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The performance of stochastic designs in wellbore drilling operations
Petroleum Science, 2018 Wellbore drilling operations frequently entail the combination of a wide range of variables. This is underpinned by the numerous factors that must be considered in order to ensure safety and productivity.
Kenneth Imo-Imo Eshiet, Yong Sheng
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Illegal Fishing, Your Number's Up! [PDF]
, 2013 Unlike merchant vessels, automobiles, and even cellphones, fishing vessels are not required to have unique identifying numbers that stay with them from construction to scrapping.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Toward a Global Regime of Vessel Anti-Fouling [PDF]
, 2015 Vessel anti-fouling is key to the efficient operation of ships, and essential for effective control of invasive species introduced through international shipping. Anti-Fouling Systems, however, pose their own threats to marine environments.
Kraska, James, Rittschof, Daniel
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Recommendations on the nature of the passenger response time distribution to be used in the MSC 1033 assembly time analysis based on data derived from sea trials [PDF]
, 2009 The passenger response time distributions adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)in their assessment of the assembly time for passanger ships involves two key assumptions. The first is that the response time distribution assumes the form
Deere, Steven +5 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how carbon accounting can be used to govern, not merely report, circular economy principles in shipping corporations. Grounded in institutional theory and aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda, this study introduces circular harmony as an accounting design principle: Circular interventions are embedded in a single well‐to‐wake ...
Assunta Di Vaio +2 more
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Area to be Avoided (ATBA) Education and Monitoring Program [PDF]
, 2000 The National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431, as amended) gives the Secretary of Commerce the authority to designate discrete areas of the marine environment as National Marine Sanctuaries and provides the authority to promulgate regulations to ...
Galasso, George
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On the grasshopper problem with signed jumps
, 2011 The 6th problem of the 50th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), held in Germany, 2009, was the following. Let $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ be distinct positive integers and let $M$ be a set of $n-1$ positive integers not containing $s=a_1+a_2+...+a_n$.
Kós, Géza
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Modelling Sustainability Performance in Manufacturing Companies
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nowadays, organisations need to operate with economic, social and environmental goals in mind. Indices objectively quantify such goals; hence, an organisation can develop and compare policies based on future index values. We propose a system dynamics‐based model of a manufacturing company that frames its operations in terms of a set of easily ...
Harol Andrey Avila‐Choconta +3 more
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Empirical analysis of the constituent factors of internal marketing orientation at spanish hotels [PDF]
, 2014 This study, which draws upon specialized literature and empirical evidence, aims to characterize the underlying structure of the construct ‘Internal Marketing Orientation’ (IMO). As a consequence six underlying factors are identified: exchange of values,
Ruizalba, Jose, Vallespín, María
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