received through the tubing through the opening and into the flute such that the fluid is guided into the wellbore by the flute.

Abstract: Sweet taste modulators for enhancing sweetness of an oral consumer product having a sweetener are described. The sweet taste modulators include 5-ethoxymethyl-2-furaldehyde, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzoic acid and 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, syringic aldehyde, sinapic aldehyde, ester of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and vanillic acid, 4-hydrozybenzaldehyde, and 5-methoxymethylfurfural. A method of making 5-ethoxymethyl-2-furaldehyde and a method of making an oral consumer product are also described.

Abstract: The e-vaping cartridge includes a housing, a first tube extending in a longitudinal direction within the housing, the first tube defining at least one first hole that provides fluid communication between a first annulus reservoir and a second annulus reservoir, the first annulus reservoir defined between the housing and the first tube, the second annulus reservoir defined between the first tube and a central passage traversing through the first tube. At least one first layer of absorbent material is positioned within the second annulus reservoir. A wick is in communication with the central passage, where distal ends of the wick contact the at least one first layer of absorbent material. A heater is configured to vaporize a pre-vapor formulation that is communicated by the wick from the at least one first layer of absorbent material. The device includes the cartridge.

Abstract: Disclosed are spacer fluids and methods of use in subterranean formations. Embodiments may include use of solid surfactant composites in well cementing operations.

Abstract: Methods for servicing a hydrocarbon well using natural gas in a well intervention operation can include preparing a working fluid having a compositiion containing about 10 wt % to 100 wt % of a gas phase natural gas, where the quantity and composition of the natural gas is selected so that under specified well intervention conditions, the natural gas and a liquid phase recovery target material form a mixture in the condensing vapor-gas or vapor-gas part of the mixture's phase envelope. During the well intervention operation and at the specified well intervention conditions, the method can include injecting the working fluid into the well, contacting the working fluid with the liquid phase recovery target material, vaporizing the recovery target material, and forming a homogeneous gas phase well mixture of the recovery target material and natural gas. At least a portion of the homogenous gas phase well mixture can be recovered at surface.

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: A nuclear magnetic resonance device for subterranean characterization includes a tool body, a peripheral measurement device, and a controller. The tool body includes a permanent magnet located therein, permanent magnet inducing a static magnetic field (B0) in a region of interest. The peripheral measurement device is coupled to the tool body. The measurement device includes a radio frequency coil controllable to generate a radio frequency magnetic field (B1) in the region of interest, receive a response signal, or both. The controller is communicatively coupled to the radio frequency coil and controllable to drive the radio frequency coil, process the response signal, or both.

Abstract: The systems and methods of the present disclosure provide a path panning algorithm for fixed-wing aerial vehicles that may be employed, particularly for monitoring of long linear infrastructures. The applicants' earlier patent applications address turn angle constraints for fixed wing aerial and maintaining transmission continuity in presence of coverage holes by imposing a plurality of constraints along with storage constraints. The present disclosure addresses a technical challenge of simultaneously meeting multiple objectives; particularly distance cost and communication cost while satisfying the plurality of constraints that enable pruning of feasible paths in a 3D Euclidean navigation space to obtain a set of optimal paths for surveillance of a target under consideration.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for generating redacted video of a scene captured using a video camera and augmenting a manual review process of the redacted video of the scene. According to an exemplary embodiment, a video of the scene is redacted via probability-based analysis to detect and obscure privacy sensitive objects included in the captured video. A manual review process of the generated redacted video is augmented to use the object detection probability to enhance the reviewing video frame rate to expedite the manual review process.

Abstract: A transaction card may comprise a first card component having an electrically conductive surface configured to receive an electrically applied coating. An electrically applied coating may be formed on the electrically conductive surface. The transaction card may be manufactured by forming a first card component having an electrically conductive surface configured to receive an electrically applied coating. The method may also include applying an electrically applied coating to the electrically conductive surface.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining at least one digital waveform corresponding to acoustic signals collected by a logging tool deployed in a downhole environment. The method also includes performing windowed frequency spectra analysis (WFSA) on the at least one digital waveform to obtain frequency semblance information at different time-slices. The method also includes deriving a slowness log as a function of position using the frequency semblance information.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to constitutionally dynamic polymer for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation, the method including placing in the subterranean formation a composition including a constitutionally dynamic polymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for detecting presence of an influenza virus in a sample, such as a biological sample obtained from a subject or an environmental sample. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods can be used to quickly identify particular subtypes of influenza virus (such as seasonal or variant influenza subtype H3, influenza subtype H5, Eurasian influenza subtype H7, North American influenza subtype H7, and/or influenza subtype H9) present in a sample. Probes and primers are provided herein that permit the rapid detection and/or discrimination of influenza virus subtype nucleic acids in a sample. Devices (such as arrays) and kits for detection and/or discrimination of influenza virus subtype nucleic acids are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A transaction card may comprise a first card component having an electrically conductive surface configured to receive an electrically applied coating. An electrically applied coating may be formed on the electrically conductive surface. The transaction card may be manufactured by forming a first card component having an electrically conductive surface configured to receive an electrically applied coating. The method may also include applying an electrically applied coating to the electrically conductive surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a power unit for a downhole drilling motor includes fabricating a stator that provides two or more stator lobes that define an internal profile, and fabricating a rotor that provides at least one rotor lobe that defines an external profile that both rotates and precesses within the internal profile during operation. At least one of an external geometry and an internal geometry of the rotor along all or a portion of the rotor may be varied to alter a stiffness and mass of the rotor and thereby optimize stiffness and force balancing with respect to the stator. The rotor may then be rotatably positioned within the stator and thereby optimize the functioning and reliability of the motor power unit, of the downhole drilling motor assembly, of associated downhole drilling equipment, and to enhance directional drilling tendency modelling and directional drilling trajectory control.