Improvement of oil and gas production infrastructure as an effective tool for maintaining basic oil and gas production

The modern world is a complex mechanism in which each process, direction, sphere of activity, despite visual differences, ultimately creates a single complex element aimed at ensuring human life. One of the key processes occurring on the planet is the extraction of hydrocarbons. The article proposes to consider a solution that will contribute to ensuring the efficiency of oil and gas production processes, will extend the life cycle of mature oil and gas production assets of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the RF) and extend their economic profitability. Economic and technological efficiency from infrastructure reengineering measures is individual for each region, and directly depends on the volume of oil, water production and the state of the ground infrastructure. The described areas of infrastructure reengineering, in aggregate, represent an effective tool for optimizing operating and capital costs, increasing the reliability of technological equipment, removing infrastructure restrictions, which will contribute to the achievement of the set task - maintaining oil production at mature assets. Keywords: facilities for oil treatment; gas compression; reservoir pressure maintenance; power supply; engineering networks; operating costs; reengineering.

Preliminary safety assessment of Polish interchanges

Interchanges are a key and the most complex element of a road infrastructure. The safety and functionality of interchanges determine the traffic conditions and safety of the entire road network. This applies particularly to motorways and expressways, for which they are the only way to access and exchange traffic. A big problem in Poland is the lack of comprehensive tools for designers at individual stages of the design process. This applies to guidelines or other documents regarding the location, choice of interchanges type and selection of design pa-rameters. This does not provide sufficient material for designing safe and functional interchanges. This situation results in numerous hazards that occur on existing interchanges and errors that are still being made at all stages of the design process. Consequently, there is a risk of accidents in the area of interchanges, which often have serious consequences. The purpose of the research presented in the article is to identify main groups of hazards on the interchanges and to classify them based on field tests and audits of project documentation. The prepared classification uses the results of analyzing data on road accidents. As part of the research, a database was built that includes in-formation on road accidents and traffic, as well as data on all existing interchanges on motorways and express-ways in Poland. These data includes: interchange type, length of exit and entry lanes, total interchanges length, type of cross-section on main roads and ramps. The number and type of ramps occurring at a given interchange as well as the type of intersections, if any, were also taken into account. Based on the assessment, the level of safety was determined for individual types of interchanges. Then, the impact of selected road and traffic factors on safety was presented. The critical elements of interchanges are entries, exits, weaving sections and intersections. Assumptions were also adopted for the classification of identified haz-ards. A comprehensive safety assessment for interchanges allowed the development of assumptions for their design guidelines. On the basis of database exploration and field research, the main problems and hazards regarding the functioning of interchanges were identified.

¿Evaluamos realmente el aprendizaje en educación física? Percepción de los profesores en diferentes etapas educativas (Do we really assess learning in physical education? Teachers’ perceptions at different educational stages)

Antecedentes: La evaluación está relacionada con la forma en que los profesores abordan y entienden la educación física. Objetivo: Evaluar las percepciones de los profesores sobre la evaluación en diferentes etapas educativas. Método: Participaron siete profesores de educación física con experiencia en cada etapa educativa (Primaria, Secundaria y Universidad), y ocho estudiantes de Magisterio de Educación Física. Se siguió un diseño de investigación cualitativo. Resultados: Los profesores de Educación Primaria abogaban por una evaluación basada en el juego y la diversión, no considerando necesaria la participación de los alumnos en la misma. Los profesores de educación secundaria confundían la evaluación con la calificación, centrándose en las pruebas de aptitud física y deportiva y abogando por una aplicación exclusiva de la evaluación por parte del docente. Los profesores universitarios relacionaron la evaluación con el aprendizaje y destacaron la necesidad de ser transparentes en relación a su aplicación. Por último, los futuros profesores de educación física alentaron un cambio, considerando que la evaluación es un elemento complejo de la enseñanza y que el contexto en el que se aplique es determinante. Conclusión: La evaluación en la Educación Física se ve de forma diferente según la etapa, no existiendo elementos comunes en su puesta en práctica. Abstract. Background: Assessment is connected to the way teachers approach and understand physical education. Purpose: To assess teachers’ perceptions on assessment in different educational stages. Method: Seven experienced physical education teachers from each educational stage (Primary, Secondary and University), and eight Physical Education Teacher Education students participated. A qualitative research design was followed. Results: Primary education teachers advocated for an assessment based on games and play, and they believed that it was not necessary to involve pupils. Secondary education teachers confused assessment with grading, focusing on fitness and sport testing and advocated for an exclusive teacher implementation. University teachers linked assessment to learning and highlighted the need to be transparent. Finally, future physical education teachers encouraged a change, believed that assessment is a complex element of teaching and highlighted the context where assessment will be implemented. Conclusion: Assessment is viewed differently depending on the stage with no common traits.

Historical overview and new directions in bioarchaeological trace element analysis: a review

Given their strong affinity for the skeleton, trace elements are often stored in bones and teeth long term. Diet, geography, health, disease, social status, activity, and occupation are some factors which may cause differential exposure to, and uptake of, trace elements, theoretically introducing variability in their concentrations and/or ratios in the skeleton. Trace element analysis of bioarchaeological remains has the potential, therefore, to provide rich insights into past human lifeways. This review provides a historical overview of bioarchaeological trace element analysis and comments on the current state of the discipline by highlighting approaches with growing momentum. Popularity for the discipline surged following preliminary studies in the 1960s to 1970s that demonstrated the utility of strontium (Sr) as a dietary indicator. During the 1980s, Sr/Ca ratio and multi-element studies were commonplace in bioarchaeology, linking trace elements with dietary phenomena. Interest in using trace elements for bioarchaeological inferences waned following a period of critiques in the late 1980s to 1990s that argued the discipline failed to account for diagenesis, simplified complex element uptake and regulation processes, and used several unsuitable elements for palaeodietary reconstruction (e.g. those under homeostatic regulation, those without a strong affinity for the skeleton). In the twenty-first century, trace element analyses have been primarily restricted to Sr and lead (Pb) isotope analysis and the study of toxic trace elements, though small pockets of bioarchaeology have continued to analyse multiple elements. Techniques such as micro-sampling, element mapping, and non-traditional stable isotope analysis have provided novel insights which hold the promise of helping to overcome limitations faced by the discipline.

BENTUK DAN PERAN MUSIK RANDAI PAREWA LIMO SUKU DALAM ACARA BARALEK DI KECAMATAN KURANJI KOTA PADANG, SUMATERA BARAT

Suku Minangkabau memiliki berbagai kesenian, di antaranya adalah Randai. Randai hidup dan berkembang dalam kehidupan masyarakat, dan hampir di setiap daerah di Minangkabau mempunyai Randai. Salah satu grup yang mengembangkan Randai yaitu Grup Parewa Limo Suku yang berada di Kuranji Kota Padang Sumatera Barat. Randai ini dilaksanakan dengan berbagai unsur seni yaitu Silek, Tari, Musik dan Teater. Randai termasuk kedalam Drama Musikal kedaerahan dengan memliki unsur seni yang kompleks. penyajian Randai diawali oleh permainan musik untuk menarik perhatian masyarakat. Berikutnya pidato dari Tukang Gore yang kemudian masuk ke dalam Legaran dengan diiringi musik untuk memberikan kesempatan kepada pelaku cerita memasuki lingkaran. Naskah cerita yang digunakan berjudul Untuang Sudah yang memiliiki permasalahan dan perselisihan dengan Rajo Angek Garang. Cerita ini dilaksanakan dalam lima legaran, cerita dalam Randai pada umumnya merupakan perumpamaan dalam masyarakat yang didalamnya mengandung nasehat-nasehat yang berisikan pesan moral. Cerita Untuang Sudah dalam Randai sering dibawakan dalam acara hiburan Baralek oleh Parewa Limo Suku. Musik iringan dalam Randai berperan sangat penting dimana musik membuat karakter suasana yang berbeda-beda yakni sebagai ilustrasi cerita dan sebagai penguat suasana dalam penyampaian pesan di setiap adegan Randai. Tujuan Grup Parewa Limo Suku, yaitu untuk melestarikan kebudayaan Minangkabau, serta turut aktif membantu pemerintah dalam membina dan mengembangkan seni budaya khususnya seni budaya Minangkabau. Randai saat ini masih digunakan dalam pertunjukan rakyat Minangkabau dan bentuk penyajiannya disesuaikan dengan drama musikal yang menggunakan berbagai unsur-unsur kesenian yang ada dalam masyarakat Minangkabau. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode analisis deskriptif dan pendekatan Etnomusikologi. Minangkabau tribe has a variety of arts, including Randai. Randai lives and develops in community life, and almost every area in Minangkabau has Randai. One of the groups that developed Randai is the Parewa Limo Tribe Group located in Kuranji, Padang, West Sumatra. This randai is carried out with various elements of art namely Silek, Dance, Music and Theater. Randai included in the Regional Musical Drama with a complex element of art. Randai's presentation was preceded by a musical game to attract the attention of the public. Next was the speech from Tukang Gore which then entered Legaran accompanied by music to give the story actors a chance to enter the circle. The text of the story used is titled Untuang Sudah which has problems and disputes with Rajo Angek Garang. This story is carried out in five stories, the story in Randai is generally a parable in a society which contains advice which contains a moral message. Untuang Stories Already in Randai is often sung in Baralek entertainment programs by the Parewa Limo Tribe. Accompanied music in Randai plays a very important role where the music makes the character of a different atmosphere that is as an illustration of the story and as a reinforcement of the atmosphere in delivering messages in each Randai scene. The aim of the Parewa Limo Suku Group is to preserve the Minangkabau culture, and to actively assist the government in fostering and developing cultural arts, especially Minangkabau cultural arts. Randai is currently still used in Minangkabau folk performances and the form of presentation is adapted to musical dramas that use various artistic elements in the Minangkabau community. This research uses descriptive analysis method and ethnomusicology approach

BankBuddy.ai—Business Expansion and Marketing Dilemma: A Case Study to Discuss the Ansoff Growth Matrix Concepts Combined with Business Expansion Strategies for Expanding into Emerging Markets

Five more days to go until the new year, it was a warm, pleasant and busy morning in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As the clock ticked 10 times, Aditya Bhagat (Aditya), a young, ambitious, passionate entrepreneur, is seemingly intrigued and curious. Exactly 30 minutes from now, he is scheduled to meet Surya Prasad (Surya), his friend, counterpart and co-founder of BankBuddy ( www.bankbuddy.ai ). Half the office is already empty as most of the associates had left for the year-end holidays, Aditya wanted to use this time to carefully brainstorm, methodically plan and articulate his business strategies and get them ready for execution in the new year. Marketing strategy is of particular importance, arguably the most critical and complex element that also needs the most attention in the overall exercise. He clearly understands that their current business strategy of being headquartered in Dubai and staying focused on artificial intelligence 1 (AI) powered solutions for the banking industry has paid off so well in their current geographical focus—Middle Eastern and African countries. The time now to look at next wave of business expansion. This inadvertently raises the decision dilemma of choosing the most productive and promising growth path—where and what to expand? Should they expand into more geographies? Or should they diversify the product line and add more offerings? In which country and city should they set up the new base (centroid) and which countries do they target for expansion? Which are the other promising products/offerings they should be adding to their existing lines of business? Aditya knows that today is the time to address the ‘elephant in the room’—where to invest my marketing money?

Classification of subjects of the system of prevention of administrative offenses of public administration officials

The article analyzes the theoretical approaches to the classification of subjects of administrative offenses prevention. This leads us to believe that both the subjects of administrative offenses, as well as the subjects of offenses committed by public administration officials, who constitute the system of prevention of offenses, are rather multilevel and complex. The author proposes his own classification of subjects of prevention of administrative offenses committed by public administration officials. It is stated that the system of subjects of prevention of administrative offenses of officials of public administration bodies consists of state bodies, local self-government bodies, public associations and citizens. Their legislator has mandated to prevent and eliminate the causes, conditions that create a favorable environment for public officials to commit administrative offenses. They should also prevent such offenses from being performed by officials in the performance of their duties or actions that may induce them to commit an administrative offense.The most important criterias for the classification of subjects of prevention of administrative offenses of public administration officials are distinguished: 1) by structure; 2) subject to such competence for the prevention of administrative offenses by officials of public administration bodies; 3) by the levels of implementation of prevention of administrative offenses of public administration officials. It is concluded that the subjects of prevention of administrative offenses of public administration officials are a rather complex element in the system of prevention of offenses. The proposed classification of these subjects accumulates the implementation of prevention administrative offenses of officials of public administration at different levels. At the same time, the proposal for legislative consolidation of the list of entities authorized to prevent administrative offenses by public administration officials remains open for discussion.

The Wsp intermembrane complex mediates metabolic control of the swim-attach decision of Pseudomonas putida

SUMMARYPseudomonas putida KT2440, a microorganism of interest for biotechnological purposes, is one amongst the many bacteria that attach to surfaces and produce biofilm. Although other mechanisms that contribute to this decision have been studied until now, a 7-genes-operon with a disposition and homology shared with the wsp operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa remained to be investigated. In this work, we characterized the function of P. putida wsp operon by the combination of deletion mutants with complementations with P. aeruginosa’s genes and with deletions of 3 other genes: the genes that code for the transcription factors fleQ and fleN and the flagellar movement regulator, fglZ. Examining mutant behaviour at 6 and 24 hours under three different carbon regimes (citrate, glucose and fructose) we saw that this complex carries out a similar function in both Pseudomonas. In P. putida, the key components are WspR, a protein that harbours the domain for producing c-di-GMP, and WspF, which controls its activity. Transformation with the equivalent proteins of P. aeruginosa had a significant impact on of P. putida mutant phenotypes and could complement their functions under some conditions. These results contribute to the deeper understanding of the complex element network that regulate lifestyle decision in P. putida

From Identification to Rage

This chapter considers the most complex element in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s strategy of style: identification. For the first decade of his career, King worked incessantly to align the aims of the Movement with the values of moderate-to-liberal white America. His goal was the merger of black aspirations into the American dream. To do this he had to convince black Americans that his methods represented their best interests, and he had to convince white Americans that his vision was consistent with their heritage and in their best interests as well. King carried out his mission of identification before a vast racially mixed audience. He campaigned for identification as a man of dark color in one of the most color-obsessed nations in the world. For all its unconscious cunning, King’s strategy of identification led ineluctably to the language of confrontation and to the evenatual abandonment of rhetorical strategy. With the nation’s involvement in Vietnam, he burned his bridges to his liberal supporters and refused to mask the true nature of the conflict.