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20110117037 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKANOLAMINE, AN AMINO ACID AND AN ASSOCIATIVE POLYMER - The present invention provides a composition for treating keratin fibres, and especially human keratin fibres such as the hair, which comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, one or more alkanolamines, one or more amino acids and one or more associative polymers. The present invention likewise provides methods of bleaching and/or colouring keratin fibres, and also multiple-compartment devices or kits for the implementation of these methods. | 05-19-2011 |
20110138545 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKANOLAMINE, AN AMINO ACID AND A CATIONIC POLYMER - The present invention provides a composition for treating keratin fibres, and especially human keratin fibres such as the hair, which comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, one or more alkanolamines, one or more amino acids and one or more cationic polymers. The present invention likewise provides methods of bleaching and/or colouring keratin fibres, and also multiple-compartment devices or kits for the implementation of these methods. | 06-16-2011 |
20110150797 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKANOLAMINE, A BASIC AMINO ACID AND A SUITABLY SELECTED ADDITIONAL ALKALINE AGENT - The present invention relates to a composition for treating keratin fibres, and in particular human keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, one or more alkanolamines, one or more basic amino acids and one or more additional alkaline agents chosen from aqueous ammonia; ammonium salts of acids whose pKa at 25° C. is greater than 4; alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal hydroxides, carbonates, carbamates and hydrogen carbonates. The present invention also relates to processes for bleaching and/or dyeing keratin fibres, and also to multi-compartment devices or ‘kits’ for performing these processes. | 06-23-2011 |
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20150227631 | INCREASING SEARCH RESULT VALIDITY - Methods, search platforms, systems, and storage media for handling queries in a database system. The database system includes at least one client and at least one search platform. The search platform maintains pre-collected search results which are associated which confidence factors. A confidence factor indicates a probability of the associated pre-collected search result being valid. The search platform receives a query indicating at least one search criterion to the search platform. The confidence factors associated with the identified pre-collected search results are utilized to increase the mean probability of pre-collected search results returned to the client. For example, pre-collected search results complying with the at least one search criterion and being associated with confidence factors having values exceeding a given threshold are returned to the client. | 08-13-2015 |
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20100219334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELLBORE MONITORING - A system for monitoring a borehole includes: a borehole string configured to be disposed within the borehole and configured to direct a fluid into the earth formation for storage in the earth formation, the fluid including carbon dioxide; at least one optical fiber sensor disposed on the borehole string at a fixed location relative to the borehole string, the optical fiber sensor including a plurality of measurement units disposed therein along a length of the optical fiber sensor, the plurality of measurement units configured to cause a wavelength shift in an interrogation signal received in the at least one optical fiber sensor due to at least one of a strain and a deformation of the borehole string; and a processor configured to transmit the interrogation signal to the at least one optical fiber sensor, and calculate at least one of the strain and the deformation based on the wavelength shift. | 09-02-2010 |
20100252269 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SUBSEA WELLS - A system for subsea wellbore monitoring is disclosed. The system includes: a communication control unit configured to be disposed at a sea floor and connected to a monitoring unit that is disposable in communication with the wellbore; a plurality of control unit connection ports disposed on the control unit and configured to operably connect with the subsea wellbore, the plurality of control unit connection ports including at least one blank control unit connection port; and a switch disposed in the control unit including a plurality of switch connection points, the plurality of switch connection points including at least one blank switch connection point configured to be operably connected to the at least one blank control unit connection port. A method of modifying a subsea wellbore monitoring system is also disclosed. | 10-07-2010 |
20110191031 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCRETE DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER PRESSURE SENSING - An apparatus for estimating at least one parameter includes: a deformable member configured to deform in response to the at least one parameter; a housing surrounding at least a portion of an external surface of the deformable member to define an isolated region around the portion and an isolated surface of the deformable member; and at least one optical fiber sensor disposed on the isolated surface and held in an operable relationship with the isolated surface, the at least one optical fiber sensor configured to generate a signal in response to a deformation of the deformable member. | 08-04-2011 |
20130266039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELLBORE MONITORING - A system for monitoring a borehole in an earth formation includes: a borehole string configured to direct a fluid into the earth formation; at least one optical fiber sensor disposed on the borehole string at a fixed location relative to the borehole string, the optical fiber sensor including a plurality of measurement units configured to generate measurements of at least one of strain and deformation of the borehole string; at least one temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature at a plurality of locations along the length of the optical fiber sensor; and a processor configured to receive the measurements from the at least one optical fiber sensor, receive temperature measurements from the at least one temperature sensor, and identify a fluid leak in at least one of the borehole string and the formation based on a correlation of the optical fiber sensor measurements and the temperature measurements. | 10-10-2013 |
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20120073804 | System For Monitoring Linearity of Down-Hole Pumping Systems During Deployment and Related Methods - Systems, program product, and methods for monitoring linearity of a down-hole pumping system assembly during deployment within a bore of a casing of a well positioned to extract hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir and selecting an optimal operational position for the down-hole pumping system assembly within the bore of the casing, are provided. Various embodiments of the systems allow an operator to ensure that a motor and pump of a down-hole pumping system assembly are installed in an optimal position in a well by ensuring alignment across the pump stages casing and motor casing. The alignment and linearity of the pump and motor can be crucial to run life of the pump and/or motor. | 03-29-2012 |
20150129206 | System for Monitoring Linearity of Down-Hole Pumping Systems During Deployment and Related Methods - Systems, program product, and methods for monitoring linearity of a down-hole pumping system assembly during deployment within a bore of a casing of a well positioned to extract hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir and selecting an optimal operational position for the down-hole pumping system assembly within the bore of the casing, are provided. Various embodiments of the systems allow an operator to ensure that a motor and pump of a down-hole pumping system assembly are installed in an optimal position in a well by ensuring alignment across the pump stages casing and motor casing. The system includes a groove extending along an outer surface of a housing of the pumping system assembly, and an optical sensing fiber mounted in the groove. | 05-14-2015 |
20150337633 | DOWNHOLE SYSTEM WITH FILTERING AND METHOD - A downhole system includes a tubular having a plurality of spaced apertures radially extending through a wall of the tubular. A section of the tubular blocking radial fluid flow through the wall between an interior and exterior of the tubular. The section arranged from a first end to a second end of the tubular. A plurality of filter pucks respectively inserted into at least some of the plurality of apertures. The filter pucks each including a body configured for insertion in one of the apertures and a filtering element within each body; and, at least one control or monitoring line arranged on the section. Further is a method of controlling sand in a downhole system. | 11-26-2015 |