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Quantification of the Viscoelastic Effects During Polymer Flooding: A Critical Review
Madhar S. Azad (University of Alberta) | Japan J. Trivedi (University of Alberta)
https://doi.org/10.2118/195687-PA
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Since the late 1960s, several enhanced-oil-recovery (EOR) researchers have developed various continuum and pore-scale viscoelastic models for quantifying the altered injectivity and incremental oil recovery because of the polymer's viscoelastic effects. In this paper, limitations in each of the continuum and pore-scale models are discussed. the critiques are made on the basis of the contradicting literature.
Most of the earlier models rely on the exclusive use of the Deborah number to quantify the viscoelastic effects. The Deborah number overlooks mechanical-degradation effects. There exists a large difference in the magnitudes of the reported Deborah number in the literature because of the inconsistency in using different relaxation time and residential time. Oscillatory relaxation time used by most of the EOR researchers to calculate the Deborah number failed to distinguish the different porous-media behavior of the viscous and viscoelastic polymer. Therefore, the accuracy of relaxation time obtained from the weak oscillatory field for EOR applications in porous media is questionable. The main limitation with all the existing continuum viscoelastic models is the empirical reliance on coreflood data to predict the shear-thickening effects in porous media. The strain hardening index, needed for quantifying the thickening regime, cannot be obtained by the conventional shear rheological techniques. The conventional capillary number (Nc) failed to explain the reduction in residual oil saturation (Sor) during viscoelastic polymer flooding. Pore-scale viscoelastic models use the conventional oscillatory Deborah number for quantifying the polymer's viscoelastic effects on Sor reduction. However, this approach has many drawbacks.
Discussions on the shortcomings of the existing viscoelastic models caution the current chemical EOR (cEOR) researchers about their applications and potential consequences. Also, this research provides a path forward for future research to address the limitations associated with the quantification of viscoelastic flow through porous media.
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Get a taste of French cuisine at Cape Town eateries
French chef Vincent Lucas is pictured at the Granary, in the Silo Hotel, at the Waterfront where he introduced the Goût de France event to the media.
Food is also an artform for French Michelin-star chef Vincent Lucas.
"For me cooking is something very natural. I get a sense, have the creation in my mind and then I need to do that creation," he said.
The chef from Nice developed a love for cooking at his mother's side in their French kitchen.
"When I was young, my mother liked to cook, so I cooked with her."
His teachers, at the hotel school where he had enrolled with the hopes of becoming a winemaker, recognised his talent for food and advised him to change his course. He did but his unusual cooking style nearly cost him his qualification. The final exam was a highly technical affair, requiring precise measurements and exacting styles – a method of cooking which Vincent found unnatural. So he invented a dish that made sense to him. It surprised his examiners, but he still passed, he explained laughing.
This unique cooking style has carried over to Vincent's cooking demonstrations and restaurant, Etincelles, where there is no set menu and patrons are served whatever he is inspired to cook on that day, rarely repeating the same dish twice.
"This is a risk," he said. "Because if I'm tired or in a bad mood, then I cook shit."
Each of Vincent's dishes "respects" the individual flavours of the foods he uses, whether it be meat, vegetable or dairy based, and whatever he adds is designed to complement and enhance the centrepiece of the dish – and not to overpower it, he explains.
He will be giving South Africans a taste of his distinctive cooking style during the Goût de France (Good France) event.
The French culinary experience is in its fourth year and takes place on a global scale. For one week, 2 000 restaurants, in 250 countries add French dishes to their menus from Monday March 19 to Sunday March 25.
"Restaurants are free to choose whether they will serve French cuisine for one week, one day, or one meal," said Marie Traisnel, the spokeswoman for the French embassy – the organisers of the event.
Twenty-one South African restaurants and hotels will be taking part, including the Four Seasons hotel in Johannesburg, where Vincent will be cooking, and three venues in Cape Town: The 41 in Camps Bay, Chefs Restaurant, in Gardens and Floreal Brasserie at Marianne Wine Estate in Stellenbosch.
The invitation is still open for more participants, Marie said.
The food this year will be based on the traditional foods of the Aquitaine region of France, which features lots of oysters, fish, duck – especially duck liver – and cheese.
Vincent's restaurant is in Perigord, in Aquitaine, and that is why he is the ambassador for this year's event.
There will also be a South African cultural injection this year, said Marie. Wine connoisseurs will pair each dish with a South African and French wine for a "cultural discussion", she said.
Booking for the event is done via the participating restaurants. For a full list of the restaurants taking part visit the French embassy's website.
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County Won't Release Audio, Video Tapes of Mel Gibson's Arrest
LOS ANGELES – Audio and video tapes of Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest are exempt from the California Public Records Act and won't be released, authorities said, despite requests from a celebrity news Web site.
The Web site, TMZ, had asked Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca for tapes of the incident in which Gibson uttered obscenity-laced, anti-Semitic comments. TMZ argued the tapes should be seen and heard by the public to assess whether Gibson received preferential treatment from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
"The records you have requested are records of the investigation and part of the investigatory file in this matter," replied Gary P. Gross, principal deputy for the county counsel's office. That means they must remain sealed, Gross said.
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Gibson was arrested early July 28 after he was stopped for driving 87 mph in a 45-mph zone. He was released on his own recognizance later that day.
The 50-year-old actor-director, charged with misdemeanor drunken driving and having an open container of alcohol in his car, is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 28.
Questions have been raised about the fact that a Sheriff's Department spokesman initially said Gibson had been arrested "without incident" and made no mention of what Gibson himself latter called his "belligerent" and "despicable" behavior.
The arresting deputy's initial written report, which contained Gibson's statements, was also ordered modified and the comments placed in a supplemental report.
No decision has been made on whether to pursue further legal action, the Web site's attorney, Alonzo Wickers IV, said Tuesday.
Harvey Levin, who runs TMZ, said he would wait to see "how the case plays out."
"It could go to trial, and if it does, the tapes would become evidence," he said.
Meanwhile, California's Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, Tom McClintock, said he no longer will use a fundraising letter sent on his behalf by Gibson.
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McClintock decided to pull the letter after the incident, his campaign spokesman, Stan Devereaux, said Tuesday.
"Tom saw the news and the situation as it was unfolding with Mel Gibson and made a conscious decision to direct people not to use the letter any further. He was disillusioned by the situation with Mr. Gibson," Devereaux said.


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Most likely, you are dealing firsthand with the low unemployment rate. Based on the Department of Labor Statistics, it hovers near 4%, close to the 4.4% unemployment rate recorded just before the economic downturn that took place in May of 2007.
Prior to that date, the tile industry enjoyed a 35-year run of increased usage of ceramic and porcelain tile, which culminated at 3.32 billion square feet installed on an annual basis. Today, driven by the economic rebound, usage is at just over three billion square feet, meaning we are near the 2007 levels.
The difference this time is the drastically reduced installation labor pool. Most installation contractors have as much work as they can handle; those who don't have enough laborers are turning work away.
In the tile world, finding good installers is difficult. Not only is everyone busy, but the "good" installers are already working for someone else and most, if not all, employers can't find enough help. If restaurants are unable to find and employ people of any age for jobs that require limited training, how is the tile industry going to find, train for three or four years, and retain high-quality tile installers?
WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT INSTALLING TILE?
Tile is a permanent finish, and it must both perform and look beautiful. That means withstanding extreme conditions (i.e., moisture, temperature and high traffic), not to mention site-induced structural pressures. Furthermore, tile has rapidly evolved to be bigger, thinner, longer and more highly varied in appearance, all of which increases the complexity and required skill-set to complete the installation. In support, installation materials have morphed into compounds where complex chemical reactions take place.
Tile installation has become a complex, technical profession that requires skills, training, a commitment to lifelong learning and a desire to install tile correctly. There's no room for sloppy, inexperienced and untrained workmanship. It's the work of a technical artisan, also known as "qualified labor." So, what's an industry to do?
That's how and why the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) got started with the Certified Tile Installer (CTI) program in 2008 as the economy tanked and workers had more free time. The program was designed to combat poor installation and set apart those who considered themselves high-quality tile installers. In fact, that program is setting the stage for invaluable solutions to the labor conundrum in the form of apprenticeships.
An apprenticeship is a training program that combines studying the industry standards and best practices with on-the-job training. Here, the apprentice attends training classes while working under the watchful eye of a well-seasoned tradesperson. The mentoring part is crucial to the success of an apprenticeship program.
Welch Tile and Marble, Kent City, Michigan-Dan Welch of Welch Tile and Marble has created and continues to build his in-house apprenticeship program, where new employees follow a video-based training program while working full time on the job.
As previously mentioned, mentoring is critical to the success of the apprentice. At Welch Tile and Marble, mentors are CTIs. The CTEF CTI program certifies the skills and knowledge of existing tile installers. Dan Welch is CTI #1 and employs over 25 CTIs.
Welch's program has become the model for the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) University's online training program used in conjunction with on the job training.
Visalia Ceramic Tile, Visalia, California-Sam Bruce of Visalia Ceramic Tile is an open-shop tile contractor who uses his Department of Labor-approved apprenticeship program to train his workforce. His senior installers, who are CTIs, act as mentors to the young aspiring tile setters. Bruce even exposes the young tile setters to extreme installation opportunities alongside his CTIs during events such as the Coverings Installation Design Showcase event, where a tiny house must be tiled within the brief timeframe of the show. Bruce currently holds the CTEF record in the U.S. by employing 30 CTIs.
The Tile Studio, Doylestown, Pennsylvania-Dave Mastrangelo of The Tile Studio has had difficulty finding qualified tile installers. Mastrangelo created his own apprenticeship program consisting of a two-year training program for tile finishers and a three-year program for tile setters, including classes and thousands of hours of real-world work experience. The CTI program plays a role, as does the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) University online training program.
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry's Office of Apprenticeship and Training approved this program in April, a process that required letters of recommendation from the CTEF and the NTCA. It is the first and only one in the state of Pennsylvania.
"After completing the program, a tile setter can make about $65,000 a year and a finisher can make about $45,000, but those are lower-end estimates," says Mastrangelo.
Trade or vocational schools are another valuable resource for developing trained installers, and these are gaining new respect and attention for several reasons.
No one wants to begin a career having amassed a massive debt. And yet, many students graduating with a college degree have acquired significant debt while obtaining their degree. So, they begin their working careers-assuming they can find a job in their field that pays a significant starting salary-saddled with student loans.
Many young people have succumbed to the traditional pressure to attend a four-year institution rather than consider any type of vocational training. After all, not everyone is "college material." Many of those who aren't will enter their freshman year and quickly realize that they don't fit into the college system, drop out and not return to school. The result is a young person with no formal training who must settle for a job well below his or her potential in order to survive. Once that happens, the young person starts living hand to mouth and it then becomes difficult to entice them into a trade school or apprenticeship program.
None of this is new. Mike Rowe, host of the television show Dirty Jobs, testified before Congress about this very situation in 2011.What is new is the increasing appreciation for options that instead offer a defined career path and a very respectable paycheck. That said, vocational schools need a push.
Although some communities have the benefit of a vocational school in the area that trains people of all ages in trades such as carpentry, masonry or electrical, many don't offer training in finishes such as ceramic tile. With such limits on the number of schools across the country offering training for tile installation, it is only natural that getting into these classes would be challenging, as most have a lengthy waiting list.
Some states, like Georgia, understand the conundrum and realize the opportunity that trade and vocational schools represent for the economy.
The Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA) promotes the construction industry through construction training and job placement. It partners with the Technical College System of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Education to ensure that an industry-developed construction curriculum and standards are implemented in high school and vocational construction-related programs.
CEFGA also conducts a testing program each year in Atlanta in concert with SkillsUSA to qualify students' participation in the SkillsUSA national competition. To get ceramic tile into this testing process, CTEF created the Study Guide, a knowledge test that each participant must pass prior to attending the CEFGA event, and the parameters of the hands-on testing.
Additionally, during the testing programs, several thousand students along with their instructors are offered hands-on opportunities in many trades. Students are setting tile on a park bench, probably for the first time. The key here is to stimulate interest in tile installation among the young people who briefly take time to experience the tiling process.
Pennsylvania boasts a vocational training program that has been working well since its first graduating class of 1894. The Williamson College of the Trades located in Media, Pennsylvania accepts about 100 applicants per year to receive a full scholarship for a three-year trade education. An endowment fund begun by its founder, Isaiah Williamson, and others continues to fund this effort. An illustration of the program's excellence is the fact that two students each took silver medals at the SkillsUSA National Competition this year in masonry and plumbing.
Let's not forget the importance of educating those who will work alongside tile installation professionals, so they understand the installation requirements of their designs. That is what NTCA Nebraska State Ambassador Dan Hecox recently did when he gave the Architecture & Design students at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln a class on how to avoid tile failures.
Hecox is CTI #1215. He also serves as a CTEF Regional Evaluator in the CTI program hands-on testing program to expand the number of CTIs in more areas across the United States.
WHAT'S AHEAD FOR DEALING WITH THE LABOR SHORTAGE?
The prior examples highlight the dedication and creativity of an industry determined to find solutions to the labor shortage. They are models for additional programs. And they are powerful because the entire tile industry supports them.
For example, the Board of the United States-based Coverings Tile and Stone Exposition has promoted qualified labor at its annual shows since 2008. There, attendees have witnessed the testing process administered during the hands-on testing of the Certified Tile Installer (CTI) and the Advanced Certifications for Tile Installers (ACT) programs. During the 2018 Coverings show, attendees benefited from viewing the CTI Challenge and the Installation Experience, which were further amplified through social media networks and groups.
Remember Dan Welch? He uses his Installation Design Showcase from Coverings 2016-built in a shipping container so it could be brought back to Michigan-to serve multiple purposes. One key function of Dan's container at local job fairs is inspiring students to become the next generation of tile apprentices.
Don't be like the ostrich and hide your head in the sand, hoping this conundrum goes away. Become a part of the solution of building a pool of talented tile installers, making the tile industry a model for other trades.


Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry held a meeting in Oslo on Wednesday morning for talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 2016 edition of the Oslo Forum, an annual international conference of armed conflict mediators and peace process actors.
In the get-together at an Oslo hotel, the two senior diplomats discussed issues about the implementation process of the JCPOA, the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany).
Earlier on Tuesday, diplomatic delegations from Iran and the EU, led by Zarif and the EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, also met in Oslo and discussed ways to remove obstacles to JCPOA implementation.
While the nuclear accord came into force in January, Iran has complained about the failure of some of the parties, especially the US, to fully implement the deal.
While the US officials claims verbally that there is no obstacle to banking relations with Iran, they actually take measures that the international banks "would not dare to trade with Iran," the Leader stressed.
Imam Khamenei also noted that nobody should justify Washington's serious breach of the deal in stifling the foreign banks' interaction with Iran.
The Leader also touched on the US obstructive actions when it comes to insurance for the Iranian oil tankers, saying the US which is part of the "major structures" of insurance companies will not let that structure offer services to Iran.
Moreover, the Leader noted, Iran has still problems in having access to its oil incomes that have been blocked in the banks of other countries, since those assets are in US dollars and have been kept frozen due to US hostility.


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I don't know what this kind of collection would be called in c#. I imagined FIAO(First In Any Out) but that pulls up nothing. Some direction would be appreciated.

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This is the second wave of NHS Test Beds, and once again, the AHSNs will be providing support in their regions.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP said: "The UK is a world leader in medical and health research and we want to make sure patients are the first to benefit from the tech revolution happening across the NHS.
To bring together market-ready diagnostics, smartphone applications and management tools to support patients with long-term conditions. Specifically, the site wants to overcome the key barriers in the adoption of these new technologies amongst i) patients, ii) staff and iii) organisational systems, by empowering junior members of the workforce to support staff and patients in their use.
To test an AI tool developed specifically for breast cancer screening. This will help radiologists and breast units deliver a more accurate and efficient screening service, reducing unnecessary recalls and biopsies, saving the NHS significant costs, and cutting anxiety for patients. It will also test the use of AI tools to streamline operational aspects of the service, to ensure clinics and screenings are scheduled in the best way. In the longer-term, the project aims to develop new models for the safe and trusted use of AI across the NHS.
Patients will be given access to their health record, i.e. the scheduling of their appointments, the visibility of their waiting times, and the remote reporting of their health status. The aim is to reduce missed appointments and the duplication of clinical activity. The initial focus will be on specific urgent care pathways in cardiology and maternity, with a view to spreading effective interventions to new clinical pathways, integrations (including 111) and areas across the country.
To help reduce hospital (and specifically A&E) admissions for patients with chronic long-term heart failure (HF). The project will combine three new market-ready digital technologies to coordinate community-based clinical interventions with patients who report deteriorating symptoms (before they require a hospital admission). It will also enhance patient knowledge and ability to safely 'self-care', via the targeted distribution of bespoke patient-education materials and referrals to appropriate third-sector services.
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Welcome. I'm in CT too (Hamden).