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...operation, or it can be that the BOP was not closed quickly enough upon kick detection. With oil-based mud (OBM), gas is dissolved, and larger kicks may go undetected and circulated up in the riser by accident. If a gas kick comes into the riser, a rapid unloading event can occur. This can in worst...

...carbon anodes. In this study, bio-binders based on Norwegian spruce and birch woods were produced in a laboratory setup, which were studied in terms of wetting properties towards petroleum coke. The binders were mixed with petroleum coke and baked to three different temperatures. Graphitization of the binders...

Fenestration of today is continuously being developed into the fenestration of tomorrow, hence offering a steadily increase of daylight and solar energy utilization and control, and at the same time providing a necessary climate screen with a satisfactory thermal comfort. Within this work a state-of-the-art market...

...personal and social media forms have blossomed online, attracting ever more users. Newsgroups, mailing lists, and MUDS (multiuser dungeons) in the 1980s and early 1990s were populated by a narrow segment of technologically interested Internet users. But email, instant messaging, blogs, photo- and video-sharing...

The recent AIDS and Disability Partners Forum at the UN General Assembly High Level Meetings on AIDS in New York in June 2011 and the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC in July 2012 underscores the growing attention to the impact of HIV and AIDS on persons with disabilities. However, research...

...research initiatives and projects addressing climate adaption in management operation and maintenance (MOM) and upgrade of existing buildings. The aim was to identify knowledge needs and research demand necessary for decision makers to address climate adaptation in their MOM and upgrade plans. Climate...

...temperature (Trec) and mean skin temperature, and perceptual variables rate of perceived exertion, thermal sensation and time to exhaustion, were measured at submaximal and maximal intensities during graded exercise on a treadmill to exhaustion in 12 firefighters wearing protective clothing and extra mass at...