The management of oil fields that present high gas content is challenging, mainly in cases where this represents a bottleneck for production due to platform constraints. One way deal with problem the use ICVs (Interval Control Valves), which enables be controlled by zones wells. In work, we propose methodology using reactive control rules producers and ICVs, GOR as monitoring variable, improve ...

Absence epilepsy is a generalized form of epilepsy where spike-wave discharges (SWDs) involve both hemispheres of the brain and thereby alter consciousness. Recent evidence by Meeren et al (2002) in the WAG/Rij rat model of absence epilepsy points to a cortical focus of SWDs before rapid generalization of the SWDs. This focus belongs in the peri-oral area of the somatosensory cortex, and it was...

Web-at-a-Glance (WAG) is a system to assist the user in information retrieval and discovery by gleaning the most relevant information from a web site or several web sites. This paper presents this new approach for intelligent information retrieval from web sites, and describes the prototyping of the light-weight WAG system as an active index system. q 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reser...

The aim of this study was to examine the development of cortical epileptic afterdischarges (ADs) in genetic absence epilepsy WAG/Rij rats, and to compare them with two strains with minimal incidence of spike-and-wave (SW) episodes (ACI and Wistar). Epileptic ADs were elicited by stimulation of sensorimotor cortex in 12-, 18-, and 25-day-old rats of the three strains. The threshold current inten...

OBJECTIVE Absence epilepsy is a common seizure disorder in children which can produce chronic psychosocial sequelae. Human patients and rat absence models show bilateral spike-wave discharges (SWD) in cortical regions. We employed diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in rat absence models to detect abnormalities in white matter pathways connecting regions of seizure activity. METHODS We studied Wis...

This essay illustrates, by means of an analysis of the film, Wag the Dog the relationship betweenmedial hybridization and cognitive “strange loops”. As defined by Douglas Hofstadter, the‘strange loop’ is a concept rooted in the subjectivity of individual perception that integratesdifferent levels of abstraction. Applied to “intermedial” practice it provides a heuristic platformf...

CO2 injection is an effective technique for improved oil recovery in light oil reservoirs, especially for water flooding abandoned reservoirs. In this study, the lower part of Es1 reservoirs in Pucheng oilfield was introduced as the target reservoir. By studying the minimum miscible pressure in CO2 flooding, the reservoir could achieve miscible flooding. Long core displacement experiments prove...

The petroleum industry is developing technology to increase oil recovery in reservoirs. One of the technologies used Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Selecting an EOR method for a specific reservoir condition one most challenging tasks engineer. This study tries build fuzzy logic-based screening system determine method. It created intending be able assist selecting and determining appropriate field...

C-cell tumors (medullary thyroid carcinoma) occur in humans and several other mammalian species. This tumor develops spontaneously with a high incidence (50%) in old Wag/Rij (Wistar-derived strain) rats. We have recently shown that calcitonin binding sites, which are present in the Wistar rats, are lost from renal medulla of the Wag/Rij rats before they reach the age of 1 month. In the present ...