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A system and method for displaying a unified representation of performance related data for a building are disclosed. The system includes a sensor network for collecting data in the building and a computing device for generating and displaying a unified representation of performance related data on a display. The performance related data may include the raw data collected by the sensor network or data generated by simulation programs based on the raw data collected by the sensor network. The computing device displays the performance related data in the context of a graphical representation of a three-dimensional model of the building as defined in a building information model (BIM). The computing device generates the graphical representation using an ambient occlusion rendering technique and then incorporates the performance related data either using a direct rendering technique or a transient geometry technique.

Method of commerce and system components that enable the sale of electricity on-request to independent vehicle operators for propulsion. Electricity could be delivered by conventional roadway overhead electric line components (see FIG. 2). Vehicles would be equipped with a computer-like component that contains an electricity meter, flow switches, and wireless communications capabilities (see FIG. 14) to communicate with an operations (12) computer site. Site would have customer credit profiles for approving distribution, wirelessly requested from customer vehicles. Vehicles would be additionally equipped with a robotic collector module (51). If implemented on a highway, the driver would request service while driving in an electrified lane via a user interface and, if approved, the robotic collector module (51) handles engaging electrical contact and disengaging when needed. Customer would be electronically billed for the electricity used. There is a continuous roadside monitoring network for improved safety and vehicle authentication (see FIG. 11, 12).

A single use sterile slit impact sampling cassette with rotatable capture tray for recovering particulate matter from ambient air, having a lid with a slit shaped air inlet, dish with an air outlet, and capture tray. The dish and lid assemble to form a sealed sample chamber, which houses the capture tray. The assembled cassette is sterile packaged with its inlet and outlet covered before use. The cassette is placed on a base for operation, which supplies the required vacuum for sampling, and rotational means for the capture tray. Air drawn into the air inlet is accelerated to a velocity that ensures impingement, or entrainment of particulate matter from the sampled air volume onto, or within the capture media. The sampled air volume is evacuated from the sample chamber through an air outlet. The cassette is then removed from the operative base, and then may be analyzed for the target contaminants.

The heated exhaust from a gas turbine-powered electrical generator mounted on a structure positioned offshore on the surface of a body of water is transferred to water to be desalinated to aid in the desalination process by providing heat for distillation or by raising the temperature of water to be desalinated to a temperature more suitable for efficient desalination by reverse osmosis or another method. The electricity produced by the generator and the desalinated water produced by the desalination system are conveyed to a land-based distribution center for use on land. Concentrate produced by the desalination system can be diluted prior to discharge into the body of water to reduce the impact on the environment.

A method and system of detecting and mapping a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir includes determining ratio data for a plurality of orthogonal spectral components of naturally occurring low frequency background seismic data. The ratio data may be compared, plotted, contoured and displayed as a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir map or a hydrocarbon potential map. The ratio data may represent a vertical spectral component of the seismic data over a horizontal spectral component of the seismic data. The subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir map may include contouring the ratio data over a geographical area associated with the seismic data.

A method of product price promotion, which is based on allocating a plurality of Cycled Discount Labels to product types and labeling a plurality of product type members. Cycled Discount Labels are associated with product type member lots. The price promotion option for each product type member, which is associated with a Cycled Discount Label, is calculated and presented to the consumer. The price promotion option for a product type member is further discounted as the product type member approaches its expiration date.

A method is provided for simultaneously developing caverns while depositing wastes or other materials in them. A well is first drilled into a salt formation and the development of a salt cavern by means of solution mining is initiated. When the development of the cavern has been carried out to an extent sufficient to accommodate the injection of a prescribed amount of wastes or other materials, injection of the wastes or other materials through the well is started while continuing to develop the cavern by solution mining. The injection of the wastes or other materials may be carried out continuously or intermittently. The proportion and rates of wastes or other materials and mining water injected into the well are monitored and regulated so that cavern development continues at a rate that allows the cavern to reach an intended prescribed size while the wastes or other materials are injected and deposited into the cavern.

A single, thin piece of folded material attaches to a single serving container to provide a strong, sanitary spoon. Folding score lines on the handle portion of the spoon give the utensil strength and provide a simplicity of use suitable for children. The disclosed utensil may be attached to existing containers or may be built into containers during the manufacture of the underlying container, or may be available as a stand-alone product. The disclosed utensil may be integrated into packaging material such as overwrap sleeves used to package food containers.

The present invention relates to a lightweight and versatile pallet and its manufacturing and assembling method. It consists of the design of a repairable, recyclable, and reusable pallet with a modular structure, configurable load capacity, and with non-slip rubber surfaces to prevent sliding of the cargo on the pallet and of the pallet on the ground, shelf, and forklift or other pallet handling equipment. This pallet is to be used in numerous commercial and industrial applications. An embodiment of the platform members used to form the bottom and top surfaces of the pallet can be used to construct other flat platforms such as walls, floors, and molds for pouring concrete structures.

Disclosed embodiment provides enclosed wind and hydropower energy generation being disposed with electrical energy generation apparatus, comprising advanced methods and systems for maximizing net impact on wind turbine operations. The enclosed wind and hydropower energy generation provides an effective environment for turbine maintenance scheduling, refurbishment, and replacement. Embodiment comprises advanced methods and systems for generating renewable electrical energy via performance enhancement and reliability.

A structure containing polyhydroxyalkanoate and a magnetic substance includes an external phase part containing polyhydroxyalkanoate and an internal phase part contained in the external phase part, at least one of the external phase part and the internal phase part containing a magnetic substance. Accordingly, provided is a microcapsule, which can be suitably used for formation of an active ingredient of a sustained release pharmaceutical preparation or an ultrasonic contrast agent.

The invention is a masonry block that is adapted to receive insulation and re-bar. The block has a number of cavities and recesses or grooves in various walls and webs so that re-bar may be laid along a row of blocks, may be inserted vertically through multiple courses of blocks, and may even be inserted diagonally through multiple courses of blocks. The cavities that have re-bar are filled with grout, the other cavities are filled with insulation, either in the form of a rigid foam core, batting, or spray foam.

The subject invention relates to a power sprayer that can be conveniently used by both professionals and amateurs. This power sprayer offers flexibility of movement because it can be battery operated. It also is designed to eliminate the need for cleaning its spray nozzle after being used. The media being sprayed can also be easily changed quickly. For instance, paint colors can be changed quickly and repeatedly by simply changing the media cartridges that are adapted for simple attachment to the sprayer. The media cartridges used in conjunction with the sprayers of this invention can also eliminate the inconvenience associated with refilling conventional power sprayers with a desired media. The present invention more specifically discloses a media cartridge system for a sprayer comprising: (a) a media container, (b) a self-cleaning nozzle, (c) a media shut-off means, (d) a primary media atomizing aperture in a configuration relative to the self-cleaning nozzle, (e) a movable media containment member within the media container, (f) a gas transfer interface, and (g) a power unit engagement means. The subject invention further discloses a sprayer which is comprised of (1) an electrical power source, (2) an electric motor, (3) a pump which is driven by the motor, (4) an output, (5) an electrical control switch, (6) a media cartridge air transfer interface, (7) a media cartridge engagement means, and (8) a media cartridge system which is comprised of (a) a media container, (b) a self-cleaning nozzle, (c) a media shut-off means, (d) a primary media atomizing aperture in a configuration relative to the self-cleaning nozzle, (e) a movable media containment member within the media container, (f) a gas transfer interface, and (g) a power unit engagement means. The present invention also reveals a sprayer which is comprised of (1) a power unit which includes (a) an electrical power source, (b) an electric motor, (c) a pump which is driven by the motor, (d) an output control, and (e) an electrical control switch, (2) a nozzle unit which includes (a) a media cartridge air transfer interface, (b) a power unit engagement means, (c) a gas transfer interface, and (3) a media container wherein the media container includes (a) a media cartridge engagement means, (b) a movable media containment member within the media container, (c) a media container air transfer interface and (d) a media supply line interface.

A secure messaging system provides a secure messaging exchange service to identified users.

A method and system are described for manufacture of an artificial stone veneer having a lighter weight relative to artificial stones and artificial stone veneers presently known in the art. More specifically, a system and method is described for manufacture of an artificial stone or artificial stone veneer from a cement based compound that includes a portion of crumb rubber. An exemplary compound mixture that may be leveraged by embodiments of the invention comprises: 376 pounds of Portland cement, 352 pounds of crumb rubber, 1 bag of reinforcement fibers (cellulose based fiber), 192 oz. accelerator to speed cure time, and 32 gallons of water.

A non-chemical, organic method to kill/control ticks and other vectors using heated water is disclosed. The method causes no immediate or residual toxicity to humans, pets, beneficial insects, and wildlife, and may be employed in both residential and commercial settings. The method employs water temperatures from about 145° F. to about 155° F. to kill/control ticks and other vectors without damaging plants. The method can be adapted to higher water temperatures to kill/control unwanted vegetation that is the primary habitat for ticks and other vectors, with the least environmental impact. Delicate plants can be pre-treated using a thermally-insulated backpack. A specialized nozzle for use in the present method is also disclosed.

It is aimed to provide a connector terminal including a silver layer on a surface of an electrical contact portion, having a reduced coefficient of friction of a surface and excellent in practicality and productivity and provide a method for producing such a connector terminal. A coating layer made of a silver layer and a film formed by bringing the silver layer into contact with a solution containing thiol and benzotriazole is formed on a contact portion of a connector terminal to be electrically brought into contact with another electrically conductive member. A solvent of this solution is preferably water and the thiol is preferably octadecanethiol.

The invention discloses a chromium-base catalyst for synthesizing alpha-tetralone by tetrahydronaphthalene and a preparation method of the chromium-base catalyst, belonging to the technical field of catalyst preparation. The catalyst provided by the invention adopts activated aluminium oxide as carrier; Cr oxide is used as main active component of the chromium-base catalyst; the mass percentage of the main active component is 2.0-4.0%; the oxide of any one of Co, Mn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Zr and Ce is used as auxiliary active component of the chromium-base catalyst; the mass percentage of the auxiliary active component is 0.5-3.5%. The chromium-base catalyst is prepared by the co-dipping method. The chromium-base catalyst has the advantages of low cost, catalytic activity, excellent selectivity and environment friendliness. For example, when the conversion rate of the tetrahydronaphthalene is 48.2% during the catalytic oxidization reaction on the conditions of 120 DEG C of temperature, 8 hours of reaction time and normal pressure, the selectivity of the alpha-tetralone and alpha-tetralol is 84.6% and 11.9% respectively; and the catalytic performance of the catalyst is not changed essentially after circular reaction for four times.

The invention provides a sanitary cleaning apparatus, which inhibits adverse impact upon miniaturization or environment protection, or prevents a nozzle from being polluted, and can wet a toilet stool in a highly efficient manner. To be specific, the sanitary cleaning apparatus includes a body; a human body cleaning nozzle, arranged inside the body and extends from the body toward the basin of a toilet stool; and a shielding plate, which is arranged in front of the human body cleaning nozzle in a state that the human body cleaning nozzle is accommodated inside the body, and which sags through gravity. The human body cleaning nozzle includes a human body local part jet hole for spraying water for cleaning local parts of a human body; and a toilet stool cleaning jet hole used for spraying water to the surface of the basin, wherein water is sprayed out of the toilet stool cleaning jet hole when the toilet stool cleaning jet hole is accommodated inside the body. The shielding plate is positioned outside the range of water that is sprayed from the toilet stool cleaning jet hole.