Ideal Spots Research Articles

Chemofacies characterization of lacustrine shale based on machine learning classification: A case study from the Dongying depression, Bohai bay basin, China

The rapid lithofacies transitions and compositional heterogeneities inherent in lacustrine shale posed significant challenges to accurately characterizing it, thus impeding the optimization of shale oil exploration and extraction. This study employed a multifaceted methodology to address these obstacles, integrating principal component analysis (PCA), K-means clustering, and geochemical trend analysis to precisely identify and characterize nine distinct chemofacies. A comprehensive analysis of petrological characteristics and depositional environments was accomplished by examining core samples, thin sections, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), mineralogical compositions, and total organic carbon (TOC) content. The identification of favorable locations was supported by meticulously considering variables, including TOC, porosity, permeability, and the mineral brittleness index (MBI). This investigation revealed the presence of nine distinct chemofacies within the targeted layer. Specifically, Chemofacies 5, characterized by calcite vein laminations, was identified within Unit 2 parasequence, and Chemofacies 6, enriched with feldspar-quartz mineral laminations, was located within Unit 4 parasequence. Both chemofacies exhibited elevated TOC, enhanced porosity and permeability, and favorable brittleness, qualifying them as ideal sweet spots for shale oil exploration. The insights from this study align with the characteristics of traditionally optimal reservoirs, validate the robustness of the employed methodologies, and carry significant implications for the accurate prediction of terrestrial shale oil sweet spots in future explorations.

A Study on Adventure Tourism in Kerala with Special Reference to Calicut District

As an adventure destination, Kerala offers its visitors umpteen opportunities to unleash their enthusiastic selves. Adventure tourism is the best way to earn more without destroying nature. And not just that at time when natural disasters are occurring in Kerala As part of adventure activities numerous rescue operations this can be done. This present study is done in Kozhikode. Kakkadampoyi (Kozhikode) is one of the most important growing up adventure tourism centre in the state, Thusharagiri and Vellari Mala all with their picturesque locations and thriving wildlife which are ideal adventure spots for picnicking as well as trekking. The presence of the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea increase the potential for adventure tourism in Kozhikode. The work aims to evaluate Kerala’s achievement through adventure tourism and to assess the potential of adventure tourism in Kozhikode.

Proposed Optimization Algorithm for Solving CCTV Camera Placement

The installation of CCTV cameras monitoring the street sections of one of the most visited areas of Manila may serve as deterrence against theft, crime, abduction, and even act of lasciviousness. Furthermore, the redundant orientations of some of the units in the system were recognized as possible inhibitors of the efficiency of the local surveillance system. In line with this, the study proposed a model for CCTV camera placement in Intramuros by representing the community as a graph in a 2-dimensional space. The paper presents a two-phase approach in determining the best placements of CCTV cameras. Phase I took care of the ideal installation spots as a set-covering problem while Phase II identified the optimal CCTV orientation using the Proposed algorithm. In Phase I, a binary integer programming model was formulated and solved using the data solver function of Microsoft Excel. The designed algorithm in Phase II was based on greedy heuristics utilizing the results in Phase I to identify the optimal orientation of the CCTV units. Findings suggest that out of the seventeen candidate locations, nine of them are optimal for CCTV installation. A total of twenty-three CCTV units are required to cover all the entry and exit points of the streets in district 5 of Intramuros. The proposed algorithm produced two optimal solutions A and B. Comparison with the existing CCTV system in the district and discussions on each optimal installation suggested that result B is better than A. Recommendations on the results of the study were addressed to the authorities of district 5 for immediate implementation.

The Psychoanalyst's Superegos, Ego Ideal and Blind Spots: The Emotional Development of the Clinician by VicSedlak. Published by Routledge, Abingdon, 2019; 197 pp, £29.99 paperback

The Psychoanalyst's Superegos, Ego Ideal and Blind Spots: The Emotional Development of the Clinician by VicSedlak. Published by Routledge, Abingdon, 2019; 197 pp, £29.99 paperback

Phote-HrTH (Phormia terraenovae Hypertrehalosaemic Hormone), the Metabolic Hormone of the Fruit Fly: Solution Structure and Receptor Binding Model

Fruit flies are a widely distributed pest insect that pose a significant threat to food security. Flight is essential for the dispersal of the adult flies to find new food sources and ideal breeding spots. The supply of metabolic fuel to power the flight muscles of insects is regulated by adipokinetic hormones (AKHs). The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has the same AKH that is present in the blowfly, Phormia terraenovae; this AKH has the code-name Phote-HrTH. Binding of the AKH to the extra-cellular binding site of a G protein-coupled receptor causes its activation. In this paper, the structure of Phote-HrTH in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelle solution was determined using NMR restrained molecular dynamics. The peptide was found to bind to the micelle and be fairly rigid, with an S2 order parameter of 0.96. The translated protein sequence of the AKH receptor from the fruit fly, D. melanogaster, Drome-AKHR, was used to construct two models of the receptor. It is proposed that these two models represent the active and inactive state of the receptor. The model based on the crystal structure of the β-2 adrenergic receptor was found to bind Phote-HrTH with a binding constant of −102kJmol−1, while the other model, based on the crystal structure of rhodopsin, did not bind the peptide. Under molecular dynamic simulation, in a palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) membrane, the receptor complex changed from an inactive to an active state. The identification and characterisation of the ligand binding site of Drome-AKHR provide novel information of ligand–receptor interaction, which could lead to the development of species-specific control substances to use discriminately against the fruit fly.

Metalenses Based on Symmetric Slab Waveguide and c-TiO₂: Efficient Polarization-Insensitive Focusing at Visible Wavelengths.

A key goal of metalens research is to achieve wavefront shaping of light using optical elements with thicknesses on the order of the wavelength. Here we demonstrate ultrathin highly efficient crystalline titanium dioxide metalenses at blue, green, and red wavelengths (λ0 = 453 nm, 532 nm, and 633 nm, respectively) based on symmetric slab waveguide theory. These metalenses are less than 488 nm-thick and capable of focusing incident light into very symmetric diffraction-limited spots with strehl ratio and efficiency as high as 0.96 and 83%, respectively. Further quantitative characterizations about metalenses’ peak focusing intensities and focal spot sizes show good agreement with theoretical calculation. Besides, the metalenses suffer only about 10% chromatic deviation from the ideal spots in visible spectrum. In contrast with Pancharatnam–Berry phase mechanism, which limit their incident light at circular polarization, the proposed method enables metalenses polarization-insensitive to incident light.

Naked! by Michael Ian Black (review)

Reviewed by: Naked! by Michael Ian Black Hope Morrison Black, Michael Ian. Naked!; illus. by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Simon, 2014. 34p Trade ed. ISBN 978-1-4424-6738-5 $17.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-1-4424-6739-2 $10.99 R* 4-7 yrs. From the opening spread (“Naked!” cries a boy in a bubble bath), this latest offering from the partnership of Black and Ohi (I’m Bored, BCCB 10/12) is an all-out celebration of the joys of being a kid. The initial jubilation comes as the post-bath boy gallops around the house stark naked, speculating on other ideal spots for nakedness (“I should dress like this all the time. I could go to school naked. Play on the playground naked”). When Mom approaches with an armful of laundry, the boy resists—“Who needs pants? Or shirts or shoes or capes”—before realizing the potential of that final thought—“Wait. . . . Capes???” He then rejoices in the perfect combination of nakedness and capedness (“Eating another cookie mostly naked but also caped!”), before inevitably ending up cold and all-out exhausted, noodled on a very patient mother’s shoulder as she carries him to bed. The point of view is spot-on here, and the little boy protagonist is entirely lovable in his unadulterated elation. The text, all in our hero’s voice, effusively conveys his energy, and the progression from bursting at the seams (or absence thereof) with enthusiasm [End Page 563] to being completely, undeniably beat will be familiar to parents of animated little people. The digitally rendered illustrations, thick linocut-like borders and smooth planes of color with occasional texturing, match the energy of the story, and the mop-headed boy’s expressions are sweetly effervescent. Full frontals are cleverly obstructed throughout, and the variety of angles and perspectives (viewed from above, behind, at a distance, up close) lend visual interest. This is a story that begs to be read aloud and delighted over by young and old alike. Copyright © 2014 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Thoracoscopic wedge lung resection using virtual-assisted lung mapping

Virtual-assisted lung mapping is a novel bronchoscopic preoperative lung marking technique using virtual images to conduct multiple concurrent lung markings with dye. This study analyzed the indications, mapping design, and outcomes of lung wedge resection using virtual-assisted lung mapping. From August 2012 to October 2013, 35 patients with 59 lesions were planned to undergo thoracoscopic lung wedge resection aided by virtual-assisted lung mapping. The data related to virtual-assisted lung mapping were prospectively collected, with the exception of the mapping design which was retrospectively analyzed. Suspected primary lung cancer (21 lesions in 18 patients) and metastatic lung tumors (38 lesions in 17 patients) were treated by thoracoscopic lung wedge resection with the aid of virtual-assisted lung mapping; 50 wedge resections were conducted with 107 markings. Virtual-assisted lung mapping was most frequently designed to place 2 (n = 15 wedge resections) or 3 (n = 17) markings to both identify the tumor(s) and secure a sufficient resection margin. In 7 wedge resections, anatomical landmarks and/or imaginary auxiliary lines functioned as complementary parts of the lung map when bronchial anatomy did not allow for markings at ideal spots. The resection outcomes were satisfactory without clinically evident complications. Multiple markings of virtual-assisted lung mapping not only enabled tumor identification, but also secured sufficient resection margins. Special techniques using anatomical landmarks and imaginary auxiliary lines were complementary to the lung map when bronchial anatomy did not allow for markings at ideal spots.

Ascertainment of Machine Tool Adjustment and Processing Parameters for Spiral Bevel Gears in a Heavy Vehicle Main Driving System

Based on partial conjugation principle, revised machine tool adjustment parameters and processing parameters which can make big gear and small gear be in points conjugation meshing progress are obtained after the cutting tooth plan and rough gear parameters of spiral bevel gears in a heavy vehicle main driving system were determined. Ideal gear contact spots are gained by gear contact area rolling experiment, which show that calculation theory and methods above-described are practicable and effective for improving meshing quality of spiral bevel gears in heavy vehicle main driving system.

Geomorphosites and Natural Hazards: Teaching the Importance of Geomorphology in Society

Geomorphosites and geological landscapes are among the most important tourist attractions of rural and mountain areas. In the past decades, especially thanks to several research and cultural projects on geological heritage, many regional and local authorities have started inventorying and publicising their landscapes and sites of geological and geomorphological interest publishing booklets, geotouristic maps and equipping their territories with explanatory panels. Nevertheless, geology and geomorphology are able to occupy the head titles of the major newspapers or make the breaking news on TV channels only when natural hazards hit the population. Making the processes that shape the morphologies at the Earth’s surface understandable to a wider public and helping people to “read” the wide variety of signs and remnants of recent or remote natural disasters might help to retain society’s memory of these phenomena and therefore minimise human and material losses. The geomorphological scars in the landscape that remind, if adequately interpreted, past natural and or human-induced disasters are ideal spots for geo-environmental education and should therefore be the subject of a scientific programme able to exploit their didactic value. This paper reports some interesting examples of such sites in Italy.

명당 생가터의 지형 공간구조와 지자기교란에 관한 분석 - 전라남도 지역을 중심으로 -

This paper is an analysis on the topography spatial structure and geomagnetic disturbance for the ideal spot of birthplaces in Jeollanam-do area. Here, representating the ideal spots for birthplaces means those homes that are wellknown to a lot of local residents, It also it speaks on the birthplaces where famous people spend their childhood. We chose three such birthplaces and analyzed them into Feng-Shui regarding the topography spatial structure, and also analyzed them for the geomagnetic disturbances. On the basis of such an analysis, we found a relation between the ideal spot of birthplaces and the geomagnetic disturbances. We studied the impact of geomagnetic disturbances on ideal spot of birthplaces. As a result, three birthplaces turned out to be an ideal spot with regards to our analysis of Feng-Shui and the topography spatial structure, also they had uniformly distributed almost no geomagnetic disturbances with stable the structure of the earth`s stratum. Consequently we could know that the ideal spot of birthplaces did not a little affect mental health and physical health of the birthplace residents by liveliness while they lived fetal life until childhood.

Nanocomposite Route to Ultra-sensitive Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates

AbstractWe show a novel route to prepare SERS substrates, which is based on polymer–metal nanocomposites with a specific structure and composition just below the percolation threshold. The neighboring nanoparticles are still quite densely packed, but remain separated by narrow polymer gaps (<1 nm). Such a nanostructure allows the creation of densely packed hot spots where electromagnetic energy can be confined. The polymer–metal nanocomposites are fabricated by a simple and single-step method of electron-beam-assisted vapor-phase co-deposition. The preparation of the SERS substrates is based on a simple plasma-etching process, which removes the polymer structures that allow the formation of metal nanoparticle SERS nano-aggregates with very uniform and controllable inter-particle gaps. The method results in “ideal SERS hot spots” throughout the matrix. These hot spots can be created over very large areas. The prepared SERS substrates are promising candidates for the direct detection (label-free) and analysis of various biological and chemical samples.

Geo software aims to avoid ski resort wipeouts

Geo-location software analyses environmental factors to determine ideal spots for ski resorts, and helping ensure alpine environments are not thoughtlessly disrupted