Human Addictions: Oil, Conflicts and Super Consumerism

Mr Kennedy and consumerism.

The issues raised by Ian Kennedy in the course of his 1980 Reith Lectures on medical ethics are also of concern to Great Britain's Patients Association. Ackroyd, as Chairman of the Association, does not however share Kennedy's view that the consumerism model for regulating abuses is appropriate to medical care. She would prefer to have the Health Service Commissioner authorized to investigate...

Croatia and European Consumerism

In its European Agreements with Central and Eastern European countries (Croatia has yet to be included) the EU has spelt-out a commitment towards helping them integrate with the EU. The evolution of these economies from centrally planned to market economies is important to achieving this. A characteristic of the transitional processes of these countries is the emergence of a pan-European consum...

Consumerism and Land Sales

Super Element Method of Oil Reservoir Simulation

The paper describes the theoretical framework and results of using an rapid three-dimensional super element model of oil field development. The model makes it possible to speed up calculation of two-phase filtration in an oil reservoir by hundreds of times owing to the use of large computational cells – super elements, the number of which corresponds to the number of wells in the field. Accurac...

A review of pathological explanation on behavioral addictions and its comparison with drug addictions

In the past, addiction was known only by drug addictions, Currently, its definition has become much broader. Gambling, compulsive buying, video game addiction, problematic internet use, and even extreme work or sports can be classified as addictions. The existing criteria for experts in diagnosing different types of behavioral addictions are highly controversial, and this has made it difficult ...