Abstract: An auxiliary gasoline vehicle booster includes a box (10) and a first energy storage element (20) mounted in the box. The box has a side provided with an external cord (11). The external cord is electrically connected in parallel with a generator (300) and a lead-acid battery (200) of a gasoline vehicle. The first energy storage element is electrically connected with the external cord. The first energy storage element is used to receive and store an electric energy supplied by the generator of the gasoline vehicle. The first energy storage element is used to supply an electric power to the gasoline vehicle. The first energy storage element has a voltage ranged between that of the generator and that of the lead-acid battery.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a method for embossing Paulownia wood using an embossing machine. The method involves passing the wood piece past a first embossing drum that applies a pattern embedded in the cylindrical surface of the drum into the wood piece by the drum applying pressure against the first flat surface of the wood piece.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus, method, system, and computer program product of detecting bubbles in images of a sample in wells of a well plate. In an exemplary embodiment, In an exemplary embodiment, the computer implemented method, the system, and the computer program product include receiving, by a computer system, at least one image of at least one well of a well plate containing a liquid sample, executing, by the computer system, a set of logical operations cropping the image to include a well of interest, and executing, by the computer system, a set of logical operations processing, by a trained convolutional neural network, the cropped image, resulting in a probability that the image depicts at least one bubble.

Abstract: A complete telemetry system and methods for downhole operations. The telemetry system includes an instrumented near-bit sub located below the Mud Motor and connected to the drill bit as well as a conventional MWD tool located above the mud motor. Parameters such as inclination of the borehole, the natural gamma ray of the formations, the electrical resistivity of the formations, and a range of mechanical drilling performance parameters are measured. Electromagnetic telemetry signals representing these measurements are transmitted uphole to a receiver associated with the conventional MWD tool located above the motor, and transmitted by this tool to the surface via mud pulse signals. The system is particularly useful for accurate control over the drilling of extended reach and horizontally drilled wells.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical device in the form of a medical guide wire. The medical guide wire can be used in delivering catheters to treatment sites within human vasculature, and can also be configured to simultaneously allow the user to determine the nature of the blockage within human vasculature. The medical guide wire can be used to determine the extent of organization of thrombus by sensing the electrical resistivity across a blockage. The medical guide wire can include a hollow core through which at least two electrical leads run along the partial or full length of the medical guide wire from proximal to distal end of the medical guide wire. The medical guide wire can include two or more sensors at its distal portion and the sensors are separated from each other.

Abstract: A complete telemetry system and methods for downhole operations. The telemetry system includes an instrumented near-bit sub located below the Mud Motor and connected to the drill bit as well as a conventional MWD tool located above the mud motor. Parameters such as inclination of the borehole, the natural gamma ray of the formations, the electrical resistivity of the formations, and a range of mechanical drilling performance parameters are measured. Electromagnetic telemetry signals representing these measurements are transmitted uphole to a receiver associated with the conventional MWD tool located above the motor, and transmitted by this tool to the surface via mud pulse signals. The system is particularly useful for accurate control over the drilling of extended reach and horizontally drilled wells.

Abstract: A complete telemetry system and methods for downhole operations. The telemetry system includes an instrumented near-bit sub located below the Mud Motor and connected to the drill bit as well as a conventional MWD tool located above the mud motor. Parameters such as inclination of the borehole, the natural gamma ray of the formations, the electrical resistivity of the formations, and a range of mechanical drilling performance parameters are measured. Electromagnetic telemetry signals representing these measurements are transmitted uphole to a receiver associated with the conventional MWD tool located above the motor, and transmitted by this tool to the surface via mud pulse signals. The system is particularly useful for accurate control over the drilling of extended reach and horizontally drilled wells.

Abstract: A complete telemetry system and methods for downhole operations. The telemetry system includes an instrumented near-bit sub located below the Mud Motor and connected to the drill bit as well as a conventional MWD tool located above the mud motor. Parameters such as inclination of the borehole, the natural gamma ray of the formations, the electrical resistivity of the formations, and a range of mechanical drilling performance parameters are measured. Electromagnetic telemetry signals representing these measurements are transmitted uphole to a receiver associated with the conventional MWD tool located above the motor, and transmitted by this tool to the surface via mud pulse signals. The system is particularly useful for accurate control over the drilling of extended reach and horizontally drilled wells.

Abstract: An inventory system methodology is presented including generating a three dimensional computer representation of an environment using a camera of a mobile device, converting the three dimensional computer representation of the environment into a two dimensional electronic map, scanning, with a scanner that is coupled to the mobile device, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which is coupled to an item that is in the environment, determining a location of the RFID tag based on a location of the scanner in the three dimensional computer representation of the environment when the scanning occurred, and indicating the location of the item, based on the location of the RFID tag, on the two dimensional electronic map.

Abstract: A complete telemetry system and methods for downhole operations. The telemetry system includes an instrumented near-bit sub located below the Mud Motor and connected to the drill bit as well as a conventional MWD tool located above the mud motor. Parameters such as inclination of the borehole, the natural gamma ray of the formations, the electrical resistivity of the formations, and a range of mechanical drilling performance parameters are measured. Electromagnetic telemetry signals representing these measurements are transmitted uphole to a receiver associated with the conventional MWD tool located above the motor, and transmitted by this tool to the surface via mud pulse signals. The system is particularly useful for accurate control over the drilling of extended reach and horizontally drilled wells.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for maintaining PEGylation and inhibiting dePEGylation of polypeptides, such as fibronectin-based scaffold proteins, during storage.

Abstract: An inventory system methodology is presented including generating a three dimensional computer representation of an environment using a camera of a mobile device, converting the three dimensional computer representation of the environment into a two dimensional electronic map, scanning, with a scanner that is coupled to the mobile device, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which is coupled to an item that is in the environment, determining a location of the RFID tag based on a location of the scanner in the three dimensional computer representation of the environment when the scanning occurred, and indicating the location of the item, based on the location of the RFID tag, on the two dimensional electronic map.

Abstract: An inventory system methodology is presented including generating a three dimensional computer representation of an environment using a camera of a mobile device, converting the three dimensional computer representation of the environment into a two dimensional electronic map, scanning, with a scanner that is coupled to the mobile device, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which is coupled to an item that is in the environment, determining a location of the RFID tag based on a location of the scanner in the three dimensional computer representation of the environment when the scanning occurred, and indicating the location of the item, based on the location of the RFID tag, on the two dimensional electronic map.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to power conversion circuits including a bypass circuit for bypassing an inrush current limiting resistor. In one embodiment, a power conversion circuit is provided that includes a bridge rectifier, a current limiting resistor, a controllable current switching device, and a driver. The current limiting resistor has a first terminal coupled to an output terminal of the bridge rectifier and a second terminal coupled to an electrical ground. The controllable current switching device has conduction terminals coupled in parallel with respect to the current limiting resistor. The driver is coupled between the first terminal of the current limiting resistor and a control terminal of the current switching device, and the driver controls an operation of the current switching device based on a current through the current limiting resistor.

Abstract: A complete telemetry system and methods for downhole operations are described. The telemetry system includes an instrumented near-bit sub located below the Mud Motor and connected to the drill bit as well as a conventional MWD tool located above the mud motor. Parameters such as inclination of the borehole, the natural gamma ray of the formations, the electrical resistivity of the formations, and a range of mechanical drilling performance parameters are measured. Electromagnetic telemetry signals representing these measurements are transmitted uphole to a receiver associated with the conventional MWD tool located above the motor, and transmitted by this tool to the surface via mud pulse signals. The system is particularly useful for accurate control over the drilling of extended reach and horizontally drilled wells.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for maintaining PEGylation and inhibiting dePEGylation of polypeptides, such as fibronectin-based scaffold proteins, during storage.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus that comprises a number of Universal Serial Bus (USB) device control modules, a microprocessor, a priority arbitration module, a USB host control module and a USB hub module. The USB device control modules are configured to receive from and send to a host a USB electric signal. The microprocessor is configured to generate a number of virtual USB hub modules in a memory. Each of the virtual USB hub modules is configured to generate a USB device enumeration signal, in response to an electric connection status between a USB electronic device and the USB hub module, and to send the USB device enumeration signal via a corresponding one of the USB device control modules to the host. The priority arbitration module is configured to, in response to the availability of the USB electronic device, transmit the USB electric signal issued from the host to the USB electronic device via the USB host control module and the USB hub module.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for maintaining PEGylation and inhibiting dePEGylation of polypeptides, such as fibronectin-based scaffold proteins, during storage.