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First-Ever Level-4 Multilateral Well in North Kuwait Improves Oil Production
Authors: Carpenter Chris 
Published: March 2016

This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper SPE 171792, “First-Ever Level-4 Multilateral Well in North Kuwait Successfully Completed, Improves Oil Production,” by Meshal Al-Khaldy, Abhijit Dutta, Bijan Goswami, and Ali Al-Rashidi, KOC, and Leonque Rondon, Mohamed Warraky, and Mohamed Samie, Halliburton, prepared for the 2014 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, Abu Dhabi, 10–13 November. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
The first multilateral well in a North Kuwait field has been drilled recently. The intent is to improve oil production in productive layers subjected to water-coning problems by increasing reservoir exposure with Level-4 multilateral technology. The drilling process used a full suite of logging-while-drilling (LWD) tools, including azimuthal-deep-resistivity (ADR) technologies, to ensure the well path is precisely geosteered within the reservoir boundaries, and density/ porosity tools in real time combined with specialized modeling software, to position the well in the best possible reservoir.
Introduction
Drilling horizontal wells aggressively primarily using inflow-control-device (ICD) completion techniques has been prevalent in North Kuwait fields. Although some multilateral wells had been drilled in other areas, the technology had not yet been adopted in these fields. Following the successful ICD horizontal-well campaign in North Kuwait, the operator decided to implement multilateral drilling techniques in its northern fields. The initial objectives of the well are provided in the complete paper.
Multilateral-System Selection
Milled-window technology with control of window geometry (Fig. 1) was selected, rather than the conventional milling window. When the window is open in the casing without control, a roll-off effect occurs that generates distortion in the windows, which is likely to create operational problems during running of directional bottomhole assemblies or liners in the lateral.
After comparing the Technological Advancement of Multilateral (TAML) levels and design criteria in accordance with the specific geological features from the field, the TAML Level 4 was chosen. This decision was made on the basis of the need to isolate active zones in the new lateral drilled from the window and to avoid communication between the reservoir of interest and upper layers. The TAML Level 4 is characterized by running a liner, which could be completely cemented or stage cemented, with the upper section being cemented blank liners and the lower section being slotted liners with exposure in the reservoir.
Deepwater Gas-Zone Shutoffs With Wireline in Openhole-Gravel-Pack Completions
Authors: Carpenter Chris 
Published: March 2016

This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper SPE 170789, “Deepwater Gas-Zone Shutoffs With Wireline in Openhole- Gravel-Pack Completions,” by Claudia Zettner, Hank Bensmiller, and Tom Lane, ExxonMobil, prepared for the 2014 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, 27–29 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
An operator successfully executed two wireline through-tubing gas-shutoff (GSO) workovers in high-angle openhole-gravel-pack (OHGP) completions to isolate high-gas/ oil-ratio (HGOR) zones, resulting in significantly increased oil production. This paper summarizes the GSO concept, completion modeling, job planning, completion-equipment testing, job execution, and production results from one of these two wells (the processes and results associated with the second well are detailed in the complete paper).
Introduction
All producers in the field of study were drilled from a 36-slot tension-leg platform (TLP) at a water depth of just over 1000 m. OHGPs are the preferred completion option in this field. It was recognized during the project-design phase that controlling unwanted gas and water in the future would be challenging. The well-work solution proposed and described in this paper can address that challenge by providing lower-GOR oil and additional reserves recovery.
Although the long-term depletion plans for most reservoirs in the field rely on waterflooding, some producing reservoirs have been used to store surplus gas until gas-export facilities were operational. As these injected gas caps expanded toward producers, GORs increased to the point at which processing facilities were gas constrained. Producer-well seriatims made on the basis of GOR are used to optimize oil production. The highest- GOR wells are typically cycled to manage GORs and then shut in when cycling is no longer effective.
Engineering principles and field experience have shown that gas breakthrough in any zone in a well can affect overall production significantly. High gas mobility, coupled with good injection support in the gas-producing interval, can result in an HGOR, and thus a noncompetitive, producer.
The completion diagram in Fig. 1 illustrates the general design of the lower completion. External shunt tubes prevented external casing packers (ECPs) on early wells. Later wells have internal shunt tubes that allow ECPs in the gravel-packed section of the well. Completions include gravel packs to minimize sand production from the unconsolidated reservoirs. Gravel-pack screens are shunted to help ensure gravel is transported and placed along the length of the screen. Gravel placement is generally effective, and sand production is rarely a problem in this field.
Oil producers are directionally drilled because most reservoir objectives are not directly underneath the TLP. Reservoir penetrations are often at a high angle from vertical to provide the permeability thickness necessary to deliver target rates.
Evaluation of serum amyloid A and haptoglobin concentrations as prognostic indicators for horses with colic
Authors: Westerman Trina L. , Foster Crystal M. , Tornquist Susan J. , Poulsen Keith P. 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of the acute-phase proteins serum amyloid A (SAA) and haptoglobin as prognostic indicators in horses with colic with regard to the need for surgical intervention, development of complications, and hospitalization cost and duration.
DESIGN Prospective observational study.
ANIMALS 20 clinically normal horses and 42 horses with colic.
PROCEDURES Total WBC and neutrophil counts and plasma fibrinogen, SAA, and haptoglobin concentrations were compared between healthy (control) horses and horses admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital for colic. Clinicopathologic values were compared between medical and surgical colic cases to test the ability of acute-phase proteins to predict indication for surgical intervention, development of complications, and duration and cost of hospitalization.
RESULTS Mean SAA concentration was significantly higher in the surgical group, compared with that for both the control and medical groups. Haptoglobin concentration did not differ significantly among groups. Horses with colic and an abnormally increased SAA concentration (> 5 μg/mL) were more likely to be managed surgically than medically (OR, 5.7; 95% confidence interval, 1.4 to 22.8). Horses with small intestinal lesions had significantly higher SAA concentrations than did control horses. Euthanasia due to a poor prognosis or the development of thrombophlebitis was more likely for horses with an SAA concentration > 5 μg/mL (OR, 7.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.1 to 52.4). A weak positive correlation (r = 0.30) was observed between cost of treatment and SAA concentration.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Horses with colic that had an abnormally increased SAA concentration were more likely to require surgical intervention, develop thrombophlebitis, or be euthanized because of a poor prognosis despite treatment.
Evaluation of Cauda Epididymal Semen Quality of Crossbred Bulls in the Tropics
Authors: Vettical Binoy S 
Published: March 2016

The objective of the study was to evaluate the quality of semen retrieved from cauda epididymis of crossbred bulls in the tropics. Testes from one hundred and twenty six recently slaughtered cross bred bulls in the tropics were used for the analyais. The total and progressive motility percentage obtained for epididymal semen were 49.17±9.26 per cent and 27.5±9.11 per cent respectively. The mean concentration obtained for epididymal semen was 37,175x106 ±7612x106 per ml. The mean percentage of live and dead sperms was 84.5±8.02 per cent and 15.5±8.02 per cent respectively. The mean percentage of normal spermatozoa, spermatozoa with abnormal heads, abnormal tails, spermatozoa with a proximal protoplasmic droplet and distal protoplasmic droplet were 35.67±2.30, 3.17±1.58, 2.33±0.61, 11.67±4.01 and 47.17±3.17 per cent respectively. Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol 4(1): 130-132
Effect of Date of Sowing on Yield and Yield Attributes of Different Wheat Varieties under Conventional Tillage in Sub-Humid Condition of Chitwan District of Nepal
Authors: Marasini Dinesh , Marahatta Santosh , Dhungana Surya Mani , Acharya Ramesh 
Published: March 2016

A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy farm of Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Rampur during winter season of 2014/2015 to find out the response of wheat varieties under different sowing dates. There was 9 treatments consisting three date of sowing (November 14, November29 and December 14) in main plot and three varieties namely Tillotama, Danfe and Vijay in sub-plot and were arranged in split plot design with three replications. The grain yield was significantly higher (3.09 tha-1) at November 14 whereas highest straw yield was recorded for November 29 sown wheat (5.61 t ha-1). Effective tiller (414) and number of grain per spike (34.34) were highest for November 29 sown wheat. The late sown wheat had more sterile floret (42.65%) while early sown wheat had highest thousand grain weight (51.23 g). Danfe had highest straw yield (5.87 t/ha). Effective tiller/m2 (419) and sterility percentage (43.35%) of Danfe was highest. Number of grains per spike (37.89) of Tillotama was highest and thousand grain weight (57.09 g) of Bijay was found highest. The grain yield of Bijay (3.30tha-1) was highest when it was sown at November 29. Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol 4(1): 27-31
Tensile shear strength and elongation of FSW parts predicted by Taguchi-based fuzzy logic
Authors: Kulekci Mustafa Kemal , Esme Ugur , Ocalir Seref , Ustun Deniz , Kazancoglu Yigit 
Published: March 2016

AbstractThis paper represents the fuzzy logic model for modeling and prediction of tensile shear strength and percent elongation of parts produced by the friction stir welding (FSW) process. A Taguchi L16 orthogonal array is used to plan and select the parameters and their levels. Weld travel speed, pin diameter and tool rotation are used as input variables. Therefore, a three-input and two-output fuzzy model is used to correlate these variables to the responses of tensile shear strength and percent elongation using the fuzzy rules generated based on experimental results. Close agreement is obtained between the fuzzy predicted and experimental results with the correlation coefficients of 0.931 and 0.895 for tensile shear strength and elongation, respectively.
Respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus in severe lower respiratory tract infections in children under two
Authors: Othman Heba Taher , Elhamed Walaa Al Sharany Abu , Hassan Dina Mohammed , Soliman May Sherif , Abdel Baset Radwa Wagih 
Published: March 2016

Introduction: Viruses are the most important causative agents of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs), ranked as the second leading cause of death and the primary cause of hospitalization in children. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are among the commonest viral causes of severe ALRTI. In this study, we aimed to study the burden of both RSV and hMPV in causing severe ALRTI in children younger than two years of age admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Methodology: Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from children admitted to the PICU with a diagnosis of community-acquired ALRTI who were two years of age or younger. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to test for RSV and hMPV. Results: A total of 127 swabs were screened for RSV and hMPV, of which 49.6% were negative for RSV and hMPV, 46.4% were positive for RSV, and 3.9% were positive for hMPV. With respect to RSV, the mean age of cases (4.01 ± 5.05) and the monthly distribution (mainly January) were the most important risk factors. There were no statistically significant differences between the RSV group and control group regarding duration of hospital stay, mechanical ventilation need or duration, and underlying chronic conditions. Conclusions: RSV is important viral cause of severe ALRTIs in children younger than two years of age during this study period; hMPV played a minor role.
Aux origines africaines de l’homme
Authors: Senut Brigitte 
Published: March 2016

L’histoire paléontologique de l’homme s’est largement enrichie ces dix dernières années par la découverte de plusieurs ancêtres potentiels de l’homme, de gorilles et de chimpanzés en Afrique permettant de mieux construire notre arbre phylogénétique (même si ces données sont toujours débattues). Leur âge dépasse les estimations couramment admises par la communauté scientifique (divergence homme chimpanzé, 4 à 6 millions d’années ; séparation gorille du groupe chimpanzé/homme à 9 millions d’années). Alors que le berceau de notre lignée semble bien africain, certains auteurs admettent que des hominoïdes sortis d’Afrique au Miocène moyen se seraient développés en Eurasie pour revenir en Afrique au Miocène supérieur et donner naissance à notre lignée. Cette dernière hypothèse ne tient, cependant, pas compte d’un certain nombre de données récentes. L’Afrique a été peuplée d’hominoïdes depuis 25 millions d’années environ et, bien que ceux-ci aient émigré vers l’Eurasie au Miocène moyen en liaison avec les changements climatiques subis par le globe à cette époque, on ne peut pour autant pas affirmer que leurs descendants sont nos ancêtres directs. En effet, l’Afrique et le Sud de l’Eurasie se trouvaient sous un climat tropical au Miocène moyen et supérieur et une connexion existait entre les deux continents. Il semble donc assez probable que les hominoïdes aient pu se déplacer assez fréquemment d’une région à l’autre, mais rien ne plaide aujourd’hui en la faveur d’une origine exclusive eurasiatique.
Exploring School Leadership in England and the Caribbean
Authors: Miller Paul 
Published: March 2016

What drives school leaders?
What do they do on a day to day basis?What helps or constrains their decision-making?What keeps them focused amidst challenges?
Rather than applying theory to practice, Exploring School Leadership in England and the Caribbean draws on how school leaders practice and experience their own leadership. Paul Miller draws on case studies from Jamaica and England to explore what it means to be a school leader and explores a wide-range of issues, including accountability, performativity, inclusion and multiculturalism, technology, staffing and resourcing decisions.
While no two school leaders will have identical experiences as a school leader, Paul Miller draws on the first-hand accounts of school leaders to show that regardless of school size, type and location there are a number of common experiences and themes. Miller acknowledges that the practice of school leadership is occurring in an uncertain economic environment, buoyed by a fast paced policy context where by targets linked to national economic development are the new normal. He concludes that school leadership is a continuous balancing act driven by and experienced through an ”Economic-motor model„ of schooling – which he proposes.
UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age
Authors: Robertson David G. 
Published: March 2016

How–and why–were UFOs so prevalent in both conspiracy theories and the New Age milieu in the post-Cold War period? In this ground-breaking book, David G. Robertson argues that UFOs symbolized an uncertainty about the boundaries between scientific knowledge and other ways of validating knowledge, and thus became part of a shared vocabulary.
Through historical and ethnographic case studies of three prominent figures–novelist and abductee Whitley Strieber; environmentalist and reptilian proponent David Icke; and David Wilcock, alleged reincarnation of Edgar Cayce–the investigation reveals that millennial conspiracism offers an explanation as to why the prophesied New Age failed to arrive–it was prevented from arriving by malevolent, hidden others. Yet millennial conspiracism constructs a counter-elite, a gnostic third party defined by their special knowledge.
An overview of the development of UFO subcultures from the perspective of religious studies, UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age is an innovative application of discourse analysis to the study of present day alternative religion.
West Indian Pentecostals
Authors: McLean-Farrell Janice A. 
Published: March 2016

This is a significant in-depth study that explores the cultural context of the religious experience of West Indian immigrant communities. Whereas most studies to date have focussed on how immigrants settle in their new home contexts, Janice A. McLean-Farrell argues for a more comprehensive perspective that takes into account the importance of religion and the role of both ‘home’ and the ‘host’ contexts in shaping immigrant lives in the Diaspora.
West Indian Pentecostals: Living Their Faith in New York and London explores how these three elements (religion, the ‘home’ and ‘host’ contexts) influence the ethnic-religious identification processes of generations of West Indian immigrants. Using case studies from the cities of New York and London, the book offers a critical cross-national comparison into the complex and indirect ways the historical, socio-economic, and political realities in diaspora contribute to both the identification processes and the ‘missional’ practices of immigrants. Its focus on Pentecostalism also provides a unique opportunity to test existing theories and concepts on the interface of religion and immigration and makes important contributions to the study of Pentecostalism.
The Invention of Taste
Authors: Vercelloni Luca 
Published: March 2016

The Invention of Taste provides a detailed overview of the development of taste, from ancient times to the present. At the heart of the book is an intriguing question: why did the sensory attribute of human taste become a social metaphor and aesthetic value for judging cultural qualities of art, fashion, cuisine and other social constructions?
Unique amongst the senses, taste is at once a biologically derived sense, private, personal and individual, yet also a sensibility which can be acquired, shared, and communicated. Exploring the many factors that defined the evolution of taste – from medieval morals and medicine to social and cultural philosophy, the rise of aesthetics, birth of fashion, branding trends, and luxury worship in the age of mass consumption – Luca Vercelloni’s ambitious text provides readers with an outstanding introduction to the subject, making it thecultural history of taste.
Now available for the first time in English, Taste features a new final chapter and a preface by series editor David Howes. Rich in detail and examples, this interdisciplinary work is an important read for students and researchers in sensory studies, philosophy, sociology and cultural studies, as well as gastronomy, fashion, design, and branding.
A formação do conceito de integralidade em saúde à luz da abordagem histórico-cultural
Authors: Camargo Rosangela Andrade Aukar de , Zuelli Fabiana Maria das Graças Corsi , Toneti Adrielle Naiara , Silva Marta Angélica Iossi , Gonçalves Marlene Fagundes Carvalho , Andrade Luciane Sá de 
Published: March 2016

Esta pesquisa analisou a formação do conceito de integralidade em saúde pelo aluno de curso de bacharelado e licenciatura em enfermagem numa abordagem histórico-cultural. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva qualitativa, realizada numa universidade pública estadual, com 24 alunos. As informações coletadas por entrevistas geraram três categorias conforme os estágios de formação do conceito científico, intituladas: A pluralidade inicial dos sentidos do conceito de integralidade em saúde; Das generalizações de impressões subjetivas aos atributos concretos; O conceito potencial ou pseudoconceito. A análise revelou um processo dialético entre pensamento e fala. O conceito de integralidade em saúde evoluiu das palavras tudo e todo, para a associação ao princípio do Sistema Único de Saúde, ao trabalho em equipe como orientador das práticas de saúde e na organização dos serviços. Conclui-se que a teoria de formação de conceitos na abordagem histórico-cultural, permitiu identificar avanços e lacunas na aprendizagem do aluno na construção do conhecimento.
Sensitive Electrochemical Determination of Rhodamine B Based on a Silica-Pillared Zirconium Phosphate/Nafion Composite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode
Authors: Zhang Jing , Zhang Liu , Wang Wenchang , Chen Zhidong 
Published: March 2016

Abstract
A sensitive and convenient electrochemical method was developed for the determination of rhodamine B by a silica-pillared zirconium phosphate/nafion composite (SPZP/NAF) modified glassy carbon electrode. The SPZP was characterized with scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Because of the layer structure and large specific surface area of SPZP, the SPZP/NAF modified glassy carbon electrode showed high electrocatalytic activity toward the oxidation of rhodamine B. Under optimal experimental conditions, the SPZP/NAF modified electrode exhibited a wide linear response to rhodamine B ranging from 0.01 to 5.0 μM and a low detection limit down to 4.3 nM (S/N = 3). This method showed good accuracy, acceptable precision, and reproducibility. This electrode had been applied in the determination of rhodamine B in preserved fruit and chili powder samples. The proposed method provided a useful tool for the assay of rhodamine B in food samples.
Dataset for Reporting of Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pleura or Peritoneum: Recommendations From the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR)
Authors: Churg Andrew , Attanoos Richard , Borczuk Alain C. , Chirieac Lucian R. , Galateau-Sallé Françoise , Gibbs Allen , Henderson Douglas , Roggli Victor , Rusch Valerie , Judge Meagan J. , Srigley John R. 
Published: March 2016

Context.—The International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting is a not-for-profit organization formed by the Royal Colleges of Pathologists of Australasia and the United Kingdom; the College of American Pathologists; the Canadian Association of Pathologists–Association Canadienne des Pathologists, in association with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer; and the European Society of Pathology. Its goal is to produce common, internationally agreed upon, evidence-based datasets for use throughout the world.Objective.—To describe a dataset developed by the Expert Panel of the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting for reporting malignant mesothelioma of both the pleura and peritoneum. The dataset is composed of “required” (mandatory) and “recommended” (nonmandatory) elements.Design.—Based on a review of the most recent evidence and supported by explanatory commentary.Results.—Eight required elements and 7 recommended elements were agreed upon by the Expert Panel to represent the essential information for reporting malignant mesothelioma of the pleura and peritoneum.Conclusions.—In time, the widespread use of an internationally agreed upon, structured, pathology dataset for mesothelioma will lead not only to improved patient management but also provide valuable data for research and international benchmarks.