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Things at Work: How Things Contribute to Performing Work

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract A crucial question for organizations is what constitutes work performance. While the importance of human competence and motivation to work performance has been established, less well understood is how ‘things’ – such as algorithms, tools, instruments, and raw materials – contribute to work performance.
Jörgen Sandberg, Gloria Dall'Alba, Anna Stephens   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The mechanical properties, microstructures and mechanism of carbon nanotube-reinforced oil well cement-based nanocomposites. [PDF]

RSC Adv, 2019
Lu S, Wang X, Meng Z, Deng Q, Peng F, Yu C, Hu X, Zhao Y, Ke Y, Qi F.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Financial/Social Trade‐Offs in Dual‐Purpose Companies

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Dual‐purpose companies (DPCs) encounter numerous financial and social trade‐offs in their operations. However, existing research has not fully explored the heterogeneity and antecedents of these trade‐offs. To bridge this gap, we first distinguish between scenarios in which trade‐offs are mitigated or intensified, and then categorize the ...
Fengbin Wang, Changwei Guo, Jianxun Chen, Sunny Li Sun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rietveld Quantitative Phase Analysis of Oil Well Cement: In Situ Hydration Study at 150 Bars and 150 °C. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2019
Fraga E, Cuesta A, Zea-Garcia JD, De la Torre AG, Yáñez-Casal A, Aranda MAG.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“We Have Come to Offer Something Which (They) Were Not Even Looking for”: U.S. Christian Conservative Evangelical Faith Missions in the Ecuadorian Upper Amazon

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
Diego Mauricio Cortés
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of coffee thermocycling and color correction serum on the colorimetric properties and hardness of CAD‐CAM restorative materials

Journal of Prosthodontics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To compare the stainability, translucency, opalescence, whiteness, gloss, and hardness of 4 computer‐aided design and computer‐aided manufacturing (CAD‐CAM) restorative materials after simulated coffee drinking and color correction. Materials and Methods Four CAD‐CAM blocks were investigated (n = 40): resin nanoceramic (Cerasmart, CS),
Hanan Al‐Johani
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis and retarder mechanism study of a novel amphoteric composite high temperature-resistant retarder for oil well cement. [PDF]

RSC Adv, 2018
Zhigang P, Jian Z, Qian F, Changjun Z, Yong Z, Bojian Z, Jinhua H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Depositional Facies, Sequence Stratigraphy, and Diagenesis of Lower Cretaceous Carbonate Reservoir, Southern Iraq: Implications for Petroleum Exploration

Journal of Petroleum Geology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Lower Cretaceous Yamama Formation of southern Iraq represents a key carbonate reservoir within Iraq and the Middle East, yet its complex depositional facies architecture and diagenetic alterations present challenges for predicting reservoir quality.
A. K. A. Mohammed, F. Velledits, I. Q. Mohammed, M. Alsuwaidi, H. Mansurbeg, F. Kristály, D. K. Ivanova, Eloi González‐Esvertit, A. Awdal   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of carboxylic group on the compatibility with retarder and the retarding side effect of the fluid loss control additive used in oil well cement. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci, 2018
Guo S, Lu Y, Bu Y, Li B.
europepmc   +1 more source

National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
wiley   +1 more source