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Aramco Engineer Balances Work, Family
Authors: Al-Yateem Karam Sami 
Published: April 2015

YEPP PerSPEctive - A Saudi Aramco engineer balances work and family.
Amal Al-Awami is a mother of four and one of the few female engineers working for Saudi Aramco. She is from Qatif in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, and joined the company right after finishing high school in 1979. She later earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from the U. of Southern California and an MBA degree from Hull U. in the U.K. She has worked in various departments and is currently a reservoir-simulation specialist with the Reservoir Description and Simulation Dept.
Just like many high school graduates, Al-Awami was not sure about what she wanted to major in. All she had in mind was to go to a big university in the U. S. Realizing that dream and getting a scholarship to the U.S. from Saudi Aramco opened the doors wide to almost all the majors she could dream of. People around her encouraged her to go for medicine. She entertained that idea, but medical school in the U.S. was almost out of the question because of the limited seats available for undergraduate international students. Reading about engineering majors in the King Fahd U. of Petroleum and Minerals course book led her to choose chemical engineering. Chemistry was her favorite subject, and engineering was what she was after. So, to her, it was the best combination. Now that she has become a petroleum engineer by profession, she states that sometimes she regrets the fact that she didn't go for a petroleum engineering degree at the same time, but she knows in her heart that she did the right thing.
Knowledge Management Enhances Technical Training Program
Authors: Conway Matt , Bedford David , Oehler Matt 
Published: April 2015

Pillars of the Industry - How knowledge management enhances technical training programs.
World demand for oil is at an all-time high, and the oil industry is riding one of its busiest cycles in history. This creates a wonderful market in which current college graduates and young professionals can get involved. Positions are open across the industry for almost any type of technical degree. While this is great for the young professionals of the world, it creates many challenges for the industry. Issues arise regarding how to train and mentor these new employees as they progress into productive positions as quickly as possible.
If it isn't enough to provide training on oilfield practices and technology; we are also facing what many in the industry are referring to as "the great crew change." In the next 5–10 years, a large majority of employees who hired on in the boom of the 1970s and early 1980s will be retiring. These employees are commonly referred to as the "knowledge base" for the industry. This means that in addition to training young professionals on general oilfield material, we must also pass along or otherwise retain as much of this knowledge as possible.
Halliburton has taken a somewhat blended approach to this problem involving a tailored Technical Training Program (TTP) and what we refer to as Knowledge Management (KM) communities for collaborating on and cataloging solutions to issues. This article will address each one of these separately to point out their unique benefits, but also explain how they complement each other to create a complete training and development environment. First look at the TTP.
Mentoring - Outstanding Benefits for All, for Little Effort
Authors: Robb Bill 
Published: April 2015

Soft Skills - Tips on how to mentor well and how to gain the most from your mentor.
When it comes to improving the performance of people, progressing a career, and ensuring the growth of a company or department, mentoring comes close to being that elusive "magic bullet."
From a company perspective, mentoring is an in-depth, very relevant, practical, and cost-effective way of developing the next generation of leaders. You can take relatively inexperienced people and bring them up to speed quickly. In addition, existing managers can be taken quickly and with full confidence to the next rung of senior management. Not only that, but because the basis of the mentoring relationship is a helping one, if enough relationships are established, an even better working environment develops.
From the perspective of the "mentee", it is wonderful to have a more experienced and knowledgeable person to guide you through not only the technical requirements of the job but also the often "hidden" political and social culture of the organization.
The benefits to the mentor might not be so obvious. Of course, you get the "brownie points" for doing what your company has asked you to do. Also, the mentee could be an additional resource to delegate to. However, many mentors report much deeper human benefits—the satisfaction of seeing another human being progress and succeed.
Social Networking and Online Collaboration in the Oil and Gas Industry
Authors: Andreev Anton , Svendsen Per Olav Eide , Etkind Josh , Chalbaud Carlos , Johannsen Griet 
Published: April 2015

Forum - Social networking and online collaboration in the oil and gas industry.
“He, who owns the information, owns the world.” This famous phrase by Winston Churchill might sound like a cliché, but it is particularly relevant today.
“The most important, and indeed the truly unique, contribution of management in the 20th century was the 50-fold increase in the productivity of the manual worker in manufacturing. The most important contribution management needs to make in the 21st century is similarly to increase the productivity of knowledge work and the knowledge worker,” said author Peter Drucker back in 1959. This was when the term “knowledge worker” was defined. Also, the third wave of human socioeconomic development is described in the book The Fifth Generation Management (Savage, 1996) as the Age of Knowledge.
Web 2.0 and social networking platforms have revolutionized the way we collaborate and communicate with others. One prominent example of a social network service is, of course, Facebook, which boasts some 350 million users. To put that community size in perspective, if Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s third largest, superseded only by China and India. In addition, online forums allow hundreds and thousands of people to unify their efforts to discuss and solve problems. Video snippets are recorded and uploaded to YouTube. Groups are formed on Facebook unifying people with similar interests across the world. Wikipedia is growing by the minute and contains more than 15 million articles in 270 languages, with all of the content written collaboratively by unpaid Internet volunteers.
Benchmarking Our Industry
Authors: Medina Max 
Published: April 2015

What's Ahead - Comments on benchmarking.
There is no business like the oil business! We are very fortunate to be working in oil and gas. I believe it is the best industry in the world and that there is no better time than now for YPs in oil and gas to develop their careers. However, this issue of TWA is not about self-promotion; we started planning our content with the vision of benchmarking our industry. Essentially, we wanted to know what we do differently and what we can learn from other industries to become even better. There is the old story of a guy who asks a friend, “What is the most profitable business in the world?” The friend answers, “The most profitable business in the world is a well-managed oil company.” The guy asks again, “What about the second most profitable?” The friend answers, “A poorly managed oil company.” This story, which I first heard some 20 years ago, is a reflection of the single most important fact keeping our industry from making an improvement breakthrough: There is not enough drive to generate a major change. The funny thing is that this story is no longer true. Nowadays, there are other industries that are as profitable and valuable as ours; and, as we all know, the economic reality of most emerging hydrocarbon sources (shale, deep water, heavy oil, etc.) is that they will not be profitable without greater efficiency in delivery. The driver for change is now looming on the horizon. There is no more easy oil being discovered, other competing energy sources are being developed at a faster pace, and we face a workforce shortage fueled by the “Big Crew Change.”
Course of COPD Assessment Test (CAT) Scores During Bacterial Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treated in Outpatient Setting
Authors: Minov Jordan , Karadzinska-Bislimovska Jovanka , Vasilevska Kristin , Stoleski Saso , Mijakoski Dragan 
Published: April 2015

Introduction :
COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is an 8-items questionnaire for assessment of health status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Objective :
To evaluate the course of CAT scores during bacterial exacerbations of COPD treated in outpatient setting.

Methods :
We performed an observational, prospective study including 81 outpatients (57 males and 24 females, aged 43 to 74 years) with bacterial exacerbation of COPD. All participants completed CAT at initial visit (i.e. at the time of diagnosis of exacerbation and beginning of its treatment), 10 and 30 days after initial visit. Mean scores of each item, as well as the overall mean score, at these time points were compared.

Results :
The mean scores for each CAT question at initial visit varied from 2.6 to 3.5, whereas the mean scores for each CAT question 10 days after initial visit varied from 1.7 to 2.6. We registered significant reduction of the mean overall CAT score 10 days after initial visit as compared to its value at initial visit of 6.9 ± 2.7 points (16.8 vs 23.7; P < 0.001). The mean scores for each CAT question 30 days after initial visit varied from 1.3 to 2.4. We registered reduction of mean overall CAT score 30 days after initial visit as compared to its score 10 days after initial visit of 2.9 ± 1.2 points (13.9 vs 16.8; P < 0.005). The mean overall CAT score 30 days after initial visit was reduced for 9.8 ± 4.5 points as compared to its value at initial visit (13.9 vs 23.7; P < 0.001).

Conclusion :
We found significant improvement in the patient’s health status during recovery from exacerbation as compared to their health status at the time of exacerbation confirming the CAT as an effective tool to measure health status in patients with COPD.
Assessment of the Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
Severity: The FACED Score vs the Bronchiectasis
Severity Index
Authors: Minov J , Karadzinska-Bislimovska J , Vasilevska K , Stoleski S , Mijakoski D 
Published: April 2015

Introduction :
Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) is a multidimensional disease, and no single isolated parameter is proved to have sufficient power for any overall determination of its severity and prognosis.

Objective :
To compare the results of the assessment of the NCFB severity with respect to its prognosis in the same patients by two different validated scores, i.e. the FACED score and the Bronchiectasis Severity Index (BSI).

Methods :
An observational study including 37 patients with NCFB (16 males and 21 female aged 46 to 76 years) was performed. All patients underwent evaluation of the variables incorporated in the FACED score (FEV1 % predicted, age, chronic colonization by Pseudomaonas aeruginosa, radiological extent of the disease, and dyspnea) and in the BSI (age, body mass index, FEV1 % predicted, hospitalization and exacerbations in previous year, dyspnea, chronic colonization by Pseudomaonas aeruginosa and other microrganisms, and radiological extent of the disease).

Results :
According to the value of the derived overall FACED score we found 17 patients (45.9%) with mild bronchiectasis, 14 patients (37.8%) with moderate bronchiectasis and 6 patients (16.2%) with severe bronchiectasis. The mean derived FACED score was 3.4 ± 1.3. In addition, according to the value of the derived overall BSI score, the frequency of patients with low, intermediate and high BSI score was 16 patients (43,2%), 14 patients (37.8%) and 7 patients (18.9%), respectively. The mean derived BSI score was 6.4 ± 2.5.

Conclusion :
We found similar results by the assessment of the NCFB severity in regard to its prognosis by both the FACED score and the BSI. Further studies determining how these scores may impact clinical practice are needed.
Transient unilateral vision loss in a dog following inadvertent intravitreal injection of bupivacaine during a dental procedure
Authors: Alessio Terri L. , Krieger Emily M. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Case Description—A 4-year-old castrated male Chihuahua was evaluated because of unilateral vision loss following extraoral administration of a caudal maxillary nerve block during a dental procedure.
Clinical Findings—The menace response was absent in the left eye, but the pupillary light reflex was intact. Vitreal hemorrhages and opacities were present on ophthalmic examination of the left eye. Ultrasonographic findings were supportive of the clinical findings. The posterior lens capsule and retina appeared to be undisturbed.
Treatment and Outcome—Treatment consisted of administration of carprofen and prophylactic administration of amoxicillin-clavulanate. Vision was clinically normal with an intact menace response 1 week later.
Clinical Relevance—Findings indicated that intravitreal injection of the local anesthetic agent should be considered as a potential complication when performing nerve blocks prior to dental procedures in dogs.
Arthroscopic removal of discrete palmar carpal osteochondral fragments in horses: 25 cases (1999–2013)
Authors: Lang Hayley M. , Nixon Alan J. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Objective—To characterize discrete palmar carpal osteochondral fragmentation in horses and to document the effect of osteoarthritis and surgical removal of these fragments on functional outcome.
Design—Retrospective case series.
Animals—25 horses.
Procedures—Medical records and radiographic views were reviewed to identify horses that had radiographic evidence of palmar carpal fragmentation, which was subsequently treated by arthroscopic removal. Information collected included cause of fracture, initial and long-term clinical and radiographic findings, and functional outcome.
Results—Palmar carpal fragmentation of 30 carpal bones was identified in 25 unilaterally affected horses. A known traumatic event was reported to cause the fragmentation in 17 of the 25 (68%) horses. Of the 25 horses, 17 (68%) had fragmentation involving the antebrachiocarpal joint, 7 (28%) had fragmentation involving the middle carpal joint, and 1 (4%) had fragmentation involving the carpometacarpal joint. The proximal aspect of the radial carpal bone was the most commonly affected site (12/30 fragments), followed by the accessory carpal bone (6/30). Of the 25 horses, 19 (76%) were not lame (sound) after surgery and returned to their intended use, 4 (16%) were considered pasture sound, and 2 were euthanized (because of severe postoperative osteoarthritis or long bone fracture during recovery from anesthesia). Eight of the 14 horses with preoperative evidence of osteoarthritis returned to function after surgery. Twelve of 17 horses with antebrachiocarpal joint fragments and 6 of 7 horses with middle carpal joint fragments returned to their previous use.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results indicated that the prognosis for horses after arthroscopic removal of palmar carpal osteochondral fragments is good. Early intervention, before the development of osteoarthritis, is recommended.
The squeezed middle? The Liberal Democrats in Wales and Scotland: A post-coalition reassessment
Authors: Evans A.B. 
Published: April 2015

In the wake of the repeated electoral losses suffered by the Scottish and Welsh Liberal Democrats in 2011 and 2012, it is perhaps unsurprising that recent analysis has focused on the ‘toxic impact of the federal party's coalition with the Conservative party’ on the devolved state parties electoral fortunes. Certainly this significant electoral collapse, alongside the hostility to both parties recorded in the 2011 Scottish and Welsh electoral surveys, could be said to lend credence to such a research focus. However, this article argues that the real potency of the Westminster coalition has resulted from it exacerbating and exposing weaknesses that have long blighted the Liberal Democrats in Scotland and Wales. Indeed, by adopting an approach that places the Scottish and Welsh Liberal Democrats' current woes within a historical context, this article will contend that such frailties highlight structural weaknesses at the very heart of the Liberal Democrats federally.
The clinical characteristics and outcome of children hospitalized with dengue in Barbados, an English Caribbean country
Authors: Kumar Alok , Gittens-St. Hilair Marquita , Jason Vincent , Ugwuagu Christian , Krishnamurthy Kandamaran 
Published: April 2015

Introduction: Although dengue is endemic in all English-speaking Caribbean countries, there are no published studies on the clinical presentations and outcomes of children hospitalized with dengue from this region. This study aims to assess the clinical charcteristics and the outcome in children hospitalized with dengue. Methods: This was a population-based prospective study of all the children hospitalized with confirmed dengue in 2009 in Barbados. All children suspected to have dengue were routinely screened for dengue infection and underwent routine blood tests. Relevant data was extracted from their case files at the time of their discharge from the hospital. Results: Of the 199 children who were hospitalized with suspected dengue, 115 (58%) were confirmed. The overall incidence rate of dengue among children that required hospitalization was 2.1/1,000 children. Besides the typical clinical features of dengue, 64 children hospitalized with confirmed dengue also presented with gastrointestinal manifestations (56%), 39 with respiratory manifestations (51%), 11 with hepatic manifestations (10%), 8 with neurologic manifestations (7%), and 7 with cardiovascular manifestations (6%). Twenty (17.4%) children hospitalized with confirmed dengue met the criteria for the diagnosis of severe dengue. The other 82.6% had uncomplicated or non-severe (53.9% had dengue and 28.7% had dengue with warning signs) forms of dengue. The case fatality rate in this series was 1.7%. Conclusions: Less than a third of all the children with confirmed dengue required hospitalization. Atypical clinical manifestations were common, and only a minority of these children had severe dengue. Overall, the case fatality rate for dengue in this select population of children hospitalized with dengue was low.
Un suivi qui fait la différence
Authors: Hazard Anne 
Published: April 2015

Une naissance prématurée, ça n’arrive pas qu’aux autres. Et si, pour une grossesse gémellaire, le risque est grand, aucune famille n’est préparée. Quand cela survient, tout s’écroule. Comment faire face à ce parcours difficile ? Comment restaurer l’image « idéale » de la maternité ? Ce début de vie ne se déroule pas sans heurts, mais pas sans aide : pmi avec personnel compétent et attentif, réseau en ville d’orthophonistes, pédopsychiatres et psychomotriciennes. Le suivi mis en place relève autant du soin que de la prévention. Il permet aux enfants de récupérer, d’aller de mieux en mieux. Et aux familles d’exister pleinement.
Lésions cérébrales du nouveau-né prématuré
Authors: Saliba Elie 
Published: April 2015

Les lésions cérébrales survenant chez l’enfant né prématuré ont diminué ces dernières années, mais elles restent encore relativement fréquentes chez le très grand prématuré. Il existe deux types de lésions de mécanismes différents : les hémorragies intraventriculaires et les lésions périventriculaires de la substance blanche, appelées « leucomalacies périventriculaires » ( lmpv ). Ces lésions cérébrales sont détectées en période néonatale couramment par les échographies transfontanellaires ( etf ) et, mieux, par l’imagerie par résonance magnétique ( irm ). Les mécanismes responsables des lésions hémorragiques sont surtout hémodynamiques, cellulaires et parfois génétiques. En cas de lmpv les causes sont multifactorielles, en lien avec la vulnérabilité cellulaire. Certaines causes peuvent être traitées en anténatal : les causes infectieuses maternelles. Les séquelles motrices sont dues aux lésions de leucomalacie périventriculaire et on peut, dans les formes sévères, en prévoir le type. Les lésions graves hémorragiques peuvent être associées à des lésions de la substance blanche ou entraîner une hydrocéphalie. Mais les grands prématurés peuvent présenter des séquelles neuropsychologiques et cognitives sans lésions détectées en période néonatale rendant compte de la complexité des mécanismes cérébraux.
Prématurité et risques psychopathologiques : la mise à l’épreuve des liens
Authors: Boissel Anne , Ouss Lisa 
Published: April 2015

Les risques psychopathologiques chez les anciens prématurés sont encore méconnus. Chez l’enfant et l’adolescent, on retrouve trois types de troubles avec une fréquence élevée : les troubles de l’attention, les troubles anxieux et les troubles du spectre autistique. Chez l’adulte, les études sur les registres nationaux montrent des liens nets entre caractéristiques néonatales et troubles psychopathologiques, avec une corrélation au poids de naissance où à l’âge gestationnel.
Les transformations sociales de la fin de vie et de la mort dans les sociétés contemporaines
Authors: Castra Michel 
Published: April 2015

En quelques décennies, nos sociétés ont connu de profondes mutations dans l’approche de la mort et de la fin de vie. L’émergence des soins palliatifs, les débats autour de l’euthanasie volontaire, le développement significatif de la crémation et des contrats obsèques traduisent un nouveau rapport à la mort. On assiste ainsi à une recomposition des normes et des pratiques autour du mourir qui se manifeste notamment par un recul des rites et une nouvelle forme de médicalisation de la fin de vie. Contestant l’idée d’un « déni social » de la mort, cet article montre que ces évolutions traduisent au contraire l’existence d’une socialisation à la mort où les professionnels et les individus occupent désormais une place centrale.
Porter le deuil
Authors: Hortonéda Jeanine 
Published: April 2015

Il s’agit de se demander ce que signifie aujourd’hui être en deuil, faire son deuil, individuellement et collectivement, dans un contexte politique et social où le rapport « traditionnel » à la mort a profondément changé. L’interrogation porte sur deux excès, pour tenter d’en mesurer les conséquences : l’excès du deuil et l’absence de deuil, à travers des exemples pris dans la tragédie grecque d’une part, et d’autre part dans les analyses de J. Butler sur les « sans-deuil ». Pour finir, en référence aux discussions entre Derrida et Levinas, la question se noue sur la responsabilité des vivants, survivants à l’égard des morts.
« Si mal immunisé contre la nuit »
Authors: Costes Jean-François 
Published: April 2015

Si mal immunisé contre la nuit : contre la nuit de la mort, contre la nuit d’histoires bouleversées ? Si mal immunisé contre la nuit : le jeune qui meurt, l’éducateur qui accompagne, l’institution impliquée ? Si mal immunisé contre la nuit que je n’ai trouvé d’autre manière de dire que de proposer deux récits qui tentent de parler de ces « mourir » auxquels nous avons été confrontés en respectant l’irréductible singularité de ces événements.