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Kaizen-Driven Approach While Managing Industrial Projects. A Scandinavian Company Succeeds in Eastern Europe
Authors: Popescu Daniel 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Eastern European companies have experienced various and radical transformations, as resultof the economic crises and turbulences, which exposed structural weaknesses. In the meantime, long-term challenges - such as globalization, shift of power centers from the nationallevel to international structures or scarcity of resources - intensify. Given this context, it ismandatory for companies to develop strategies aiming at being competitive.
The paper aims to propose an exploratory analysis regarding a Swedish-Finnish ownedcompany active in Romania - that was capable to build a strategic vision of its future, todefine a plan for change and to implement the necessary measures for the project success. The author has conducted a study and developed a case along a project aiming at continuousimprovement (Kaizen) in this company, emphasizing its main results. In order to analyzethe project of implementing Kaizen methodology, the research initiative consisted both ofprimary and secondary research. The paper analyzes the project from the point of view ofeconomic situation of the company and environment, time constraints, budget limitations, technical level/quality performance and risks.
The central finding is that concept-oriented projects run by an advanced-country companycould succeed in a less economically developed and culturally different country - even inturbulent periods and not even in highly dynamic and technologically advanced industries- if the top management is strongly committed and management team completely involved. The paper concludes with study results, as well as some lessons learnt and managerialimplications - useful for future similar projects either within the company under debate orby other organizations in similar circumstances.
Shop Floor-Level Control of Manufacturing Companies: An Interview Study in Finland
Authors: Tokola Henri , Järvenpää Eeva , Salonen Tapio , Lanz Minna , Koho Mikko , Niemi Esko 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
This paper publishes the results of interviews regarding shop-floor-level control of 18 Finnish manufacturing companies. The interviews had 17 open questions relating to demand characteristics, shop floor-level control issues, production flexibility, inventory control, and potential development areas. In order to get insights from the interviews, this paper analyses the answers from the interviews and categorises them into typical answers. The companies that were interviewed are also categorised as small companies with their own end products, subcontractors, or large companies with their own end products, and the emphasis of the analysis is on how companies differ in their shop floor-level control. The results show that different types of companies have different characteristics. Small companies are characterised by constant workflow, seasonal trends in demand, and the use of forecasts. Subcontractors have great daily variation in their demand and processing times. Large companies tend to focus on inventory issues.
Cross-modal priming differences between native and nonnative Spanish speakers
Authors: Herd Wendy , Sereno Joan , Jongman Allard 
Published: April 2015

AbstractTraining has been shown to improve American English speakers’ perception and production of the Spanish /ɾ, r, d/ contrast; however, it is unclear whether successfully trained contrasts are encoded in the lexicon. This study investigates whether learners of Spanish process the /ɾ, r, d/ contrast differently than native speakers and whether training affects processing. Using a cross-modal priming design, thirty-three Spanish learners were compared to ten native Spanish speakers. For native speakers, auditory primes with intervocalic taps (like [koɾo]) resulted in faster reaction times in response to matching visual targets (likecoro) than to orthographically and phonemically similar targets (likecorroandcodo). American English speakers’ reaction times were not affected by the relationship between primes and targets before training. After training, trainees responded more quickly to matching targets than to mismatching /ɾ/-/r/ prime-targets (e.g., [koɾo] followed bycorro) while controls’ reaction time patterns did not change. This indicates that native Spanish speakers and Spanish learners process words containing the /ɾ, r, d/ contrast differently and that improvements from training can be encoded in the lexicon.
A New Species Of Testate Amoebae Of The Genus Difflugia From The Freshwaters Of Azerbaijan (Rhizopoda, Testacea, Difflugiidae)
Authors: Snegovaya N. Yu. , Tahirova E. N. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
A new testate amoebae species Difflugia alekperovi sp. n. was found during a faunistic study of inland waters of Lenkoran Region, South-Eastern Azerbaijan. The morphology and biometry of this species was described by LM and SEM investigations.
On Sexual Dimorphism Of Karyotypes Of Viviparus viviparus And V. contectus (Gastropoda, Viviparidae)
Authors: Andriychuk T. V. , Garbar A. V. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Karyotype analysis of males and females of two Viviparid species Viviparus viviparus Linnaeus, 1758 and V. contectus (Millet, 1813), shows differences in their karyotypes in the absence of heteromorphic pairs of chromosomes. This indicates an epigamous mechanism of sex determination.
A Review Of Major Impact Factors Of Hostilities Influencing Biodiversity In The Eastern Ukraine (Modeled On Selected Animal Species)
Authors: Vasyliuk O. V. , Nekrasova O. D. , Shyriaieva D. V. , Kolomytsev G. O. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
We identified major factors (both direct and indirect), caused by the hostilities in Ukrainian ATO zone that adversely influence local biodiversity and environment. Damaged conservational territories (objects of nature conservation fund) were assessed. One of the most severe factors, the fires were studied using data from Terra MODIS remote sensing, resulting in a model of localization and spatial configuration of fires on natural and agricultural territories in ATO zone during June-September 2014. In that period, 2901 ignitions were registered in ATO zone, exceeding the numbers for previous four years. It was determined that 81 % of all of the ignitions happened on natural steppe and forest areas, 19 % in settlements. Th e fires damaged 18 % of forest area, 23 % of the steppe area and 14 % of arable lands of ATO zone. For two snake species of Red book of Ukraine — eastern Elaphe dione and more widespread Hierophis caspius — it was shown that most of the animals and their biotopes in Luhansk and Donetsk Regions of Ukraine are under threat. Far example, 65–82 % of 108 finds of these Colubridae registered in the eastern Ukraine are located in the ATO zone and near to hostilities. GIS models also showed that more than 50 % of biotopes, suitable for these snakes, are in the ATO zone or near it. Based on world-wide experience and our own observations, we safely assume that the events of 2014 in the ATO territory can possibly cause far-reaching adverse consequences for natural landscapes, local flora and fauna, and the massive local disappearance of plant and animal populations.
Effect of n doped amorphous layer between microcrystalline i/n layer on the performance of micromorph tandem solar cells
Authors: Yang Jingjing , Li Tingkai , Tan Xueshi , Zhang Feng , Mao Bingxue 
Published: April 2015

ABSTRACTPin/pin “micromorph” tandem solar cells were manufactured by the industrial production line of Hunan Gongchuang PV Science & Technology Co., Ltd. Based on this kind of solar cells, a n-doped amorphous silicon layer deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique (PECVD) was inserted between the microcrystalline silicon intrinsic layer and n-doped layer. The result showed that the introduced n-type amorphous silicon layer well improved the solar cells performance by reducing the bad effects caused by microcrystalline silicon growth defects. Compared with the solar cells without inserting the n-doped amorphous silicon layer, the open voltage and efficiency increased remarkably. When the thickness of n-doped amorphous silicon layer is 8nm, the open voltage increased from 72.9V to 73.6V and efficiency increased from 10.63% to 10.74%.
Um corte radical no tecido da História: o livre uso do passado na narrativa biográfica de Paulo Leminski
Authors: Moraes Everton De Oliveira 
Published: April 2015

Este texto tem como objetivo analisar os usos do passado na literatura biográfica de Paulo Leminski, bem como a ideia de historicidade que estes usos pressupõem. Tomar-se-á, para isto, como exemplo, a biografia do poeta catarinense Cruz e Sousa escrita pelo autor curitibano. Interessa perceber como Leminski busca criar uma narrativa literária que se utiliza de fragmentos de passado para problematizar a sua atualidade, tecendo, através desta narrativa, conexões com múltiplas temporalidades, questionando as relações entre sujeito e objeto, tais como elas se efetuam nos saberes disciplinares modernos e na política contemporânea. Esse tipo de experiência do pensamento pode ajudar a problematizar os limites de nossa imaginação historiográfica.
Clinical Practice Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyponatraemia
Authors: Spasovski Goce , Vanholder Raymond , Allolio Bruno , Annane Djillali , Ball Steve , Bichet Daniel , Decaux Guy , Fenske Wiebke , Hoorn Ewout , Ichai Carole , Joannidis Michael , Soupart Alain , Zietse Robert , Haller Maria , Nagler Evi , Van Biesen Wim , van der Veer Sabine 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Hyponatraemia, defined as a serum sodium concentration <135 mmol/l, is the most common disorder of body fuid and electrolyte balance encountered in clinical practice. It can lead to a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms, from subtle to severe or even life threatening, and is associated with increased mortality, morbidity and length of hospital stay in patients presenting with a range of conditions. Despite this, the management of patients remains problematic. The prevalence of hyponatraemia in widely different conditions and the fact that hyponatraemia is managed by clinicians with a broad variety of backgrounds have fostered diverse institution-and speciality-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. To obtain a common and holistic view, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) and the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), represented by European Renal Best Practice (ERBP), have developed the Clinical Practice Guideline on the diagnostic approach and treatment of hyponatraemia as a joint venture of three societies representing specialists with a natural interest in hyponatraemia. In addition to a rigorous approach to methodology and evaluation, we were keen to ensure that the document focused on patient-important outcomes and included utility for clinicians involved in everyday practice.
Arrêt traumatique du récit et de la symbolisation : un dérivé de la pulsion de mort ?
Authors: Laub Dori 
Published: April 2015

À travers une autobiographie clinique, Dori Laub montre comment il a cheminé vers un travail analytique mesurant pleinement l’impact de la transmission intergénérationnelle de trauma. Son expérience clinique auprès de soldats est en cela décisive. Au sujet de sa première patiente, il montre comment dérive de la pulsion de mort son « aveuglement contre-transférentiel » (partagé avec son superviseur) et étend le champ d’application du « complexe de la mère morte » de Green, le rattachant d’une nouvelle manière aux pulsions de mort.
Développer les compétences psychosociales des enfants et des parents : pourquoi et comment ?
Authors: Lamboy Béatrice , Guillemont Juliette 
Published: April 2015

Introduite dans les années 90 par l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), la notion de compétences psychosociales prend aujourd’hui une ampleur considérable dans le champ de la prévention et de l’éducation pour la santé. Les données accumulées ces dernières années montrent que les compétences psychosociales (de l’enfant et des parents) occupent une place centrale dans le développement de l’enfant et sont un déterminant majeur de la santé physique et psychique. Les résultats de la recherche interventionnelle confirment la nécessité d’agir précocement si l’on souhaite favoriser les comportements favorables à la santé et promouvoir efficacement la santé et le bien-être. En effet, de nombreuses actions de prévention visant à développer les compétences psychosociales de l’enfant et des parents ont fait la preuve de leur efficacité dans différents domaines : santé mentale, addictions, santé sexuelle... Cet article présente une synthèse des connaissances sur les compétences psychosociales (définition, données d’observation, données d’intervention en prévention).
L’Union douanière européenne : bilan et perspectives d’avenir
Authors: Radu Ghenadie 
Published: April 2015

Créée à la fin des années 1960, l’Union douanière européenne (UDE) constitue la base de la construction européenne. Dotée d’un territoire douanier commun et d’un tarif douanier extérieur, interdisant les droits de douane et les taxes d’effet équivalent entre les États membres, l’évolution de l’UDE n’a jamais été un processus facile. Sur le plan réglementaire, c’est toujours le Code des douanes communautaire (1992) qui continue à s’appliquer ; le Code des douanes modernisé (2008) s’est vu abandonner ; le Code des douanes de l’Union (2013) sera effectivement applicable à partir de 2016 seulement. Afin d’améliorer le fonctionnement de l’UDE, plusieurs programmes ont été lancés, de Douane 2000 à Douane 2020. Mais, pour mieux préparer l’UDE aux défis de l’avenir, il est important de se diriger vers un seul et unique Code des douanes européen, d’harmoniser les sanctions douanières au niveau européen et de créer une administration des douanes européenne unique.
Prenatal Diagnosis of Nasal Glioma Associated with Metopic Craniosynostosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Authors: Boyer Andrew C , Krishnan Anant , Goncalves Luis F , Williams Lindsay , Chaiyasate Kongkrit 
Published: April 2015

Nasal gliomas (nasal glial heterotopia) are rare benign congenital frontonasal lesions occurring in approximately 1: 20.000 - 40,000 live births. The diagnosis is rarely reported prenatally. Nasal gliomas are typically isolated lesions, with syndromic association being exceedingly rare. Metopic craniosynostosis can occur as an isolated abnormality or in association with multiple syndromes. This case is the first reported case of nasal glioma in association with craniosynostosis in the published literature.
Integrating Bayesian Model Averaging for Uncertainty Reduction in Permeability Modeling
Authors: Al-Mudhafar Watheq 
Published: April 2015

AbstractThis paper describes a new procedure of model selection in linear regression analysis to efficiently model and predict the formation permeability in non-cored intervals. The simplest way of model selection in regression model is to adopt stepwise elimination that depends on the probability of null hypotheses. However, the new method is the Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) that selects the most appropriate model for a given outcome variable based on Bayes factors.Model selection process in BMA considers model's posterior probability and Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC). BMA produces a posterior distribution of the outcome factor that represents the weighted average of the posterior distributions of that factor for each likely model. Only five models are selected that their posterior probabilities sum to be equal to one. The best model selection has the maximum posterior probability and minimum Bayesian Information Criterion; nevertheless, the model subset selection is determined when the probability of a non-zero predictor's coefficient is more than 90 % for the best sampled model. That means this predictor has an effect on the outcome and should be included in the regression model. All these variables are shown in the computed Occam's window.The results showed that MBA algorithm has to achieve perfect t-test and analysis of variance especially regarding the rejection of null hypotheses for all the subselected independent variables. In addition, the reduced BMA model has been evaluated through Mean Square Prediction Error (MSPE) and residual analysis that clearly shows uncertainty reduction in permeability estimation. Therefore, the predicted permeability values for the entire formation depth are much more compatible with the measured data than the linear regression model.
An Analysis of the Effect of Surfactant Flood on Residual Oil under Composition-Dependent Multi-Contact Water-Oil Miscibility in a North Sea Reservoir
Authors: Temizel Cenk , Purwar Suryansh , Urrutia Karelis , Abdullayev Azer , Agarwal Amit 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Surfactant flooding has become a more common method in recent decades in which the phase behavior inside the reservoir can be manipulated by the injection of surfactants, leading to favorable conditions to mobilize trapped oil. Carefully designed surfactants that are injected into the crude oil can generate microemulsions at the interface between crude oil and water, thereby reducing the interfacial tension to very low levels, which ultimately mobilizes the residual oil. However, the adsorption of surfactant to the rock during the injection and chromatographic separation of the surfactant in the reservoir are critical phenomena in which the surfactants must be resistant to reservoir conditions, including high pressures and temperatures. The application of surfactant methods is usually constrained by the cost of the chemicals and is adversely affected by adsorption and loss into the rock, making it crucial to understand the significance of those factors that affect the performance of this enhanced oil-recovery method so that more robust decisions can be made. This study aims to outline the lessons learned regarding the impact that these factors had on a North Sea reservoir.
In this study, a reservoir simulation model is harnessed in which the injection of cold water into the initially hot reservoir results in a reverse temperature gradient is simulated using a commercial full-physics reservoir simulator. A surfactant slug is followed by several years of water injection, where the reservoir contains a light oil trapped between a gas cap and an aquifer.
Surfactant effects on residual-oil detrapping and wettability are modeled by interpolating between relative permeability sets according to a capillary number, which depends on temperature and surfactant concentration, where composition-dependent K-values describe multiple-contact water-oil miscibility according to the concentration of water-based surfactant in which the adsorption of surfactant affects its availability and propagation.
Using a real reservoir model coupled with a robust optimization tool to provide useful insights beyond the limitations of the theoretical results, this study takes an extra step beyond experimental data and simulation studies that are carried out with synthetic models. The influence of each decision and uncertainty parameter important in reservoir management decisions is outlined with the optimization results under different scenarios on the performance of surfactant flood, thereby illustrating the phenomenon with a real reservoir model that will shed light onto similar cases.
Delta House Project Overview
Authors: Fowler R. L. , Zimmermann E. C. , Leimkuhler J. M. , Mullett C. , Cooley B. , Paternostro B. , Boelte J. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the Delta House Project. The Delta House Floating Production System (FPS) in located in the Mississippi Canyon protraction area of the Gulf of Mexico in block 254 and will initially process production from three "anchor" fields varying from six to fourteen miles from the FPS. The FPS uses the Exmar Offshore designed OPTI-1100® semisubmersible design which has a nameplate capacity of 80 MBOPD and 200 MMCFD with peaking capacity of 100 MBOPD and 240 MMCFD. The Delta House anchor fields are primarily oil bearing Miocene sands in a channel levee turbidite depositional environment. Seven wells have been drilled to date in the initial anchor fields. Each anchor field will be developed with (i.e. wet trees) flowing to subsea manifolds and subsequently to the FPS via two infield flowloops using steel catenary risers. The project includes a 12" oil export line and 16" gas export line using steel catenary risers.
There are several unusual aspects of the Delta House project. The project went from first discovery to first production in about three years which is significantly less than other projects involving a new FPS. Engineering for the FPS and bidding of construction yards began prior to the first Delta House discovery. The Delta House FPS and export lines are owned by special purpose entities funded primarily by private equity.
This paper will provide a history of the project and will highlight the reasons for some of the key decisions that were made throughout the development.
Vertical Cable Seismic (VCS) Survey for SMS exploration in Izena Cauldron, Okinawa-Trough
Authors: Asakawa Eiichi , Murakami Fumitoshi , Tsukahara Hitoshi , Mizohata Shigeharu , Tara Kenji 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
The Vertical Cable Seismic (VCS) survey is one of the reflection seismic methods. It uses hydrophone arrays vertically moored from the seafloor to record acoustic waves generated by seismic sources. Because the VCS is an efficient high-resolution 3D seismic survey method for a spatially bounded area, we proposed it for the SMS survey tool development program started by Japanese government. In 2010, we manufactured the autonomous VCS data acquisition systems. Through several experimental surveys, our VCS is successfully completed. In 2011 and 2013, we carried out the two VCS surveys using GI gun and high-voltage sparker respectively in the Izena Cauldron, Okinawa Trough, which is one of the most promising SMS areas around Japan. Because seismic survey is not proven to be effective for SMS exploration, no seismic surveys have been conducted there so far. However, our VCS results are consistent with geological information from the cores of the nearby borehole and give useful information to SMS exploration..
In 2014, the Japanese government started the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), which includes "Next-generation technology for ocean resource exploration". Our Vertical Cable Seismic (VCS) survey technique is accepted by this program, especially for the exploration of Seafloor Massive Sulfides (SMS) and we continue its development.