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A petroleum reservoir production modeling apparatus and method is disclosed which incorporates a complete (from reservoir to wellhead) production systems analysis system for the evaluation of petroleum reservoir production performance, using industry accepted techniques of analysis. A computer generated model facilitates the determination of well and formation properties in a computerized methodology, efficiently, reliably and accurately, thereby facilitating subsequent changes in wellbore properties to maximize well production. The method includes a rigorous analytic reservoir inflow performance model for a variety of well types and reservoir outer boundary conditions and drainage area shapes, and uses industry accepted production analysis techniques. These techniques accepted in the industry include material balance, decline curve analysis, and non-linear minimization procedures. Field-recorded production data is evaluated to obtain estimates of the well or formation properties. Statistical techniques are used to minimize or eliminate the effects of outlier (i.e. noise) points in the data.

A development platform for developing a skill for a persistent companion device (PCD) includes an asset development library having an application programming interface (API) configured to enable a developer to at least one of find, create, edit and access one or more content assets utilizable for creating a skill, an expression tool suite having one or more APIs via which are received one or more expressions associated with the skill as specified by the developer wherein the skill is executable by the PCD in response to at least one defined input, a behavior editor for specifying one or more behavioral sequences of the PCD for the skill and a skill deployment facility having an API for deploying the skill to an execution engine of the PCD.

A plurality of application profiles are obtained, for a plurality of applications. Each of the profiles specifies a list of resources, and requirements for each of the resources, associated with a corresponding one of the applications. Specification of a plurality of constraints associated with the applications is facilitated, as is obtaining a plurality of cost models associated with at least two different kinds of servers on which the applications are to run. A recommended server configuration is generated for running the applications, by formulating and solving a bin packing problem. Each of the at least two different kinds of servers is treated as a bin of a different size, based on its capacity, and has an acquisition cost associated therewith. The size is substantially equal to a corresponding one of the resource requirement as given by a corresponding one of the application profiles. Each of the applications is treated as an item, with an associated size, to be packed into the bins. The bin packing problem develops the recommended server configuration based on reducing a total acquisition cost while satisfying the constraints and the sizes of the applications.

A system for optimizing the value of communications between communicating parties is provided. The system includes a communication group manager that facilitates specifying policies, preferences and / or automated analysis of ideal communication channels, routing and / or scheduling in terms of communicating party groups that can be pre-populated clusters of communicating parties, assembled based on relationships (e.g., organizational), and / or assembled based on satisfying inclusion criteria (e.g., age, location, competence, communication history, meeting history). The communication group manager maps communicating parties into predefined and / or dynamically created groups that facilitate specifying and / or automatically computing ideal communication actions like selecting a channel, displaying lists of potential channels sorted by communicating party preferences, and (re)scheduling communications to different channels and / or times. Ideal communication actions can be identified by maximizing a measure of expected communication utility, where groups provide simplifying abstractions to facilitate assessment of outcome utilities. The method can employ representations of preferences of the contactor and contactee that allow for group-specific preference considerations that weight differentially contactor and / or contactee preference considerations in communication action optimization. The system includes a group wise communication coordinator that identifies optimal group communication sets. The method facilitates a recipient communicating with a group member where the communication utility is optimized based on a preference, and a context associated with the group to which the member belongs.

User interface controls that facilitate the specification / modification of data hierarchies. In one set of embodiments, a first UI control component can be provided that comprises an ordered group of drop-down menus. Each drop-down menu in the ordered group can be populated with a selectable list of attributes from a data set and can be associated with a level in a data hierarchy. By selecting values using the various drop-down menus, a user can interactively specify a data hierarchy for the data set. The data set can then be visualized according to the specified hierarchy. In further embodiments, a second UI control component can be provided in addition to the first UI control component. The second UI control component can allow a user to interactively enable or disable certain drop-down menus in the ordered group, thereby acting as a “depth filter” for controlling the depth of the data hierarchy.

System and method for specifying a signal analysis function. First user input is received, e.g., to a graphical user interface (GUI), indicating a parameter for a first operation implementing at least a portion of the function. The first operation is programmatically included in a sweep loop. Second user input is received specifying a sweep configuration for a sweep on the parameter. The signal includes signal data, e.g., signal plot data or tabular data. The sweep configuration includes: a range of values for the indicated parameter, a number of iterations for the sweep, an interpolation type, step size for the sweep on the indicated parameter, specific values in the range of values for the parameter, source for at least some of the sweep configuration, and / or resultant data. The sweep is performed on the parameter per the sweep configuration, generating resultant data which is stored, and optionally displayed, e.g., in the GUI.

A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat member, and an injector plate which is coupled to a front end face of the valve seat member and has a plurality of fuel injection orifices disposed about an axis of the valve seat member to communicate with a valve seat. Swirling means for swirling a fuel injected from each of the fuel injection orifices is provided in at least one of the valve seat member and the injector plate. The plurality of fuel injection orifices are disposed so that liquid membrane portions of adjoining hollow conical fuel spray forms formed by the fuel injected from the fuel injection orifices collide with one another. Thus, the atomization of the injected fuel can be further promoted, and a coalesced fuel spray form having a fuel particle density higher in a central zone and lower in an outer peripheral zone can be formed.

The system and method of the present invention relates to the determining the specific ordering and execution of events from temporal constraints, filtering functions, and execution heuristics. To facilitate specification of event order objects be can associated with events in an object authoring system which provides for interaction, conditional behavior, and fuzzy relationships by dividing all time into past, present, and future. A user or developer can then perform all their work in the editable area marked “now.” Items that may have happened prior to the current work show up in the “past” area and items which might happen in the future show up in the “future” area. A user can then associate and / or dissociate objects associated with events in the editable area, for instance by simply loosely specifying temporal relationships or constraints amongst objects rather than specifying an exact temporal sequence directly.

Disclosed in the invention is a PLC-based intelligent household gateway apparatus. The apparatus comprises: a master control unit, which is used for central controlling; an interaction unit, which is used for carrying out information interaction with a user; a metering unit, which is used for electric quantity metering; a wireless route communication unit, which is used for broadband access, indoor wireless network signal coverage, and communication with other communication terminals; a PLC communication unit, which is used for indoor power line carrier communication and is respectively connected with the master control unit, and a 220-V power line; a power supply limiting unit, which is used for controlling a household electricity load and is respectively connected with the master control unit and a household circuit input circuit; and a power supply unit, which is used for providing power for all the units. And the interaction unit, the metering unit and the wireless route communication unit are respectively connected with the master control unit. According to the invention, the intelligent household gateway apparatus that has high integration is integrated with the function as a household intelligent ammeter and the functions of intelligent power management, intelligent household, and home network access and the like, thereby building comfortable, intelligent, high-efficiency, and green household living environment.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing persistent storage of Web resources. Uniform Resource Locators (“URLs”) that identify Web resources are augmented to include a time stamp. A web browser and a web server are disclosed that accommodate a time stamp parameter and allow a user to refer to any Web address with a precise target date. The disclosed Web browser can optionally include a mechanism to facilitate the specification of the desired date and time, or the user can manually append the time stamp to the URL indicated in the “Location” window of the browser. The persistent Web servers (i) receive URLs containing a time stamp, (ii) extract the time stamp, (iii) retrieve the correct Web page from the archive, (iv) modify the requested Web page to update embedded hyperlinks to incorporate the same time stamp as the requested Web page and (v) return the requested page to the client. The persistent Web servers include a persistent archive for storing all of the versions of Web resources that will be persistently available to Web users.

To provide a system, a method, and a program for enabling controls over communication sessions and charging of communication fees according to the communication sessions, which can easily be introduced to existing communication authentication systems. When a communication terminal connected to a corporate network tries to perform a mutual communication with a partner terminal that is connected to a provider terminal, an authentication managing unit provided in advance to the provider network performs communication access authentication for the communication terminal. Further, the authentication managing unit controls establishment of the mutual communication between the authenticated communication terminal and the partner terminal, and manages a communication fee according to the communication session.

An information system capable of analyzing customer interests in unpurchased commodities is provided. The information system specifies a commodity shelf or a commodity of interest to a customer based on information captured by a camera group independently of whether the customer purchases the commodity. The information system immediately displays the specified commodity shelf or commodity on a display apparatus in association with customer information. Before the customer purchases a commodity, a sales assistant can effectively identify the customer and the commodity shelf or commodity of interest and promote the sale of the commodity.

The invention discloses a drawing and model integrated visual integration design method. A design institute and a system manufacturer take the responsibility of a system integrator together to finish the work of a designing a drawing for a transform substation and modeling all-station information. In the method, secondary development is performed on an Auto computer-aided design (CAD) by adopting an ActiveX Automation technology by taking the AutoCAD as an information interaction platform so as to establish a native XML database (NXD)-based model text storage database. By adopting the drawing and model integrated integration design, both a design drawing and a model file provided by the design institute can be identified; the bonding of information is finished by the design method so that a CAD file which is finally provided for a user can not only display connection information in the model in a visual mode, but also export the model file for a required unit, a manufacturer or a system to use, and realize the bidirectional switching of the drawing and the model.

A diaphragm circulator for liquid material having an internal circuit provided with at least one material intake orifice for discharging the material. The circulator body defines a propulsion chamber with rigid walls between which a deformable diaphragm is placed in such a way that the edge thereof is adjacent to the intake oriface and the edge is adjacent to the discharge orifice for forming a ripple carrier. A diaphragm-exciting member is arranged on the side of the intake orifice for producing a reciprocating motion on the corresponding diaphragm edge in such a way that the ripple is generated and is provided with the circulator rigid walls which are arranged inside free ripple amplitude envelope surfaces extending along the diaphragm. The diaphragm is associated by at least one edge thereof with means for generating a tension therein at least while the ripple is generated in such a way that during the operation, the diaphragm tension on the side of the discharge orifice is greater than on the side of the intake orifice.

The invention discloses a rehabilitation therapy management system which comprises a rehabilitation therapy server unit, a rehabilitation therapy evaluating and diagnosing workstation unit, a rehabilitation equipment unit, a communication unit and a power supply unit; the rehabilitation therapy server unit, the communication unit, the rehabilitation therapy evaluating and diagnosing workstation unit and the rehabilitation equipment unit are connected in sequence; the power supply unit is respectively connected with electric equipment in the rehabilitation therapy server unit, the communication unit, the rehabilitation therapy evaluating and diagnosing workstation unit and the rehabilitation equipment unit. According to the rehabilitation therapy management system disclosed by the invention, the disadvantages of low working efficiency, fussy therapy process, waste of rehabilitation resource, poor reliability, small application range and the like in the prior art can be overcome; the advantages of high working efficiency, convenience in therapy, shared resource, good reliability and large application range can be realized.

The invention discloses a multi-field supportable virtual machine dispatching device and a multi-field supportable virtual machine dispatching method. The multi-field supportable virtual machine dispatching device comprises a virtual machine cluster information central access module, a virtual machine dispatching module and a virtual machine dispatching information central output module, wherein the virtual machine cluster information central access module is used for receiving input cluster information, the virtual machine dispatching module is used for analyzing cluster information and generating dispatching policy required by fields, and the virtual machine dispatching information central output module is used for centrally outputting policy information. The virtual machine cluster information central access module receives processing requests of a virtualization cluster system and preprocesses the same into a uniform input information format. The virtual dispatching module classifies states of the virtualization cluster system according to input information, generates corresponding dispatching policy for processing the requests according to classifications and outputs dispatching commands through the information central output module. Dispatching virtualization clusters under multiple fields can be realized well, and the purpose of dispatching under different fields is achieved. By modular design, uniform interfaces are used among modules, transparency in design of dispatching algorithm is improved, and application range is wide.

Disclosed herein is a method for developing human endothelial cells (ECs) from human embryonic stem cells (ESCs). The method is based on inhibition of TGF signaling following mesoderm induction and during vascular differentiation of hESC-derived cells. Also disclosed herein is a substantially pure and stable population of ECs that maintains a high degree of proliferation and phenotypic homogeneity for extended culture periods. Related pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic methods are also disclosed. A reporter hESC line useful for tracking the development of ECs is also provided.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates specifying a repository containing authentication information to a plugin in a plugable authentication system. When the system receives a command that requires the repository to be accessed, the system populates a data structure with information including a specifier for the repository. The system passes this data structure into a plugin framework. This enables one or more plugins within the framework to access the specified repository.

This invention provides an immunochromatography detection apparatus exhibiting excellent convenience, sensitivity, and specificity, a detection method therefor, a kit using the same, and a method for producing such apparatus and kit, by constructing a solid-phase support, on which the conditions for the reaction wherein an analyte specifically binds to a labeled reagent containing a ligand that specifically binds to the analyte and those for the reaction wherein a capture reagent specifically binds to a complex of the analyte and the labeled reagent in the immunochromatography detection method are continuously optimized, and the pretreated specimens are optimized for such reactions. This chromatography detection apparatus comprises: a sheet-like solid-phase support; a specimen-supply site thereon at which a specimen deduced to contain at least an analyte or a mixture of such specimen and a labeled reagent containing a ligand that specifically binds to the analyte is supplied; and a capture reagent site to which a capture reagent capable of specifically binding to and capturing a complex of the analyte and the labeled reagent has been immobilized, wherein at least one functional site having a particular or multiple functions is provided between the specimen-supply site and the capture reagent site.

The invention discloses a genetic simulated annealing method for solving new words in Chinese segmentation. The method comprises the steps of firstly acquiring and intelligently searching Internet information by adopting a crawler program to complete data preparation; then performing Chinese segmentation on the acquired data by adopting a dedicated lexicon, namely discovering a public opinion; proposing a genetic simulated annealing algorithm using the characteristics of parallel operation and global convergence of a genetic algorithm in combination with local convergence of a simulated annealing algorithm, and performing relevant design and application on a public opinion monitoring system. By adopting the method, the automatic segmentation problem in the field of Chinese information processing is solved; by combining the solution strategies of the genetic algorithm and the simulated annealing algorithm for new words continuously appearing with the development of society and Internet, the segmentation accuracy is improved, the problems of disperse strings and segmentation errors in the automatic segmentation result are effectively solved, and the method plays an important role in observing, researching and analyzing dynamic changes of language phenomena, normalizing languages and characters and improving the overall effect of automatic Chinese segmentation.

The invention discloses a robot programming control method comprising the following steps of (1), programming all operation commands of a robot by a ladder diagram programming mode in a program editor at an development interface, wherein the operation commands are used for controlling the moving process and posture of the robot; (2), generating the operation commands designed by the ladder diagram programming mode into command codes capable of being executed by a robot controller by a compiling module; and (3), sending the command codes to a servo driving module in the robot controller, thus driving a servo motor to drive the robot to finish all actions in space. The robot programming language in the ladder diagram mode is easily understood, and a work method of scanning round and sequential scanning is adopted to replace the special, complex and time-consuming robot programming language, so better universality and standardization are realized, and the operation use performances of the robot are obviously improved.

A welding method for a steel structure in an environment of -15 DEG C to 35 DEG C includes steps: preparation before welding, welding, heat treatment after welding, weld testing and welding defect treatment, wherein preparation before welding includes selecting welding material, cleaning and preheating before welding, and determining welding parameters; implementing immediate heat treatment after welding for at least 1 hour with a postheat temperature of 180-230 DEG C; under the circumstance of power-off, immediately coating the weld surface with at least one layer of insulation rock wool, namely at least in thickness of 35 mm, to implement heat preservation and slow cooling after welding as an emergency measure; making sure that cooling speed is no larger than 10 DEG C per minute, namely, the time that the temperature of the welding material falls at 0 DEG C is no less than 20 minutes; and preserving the insulation rock wool until the next day. The method solves the technical problem of welding the steel structure in an environment of ultralow temperature, is energy-saving, environment-friendly, convenient in operation, easy in population and standardization, and work efficiency and quality of the welding are guaranteed.

The invention provides a medical knowledge base system based on data mining, and relates to the technical field of the medical knowledge base system. The medical knowledge base system based on data mining comprises a clinical medical knowledge base visual editor based on data mining, a clinical medical knowledge Web Service application server based on data mining, and a clinical medical knowledge base based on data mining. The clinical medical knowledge visual editor based on data mining is connected with the clinical medical knowledge base based on data mining via the clinical medical knowledge Web Service application server based on data mining. With professional and systematic research and analysis of clinical knowledge and combination of a big data mining and analysis technology for revealing and positioning rationality of all clinical knowledge elements in the diagnosis and treatment behavior, including disease, medicine, examination and material, the clinical diagnosis and treatment behavior can be better standardized, overall clinical medical cost can be controlled and reduced and use of medical healthcare insurance fund is ensured to be safe.

A diaphragm circulator for liquid material having an internal circuit provided with at least one material intake orifice for discharging the material. The circulator body defines a propulsion chamber with rigid walls between which a deformable diaphragm is placed in such a way that the edge thereof is adjacent to the intake orifice and the edge is adjacent to the discharge orifice for forming a ripple carrier. A diaphragm-exciting member is arranged on the side of the intake orifice for producing a reciprocating motion on the corresponding diaphragm edge in such a way that the ripple is generated and is provided with the circulator rigid walls which are arranged inside free ripple amplitude envelope surfaces extending along the diaphragm. The diaphragm is associated by at least one edge thereof with means for generating a tension therein at least while the ripple is generated in such a way that during the operation, the diaphragm tension on the side of the discharge orifice is greater than on the side of the intake orifice.

A method for differentiating or promoting or inducing differentiation of stem cells into pluripotent cardiovascular progenitors (MCPs) by transiently inducing the expression of a single gene, namely Mesp1, is disclosed. Cells obtained by the method and their uses in research and clinical settings are also disclosed. Using genome wide transcriptional analysis, the inventors found that Mesp1 rapidly activates and represses a discrete set of genes, which form potential new targets for both therapy and for the identification of MCPs. Insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the earliest step of cardiovascular specification and potential methods for dramatically increasing the number of cardiovascular cells for cellular therapy in humans are provided.

A Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motor starting method and device are provided, in which startup noise and vibration and startup failure rate can be reduced using a constant low-speed startup scheme when the BLDC motor is in sensorless startup mode, and PWM duty is also maintained at low level when the BLDC motor starts up, thereby preventing an excessive current from occurring due to desynchronization of the motor at startup, so that it is possible to optimize specifications of an inverter in the BLDC motor. The BLDC motor starts up with a startup speed and a PWM duty of a rotor of the BLDC motor being kept constant, and the BLDC motor switches to sensorless mode if a position of the rotor is detected a predetermined number of times or more during a specific time.

The present invention discloses a support frame for solar energy device, which includes at least two support bodies, and at least two lintels, each of which being provided between the two support bodies. Each of the support bodies and lintels is made of reinforced concrete. Each of the support bodies includes two supporting columns, and a transverse beam fixedly provided between two top ends of the two supporting columns respectively. Two ends of each of the lintels are fixedly provided on a transverse beam of one of the support bodies and a transverse beam of an adjacent support body, respectively. Each of the support bodies further includes a strengthened beam fixedly provided between the two supporting columns. The present invention has a lower cost, corrosion protection, long service life, higher structural strength, good normability, is capable of site pouring and adapted for any amount of solar energy devices.

The invention discloses an implement system of an access network for loading all information business of resident users, which comprises a main unit, an expansion unit and a remote end unit. The invention further discloses an implement method of the access network for bearing all the information business of the resident users, which comprises the following steps: jointing and combining one or more than one kinds of signals which are sent by an information source, transmitting the signals to one or more than one remote ends through optical fiber after converting the signals into light signal branching, carrying out the electric-to-optical conversion to the light signals which are respectively received by each of the remote ends, radiating the signals to a user end through an antenna, transmitting the light signals through the optical fiber after respectively carrying out the electric-to-optical conversion to electrical signals which are received through the antenna by each of the remote ends, respectively converting the received light signals into the electrical signals, transmitting the electrical signals through dividing the signals into business RF electrical signals in different frequency ranges after integrating the electrical signals into the electrical signals. With the invention, the functions of accessing and exiting all types of user information business and the loading transmission function can be realized in resident areas only through building a physical network.

An automatic performance apparatus reproduces, by a program process executed on a computer, automatic performance data comprising a series of performance data which is assigned to one channel of a plurality of channels and to which a channel number representative of the assigned channel is added. The automatic performance data contains identification data representative of a musical instrument or performance part to be performed by the performance data which is assigned to each channel. To the identification data, a channel number representative of the assigned channel is also added. Based on the identification data, musical instruments or performance parts to be performed by each of the performance data are identified. As a result, the present invention configured as above provides users with easy specification of musical instrument or performance part to be excluded from a performance or to be performed during the reproduction of performance data, enabling the reproduction and non-reproduction of each performance part to be precisely controlled.