RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CHELA FORMATION OF THE NSIAMFUMU AND LIAWENDA FIELDS IN THE ONSHORE COASTAL BASIN, D.R. CONGO by Kalunga Sina-Nduku Tryphene, Deko Oyema Bruno, Link Bukasa Muamba, Pierre Paty Tshibumbu Kayeya, Emmanuel Kazinguvu Atibu, Dominique Wetshondo Osomba

“…The following observations were obtained: • Wells Lw-1: the formation is characterized by dolomitic limestone and micaceous black shale with a thickness of 34 m having heavy oil indices and an average porosity of 17% and a salinity greater than 300 gr/L; • Well Lw-2: the formation is characterized by islands of sand, coarse sandstone and a few quartz pebbles with a thickness of 10m showing evidence of light oil, gas and an average porosity of 24%; • Shaft Lw-3: the formation is dominated by micaceous shale and dolomite interbeds with a thickness of 14m showing little evidence of hydrocarbons, only salt water and residual oils; • Puits Ns-1: the formation is characterized by beige to grey dolomite, grey shale and white sand with a thickness of 6m showing evidence of light oil and an average porosity of 20%. …”
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Magnetic Reconnection between a Solar Jet and a Filament Channel by Garima Karki, Brigitte Schmieder, Pooja Devi, Ramesh Chandra, Nicolas Labrosse, Reetika Joshi, Bernard Gelly

“…We use high-resolution H α spectra obtained by the ground-based telescope Télescope Héliographique pour l'Etude du Magnétisme et des Instabilités Solaires on the Canary Islands and data from Helioseismic Magnetic Imager and Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory. …”
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PESTLE Analysis of a Seaplane Transport Network in Greece by Dimitrios V. Siskos, Alexander Maravas, Ronald Mau

“…The network can serve the needs of 1.6 million permanent residents of the Greek islands, the inhabitants of the mainland, and over 35 million annual tourists. …”
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Explaining the role of green space in coastal cities in attracting tourists with the approach of sustainable environmental development (Case study of Noor city) by Zeynab taghvaee, sadroddin motevalli, Gholam reza janbazi ghobadi, jalal azimi amoli

“…Cause certain global environmental problems such as the formation of urban heat islands, because urban green space is one of the important models in achieving sustainability in urban space and the physical and natural fit of the city. …”
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Ophiocordyceps salganeicola, a parasite of social cockroaches in Japan and insights into the evolution of other closely-related Blattodea-associated lineages by João P. M. Araújo, Mitsuru G. Moriguchi, Shigeru Uchiyama, Noriko Kinjo, Yu Matsuura

“…We found a high degree of genetic similarity between specimens from different islands, infecting these two Salganea species and that this relationship is ancient, likely not originating from a recent host jump. …”
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Clinical Features and Correlates of Outcomes for High-Risk, Marginalized Mothers and Newborn Infants Engaged with a Specialist Perinatal and Family Drug Health Service by Lee Taylor, Delyse Hutchinson, Ron Rapee, Lucy Burns, Christine Stephens, Paul S. Haber

“…Compared to national figures, pregnant women attending a specialist perinatal and family drug health service were more likely to report being Australian born, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, younger, unemployed, and multiparous. Opiates were the primary drug of concern (81.3%). …”
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Hydrochemistry and Isotope Hydrology for Groundwater Sustainability of the Coastal Multilayered Aquifer System (Zhanjiang, China) by Pengpeng Zhou, Ming Li, Yaodong Lu

“…Declining trends of groundwater level and increasing trends of TDS of the confined groundwater in islands reveal the landward extending tendency of the freshwater-seawater mixing zone.…”
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The Shipwreck of the Airship “Dirigibile Italia” in the 1928 Polar Venture: A Retrospective Analysis of the Ionospheric and Geomagnetic Conditions by B. Zolesi, M. Pezzopane, C. Bianchi, A. Meloni, Lj. R. Cander, R. Tozzi

“…Abstract On 25 May 1928 the airship “Dirigibile Italia” during its return trip to the base in NyAlesund, after overflying the North Pole, shipwrecked on the ice‐pack in a region at about 400 km northeast of Svalbard Islands. Survivors, by using a portable high frequency (HF) radio transmitter, tried unsuccessfully to send SOS messages and to establish a radio link with the ship “Città di Milano” of the Italian Navy, closely anchored at King's Bay. …”
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Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan by Keiichi Ueda, Ayako Sano, Jyoji Yamate, Eiko Itano Nakagawa, Mitsuru Kuwamura, Takeshi Izawa, Miyuu Tanaka, Yuko Hasegawa, Hiroji Chibana, Yasuharu Izumisawa, Hirokazu Miyahara, Senzo Uchida

“…Although the Japanese coast is not considered an endemic area, photographic records of lacaziosis-like skin lesions were found in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that were migrating in the Goto Islands (Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan). We diagnosed 2 cases of lacaziosis in bottlenose dolphins captured simultaneously at the same coast within Japanese territory on the basis of clinical characteristics, cytology, histopathology, immunological tests, and detection of partial sequences of a 43 kDa glycoprotein coding gene (gp43) with a nested-PCR system. …”
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Quantifying impacts of two ENSO patterns on South China sea summer monsoon onset by Lianyi Zhang, Junshu Lin, Zesheng Chen, Yanping Shi, Yan Du

“…Abstract The onset of the South China Sea (SCS) Summer Monsoon (SCSSM) is usually in May, strongly influencing the beginning of the wet season over the surrounding regions, such as South China and the Philippine Islands. The onset date is significantly affected by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which manifests as two major types: the Eastern-Pacific (EP) and Central-Pacific (CP) patterns. …”
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Evaluation of Service Life of Polystyrene in Tropical Marine Environment by Principal Component Analysis by Dongdong Song, Jin Gao, Lin Lu, Xiaogang Li

“…In this study, PS specimens were exposed to the tropical environment on Xisha Islands in China for two years. Chromatic aberration, gloss, tensile strength, elongation at break, flexural strength, and impact strength were tested to evaluate the aging behavior of PS. …”
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Notch Regulation of Hematopoiesis, Endothelial Precursor Cells, and Blood Vessel Formation: Orchestrating the Vasculature by Vincenza Caolo, Daniel G. M. Molin, Mark J. Post

“…The development of the vascular system begins with the formation of hemangioblastic cells, hemangioblasts, which organize in blood islands in the yolk sac. The hemangioblasts differentiate into hematopoietic and angioblastic cells. …”
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An Investigation of the Safety Performance of Roundabouts in Korea Based on a Random Parameters Count Model by Minho Park, Dongmin Lee, Je-Jin Park

“…A total of eight variables were determined to be the main influencing factors on traffic accident frequency including the number and width of entry lanes, the presence of pedestrian crossings, the width of the circulatory lanes, the presence of central islands, the radius and number of entry lanes, and traffic volume influence accident frequency. …”
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The Persistent Ionospheric Responses Over Japan After the Impact of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake by Min‐Yang Chou, Iurii Cherniak, Charles C.H. Lin, N.M. Pedatella

“…By comparing with the tsunami model simulation and ocean buoy observations, it is determined that these planar TIDs, lasting for about 10 hr, were likely related to tsunami ocean waves reflected by seamounts, ridges, islands, and seafloor topography in the Pacific Ocean. …”
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Applying Stimulus-Organism-Response (Sor) Adoption for Predicting Generation Z’s Intention to Visit Tourism in Indonesia by Farah Putri Wenang Lusianingrum, Widya Nur Bhakti Pertiwi

“…Generation Z, totaling 250, from five major islands in Indonesia, participated in this study. …”
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Seismic Analysis on the Behaviors of Meru Structures: A Sacred Building in Balinese Temples by I Ketut Sudarsana, Gede Adi Susila, Ni Putu Silvi, Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra

“…The Meru buildings were observed to survive many earthquake events that occurred in Bali Islands. This paper presents the analysis results of the Meru structure in responding to earthquake excitations. …”
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Extreme time–frequency connectedness between oil shocks and sectoral markets in the United States by Oguzhan Ozcelebi, Jose Pérez-Montiel, Sang Hoon Kang

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FAIR Photos – Transforming a Collection of Two Million Historical Press Photos into Five Star Data by Leon van Wissen, Nico Vriend, Antoinet Nijssen, Lars Vereecken, Menno den Engelse

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Border Pushbacks in Greece: Human Rights Violations and Psychological Impacts by Simona Nikolaeva

“…Consequently, the persistent psychological challenges faced by refugees and asylum seekers in Greece contributed to a growing mental health crisis on the Greek islands and mainland.…”
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La mousson, pluie des agriculteurs et vent des marins by Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave

“…That large zone of intense movements putt in contacts very diverse populations.The monsoon facilitated since a very long time the travels from east to west (China to India and persian gulf) and from west to east (South Arabia to Indonesia and China), travels which gave access to the islands and peninsulas of India and southeast Asia, rich in spices and fine products. …”
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