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In this study, we try to evaluate the effects of acupuncture stimulation with different amounts at Sanyinjiao (SP6) on uterine contraction and uterus microcirculation in rats with dysmenorrhea of cold coagulation syndrome and to explore whether there is direct relativity between “De qi” and needle stimulus ...
Nematicidal activity of Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil, commonly known as tea tree oil (TTO), was assayed in vitro against L3 larvae of Anisakis simplex. The results showed a mortality of 100% for concentrations between 7 and 10 μL/mL after 48 h of incubation, obtaining an LD50 value of 4.53 μL/mL ...
Eight species of acanthocephalans are reported, and five are new. Specimens of Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) manubrianus Amin, Ha & Ha, 2011 were similar to the original description. Neoechinorhynchus (Hebesoma) spiramuscularis n. sp. (Neoechinorhynchidae), from Xenocypris davidi, has a unique proboscis ...
This chapter examines geostationary (GEO, geosynchronous equatorial orbit) mobile satellite communications systems other than Inmarsat's. Non‐Inmarsat GEO mobile satellite communications systems operate at both the L‐band, generally the frequency band designated for mobile satellite services (MSS), ...
Conservation scientists are increasingly focusing on the drivers of human behavior and on the implications of various sources of uncertainty for management decision making. Trophy hunting has been suggested as a conservation tool because it gives economic value to wildlife, but recent examples show ...
Mining has been entangled with the development of communities in all continents since the beginning of large-scale resource extraction. It has brought great wealth and prosperity, as well as great misery and environmental destruction. Today, there is a greater awareness of the urgent need for engineers ...
There has been roughly 15 years of research into approaches for aligning research in Human Computer Interaction with computer Security, more colloquially known as ``usable security.'' Although usability and security were once thought to be inherently antagonistic, today there is wide consensus that ...
Chiloscyllium, commonly called bamboo shark, can be found inhabiting the waters of the Indo-West Pacific around East Asian countries such as Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has categorized them as nearly threatened ...
This book outlines the basic principles of creation and maintenance of taxonomies and thesauri. It also provides step by step instructions for building a taxonomy or thesaurus and discusses the various ways to get started on a taxonomy construction project. Often, the first step is to get management ...
A response of the engineering profession to the challenges of security, poverty and underdevelopment, environmental sustainability, and native cultures is described. Ethical codes, which govern the behavior of engineers, are examined from a historical perspective linking the prevailing codes to models ...
While labeled data is expensive to prepare, ever increasing amounts of unlabeled data is becoming widely available. In order to adapt to this phenomenon, several semi-supervised learning (SSL) algorithms, which learn from labeled as well as unlabeled data, have been developed. In a separate line of ...
Swarm Intelligence (SI), modelled upon the behaviours of various swarms of animals and insects such as ants, termites, bees, birds, fishes, fireflies, etc. is an emerging area in the field of optimization. SI based algorithms are proclaimed to be robust and efficient optimization tools. This fact is ...
Abstract Reliably and responsibly meeting global energy demands is often a challenge involving a delicate balance between environmental stewardship and operational excellence. One such challenge involves the protection of the delicate Arabian Gulf coast ecosystem while developing an enormous hydrocarbon ...
Abstract Integrated Natural Gas Liquids/Nitrogen Rejection Unit (NGL/NRU) technology will be utilised for the first time in Qatar on the Barzan Gas Project, which is a joint venture project between Qatar Petroleum (QP) and ExxonMobil Barzan Limited. The North Field Reservoir, which supplies the Barzan ...
Abstract The Manifa field development is a megaproject, the world’s largest offshore hydrocarbon production increment built in a single phase. Manifa is the world’s largest extended reach oil project (2/3 of project’s 350 wells are extended reach wells). Manifa’s rare species, its marine life in shallow ...
Abstract Bream Field, in Australia’s Gippsland Basin, was originally developed in 1987 as a thin oil column development with gas cap re-injection. A satellite platform was installed in 1996 to capture resource not reachable from the original platform. After achieving 68% recovery, oil rates had ...
ABSTRACT Reservoir Souring is the unplanned production of increased concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in wellstream fluids from production wells that are subjected to water-injection. The consequences of souring with respect to safety, corrosion and environmental risk can be significant. This ...
ABSTRACT The environmental fate characteristics of industrial biocides used in oil and gas applications are of increasing concern due to the industry’s drive for sustainable best practices and regulatory pressure on water use and disposal. A detailed understanding of the environmental impact of biocides ...
Abstract This paper describes the main objectives and early achieved results from the MARENOR project. MARENOR is financed by the Research Council of Norway as well as Norwegian industry partners from oil and gas (EM survey company EMGS), fisheries (shipping company and shrimp trawler Remoy), positioning ...
Hydrate formation is a major flow assurance issue in the production of oil and gas fields. Kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHI) act as anti-nucleating agents and delay the formation of gas hydrates. These chemicals are more economical than the thermodynamic inhibitors and are added at a low dosage without ...