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The present invention provides improved methods of consolidating particulate material in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore. The methods basically comprise the steps of coating the particulate material with a hardenable resin composition and irradiating the hardenable resin composition coating on the particulate material with microwaves to thereby accelerate the hardening of the resin composition whereby the particulate material is rapidly consolidated into a stationary permeable mass.

Disclosed is a method of growing cells on biodegradable microcarrier particles and more specifically growing chondrocytes for an extended period of time until they aggregate. These aggregated cells can be injected directly or shaped for implantation into the body. In another embodiment of this invention, the cell microcarrier aggregates are grown in a mold that is shaped to conform to the geometry of the desired body part to be replaced. An apparatus for shaping the aggregated cells is disclosed. The aggregated cells can be supplied in a kit.

A luer receiving medical valve for the sterile transfer of fluid from a luer-tapered male end having a surrounding female luer lock threaded end. The luer receiver includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a lumen extending from the inlet to the outlet. An elastomeric sealing member occludes the inlet and has a slit extending through it. In a preferred embodiment, a support is provided adjacent the housing inlet and adjacent the sealing member. The support includes opposing posts separated by slots, the slots permitting expansion of the sealing member when the male luer is inserted into the slit.

Systems and methods for interactive image compositing may integrate image searching using visual search criteria (e.g., color, composition, tonal distribution, or lighting effects), non-destructive image compositing, and high-performance rendering using a fast gradient solver to provide an efficient workflow for users. An image compositing application, executable by a CPU and/or GPU, may employ a sketch-and-refine approach, whereby a user draws a rough perimeter around an object of interest in an image and (following an initial application of the fast gradient solver to a lower-resolution version of the image) receives a preview of how it would fit into a composition. The fast gradient solver may differentiate between the object and its background by applying artificial intelligence techniques and/or dependent on user-supplied hints. In a second stage, the fast gradient solver may refine the solution for a final rendering of the composite image by operating on successively higher-resolution versions of the image.

A system and method for adding biometric functionality to an application, and for controlling and managing passwords. The system and method include monitoring an application and providing a template matching a logon window of the application. The template obtains a biometric identifier of the user and inserts logon information into the window obtained from a database of user information.

A method for authentication of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a wireless network, wherein—a device (D1, D2, D3) periodically switches its mode from a read mode, in which it is able to receive authentication data from one or more other devices (D1, D2, D3), to a write mode, in which it sends out authentication data to the one or more other devices (D1, D2, D3), according to a random time slot scheme,—the device (D1, D2, D3) authenticates itself after having received authentication data from another device (D1, D2, D3) during the read mode, and—the device (D1, D2, D3) switches permanently its mode to the write mode after being authenticated.

A method for recognition of a handwritten pattern comprises the steps of forming (4) a representation of the handwritten pattern, forming (6) at least two sub-configurations by dividing the representation of the handwritten pattern, and processing the subconfigurations. The step of processing comprises the steps of comparing (8) each subconfiguration with reference configurations, selecting (10) at least one subconfiguration candidate for each subconfiguration among the reference configurations based on said step of comparing, and determining (12) at least one candidate pattern consisting of one selected subconfiguration candidate for each subconfiguration. The method further comprises the steps of comparing (14) the representation of the handwritten pattern to the candidate pattern, and computing (16) a cost function in order to find a closest matching candidate pattern. The cost function is based on the comparing of the representation of the handwritten pattern to the candidate pattern and on the comparing of the subconfigurations to the selected subconfiguration candidates in the candidate pattern.

The invention relates to a method and a system for automatically combining contact items. The method comprises the following steps of: extracting repeated contacts, namely matching the contact items in intelligent equipment, acquiring the contact items of which names or telephone numbers are the same, and generating repeated contact lists; determining main contacts, namely selecting a contact item as a main contact item from each group of repeated contact lists, and selecting other contact items as auxiliary contact items; and combining the contacts, namely traversing information of all information items of all the auxiliary contact items, acquiring the information of effective information item of the auxiliary contact items, modifying the main contact item, and deleting all the auxiliary contact items after traversing is finished. By the method and the system, a batch of repeated contacts can be quickly combined; any important data cannot be lost during combination, and residual contact items obtained by combination are effectively cleared away; user management is facilitated; and user satisfaction is improved.

An apparatus for automating a prioritization of an incoming message, including a batch learning module that generates a global classifier based on training data that is input to the batch learning module. A feedback learning module that generates a user-specific classifier based on a plurality of feedback instances. A feature extraction module that receives the incoming message and a topic-based user model, infers a topic of the incoming message based on the topic-based user model, and computes a plurality of contextual features of the incoming message. A classification module that dynamically determines a priority classification strategy for assigning a priority level to the incoming message based on the plurality of contextual features of the incoming message and a weighted combination of the global classifier and the user-specific classifier, and classifies the incoming message based on the priority classification strategy.

A system generates structured compliance form data based on a compliance form having a plurality of data fields. The system includes multiple parsing modules each configured to generate respective parsed form data by analyzing compliance form data related to the compliance form with respective parsing processes. The system includes a combiner module configured to combine the various parsed formed data into combined parsed form data.

The viscosity increasing and foaming process for preparing foamed aluminum or aluminum alloy includes the following steps: compounding water solution of sulfate or fluoride salt; adding carbonate powder via stirring, stoving and powdering the mixture; mixing carbonate powder and titanium hydride powder; heating aluminum or aluminum alloy to melt; adding carbonate powder or compound foaming agent powder via stirring; maintaining in the furnace; and fast water cooling to solidify after growing to reach the required size. The process can form spherical pores in the foamed aluminum or aluminum alloy.

A method for managing space of magnetic disc includes setting bit map binary tree table being used to record address and service state of space block as well as father-son relation between space blocks, utilizing said bit map binary tree table to carry out distribution and recovery on space block.

A fuel injector for a fuel spray nozzle of a gas turbine engine combustor is provided. The fuel injector has an annular flow passage which conveys fuel to a prefilming lip at an end of the flow passage. The fuel injector also has plurality of fuel distributor slots which are circumferentially spaced around and in fluid communication with the other end of the flow passage to deliver respective fuel streams into the flow passage. The slots are configured so that the fuel streams enter the flow passage at a swirl angle of at least 80° relative to the axis of the flow passage.

This invention relates to a novel apparatus and process for producing thermoplastic articles. In one aspect, the invention pertains to a process for manufacturing fiberglass products using a fiberglass material consisting of fiberglass strands commingled with heat-formable polypropylene strands. A molding apparatus comprising: (a) an air pressure chamber with an open side; (b) a flange plate fitted to the open side of the air pressure chamber, said flange plate having an opening therein for receiving a mold; (c) an upper bladder associated with the flange plate and covering the opening; (d) a base pressure plate; (e) a mold positioned on the base pressure plate; and (f) a locking mechanism for securing the air pressure chamber with the base pressure plate, and balanced air pressure in each chamber during molding.

A light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion has been disclosed, said emulsion comprising a binder and core-shell tabular grains, wherein said core is more rich in silver bromide than said shell, characterized in that said grains contain, in the core thereof representing an amount of precipitated silver halide extending up to less than 50% of all precipitated silver halide, a ruthenium complex compound as a sole complex compound providing shallow electron traps.

The application discloses an application folder merging method and system. The method comprises: when it is detected that an application folder on a desktop is moved, determining a target application folder by determining whether an end position of the moved application folder is in a preset merging region of the application folder; when it is determined that a user needs to merge the moved application folder and the target application folder, unbinding the moved application folder to obtain an application; and finally, moving and placing the application into the target application folder to complete application folder merging. It can be seen that, according to the application folder merging method and system provided by the invention, applications in one application folder can be merged into another application folder all at once, so that compared with that in the prior art, the whole merging process is faster, thus improving merging efficiency.

The invention provides an organ geometry reconstruction method based on the image volume element operation. The method comprises the steps of acquiring a location matrix of a volume element relative data set of a specified organ, resampling the location matrix according to accuracy requirements, generating a cuboid coordinate matrix by means of the volume element additive operation, and reconstructing organ geometry according to the cuboid coordinate matrix. The human organ geometry reconstruction method is capable of quickly merging volume elements to the maximum level by means of a volume element additive operation algorithm, keeping the original shape of an organ, completely describing the detailed structure of the interior of the organ, reserving and controlling point clouds on the periphery surface of the organ by flexibly and efficiently combining with sampling and the volume element operation, and therefore Monte Carlo geometric description of an associated organ is enabled to be easy. The research result of the organ geometry reconstruction method based on the image volume element operation is applicable to efficient calculation of different Monte Carlo programs and assessment of human body radiation absorbed doses, and has wide application significance in fields like radiation safety or medical physics.