bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Professionals and the Problem of Implementing Innovation in University
Authors: Ivanova Natalia , Popova Elena
Published: April 2017

Russian universities face the objective of reaching the international standard in the development of science and education, which requires implementation of a number of innovations. Academic staff of universities consists of highly qualified specialists, whose characteristics are believed to include open-mindedness. At the same time, researchers have observed resistance to innovation on the part of the faculty. Some researchers divide university teachers into two groups based on the fundamental self-identification parameters: (i) those identifying themselves with the organization, and (ii) those committed to the profession. It is generally believed that teachers committed to the profession are more likely to support innovation. The article argues that both types of self-identification may be a factor of either active promotion of innovations or resistance to them. Resistance to innovation may be caused not so much by faculty characteristics as by the scale and pace of change. Permanent large-scale changes destroy the environment required for professional activities, forcing the academic staff to choose between organizational and professional identity and exciting resistance to innovation in them. The innovation process confronts the university with a crucial problem of retaining professionals, since they first of all identify themselves with the professional community. The article discusses the conditions under which professionals are willing to identify themselves with the organization and to support innovation.
Determinants of Expected Return on Higher Education in Moscow
Authors: Prakhov Ilya
Published: April 2017

Based on the data of cohort longitudinal study “Educational and Career Trajectories”, factors affecting absolute and relative expected returns on education (ROE) are investigated.Surveys of Moscow students show that academic performance assessed by Unified State Exam (USE) scores is an important predictor of students’ salary expectations. Besides, expected ROE also correlates positively with college selectivity. Students in private colleges expect to be paid lower than those in state universities. Social and cultural capital of the family (parental education, number of books at home) may influence salary expectations indirectly, through academic performance. Students from wealthier families expect to have a higher ROE than their disadvantaged peers, and so do boys as compared to girls. Students working part-time expect to be paid higher than non-working students after graduation but anticipate a lower return on investment in relative terms.
Electrophysiology from Yao CK et al. (2017) v1
Authors: Yao Chi-Kuang , Yu-Tzu Liu not provided , I-Chi Lee not provided , You-Tung Wang not provided , Ping-Yen Wu not provided
Published: April 2017

This protocol is from 'Flower Ca2+ channel in CME and ADBE' of Yao CK et al. Please see the manuscript for the full method details.
Fractionation from Yao CK et al. (2017) v1
Authors: Yao Chi-Kuang , Yu-Tzu Liu not provided , I-Chi Lee not provided , You-Tung Wang not provided , Ping-Yen Wu not provided
Published: April 2017

This protocol is from 'Flower Ca2+ channel in CME and ADBE' of Yao CK et al. Please see the manuscript for the full method details.
FM1-43 dye uptake (CME induction) from Yao CK et al. (2017) v1
Authors: Yao Chi-Kuang , Yu-Tzu Liu not provided , I-Chi Lee not provided , You-Tung Wang not provided , Ping-Yen Wu not provided
Published: April 2017

This protocol is from 'Flower Ca2+ channel in CME and ADBE' of Yao CK et al. Please see the manuscript for the full method details.
Immunohistochemistry (Immunostaining in fly NMJ boutons) from Yao CK et al. (2017) v1
Authors: Yao Chi-Kuang , Yu-Tzu Liu not provided , I-Chi Lee not provided , You-Tung Wang not provided , Ping-Yen Wu not provided
Published: April 2017

This protocol describes the Immunostaining in fly NMJ boutons. It is from 'Flower Ca2+ channel in CME and ADBE' of Yao CK et al. Please see the manuscript for the full method details.
Immunohistochemistry (immunostaining cultured rat hippocampal neurons) from Yao CK et al. (2017) v1
Authors: Yao Chi-Kuang , Yu-Tzu Liu not provided , I-Chi Lee not provided , You-Tung Wang not provided , Ping-Yen Wu not provided
Published: April 2017

This protocol describes the immunostaining of cultured rat hippocampal neurons to stain for ratFwe2 in cell body. It is from 'Flower Ca2+ channel in CME and ADBE' of Yao CK et al. Please see the manuscript for the full method details.
Ca2+ imaging (salivary glands) from Yao CK et al. (2017) v1
Authors: Yao Chi-Kuang , Yu-Tzu Liu not provided , I-Chi Lee not provided , You-Tung Wang not provided , Ping-Yen Wu not provided
Published: April 2017

This protocol is from 'Flower Ca2+ channel in CME and ADBE' of Yao CK et al. Please see the manuscript for the full method details.
Bodo caudutus Post-Electroporation Cell Viability Quantification v1
Authors: Gomma Fatma , Paulo A. Garcia not provided , Jennifer Delaney not provided , Peter R. Girgius not provided , Cullen R. Buie not provided , Virginia P. Edgcomb not provided
Published: April 2017

The process of developing transient transfection protocols in B. caudatus involved initial testing and determination of proper electroporation buffers and parameters (voltage strength, pulse duration and number) to maximize cell viability. Our results suggest that the type of electroporation buffer is critical for maintaining cell viability throughout the experiment and is essential for determining the optimum electric field range.
Do jogo das imagens às imagens do jogo - Análise do livro
Authors: Murad Mauricio
Published: April 2017

Review of the book Do jogo das imagens às imagens do jogo, written by professors Paulo Coêlho de Araújo and Ana Rosa Fachardo Jaqueira and published in 2008 by the Centro de Estudos Biocinéticos of the Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Universidade de Coimbra. The book studies the cultural history of capoeira through images and is a valuable contribution to the historical and sociological study of this popular Brazilian martial art.
Global Political Economy in Context of Evolution of Political-Economic Thought
Authors: Eletsky Nikolay
Published: April 2017

Globalization of economic processes requires an adequate transformation of the economic Sciences. In the modern world, the globalization of actors and results of production leads to the formation of global relations of ownership and governance. It modifies the subject field of General economic theory and generates the global political economy. The essence of its subject matter is the relationship of the global ownership and the resulting global economic contradictions. The methodological toolkit of global political economy reflects the particularities of contemporary scientific knowledge due to the new phenomena of globalization. Global political economy is the methodological-theoretical basis of all Sciences investigating global economic system. At the same time, it is a special branch of the modern system of economic Sciences, characterizing by the spatio-temporal specificity of subject matter and method. The proposed approach is an alternative to the common preceding scientific interpretations of global political economy as, in fact, the international economic politology.
How Contribute Strategic Corporate Brand Management Model? : Thai SMEs Context
Authors: Kamkankaew Pongsiri , Thanitbenjasith Phithagorn , Sribenjachote Suteera
Published: April 2017

Strategic corporate brand management (SCBM) and corporate performance are especially meaningful to become a new support management concept for SMEs today. However, SMEs less is served to how SCBM conceptualizing brought in order that it may produce the high effectiveness CP and their conceptualizing has not been still investigated appropriately, especially the SMEs of Thailand context. This paper seeks to develop a conceptual model for SCBM towards on SMEs corporate performance in Thailand. Drawing on reconsidering and analyzing the theoretical and empirical research are addressed the model.  Based on the result provide that SCBM concentrating on the SMEs corporate performance pointedly the effect of distinctiveness, closely with firm characteristics, entrepreneurship, corporate brand element and competitive environment. The developed model devoted to great recognize the role of SCBM and how to enlarge the assistance of Thai SMEs corporate performance. Moreover, this paper increases to the previous research in which the attachment between other factors with SCBM was synthesized. The model advances to SCBM study by essence one of the SMEs development notions. In sum, it is recommended that Thai SMEs’ entrepreneur should be accentuating more for their firm characteristics, entrepreneurship, corporate brand element, competitive environment and strategic corporate brand management. Furthermore, it should be address an evidence empirical study for a major gap in the area of SCBM. Keywords: Strategic Coporate Brand Management, Coporate Performance, SMEs, Thailand
Testing of magnetic contacts, development of testing devices and considerable impact on planning physical security of buildings
Authors: Kutaj Milan , Velas Andrej , Soltes Viktor
Published: April 2017

The article describes working principles of the magnetic contacts and their place in security alarm systems. Reliability of magnetic contacts was tested as a part of educational activities in the laboratory of the Department of Security management in the Faculty of Security engineering and results are clearly described and summarized in the second part of the article. The article describes the procedure of testing magnetic contacts and it includes the results of the tests of basic detection function as well as of breakthrough resistance. The results of simple tests have a considerable impact on planning physical security of buildings. Based on the findings, it is possible to initiate changes of technical standards for opening magnetic contacts. For even more detailed results obtained from much larger number of magnetic contacts the development of device for testing magnetic contacts was initiated and the last part of article describes fully automated testing device for magnetic contacts.

 

Keywords: magnetic contacts; security; development; testing; detection; alarm; device
The Quantitative Assessment Of Market Risk In Small And Medium - Sized Enterprise In The Slovak Republic
Authors: Hudakova Maria , Dvorsky Jan
Published: April 2017

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Slovakia do not pay sufficient attention to market risks, they do not form the prerequisites, or preventive measures of the risks assessed, which would prevent the problem. The essence of the article is based on the collected and processed data from the survey to analyze, assess and evaluate the impact of the factor, which is the number of employees to evaluate the market risk identified by managers of SMEs in the Å½ilina region of Slovakia. The analysis of market risk is carried out through the analysis of the selected statistical characteristics using the point and interval estimates and methods of mathematical statistics. The results of the survey showed that the number of employees has an impact on the amount of the value of the market risk of SMEs in the Å½ilina region and therefore it is not possible to underestimate it.
Keywords: risk, analysis, assessment, evaluation, market, small and medium-sized enterprise.
Gini Coefficient Analysis for Pensioners in Turkey
Authors: Binay Murat , Yalçınkaya Ahmet Yalçın
Published: April 2017

One of the main objectives of economic policy is to make the fair distribution of income. To provide fair distribution of income, how the revenue is shared must be based on certain criteria. Products and services are not shared in any society indiscriminately. There is a mechanisms governing the distribution of income in every society. Production factors increase the value created for themselves and how to divide this value is complex phenomenon which has technical, economic, social and political dimensions. There are a lot of criterias about how to divide the created value like change interval, the relative mean absolute deviation, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, variance, logarithmic variance, Pareto Î± coefficient, Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient, Dalton Atkinson inequality measure, the poverty index, poverty difference, hunger threshold.Injustice of the revenue distribution among pensioners is a frequently mentioned subject in Turkey and it is thought to be sourced because of the changes at social security system and salary regulation method for old age pensioners. In this study, the Gini coefficient will be calculated for old age pensioners in Turkey and the pensionersâ€™ income distribution will be analyzed by comparing with the Gini coefficient of Turkey.

Keywords: Gini coefficient, pensioners
A JUDICIALIZAÇÃO DAS REFORMAS PREVIDENCIÁRIAS NA JURISPRUDÊNCIA DO STF: um Tribunal amigo do equilíbrio financeiro e atuarial
Authors: Santiago Lima Flávia Danielle , Oliveira Tassiana Moura de
Published: April 2017

O presente trabalho procura responder a seguinte questão de pesquisa: qual o princípio constitucional defendido pelo STF nas decisões em matéria previdenciária no controle abstrato de constitucionalidade? O direito social à previdência social tem status de direito fundamental na constituição, contudo é uma prestação onerosa ao Estado. Os Poderes Legislativo e Executivo periodicamente modificam as regras de previdência com o objetivo de conter os gastos. Como Poder contramajoritário, o Poder Judiciário tem o dever de proteger os direitos sociais dos cidadãos impedindo que as decisões tomadas pelos outros poderes retrocedam (ou extingam) direitos conquistados na Carta de 1988. O objetivo do trabalho é saber se o STF (como órgão de cúpula do Judiciário) cumpre esse papel com o direito à Previdência Social. Para tanto, foi realizada uma análise exploratório-descritiva de “n” pequeno sobre as decisões de mérito das Ações Diretas de Inconstitucionalidade propostas contra as Emendas Constitucionais de números 20 de 1998 e 41 de 2003. O resultado encontrado foi que o STF, nas decisões analisadas, se preocupou mais em garantir o equilíbrio financeiro e atuarial do sistema do que resguardar os direitos previstos originariamente na constituição de 1988.
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THROUGH INTERSTITIAL EMERGENCE: The Growth of Alternative Dispute Resolution in U.S. Law, 1970-2000
Authors: Morrill Calvin
Published: April 2017

How can be explained the dramatic changes in the growth of informal dispute resolution as “alternatives” to adjudication between 1970-2000?  This article gives an answer to this question by using the historical case of U.S. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the last third of the 20th century to ground empirically a theory of interstitial emergence.  By focusing on interstitial emergence, the article demonstrates how informal interaction across multiple organizational fields can provide cultural accounts for new formal structures. The analysis furthers the integration between institutional analysis in organizational and legal sociology, but does so by borrowing conceptual leads from social movement theory to elaborate and develop a framework for understanding institutional innovation and change.  In doing so, it draws specific attention to issues of agency and emergent signification. The remainder of the article contains sections that narratively illustrate interstitial emergence and its dimensions using evidence from the U.S. ADR case. The conclusion extends the argument beyond ADR to consider alternative developments in the U.S. medical field and implications for institutional analysis, more generally.
The RISE Framework: Using Learning Analytics to Automatically Identify Open Educational Resources for Continuous Improvement
Authors: Bodily Robert , Nyland Rob , Wiley David
Published: April 2017

The RISE (Resource Inspection, Selection, and Enhancement) Framework is a framework supporting the continuous improvement of open educational resources (OER).  The framework is an automated process that identifies learning resources that should be evaluated and either eliminated or improved.  This is particularly useful in OER contexts where the copyright permissions of resources allow for remixing, editing, and improving content.  The RISE Framework presents a scatterplot with resource usage on the x-axis and grade on the assessments associated with that resource on the y-axis.  This scatterplot is broken down into four different quadrants (the mean of each variable being the origin) to find resources that are candidates for improvement.  Resources that reside deep within their respective quadrant (farthest from the origin) should be further analyzed for continuous course improvement.  We present a case study applying our framework with an Introduction to Business course. Aggregate resource use data was collected from Google Analytics and aggregate assessment data was collected from an online assessment system.  Using the RISE Framework, we successfully identified resources, time periods, and modules in the course that should be further evaluated for improvement.
The Effects of a Progressive Resistance Exercise (PRE) Approach to Training an Adult Classified as Sarcopenic
Authors: Hunt Dennis , Chapa Deborah , Hess Barbara , Swanick Kathleen , Gropper Sareen S
Published: April 2017

Background: The term sarcopenia includes the involuntary loss of muscle mass that occurs during the aging process beginning in middle adulthood. Case Presentation: We present a case study that was used to determine the effectiveness of a 12 week resistance training (RT) intervention to enhance overall function in an adult classified as experiencing sarcopenia. The purpose of this investigation was to determine what benefits as measured by increases in muscular fitness objectives and skeletal muscle mass index a progressive RT program might provide a very old adult. Conclusions: The subject experienced gains in upper and lower extremity strength as measured by 1RM testing. The Skeletal Mass Index (SMI) the outcome measure to determine sarcopenia showed clinical findings indicating that the subject was no longer classified as sarcopenic. The present study results also suggest that a progressive RT program is safe and effective for yielding strength gains in a very old individual.
Risk and Reward: Talent Everywhere
Authors: Judah Janeen
Published: April 2017

President's column

The theme for my columns this year is Risk and Reward because risk assessment and decision making have fascinated me for my entire career. The most significant risks and rewards in our business are created by the judgments of the people who work here. People and their talent create upstream value. How then do we generate the talent pool to create value in the next upturn?

If you ever doubt the impact that one person can make, let me give two recent examples.

The biggest disaster in our industry—ever—was the Macondo blowout in April 2010. Like the day of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, I’ll bet that most of you can remember when you first heard about the fire and crowded around a computer or television in horrified silence. I remember asking: Why didn’t someone use Stop Work Authority? Why didn’t someone say something?

In the recent movie depiction, Deepwater Horizon, actor John Malkovich played the evil manager who pushed forward despite signs of disaster. It was a cartoonish portrayal, but it vividly illustrated the impact that a single individual can have on our operations. The result was a disaster on every level, almost destroying one of the largest companies on Earth.

In contrast, on a positive note, there is the story of Steve Keenan, the experienced explorationist who led the team that discovered Alpine High in the Permian Basin, the largest single discovery in the US in many years. Apache’s management gave Keenan and his team the freedom to think differently, and the results were spectacular. It’s ultimately people who create (or destroy) value in our industry.

Talent will never be more important than in the next upturn. Companies have retired or laid off the most experienced technical workforce in all parts of our industry: exploration and production, oilfield services, and engineering, procurement, and construction. Just a few years ago, projects all over the world were delayed because of a lack of people, not capital constraints. It won’t be long before that will happen again, and we will be looking for talenteverywhere.
Technology Focus: Production Monitoring/Surveillance (March 2017)
Authors: Kuck Marc
Published: April 2017

Technology Focus

Industry trends in production monitoring and surveillance continue to demonstrate significant input from the academic and research fields, practical applications, and new-technology introduction. Market conditions similar to those of the previous year are driving some of the same discussions again this year. With the decline in new drilling, our peers are focusing on optimization of existing fields and examining past performance in preparation for new future developments. In many cases, these efforts are being performed with fewer personnel and limited capital resources.

Optimization of existing fields is inspiring new concepts for statistical and predictive production modeling, along with new views on decline analysis. Virtual flow-measuring systems, while not new technology, are experiencing a broadened application as a more-cost-effective alternative. The focus on existing assets also has increased discussion on well integrity and how this should be monitored and maintained.

As we look toward future improvements, we are also taking advantage of the decline in new drilling activity to review performance from the past several years. Specifically in regard to fracturing, we are investigating the relationships between methods for drilling, fracturing, and completion design, along with their effect on production performance.

The industry is becoming more efficient and knowledgeable in its data gathering, evaluation methods, and operations. We will be better equipped as industry activity begins to increase, because of our ability to operate more efficiently at current market conditions or because of market improvements or both meeting on middle ground, in the near future. The articles selected for review demonstrate some of the achievements of our peers from the last year.

Recommended additional reading at OnePetro: www.onepetro.org.

SPE 183463 Well-Productivity Analysis Integrating Ultrahigh-Resolution LWD Images and PLT: A Data-Integration Case Study by H.M. Al Shehhi, ADCO, et al.

SPE 179058 Well-Surveillance Operations and Data Analysis in Thermal Viscous-Crude Project in Kuwait—A Case Study by Shaikha Al-Ballam, Kuwait Oil Company, et al.

SPE 183535 Implementing Fiber-Optics Distributed Sensing as a Key Surveillance Tool by S. Al Shoaibi, Petroleum Development, et al.
Technology Focus: Heavy Oil (March 2017)
Authors: Babadagli Tayfun
Published: April 2017

Technology Focus

Over a 6-month time frame in 2016, I was able to attend three SPE conferences on heavy oil in different countries spanning three continents (Canada, Peru, and Kuwait). Despite regional differences in the applications, potentials, problems, and technological needs, the common theme in all conferences was “low cost.”  Cost optimization in heavy-oil production was discussed from technical and economic perspectives, not only in the technical sessions but also in numerous panel discussions. 

Such optimization can be achieved through numerical modeling to suggest general optimal strategies and development plans or by using proper real-time data acquisition (production optimization) for prompt decisions while operations are ongoing. This requires continuous monitoring of the processes as seen in many steam-assisted-gravity-drainage operations or other types of steam-injection applications. I selected two papers about advanced monitoring techniques as suggested reading in this issue.

Moreover, chemical and nanomaterial additives to water and steam have received a great deal of attention. Low-interfacial-tension (microemulsion) and low-salinity injection in heavy oils in sands and carbonates and wettability alteration in carbonates were common topics at conferences held over the past year. I selected one review paper for additional reading and one experimental work as a summary paper on this subject. Apparently, modeling efforts on advanced (but unconventional) technologies such as electromagnetic heating have continued. You will find a detailed mathematical analysis of the process in one of the papers summarized.

Despite the recent economic downturn, we were able to hear the outcome of current field practices at pilot or demonstration scale. Papers detailing small-scale cyclic-steam-injection applications in Kuwait and Oman were worth reading, and one article on this specific subject is included here. Considering these activities in the Middle East, effective transfer of technologies from North America to that part of the world will become highly critical in the near future.

Recommended additional reading at OnePetro: www.onepetro.org.

SPE 181160 State-of-the-Art Review of the Steam Foam Process by Eric Delamaide, IFP Technologies Canada, et al.

SPE 180732 An Integrated Probabilistic Work Flow for Primary and Thermal Performance Prediction of a Large Extraheavy-Oil Field by Raushan Kumar, Chevron, et al.

SPE 181431 Horizontal Steam-Injection Flow Profiling Using Fiber Optics by Mahdy Shirdel, Chevron Energy Technology Company, et al.

SPE 180726 SAGD Production Observations Using Fiber-Optic Distributed Acoustic and Temperature Sensing: SAGD DAS—Listening to Wells To Improve Understanding of Inflow by Warren MacPhail, Devon, et al.
High-Resolution Seismic Stochastic Inversion as a Direct Input for Reservoir Modeling
Authors: Carpenter Chris
Published: April 2017

This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper OTC 26404, “High-Resolution Seismic Stochastic Inversion as a Direct Input for Reservoir Modeling,” by Chen Xin, Wei Xiao-Dong, Li Yan-Jing, Cui Yi, Ma Yingzhe, Yan Xiao-Huan, and Xia Yaliang, CNPC, and Wang Guan and Wang Xiaotian, China University of Petroleum, prepared for the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference Asia, Kuala Lumpur, 22–25 March. The paper has not been peer reviewed. Copyright 2016 Offshore Technology Conference. Reproduced by permission.

Three-dimensional reservoir models are best created with a combination of well logs and 3D-seismic data. However, the effective integration of these results is not easy because of limited seismic resolution. With the increasing quality of seismic data and wide application of new methods, high-resolution seismic-stochastic-inversion volume was used as a direct input to reduce the uncertainty of the reservoir model. Used as a direct input for reservoir modeling, this method reduces the uncertainty of the model greatly.

Introduction

A common method of reservoir modeling is the stochastic modeling method. The deficiency of this method is that it can be difficult to determine the changes between wells. In order to describe the reservoir changes between wells better, sedimentary facies and 2D-seismic attribute tendencies were used as constraints in the process of modeling. However, because every location has only one tendency value, it is difficult to describe the reservoir overlay.

Method

The work flows of this method, described in greater detail in the complete paper, essentially include three steps. The first step is target processing. Wavelet transform is applied to achieve noise elimination and resolution improvement. On the basis of the high-resolution seismic data, the second step is seismic stochastic in-version. After the process of time/depth conversion, the high-resolution 3D data from seismic stochastic inversion and well-log data were used as a direct input.

Target Processing. In the first step, a wavelet-transform method was applied to achieve noise elimination and resolution improvement. The principle of this method includes the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and nonstationary time-series analysis.

Seismic Stochastic Inversion. The algorithm of seismic stochastic inversion used in this study has the following stages:

Initially, a sequential Gaussian simulation is performed on the well data of acoustic impedance, aimed at filling the volume to be inverted.

The vertical and horizontal variograms are generated and modeled.

Each knot of the grid is revisited randomly and resimulated.

For each knot, a synthetic trace is calculated; for this, knowledge of the wavelet is needed.

The synthetic trace is generated and compared with the original trace, where the residuals are calculated on the basis of the squares sum of the difference between the original trace and the synthetic trace.
Streamline-Based Time-Lapse-Seismic-Data Integration Incorporating Pressure and Saturation Effects
Authors: Watanabe Shingo , Han Jichao , Hetz Gill , Datta-Gupta Akhil , King Michael J. , Vasco D. W.
Published: April 2017

We present an efficient history-matching technique that simultaneously integrates 4D repeat seismic surveys with well-production data. This approach is particularly well-suited for the calibration of the reservoir properties of high-resolution geologic models because the seismic data are areally dense but sparse in time, whereas the production data are finely sampled in time but spatially averaged. The joint history matching is performed by use of streamline-based sensitivities derived from either finite-difference or streamline-based flow simulation. For the most part, earlier approaches have focused on the role of saturation changes, but the effects of pressure have largely been ignored. Here, we present a streamline-based semianalytic approach for computing model-parameter sensitivities, accounting for both pressure and saturation effects. The novelty of the method lies in the semianalytic sensitivity computations, making it computationally efficient for high-resolution geologic models. The approach is implemented by use of a finite-difference simulator incorporating the detailed physics. Its efficacy is demonstrated by use of both synthetic and field applications. For both the synthetic and the field cases, the advantages of incorporating the time-lapse variations are clear, seen through the improved estimation of the permeability distribution, the pressure profile, the evolution of the fluid saturation, and the swept volumes.
Response surface modeling of boron adsorption from aqueous solution by vermiculite using different adsorption agents: Box-Behnken experimental design
Authors: Demirçivi Pelin , Saygılı Gülhayat Nasün
Published: April 2017

In this study, a different method was applied for boron removal by using vermiculite as the adsorbent. Vermiculite, which was used in the experiments, was not modified with adsorption agents before boron adsorption using a separate process. Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMA) and Gallic acid (GA) were used as adsorption agents for vermiculite by maintaining the solid/liquid ratio at 12.5 g/L. HDTMA/GA concentration, contact time, pH, initial boron concentration, inert electrolyte and temperature effects on boron adsorption were analyzed. A three-factor, three-level Box-Behnken design model combined with response surface method (RSM) was employed to examine and optimize process variables for boron adsorption from aqueous solution by vermiculite using HDTMA and GA. Solution pH (2–12), temperature (25–60 °C) and initial boron concentration (50–8,000 mg/L) were chosen as independent variables and coded x1, x2 and x3 at three levels (−1, 0 and 1). Analysis of variance was used to test the significance of variables and their interactions with 95% confidence limit (α = 0.05). According to the regression coefficients, a second-order empirical equation was evaluated between the adsorption capacity (qi) and the coded variables tested (xi). Optimum values of the variables were also evaluated for maximum boron adsorption by vermiculite-HDTMA (HDTMA-Verm) and vermiculite-GA (GA-Verm).
Jhadi taal wetland - an abode for wild germplasm of monotypic genus Euryale ferox salisb. In Kishanpur wildlife sanctuary, Terai region, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Authors: Gautam* Neelam , Singh Vineet
Published: April 2017

Jhadi taal wetland in Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary sustains a variety of rare and unique floral and faunal elements in northern terai region of Uttar Pradesh. In the present communication rare population of wild germplasm of economically valuable and monotypic genus Euryale ferox is reported which may play a crucial role in conservation and possibility of diverse gene flow. Its occurrence in the sanctuary also restricts exploitation of this least concern species in naturally protected environment.
Malnutrition and its related factors among children 0-5 years in rural Shamirpet mandal, Ranga reddy district, India.
Authors: M.* Pavani Varma , S.V. Prasad
Published: April 2017

Malnutrition continues to be a significant public health problem and is associated with many risk factors. To determine the association between prevalence of undernutrition, socio-demographic and maternal characteristics. It is a cross sectional study.400 children were examined for their weights and heights. Information is collected regarding the risk factors which are usually associated with undernutrition. The relevant information was recorded from each village of the mandal according to probability proportion to size. Significant association has been found with birth weight, birth interval and maternal occupation. Health education of parents regarding importance of ante-natal check-ups, proper birth spacing is essential.
Bioaccumulations of Heavy Metals in Ipomoea aquatica Grown in Bottom Ash Recycling Wastewater
Authors: Milla Odette Varela , Rivera Eva B. , Huang Wu‐Jang
Published: April 2017

A plant bioassay using hydroponically grown Ipomoea aquatica (water spinach) was applied to assess the phytotoxicity of untreated and treated wastewaters from a municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash recycling facility. The 50%‐diluted, untreated wastewater exhibited acute toxicity (plants died within 24 hours). Highly diluted doses (3 and 6%) of both wastewater types displayed no significant differences when compared with the control. Treating the wastewater through sequential physical filtration and chemical precipitation processes decreased not only the dissolved solids content but also the pH and salt content. In addition, significant accumulations of Sr, Cr, and Sn were observed in the hydroponically grown I. aquatica plant tissues; in particular, the bioaccumulation of Sr in the leaves and roots was unexpectedly high.
Glutathione‐Gated Potassium Efflux as a Mechanism of Active Biofilm Detachment
Authors: Zhang Wen , McLamore Eric S. , Wu Ruoxi , Stensberg Matthew , Porterfield D. Marshall , Banks M. Katherine
Published: April 2017

Biofilm detachment often has detrimental effects such as pipe obstruction and infection, yet the detachment mechanisms underlying dispersal remain largely unknown. In this study, a stress response mechanism known as glutathione‐gated potassium efflux (GGKE) was evaluated as an active detachment mechanism in the dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. N‐ethylmaleimide (NEM) was used to activate potassium efflux proteins (Kef) associated with the GGKE pathway. This stress response mechanism was hypothesized to lead to altered cation concentration, which can potentially affect polymer bridging in biofilms, and ultimately cause biofilm detachment. Results showed the activation of GGKE by NEM exposure caused biofilm detachment without inducing a measurable change in viability, and detached biomass concentration and composition were dependent on NEM concentration. More detached biomass was observed with higher concentrations of NEM, with a trend of increasing polymer detachment. The detachment was likely resulting from a weakened biofilm structural integrity induced by bridge denaturing from GGKE activation. This study is important in understanding biofilm detachment from engineered systems such as membrane aerated bioreactors.
Cake Compressibility Analysis of BPOME from a Hybrid Adsorption‐Microfiltration Process
Authors: Amosa Mutiu Kolade , Jami Mohammed Saedi , Alkhatib Ma'an Fahmi R. , Majozi Thokozani , Abdulkareem Sulyman Age
Published: April 2017

This study investigates the utility of a hybrid adsorption‐membrane process for cake compressibility evaluation of biotreated palm oil mill effluent (BPOME). A low‐cost empty fruit bunch (EFB) based powdered activated carbon (PAC) was employed for the upstream adsorption process with operation conditions of 60 g/L PAC dose, 68 min mixing time, and 200 rpm mixing speed to reduce the feed‐water strength and alleviate probable fouling of the membranes. Two polyethersulfone microfiltration (MF) membranes of 0.1 and 0.2 μm pore sizes were investigated under constant transmembrane pressures (TMP) of 40, 80, and 120 kPa. The compressibility factors (z), which was obtained from the slopes of power plots (function of specific cake resistance (α) and pressure gradient) were evaluated. The z values of 0.32 and 0.52, respectively obtained, for the 0.1 and 0.2 μm MF membranes provided compressible and stable z values as observed from their power plots. Besides, these membranes were found suitable for the measurement of z since the results are in consonance with the established principle of cake compressibility. Moreover, the upstream adsorption mitigated the clogging of the membranes which ultimately led to moderate resistances and cake compressibility. These are indications that with the secondary cake filtration, a sustainable flux can be achieved during BPOME filtration. The membranes exhibited close to 100% restoration after cleaning.
Mechanisms and Control of NO2− Inhibition of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox)
Authors: Li Guangbin , Carvajal‐Arroyo Jose Maria , Sierra‐Alvarez Reyes , Field Jim A.
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACT: Nitrite (NO2−), one of the main substrates in the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process, has the potential to inhibit anammox bacteria. The sensitivity of anammox cells with different energy status to NO2− was evaluated, and addition of nitrate (NO3−) inhibition on the basis of narK gene with the putative function of facilitating NO3−/NO2− antiporter. The results showed that the resistance of anammox bacteria to NO2− inhibition follows the order: active‐cells > starved‐cells > resting‐cells > starved‐/resting‐cells. Anammmox resting cells have increasing tolerance to NO2− in the pH range from 7.0 to 7.5. Dissipating the proton gradient by using carbonyl cyanide m‐chlorophenyl hydrazine (CCCP) caused severe inhibition at all pH values including pH = 7.5. Addition of NO3− enabled activity recovery of NO2−‐inhibited anammox bacteria regardless of whether the proton gradient was disrupted or not, supporting the hypothesis of NO3−‐dependent detoxification via a secondary transport system.
Multi-stakeholder Governance in Cooperative Organizations: Toward a New Framework for Research?
Authors: Leviten-Reid Catherine , Fairbairn Brett
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACTDespite the increasing popularity of multi-stakeholder cooperatives, social-economy researchers largely predict that these organizations will fail. Using a “cost of decision-making” approach, these researchers conclude that the governance structure of multi-stakeholder cooperatives makes this organizational model fundamentally untenable. In this paper, we review the empirical evidence available on multi-stakeholder cooperatives, which suggests that different groups of actors are able to govern themselves successfully. Consequently, we argue that the literature that has focused on the management of common pool resources by self-organized groups may be an appropriate body of literature in which to root a research program on these social-economy organizations.RÉSUMÉMalgré la popularité grandissante des coopératives à multiples intervenants, les chercheurs en économie sociale prédisent que ces organisations essuieront un échec. Grâce à une méthode des coûts pour la prise de décisions, ces chercheurs en viennent à la conclusion que la structure de gouvernance des coopératives à multiples intervenants, par sa nature, en fait un modèle organisationnel indéfendable. Dans cet article, nous examinons les éléments de preuve empiriques disponibles sur les coopératives à multiples intervenants, qui suggèrent que différents groups d’actants peuvent réussir à s’autogérer. Par conséquent, nous discutons du fait que la documentation qui porte sur la gestion des ressources communes par les groupes autogérés pourrait constituer un corpus approprié pour établir un programme de recherche sur ces organisations d’économie sociale.
Public Private Partnerships and the Public Interest: A Case Study of Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park Development
Authors: Krawchenko Tamara , Stoney Christopher
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACTPublic private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly advocated as beneficial for the delivery of public services, facilities, and infrastructure for municipal governments. However, such partnerships often raise serious concerns about transparency and accountability. While municipal governments across Canada have tried to increase public participation in local affairs, PPPs can impede such efforts. This article presents a case study of the Lansdowne Park PPP redevelopment in the City of Ottawa. We focus on how transparency and citizen engagement have been compromised and circumvented and link to broader issues of how to balance the privileged status of business and the demands for commercial confidentiality with the public interest, transparency, and citizen engagement in projects that use PPPs. The article concludes by arguing that some projects and some conditions can render the use of PPPs inappropriate and counterproductive in terms of both effectiveness and the basic principles of good governance.RÉSUMÉLes partenariats public-privé (PPP) sont de plus en plus préconisés par les municipalités comme étant une solution avantageuse pour la prestation de services publics ainsi que la réalisation de projets d’installations et d’infrastructures publiques. Toutefois, de tels partenariats soulèvent souvent d’importantes préoccupations quant à la transparence et la reddition de compte en lien avec ce processus. Plusieurs municipalités canadiennes ont fait de grands progrès pour accroître la participation des citoyens aux affaires municipales, mais les PPP peuvent représenter un obstacle important à de tels efforts. Cet article présente une étude de cas sur le réaménagement du parc Lansdowne dans le cadre d’un PPP à la Ville d’Ottawa. L’article se concentre sur la façon dont la transparence et l’engagement des citoyens ont été compromis et contournés dans ce processus. Cette analyse est liée à des considérations sur la façon d’atteindre un équilibre entre le statut privilégié de l’entreprise et les exigences de confidentialité des informations commerciales avec l’intérêt public, la transparence et l’engagement des citoyens dans des projets qui utilisent des PPP. L’article conclut en affirmant que certains projets et certaines conditions peuvent rendre certains PPP inappropriés et contre productifs en ce qui a trait à l’efficacité et aux principes fondamentaux de bonne gouvernance.
Philanthropy in America: A History
Authors: Schatteman Alicia
Published: April 2017

Philanthropy in America: A History. Written by Olivier Zunz, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2012. 396 pp. ISBN: 9780691128368 (cloth).   Philanthropy: Not made in America but remade decidedly American
Governance in Transformation: Alberta School Board Chairs’ Perspectives on Governance
Authors: Seel Keith , Gibbons Jim
Published: April 2017

ABSTRACTSchool boards are typically removed from nonprofit sector analyses because they are part of the “MUSH” set of organizations (municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals) that both stand outside of the more typical nonprofit sector and tend to be closely affiliated with government. Nevertheless, school boards offer a unique opportunity to examine the governance of a large system of regulated activity that affects millions of citizens. How such systems should be governed has been a matter of concern for nearly 40 years. This study presents data from Alberta school board chairs regarding their perception of governance transformation being brought about by legislative changes. Five dimensions of governance are proposed as defining the current and anticipated governance domain within which school boards operate. Tensions within and between these dimensions signify symbolic boundary constructions that need to be scrutinized in anticipation of the governance transformation and boundary spanning activities of school boards required by the new legislation.RÉSUMÉLes conseils scolaires sont généralement retirés des analyses du secteur communautaire parce qu’ils font partie de l’ensemble d’organisations « MUSH » (les municipalités, les universités, les écoles et les hôpitaux); ces organisations se distinguent du secteur communautaire typique et ont tendance à être étroitement associées au gouvernement. Néanmoins, les conseils scolaires offrent une occasion unique d’observer la gouvernance d’un vaste système d’activités réglementées qui affecte des millions de citoyens. La façon dont de tels systèmes devraient être gérés fait l’objet de préoccupations depuis presque 40 ans. Cette étude présente les perceptions de présidents de conseils scolaires de l’Alberta en ce qui a trait à la transformation de la gouvernance apportée par des modifications à la loi. Cinq dimensions de la gouvernance sont proposées pour définir à la fois le domaine de gouvernance dans le cadre duquel fonctionnent actuellement les conseils scolaires et celui dans le cadre duquel il est prévu qu’ils fonctionneront. Les tensions entre ces dimensions et les tensions au sein de celles-ci indiquent des constructions de frontières symboliques qui nécessitent un examen minutieux dans le but de prévoir la transformation de la gouvernance ainsi que les activités d’expansion des conseils scolaires exigées par la nouvelle législation.