Abstract:
A method and apparatus which can reduce the communication time that occurs due to transmission of an encrypted content, when a Digital Rights Management (DRM) agent and a rendering application are implemented in different devices respectively, is provided. A method of obtaining content information in an environment where a DRM agent and a rendering application are separated from each other, includes transmitting, by a consumer electronics (CE) device comprising the rendering application, first N bytes of the content to a portable Digital Rights Management (PDRM) device comprising the DRM agent, and obtaining, by the PDRM device, information about the content by using a cryptographic hash with respect to the first N bytes, and transmitting the obtained information to the CE device.
Abstract:
A gene that is a modulator of tumor growth and metastasis in certain cancer types is provided. SCC-112 (about 150 kDa) and/or a mutant form of SCC-112 (about 65 kDa) is a tumor suppressor molecule. This gene and corresponding polypeptide have diagnostic and therapeutic application for detecting and treating cancers that involve expression of SCC-112 such as breast and kidney cancers.
Abstract:
A method of producing hydrocarbon from a subterranean formation comprises: disposing an article in a well penetrating a subterranean formation, the article having a surface coated with a hierarchical superhydrophobic coating or the article being a stand-alone hierarchical superhydrophobic membrane; contacting the article with a flow of a water-based fluid and an oil-based fluid; selectively impeding the flow of the water-based fluid; and allowing the production of the oil-based fluid.
Abstract:
Techniques to prioritize and optimize the execution of upgrade operations are described. A technique may include determining the size of data blocks that are to be copied from one storage medium to another, and the dependencies of upgrade tasks on the data blocks and on other tasks. A task may be prioritized according to a weight that includes the cumulative sizes of the data blocks that it and its dependent tasks depend on. A data block copying may be prioritized according to the cumulative weights of the tasks that depend on that data block. Some embodiments may perform several data copying and/or tasks in parallel, rather than sequentially. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
In one aspect, an apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes an AC motor having a rotor and a stator with a gap between the rotor and the stator and a magnetic fluid in the gap that contains an electrically nonconductive fluid and magnetic nanoparticles.
Abstract:
The juxta-articular stabilisation system constitutes of a plate with integral pin and tail part, a plate specific jig, a plate and jig specific drill sleeve, a plate positioner, a slotted head screw, a pin bender, screws and pins.This system can be used for fixation of most types of fractures involving the juxta-articular radius. The plate has a most juxta-articular row of screw holes in individually bendable and detachable extensions especially designed for very distal fractures or the volar lip fractures. The plate and jig assembly have plate positioning apertures in its juxta-articular part to allow adjustment in position of plate in longitudinal, transverse and oblique directions after temporary fixation to the juxta-articular fragment with a pin prior to fixation to diaphyseal fragment. This allows a very precise placement of the plate in the most desirable position. The drill guiding jig can be assembled to the plate prior to surgery thus reducing surgical step and time. The specific orientation of the screws holes in the diaphyseal part of the plate orientates the screws such that when tendons apply forces across the fracture, the plate is wedged between screw and the bone rather than pushed away from the bone. Therefore, more aggressive physical therapy can be commenced earlier and plates with fewer screws in the proximal part can be used without compromising the strength of the fixation. The plate also has bendable and dividable pin part and tail parts on either ends that allows the plate to be used with a chuck or power tool as a pin or drill bit and also have longer purchase into the bone with minimal soft tissue exposure.
Abstract:
A brake control valve includes a housing, a quick braking chamber and a piston subject to brake pipe pressure on one side of the piston. A bore in the housing connects the quick braking chamber at a first end and the one side of the piston at a second end. A first valve is in the housing at the first end of the bore. A first operator is in the bore for opening the first valve for a range of positions of the piston. The bore has a first portion of a first diameter and a second portion of a second diameter larger than the first diameter. The first bore portion connects the one side of the piston to the second bore portion. A first operator in the bore is connected to the piston. A seal on the first operator is dimensioned to form a seal with the first bore portion and not with the second bore portion. The seal is located on the operator to lie in the first bore portion for a first segment of the range of piston positions and to lie in the second bore portion for a second segment of the range of piston positions.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to mapping, tracking, and distributing policy to client devices. Policy, in particular lists of policy assignments are sent to client devices. A determination is made as to the changes or deltas between policy assignments that have been sent to client devices and policy assignments that must be sent to client devices. Identifying the delta policy assignments avoids the need be sent to client devices. Identifying the delta policy assignments avoids the need to send policy assignments that have not change and do not need to be sent to client devices. A server computer determines applicability of policy assignments to particular client devices, tracks if and when policy assignments have been deleted and allows the client to either receive a partial list of policy assignments that are required to update policy or a full list of policy assignments. Full, partial or not list policy assignment depends when a particular client device was last provided a policy assignment.
Abstract:
A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore comprises introducing into the subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising encapsulated particles having a core of a crosslinking agent and a shell of a chitosan encapsulant disposed on the core; releasing the crosslinking agent from the encapsulated particles with an acid; reacting the released crosslinking agent with the chitosan encapsulant or a derivative thereof forming a polymerized chitosan; and consolidating a plurality of particles in the subterranean formation with the polymerized chitosan.
Abstract:
A method for operating in a borehole comprises disposing in a downhole environment a system comprising a tubular having a passage and a first restriction positioned inside the tubular; engaging a restrictor with the first restriction to block the passage; injecting a treatment fluid into the tubular, the treatment fluid comprising an invert emulsion, a carboxylic acid ester, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and degrading and removing the first restriction.