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Journal articles on the topic "Situated Profiles"
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Сакало, Владимир, Vladimir Sakalo, Алексей Сакало, and Aleksey Sakalo. "Penetration factor of the surfaces in fast algorithm of solution of contact problems for wheel and rail." Bulletin of Bryansk state technical university 2015, no. 1 (March 31, 2015): 46–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/22749.
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Values of penetration factor of wheel and rail surfaces that is used on application of fast algorithm for solution of normal contact problems are defined. Three cases had been considered: contact area has not strongly expressed spatial character; contact patch is situated nearby middle of rail rolling surface, radii of curvature of wheel and rail profiles have close values; contact patch is situated on fillet sections of the profiles.
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Glina, Bartłomiej, Jarosław Waroszewski, and Cezary Kabała. "Water retention of the loess-derived Luvisols with lamellic illuvial horizon in the Trzebnica Hills (SW Poland)." Soil Science Annual 65, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 18–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ssa-2014-0003.
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Abstract The aim of work was to characterize the water retention in the silt-textured Luvisols with lamellic illuvial horizon (argic) that occur in the loess covered northern part of the Silesian Lowland. Soil pits were localized on the Trzebnica Hills near the villages: Machnice (profile 1), Skarszyn (profile 2) and Zaprężyn (profile 3 and 4). Profiles Machnice 1 and Skarszyn 2 were situated in the upper parts of the hills covered with beech stands with an admixture of oak, linden and maple. Profiles Zaprężyn 3 and 4 were situated in the central and lower parts of the arable slope. During the field work conducted in April 2011, 29 soil samples were collected for texture, bulk density and water properties analysis. The soils under study were characterized by texture of silt loam with lower clay content in humus horizons (.loamy silt. according to Polish classification), and higher clay content (.clayey silt.) in the illuvial and subsoil horizons. The texture of all examined profiles was dominated by the „loess“ fractions. Variable abundance of the massive lamellae causes variations in water properties of the illuvial (sub-)horizons. It was found that lamellic illuvial horizons in the loess-derived Luvisols have higher field water capacity than the homogenous illuvial horizons, apart of the clay content. There was no apparent effect of the horizon kind (homogeneous versus lamellic) on the soil bulk density. These properties mainly depended on the total clay content in a particular horizon (sub-horizon).
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Noack, Y., and F. Colin. "Chlorites and chloritic mixed-layer minerals in profiles on ultrabasic rocks from Moyango (Ivory Coast) and Angiquinho (Brazil)." Clay Minerals 21, no. 2 (June 1986): 171–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/claymin.1986.021.2.06.
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AbstractDifferent types of chlorite and related mixed-layer minerals have been found in profiles developed on ultrabasic rocks of Ivory Coast and Brazil. Normal chlorites, with low K and Ni contents, are of hydrothermal origin and are situated at the bottom of the alteration profile. At the top of the profile the mixed-layer minerals are Ni-chlorite/vermiculite, which formed under weathering conditions, or K-chlorite/vermiculite, resulting from the alteration of mica. The Ni-content of the chlorite/vermiculite can reach 10% NiO.
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Larsen, Jakob Eg, and Arkadiusz Stopczynski. "A Festival-Wide Social Network Using 2D Barcodes, Mobile Phones and Situated Displays." International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction 3, no. 3 (July 2011): 14–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jmhci.2011070102.
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This paper reports on the authors’ experiences with an exploratory prototype festival-wide social network. Unique 2D barcodes were applied to wristbands and mobile phones to uniquely identify the festival participants at the CO2PENHAGEN music festival in Denmark. The authors describe experiences from initial use of a set of social network applications involving participant profiles, a microblog and images shared on situated displays, and competitions created for the festival. The pilot study included 73 participants, each creating a unique profile. The novel approach had potential to enable anyone at the festival to participate in the festival-wide social network, as participants did not need any special hardware or mobile client application to be involved. The 2D barcodes was found to be a feasible low-cost approach for unique participant identification and social network interaction. Implications for the design of future systems of this nature are discussed.
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Hajizadeh, Farnusch, and Saeed Reza Akhondi. "Determining Aquifers and Bedrock of Qaen Plain by the Resistance Measurement Method." Modern Applied Science 10, no. 1 (January 4, 2016): 200. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/mas.v10n1p200.
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The aim of this study is to determine aquifers and bedrock of Qaen plain by the resistance measurement method. Using symmetrical Schlumberger electrode array, the most common method to detect underground water, Qaen plain was located in the west of Khanik village situated in the North East of drainage basinto the West of Aliabad village situated in the West of drainage basinat 159 electric sounding stations along 13 profiles under the geoelectrical operation. Profiles were along the south East-North West. At most, the half of the Electrode distance was 500 meters in the Schlumberger array. Interpretation of geoelectric sounding was done using the Partial and computer compliancemethod (using ipi2win Software). The obtained results of the Geoelectrical operation were interpreted and drawn by resistivity section, resistivity profiles, the apparent resistivity maps of the different flow lines (AB including 200, 600, and 1000 meters), and isobath map of the rock.
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Mikula, Pavol, Vasyl Ryukhtin, Jan Šaroun, and Pavel Strunz. "High-Resolution Strain/Stress Measurements by Three-Axis Neutron Diffractometer." Materials 13, no. 23 (November 30, 2020): 5449. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13235449.
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Resolution properties of the unconventional high-resolution neutron diffraction three-axis setup for strain/stress measurements of large bulk polycrystalline samples are presented. Contrary to the conventional two-axis setups, in this case, the strain measurement on a sample situated on the second axis is carried out by rocking the bent perfect crystal (BPC) analyzer situated on the third axis of the diffractometer. Thus, the so-called rocking curve provides the sample diffraction profile. The neutron signal coming from the analyzer is registered by a point detector. This new setup provides a considerably higher resolution (at least by a factor of 5), which however, requires a much longer measurement time. The high-resolution neutron diffraction setting can be effectively used, namely, for bulk gauge volumes up to several cubic centimeters, and for plastic deformation studies on the basis of the analysis of diffraction line profiles, thus providing average values of microstructure characteristics over the irradiated gauge volume.
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Michczyński, Adam, Piotr Kołaczek, Włodzimierz Margielewski, Danuta J. Michczyńska, and Andrzej Obidowicz. "Radiocarbon Age-Depth Modeling Prevents Misinterpretation of Past Vegetation Dynamics: Case Study of Wierchomla Mire (Polish Outer Carpathians)." Radiocarbon 55, no. 3 (2013): 1724–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200048645.
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An age-depth model based on radiocarbon dates was produced from a Holocene profile collected from a rich fen situated in the Beskid Sądecki Mountains (the Outer Western Carpathians, southern Poland). The model is compared against the results of palynological and loss on ignition (LOI) analyses supplemented by the identification of organic deposits. Five distinct palynological episodes are detected. These potential palynological age markers are critically compared with the results of age-depth modeling and other dated profiles. The results presented distinctly show that using palynological episodes as age markers for age-depth construction may be highly misleading.
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Gonzales FSC, Andrew. "Bilingual Communities: National/Regional Profiles and Verbal Repertoires." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 6 (March 1985): 132–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s026719050000310x.
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The 1980 Census of the Philippines (National Census and Statistics Office 1983) shows a multi-ethnic population speaking various Austronesian languages of the West Indonesian branch, which are not mutally intelligible but are clearly related to each other under various sub-groupings. The clearest divisions are the Northern Group and the Central Group, with the Northern Group situated in Northern and Central Luzon, and the Central Group located in Central and Southern Luzon, the Visayas, and parts of Mindanao (Zorc 1984). Smaller groups may be found in Eastern Mindanao (Eastern Mindanao Group), Southern Mindanao and Sulu (Sama-Bajaw Group), the area around Lake Lanao (Danao language group), Central Mindanao (the Manobo Group), and the islands of Palawan (the Palawanese Group) (cf., Pallesen 1985).
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Kobza, Jozef. "Mollic soils situated in non-Chernozem regions in Slovakia." Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo) 68, no. 1 (April 1, 2022): 25–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/agri-2022-0003.
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Abstract This study is focused on an evaluation of some important soil properties as a result of the genesis of mollic soils which are located outside of the main Chernozem regions in Slovakia. Several soil profiles selected from the Soil Monitoring Network in Slovakia were evaluated and interpreted. Unified analytical procedures used in soil monitoring system have been applied. Following soil indicators: pH, humus content, and qualitative components as humic acids (HA) and fulvic acids (FA) as well as the fractional composition of HA, the content of labile carbon (CL), potentially mineralisable nitrogen (Npot) have been analysed. Based on obtained results in more details, it may be said that the dark-coloured soils in non-Chernozem regions opposite dark-coloured soils in Chernozem regions have a higher content of labile carbon and higher index of lability as well as higher CL: Npot ratio. This indicator seems to be more significant than the often used C/N ratio. In addition, the darkcoloured soils in non-Chernozem regions are characteristic with higher content of aliphatic carbon as well as lower content of carboxylic groups (-COOH) and lower value of the optical parameter (E1% 6). These indicators in more detail are of higher interpretation value for a better evaluation of dark-coloured soils in non-Chernozem regions compared with similar soils in Chernozem regions.
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Quadri, S. S., S. F. Benjamin, and C. A. Roberts. "Flow measurements across an automotive catalyst monolith situated downstream of a planar wide-angled diffuser." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 224, no. 2 (February 1, 2010): 321–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544062jmes1735.
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Flow measurements are presented across an automotive catalyst monolith situated downstream of a planar wide-angled diffuser. Particle image velocimetry measurements were obtained in the diffuser and the flow distribution within the monolith was obtained from hot wire anemometry at the monolith exit. Flow separation at the diffuser inlet resulted in the formation of a jet that traversed the diffuser before spreading just prior to entering the monolith. The jet featured a potential core and saddle-type velocity profiles. A free shear layer separated the jet core from two large recirculation regions that developed in the diffuser narrowing the potential core. The flow field in the main body of the diffuser was observed to be independent of Re in contrast to that within the monolith. Increasing monolith length gave greater flow uniformity in the monolith as a consequence of jet spreading. Comparing the axial velocity flow profiles ∼ 3 mm upstream of the monolith to that downstream showed that significant flow redistribution occurred as the flow entered the monolith, resulting in more flow entering peripheral channels. It is inferred that pressure loss arising from oblique entry into monolith channels significantly affects the flow distribution within the monolith.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Situated Profiles"
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Haq, Ikram. "Fraud detection for online banking for scalable and distributed data." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2020. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/171977.
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Online fraud causes billions of dollars in losses for banks. Therefore, online banking fraud detection is an important field of study. However, there are many challenges in conducting research in fraud detection. One of the constraints is due to unavailability of bank datasets for research or the required characteristics of the attributes of the data are not available. Numeric data usually provides better performance for machine learning algorithms. Most transaction data however have categorical, or nominal features as well. Moreover, some platforms such as Apache Spark only recognizes numeric data. So, there is a need to use techniques e.g. One-hot encoding (OHE) to transform categorical features to numerical features, however OHE has challenges including the sparseness of transformed data and that the distinct values of an attribute are not always known in advance. Efficient feature engineering can improve the algorithm’s performance but usually requires detailed domain knowledge to identify correct features. Techniques like Ripple Down Rules (RDR) are suitable for fraud detection because of their low maintenance and incremental learning features. However, high classification accuracy on mixed datasets, especially for scalable data is challenging. Evaluation of RDR on distributed platforms is also challenging as it is not available on these platforms. The thesis proposes the following solutions to these challenges: • We developed a technique Highly Correlated Rule Based Uniformly Distribution (HCRUD) to generate highly correlated rule-based uniformly-distributed synthetic data. • We developed a technique One-hot Encoded Extended Compact (OHE-EC) to transform categorical features to numeric features by compacting sparse-data even if all distinct values are unknown. • We developed a technique Feature Engineering and Compact Unified Expressions (FECUE) to improve model efficiency through feature engineering where the domain of the data is not known in advance. • A Unified Expression RDR fraud deduction technique (UE-RDR) for Big data has been proposed and evaluated on the Spark platform. Empirical tests were executed on multi-node Hadoop cluster using well-known classifiers on bank data, synthetic bank datasets and publicly available datasets from UCI repository. These evaluations demonstrated substantial improvements in terms of classification accuracy, ruleset compactness and execution speed.Doctor of Philosophy
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Pagač, Aleš. "Jihovýchodní segment VMO v Brně." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-409818.
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This thesis discusses and proposes the route of south-east Big City Ring in Brno. The main objective is to find an efficient connection of roads in Faměr´s square district and a solution for a multilevel junction in Ráječek district. Additionally, the designed concept provides a solution for the connection of the new train station (i.e. new street Zanádražní) to the Big City Ring, crossing with Hněvkovského street and connection to highway D2. This thesis also discusses an axis and profile grade of possible layout of the route.
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Zeman, Tomáš. "Posouzení finanční situace podniku pomocí analýzy časových řad." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-224871.
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The diploma thesis deals with assessing financial situation of the company MERLINPLUS spol. s r.o. The thesis includes indexes of financial analysis which are expressed by using time series. If the time series has a specific development trend, the data are aligned with the help of regression analysis and a prediction is set for the following two periods.
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Feichtinger, Lukáš. "Přeložka silnice II/150 Domaželice - Bystřice p. Hostýnem." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226439.
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The aim of the diploma‘s thesis is the project of relaying of road II/150 between Domaželice village and the town of Bystřice pod Hostýnem. The road continues on to the bypass of Čechy village and Domaželice village. This bypass is under construction at this time. Relaying of road II/150 is connected on project of Bystřice pod Hostýnem bypass. The connection of the existing and intended roads is designed. The project includes the accompanying report, the drawing part and the photodocumentation. The project is drawning up in two programs called Bentley Inroads and AutoCAD according to valid standards.
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Romaňáková, Dita. "Management podniku a životní prostředí." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-11919.
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The Thesis provides an overview of environmental management issue and its practical application. The aim of this work is to find out the readiness of a particular company to establish Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and to review, whether the company is prepared for such a change, able to keep and improve the systems. The Thesis contains theoretical background of environmental management including all demands necessary for a company to introduce environmental management into a practice. Acquired information is applied to a selected company, which is a transport company VK-SPED spol. s. r. o. Practical part comprises a study of ecological status of the company via defined analyses and exploration of the environmental profile of the company. This process discovers the potential and ability of the company to implement EMS. Furthermore, the instruction for implementing EMS into a particular company follows. Finally, the results of the work are summarized and a recommendation for a proper environmental management is offered.
Books on the topic "Situated Profiles"
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Kourvetaris, Yorgos A. A profile of modern Greece: In search of identity. Oxford: Clarendon, 1987.
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The Canadian profile: People, institutions, infrastucture. North York, Ont: Captus Press, 1992.
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Brown, Ian. Cambodia: The Background, the Issues, the People (Oxfam Country Profiles Series). 2nd ed. Oxfam Publishing, 2000.
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Kourvetaris, Yorgos A., and Betty A. Dobratz. A Profile of Modern Greece: In Search of Identity. Oxford University Press, USA, 1988.
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Sahay, Sundeep, T. Sundararaman, and Jørn Braa. Public Health Informatics. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198758778.001.0001.
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Rapid and unpredictable developments in health policies, technologies, disease profiles, institutional environments, and their inter-connections have significant implications on how we design, develop, implement, and use health information systems (HIS) in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Our current systems have heightened expectations but have proven largely incapable of meeting these new challenges. Nor have they been able to effectively leverage upon the new opportunities that are emerging, such as through the cloud, big data, the proliferation of mobile devices and the Internet of Things, and also the increasing array of new open source software solutions being made available through global development communities. What is required to try and address these challenges and opportunities? This book proposes the ‘Expanded PHI’ (public health informatics) perspective as a way forward, and through the various chapters first seeks to define it, and then apply it to analyse the following key problematics facing public health informatics in the domains of research, practice, and policy: use of information; integration of systems; leveraging cloud computing and big data; design and building of institutions that facilitate; managing complexity; evolving governance mechanisms and standards; responding to the new challenges thrown up by universal health coverage and Sustainable Development Goals; and building synergies between health systems strengthening and health information strengthening efforts. In defining the scope of Expanded PHI, the field of public health informatics is first situated within an informatics context, and then within public health and finally within the context of changing global health policies. Drawing from these contextualizations, the design principles for Expanded PHI are elucidated, based primarily on a social systems perspective, where the health of populations is kept as the central purpose and a participatory and incremental nature of change as the primary strategy.
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Gann, Kyle. Oh, How We Misunderstand. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252035494.003.0001.
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This chapter is an introduction to the oft-misunderstood opera of Robert Ashley. Ashley's works do not fit the profile of what people generally think of as opera. In his pieces, people sing in a style that resembles speech, and plots are rarely evident in his works. The chapter argues that his works are far more stylistically complex than they initially appear, and that furthermore his oeuvre not only fits the very definition of opera, but even updates it in certain cases. It highlights the unconventionality of his opera and yet situates them squarely among the classical greats. In doing so, the chapter also delves into Ashley's own merits as a composer.
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Sánchez-Walsh, Arlene. Emma Tenayuca, Religious Elites, and the 1938 Pecan-Shellers’ Strike. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039997.003.0007.
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This chapter situates Mexican workers at the center of a contest for religious and social control over their lives. Only by working outside dominant religious institutions, as Emma Tenayuca did, were of these religious activists able to support the striking pecan shellers. Born and raised culturally Catholic herself, Tenayuca fit the profile of a Catholic dedicated to social-justice causes and less concerned with the institutional teachings and programs that bishops would have wanted the Mexican population to utilize as a way of becoming better Catholics and better citizens. The chapter aims to restore the voices of Tenayuca and the less heralded Pentecostal women pecan shellers, who created their own space of activist popular religion despite the opposition of religious institutions and their gatekeepers.
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Bronk, Kendall Cotton, and Rachel Baumsteiger. The Role of Purpose Among Emerging Adults. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190260637.003.0004.
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The present chapter is concerned with one particular facet of thriving during emerging adulthood: the commitment to a purpose in life. We situate purpose within the broader context of emerging adult moral formation and outline three ways leading a life of purpose can contribute to optimal development during this stage. As a means of fully fleshing out the ways that pursuing a personally meaningful aspiration can help emerging adults flourish, we profile three young exemplars of purpose. These young people were interviewed three times over a five-year period spanning adolescence and emerging adulthood, and from them we learn how a purpose in life can contribute to flourishing in the twenties. The chapter concludes with a discussion of proposed future directions for the study of purpose among emerging adults.
Book chapters on the topic "Situated Profiles"
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Cognetti, Francesca. "Beyond a Buzzword: Situated Participation Through Socially Oriented Urban Living Labs." In The Urban Book Series, 19–37. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19748-2_2.
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AbstractIn the broader framework of Living Labs and participatory planning, the essay proposes socially-oriented Urban Living Labs (ULLs) as a possible way of understanding and experimenting with participation in marginalized contexts. It does so by applying a focus on individual/collective capacities and enabling processes to support them. Drawing on the literature and the observation and implementation of concrete cases, the essay proposes a reflection on ULLs as situated environments in which “everyone’s” capacities are formed and tested, thus challenging the functioning of local democracy. This implies a focus as much on residents and local agents as on institutions. The essay proposes a shift from Living Labs to socially oriented Urban Living Labs, in order to foster the social dimension of planning, questioning the mechanisms of involvement and support of the most fragile profiles, often excluded from the political process. The perspective is the implementation of an enabling and mutual learning process through devices to reinforce organizations and people’s ability to reflect on, aspire to, and take action for the transformation of their life context, becoming real agents of change.
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"Situated Learning Online." In Profiling Target Learners for the Development of Effective Learning Strategies, 127–54. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1573-0.ch007.
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In online situated learning, enabled through enhanced information and communications technology (ICT), learning management systems (LMSes), learning content repositories, immersive virtual worlds, simulations, games, augmented reality enablements using mobile technologies, web meeting tools, digital libraries, and other software and hardware, target learners may be profiled based on the practical learning-context-defined roles: the functional roles, the defined target learning skills, the requisite interactions between learners, the interactions between learners and digital and analog artifacts and online environment, and others. This work explores defined idealized learning profiles in situated learning online.
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Tiburcio, Alberto. "The Profile of a Convert in Safavid Iran." In Muslim-Christian Polemics in Safavid Iran, 9–37. Edinburgh University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474440462.003.0002.
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This chapter introduces the case of a Portuguese Augustinian missionary who converted to Islam in late seventeenth century Iran and worked as a court translator for the Shah, adopting the name of ʿAli Quli Jadid al-Islam. It situates his story within the broader context of conversion to Islam and of the history of Muslim-Christian relations in the early modern period. It also provides an overview of the status of Christians in Safavid Iran, concentrating both on indigenous Christian groups like Georgians and Armenians, as well as on European missionaries.
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Rauws, Ward, and Martine de Jong. "Dealing with tensions: the expertise of boundary spanners in facilitating community initiatives." In Planning and Knowledge, 33–46. Policy Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447345244.003.0003.
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This chapter investigates the tension between bureaucratic expertise and situated knowledge in the context of social innovation. It addresses the frictions that emerge internally in public organisations when they attempt to respond to local demands of social innovation, citizen's engagement, and democratic participation. The chapter's contribution to a critique of contemporary technocratic urban management and planning lies in identifying the key axes of internal conflict between public professional expertise and the situated knowledge in urban neighbourhoods. It particularly looks at the actions of ‘boundary spanners’, and their narratives, to examine the role of a new professional profile within public organisations. Boundary spanners work across organisational boundaries, developing a specific expertise which is instituted to connect the internal working of bureaucracies with the external demands and needs of actors in particular urban areas.
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Belhassein, Kathleen, Víctor Fernández Castro, and Amandine Mayima. "A Horizontal Approach to Communication for Human-Robot Joint Action: Towards Situated and Sustainable Robotics." In Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications. IOS Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/faia200916.
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This paper aims at presenting a horizontal approach to the design of communication for joint action in human-robot interaction. According to this approach, social robotics must focus on different parameters of the whole joint action including context, the embedded situation and human psychological profile during the design and test process. Such an approach aims at complementing the standard building-block model that represents the state-of-the-art in robotic communication. Moreover, we provide some general ideas of how the model can facilitate the use of available communicative strategies for creating more efficient culturally sustainable robots in contexts of joint action.
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Scott, Juliette R. "The Outsourced Legal Translation Environment." In Legal Translation Outsourced, 8–30. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190900014.003.0002.
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Chapter 1 situates outsourced legal translation in its environment, examining the specific features of the market, and introduces corporate agency theory as a lens through which to research the commissioning and performance of legal translation from and by external practitioners, enriched with certain functionalist translation theories. Issues of status, cursory orders, and heterogeneous quality are discussed, together with the effects of accelerated technological developments and globalization. The complexity of interaction and power play between actors in the market and associated risk potential are discussed, and a model of the chain of supply is presented, along with profiles of key stakeholders.
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Ganz, Aurora. "Energy Securitization and the Private Sector: The Case of BP." In Fuelling Insecurity, 122–44. Policy Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529216691.003.0006.
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This chapter analyses the role of BP in providing security and exposes the privatized dimension of energy securitization. It situates energy security in discourses and practices of security that are defined ontologically and politically by private property. This chapter shows that energy securitization embodies and diffuses neoliberal principles, such as autonomy, efficiency and privatization, creating a legitimate space for energy companies and private security contractors to provide security services. In the case of BP, energy securitization and neoliberalism interlace in a particular way, whereby security enlarges private profits. Its main arguments indicate that the neoliberal propensity towards the maximization of profits reinforces security as securitization.
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Scheidel, Walter. "The Scale of Empire." In The Oxford World History of Empire, 91–110. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199772360.003.0003.
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Over the long run of history, changes in the geographical and demographic scale of empire add up to an evolutionary profile that casts light on the underlying driving forces. This chapter surveys these dynamics by exploring the spatial reach and duration of empires, their population size, and long-term variation between different parts of the world. It identifies the largest and most populous empires in world history, compares premodern agrarian and modern colonial empires, and links their properties to geographical and ecological conditions. It provides context for the following chapters and helps situate individual cases on a broad spectrum of historical outcomes.
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Markarian, Vania. "Mobilizations." In Uruguay, 1968, translated by Laura Pérez Carrara. University of California Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520290006.003.0002.
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This chapter profiles the irruption and development of the 1968 student movement in Montevideo. It considers both politics in high schools (which were the first ones to mobilize around demands for cheaper transportation) and in the national university (where students initially asked for more government funding and then promoted radical changes to their institution and beyond). Through an almost day-by-day description of the movement, it shows the gradual taking of streets and remaking of the urban landscape as well as the innovative repertoires of contention within the mobilized groups. It situates the violent actions and rhetoric of students in relation to the increasing authoritarianism of the government, examining new police tactics and the influence of training programs conducted by the United States. The killing of three students by police forces, the first such incidents in Uruguayan history, are analyzed within this broader context.
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Kosi, Franc Franc, Branislav Zivkovic, Mirko S. Komatina, Dragi Antonijevic, Mohamed Abdul Galil, and Uros Milorad Milovancevic. "Cold Thermal Energy Storage." In Renewable and Alternative Energy, 93–123. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1671-2.ch004.
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The chapter gives an overview of cold thermal energy storage (CTES) technologies. Benefits as well as classification and operating strategies of CTES are discussed. Design consideration and sizing strategies based on calculated load profile for design day is presented. Some recommendation concerning designing of CTES equipment are given. Special attention was paid to the analysis of specific features of heat transfer phenomena in ice storage tank including the assessment of the duration and the rate of ice formation and melting. The methodology of sizing components of the ice thermal storage system included in an air conditioning system for an office building situated in hot wet and dry climate are presented. Based on hourly cooling load calculation that was carried out using Carrier's Hourly Analysis Program, sizing of ice thermal storage system for different operating strategies included full, chiller priority and ice priority storage operation for the design day are presented. Finally, an analysis of some operational characteristics of the system are analyzed.
Conference papers on the topic "Situated Profiles"
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Suryanarayana, Lalitha, and Johan Hjelm. "Profiles for the situated web." In the eleventh international conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/511446.511473.
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Cunha, Liliana, Daniel Silva, Daniela Monteiro, Sara Ferreira, António Lobo, António Couto, Anabela Simões, and Catarina Neto. "Who Really Wants Automated Vehicles? Determinant Factors of Acceptability Profiles in Portugal." In Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2022) Integrating People and Intelligent Systems. AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001018.
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Addressing the acceptability of automated vehicles (AVs) implies, beyond technical, legal, or ethical aspects, the debate on perceptions and use intentions. The focus of this study is placed on questioning the technique by the social dimension: what acceptability profiles emerge from these perceptions? This study analyzes the determinant factors of AVs acceptability to identify different Portuguese population clusters. A survey was developed, in the scope of the AUTODRIVING project, with 501 participants. Three acceptability clusters were identified: Objectors; Ambivalent; and Enthusiasts. To complement these results, five focus groups were carried out, involving both professional and regular drivers. The results enabled the access to a situated point of view, considering the current experience of driving, particularly in the case of professional drivers. This study could contribute to deploying AVs, highlighting the importance of a contextualized analysis hic and nunc, and allowing to bring to the fore the demands and constraints of driving.
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Hornová, Hana, and Ivana Černá. "MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER LEVELS AT LADNÁ HYDROPEDOLOGICAL PROFILE." In XXVII Conference of the Danubian Countries on Hydrological Forecasting and Hydrological Bases of Water Management. Nika-Tsentr, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/uhmi.conference.01.02.
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The planned construction of Oder-Danube canal was one of the largest activities, which led to the realization of research projects, which also included construction of boreholes for monitoring groundwater levels. Hydropedological profiles (HP) consist of boreholes, which are situated usually across the route of the canal and across longitudinal axis of valleys or flat Moravian hollows. They belong to basins of Oder, Bečva, Dyje (Thaya) and Morava rivers. First observations started back in 1933, subsequent followed after 1940. Nowadays these objects serve for obtaining general idea about the groundwater regime in valley profiles of these rivers. From geological perspective, these HP profiles are in an area of Quaternary sediments. Groundwater level monitoring at HP is important especially because of relating the profile to a particular watercourse and duration of the continuous monitoring. It can be used for determination of hydraulic link between surface water and groundwater. These values can be very useful especially in the determination of spread of potential groundwater pollutants via surface waters. Aim of the work is to assess course of groundwater levels at the Ladná profile of interest and to evaluate the effect of river engineering of the Dyje River on the groundwater regime, taking into account the drought period. Next aim of the work was to show the relationship with surface waters and evaluate the relationship between individual boreholes and the watercourse in the entire profile. In addition, long-term data series of groundwater level monitoring were used to perform evaluation of course of groundwater levels during various time periods, in particular during the individual reference periods, as specified by the CHMI, i.e. 1931-1960, 1931-1980 and the current reference period 1981-2010. Subsequently, the period 1991-2018 was also analyzed as a period associated with the current situation and finally also the entire period of monitoring, i.e. 1948-2018, a total of 70 years.
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Kryvyy, Petro, Petro Kryvinskyy, Volodymyr Bodnar, Iryna Sotnyk, and Andriy Senyk. "Theoretical and Experimental Substantiation of Angle Orientation of Rolling Bushings of Roller and Bushing Chains." In ASME 2007 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/msec2007-31211.
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Shape accuracy (deviations from the rounding) of inner cylindrical surface (ICS) of built-up bushings of transmission roller and bushing chains (TRBC) and its influence on wear-resistance of their joints and increase of internal tin and external tex contact steps is considered. Deviations from the rounding of inner cylinder surfaces of built-up bushing of transmission roller and bushing chains along ICS perimeter as well as built-up joints and diametrically opposite areas are obtained as the result of out-of-roundness profiles statistic processing. It is determined that minimum deviations from the rounding of ICS of built-up bushings take place in the area which are defined by central angle equal π/2 and is situated diametrical opposite to bushing butt joint.
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Palacio, Santiago Naranjo, K. Max Zhang, Disha Patel, Megha Basu, and Jason Trager. "Sustainable Communities Case Study: Energy Management Using Demand Response Methods." In ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2010-90265.
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Politicians, activists, business-leaders and engineers alike all agree that future societal progress depends heavily on the development of sustainable cities and communities designed to achieve long-term environmental, social, and economic viability. A key factor that must be considered when planning for sustainable communities is the desirability for living and the productivity potential for industry and research. At the foundation of both is energy — from generation through transmission to consumption. Innovations and novel designs at all levels within a community — from individual buildings to system-wide infrastructure — will allow homes and offices to operate without noticeable sacrifice of comfort and convenience. An interdisciplinary team of professors and graduate students at Cornell University has formed to address the energy challenges of transforming Cornell University campus into a sustainable community. Cornell University’s main campus in Ithaca, NY is uniquely situated to serve as a model for validation and implementation of an advanced electricity infrastructure, commonly known as a Smart Grid. The campus owns and operates its electricity infrastructure powered by a combination of renewable energy, coal production and other electricity purchased from independent providers. In addition, similar to other communities, Cornell has a variety of building types, each having its unique energy consumption profile and thus providing great opportunities for interaction between buildings. This can prove to be very beneficial in our validation as all communities have variable load profiles. With new capital expenditures for new infrastructure, we expect to see a great reduction in energy costs and lowered operation costs resulting from the implementation of smart-grid in the present electric grid. Moreover, introducing demand response schemes, one of the major components of a smart-grid, would allow the community to incorporate more renewable energy sources into its energy mix, increase energy efficiency, and achieve significant monetary savings.
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Walker, Andy, Alicen Kandt, and Donna Heimiller. "Wave Power for U.S. Coast Guard First District Lighthouses." In ASME 2005 International Solar Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/isec2005-76105.
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Lighthouses and other navigational aids are situated near tumultuous seas and thus may be good candidates for early applications of wave energy conversion technologies. The U.S. Coast Guard First District is converting lighthouses’ electrical systems to solar power to divest itself of electrical submarine cables and overhead costs associated with cable maintenance. However, in some lighthouses solar conversion is impractical or may compromise historic preservation. Unless alternative energy sources become available for these locations, they will continue to use submarine cables to run on shore power. Lighthouse sites for which shoreline and wave characteristics are suitable would be good candidates for a wave energy demonstration project. This paper describes gravity wave physics and the characteristics of mechanical radiation (growth, propagation, diffraction, and shoaling). A simple expression for energy content of a wave train with a two-parameter Bretschneider spectrum is applied to spectral wave density data collected from 15 buoys to evaluate wave energy resource potential at 31 candidate lighthouse sites in New England. Annual average wave power per meter of wavecrest varied from 3.9 to 21.7 kW/m at the buoys, and from 3.9 to 9.2 kW/m (with an average of 5.0 kW/m) at the lighthouses (buoys with maximum wave power are far out to sea, but still influence the correlation). The performance characteristics of two types of wave energy conversion technologies are used to calculate annual energy delivery by way of example. The paper concludes with a discussion of economics and environmental and permitting issues. It identifies Seguin Island light off a point in Maine and Nauset Beach, Chatham, Nantucket, and Sankaty Head lights (on Nantucket Island and along the outer shore of Cape Cod) as the best sites to begin more detailed evaluations, based on a comparison of wave power and utility rates. Subsequent studies would include demand profile for lighthouses, supply profiles, and resulting storage requirements.
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Ojha, Aditya, Mariam Ahmed Al Hosani, Ahmed Mohamed Al Bairaq, Salman Akram Mengal, Ihab Nabil Mohamed, Azer Abdullayev, and Allen Roopal. "Modeling a Novel Approach to Delay the Water Breakthrough in Gas Cap Wells Using Smart Completions: Case Study Onshore Abu Dhabi Field." In Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207862-ms.
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Abstract This paper presents modeling a novel approach to determine the impact of implementing smart completions on water injectors located near the periphery of the gas cap and on gas producing wells situated in the gas cap of a giant Middle East onshore field. The objective of the study is to thoroughly investigate different smart completion designs which can effectively delay water breakthrough on the gas cap wells. The study investigates the impact of adding smart well completion designs like ICD and AICD valves in delaying water breakthrough. The first phase involves adding smart completions to only water injectors. Sensitivity runs on several downhole completion design scenarios are conducted using a commercial near wellbore simulator and the optimal downhole completion design is implemented on a dynamic model and its impact is examined using a reservoir simulator. In the second phase, this approach is applied only for gas producers, and in the third phase the smart completions are simultaneously applied to both water injectors and gas producers. The detailed study has revealed that the uncertainties and time involved in selecting optimal ICD design and placements could be reduced considerably by using an optimized workflow. The workflow uses a carefully designed process of using the outcomes from near wellbore simulators and incorporating the results in the actual full field dynamic models to assess the field level impacts. When compared to the bare foot design, ICD and AICD valves showed better performance in delaying water breakthrough from the gas wells. This paper provides a detailed study on the impact of different smart completions on delaying water breakthrough in gas production wells. The study also investigates how a uniform injection or production profile can be produced using different smart completions. Uniform injection and production profiles limit water fingering in the reservoir, and thereby delay water breakthrough caused by the flow of water through high permeability channels.
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Cai, N., A. Benaissa, and W. D. Allan. "Aerodynamic-Aeroacoustic Investigation of Rotating Stall in Conventional and Skewed Rotors." In ASME Turbo Expo 2004: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2004-53958.
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An experimental investigation and a numerical simulation of aerodynamic-aeroacoustic performance of an axial-flow fan at the rotating stall condition are reported in this paper. The wake profiles of rotors were measured using two-channel, hot wire probes. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations of the flow field were numerically solved. The two rotors studied included a conventional and a skewed-swept rotor with the objective being to determine the influence of skew and sweep on the sound levels and rotating stall characteristic. In both cases, a single stall cell was observed in fully developed stall conditions. The experimental results showed a significant difference in stall cell hysteresis, size, circumference and spanwise position, and cell propagation velocity between the two rotors. The stall cell in the skewed rotor propagated faster than the one in the conventional rotor. A fully developed stall cell was observed near the mid-span in the skewed rotor whereas it was situated near the hub in the conventional rotor. The noise level in the skewed rotor at the stall condition was more than 2 dBA lower than in the conventional rotor. Sound frequency spectra were obtained and analyzed in the near and far fields between the skewed and conventional radial rotors at rotating stall point and at design point. Significant differences in the sound directivity between the two types of rotors at steady and unsteady operating conditions were observed throughout the measured sound region. Results showed that the numerical models predicted at the rotating stall condition with good accuracy.
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Kumar, Arvind, D. R. Kaushal, and Umesh Kumar. "3D CFD Modeling and Experimental Validation for Slurry Flow Through Pipe Bend." In ASME 2008 9th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2008-59087.
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Bends are integral part of any slurry pipeline system and are prone to excessive wear. Therefore, a detailed knowledge of the flow characteristics in the bends will enable us to identify the causes of excessive wear which in turn may help in developing remedial steps to control the excessive wear. In the present study, experimental data are collected in a 90 degree horizontal pipe bend having bend radius of 148 mm situated in a pilot plant test loop with pipe diameter of 53 mm. The experiments are performed at volumetric concentration of 16.28% of silica sand having mean particle diameter of 448.5 micron. The flow velocity was varied from 1.78 to 3.56 m/s. Separation chambers are provided at each pressure tap for interface separation of slurry and manometric fluid, water being the intermediate fluid. For better accuracy, pressure drop along the pipeline is measured by an inclined manometer. Electromagnetic flow meter is used for the measurement of slurry discharge. It is observed that pressure drop along the pipe bend increases with flow velocity. The experimental data collected in the present study have been compared with the three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling, using Eulerian two-phase model and commercial CFD package FLUENT 6.2. Eulerian model expands the definition of continuum assumption to the dispersed phase and treats both continuous and dispersed phases separately as two phases. Both phases are linked using the drag force in the momentum equation. The standard k-epsilon model is used to treat turbulence phenomena in both the phases. The granular theory for the liquid–solid flow of the Eulerian model is introduced. Gambit software is used for the development of mesh. It is observed that CFD modeling gives fairly accurate results for almost all the pressure drop data considered in the present study. CFD modeling results for concentration and velocity profiles for collected experimental data have also been presented.
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Muhammad, Adnan, Xavier Goddyn, Luis Moreira, Melroy Anthony D'Cruz, Juan Pablo Freile, Nagendra Mehrotra, Simon Payne Storey, and Christopher Han. "Advanced 3D Seismic Studies Delineate Paleo Geomorphology and Facies Distribution at the End of the Thamama Depositional History, Dubai Offshore." In ADIPEC. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211656-ms.
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Abstract Exploration activities across the world's mature oil basins face increasing challenges as usually the remaining plays include subtle traps with strong stratigraphic components, situated in areas with well-established oil sources, timing and migration paths. The advancement of seismic acquisition and processing coupled with inversion, frequency enhancement and rock modeling provides sharper images of different seismic events, ultimately related to changes in the studied rock. These resulting images, illuminated the potential trapping mechanisms and the identification of new exploration prospects when incorporated with sedimentological, tectonic and paleo-geomorphological models based on well data. Recent exploration success and subsequent field development in the offshore Dubai study area (Figure 1) has demonstrated a highly complex setup in both structural and sedimentological terms. This new play is a fringing reef belonging to a late Thamama cycle located on the flank of one of Dubai's major fields. In this area the legacy seismic from the 90's had defined a potential field closure which has proven to be more complex under the light of the latest 2019 seismic acquisition campaign and initial development results. Regional faulting shows sealing capacity over a specific direction making additional entrapment possible and providing strong exploration potential. On the reservoir side, the rock facies clearly control the water saturation profiles; increasing the thickness of the transition zone by tens of feet towards the flank as seen in the development wells. Additionally, karsts and presence of open fractures created challenges for geosteering horizontal wells close to the reservoir roof and within a slim oil column. This paper illustrates the seismic interpretation of this subtle and complex reefal carbonate play, incorporating advanced seismic inversion products like Ji-Fi inversion (Joint Impedance – Facies Inversion), high definition frequency blends and advanced seismic attributes, combined with geological results. It will explain how these modern technologies helped in understanding this complex field in terms of its geomorphological setup and their impacts on field development strategies.
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Campbell, Seth, Zoe Courville, Samantha Sinclair, and Joel Wilner. Brine, englacial structure and basal properties near the terminus of McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45303.
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We collected ∼1300 km of ground-penetrating radar profiles over McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica, using frequencies between 40 and 400 MHz to determine extent, continuity and depth to the brine. We also used profiles to determine meteoric ice thickness and locate englacial features, which may suggest ice shelf instability. The brine extends 9–13 km inland from the ice shelf terminus and covers the entire region between Ross, White and Black Islands. Jump unconformities and basal fractures exist in the brine and ice shelf, respectively, suggesting prior fracturing and re-suturing. One 100 MHz profile, the most distal from the ice shelf edge while still being situated over the brine, simultaneously imaged the brine and bottom of meteoric ice. This suggests a negative brine salinity gradient moving away from the terminus. The meteoric ice bottom was also imaged in a few select locations through blue ice in the ablation zone near Black Island. We suggest that brine, sediment-rich ice and poor antenna coupling on rough ice attenuates the signal in this area. When combined with other recent mass-balance and structural glaciology studies of MIS, our results could contribute to one of the most high-resolution physical models of an ice shelf in Antarctica.
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Journeay, M., P. LeSueur, W. Chow, and C L Wagner. Physical exposure to natural hazards in Canada. Natural Resources Canada/CMSS/Information Management, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/330012.
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Natural hazard threats occur in areas of the built environment where buildings, people, and related financial assets are exposed to the physical effects of earth system processes that have a potential to cause damage, injuries, losses, and related socioeconomic disruption. As cities, towns, and villages continue to expand and densify in response to the pressures of urban growth and development, so too do the levels of exposure and susceptibility to natural hazard threat. While our understanding of natural hazard processes has increased significantly over the last few decades, the ability to assess both overall levels of physical exposure and the expected impacts and consequences of future disaster events (i.e., risk) is often limited by access to an equally comprehensive understanding of the built environment and detailed descriptions of who and what are situated in harm's way. This study addresses the current gaps in our understanding of physical exposure to natural hazards by presenting results of a national model that documents characteristics of the built environment for all settled areas in Canada. The model (CanEM) includes a characterization of broad land use patterns that describe the form and function of cities, towns, and villages of varying size and complexity, and the corresponding portfolios of people, buildings and related financial assets that make up the internal structure and composition of these communities at the census dissemination area level. Outputs of the CanEM model are used to carry out a preliminary assessment of exposure and susceptibility to significant natural hazard threats in Canada including earthquake ground shaking; inundation of low-lying areas by floods and tsunami; severe winds associated with hurricanes and tornados; wildland urban interface fire (wildfire); and landslides of various types. Results of our assessment provide important new insights on patterns of development and defining characteristics of the built environment for major metropolitan centres, rural and remote communities in different physiographic regions of Canada, and the effects of ongoing urbanization on escalating disaster risk trends at the community level. Profiles of physical exposure and hazard susceptibility described in this report are accompanied by open-source datasets that can be used to inform local and/or regional assessments of disaster risk, community planning and emergency management activities for all areas in Canada. Study outputs contribute to broader policy goals and objectives of the International Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2015-2030; Un General Assembly, 2015) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR 2015-2030; United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction [UNDRR], 2015), of which Canada is a contributing member. These include a more complete understanding of natural hazard risk at all levels of government, and the translation of this knowledge into actionable strategies that are effective in reducing intrinsic vulnerabilities of the built environment and in strengthening the capacity of communities to withstand and recover from future disaster events.
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McIntyre, Phillip, Susan Kerrigan, and Marion McCutcheon. Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis: Albury-Wodonga. Queensland University of Technology, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.206966.
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Albury-Wodonga, situated in Wiradjuri country, sits astride the Murray River and has benefitted in many ways from its almost equidistance from Sydney and Melbourne. It has found strength in the earlier push for decentralisation begun in early 1970s. A number of State and Federal agencies have ensured middle class professionals now call this region home. Light industry is a feature of Wodonga while Albury maintains the traditions and culture of its former life as part of the agricultural squattocracy. Both Local Councils are keen to work cooperatively to ensure the region is an attractive place to live signing an historical partnership agreement. The region’s road, rail, increasing air links and now digital infrastructure, keep it closely connected to events elsewhere. At the same time its distance from the metropolitan centres has meant it has had to ensure that its creative and cultural life has been taken into its own hands. The establishment of the sophisticated Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) as well as the presence of the LibraryMuseum, Hothouse Theatre, Fruit Fly Circus, The Cube, Arts Space and the development of Gateway Island on the Murray River as a cultural hub, as well as the high profile activities of its energetic, entrepreneurial and internationally savvy locals running many small businesses, events and festivals, ensures Albury Wodonga has a creative heart to add to its rural and regional activities.