Abstract: A method of reducing a data volume of a data stream in a surgical robotic system, the surgical robotic system comprising a robot having a base and an arm extending from the base to an attachment for an instrument, the arm comprising a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered, the method comprising: receiving a data stream captured by the surgical robotic system, the data stream comprising data relating to a surgical procedure and having a first data volume; identifying a feature in the received data stream indicative of an event in the surgical procedure; and modifying, in dependence on the identified feature, the received data stream to generate a modified data stream having a second data volume that is smaller than the first data volume.

Abstract: A servo motor system having a direct drive motor, a controller, an encoder and a ball screw nut. The system may include a direct drive motor and a controller communicatively coupled to the direct drive motor and configured to provide a control signal to the direct drive motor to control rotational motion. The system may further include an encoder coupled to the direct drive motor and the controller and configured to provide a feedback signal to the controller indictive of the rotational motion of the direct drive motor. The system may further include a rotatably attached ball screw nut coupled to a housing for the direct drive motor, the ball screw nut configured to engage a ball screw shaft such that rotational motion imparted by the direct drive motor causes the servo motor system to move about the ball screw shaft while the ball screw shaft remains stationary.

Abstract: A method of reducing a data volume of a data stream in a surgical robotic system, the surgical robotic system comprising a robot having a base and an arm extending from the base to an attachment for an instrument, the arm comprising a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered, the method comprising: receiving a data stream captured by the surgical robotic system, the data stream comprising data relating to a surgical procedure and having a first data volume; identifying a feature in the received data stream indicative of an event in the surgical procedure; and modifying, in dependence on the identified feature, the received data stream to generate a modified data stream having a second data volume that is smaller than the first data volume.

Abstract: A servo motor system having a direct drive motor, a controller, an encoder and a ball screw nut. The system may include a direct drive motor and a controller communicatively coupled to the direct drive motor and configured to provide a control signal to the direct drive motor to control rotational motion. The system may further include an encoder coupled to the direct drive motor and the controller and configured to provide a feedback signal to the controller indictive of the rotational motion of the direct drive motor. The system may further include a rotatably attached ball screw nut coupled to a housing for the direct drive motor, the ball screw nut configured to engage a ball screw shaft such that rotational motion imparted by the direct drive motor causes the servo motor system to move about the ball screw shaft while the ball screw shaft remains stationary.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transportable bio-cement comprising a desiccated microorganism package; where the microorganism package comprises one or more microorganisms; a first binder, where the first binder is produced by the microorganism; and where the microorganism has protected itself by a layer of the first binder; where the transportable bio-cement is devoid of moisture. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing a transportable dry composition comprising blending together a microorganism package; a nutrient; and a liquid; activating the microorganism package to produce a first binder; subjecting the microorganism package to desiccation to form a transportable bio-cement; and blending the transportable bio-cement with an aggregate to form a bio-concrete; where the aggregate comprises a substrate, a second binder, and a liquid.

Abstract: An application for storing on a server for download to a client device for executing on the client device.

Abstract: A method of reducing a data volume of a data stream in a surgical robotic system, the surgical robotic system comprising a robot having a base and an arm extending from the base to an attachment for an instrument, the arm comprising a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered, the method comprising: receiving a data stream captured by the surgical robotic system, the data stream comprising data relating to a surgical procedure and having a first data volume; identifying a feature in the received data stream indicative of an event in the surgical procedure; and modifying, in dependence on the identified feature, the received data stream to generate a modified data stream having a second data volume that is smaller than the first data volume.

Abstract: An application for storing on a server for download to a client device for executing on the client device.

Abstract: An application for storing on a server for download to a client device for executing on the client device.

Abstract: Methods of controlling shale swelling in a subterranean formation comprising introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises a base fluid and a polyoxazoline composition. Subterranean treatment fluids comprising a base fluid and a polyoxazoline composition. Other methods and compositions are also provided.

Abstract: Metal cross-linked phosphate ester compositions impart fragile progressive gel structure to a variety of oil and invert emulsion-based drilling fluids at neutral or acidic pH. The fluids are useful for drilling wellbores in subterranean formations without need for organophilic clays to suspend drill solids. At greater concentrations, metal cross-linked phosphate ester compositions enhance fluid viscosity for suspending weighting materials in drilling fluids during transport of the fluids, as from a manufacturing or mixing facility to a drilling site.

Abstract: A simplified structure for a wing skin and wing box wherein the internal surface (2) of an aircraft wing skin panel (1) in the wing box includes a multiplicity of strips (3), each strip being associated with a stringer. The strips (3) have different gradients in the span-wise direction S, which is the direction in which the strips extend. The surface of each strip is, in the chord-wise direction C, parallel to the external surface (5). At a junction, at which a rib meets a stringer, the interior surface (2) has an area (4a) that is parallel to the exterior surface (5), such that the rib and stringer at that junction may be simply attached to the wing skin panel (1).

Abstract: An air spring suspension damper assembly includes a first housing and a second housing which telescope relative to each other. An actuating member, such as a cable, is connected to a height leveling valve contained in one of the housings and is attached to the other housing. The actuating member moves a member, such as a rotating cam, a rotating valve plate and/or a rotating valve, such that changes in suspension height rotate the member. Rotation of the member selectively opens inlet and exhaust flow paths to control air pressure in the damper assembly and to maintain air suspension height at a predetermined height.

Abstract: The present invention relates to subterranean treatment fluids. In particular, the present invention relates to subterranean treatment fluid compositions that comprise polyoxazoline compositions and methods for using such compositions in subterranean applications. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of controlling shale swelling in a subterranean formation comprising introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises a base fluid and a polyoxazoline composition. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation comprising the steps of: introducing a treatment fluid that comprises a base fluid and a polyoxazoline composition; and treating a portion of the subterranean formation. Other embodiments are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the separation of components in treatment fluids. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of a field test that comprises separating components of treatment fluids that have varying molecular weights. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods of separating components from a sample of a treatment fluid as part of a field test that comprise applying the sample of the treatment fluid to a chromatographic column, wherein the sample comprises components having varying molecular weights; and applying an eluent to the chromatographic column so as to separate the components as part of a field test.

Abstract: A gel composition made from a polyamide resin combined with an lower carboxylic acid or anhydride alkyl amide; the compositions are suitable for making attractive topically-applied cosmetic, topical fragrance and topical dermatology drug products in translucent gel form.

Abstract: An RFID tag is used to determine the presence or absence of a user. Rules or instructions responsive to this presence or absence are implemented to control a device or multiple devices accordingly. In this manner, a device can be maintained in a normal operating mode if a user is present, even though a user is not actively interacting with the device. Moreover, the device can be shut down or locked or be on restricted access if an authorized user is no longer in the presence of the device.

Abstract: The internal surface (2) of an aircraft wing skin panel (1) in the wing box comprises a multiplicity of strips (3), each strip being associated with a stringer. The strips (3) have different gradients in the span-wise direction S, which is the direction in which the strips extend. The surface of each strip is, in the chord-wise direction C, parallel to the external surface (5). At a junction, at which a rib meets a stringer, the interior surface (2) has an area (4a) that is parallel to the exterior surface (5), such that the rib and stringer at that junction may be simply attached to the wing skin panel (1). Manufacture and design of wing skins and wing boxes may be greatly simplified by means of defining the interior surface with such strips.

Abstract: A method and composition for distinguishing native hydrocarbons in a formation from oil-based drilling fluid with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is provided so that NMR may be used in analyzing formation fluids from boreholes drilled with oil-based drilling fluids. In the method, the drilling fluid is doped with oil solubilized paramagnetic species before or during drilling of the borehole. The paramagnetic species cause a shift in the T1 and T2 NMR response of the drilling fluid.

Abstract: A method for detecting the presence or absence of, or for determining the concentration of, a substrate in a sample is provided, wherein the method comprises contacting a redox enzyme, NAD+ or NADP+, a reductase and a redox active agent with said sample; and measuring the quantity of reduced redox active agent produced by the reductase, by electrochemical means.