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Little Blue Chair by C. Fagan
Authors: Aitken Leslie 
Published: February 2018

Fagan, Cary. Little Blue Chair, illustrated by Madeline Kloepper. Tundra Books-Random House Canada, 2017.Cary Fagan has created many delightful picture books, among them, Ten Old Men and a Mouse, illustrated by Gary Clement (2007); Mr. Zinger’s Hat, illustrated by Dušan Petričić (2012); and A Cage Went in Search of a Bird, illustrated by Banafsheh Erfanian (2017). In each of these works, the illustrator has brilliantly conveyed the sense of the text.The storyline of Little Blue Chair would appear to have much potential for robust illustration. Fagan creates the classic circular journey. A little blue chair, outgrown by its initial child owner, is repeatedly given away, used for a time, and given away again. It serves, by turns, as a plant stand, a seat in a wheel house for a sea captain’s daughter, a howdah for children who want elephant rides, a bird feeder in a garden, a seat on a carnival Ferris wheel, and, finally, an air borne craft powered by balloons which carry it back to its original owner. The illustrations, however, are not quite as adventurous as the story.Whether by the artist’s intent, or the printer’s choice, the colour palette is muted. The choice works well for creating the ambiance of the “junk shop” [p.5], and is, arguably, appropriate for the seascapes [p.7-10], but it seems subdued for the carnival scenes [pp. 21-24].A further problem arises where the expectations raised by the story are not met by the artwork. Surely some glorious avian display should support the following text: From all around, birds appeared in the air. Little birds, big birds, plain birds and fancy birds—they all perched on the chair to eat the seeds.” [p.18] In fact, “the air” and “the chair” are devoid of any birds, and the few tiny ones perched in a tree are barely distinguishable because of the muted colours.A similar problem occurs in the Ferris wheel scene. Fagan writes: “The man installed the little blue chair. Up, up it went. Round, round it went! The children screamed with pleasure.“We see just a portion of the Ferris wheel—a few seats, one of which can be discerned as the little blue chair. There are three child passengers; two look vaguely pleased, one seems distracted by her candy floss. We cannot detect a single open mouth that might be indicative of a scream of pleasure.Young children who are not yet independent readers rely on illustration to convey the action, context and mood of their picture books—thus, the vital need for a “happy marriage” of text and illustration. Little Blue Chair seems to offer just a tentative courtship. Recommended with Reservations: 2 out of 4 starsReviewer: Leslie AitkenLeslie Aitken’s long career in librarianship included selection of children’s literature for school, public, special and academic libraries. She is a former Curriculum Librarian for the University of Alberta.
The Water Walker by J. Robertson
Authors: Quaiattini Andrea 
Published: February 2018

Robertson, Joanne. The Water Walker. Second Story Press, 2017.The Water Walker is the true story Nokomis (grandmother in Ojibwe) Josephine Mandamin, the founder of the Mother Earth Water Walkers. Nokomis and the Water Walkers’ goal is show how precious nibi (water) is to our very survival, and to ensure it is properly protected and cared for.Nokomis had always been thankful for nibi, but feels compelled to act when an ogimaa (a leader or chief) told her that one day “... an ounce of water will cost more than an ounce of gold.” What was Nokomis going to do about it? Gathering relations, friends, and community members, they form the Mother Earth Water Walkers, with the goal to protect and honour nibi. Between 2003 and 2009, the Water Walkers walk around the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, carrying a copper bucket of water and a bald eagle staff as they went. The Water Walkers expand their call, walking water from the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and Gulf of Mexico. At the end of the book, while Nokomis rests after her all walking, she wonders what are you going to do about protecting nibi?This is an accessible and relevant story appropriate for both early and mid-elementary school children. Younger children will appreciate the vibrant illustrations, while older children will connect with the environmental message of the book. Ojibwe words are used throughout, and there is a detailed glossary and pronunciation guide to assist readers. Finally, there is contact information for Josephine Mandamin, so readers can share with her how they are conserving and protecting water. This book would do well in both public and school libraries. Recommended: 3 out of 4 starsReviewer: Andrea QuaiattiniAndrea Quaiattini is a Public Services Librarian at the University of Alberta’s JW Scott Health Sciences Library. While working as a camp counsellor, she memorized Mortimer and The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch as bedtime stories for the kids. She can still do all the voices.
How Nivi Got Her Names by L. Deal
Authors: MacLeod Lorisia 
Published: February 2018

Deal, Laura. How Nivi Got Her Names. Illus. Charlene Chua. Inhabit Media, 2017.Inhabit Media, an Inuit-owned publishing company, has brought to publication another wonderful story celebrating Inuit naming customs and family ties in How Nivi Got Her Names. The story follows young Nivi as she asks her mother how she came to have the names that she has which leads to an explanation of the traditional Inuit naming practices. The introduction by Aviaq Johnston features some basic information into the cultural background surrounding Inuit custom adoption and naming which would be useful to both adults reading to children and educators looking to frame this book within a lesson plan on Inuit ways of life. Similarly, the glossary featured at the end of the book provides readers with aid in translating the various traditional kinship terms that are used throughout the story.It features 32 pages of full-colour illustrations, all of which are vibrant and provide visual interest for readers while the writing is always on a white background to ensure good readability. The text overall is simple and comprehensible to the intended audience of 5 to 7 year-olds, but may be above their reading level, so an adult may need to read this book aloud. For parents, this book could be a great springboard into discussing family stories with their child. For educators and public librarians, this book is a very accessible introduction to a facet of Inuit culture that could easily be used during reading times or in the classroom.Highly recommended: 4 stars out of 4Lorisia MacLeod is a second year Masters of Library and Information Studies student and Indigenous Intern at the University of Alberta. When not working on her studies, Lorisia enjoys reading almost any variation of Sherlock Holmes or travelling.
Food Atlas: Discover All the Delicious Foods of the World by G. Malerba
Authors: Distad Merrill 
Published: February 2018

Malerba, Giulia. Food Atlas: Discover All the Delicious Foods of the World, illustrated by Febe Sillani, translated by Sharon Morin. Firefly Books, 2017.This large and beautiful folio volume provides an agricultural and culinary tour of the world in the form of nearly fifty maps that cover six continents, Oceania, and fifty individual countries. The book ends with a two-page map of the world to illustrate the “food journeys” by which many familiar, staple foods were transplanted around the globe. Luca Mingolia’s maps, overlain with Febe Sillani’s hundreds of colourful illustrations, depict both the characteristic foods and ethnic dishes of each country and region. The coverage is extraordinarily comprehensive, ranging from Sweden’s repugnant-smelling Surströmming to the equally pungent Durians of southeast Asia, and from Egyptian Ful Medames to India’s Gulab Jamun.Although cast in the format of a book for older children, this fascinating volume is one from which older readers, including adults, may take pleasure and expand their culinary horizons.Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Merrill DistadHistorian and author Merrill Distad enjoyed a four-decade career building libraries and library collections.
RESENHA: FREDEL, Karla Maria. Arqueologia de Gênero nas cidades de Pelotas - RS - Brasil e Habana Vieja - Habana - Cuba / século XIX. Erechim, RS: Habilis Press, 2015, 214 p.
Authors: Cano Sanchiz Juan Manuel 
Published: February 2018

Arqueologia de Gênero nas cidades de Pelotas - RS - Brasil e Habana Vieja - Habana - Cuba / século XIX es la publicación de la Tesis Doctoral homónima de Karla Ma Fredel, defendida en el Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas de la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), en octubre de 2012. La tesis se desarrolló bajo la orientación del profesor Dr. Pedro Paulo A. Funari (Laboratório de Arqueologia Pública, NEPAM/UNICAMP) y la co-orientación de los profesores Dra. Lourdes Domínguez (Oficina del Historiador de La Habana; Academia de la Historia de Cuba) y Dr. Lúcio Menezes Ferreira (Laboratório Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa Arqueológica, UFPel). Todos ellos han contribuido a esta nueva obra con sendos prólogo (Domínguez), prefacio (Funari) y presentación (Ferreira).
Far-Field Proppant Detection Using Electromagnetic Methods: Latest Field Results
Authors: Palisch T.. , Al-Tailji W.. , Bartel L.. , Cannan C.. , Zhang J.. , Czapski M.. , Lynch K.. 
Published: February 2018

Summary
More than 100 billion lbm of proppant are placed annually in wells across the globe, with the majority in unconventional reservoirs. The location of the proppant in these horizontal wells and formations is critical to understanding reservoir drainage, well spacing, and stage spacing. However, for many years proppant detection has primarily been limited to near-wellbore measurements. A novel method to detect proppant in the far field has been developed and is the subject of this paper.
The proppant-detection method developed uses electromagnetic (EM) methods. This technology entails using a transmitter source and an array of electric- and magnetic-field sensors at the surface. A current signal with a unique wave form and frequency is transmitted to the bottom of the wellbore via a standard electric-line (E-line) unit. In addition, an electrically conductive proppant is pumped into the stage(s) of interest. The electric and magnetic fields are measured both before and after the detectable proppant stages, and a novel analysis method is then used to process and invert these differenced data to create an image of the propped reservoir volume (PRV).
This technology is the product of years of development of computer models capable of forward modeling this technique. Once this modeling was completed, an initial field test was performed in west Texas (WTX), with a preliminary analysis of this work presented in a previous paper (Palisch et al. 2016). Since that paper, however, additional processing of the data has yielded a much-more-detailed image of the proppant location in this Bone Springs well. In addition, a subsequent field application has been performed in a major basin in the northeastern US. Multiple stages received detectable proppant of varying stage volumes, and the analysis has also shown a detailed image of the proppant location in that wellbore. Furthermore, the initial field test in WTX used only electric-field sensors, whereas this latest test used both electric- and magnetic-field receivers. The authors’ numerical simulations coupled with the field results indicate the percentage difference between prefracture and post-fracture results is two times higher using magnetic- vs. electric-field sensors.
This paper will review the technology development and methods, will present the latest imaging from the initial WTX test, and will describe the latest learnings from the most-recent field test. This paper should be beneficial to all completions and development personnel who are interested in knowing where proppant is in their fractures. This technology has the potential to assist in understanding well drainage and spacing, stage and perforation-cluster spacing, vertical fracture coverage, and the effect of fracture-design changes.
Capillary Desaturation Curve for Residual Nonwetting Phase in Natural Fractures
Authors: AlQuaimi B. I. , Rossen W. R. 
Published: February 2018

Summary
The displacement of a nonwetting phase by a wetting phase is characterized by the capillary number. Different forms of capillary number have been used in the literature for flow in porous media. A capillary number for a single rock fracture has been defined in the literature, using the mean aperture to characterize the trapping and mobilization in a fracture.
We propose a new capillary-number definition for fractures that incorporates geometrical characterization of the fracture, dependent on the force balance on a trapped ganglion. The new definition is validated with laboratory experiments using five distinctive model fractures. The model fractures are made of glass plates, with a wide variety of hydraulic apertures, degrees of roughness, and correlation lengths of the roughness. The fracture surfaces were characterized in detail and statistically analyzed. The aperture distribution of each model fracture was represented as a 2D network of pore bodies connected by throats. The hydraulic aperture of each model fracture was measured experimentally. Capillary desaturation curves (CDCs) were generated experimentally using water/air in forced imbibition. The transparent nature of the system permits us to determine the residual air saturation as a function of pressure gradient from the captured images.
The residual nonwetting saturation/capillary-number relationship obtained from different fractures varying in aperture and roughness can be represented approximately by a single curve in terms of the new definition of the capillary number. They do not fit a single trend using the conventional definition of the capillary number.
Entropy-based analysis and regionalization of annual precipitation variation in Iran during 1960–2010 using ensemble empirical mode decomposition
Authors: Roushangar Kiyoumars , Alizadeh Farhad 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
This study proposes an ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD)-based multiscale entropy (EME) approach. The proposed model is used to analyze and gage variability of the annual precipitation series and spatially classify raingauges in Iran. For this end, historical annual precipitation data during 1960–2010 from 31 raingauges are decomposed using EEMD. Decomposed series of precipitation series present different periods and trends. Next, entropy concept is applied to the components obtained from EEMD to measure dispersion of multiscale components. It is observed that entropy values of intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) 1–5 and residual component show different behaviors. IMF 5 and residual components have highest values of entropy, whereas IMF 3 and 4 present highest entropy variation among all components. Based on spatial distribution of EME values, EME 3 and 1 have a downward variation from north to south, whereas EME 1 presents increasing variation. Spatial classification of raingauges is performed using EME values as input data to self-organizing map (SOM) and k-means clustering techniques. Finally, spatial structure of annual precipitation variation is investigated. It is observed that EME values have a downward trend with latitude, whereas it is observed that EME shows an upward relationship with longitude in Iran.
Understanding public perception, knowledge and behaviour for water quality management of the river Yamuna in India
Authors: Tarannum Fawzia , Kansal Arun , Sharma Prateek 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
The paper aims to understand how the public perceives river water quality and related risks and behaviour. Using the stratified semi-purposive sampling process, the study explores the perception of people residing along the river Yamuna in India. The method applied involved a structured questionnaire survey of 2706 respondents and four focused group discussions with people residing within two kilometres of the river bank. Non-parametric tests such as Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U-test and One-Sample Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test were used to analyse the data. The findings suggest that the majority of the respondents formulate their perceptions using non-scientific methods like sensorial and heuristics. Perception on sources of pollution is shaped by personal experiences and people do not perceive diffused sources of pollution that affect river water quality. Respondents attributed the pollution in the river to anthropogenic activities and their risk perception was found to be linked to their direct dependence on the river for their daily needs. The paper suggests behavioural change strategies to focus on social, governance, and technological drivers.
Sequencing batch reactor process for the removal of nitrogen from anaerobically treated domestic wastewater
Authors: Pelaz L. , Gómez A. , Letona A. , Garralón G. , Fdz-Polanco M. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
This work presents the performance of a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) system used as a means of removing nitrogen from domestic wastewater containing a low chemical oxygen demand (COD) to nitrogen ratio due to pre-treatment with an anaerobic reactor. The aim of the work was to determine the feasibility of this system for the removal of nitrogen from the domestic wastewater. An SBR with a working volume of 5 L was investigated at different cycle times of 12, 8 and 6 h, at 18 °C. The efficiency of the SBR varied together with the duration of the cycle, where the optimum performance was seen in the 6 h cycle with the anoxic–aerobic–anoxic sequence. Due to the low quantity of organic matter present in the domestic wastewater after the anaerobic treatment, an additional supply of external carbon was necessary before the second anoxic stage. The removal efficiencies obtained were: 98% for total Kjeldahl nitrogen, 84% for total nitrogen and 77% for soluble COD. The reactor was thus shown to be viable, and it was concluded that this process may be successfully applied as a post-treatment for the removal of nitrogen from anaerobically treated domestic wastewater.
К проблеме содержания деятельности психологической службы в различных образовательных организациях
Authors: Tsvetkova Larisa A. , Volkova Elena N. , Korzhova Elena Yu. , Miklyaeva Anastasiya V. 
Published: February 2018

Introduction. Goals, aims, and main directions of psychological service activities in educational institutions need revising. Uniform standards for psychological service, meeting the new realities of modern education, should be developed. The present study reveals representations about the content of professional activities, its goals and types in educational psychologists currently working in various educational institutions.
Materials and Methods. The study involved 2135 educational psychologists working in various educational institutions: (a) kindergartens, (b) schools, (c) psycho-pedagogical, medical, and social assistance centers, (d) boarding schools, (e) establishments of additional education, (f) and vocational schools. The study employed online survey for the collection of empirical data.
Results. The findings showed that the educational psychologists’ representations about goals and means of their own professional activities depended on characteristics of educational institutions where they worked (goals and objectives of an organization, features of its student body, organizational aspects of an educational psychologist’s work, etc.). Regardless the field of activity, the educational psychologists implemented the following labour functions: (a) psychodiagnostics, (b) correctional developing and educational work, and (c) psychological counseling. The educational psychologists supported the implementation of educational programs and the expertise of the educational environment much less frequently.
Discussion. The obtained data demonstrate heterogeneity in the educational psychologists’ representations about goals of their professional activities at the present stage of the development of psychological service in educational institutions. Characteristics of educational service and also organizational conditions of professional activities affect the content of the representations. Future work will involve creating the concept of psychological service in education generalizing the needs of various educational institutions. The findings can be readily used for supplementing the Concept of the Development of Psychological Service in the Education System in the Russian Federation by 2025 by the variable models of educational psychologists’ professional activities in various educational institutions.
Исследование с помощью вызванных потенциалов функциональной эквивалентности механизмов восприятия и генерации эмоций
Authors: Alekseeva Dar'ya S. , Ermakov Pavel N. , Babenko Vitalii V. , Yavna Denis V. 
Published: February 2018

Introduction. Many functional systems of the brain confirm the hypothesis of functional equivalence. However, the mechanisms involved in emotion perception and reproduction still remain an open question. This study attempts to define and compare the dynamics of the activity of brain structures when perceiving and generating emotions. The novelty of the research lies in comparing the dynamics of evoked activity when the same respondents perceive and generate emotions within a single experiment.
Methods. The respondents were shown photographs of various facial expressions and also objects generating various emotions. The respondents had to detect emotions from photographs of facial expressions, and also recognize emotions which the objects generated. The answers made it possible to group and average EEG fragments to distinguish evoked potentials (neutral, positive, and negative faces and objects). EEG was recorded from 128 derivations, which allowed determining the trajectories of the foci of maximal activity using sLORETA. The responses to faces and objects of the same emotional valence were compared.
Results. For the first time the responses to the visual stimuli expressing and generating emotion were recorded and compared within a single experiment. The N170 wave activity displayed the differences between evoked responses to different facial expressions and objects with different emotional valence. The analysis of the trajectories of the foci of maximal activity when developing reactions to faces and objects showed no crossing.
Discussion. The experiment should have parted the dynamics of the compared responses. Assuming the existence of a mirror mechanism, the coincidence of the processes is possible only at a certain stage in this case. The analysis of the results demonstrated no crossing for the compared processes.
Conclusion. The findings showed no signs of the functional equivalence of the mechanisms for emotion recognition and emotion generation.