Pilot project for the classification of Mexico’s petroleum resources and reserves based on UNFC

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-73
Author(s):  
Fidel Juárez Toquero ◽  
Eduardo Simón Burgos ◽  
Eduardo Meneses-Scherrer ◽  
Elaine Angélica Arellano Sánchez ◽  
Mauro Ivan Weimann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Project ◽  
Petroleum Resources

The UNFC Concept and the Possibility of its Application in Azerbaijan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narmina Garayeva ◽  
Gasham Zeynalov ◽  
Elkhan Ahmadov ◽  
Agarza Hajiyev ◽  
Farid Rahimov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Environmental Stability ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reserves

Abstract Moving towards sustainable development, Azerbaijan joining SDG Agenda 2030 adheres to the policy of developing both hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon resources for economic diversification. At the same time, efficient resource management becomes a vital process at the governmental and transnational companies’ levels. Therefore, a competent classification and structuring of all reserves and resources will be inevitable soon to improve their accurate estimates and effective management in various aspects, including resource availability, technical feasibility, and environmental-socio-economic viability. The importance of the latter is indisputable since social and environmental stability is an essential component of the country's sustainable economic development policy. From this perspective, the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) is seen as a tool to help accomplish these tasks and provide simple screening and verification procedures for evaluating future investment projects. Given that hydrocarbon reserves make a significant contribution to the economy, a study on the application and adaptation of UNFC to local petroleum resource management has been granted as a pilot project to assess the feasibility of its further implementation for other energy and mineral reserves and resources of the country. The UNFC current state analysis as a global standard for classifying energy and mineral resources and their applications is carried out to launch the project. The review covers various case studies, including the classification of hydrocarbon reserves and resources (HCRR) using UNFC (Mexico project, transition projects to the classification of the Russian Federation, etc.), as well as mineral resources in different countries. The research primary goal is to screen different approaches and techniques to assess the practicality of their application to petroleum reserves and resources of Azerbaijan in transferring currently used old Former Soviet Union HCRR classification to UNFC, possibly via PRMS. In addition, a Case Study Research based on the Field A data in Azerbaijan is conducted.

Beyond the ICF: Italian network strategies for job placement of persons with disabilities

Modern Italy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Corbisiero
Keyword(s):  
Medical Model ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Disability And Health ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Attitudinal Barriers ◽  
Italian Legislation

The Second National Conference on Disability, held in Bari in 2003, took the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), adopted by all WHO member states in 2001, as its frame of reference for future action and policies on disability. The ICF broke decisively with the medical model by seeing disability as an interaction between a biological and psychological condition and environmental and attitudinal barriers. Although existing Italian legislation on access to work for persons with disabilities, particularly Law 68/1999 on ‘collocamento mirato’ (targeted placement), anticipated some of the principles and definitions of the ICF, its implementation in practice was often snared in complex bureaucratic procedures and compromised by narrowly medical assessments of impairment and by considerable variations in standard from region to region. In 2009–2011 a pilot project, Progetto ICF4, was launched in 11 regions of Italy. It applied ICF principles, using Social Network Analysis (SNA) to assess the suitability of a work environment in terms of the networks of relations between the different actors involved in it. The way this has functioned in practice is illustrated by a case study of Teramo, one of the provinces in the pilot.

Iconclass: an iconographic classification system

1983 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.D. Couprie
Keyword(s):  
Financial Aid ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
University Of Leiden ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
Western Art ◽  
Alphabetical Index ◽  
Royal Netherlands Academy ◽  
The University ◽  
Pure Research

Iconclass is a classification of subjects, themes and motifs in Western art. It was developed and published in Holland, at the University of Leiden, with financial aid from both the Netherlands Organisation for the Advancement of Pure Research (Z. W.O.) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.Iconclass is used in a growing number of projects, whether computerised or not. One of these projects could be the Witt Library pilot project, discussed elsewhere in this issue of the Art Libraries Journal (pp. 27-31).In this paper the classification as such is briefly explained, mainly with the help of two examples: scenes from the stories of St. Antony Abbot and Hercules. Information on the alphabetical index to the classification is given, mainly because this extensive part of Iconclass is something more than the usual index to a publication.Applications of the classification are dealt with in diagrammatic form; one application, the Iconclass bibliography, is discussed in greater detail.

scholarly journals On the Road to Circular Public Procurement: Case, Variations, and Potential Actions in Germany

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13784
Author(s):  
Simone Wurster ◽  
Rita Schulze ◽  
Ramona G. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Framework Conditions ◽  
Further Development

According to the United Nations, the consumption of materials is expected to double between 2020 and 2050. At the same time, annual waste generation is forecast to increase by 70% by 2050. The circular economy (CE) addresses this problem. However, many barriers to the further development of the CE exist. This article analyses the situation of public procurement in supporting a sustainable CE for tyres in Germany based on 18 interviews with public procurement professionals directly responsible for the purchase of tyres and four additional expert interviews. Based on the dimensions ‘current circular public procurement (CPP) intensity’ and ‘current CPP opportunities’, a classification of tyre procurement situations and barriers to sustainable circular tyre procurement is presented. Strategies to overcome these supply-side and demand-side barriers are specified, resulting in nine recommendations for German policymakers. As a way forward, a detailed concept for a pilot project on tyre CPP is provided. The article also shows how the circular public procurement classification can be used to support sustainability measures in a broader context. Finally, the article’s outlook focuses on implications to promote sustainable circular tyre procurement in other countries. It explains different framework conditions and elaborates to what extent additional research is necessary to develop appropriate recommendations for those conditions.

scholarly journals A Pilot Study of Dynamic Assessment of Vocabulary in German for Bilingual Preschoolers in Switzerland

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Ilektra Maragkaki ◽  
Marco Hessels
Keyword(s):  
Standardized Test ◽  
Dynamic Assessment ◽  
Dynamic Test ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Language Impaired ◽  
Dynamic Screening ◽  
Vocabulary Subtest

The vocabulary subtest of the Dynamic Assessment of Preschoolers’ Proficiency in Learning English (DAPPLE) was adapted in German and administered to 6 typically developing and 6 language-impaired bilingual preschoolers in Switzerland, as part of a short pilot project. The children were, also, assessed with a standardized test of vocabulary. Our aim was to determine whether the dynamic test would lead to a more accurate classification of the two groups (and their linguistic skills) than the standardized test. Overall, the findings confirm our initial question and are in line with the results of the DAPPLE study. This small-scale study may, therefore, be considered as a successful-initial-version of the vocabulary part of the DAPPLE in German. It, also, provides the basis for the creation of a more elaborate version of the DAPPLE battery and of a more comprehensive dynamic screening of bilingual children’s ability to learn German. Future adaptations and improvements are discussed.

scholarly journals Metabolomic analysis of plasma from breast tumour patients. A pilot study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carola Politi ◽  
Claudia Fattuoni ◽  
Alessandra Serra ◽  
Antonio Noto ◽  
Silvia Loi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Imaging ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Breast Tumour ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Metabolomic Analysis ◽  
Classification Problems ◽  
Sample Number ◽  
Patients At Risk

Background: Patients at risk of breast cancer are submitted to mammography, resulting in a classification of the lesions following the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®). Due to BI-RADS 3 classification problems and the great uncertainty of the possible evolution of this kind of tumours, the integration of mammographic imaging with other techniques and markers of pathology, as metabolic information, may be advisable.Design and Methods: Our study aims to evaluate the possibility to quantify by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) specific metabolites in the plasma of patients with mammograms classified from BI-RADS 3 to BI-RADS 5, to find similarities or differences in their metabolome. Samples from BI-RADS 3 to 5 patients were compared with samples from a healthy control group. This pilot project aimed at establishing the sensitivity of the metabolomic classification of blood samples of patients undergoing breast radiological analysis and to support a better classification of mammographic cases.Results: Metabolomic analysis revealed a panel of metabolites more abundant in healthy controls, as 3-aminoisobutyric acid, cholesterol, cysteine, stearic, linoleic and palmitic fatty acids. The comparison between samples from BI-RADS 3 and BI-RADS 5 patients, revealed the importance of 4-hydroxyproline, found in higher amount in BI-RADS 3 subjects.Conclusion: Although the low sample number did not allow the attainment of high validated statistical models, some interesting data were obtained, revealing the potential of metabolomics for an improvement in the classification of different mammographic lesions.

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