Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods and systems for transmitting digital information including generating digital information, converting the digital information to two or more transmission signals, outputting each of the two or more transmission signals onto a respective wire of two wires of a cable for at least a first slave node, and outputting a supply current via the two wires for at least the first slave node.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a novel method for predicting or estimating rock mechanical properties from cuttings at a particular depth based on determining the facies, plotting the facies on a ternary diagram with clay, silica and carbonate endpoints, and estimating rock mechanical properties based on comparison to a database of core samples from vertical wells that is also organized by depth and facies. We have shown that datapoints at similar locations on the ternary diagram will have fairly similar rock properties. These rock properties can be used to improve the reliability of a variety of reservoir modeling platforms, which can then be used in designing and implementing completion, stimulation and production plans.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a novel method for predicting or estimating rock mechanical properties from cuttings at a particular depth based on determining the facies, plotting the facies on a ternary diagram with clay, silica and carbonate endpoints, and estimating rock mechanical properties based on comparison to a database of core samples from vertical wells that is also organized by depth and facies. We have shown that datapoints at similar locations on the ternary diagram will have fairly similar rock properties. These rock properties can be used to improve the reliability of a variety of reservoir modeling platforms, which can then be used in designing and implementing completion, stimulation and production plans.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous emulsion shear stable coating vehicle comprising a polyalkylene glycol modified alkyd resin. The alkyd resin may be modified by incorporating polyoxyalkylene glycol segments into the backbone of the alkyd resin. In one embodiment the alkyd resin is derived from the reaction of at least one natural oil and an acid and/or acid anhydride and polyhydric alcohol. The resulting shear stable coating vehicle can be combined with a pigment under high shear conditions to provide a paint composition.

Abstract: A fast drying latex composition comprising a hydroxyl functional polyester modified with a polyfunctional isocyanate is provided. The modification increases polymer molecular weight by chain extension. Such a fast drying latex composition can be utilized in a coating composition with or without a pigment. The fast drying latex composition does not adversely affect the stability of the polyester latex, and in some situations, may stabilize inherently unstable polyester latexes.

Abstract: Certain novel N-acylated spiropiperidine derivatives are ligands of the human ghrelin receptor(s) and, in particular, are antagonists/inverse agonists of the human ghrelin receptor. They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the modulation of the ghrelin receptor, such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.

Abstract: Bicyclic compounds containing a fused pyridine ring, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.