Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power at a wellsite. A system includes well construction equipment, power equipment, a power manager, power equipment sensors operable to output power equipment sensor data indicative of operational status of the power equipment, and a human-machine interface usable by a human user to enter power management settings. The power manager is operable to receive the power equipment sensor data and receive the power management settings, wherein each power management setting is associated with a corresponding mode of operation of the power manager. The power manager is further operable to, for each power management setting, change the mode of operation of the power manager to the mode of operation associated with that power management setting, and for each mode of operation, cause the power equipment to supply electrical power to the well construction equipment in a predetermined manner with respect to that mode of operation.

Abstract: An applicator is provided for a flowable media, particularly an adhesive contained in a container and the applicator includes an elongate body member having an internal cavity that holds the container. The cavity has a distal end with a breaking means that is actuated by an axial force. Various embodiments of the actuator are shown to apply the force, including a wire cracker and a molded integral handle member with a lever linkage that bears against a ram which holds the ampoule and having a spring arm that rides within the cavity to oppose a pivoting force on the handle. These embodiments also enable single handed use.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power at a wellsite. A system includes well construction equipment, power equipment, a power manager, power equipment sensors operable to output power equipment sensor data indicative of operational status of the power equipment, and a human-machine interface usable by a human user to enter power management settings. The power manager is operable to receive the power equipment sensor data and receive the power management settings, wherein each power management setting is associated with a corresponding mode of operation of the power manager. The power manager is further operable to, for each power management setting, change the mode of operation of the power manager to the mode of operation associated with that power management setting, and for each mode of operation, cause the power equipment to supply electrical power to the well construction equipment in a predetermined manner with respect to that mode of operation.

Abstract: A well construction system having well construction equipment operable to perform well construction operations to drill a well, power equipment operable to supply electrical power to the well construction equipment via an electrical power bus, operational data sources operable to output operational data, and a power manager communicatively connected with the operational data sources and the power equipment. The operational data sources may include well construction equipment sensors, power equipment sensors, and an electrical power bus sensor. The power manager receives the operational data and outputs power control data to the power equipment to control the electrical power being supplied by the power equipment to the well construction equipment via the electrical power bus during the well construction operations based on the operational data.

Abstract: A method for activating silicone rubber surfaces comprising steps of: i) swelling at least the surface of the silicone rubber matrix with a silicone rubber swelling solvent; ii) treating the silicone rubber matrix during or after the swelling with a solution comprising at least a reactive silane, the reactive silane comprising: a) at least one Si—C bond and; b) at least one hydrolytically labile bond linked to at least one of the Si atoms present in the reactive silane and; c) at least one functional group F1 connected via a Si—C bond to the same or an other Si atom present in the reactive silane, the functional group comprising electrophilic and/or nucleophilic moieties, and/or at least one functional group F2 connected via a Si—C bond to the same or an other Si atom present in the reactive silane comprising moieties which become electrophilic or nucleophilic moieties by a mechanism selected from the group consisting of ring opening of a cyclic structure, hydrolysis, displacement or by a migration reactio

Abstract: A method for activating silicone rubber surfaces comprising steps of: i) swelling at least the surface of the silicone rubber matrix with a silicone rubber swelling solvent; ii) treating the silicone rubber matrix during or after the swelling with a solution comprising at least a reactive silane, the reactive silane comprising: a) at least one Si—C bond and; b) at least one hydrolytically labile bond linked to at least one of the Si atoms present in the reactive silane and; c) at least one functional group F1 connected via a Si—C bond to the same or an other Si atom present in the reactive silane, the functional group comprising electrophilic and/or nucleophilic moieties, and/or at least one functional group F2 connected via a Si—C bond to the same or an other Si atom present in the reactive silane comprising moieties which become electrophilic or nucleophilic moieties by a mechanism selected from the group consisting of ring opening of a cyclic structure, hydrolysis, displacement or by a migration reaction;

Abstract: Disclosed is a method to provide a metal wire with a coating system comprising a primer and a topcoat, particularly a hydrophilic, lubricious topcoat. The method comprises applying directly onto the wire metal a primer coating composition, which is an aqueous coating composition comprising a multiphase vinyl polymer, the polymer comprising a first phase having a Tg in the range of from ?20° C. to 40° C. and a hard phase having a Tg in the range of from 25° C. to 120° C. The primer has good adhesion to both the metal surface and the topcoat, and provides the eventual coating system with, inter alia, a good flexibility.

Abstract: A method for activating silicone rubber surfaces comprising steps of: i) swelling at least the surface of the silicone rubber matrix with a silicone rubber swelling solvent; ii) treating the silicone rubber matrix during or after the swelling with a solution comprising at least a reactive silane, the reactive silane comprising: a) at least one Si—C bond and; b) at least one hydrolytically labile bond linked to at least one of the Si atoms present in the reactive silane and; c) at least one functional group F1 connected via a Si—C bond to the same or an other Si atom present in the reactive silane, the functional group comprising electrophilic and/or nucleophilic moieties, and/or at least one functional group F2 connected via a Si—C bond to the same or an other Si atom present in the reactive silane comprising moieties which become electrophilic or nucleophilic moieties by a mechanism selected from the group consisting of ring opening of a cyclic structure, hydrolysis, displacement or by a migration reaction;

Abstract: Disclosed is a method to provide a metal wire with a coating system comprising a primer and a topcoat, particularly a hydrophilic, lubricious topcoat. The method comprises applying directly onto the wire metal a primer coating composition, which is an aqueous coating composition comprising a multiphase vinyl polymer, the polymer comprising a first phase having a Tg in the range of from ?20° C. to 40° C. and a hard phase having a Tg in the range of from 25° C. to 120° C. The primer has good adhesion to both the metal surface and the topcoat, and provides the eventual coating system with, inter alia, a good flexibility.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments particularly in treating disorders of the central nervous system (CNS).

Abstract: The present invention pretains to a device for protecting the human eye by means of a narrow bandwith interference filter which filters out one or more specific wavelengths of light emitted in the form of a coherent, concentrated beam that is laser radiation and in coherent light, an image intensifier for amplifying an image passing through the narrow bandwidth filter to an observable light level, and a neutral density filter which reduces image reflected illuminance to avoid detection.

Abstract: A home burglar alarm system, dependent on a telephone line for operability, can be protected by covering the exterior telephone wiring with an enclosure fastened to the building exterior surface. The enclosure conceals and physically shields the telephone wiring form attack by a would-be intruder. As back-up protection, the wiring enclosure is provided with an audible alarm system that is triggered by breakage or destruction of the enclosure.

Abstract: The use of a compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which X.sub.1 --(CH.sub.2).sub.x --X.sub.2 forms a 5-7 membered ring wherein: X.sub.1 is O or S; X.sub.2 is O, S, NR or NRCO wherein R is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; x is 1, 2 or 3; Y is O or NH; Z is sub-formula (a), (b) or (c) in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular disorders and CNS disorders.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), ##STR1## wherein L is N or CR.sub.c, wherein R.sub.c is hydrogen, alkoxy, halo, alkyl or cyano; Q is NR.sub.1, CH.sub.2, O, or S; R.sub.a is hydrogen, halo, alkyl, amino, nitro or alkoxy; R.sub.b is hydrogen, halo, alkyl or alkoxy; R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, alkanoyl, or alkanoylalkyl; R.sub.2 is alkoxy; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, chloro or fluoro; R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl, amino optionally substituted by alkyl, halo, hydroxy or alkoxy; R.sub.5 is hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkoxy, nitro, amino or alkylthio; R.sub.6 is hydrogen, halo, alkyl, alkoxy or amino; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; p and m are independently 0, 1 or 2; and R.sub.q is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 are 5-HT.sub.4 receptor antagonists.

Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (I), processes for their preparation, and their use as pharmaceutical agents are described: ##STR1## in which p represents an integer of 2 to 4; r represents an integer of 1 or 2; s represents 0 or 1; and X represents a group ##STR2## in which A.sub.1 is oxygen or sulphur, one of A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.1 and the other is nitrogen or CR.sub.2, or A.sub.2 is oxygen or sulphur, A.sub.1 is CH and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.1, where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from hydrogen and C.sub.1-2 alkyl, with the proviso that when r is 2, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or methyl. The novel compounds of this invention may be used to treat or to prevent dementia in mammals.

Abstract: The invention provides the use of a compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A, E, F, U, X, Y, Z, are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition useful to treating dementia which comprises a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## in which p is 1 and either m is 0 and n is 2 or 3 or m is 1 and n is 2, or p is 2, m is 0 and n is 2, and Z is a heterocyclic group ##STR2## in which Q represents a 3-membered divalent residue completing a 5-membered aromatic ring and comprises one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur, or three nitrogen atoms, any amino nitrogen being substituted by a C.sub.1-2 alkyl, cyclopropyl or propargyl group, and any ring carbon atom being optionally substituted by a group R.sub.1 ; or a group ##STR3## which A.sub.1, A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 complete a 5-membered aromatic ring and A.sub.1 is oxygen or sulphur, one of A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.2 and the other is nitrogen or CR.sub.3, or A.sub.2 is oxygen or sulphur, one of A.sub.1 and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.2 and the other is CR.sub.3 ; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## in which Z is a heterocyclic group ##STR2## in which Q represents a 3-membered divalent residue completing a 5-membered aromatic ring and comprises one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur, or three nitrogen atoms, any amino nitrogen being substituted by a C.sub.1-2 alkyl, cyclopropyl or propargyl group, and any ring carbon atom being optionally substituted by a group R.sub.1 ; or a group ##STR3## in which A.sub.1, A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 complete a 5-membered aromatic ring and A.sub.1 is oxygen or sulphur, one of A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.2 and the other is nitrogen or CR.sub.3, or A.sub.2 is oxygen or sulphur, one of A.sub.1 and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.2 and the other is CR.sub.3 ; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, OR.sub.4, SR.sub.4, N(R.sub.4).sub.2, NHCOR.sub.4, NHCOOCH.sub.3, NHCOOC.sub.2 H.sub.5, NHOR.sub.4, NHNH.sub.2, NO.sub.2, COR.sub.4, COR.sub.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## in which X represents R.sub.1 OOC-- in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl or C.sub.2-4 alkynyl; R.sub.2 O-- in which R.sub.2 is C.sub.1-2 alkyl, C.sub.1 -2 alkylcarbonyl or aminocarbonyl optionally substituted by one or two methyl groups;a group ##STR2## in which Y represents a 3-membered divalent residue completing a 5-membered aromatic ring and comprises one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur, any amino nitrogen optionally substituted by a C.sub.1-2 alkyl group, Y being optionally C-substituted by a methyl group; ora group ##STR3## in which A.sub.1 is oxygen or sulphur, one of A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.3 and the other is nitrogen or CR.sub.4 where R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently selected from hydrogen and methyl; and each of p and q independently represents an integer of 2 to 4.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## in which one of X and Y represents hydrogen and the other represents --CH.sub.2 --Z where Z is a group ##STR2## in which Q represents a 3-membered divalent residue completing a 5-membered aromatic ring and comprises one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur, or three nitrogen atoms, any amino nitrogen being optionally substituted by a C.sub.1-2 alkyl, cyclopropyl or propargyl group, and any ring carbon atom being optionally substituted by a group R.sub.1 ; or a group ##STR3## in which A.sub.1, A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 complete a 5-membered aromtic ring and A.sub.1 is oxygen or sulphur, one of A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.2 and the other is nitrogen or CR.sub.3, or A.sub.2 is oxygen or sulphur, one of A.sub.1 and A.sub.3 is CR.sub.2 and the other is CR.sub.3 ; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, OR.sub.4, SR.sub.4, N(R.sub.4).sub.2, NHCOR.sub.4, NHCOOCH.sub.