Reservoirs properties of slump-type sub-lacustrine fans and their main control factors in first member of Paleogene Shahejie Formation in Binhai area, Bohai Bay Basin, China

High-yielding oil wells were recently found in the first member of Paleogene Shahejie Formation, the Binhai area of Qikou Sag, providing an example of medium- and deep-buried high-quality reservoirs in the central part of a faulted lacustrine basin.By using data of cores, cast thin sections, scanning electron microscope and physical property tests,

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Boethius on the Problem of Evil

The problem of evil is one the most important challenges presented to the belief in the existence of an Omnipotent, Omniscient and All-Benevolent God.The toughest side of this problem is that there seems to be an inconsistency between these attributes and the existence of evil.The aforementioned inconsistency is not straightforward, but rather it r

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Activity Monitoring with a Wrist-Worn, Accelerometer-Based Device

This study condenses huge amount of raw data measured from a MEMS accelerometer-based, wrist-worn device on different levels of physical activities (PAs) for subjects wearing the device 24 h a day continuously.In this study, we have employed the device to build up assessment models for quantifying activities, to develop an algorithm for sleep durat

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