Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Optimization of Multiple Wells in Carbon Sequestration

Injection of CO2 in saline aquifers is considered as one of the best strategies for the reduction of greenhouse gases. In order to select a potential saline aquifer storage site for carbon sequestration, many parameters are considered such as relative permeability, thickness, compressibility, porosity, salinity and well interference. These are significant because they affect the CO2 storage capacity of the reservoir. The one of the most important criteria to be considered during sequestration is the pressure profile inside the reservoir as the sequestered CO2 increases the pressure within the saline formation over time. In order to maintain the integrity of the reservoir, the reservoir pressure is always maintained below the fracture pressure. Thus, modeling of pressure profile is essential as it controls the maximum amount of CO2 which can be into the reservoir. There are various analytical and numerical models to determine the bottom-hole pressure for CO2 injection. The main objective of my thesis is to examine and identify the analytical approaches in modeling of pressure profile during CO2 injection. It includes single injection as well as multiple wells injection scenarios. The second case is much more important from practical point of view and applicability of analytical tools should be validated. Two models of injection/production are considered: (i) Single-phase (brine production from a brine reservoir) and (ii) Two phase model (CO2 injection in a brine reservoir). In both cases, we analyzed the pressure build-up and discussed the results in comparison with numerical simulations. We also present a sensitivity analysis of the reservoir parameters on CO2 sequestration. The second part of the thesis focuses on finding ways to increase the CO2 injection capacity of saline aquifers by using the technique of multiple wells injection strategy. Numerous test cases will be presented to optimize the well placement and number of wells to get the maximum sequestration. The thesis will look upon the different ways to maintain the reservoir pressure below fracture pressure such as optimization of injection wells, varying the flow-rates of injection wells and by placement of relief wells to produce brine from the reservoir.
Combining airborne gas and aerosol measurements with HYSPLIT: a visualization tool for simultaneous evaluation of air mass history and back trajectory consistency

Abstract. The history of air masses is often investigated using backward trajectories to gain knowledge about processes along the air parcel path as well as possible source regions. Here, we describe a refined approach that incorporates airborne gas, aerosol, and environmental data into back trajectories and show how this technique allows for simultaneous evaluation of air mass history and back trajectory reliability without the need to calculate trajectory errors. We use the HYbrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model and add a simple semi-automated computing routine to facilitate high-frequency coverage of back trajectories initiated along free tropospheric (FT) flight tracks and profiles every 10 s. We integrate our in situ physiochemical data by color-coding each of these trajectories with its corresponding in situ tracer values measured at the back trajectory start points along the flight path. The unique color for each trajectory aids assessment of trajectory reliability through the visual clustering of air mass pathways of similar coloration. Moreover, marked changes in trajectories associated with marked changes evident in measured physiochemical or thermodynamic properties of an air mass add credence to trajectories. This is particularly true when these air mass properties are linked to trajectory features characteristic of recognized sources or processes. This visual clustering of air mass pathways is of particular value for large-scale 3-D flight tracks common to aircraft experiments where air mass features of interest are often spatially distributed and temporally separated. The cluster-visualization tool used here reveals that most FT back trajectories with pollution signatures measured in the central equatorial Pacific reach back to sources on the South American continent over 10 000 km away and 12 days back in time, e.g., the Amazonian basin. We also demonstrate the distinctions in air mass properties between these and trajectories that penetrate deep convection in the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone. Additionally, for the first time we show consistency of modeled precipitation along back trajectories with scavenging signatures in the aerosol measured for these trajectories.
New Mycotic Infection Associated with Mortalities in Small Mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum)

The recent global decline in amphibian population is a mysterious environmental puzzle. While some declines are undoubtedly because of habitat obliteration, others are clearly linked to diseases. Two emerging diseases are blamed to the increasing reports of mortalities among wild amphibians, Chytridiomycosis and Ranavirus infection. Since first report of both diseases during the last decades, there have been an increasing number of observations of the two diseases in amphibian populations, due partly the increased worldwide interest in amphibians as indicators of declining ecosystem health. Nonetheless, the decline due to mortalities associated with additional and as yet unreported pathogens of amphibian have not been considered. Here, we report a new cutaneous Zygomycosis infection caused by Mucor sp. associated with mortalities in an endangered salamander species in Michigan. The infection was observed in terrestrial individuals at the start of the breeding season. Affected salamanders showed sluggish escape reflex which allowed easily catching of the infected individuals. Clinical examination revealed scaly and nodular appearance of the skin of the posterior half, especially in the tail region. Mycotic examination resulted in isolation Mucor sp from deep layer of the epidermis of at the affected site. Histopathological examination is currently performed to detect the pathological changes associated with fungus infection. This is considered the first report of zygomycosis in a salamander in the world. (The Journal of American Science. 2006;2(3):19-22).
Clinical Impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT on the Management of Gynecologic Cancers: One Center Experience

Objective(s): We aim to investigate the clinical impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT in managing patients with gynecological malignancies and pelvic or extrapelvic lymph nodes that are of equivocal significance on conventional imaging. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 18F-FDG PET/CT scans of patients with gynecologic tumors who were referred to King Hussein Cancer Center from January 2010 to August 2014. PET/CT results were compared with MRI and CT findings. We evaluated sensitivity and specificity of 18F-FDG PET/CT, its role in changing treatment plan and its positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV). Results: Ninety seven patients (mean age: 49 years) underwent 18F-FDG/PET in the study period (40 cervical, 37 endometrial and 20 ovarian cancers). PET/CT scan provided additional information in 23 patients; upstaging 4.1% (4 patients; 3 true positive) and down staging in 19.5% (19 patients; 15 true negative). As a result, treatment strategy was changed from curative to palliative in three patients, and modification of radiation field or additional curative therapy was implemented following exclusion of distant metastasis in 11 patients. Mean follow up time for the whole cohort was 35 months (range 6 - 60 months). NPV of 18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting extrapelvic lymphadenopathy was 83.3%. Conclusion: 18F-FDG PET/CT has high clinical impact in management of gynaecological cancers as it alters the treatment plan in a substantial number of patients who had equivocal findings on conventional imaging, as well as it offers excellent validity in lymph nodes staging.
Measuring the flow properties of small powder samples using an avalanche tester

ABSTRACT The feasibility of using a small-scale avalanche tester to measure the flow properties of pharmaceutical lactose powders was examined. The modes of behavior observed in larger systems were displayed and showed a clear distinction between angular, free-flowing particles and more spherical particles of similar flow characteristics. Angular Lactohale LH100 particles showed slumping behavior at a rotational frequency of 0.33 Hz that disappeared at higher frequencies. Spherical lactose powder with a similar flow function to LH100 only showed rolling behavior under the same conditions, as did more cohesive powders LH200 and LH300. Further investigation of the LH100 data using fast Fourier analysis showed that the slumping frequency was one tenth of the rotational frequency.
Fabrication of Biodegradable Polyester Nanocomposites by Electrospinning for Tissue Engineering

Recently, nanocomposites have emerged as an efficient strategy to upgrade the structural and functional properties of synthetic polymers. Polyesters have attracted wide attention because of their biodegradability and biocompatibility. A logic consequence has been the introduction of natural extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules, organic or inorganic nanostructures to biodegradable polymers to produce nanocomposites with enhanced properties. Consequently, the improvement of the interfacial adhesion between biodegradable polymers and natural ECM molecules or nanostructures has become the key technique in the fabrication of nanocomposites. Electrospinning has been employed extensively in the design and development of tissue engineering scaffolds to generate nanofibrous substrates of synthetic biodegradable polymers and to simulate the cellular microenvironment. In this paper, several types of biodegradable polyester nanocomposites were prepared by electrospinning, with the aim of being used as tissue engineering scaffolds. The combination of biodegradable nanofibrous polymers and natural ECM molecules or nanostructures opens new paradigms for tissue engineering applications.
The Rewards of Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Incomes, Wealth, and Economic Well-Being of Entrepreneurial Households

The financial rewards and consequences of entrepreneurship for the individual are unknown. Prior studies have focused on self-employment income estimates and have highlighted the low median earnings that may be anticipated. The apparent financial irrationality of entrepreneurship is typically explained in terms of nonpecuniary compensating factors, such as autonomy and satisfaction. However, the financial rewards of entrepreneurship are multifaceted and include different types and amounts of rewards at different stages of the business life cycle. More accurate reflections of entrepreneurial rewards require researchers to move away from the use of narrow and static measures and instead focus on a broad set of indicators that collectively contribute to overall economic well-being. Entrepreneurial rewards are not only determined by business rationality, but are influenced by household needs that evolve over time. Hence, the analysis of entrepreneurial rewards requires an approach that captures the processes of reward decision making over the business life cycle while contextualizing reward decisions within the entrepreneurial household.
The Cost Effectiveness of Collaborative Mental Health Services In Outpatient Psychotherapy Care

The Cost Effectiveness of Collaborative Mental Health Services In Outpatient Psychotherapy Care Ashley A. Maag School of Family Life, BYU Master of Science This study compared the differences in treatment length, cost, cost effectiveness, dropout, and recidivism between a biomedical, talk therapy, and a collaborative mental health model for outpatient psychotherapy insurance claims. A biomedical model was the most cost effective with fewer sessions, but had a significantly higher dropout rate. Collaborative care had the least dropout, but also had higher costs and recidivism rates. Within collaborative care, differences between modality type, diagnosis, and provider type combinations were also examined. Within collaborative models, mixed modes of therapy had the lowest dropout, but at significantly higher costs and recidivism rates. Family therapy had the lowest recidivism and cost, with the highest dropout rate. In terms of specific problems, eating disorders had significantly more sessions and were significantly less cost-effective than any other diagnoses, followed by mood disorders. Relational disorders had the fewest sessions, best cost-effectiveness, and lowest recidivism rates. Finally, the MD/MFT provider type combination had the lowest dropout and recidivism rates, with the lowest cost, and a significantly better cost effectiveness than the MD/psychologist combination. The MD/psychologist combination had a significantly higher recidivism rate, and the MD/MSW combination had the highest dropout. No significant differences were found for any RN/talk therapy combination. Implications of the findings are discussed, along with limitations and future directions for research.
CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOTOSYSTEM TRANSMEMBRANE GENES UNDER SUDDEN WATER SUPPLY IN Calotropis procera

The wild shrub Calotropis procera grows successfully in dry areas. Photosynthesis is one of the processes severely affected by drought stress. In the present study, four chloroplast genes, i.e., psaA, psaB, psbA and psbB were uncovered and characterized in Calotropis procera from de novo assembled transcriptome contigs of the high throughput sequencing dataset. Theoretical 3D modeling of the deduced amino acid sequences was carried out and accuracy was determined by computing and suboptimal structural alignments between PsaA, PsaB, PsbA and PsbB 3D protein structures of Arabidopsis thaliana and Glycine max and the theoretical 3D models of PsaA, PsaB, PsbA and PsbB proteins in C. procera. Additionally, the functional domains of the studied amino acids sequences were identified. Under sudden supply of a limited amount of water to these desert grown plants, the changes in the expression of psaA, psaB, psbA and psbB genes were determined at three time points (1 hour post-dawn, mid-day and 1 hour pre-dusk). Data indicate that the psaA and psaB genes were down-regulated after watering, while the psbA and psbB were up-regulated especially at time point 1-hour pre-dusk. These responses can be considered as one of the mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in this wild plant species.
Empathy in Musical Interaction

Entrainment has been linked to positive affect and pro-sociality, e.g. empathy. Empathy and entrainment are facets of the “shared manifold”, mirroring and mental simulation system allowing us to automatically share emotions and intentions, and to understand others. They are foregrounded in music, which is very efficacious in communicating emotions and intentions. We perceive the intentional, expressive motor acts behind the sounds of music. Music therapists take advantage of this and use musical interaction to work with their clients. The cognitive foundations of synchronisation have been studied extensively, but its emotional aspects only rarely and the methods of entrainment research have only rarely been used in music therapy research, which has mainly focussed on qualitative case studies. Our aims are to study the associations between empathy, entrainment and musical communication. In dyadic tapping tasks, participants started in different tempi and later on started to hear each other’s tapping. We also carried out an exploratory case study analysing the timing characteristics of a client and therapist in videos of music therapy improvisation sessions. In both cases we analysed whether and how the players entrained and the contributing factors. The link between entrainment and empathy is not linear; we discuss e.g. the effects of pair constitution and task difficulty and the characteristics of bouts of entrained and non-entrained behaviours in the music therapy session.
Factors affecting the quality of Vanilla-A Review

Vanilla (Vanilla sp) is a high value spice crop known for its aroma and flavour in food industry. Quality of cured vanilla beans depends on different parameters like geographical origin, maturity at harvest, curing conditions, curing methods etc. The present study aims at optimizing the bean conditioning parameters namely moisture level, temperature and duration of conditioning for obtaining the maximum quality in terms of odour and vanillin content. Besides, two different species of vanilla namely, Vanilla planifolia and Vanilla tahitensis from different geographical locations of the world were also analyzed for their intact aroma and flavour.
Revision of the Paleogene genus Glyptosaurus (Reptilia, Anguidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 163, article 1

5 Introduction . 6 Acknowledgments . 7 Abbreviations . 8 Brief History and Taxonomic Problems of the Genus Glyptosaurus . 8 Stratigraphic and Paleogeographic Occurrences of the Members of the Glyptosaurinae 10 Stratigraphic and Geographic Occurrences . 10 Depositional Environments . 12 Correlation of Glyptosaurine-Bearing Units . 12 Systematics . 13 Subfamily Glyptosaurinae McDowell and Bogert, 1954 14 Tribe Glyptosaurini, New Tribe . 15 Glyptosaurus Marsh, 1871 . 15 Glyptosaurus sylvestris Marsh . 15 Cf. Glyptosaurus sylvestris . 19 Glyptosaurus sp.1. 9. 19 Paraglyptosaurus, New Genus . 19 Paraglyptosaurus princeps (Marsh) . 21 Cf. Paraglyptosaurus princeps . 24 Paraglyptosaurus yatkolai, New Species . 25 Eoglyptosaurus, New Genus . 25 Eoglyptosaurus donohoei (White) . 26 Cf. Eoglyptosaurus donohoei . 26 Helodermoides Douglass, 1903 . 27 Helodermoides tuberculatus Douglass . 28 Cf. Helodermoides tuberculatus . 39 Helodermoides mongoliensis, New Species . 40 (? ) Helodermoides sp. 41 Glyptosaurinae Indeterminate . 42 Nomina Dubia . 42 Placosaurus rugosus Gervais, 1852 . 42 Placosaurus waltheri (Weigelt, 1929) . 43 Placotherium waltheri (Weigelt, 1929) . 43 Glyptosaurus sphenodon Marsh, 1872 . 44 Glyptosaurus obtusidens Loomis, 1907 . 44 Tribe Glyptosaurini, Genus and Species Indeterminate . 44 Tribe Melanosaurini, New Tribe . 45 Cf. Glyptosaurinae, Tribe, Genus, and Species Indeterminate . 45 Cf. Anguidae, Indeterminate . 47 Phylogeny . 47 Review of the Characters of the Genus Glyptosaurus . 47 Frontals . 49 Osteoderms . 50 Teeth . 51 Pterygoid Teeth . 52 Postorbital-Postfrontal Region . 52
Hotel Istana , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , ISBN : 978-1-922069-719 Factors Influencing Career Decision-Making Difficulties among Graduating Students from Malaysian Private Higher Educational Institutions

The issue of career decision-making difficulties has been and continues to be a major concern for career counsellors. This paper examines the factors that influence career decision-making difficulties among graduating students from three Private Higher Educational Institutions (PHEIs) in Malaysia. Factors associated with career decision-making difficulties considered in this study, which was conducted over a four-month period, are parental authority and personality. The epistemology of this study is positivism, and self-administered survey was employed. The Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), Mini International Personality Item Pool (Mini-IPIP), and Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) were adapted and used as the measurement instrument. After pilot testing the modified questionnaire, convenience sampling method was used as the sampling procedure, with a total number of 100 respondents. Data analysis was conducted using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Descriptive statistics analysis, reliability analysis, factor analysis, and multiple regression analysis were generated, analysed, and reported. Results confirmed the hypotheses whereby significances in both independent variables were shown. Results also indicated that parental authority has a positive relationship with career decision-making difficulties whereas personality indicates a negative relationship with career decision-making difficulties. Limitations and recommendations for future research were identified and proposed at the end of the paper.
Surface runoff of horse grazed pasture – a disregarded hydrological response unit in low mountain ranges

Accurate prediction of surface runoff is of vital interest for flood prediction which in turn requires the process knowledge about key factors affecting its temporal and spatial variability. Antecedent soil moisture and grazing intensity have been detected as important factors, but there exists no explicit field study investigating the spatial and temporal variability of surface runoff generation on horse grazed pasture. In our study, for the first time the surface runoff generation on horse grazed pasture was analyzed using a rainfall simulator along with measurements of soil water content and soil physical properties. The results were compared with concurrent investigations on cattle grazed pasture land. The analyses of 8 rainfall simulations on 1 m² plots at a rate of 46.6 mm/h revealed mean runoff coefficients ranging from 0.9% to 50.5%. The most important findings of our study are that the antecedent soil moisture distinctly impacts the amount of surface runoff and the runoff coefficient is significantly higher on horse grazed pasture than on cattle grazed pasture. These results underline the importance of further experimental studies to obtain a broader process knowledge about this specific hydrological response unit, especially in regard to the increasing portion of horse grazing in the low mountain ranges.
Creative Archiving: A Case Study from the John Latham Archive

This article looks at the history of the archive profession and emphasises the perceived role of the archivist as the keeper of truth. It focuses on the recent developments in archival practice with the adoption of post-modern thinking and its implementation with open-access archives online. Following a discussion of that approach, it introduces the concept of creative archiving as an alternative approach to archival practice and continues with the presentation of a case study from the John Latham Archive. It concludes with a discussion of the main pros and cons of creative archiving.
The influence our friends have on our music taste: An empirical analysis

In this thesis, we will examine the relationship of social influence and music taste, and how weather influences one’s music taste. This thesis reports results of an empirical investigation of interpersonal relationships on Last.fm, a music-based social network site. In addition, we have shown that temperature, cloud coverage, and sunshine duration can influence the amount of music and also the type of music one listens to. The chief goals of this study were to examine the degree to which music taste is characterized by social influence. Results indicate that although there is some evidence suggesting that one’s peers influence their music taste, we did not observe sufficient significant evidence to conclude this.