Abstract: Methods are provided to prepare a low sulfur fuel from hydrocarbon sources, such as light tight oil and high sulfur fuel oil, often less desired by conventional refiners, who split crude into a wide range of differing products and may prefer presence of wide ranges (C3 or C5 to C20 or higher) of hydrocarbons. These fuels can be produced by separating feeds into untreated and treated streams, and then recombining them. Such fuels can also be formulated by combinations of light, middle and heavy range constituents in a selected manner as claimed. Not only low in sulfur, the fuels of this invention are also low in nitrogen and essentially metals free. Fuel use applications include on-board large marine transport vessels but also on-shore for large land based combustion gas turbines, boilers, fired heaters and transport vehicles and trains.

Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a main circuit board and an imager circuit board having an imager disposed thereat. A lens barrel accommodating a lens is at least partially disposed in a passageway of a lens holder. The vehicular camera module includes a housing having an upper cover and a lower cover that are joined together. Electronic circuitry disposed at a main printed circuit board of the main circuit board includes an image processor. The electronic circuitry disposed at the main printed circuit board of the main circuit board includes an image processor. With the imager operated to capture image data, captured image data is provided via a flexible ribbon cable to the electronic circuitry disposed at the main printed circuit board of the main circuit board. The imager is disposed within a rear portion of the housing and is not accommodated within a front portion of the housing.

Abstract: A playout device and method for playing out zoomed broadcast content starting from an input video stream captured by a wide angle of view camera. Based on a plurality of key points 1 to N in the input video stream a center of a zoomed virtual camera view and a corresponding zoom level is either manually selected or automatically determined. These data are used to calculate a trajectory of the virtual camera movement for every image in the input video stream. For creating a zoomed video clip, the images of the input video are cropped outside of the virtual camera view.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating determining or predicting a communication state of a UE based on, for example, measurements performed at the UE are disclosed herein. The communication state of the UE, such as an HST state or a non-HST state, may also be associated with a mobility state, such as stationary or moving. The UE may communicate based on the communication state. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes establishing a connection with a network node. The example method also includes measuring one or more signals received from the network node over a time period. The example method also includes communicating with the network node based on a communication state of the UE, the communication state of the UE based at least in part on a history of measurements performed on the one or more signals received over the time period.

Abstract: Isolated monoclonal agonistic antibodies which bind to human CD40 and related antibody-based compositions and molecules are disclosed. Also disclosed are therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the antibodies.

Abstract: A method of the invention prepares a hydrocarbon-bearing formation for stimulation. A bottom hole assembly comprising a plug and a perforation tool connected to a wireline is lowered into a wellbore having a casing. An acidic composition is injected into the wellbore; wherein a spacer separates the acidic composition from said bottom hole assembly, but the acidic composition is in direct contact with both the wireline and casing. The spacer may be existing water in the wellbore or water injected into the wellbore. The plug is positioned downhole beyond a location where a first perforation area is to be made in the casing. The perforation tool is activated creating the first perforation area. The acid then contacts the first perforation area and cementitious debris generated from the casing being perforated. The perforation tool is next moved up-hole to a second location and the casing is again perforated to create a second perforation area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a floor or wall panel and to a method of producing such panel. The panel comprise at least one core layer comprising at least one composite material, said composite material comprising at least one mineral filler, and at least one thermoplastic binder, which are present in a preferred ratio and composition such that a relatively light weight and rigid panel is obtained.

Abstract: An article of footwear is formed with an upper including a ribbon structure. Ribbon elements can be laid down in straight and winding sections, and the ribbon elements can be stitched or attached to a backing layer. A periphery of the ribbon structure can be embroidered to tack down any raised portions of the ribbon at the periphery.

Abstract: Heating and/or cooling systems, related methods, particularly those utilized for the heating and/or cooling of large structures, areas, or environments are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, such a system includes a stratified thermal storage tank (STST), heat exchanger, and heat pump. A first amount of a fluid can flow from the STST to a heating load and then to the heat exchanger, at which residual heat can be received, and which is configured to receive a medium from an external source. The medium can flow from the source through the heat exchanger to an evaporator of the heat pump and transport first heat to the evaporator, including the residual heat. A risk of ice formation at the evaporator is reduced/eliminated. The heat pump is configured to cycle a refrigerant, so that the first heat is transferred from the evaporator to a gas cooler, and then to the STST.

Abstract: There is provided a bi-directional amplifier device (10) configured for use in a broadband network comprising a first directional coupler (12) and a second directional coupler (14) connected together so as to create separate upstream and downstream paths (16, 18), an upstream amplifier element (24) located in the upstream signal path (16) and a downstream amplifier element (24?) located in the downstream signal path (18), wherein an isolator unit (40) comprising a digital processor element (56) is connected to an input (45) of the upstream amplifier element (24) and the isolator unit (40) is adapted to digitally filter the upstream signal to remove all downstream signal frequencies before amplification of the upstream signal takes place in the upstream amplifier element (24). The isolator unit (40) further comprises signal converters (58, 60) to convert analogue downstream and upstream signals into digital signals for processing by the digital processor element (56).

Abstract: A control arm for a wheel suspension in a motor vehicle has a control arm body made of light metal. The control arm body has two parallel side walls. An elongated hole for an eccentric mount is provided in at least one side wall. The eccentric mount has a base plate with an elongated hole. An anchor body extending on the side of the edge of the elongated hole is provided at the rear of the base plate. At the front, the base plate has two eccentric stops projecting from the base plate. The eccentric mount is inserted with the anchor body into the elongated hole of the side wall and joined by pressing into the elongated hole.

Abstract: A method of adaptive inspection includes receiving data characterizing one or more images of an inspection region of an industrial machine acquired by an inspection system operating based on a first set of operating parameters. The inspection region includes a site feature. The method also includes determining, by an analytical model, one or more characteristics of the inspection region from the received data characterizing the one or more images of the inspection region. The method further includes generating a control signal based on the one or more characteristics of the inspection region and/or a user input. The inspection system is configured to perform a new inspection of the inspection region based on the control signal.

Abstract: A method of the invention prepares a hydrocarbon-bearing formation for stimulation. A bottom hole assembly comprising a plug and a perforation tool connected to a wireline is lowered into the wellbore. Acid is injected into the wellbore such that the acid is in direct contact with the perforation tool, wireline and casing of the wellbore. The plug is positioned downhole beyond a location where a first perforation area is to be made in the casing. The perforation tool is activated creating the first perforation area. The acid then contacts the first perforation area and cementitious debris generated from the casing being perforated. The perforation tool is next moved up-hole to a second location and the casing is again perforated to create a second perforation area. The acid also contacts the second perforated area and cementitious debris generated from the perforated casing. The perforation tool is lastly removed from the wellbore.

Abstract: A cover for a slurry container is provided. The cover includes a plurality of attachable cover units including a first attachable cover unit and a second attachable cover unit. Each of the attachable cover units has at least one edge with an attachable portion. The first attachable cover unit is attached to the second attachable cover unit at the edge of the first and second attachable cover units having the attachable portion.

Abstract: A device configured to be implanted in a subject includes a sensing module, a therapeutic module, and a battery. The sensing module includes at least two of an accelerometer, an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor, and a temperature sensor. The therapeutic module includes a drug reservoir and a reciprocating pump. The battery powers the sensing module and the therapeutic module. The sensing module is configured to detect a biological event in the subject and, upon detection of the biological event, send a signal to the therapeutic module. The therapeutic module is configured to receive the signal from the sensing module and, upon receiving the signal, administer a drug to the subject from the drug reservoir via the pump.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic multi-modality sensor calibration with near-infrared images (NIR). Image keypoints from collected images and NIR keypoints from NIR can be detected. A deep-learning-based neural network that learns relation graphs between the image keypoints and the NIR keypoints can match the image keypoints and the NIR keypoints. Three dimensional (3D) points from 3D point cloud data can be filtered based on corresponding 3D points from the NIR keypoints (NIR-to-3D points) to obtain filtered NIR-to-3D points. An extrinsic calibration can be optimized based on a reprojection error computed from the filtered NIR-to-3D points to obtain an optimized extrinsic calibration for an autonomous entity control system. An entity can be controlled by employing the optimized extrinsic calibration for the autonomous entity control system.

Abstract: A ventilation system operates in one of a plurality of modes for communicating ventilation information with a computing device, and operating parameters of a ventilation device are remotely modified based on system data. Ventilation data is received from a ventilation device and an alarm associated with the ventilation device or the patient associated with the ventilation device is determined based on at least a portion of the ventilation data. Responsive to determining the alarm, the alarm is transmitted to the computing device before the ventilator data is transmitted to the computing device.