The Probable Evolution of the “Air Segment” on a Medium and a Long Term Basis

1997 ◽  
pp. 47-70
Author(s):  
Marc Pélegrin
Keyword(s):  
Term Basis

Socioeconomic Challenges faced by Basin’s People in India

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-304
Author(s):  
Biplab Tripathy ◽  
Tanmoy Mondal
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
High Tide ◽  
North East ◽  
The People ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Major River ◽  
River Ganga ◽  
Basin Region ◽  
Basin Area

India is a subcontinent, there huge no of people lived in river basin area. In India there more or less 80% of people directly or indirectly depend on River. Ganga, Brahamputra in North and North East and Mahanadi, Govabori, Krishna, Kaveri, Narmoda, Tapti, Mahi in South are the major river basin in India. There each year due to flood and high tide lots of people are suffered in river basin region in India. These problems destroy the socio economic peace and hope of the people in river basin. There peoples are continuously suffered by lots of difficulties in sort or in long term basis. Few basin regions are always in high alert at the time of monsoon seasons. Sometime due to over migration from basin area, it becomes empty and creates an ultimate loss of resources in India and causes a dis-balance situation in this area.

A Review on Recent Trends in Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Environmental Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kannappan Panchamoorthy Gopinath ◽  
Malolan Rajagopal ◽  
Abhishek Krishnan ◽  
Shweta Kolathur Sreerama
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Water And Soil Pollution

Background: Depletion and contamination of environmental resources such as water, air and soil caused by human activities is an increasingly important challenge faced around the world. The consequences of environmental pollution are felt acutely by all living beings, both on a short and long-term basis, thereby making methods of remediation of environmental pollution an urgent requirement. Objectives: The objective of this review is to dissect the complications caused by environmental degradation, highlight advancements in the field of nanotechnology and to scrutinize its applications in environmental remediation. Furthermore, the review aims to concisely explain the merits and drawbacks of nanotechnology compared to existing methods. Conclusion: The current and potential applications of nanomaterials and nanocomposites in the prevention, control and reduction of air, water and soil pollution and the mechanisms involved have been elucidated, as have their various merits and demerits. The applications of nanotechnology in the fields of carbon capture and agriculture have also received attention in this review.

Preventative Child Welfare Services in Victoria

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Brian Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Child Welfare Services ◽  
Welfare Services ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Voluntary Agencies

The idea of prevention in child welfare is not new. The prevention of substitute placement of children whether on a temporary or long-term basis has been a fundamental principle of child welfare we have held to for many years in Victoria.However, it is only in the last decade that this principle is actually being carried out in practice by a number of voluntary agencies. For many children placement is still commonly used as a solution it is easier to place a child than to promote change within many multi-deficit families.

Compliance versus adherence in serious and persistent mental illness

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula K Vuckovich
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Persistent Mental Illness ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Nursing Literature ◽  
Compliance Versus ◽  
The Ideal

Failure to follow prescribed treatment has devastating consequences for those who are seriously and persistently mentally ill. Nurses, therefore, try to get clients to take psychotropic medication on a long-term basis. The goal is either compliance or adherence. Although current nursing literature has abandoned the term compliance because of its implications of coercion, in psychiatric nursing practice with patients suffering from serious long-term mental illness compliance and adherence are in fact different goals. The ideal goal is adherence, which requires the patient to be an active participant in the team. This goal is consistent with nurses’ ethical values, but for such patients this is frequently unrealistic. If the person is severely psychotic, treatment may be involuntary and the goal compliance. Psychiatric nurses participate in involuntary treatment and thus should acknowledge the ethical implications of compliance as a goal and not obscure the issue by calling compliance adherence.

scholarly journals Long-term regulation of renal urea transporter protein expression in rat.

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 729-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Terris ◽  
C A Ecelbarger ◽  
J M Sands ◽  
M A Knepper
Keyword(s):  
Polyclonal Antibodies ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Brattleboro Rats ◽  
Urea Transporter ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Transporter Protein ◽  
Level 3 ◽  
Term Basis

To test the hypothesis that the abundance of the apical urea transporter of the inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) is regulated in vivo by factors associated with altered water balance, immunoblots of rat inner medullary membrane fractions were probed with rabbit polyclonal antibodies against the renal urea transporter (RUT) gene product. In inner medullas of Brattleboro rats, which manifest severe chronic water diuresis, a 117-kD band was seen, in addition to the previously described 97-kD band. These two bands were detectable by antibodies directed against two different regions of the RUT sequence. When Brattleboro rats were treated with a 5-d infusion of arginine vasopressin (AVP) by osmotic minipump, the 117-kD band was markedly diminished, whereas the 97-kD band was unchanged. Simultaneous infusion of the diuretic agent furosemide prevented the AVP-induced decrease in the 117-kD band. In AVP-infused Sprague Dawley rats, the 117-kD band was barely perceptible. However, when AVP-treated rats were infused with furosemide for 5 d, the 117-kD band was markedly accentuated, whereas the 97-kD band was unchanged. The abundance of the 117-kD RUT protein in the renal papilla was inversely correlated with dietary protein intake. Further immunoblotting studies revealed that the 117-kD protein is heavily expressed in IMCD cells and not in non-collecting duct components of the inner medulla, and is present in low-density microsome fractions from inner medulla. From this study, the following conclusions can be made: (1) The collecting duct urea transporter is present in at least two forms (97 and 117 kD) in the IMCD. (2) The expression level of the 117-kD urea transporter protein is regulated and is inversely correlated with medullary osmolality and urea concentration, but does not correlate with circulating AVP level. (3) Although AVP regulates RUT function on a short-term basis, long-term changes in AVP levels do not increase RUT abundance.

scholarly journals The Dimensional Stability and Durability of Acrylic Resins for the Injection of Cementitious Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
C. S. Paglia ◽  
A. Krattiger
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Stability ◽  
Crack Formation ◽  
General Increase ◽  
Acrylic Resins ◽  
Material Stiffness ◽  
Cent Relative Humidity ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Cyclic Variations ◽  
Cementitious Systems

The dimensional stability and durability of Acrylamide- and Methacrylate-based acrylic resins have been studied. The dimensional stability was characterized by measuring the volume expansion of samples immersed in water for a period up to 240 days or by exposing the samples to 23oC and 50 per cent, 90 per cent relative humidity and by monitoring the shrinkage. The durability was investigated by exposing the resins to cyclic variations of temperature in air and in water. The resins generally exhibit a significant volume change up to 160 per cent of the initial volume when immersed in water or exposed to a relatively dry atmosphere (23oC and 50 per cent). A general increase in the material stiffness and/or crack formation on the surface of the resin is observed. On a long-term basis, the durability of the resins may significantly vary with occasionally a partial or complete deterioration of the some resins. A general better dimensional stability and durability is observed for the Methacrylate-based resins as compared to the Acrylamide-based resins.

Some views on property investment

1953 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 59-71
Author(s):  
A. C. Wheeler ◽  
K. A. C. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
England And Wales ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Legal Difficulties

It was originally proposed that this paper should be entitled ‘Property Investment’, but it was found to be quite impossible to condense such a subject satisfactorily. Also, a paper was presented to the Society some eight years ago entitled ‘An Introduction to Property Investment’, by Lane and Leach (J.S.S. 5, 166). It is thought that the two papers can be read together with advantage. What has been done in this paper is to provide a series of statements and opinions with a view to provoking thought and discussion. Many points may be raised which have been left out. Much, no doubt, has been put in which is obvious and elementary.We are concerned with Property Investment on a long-term basis, i.e. we are not concerned with speculation, namely, the quick purchase and re-sale of property to make a profit; furthermore, we are not concerned with House Purchase schemes. It must also be emphasized that this paper relates to England and Wales and not to Scotland. In the authors' view, basically sound property investment as distinct from owner occupation is very difficult indeed to achieve in Scotland, owing to rating complications, low yields, horizontal ownerships and other legal difficulties.

Development and Implementation of Two Compression Set Tools in a Wellbore Clean Out String

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Maher ◽  
Carl Nelson ◽  
David Dockweiler
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
High Flow ◽  
Common Method ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Negative Test ◽  
Compression Set ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Field Deployment ◽  
Specific Challenge

Abstract Running two compression set tools in a single wellbore clean out string, typically a bypass tool and negative test packer, has been a significant industry challenge to operate reliably. The need for running these types of tools is generally driven by the need to perform a negative test on a liner top and achieve high flow rates necessary to hydraulically remove debris from the well. Combining these operations into a single run is an increasingly common method to reduce rig time and cost for the operator. Tools to perform this type of operation are generally available from many service providers, however difficulties and challenges arise when trying to manipulate two different tools in the same string that function by the same compression set method. These operations do have a history that is partially successful, however on a long term basis reliability is generally considered poor by most operators, as a failure to manipulate the tools correctly can result in a failed run and a trip out of the hole. This paper discusses the development and successful field deployment of a system of two compression set tools to address this specific challenge while improving reliability over existing solutions.

Using Technology to Address Workforce Readiness Skills

2016 ◽  
pp. 1722-1737
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Reio Jr. ◽  
Chaundra L. Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Training And Development ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Workforce Readiness ◽  
Workplace Readiness ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Readiness Skills

All too often, students either drop out of school or graduate with poor workplace readiness skills. The lack of preparedness is costly both on a short- and long-term basis to students, families, employers, and societies in general. In the workplace, employers are forced to be at the vanguard of addressing critical basic skill deficiencies related to reading, writing, mathematics, and using computers, among others, to remain competitive. Addressing these worker skills gaps through training and development activities can be cost prohibitive to organizations, especially in tough economic times. Understandably, business leaders are becoming more critical of an education system that produces individuals with such gaps. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the use of technology as a productive means of meeting the developmental or remedial educational needs of various underprepared workers entering the job market.

Other Levodopa-Responsive Problems: Anxiety, Insomnia, and Pain

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Eric Ahlskog
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Good News ◽  
Motor Problems ◽  
Large Audience ◽  
Troublesome Symptom ◽  
Term Basis

Carbidopa/levodopa is well recognized to effectively treat movement (“motor”) problems in DLB and PDD, as well as in typical Parkinson’s disease. However, symptoms responding to levodopa also include anxiety and insomnia. Moreover, pain control may improve with optimized levodopa dosages. The role for carbidopa/levodopa in treating these symptoms cannot be overemphasized; quality of life may markedly improve with optimized dosage. Anxiety is a normal part of the human existence. It is normal to become nervous before a school test or speaking before a large audience. In fact, some of us are especially nervous or anxious as part of our normal makeup. However, newly developing anxiety is a frequent component of DLB, PDD, and Parkinson’s disease. In the context of these disorders, anxiety may occasionally be the most troublesome symptom, even bordering on panic. The good news is that this is often treatable with carbidopa/ levodopa. The usual anxiety everyone experiences, or the excessive anxiety of nervous people, does not respond to levodopa. Certain anxiety is normal, such as during family crises and arguments. If a person has been nervous all of their life, levodopa will not be the solution; such anxiety is not due to brain dopamine deficiency. However, anxiety that develops after, or a little before the onset of DLB, PDD, or Parkinson’s disease is different. If recently, small issues have provoked panic and this is not a lifelong pattern, levodopa therapy may prove helpful. The anxiety experienced by those with DLB or PDD may occasionally reach crisis proportions. Emergency room physicians are familiar with older adults being brought in by concerned family members because “mom is in a panic.” Sometimes a Valium-like drug is prescribed to establish a quick response. Medications from the Valium class are termed benzodiazepines and include such agents as alprazolam (Xanax), lorazepam (Ativan), clonazepam (Klonopin), as well as Valium itself (diazepam). Benzodiazepines are very sedating, which is beneficial in the emergency room to relax the nervous person; however, ongoing sedation is not acceptable on a long-term basis. Moreover, these drugs contribute to imbalance (fall risk) and tend to impair thinking.

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