Received: January 14, 2017 Revised: April 13, 2017 Accepted: May 15, 2017 Abstract: Introduction: To address reservoir quality assessment in highly complex and heterogeneous carbonate reservoirs, a methodology utilizing fuzzy logic is developed and presented in this paper. Based on carbonate reservoir characteristics, three parameters reflecting the macroscopic and microscopic of storage abunda...

In this paper I estimate an age-adjusted value of statistical life (VSL) by examining consumer automobile purchases. Many public policies target the health and safety of older people, but most VSL estimates come from hedonic wage regressions with few older workers and no retirees. Although underrepresented in the labor force, senior citizens account for a sizeable share of vehicle acquisitions ...

The Escherichia coli periplasmic proteins CusF and CusB, as part of the CusCFBA efflux system, aid in the resistance of elevated levels of copper and silver by direct metal transfer between the metallochaperone CusF and the membrane fusion protein CusB before metal extrusion from the periplasm to the extracellular space. Although previous in vitro experiments have demonstrated highly specific i...

Tobacco control policies have proliferated in many countries in recent years, in particular youth access laws and public smoking bans. The eff ectiveness of youth access laws is still disputed, however, as are the costs of public smoking bans to the hospitality industry. Using a unique data set on cigarette sales at more than 100k vending machines that provides fi rst objective evidence on the ...

Nanotechnology is a promising approach both for restoring or enhancing activity of old and conventional antimicrobial agents and for treating intracellular infections by providing intracellular targeting and sustained release of drug inside infected cells. The present paper introduces a formulation study of gentamicin loaded biodegradable nanoparticles (Nps). Solid-oil-in water technique was st...

Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1), an essential protein in mammals, is involved in base excision DNA repair (BER) and in regulation of gene expression, acting as a redox co-activator of several transcription factors. Recent findings highlight a novel role for APE1 in RNA metabolism, which is modulated by nucleophosmin (NPM1). The results reported in this article show that five lysine ...

This paper investigates the short-term eff ects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany’s sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the eff ect that smoke-free policies had on individuals’ smoking propensity and smoking intensity. Using rich longi...

Abstract. There is substantiated the need to modernize transport area of Ukraine in view state obligations adopted during signing international environmental agreements. It argued that adoption United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its further implementation by Kyoto Protocol Paris Agreement require signatory States take measures minimize anthropogenic impact CO2 emissions e...

Країни ЄС накопичили багатий досвід природокористування. Еволюція екологічної політики призвела до чіткого підходу визначення та вирішення екологічних проблем. Застосування стандартів є запорукою сталого функціонування екосистем у розвинених країнах Європи. Практика показала, що бездумне копіювання досвіду інших країн, без урахування специфіки формування розвитку екологічного простору України, ...