bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Systematic Approach to Monitoring and Management of Annulus Pressures
Authors: Srivastava Manish , Ali Abeer A. , Alshehhi Ali S. , Kumar Amit , Spuskanyuk Oleksandr , Abdulhai Walid M. , Gan Chee Lam 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
Annuli pressure if not controlled and managed may result in uncontrolled release of high-pressure hydrocarbon fluids from reservoir to the surface. This may cause loss of life, damage to environment, and tarnish the reputation of the company. In this paper, two potential pathways for reservoir fluid to reach the surface through annuli have been examined, and recommendations were provided to diagnose and manage annulus pressures within safe operating limits.
Integrated well integrity assessment to diagnose the root-cause of annulus pressure involved using various tools to measure key parameters needed to make an accurate assessment of root-cause of annulus pressure. For example, thermal numerical models and lab tests were conducted to simulate thermal effects in the well and analyze annulus fluid samples, respectively. Furthermore, echometer was used to measure fluid-level in the annuli, whereas logging tools such as spectral noise, high-precision temperature etc. were used to identify source of any reservoir fluid ingress.
Multiple diagnostic, surveillance and management workflows for outer and inner annuli have been developed. Experiences in implementing these workflows for hundreds of wells in the field have been described and lessons learned have been discussed. Special attention has been paid to the cases with confirmed or suspected lost barriers. Appropriate, cost-efficient levels of diagnostics have been selected and employed to ensure safe operations. Decision trees on how to manage wells with annulus pressures have been discussed, in particular related to planning and execution of pressure bleed-offs, annulus top-ups with heavier fluids, etc. Based on decision trees, cost-efficient levels of diagnostics have been selected and employed to ensure safe operations.
This work provides insights on various tools to diagnose and cost-effectively manage the pressure in the annulus by combining the available tools and software. Company-specific annulus pressure management strategies have been developed and successfully employed to safely operate wells with annulus pressure.
Microbial Profile Modification MPM: A Noble Application of Biotechnology in Improving Oil Recovery
Authors: Gaurav Aman 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
Lack of sufficient natural drives in most of the reservoirs in the world has lead the practice of supplementing the natural reservoir energy by some form of artificial drive, the most basic method being the injection of displacement fluid like water or gas. Problem associated with these recovery mechanism is channeling of the displacement fluid through high permeable streaks thus resulting in a poor sweep efficiency of the hydrocarbon. In such cases, profile modification is being carried out to reduce high permeability streaks using conventional chemical based techniques; gels and polymers. Microbes provides another environment friendly noble technique from the field of biotechnology to improve sweeping efficiency of oil from water flooding reservoir. In Microbial Profile Modification (MPM) process, sequential injection of selective microbes is done along with certain nutrients package in the reservoir rock. In-situ excretion from injected microbial, bio-polymers create a stable multilayer growth of cells called biofilm. Formation of biofilm reduces the pore throat size and in turn reduces the permeability of watered out thief zones or high-permeability streaks. Permeability reduction results in diversion of the displacement fluid towards low permeability zone to provide better sweep efficiency.
This paper presents an application of biotechnology in improving oil recovery through microbial approach by modifying permeability profiles. Paper highlight the importance of microbe selection, laboratory core flooding study, and lesson learned from worldwide field application of the novel technique. Authors also evaluate the application of the technique in Indian oil fields.
Validation of an Arabic Version of the Obesity-Related Wellbeing (ORWELL 97) Questionnaire in Adults with Obesity
Authors: Itani Leila , Calugi Simona , Kreidieh Dima , El Kassas Germine , El Masri Dana , Tannir Hana , Grave Riccardo Dalle , Harfoush Aya , El Ghoch Marwan 
Published: January 2018

Background:No specific questionnaire that evaluates Health-Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL) in individuals with obesity is available in the Arabic language. The aim of this study was therefore to propose and examine the validity and reliability of an Arabic language version of the ORWELL 97, a validated obesity-related HRQOL questionnaire.Methods:The ORWELL 97 questionnaire was translated from English to Arabic language and administered to 318 Arabic-speaking participants (106 from clinical and 212 from community samples), and underwent internal consistency, test–retest reliability, construct and discriminative validity analysis.Results:Internal consistency and the test–retest reliability were excellent for ORWELL 97 global scores in the clinical sample. Participants with obesity displayed significantly higher ORWELL 97 scores than participants from the community sample, confirming the good discriminant validity of the questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis in the clinical sample revealed a good fit for a modified two-factor structure.Conclusion:Overall, the Arabic version of the ORWELL 97 can be considered validated in Arabic adult patients with obesity, paving the way to further assessment of its responsiveness in measuring changes in health-related quality of life associated with obesity treatment.
Acoustic Cavitation Assisted Preparation of Poly(Acrylic Acid)-Halloysite nanoclay Hydrogel for Removal of Auramine O Dye from Effluent
Authors: Karekar Sammit E. , Gondhalekar Kunal A. , Chandre Dipak K. , Sonawane Shirish H. , Pinjari Dipak V. 
Published: January 2018

Background:
Dye molecules are non-biodegradable which leads to pollution of water. There it’s
important to treat these dye molecules prior to their discharge into water. There are various methods to treat
the polluted water, but which has certain drawbacks with respect to their efficacy. The aim of this paper to
introduce ultrasonically synthesized polymer hydrogel for removal of dye molecules from effluent.

Methods:
Polyacrylic acid based synthesis of hydrogel was carried out with the aid of acoustic cavitation.
Encapsulation and uniform dispersion of cross linker (Halloysite nanoclay) has been efficiently
carried due to ultrasonic irradiation produced by acoustic cavitation. Also Auramine O dye was considered
for dye adsorption study.

Results:
The dye absorptivity of the synthesized hydrogel was analysed for removal of Auramine O
dye. The adsorption study was carried out under various pH values for 5.5 hours. It was perceived that
highest % removal of dye occurred at pH 11 with contact time of 5 hours.

Conclusion:
Prepared hydrogel was examined for its swelling capacity using deionized water. From
swelling behavior data it has been observed that synthesized hydrogel has good swelling capacity and
follows non-Fickian diffusion. From pH study it was observed that percentage removal of dye was increasing
linearly with respect to pH up to 12.The optimum values for pH and contact time for highest
dye removal (78.93%) are thus found out to be 11 and 5 hours respectively. The adsorption isotherm
model study showed that Langmuir adsorption isotherm model well fitted with the experimental data.
Political Donations by Australian Companies
Authors: Ramsay Ian , Stapledon Geof , Vernon Joel 
Published: January 2018

The subject of corporate political donations is highly topical in several countries. The Australian Democrats have called for greater disclosure of donations made by companies to political parties, and for the introduction of a shareholder-approval rule where the donor is a public company. According to Democrat Senator Andrew Murray, ‘ever since the first political donation changed hands, money has been used to influence electoral outcomes and the process of government’.The problems potentially associated with political donations are probably as old as democracy itself. Where the institution of democracy is coupled with and gives its imprimatur to relatively free market economics, the market for votes takes on characteristics not unlike those of the markets for goods and services. Free commerce and free elections give rise to the possibility of political exploitation and manipulation. Where political power depends on commercial attractiveness, commercial interests can be advanced by contributing funds to those political interests which promise the best commercial returns. Consequently, allegations of wealthy citizens – corporate or otherwise – buying political influence are not uncommon where their capacity to donate to political parties (and the parties’ correspondent capacity to accept) is relatively unhindered.
In the Wake of TEOH: Finding an Appropriate Government Response
Authors: Lacey Wendy 
Published: January 2018

Few cases of recent times, beyond the decisions of Mabo and Wik, could rival Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh, for the dramatic response it provoked in political, legal and academic circles. In the aftermath of the High Court's decision in Teoh came three Commonwealth Bills, one state Act, several ‘executive statements’ at both the Federal and state level, and numerous academic commentaries. Yet, despite the many attempts to override the decision by successive federal governments, the Teoh principle continues to apply to the administrative decisions made at the federal level. The third of the Commonwealth Bills aimed at over-riding the Teoh principle of legitimate expectation progressed only as far as its predecessors, with its debate in the Senate having been adjourned on 5 April, 2001.It is unlikely that enactment of the proposed Bill would have laid the Teoh principle finally to rest, and developments since the last Senate Inquiry conducted in 1997 raise further issues pertaining to the original High Court decision. In particular, subsequent case law has provided clear judicial statements regarding the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of earlier executive statements issued by successive federal governments, as well as outlining what constitutes a legally enforceable ‘executive indication to the contrary'. In addition to recent developments on the domestic front, the proposed Bill had also been criticised by one international body for being inconsistent with Australia's international legal obligations, with the recommendation that it be withdrawn. Given the very minor differences between the third Bill and its two predecessors, this charge could also have been laid in respect of each of the earlier Bills.
Freedom of Information: The Experience of the Australian States - An Epiphany?
Authors: Snell Rick 
Published: January 2018

A Freedom of Information (FOI) barometer would indicate a significant shift in the prevailing attitudinal responses to access to government held information at the state level in Australia in recent years. The responses would vary between jurisdictions but only in terms of details not substance. What began as a few recitations of concern about delays, application of exemptions and fees has now metamorphosed into a strong phalanx of information commissioners, parliamentary committees, ombudsman and others seeking fundamental reforms. In 1994 Spencer Zifcak argued that the history of FOI in Victoria could be seen as proceeding through three phases - optimism, pessimism, revisionism. The Zifcak typology could be expanded Australia-wide with a fourth stage being added; namely, a return to fundamentals.In the period up to December 1998 a number of factors had placed state FOI regimes under considerable stress.
Judicial Review: Recent Trends
Authors: Basten John 
Published: January 2018

In an oft-cited passage from Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin Brennan J identified the scope of judicial review in terms which bear repeating:The duty and jurisdiction of the Court to review administrative action do not go beyond the declaration and enforcing of the law which determines the limits and governs the exercise of the repository's power. If, in so doing, the Court avoids administrative injustice or error, so be it; but the Court has no jurisdiction simply to cure administrative injustice or error. The merits of administrative action, to the extent that they can be distinguished from legality, are for the repository of the relevant power and, subject to political control, for the repository alone.The passage emphasized the centrality of the distinction between review for error of law and merits review. However, the qualification that the dichotomy, which is so readily stated in principle, is not always easy to apply in practice is also well-taken.
Tribunals: Divergence and Loss
Authors: Creyke Robin 
Published: January 2018

It is clear that tribunals are a permanent feature of the administrative law landscape. The concept of merit review of administrative decisions by bodies other than courts has survived initial resistance from the executive, distrust by the courts, the managerialist pressures of the 1980s, and the downsizing, outsourcing movements of the 1990s. As Pearce commented, the recommendation in the Better Decisions report in 1995—the most comprehensive examination of the Commonwealth's merit review system since the 1970s—that merits review tribunals should be retained, albeit in a more integrated structure, is evidence of that acceptance. The Coalition Government, not without some struggle, broadly accepted that recommendation and the results, in the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2000 (ART Bill) and the Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2000 (ART (CTP) Bill) attest to that response. Such a development shows how far we have come in twenty five years. In the States and Territories, there has been the same process of slow acceptance followed by expanded use of tribunals, many of them dealing with work previously done by courts.What has led to this position? Tribunals have certain characteristics, which often given them advantages over the courts. As the Franks Committee in the United Kingdom noted in the 1950s, these include ‘cheapness, accessibility, freedom from technicality, expedition and expert knowledge of their particular subject’.
The Effect of the Constitution on the Common Law as Revealed by John Pfeiffer V Rogerson
Authors: Taylor Greg 
Published: January 2018

Recently, the High Court of Australia has again concerned itself with the need for the common law to conform to the Constitution and with the manner in which, and extent to which, such conformity is ensured. In the 1990s, the Court considered the effect of the Constitution's guarantee of freedom of speech on defamation law and reached at length, in Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a common position on the influence of the Constitution on the common law which enjoys the support of the whole Court. The consensus thus reached has now been applied in John Pfeiffer v Rogerson to the area of choice-of-law in tort.Choice of law is another area in which, during the Court's fin de siécle period in the late 1980s and 1990s, there was considerable disagreement among members of the Court. The well-known succession of cases started with Breavington v Godleman in 1988. Some members of the Court held that the applicable choice-of-law doctrine in intra-national cases was mandated by the terms of the Constitution and to be found by applying a command allegedly inherent in s 118 (possibly with the aid of other constitutional provisions).
Jornadas e heróis nos perfis da Revista Piauí: um estudo sobre gestos biográficos no Jornalismo
Authors: Bruck Mozahir Salomão , Antunes Rennan 
Published: January 2018

As reflexões deste artigo se detêm sobre gestos biográficos no jornalismo, estudando-os a partis dos perfis publicados na revista piauí, especialmente a partir dos identificados como “vultos da república”. Valendo-se de reflexões sobre a natureza do gesto biográfico, noções como a ilusão biográfica (Bourdieu, 1986), ingenuidade biográfica (Bakhtin, 2005) a jornada do herói (Martinez, 2008) e os perfis no jornalismo (Villas Boas,2003), a pergunta que guia esta reflexão é a seguinte: como e em que medida a revista piauí se vale da estratégia narrativa da perfilação para oferecer ao leitorado novos ingredientes e gradientes tanto do perfilado quanto do contexto e circunstâncias sociais em que estão inseridos?
Temporalidades múltiplas: análise cultural dos videoclipes e da performance de Figueroas a partir dos mapas das mediações e das mutações culturais
Authors: Gomes Itania Maria Mota , Dos Santos Thiago Emanoel Ferreira , Garcia de Araújo Carolina Santos , Mota Junior Edinaldo Araujo 
Published: January 2018

Articulamos, nesse artigo, os mapas das mediações e das mutações culturais formulados por Martín-Barbero (2006; 2009a; 2009b; 2014) na análise dos videoclipes e performance do duo alagoano Figueroas. Essas escolhas teórico-metodológicas nos permitiram observar de que maneira esse produto se insere num contexto marcado por um entorno tecnocomunicativo que tensiona temporalidades e espacialidades distintas, justapondo matrizes culturais e referências musicais globais e regionais, em especial das regiões Norte, Nordeste e Sudeste do Brasil. Figueroas apela para o escracho, para a cultura dos memes e se insere em lógicas produtivas e de consumo características da internet, ­para vincular diferentes gêneros midiáticos, entre eles, a lambada, o brega e a guitarrada.
The Religious Revival in China
Authors: Harry Lai Hongyi 
Published: January 2018

Since 1979, China has experienced a widespread revival of religious faith and practice. This article aims to provide an overview of this phenomenon, by examining the causes behind it, the variety and popularity of religions and the different profi les of believers. It suggests that China's religions are diverse, encompassing offi cial, unoffi cial, and folk religions, and that the revival is signifi cant and visible. According to official statistics, the five largest religions in 2003 counted 144 million believers, while the non-offi cial sources give the figure as nearer 200 million. The revival has been fuelled by a number of factors: the state's lifting of the ban to freedom of worship; popular disillusion with the official ideology; economic and social uncertainties in the wake of
economic reforms and modernization; and the enduring resilience of religion and tradition. For ethnic minorities like Uighurs and Tibetans, the revival of their religion has been accompanied by a similar cultural renaissance. Buddhists
and Daoists among the Han in Hubei Province come from a wide range of educational backgrounds and professions, although the majority of them are women or were born before 1956. The Han Buddhists and Daoists turn to religion primarily for practical reasons, that is, to gain some advantage in their earthly lives rather than looking for rewards in the afterlife. For this reason, religious fundamentalism may have limited appeal to the Han Chinese.
Perspektiv och perspektivförskjutningar inom nordisk
Authors: Allardt Erik 
Published: January 2018

Paradigms and vicissitudes in the perspectives of 20th century Nordic sociology

Both as regards its own development and its cultural impact 20th century was an era of sociology. There was, however, in the central focuses considerable vicissitudes, clearly observable in the sociology of the Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The de-velopmental patterns can be divided into three periods: (1) an emphasis on evolution and evolutionary explanations of social behavior up to the First World War, (2) a during most of the century prevailing dominance of a sociology emphasizing socialization and societies as wholes with their social structure, normative rules and social func-tions, and (3) at the end of the century an emerging rise of a new view of social life with an accentuation of uncer-tainty, agency, and semiotic interpretation. The institu-tionalization of Nordic academic sociology occurred in the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s.
Towards the end of this period reorientations and protests against the prevailing sociology began to emerge. The dominant research interests today may be summed up in the following four orientations:cultural sociology with an emphasis on semiotic constructions of reality, feminist studies with a special interest in gendered experiences of women, studies of the conditions of the Nordic welfare state, and historically oriented macro social science with a focus on large-scale both European and global trans-formations.
Nationel identitet i globaliseringenstid
Authors: Gundelach Peter 
Published: January 2018

National Identity in Times of Globalisation

Theories of globalisation and individualisation argue that the role of the nation state is diminishing and that consequently national identity is losing importance for the individual. Based on general observations and surveys, this article suggests that national identity is still very important – at least in Denmark. Survey data for Denmark, for instance, shows that national pride has increased during the last 20 years. The Danish population also seems to have a high level of chauvinistic attitudes. The national identity is a taken for granted “banal” nationalism that has developed over more than 100 years. This type of national identity is maintained through symbols and societal institutions, and is integrated in the individual’s worldview.
National identities consist of boundary maintenance as well as “cultural stuff”. Boundary maintenance in Denmark is especially strong when compared to Sweden, but Danes also seem to have generally positive sentiments towards the populations in Norway and Sweden. Thus they express a sort of vague fee-ling of Scandinavian identity. Recent attempts at creating a regional identity from above by the European Union have not proven successful, and are not likely to succeed in the near future. Local identity is becoming more important to most Danes.