Impact of Composition on Pore Throat Size in Mature Shales

clash of Composition on think Throat Size in ripe(p) ShalesThe impact of composition on focalize pharynx surface and permeableness in mature shales an example in middle and Upper Devonian hooter River multitude shale, matrimonyeastern British Columbia, CanadaTian donga, Nicholas B. Harrisa, Korhan Ayrancia, Cory E. Twemlowb, Brent R. Nassichukba section of country and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada,b Trican Geological Solutions Ltd., Calgary, AB T2E 2M1, Canada,Abstract Shale generators of the Middle and Upper Devonian detusk River concourse bid an opportunity to correction the figure out of escape from composition on permeableness and focus on pharynx sizing distribution in mature formation. Sedimentological, geochemical and petrophysical analyses reveal relationships amid rock composition, boil down pharynx size and intercellular substance permeability.In our sample set, footstepd hyaloplasm permeability clutc hess amidst 1.69 and 42.81 nanodarcies and increases with increasing holeyness. Total original carbon (TOC) satiate positively correlates to permeability and exerts a stronger control on permeability than in original composition. A positive correlation amongst silica glut and permeability, and the riotous mien of interparticle centres amongst quartz crystals, paint a picture that quartz capacitance whitethorn be another factor enhancing the permeability. Pore pharynx size distributions ar strongly related to TOC heart. In positive fertilizer lively samples, the ascendant focus throat size is slight(prenominal) than 10 nm, whereas in thorough be given samples, sharpen throat size distribution is lordlyly greater than 20 nm. SEM images suggest that in thorough profuse samples, constitutive(a) affair digests argon the dominant pore type, whereas in quartz rich samples, the dominant type is interparticle pores in the midst of quartz grains. In stiff ric h and carbonate rich samples, the dominant pore type is intraparticle pores, which argon fewer and sm eacher in size. high school permeability shales atomic number 18 associated with specific depositional facies. Massive and pyritic mudstones, rich in TOC and quartz, confine comparatively high permeability. Laminated mudstone, bioturbated mudstone and carbonate facies, which argon relatively enriched in cadaver or carbonate, have relatively low permeability.Key words Pore throat size permeability shale composition detusk River Group shale horse opera Canada Sedimentary toilet1. IntroductionTypical shales or mudstones atomic number 18 aqueous rocks with a dominant grain size less than 63 m, serve as source rocks if organic depend is rich and as seals preventing hydrocarbon migration be hit of powdery nature (Schieber, 1998). Permeability is a fundamental property in established reservoirs that strongly influences hydrocarbon production rate. Permeability is presumably in an y case big in shale reservoirs for long term full stop rates, although initial production rates be likewise influenced by natural and dyed fracture systems (Jarvie et al., 2007 Rickman et al., 2008). Permeabilities in mudstones ar typic aloney several orders of magnitude trim than in coarser grained lithologies, much(prenominal)(prenominal) as foulstones and sandstones (Dewhurst et al., 1999 Nelson, 2009 Yang and Aplin, 2010). Published absolute permeabilities, mensural on a variety of shales and by different analytical method actings, typically fall in the nano-darcy take to the woods (Kwon et al., 2004). Because of the exceedingly low permeability, accurate measurements of permeability in shale samples be challenging (Sakhaee-Pour and Bryant, 2011 Tinni et al., 2012 Moghadam and Chalaturnyk, 2015). Steady-state flow techniques argon impractical because it is difficult to achieve flow through shale plugs in a period of time short enough to permit outline of large numb ers of samples (Mallon and Swarbrick, 2008 Sakhaee-Pour and Bryant, 2011). Consequently, transient pulse decay methods, which require really lots less time, argon generally employed to measure shale permeability on both plugs and crushed particles (Cui et al., 2009). One potential problem in exploitation nerve center plugs for pulse-decay measurements is that induced fractures may influence the measurements (Ghanizadeh et al., 2015) therefore, a crushed rock technique (the GRI method) may be a favorable method to measure the matrix permeability (Cui et al., 2009). On the other hand, where microfractures exist naturally in a shale, the GRI method might not be appropriate.In mudstones, permeability primarily depends on the abundance and size of pores and pore throats (Yang and Aplin, 1998 Dewhurst et al., 1999) on a commence floor reservoir conditions, pore throats and consequently permeabilities may be substantial lower than deliberate under ambient conditions due to compress ion of pore throats. Permeability under in-situ conditions is difficult to measure, but it can be estimated from to a greater extent easy determined petrophysical properties such as pore size and pore throat size distribution as well as surface knowledge base (Yang and Aplin, 1998). Mercury injection hairlike pressure (MICP) measurements provide a qualitative understanding of permeability by giving useful training close to the pore throat size and connectivity. MICP data suggest that pore throat size distributions in mudstones argon influenced by porosity, grain size and mud gist (Dewhurst et al., 1999 Yang and Aplin, 2007). Previously published data indicate that pore throat sizes in shales regorges from 5 nm to more than than 100 nm (Nelson, 2009). inform permeabilities in mudstones vary by ten orders of magnitude, primarily controlled by the presence of ashes minerals, which decreases permeability by clogging mineral associated pores (Neuzil, 1994 Yang and Aplin, 1998, 2007, 2010 Dewhurst et al., 1998 Dewhurst et al., 1999). Permeabilities are also impacted by diagenetic processes such as destruction of porosity by mechanical compaction and cementumation, and enhancement of pore throats by mineral waste (Pommer and Milliken, 2015). Most samples in these studies are either organic lean mudstones or low maturity, and the dominant pores exist between particles. Recently, high resolution scan electron microscopy combined with ion milling techniques apply to mudstone samples has documented another important set of pores, i.e. those developed within organic matter (Loucks et al., 2009 Loucks et al., 2012 Nelson, 2009 Slatt and OBrien, 2011 Chalmers et al., 2012a Curtis et al., 2012a Curtis et al., 2012b ding and Harris, 2013 dingdong et al., 2015 Mastalerz et al., 2013 Klaver et al., 2015 Tian et al., 2015). However, little work has been done on the control exerted by organic matter and other compositional variables on pore throat size distributio n and permeability .Some studies have described pore features and factors controlling the matrix permeability in the pierce River Group shale (Ross and Bustin, 2009 Chalmers et al., 2012b), but none have been sufficiently detailed to determine the compositional factors influencing pore throat size distribution and permeability. In this study, we present a large dataset of permeability measurements on crushed samples and pore throat complex body part determined by MICP data By integrating geochemical data and petrophysical data for the Horn River Group shale, we investigate the potential effects of shale composition and organic matter on pore geometry, pore throat size distribution and permeability. We then sleeper permeability to lithofacies, which can be apply to predict spatial magnetic variation in permeability.2. Geological settingThe Horn River john, an knowledge base of nformer(a) 12,000 km2, is ascertain in the deep northwest portion of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in northeastern British Columbia, Canada (Fig. 1) (Oldale and Munday, 1994). It is bounded to the south and east by carbonate barrier reefs (Presquile barrier) and to the west by the Bovie Fault, a Cretaceous structure associated with Laramide tectonism (Ross and Bustin, 2008). During the Middle and Late Devonian, the southern part was proximal to the paleo-shoreline and received more siliclastic input than the more distal northern part of the Horn River Basin (Fig. 1) (OConnell, 1994 Dong et al., 2016). The Horn River Group shale involves the Evie and Otter Park sections of Horn River governance and the Muskwa governance (Fig. 2), all deposited within a roughly 8 m.y. interval spanning the Givetian to early Frasnian Stages ( 392 to 384 Ma) (Oldale and Munday, 1994). In the Horn River Basin, most of the Horn River Group shale is within the ironical swagger window with a vitrinite coefficient of reflection (Ro) ranging between 1.6 and 2.5% (Ross and Bustin, 2008, 2009 R ivard et al., 2014).The Evie appendage is a dark grey, organic rich, variably calcareous mudstone that overlies the shallow marine carbonates of the cut back Keg River Formation (McPhail et al., 2008 Hulsy, 2011). The Evie Member is up to 75 meters thick set about the Presquile barrier, thinning to less than 40 meters to the west (McPhail et al., 2008). The just TOC confine for the Evie Member is 3.7 wt.% (Dong et al., 2015). The Otter Park Member is typically a grey, pyritic, argillaceous to calcareous mudstone. It is much thicker than the underlying Evie Member and the overlying Muskwa Formation, as much as 270 meters in the southeast Horn River Basin (McPhail et al., 2008). The Otter Park shale generally has lower organic content than either the Evie or the Muskwa, averaging 2.4 wt.% TOC (Dong et al., 2015). Portions of the Otter Park Member are rich in organic carbon with up to 7.09 wt.% TOC (Dong et al., 2015). The Otter Park shale varies geographically in composition, beco ming argillaceous in distal parts of the basin to the north and west. The Muskwa shale is a gray to black siliceous, pyritic, organic-rich shale that overlies the Otter Park Member. The Muskwa Formation varies in oppressiveness from 50 to 90 meters (Oldale and Munday, 1994). entire carbon enrichment in the Muskwa Formation is generally higher than in the Otter Park Member but slightly lower than in the Evie Member, averaging 3.41wt.% TOC (Dong et al., 2015). The Muskwa Formation is overlain by the Fort Simpson Formation which is poor in organic matter.3. MethodologyWe obtained core samples from four wells drilled in the Horn River Basin distributed from the northern distal part of the basin to southern proximal part EOG Maxhamish D-012-L/094-O-15, Nexen Gote A-27-I/094-O-8, ConocoPhillips McAdam C-87-K/094-O-7 and Imperial Komie D-069-K/094-O-02 (Fig. 1). altogether samples were slabs cut from a 10 cm diameter core and were, on average, approximately 10 cm long and 6 cm wide. Spl its were cut vertically along the sides of the core samples for geochemical digest, permeability measurements, MICP analysis and SEM image analysis, so that the different analyses were performed on the corresponding interval of rock. Before sampling, these four cores were stratigraphically logged in order to identify the sedimentological and ichnological characteristics and determine lithofacies (see Dong et al., 2015, 2016 for methods on sedimentological analysis).Weatherford Laboratories analyzed total organic carbon (TOC) content development LECO combustion. Acme Analytical Laboratories determined the major element assiduitys, including SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO, CaO, Na2O, K2O, TiO2, P2O5, MnO and Cr2O3 by using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Detailed information on analytical procedures for TOC and major oxides was provided in Dong et al. (2015). We selected ten samples (Table 1) for tidy sum mineralogical analysis and Based on the lithofacies class ification, we selected louvre samples (Table 2) gifting different lithofacies for QEMSCAN analysis, carried out by Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Denver. QEMSCAN is an automated SEM-based mineralogical analysis tool, and can be use for the quantitative determination of mineral abundance and identification of micro-texture (Ahmad and Haghighi, 2012).Permeability and porosity were mensurable on one hundred samples (Table 3) by Trican Well religious service Ltd., Calgary, Alberta. Samples were crushed, sieved with a 10 mesh screen and dried in an oven at 105C to remove any existing fluids. Matrix permeability was measured on the crushed and sieved samples using the GRI method (Luffel et al., 1993). Helium pycnometry was utilize to measure the grain densities of each crushed sample. Ultra-high purity helium was utilize to maximize penetration of pore space and minimize potential reactions with the samples (Cui et al., 2009). Permeability was reckon at ambient conditions based on a method refined from ResTech (1996) and Luffel et al. (1993), and was not calibrated to insitu conditions.Pore throat size distributions were measured by mercury porosimeter on shale chips. We selected thirty-six samples (Table 4) from the four wells representing a wide image of TOC contents and mineralogical compositions to do the mercury injection analysis (Klaver et al., 2015). Mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) analyses force mercury into pore throats and pores under increasing applied pressure. Pore throat diameters, not pore diameters, are then interpreted from the MICP measurements. The samples were dried in a hoover oven over 12 hours and then intruded with mercury from 2 to 60000 psi using Micromeritics AutoPore IV 9500 V1.09 apparatus at the Department of Physics, University of Alberta. The minimal pore throat diameter can be measured by this instrument is 3 nm.Scanning electron microscopy enabled visualization of pores on samples polished with ion milling, whic h produces extremely runny surfaces (Loucks et al., 2009). Eleven shale samples (Table 5) from core plugs were first mechanically polished and then advance polished using ion milling (Fischione Model 1060 SEM Mill at the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta). Composition of the 11 samples is provided in Table 5. Ion polished samples were mounted to SEM stubs using carbon paste and coated with carbon to provide conductive surfaces. The prepared samples were imaged with two different field-emission SEMs. One was a JEOL 6301 F field-emission scanning electron microscope at the Scanning Electron Microscope Facility at the University of Alberta. We performed the FE-SEM analysis using an accelerating voltage of 5.0 kV and working distance range from 10-15 mm. The other was a Zeiss Sigma field-emission scanning electron microscope coupled with an EDX EBSD at the nanoFAB facility, University of Alberta. The FE-SEM was performed using an accelerating voltag e of 10.0 kV and working distance around 8.5 mm. Secondary electron (SE) images document the pore systems and topographic variation. Backscatter Electron Detector (BSE) and Oxford Instruments 150mm X-Max vigor Dispersive X-Ray Detector (EDX) provided the compositional and mineralogical variation.4. Results4.1 Lithofacies classificationWe place five lithofacies based on thin section analysis and core placard from the four cores within Horn River Basin massive mudstone, massive mudstone with ample iron fools gold lenses and laminae (pyritic mudstone), laminated to heterolithic bedded mudstone (laminated mudstone), bioturbated mudstone, and carbonates. More detailed descriptions and photographs of the lithofacies are presented in Dong et al. (2015).Massive mudstone, lacking physical sedimentary structures and primarily comprising quartz (Figs. 3A and 4A), controls the Muskwa Formation and the Evie Member (Figs. 5 and 6). Pyritic mudstone is characterized by pyrite-rich laminae a nd pyrite nodules (Figs. 3B and 4B), and dominates the Muskwa Formation in all four cores, and also dominates the Otter Park Member in the EOG Maxhamish core (Figs. 5 and 6). This lithofacies has less quartz but more cadaver than massive mudstone. Laminated mudstone is rough-cut in the Otter Park Member (Figs. 5 and 6) and consists of millimeter scale form-rich mudstone laminae with quartz- and calcite-rich silt laminae (Figs. 3C and 4C). Bioturbated mudstone is characterized by chasten to intensely bioturbation and weak lamination (Figs. 3D and 4D) and primarily occurs in the lower part of the Otter Park Member (Figs. 5 and 6). Compared to the massive and pyritic mudstones, the laminated and bioturbated mudstones are relatively rich in system (Figs. 4C and D). The carbonate lithofacies, rich in calcite (Figs. 3E and 4E), is restricted to the lower part of the Evie Member (Figs. 5 and 6).4.2 TOC content, major oxides density and mineralogyTOC content for all samples in our dat a set ranges from 0.04 to 8.25 wt.%, with a correspond value of 3.09% (Dong et al., 2015). Lithofacies vary systematically in TOC content (Fig. 7A). Massive mudstone samples are richest in TOC, ranging from 0.82 to 8.25%, averaging 4.23 wt.%. Pyritic mudstone samples have TOC values ranging from 0.3 to 6.81 %, averaging 3.44 wt.%. Laminated mudstone samples have relatively low TOC, between 0.24 and 7.09 % (mean TOC = 2.02 wt.%). Bioturbated mudstone and carbonate mudstone samples have the lowest TOC values, between 0.04 and 3.05 % (mean TOC = 1.11 wt.%). TOC content is highest in Evie Member, give in Muskwa Formation and lowest in Otter Park Member (Dong et al., 2015).The oxides SiO2, Al2O3 and CaO represent the major components of quartz, clay and carbonate minerals, indicated by the strong correlation coefficient between major oxides and quantitative mineralogy from XRD analysis (Fig. 8). Thus concentrations of these oxides can be used as proxies for quartz, clay and carbonates. Oxide compositions differ greatly among lithofacies (Figs. 7B-D). The massive mudstone and pyritic mudstone lithofacies are relatively rich in SiO2, ranging from 9.9-80.1% and 12.3-89.4% with average values of 56.3 and 66.5%, respectively. The laminated mudstone and bioturbated mudstone lithofacies are richer in Al2O3, with concentrations of Al2O3 ranging from 2.0-17.0% and 9.1-19.7% with average values of 9.2 and 17.1%, respectively. The carbonate lithofacies is richest in CaO, ranging from 43.8-52.6% with an average of 47.6%. SiO2 concentration is highest in Muskwa Formation, Al2O3 concentration is highest in Otter Park Member, whereas CaO concentration is highest in Evie Member (Dong et al., 2016).Mineral components determine by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) are presented in Table 1 and include quartz, K- feldspar, plagioclase, calcite, dolomite, pyrite and clay minerals (Dong et al., 2016). The clay fraction is dominated by illite and mixed-layer illite/smectite, sum a trace of chl orite in some samples.4.3 PermeabilityMatrix permeability profiles from the EOG Maxhamish, Imperial Komie, Nexen Gote and ConocoPhillips McAdam cores are shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The average permeability for all samples is 15.6 nD, ranging from 1.69 to 42.81 nD (Table 3 and Fig. 9). Permeability is highest in the Evie Member (average permeability = 17.15 nD), moderate in Muskwa Formation (average permeability = 15.18 nD), and lowest in the Otter Park Member (average permeability = 14.44 nD).4.4 Pore systemsPorosity measured on core samples ranges from 0.62% to 12.04%, averaging 5.1% (Dong et al., 2015). Pores are categorized as micropores (pore diameter 50 nm) by the International uniting of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Sing, 1985). Loucks et al. (2012) recognized three general types of pores in shales organic matter pores, interparticle pores developed between grains and crystals, and intraparticle pores contained with a particle boundary. All three pore types were observed in our shale samples (Figs. 10, 11 and 12). In our Horn River Group shale samples, mesopores and macropores were observed in the high resolution SEM images (Figs. 10, 11 and 12). Micropores are small, below the limit of the SEM images resolution (Dong and Harris, 2013).Pores are commons in organic matter and are predominately round or elliptical in cross section with a wide size range from a few nanometers (Figs. 10B, D and E) to greater than 1 micron (Fig. 10C). Pore abundance within organic matter is strongly heterogeneous, with both non-porous solid organic matter and porous organic matter commonly observed (Figs. 10A and F). Even within the alike patch of organic matter, we observed dense area and porous area (Fig. 10B). The size of organic matter pores is also super variable for example, mesopores dominate the pore system in sample IK4 (Fig. 10E), whereas macropores dominate sample M2(Figs. 10A and C).Interparticle pores are observed between quartz crystals, calcite crystals and o ther detrital particles, such as feldspar (Fig. 11). These pores display triangular and elongated shapes (Fig. 11), substantially different in geomorphology and size from organic matter-hosted pores which are typically ovoid and elliptical in shape. The pore size and morphology of interparticle pores depends on the meet minerals, geometry and arrangement of neighboring particles. Most interparticle pores are much larger than organic matter pores, typically greater than 100nm. Interparticle pores are also present between fine-grained phyllosilicate particles that satiate primary pores between carbonate particles (Fig. 12F), displaying smaller size.Intraparticle pores are found within particles or mineral grains, such as clay minerals, carbonate grains, pyrite framboids and apatite. They include primary pores preserved during burial and diagenetic processes and indirect pores generated by dissolution of feldspar and carbonate. Pore spaces within clay flocculates are common in cla y rich samples (Fig. 12A). Pyrite framboids, aggregates of submicron pyrite crystals, are relatively common in Horn River Group shale and contain mesopores developed between the submicron pyrite crystals (Fig. 12B). Apatite also provides sites for porosity development (Fig. 12E). Numerous intraparticle pores are present within carbonate grains due to carbonate dissolution (Figs. 12D and E).All fractures observed in the Horn River Group shale are completely open and lack cement filling (Figs. 12C and D). In clay rich samples, the fractures are probably artificial shrinkage cracks produced as the clays dehydrated (Fig. 12C). In the carbonate rich samples (Fig. 12D), fractures surrounding calcite grains are narrower and shorter than fractures in clay rich samples and are interpreted to be natural.4.5 Pore throat size distributionsPorosity and pore size distributions, reckon from nitrogen adsorption analyses, were presented in Dong et al. (2015). These date show that the Horn River Gro up shale samples contain mixtures of macropores, mesopores and micropores. Pore throat size distributions are more critical than pore size distributions to permeability (Nelson, 2009). Sample preparation and applied injection pressure of up to 60000 psi may either cause artificial fractures in our samples or results in collapse of large pores (Yang and Aplin, 2007 Chalmers et al., 2012a). In this study, pore throats related to artificial fractures were removed from the distributions (Fig. 13). Samples in Figs. 13 are grouped by increasing TOC content.Pore throat diameter distributions are increasingly skewed towards smaller values with increasing TOC content. Samples with low TOC content (Figs. 13A, B and C) are characterized by asymmetric distributions with dominant pore throat radii greater than 20 nm. Pore throat diameters less than 10nm dominate in the organic rich samples (Figs. 13D, E and F). Median pore throat diameter is thus negatively correlated to TOC content (Fig. 14A), but no acquaintance with major inorganic components is evident (Figs. 14B, C and D).Mercury intrusion porosimetry also can be used to calculate effective porosity. Porosity calculated from mercury injection ranges from 0.6% to 2.9%, averaging 1.5%, which is much lower than total porosity measured by helium pycnometer. There is a positive correlation between TOC content and effective porosity, submissive a correlation coefficient of 0.44 (Fig. 15).5. Discussion5.1 alliance between porosity and permeabilityPrevious studies have shown that the relationship between porosity and permeability in mudstones is primarily controlled by the clay content (Yang and Aplin, 2007 2010). At a given porosity, Dewhurst et al. (1998, 1999) found that clay poor mudstones are much more permeable than clay rich mudstones. The samples in the Dewhurst et al. (1998, 1999) studies were shallowly interred London clay, with a TOC content between 0.2 and 0.9 wt.%. The samples in the study of Yang and Aplin ( 2007) are core samples from North Sea and Gulf of Mexico, with a range of TOC from 0.1 to 2.4 wt.%. Samples in those studies are organic lean mudstones and no organic matter pores were reported in their studies. The loss of porosity and permeability is mostly set by the preferential collapse of large primary pores. The wide range of permeability (3 orders of magnitude) likely can be explained by the variation in grain size, which is in turn affected by the clay content (Dewhurst et al., 1998, 1999 Yang and Aplin, 2007).In our Horn River Group shale dataset, however, the relationship between porosity and permeability do not vary systematically with the concentration of Al2O3 (Fig. 9B), which is an approximation for clay content. Unlike the studies cited above, samples with high clay content does not show lower permeability at a given porosity than samples with low clay content. The primary reasons for the contrast between our results and those of Dewhurst et al. (1998, 1999) and Ya ng and Aplin (2007) are probably the high organic content and the high maturity of the Horn River samples and the definition of clay content. In their studies, clay content is specify as particles less than 2 m regardless of mineralogy, whereas we defined the clay content as the abundance of clay minerals including smectite, illite, mixed layer of smectite+illite and chlorite. The samples in this study have a TOC content range of 0.04-8.25 wt.%, with a mean value of 3.09%, approximately 3 to 10 times higher than in the Dewhurst et al. (1998, 1999) and Yang and Aplin (2007) data sets. Ross and Bustin (2008, 2009) showed that Horn River Group shale is highly mature, with vitrinite reflectance from approximately 1.6 to 2.5% in contrast to the low maturities in Dewhurst et al. (1998, 1999) and Yang and Aplin (2007). Dong et al. (2015) reported that hydrogen index (HI) and oxygen index (OI) are very low in Horn River Group shale, indicative of dry gas window. Compared to economically su ccessful shale gas plays in North American such as Barnett Shale (Jarvie et al., 2007) and Eagle Ford Shale (Pommer and Milliken, 2015), Horn River Group shale is more mature, although it is less mature than the gas-productive Silurian black shales in Sichuan Basin, southwestern China, which have an equivalent vitrinite reflectance (%Ro) range of 2.84 3.54 (Tian et al., 2013). We propose that the extensive development of organic matter pores in mature shales impacts the relationship between clay content and porosity-permeability behavior.Porosity-permeability relationships are shown in Fig. 9. Our permeability data show a positive correlation with porosity, yielding a correlation coefficient of 0.72 for all the samples (Fig. 9A). Porosity is the strongest individual predictor of matrix permeability, stronger than any correlation between any compositional parameter and permeability.5.2 consanguinity between shale composition and pore throat size distributionTOC and average pore th roat size calculated from mercury injection capillary pressure data (Fig. 14A) are negatively correlated, suggesting that smaller median pore throat size occurs in organic rich samples than in organic lean samples. The smaller pore throat size in organic carbon rich samples (predominantly less than 10 nm) is also evident in histograms of pore throat size distribution (Figs. 13D, E and F). This relationship is consistent with observations from scanning electron microscopy (Fig. 10), where most of the organic matter pores are less than 100 nm. Similar phenomenon have been observed in Devonian shales, Appalachian Basin, where pore throat size is much smaller in organic rich samples (averaging 8 nm) than in organic poor samples (averaging 22 nm) (Nelson, 2009).Bernard et al. (2012) suggest that in the Barnett Shale, organic pores formed not in kerogen, but rather in bitumen which derived from thermally degraded kerogen in the oil window and in pyrobitumen, which resulted from secondary cracking of bitumen in the gas window. In this study, bitumen, solid bitumen and pyrobitumen are defined as secondary organic matter, following terminology in Pommer and Milliken (2015). Although it is operationally challenging to distinguish bitumen or pyrobitumen from kerogen on SEM images, organic matter in the Horn River Group shale probably consists of mixtures of kerogen, bitumen and pyrobitumen (Fig. 10), as all the stratigraphic units are presently in the dry gas window. A certain fraction of the buried detrital and marine kerogen apparently has been converted to hydrocarbon and secondary organic matter, generating the numerous bubble-like pores (Fig. 10). Pommer and Milliken (2015) identified similar processes in the Eagle Ford Shale, where, over a range of thermal maturities from oil window to gas window, original primary mineral-associated pores are largely infilled by secondary organic matter, in which much smaller organic matter pores (median size 13.2 nm) later devel op. Primary intergranular pores between severe grains such as quartz, calcite were clogged by kerogen, bitumen and pyrobitumen, where small organic matter pores were generated because of the thermal conversion from kerogen to hydrocarbon (Figs. 10B and E).Clay content does not appear to be significantly related to pore throat size in the Horn River Group shale, in contrast to some previous studies (Yang and Aplin, 2007 2010) (Fig. 14C). At deposition, pore throat size and connectivity is a function of the shape, size and packing soma of the constituent clasts. Clay-sized particles damage matrix permeability by clogging pores and throats (Yang and Aplin, 2007, 2010). bighearted primary pores may have been present in the Horn River Group shale at low maturities and relatively shallow burial depths, but at its present-day high thermal maturity (gas window), primary pores have been largely lost due to compaction, suggested by the twisted clay flakes (Fig. 12A). In clay rich samples, only a minor amount of secondary organic matter pores are present (Fig. 12B). Any correlation between clay content and pore throat size that may have existed at low maturity was effectively erased by diagenesis.5.3 Shale composition and permeabilityOrganic matter pores, which generally are interpreted to be generated during burial and suppuration (Jarvie et al., 2007 Zargari et al., 2015), have been well documented in organic rich shales such as the Barnett Shale, Woodford Shale, Marcellus Shale and the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Loucks et al., 2009 Passey et al., 2010 Curtis et al., 2012a Fishman et al., 2012

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Injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences are then considered with numbers and corrective actions nooky be made (Howarth Watson, 2009).Construction design and bring home the baconment (CDM)On 6 April 2007 came into force in Great Britain the new Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007 written by the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and authorize by the Secretary of State and the Parliament. These regulations modify, combine and replace the former Construction Design and Management Regulations 1994 (CDM94) and the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 (CHSW) which both needed to be reviewed and updated accordingly with the recent evoluti ons of the considerations towards health and safety issues in pull and later on consultations of the main stakeholders of the grammatical construction industry (HSC, 2007).The CDM2007 Regulations aim to funk construction accidents and gravely health in Great Britain by encouraging the various stakeholders of the construction industry to improve in training and managing their abides taking into consideration matters of safety and health primeval on in the drop definition. By showtime focusing on these essential points at the beginning of a project, risks sight be identified and managers are able to make good decisions in the lead of difficulties (Howarth Watson, 2009). In this new version of the regulations, the HSC focuses on communication and co-ordination between all the parties involved in the construction project and set up several duties for each of the different stakeholders. It also highlights that the amount of paperwork and all the bureaucracy caused by the pre vious version of the regulations should be reduced and the focus put on the planning and management. (HSE Website)The CDM set up obligations for guests and designers. The main obligation impose to the client is to appoint the main stakeholders for the planning and the realisation of construction work (St John Holt, 2005). By construction work, the CDM broadly refers to the packing out of building, civil engineering or engineering construction word (HSC, 2007). The regulations also impose duties to the central figures then appointed which are related to health, safety and occupational safety on construction project and which will be summarised later in this paper. Among the dutyholders which enroll to the carrying out of the project are the lymph node, the Designer, the CDM-Coordinator, the straits Contractor and the Contractors (St John Holt, 2005).The clientThe Client is defined as any person for whom construction work is being carried out, whether done by external labour or in-house (Joyston-Bechal Grice, 2004). It so-and-so be an individual as n betimes as a company. By this definition of the investigator of the work, the Client is the one who provides fit funds to design and realise the work in respect of safety and health regulations imposed by the CDM and thus has a certain influence on what happens on site (St John Holt, 2005). The CDMRegulations 2007 submit the Client to several duties (Howarth Watson, 2009) (Joyston-Bechal Grice, 2004) (HSE, 2006)Appoint a CDM-Coordinator and a fountainhead ContractorMake sure that these two stakeholders and all the other the client could directly appoint are competent and lead the adequate resources to mange health and safety problem associated with the projectEnsure that the construction does not start until capable welfare facilities have been provided as well as an agreeable health and safety plan exit the CDM-Coordinator and the Designers with all the relevant education about health and safety mat ters related to the projectRetain and make the health and safety file obtainable to anyone who asks for itThe CDM-Coordinator should be appointed as soon as possible so the Client can receive advice from him in order to appoint the other stakeholders (St John Holt, 2005). One of the important duty of the Client is to make sure that all the main figures he (it?) has to appoint are competent and have the adequate resources to deal with health and safety issues. That means the Client has to batten down that these stakeholders reckon well the project, are familiar with construction techniques, are well conscious of health and safety matters their risks and consequences but also that they allocate enough specie and persons to do the job (Joyston-Bechal Grice, 2004).Maybe what they are not required ? FraserThe CDM-CoordinatorThe CDM-Coordinator is a person or a company appointed as early as possible by the Client in the preparation of the project. He is a key element for the prevent ion of risks related to health and safety as he is the main advisor of the Client and he is the security of coordination and co-operation between the main figures involved in the construction process (HSC, 2007).The duties of the CDM-Coordinator imposed by the Regulations 2007 are (HSC, 2007) (Semple Fraser, 2007) (Howarth Watson, 2009)Advise the Client and other stakeholders on appointments competence and resource availabilityNotify HSE about the projectCoordinate planning and design work on health and safety matters assemble with the booster cable Contractor and facilitate good communication between the stakeholders involved in the projectCollect pre-construction learning and prepare a pre-tender health and safety planPrepare and update the health and safety file carry off designers and visualize the design is prepared adequatelyThe CDM-Coordinator is appointed only in the case of notifiable projects. That covers all the construction works which are schedule to last more than 30 days or involve more than 500 person-days of work. A person-day is defined as one individual carrying out construction work during one normal working day (St John Holt, 2005).An important part of the CDM-Coordinators duties is to work close to designers in order to see they propose the right development are the good moment and to administrate their work in order to figure out if they consider hazard, risks and admit (WS Atkins confabulateants, rev A. Gilbertson, 2004).The DesignerDesigners have a key role in managing health and safety on site. They are the persons or companies who can prevent risks at the source (Semple Fraser, 2007). The designer is the one who analyse site information and prepare drawings and specifications for the project. He can be an architect, a land surveyor or an engineer (HSE, 2006). For complex projects, several designers can be appointed to abound the design and ensure to identify and examine all the health and safety factors that need to be ad dressed (WS Atkins Consultants, rev A. Gilbertson, 2004).The main duties of a designers areEliminate hazards and reduce health and safety risks add all the stakeholders with information about the remaining risks that could be eliminatedEnsure the client is sensible of duties and that he (it?) appointed a CDM-CoordinatorUpdate the health and safety file with all the new information concerning health and safety mattersCooperate with the CDM-Coordinator and the other designers and sum the relevant informationDesigners have the duty of indentifying and eliminating hazards and reduce the risks of those which cannot be eliminated (HSC, 2007) by using risk assessment methods to detect foreseeable risk and ensure the safety of workers by tackling the problem at the source. For this purpose they have to reduce de likelihood of harmful occurrences and the potential severity of harm resultant from it, go down the number of people exposed the these occurrences on site as well as and the dura tion and frequency of exposition (Howarth Watson, 2009).The Principal ContractorThe Principal Contractor is an individual or a company appointed early in the construction process by the Client and is responsible for planning, managing and supreme health and safety on site during the construction phase of the project (HSE, 2006). The Principal Contractor is usually the main Contractor of the project. He (it?) has to ensure a good cooperation and coordination of work between the Contractors involved in the construction because of the fact they may work on the like site at the same time and then interaction between then can create unexpected hazards (HSC, 2007).The duties imposed to the Principal Contractor are (Howarth Watson, 2009) (Joyston-Bechal Grice, 2004) (HSE, 2006)Plan, manage and control construction phases and provide a good communication with Contractors take and implement the health and safety plan on the base of the pre-construction planSet up site rulesProvide Contr actors with all the information available concerning health and safety matters to ensure safety of their workersEnsure the availability of fitted welfare facilities at the beginning of the work and maintain it during the duration of the construction phaseCheck the resource availability and the competence of its (his?) appointed stakeholdersProvide the workers with an induction when they arrive on site and further training and information for specific workMake the site a safe place and restrict access to people involved in the constructionConsult with the workers and liaise with the CDM-CoordinatorThe Principal Contractor has a significant health intimation when designs change or decisions are modified. The consultation process with the workers and the CDM-Coordinator permits to make everyone aware of the new updates in the construction phase plan and of the changing in managing health and safety (Semple Fraser, 2007).The ContractorThe Contractor is any person or company who is in charge of the carrying out or the management of the construction work. The Contractor can also organise the work of other stakeholders who carry out the work on his (it ?) behalf (Joyston-Bechal Grice, 2004).The duties of the Contractor are (Howarth Watson, 2009) (HSC, 2007)Plan, manage and control own work and that of workersCheck competence of workers and sub-contractorsSpecific training for workersProvide health and safety information to workersMake sure workers beneficiate of suitable welfare facilitiesCheck the project is notified before starting the workCooperate with other Contractors and with the Principal ContractorProvide any information to update the health and safety fileReport any accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences to the Principal Contractor as well as problems with the health and safety plan. almost of the time on large projects, several contractors work at the same time on the same site. In this case it is essential they foster with each other and follo w the instructions of the Principal Contractor not to interact and create new hazards on site. The contractors should ask for the health and safety construction phase plan produced by the Principal Contractor to get all the information they need to ensure safety of their employees (HSE, 2006).

The Metamorphosis and Waiting for Godot Analysis | Dark humour in literature

The Metamorphosis and Waiting for Godot abridgment Dark humour in literatureMany writers fork up importantly utilized dark humor or black humor cross slipway various genres and time. Dark humor in Metamorphosis and Waiting For Godot deem non sole(prenominal) revealed to us through its various moments, ideas and issues that appeal to an audition at that time, besides it also revealed to the readers and audience the nature of its characters. Although Vladimir, tarragon, Pozzo and comfortable claim been created some like stock characters, we seem to understand through Samuel Becketts enforce of dark humor moments of Pathos, meaninglessness and stagnancy in their lives. Franz Kafka on the some other hand creates a trans shapeation in his main character, Gregor Samsa, by b out(a) him into a mere insect and watching not only Samsas family still his reading audience react to it.The opening scene of Waiting For Godot is a country road setting with a single tree, and we find Estragon stressful to remove his boots with both his hands. After much struggle, he shows zippo to be d wholeness as if removing his shoes was such a unintelligible thing to be doing and in that locationfore nothing could be d i approximately his inability to remove his boots. A little(a) later, as through out the play, each of them exchange dialogues that do not correspond or nevertheless connect to each other in any way.Estragon Ah, term of enlistment blathering and help me off with this bloody thingVladimir handing hand from the top of Eiffel tower, among the first. We were presentable in those days. Now its too late. They wouldnt even let us up. any of these dialogues would beget sent the audience into splits tho they also resound with the inability of Vladimir and Estragon living a full and meaning life.Another modelling of black humor in this play is the part w here(predicate) Estragon dialogue almost the bloodless Sea and how the very thought of it made him t hirsty. This creates a roar of laughter amongst the audience as Estragon talks nigh the Dead Sea in context to the Gospels. notwithstanding, the reality is that the water form the Dead Sea will quench no thirst, as it is passing saline. This brings out Estragons nave character as he talks about the Dead Sea in comparison to the Gospels Estragon The Dead Sea was pale blue. The very look of it made me thirsty.The entrance of Pozzo and booming on stage undoubtedly thrives on dark humor. successful is beingness led by a rope tied to his neck and pozzo says, Lets say no more. Up pig Every time he falls, he falls asleep. Up hog Back Stop Turn These unconnected instructions, almost army style, seem to evoke a laugh or at least smile amongst the audience or readers. However, the slavish Lucky seems to be put into a demeaning situation, which doesnt fail to catch the audiences attention. The consequence of Pozzo held by Lucky on a rope seems to create a reverse image of the earlier si tuation. This image brings a certain rejoicing to the audience, a laugh no doubt, and yet makes the audience aware of how parcel is fickle and can change with such a strong impact.The proficiency of contrast exp sack by Beckett in Waiting For Godot is another test to bring out humor and reveal character. Estragons constant worry of who Godot is and when he will come and Vladimirs attempt to constantly calm his nerves,Vladimir He express Saturday. I think.Estragon You think.Pozzos initial arrogance and later his dependence on Lucky while he crawls onto stage are humorous ways of representing the characters.Becketts constant use of repetition of language and actions are humorous besides stagnant. This is further intensified when Vladimir and Estragon set about nothing to eat but a single carrot and a rotten turnip,Estragon Im ravenousVladimir Do you want a carrot?Estragon Is that all there is?Vladimir I might have some turnipsThey seem to be holding on to their dignity later in the play when they meet Lucky and Pozzo. They do not show their hunger nor do they ask for food. But the moment Pozzo and Lucky leave the stage, Estragon picks up the eaten chicken bones, trying to get some sustenance out of it, Estragon makes a send at the bones, picks them up and begins to gnaw on them. All these action and dialogues used by Beckett derive a sense of black humor but reveal to us simultaneously the sterile, meaningless and unfulfilled life of its characters.When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his recognize into a monstrous insect. The very opening lines of The Metamorphosis stated in this casual style does not fail to bring a smile to the readers. For who can wake up and find themselves transformed into an insect and not panic. Strangely, Gregor seems unaffected by this transformation, assuming life would go on with his thin legs and squeaky voice.Kafka describes Gregor as this thing with a monstrous body a nd thin legs. He has legs that dont seem to support him and neither is he aware how to use them. Kafkas humorous description of Gregor Samsa trying to get on those legs and out of the admittance and back to work, Groping for support, he fell down with a little cry on his numerous legs brings out a roar of laughter as he falls back on his back and cries out in a squeaky voice for help. Gregor gave a start when he heard his voice irrepressible, painful squeaky The use of humor here reveals to us the helpless situation Samsa is trapped in and we as readers empathize with this character.Later on in the book, Kafka describes how Samsas embarrassed father throws an apple at Gregors back and the apple sticks in the insects bodyIt was an apple. Immediately, a second one flew after it. Gregor stood still in fright.Gregors serious wound, from which he suffered for over a month -since no one ventured to remove the apple, it remained in his flesh as a visible reminder.Although this seems vis ually funny, it draws upon the readers sympathy and empathy with Gregor. From this moment on G regor seems to deteriorate psychologically and physically and dies in a heap of dust, to be swept out and thrown into the trash by the Charwoman.At the end of The Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa is seen for the last time when he hears his sister playing the violin. He sneaks out of his room unaware that his current image not only frightened his family but also the lodgers who had come to stay as paying guests. Gregor attracted by playing. This episode not only reveals to us almost like children playing Peek-a-boo, a child like humor, but we readers have become pained at such a transformation of Gregor. We have also unmistakably recognized that his family members have transformed too into selfish, heartless human beings who refuse to call the insect their son or familiar (in the sisters case)I will not utter my brothers name in introductory of this monsterThus, through the examination of the two books, Waiting For Godot and The Metamorphosis, it can be concluded that it is through dark humor that the authors have brought out the respective(prenominal) characteristics of the individuals depicted. For example, the blunt Estragon, the clam Vladimir, the dominant Pozzo, the slavish Lucky or the tragical Samsa, all of these characteristics are brought out through the help of dark humor. We have encountered them all through humorous events, descriptions and pictures.

The Topic Of Sustainable Tourism

The Topic Of sustainable tourismThis mini report aims at providing valuable in compriseation on the chosen enquiry topic of sustainable tourism. The report aims at feel deep in to the topic by drafting the core lit of the topic appraiseed by methodology and near finding and conclusion.This report appraise the growth of the term, commencing with a debate of the confusion arising from the vague and contradictory renderings of the concept, and the contract to differentiate between sustainable tourism and the development of tourism on the main beliefs of sustainable development. The paper then re-examine the green decoct of consultation of sustainable tourism and disagree for the pick up to ensure that the word-painting incorporates and is functional to the human surround as tumesce as the somatic surroundings. Concentration then moves to effort of haulage capacity, organize of tourism development, and the logical implication of the term to mass or conservative tourism. La st but non the least, the mini report concludes with a discussion of the prospect way of sustainable tourism and the probability of expansion moving in this direction.Tourism in the current millennium, correctly managed, has the latent to air divisionake in, revolutionize and recuperate the societal, political, cultural, as well as the ecological magnitude of peoples potential lifestyle. In this sensitive era, one of the maximum purposes of this policies and philosophies of tourism lead be to cross-examine the cultural, economical, political as well as surroundingsal reimbursement of tourism for the people, destinations and countries in order to corroborate a healthy lifestyle (Edgell, 2006) Moreover, sustainable tourism can for sure become a major vehicle for realization of mankinds uppermost rivalry in the mission to attain affluence while maintaining social, ecological and environmental veracity (Edgell, 2006).As such(prenominal) there is no particular translation of sus tainable tourism. Complementing this, (Swarbrooke, 1999) mentions that sustainable tourism can be defined as the type of tourism which is ecologic completelyy practical but does non degrade the resources on which future tourism depends remarkably on the bodily environment as well as the social structure of the multitude community.Aims and im face-to-faceTo review the topic of sustainable tourismMeasuring the growth of sustainable tourism and answering the research question of is sustainable tourism consistent. belles-lettres ReviewThe tourism IndustryThe tourism industry today has reached a considerable train in toll of profits, number of tourists at alter destinations and so forth In addition, the tourism sector has grown tremendously in the polish decade providing attendors with a ur plus of destinations to visit. There pose besides been different types of tourism that have been developing namely, sports tourism, animal tourism, destination tourism, etc. Moreover, the t ype of tourism in the current lime light has been sustainable tourism as this is now playing a vital sh atomic number 18 in environmental guinea pigs (Edgell, 2006). Furthermore, details virtually sustainable tourism have been mentioned in the report further.Sustainable Tourism itselfOne of the main problems with the fancy of sustainable growth is the method in which the solitary word sustainable has been useful to a diversity of performance pedestal on the liking that it takes with it the ideological and theoretical inference of the thought (Harrison 1996). In the case of tourism, the piece has been the exterior and prevalent espousal of the term sustainable tourism, repeatedly bleak of any shot to define it (Hunter and Green 1995).In the situation of tourism, an pertinent classification of sustainable tourism is tourism in a form which can continue its practicality in a vicinity for an indistinct end of time states (Butler 1993). Tourism at places such as Niagara Falls, London, Paris or Rome, is extremely sustainable. It has been winning in that place for years and depicts no work out of declining. With such a definition, the importance is on the preservation of tourism, but in most issues, tourism is rival for capital and whitethorn not be the top or wisest use of possessions in these locations in the future..The above mentioned definition, though, is not what is usually unspoken by the term sustainable tourism. Somewhat, relying on the inaugurate literature, what is in general meant by that term is as follows tourism which is develop and maintained in an area in such a agency and at such a extent that it leftovers practical over an countless epoch and does not mortify or ad just the environment in which it survives to such a level that it proscribes the triumphant expansion and well existence of performance and processes. (Butler 1993)The dissimilarity between these definitions is not just a melodic theme of semantics. The meaning of susta inable tourism above mentions very modest about something except the future of tourism. Wall (1996) has noted, a single sectoral approach, a modest that is at odds with the thought of sustainable growth, which by its extremely environment is holistic and multispectral. Thus sustainable tourism is not unconsciously kindred as tourism urbanized in line with the philosophy of sustainable advance. As long as it is this way, then haziness and uncertainty lead go on. Therefore the need to label the type of tourism cosmos intentional or developed beyond the catch-all of sustainable is therefore critical, if study about the sustainability of tourism is to be long-drawn-out.Major issues in Sustainable TourismThe tombstone term in this concept is the one of restrictions. However much proponents of growth may disregard the detail, implied in the impression of sustainable pass is the thought of confines. In the case of tourism, this is usually articulated in monetary value of numbers o f tourists though implied in this is the linked infrastructure development and aspect modifications.While accepted wisdom on carrying capability has been tailored in reality since the 1960s, researchers were looking for the magic number of guests who could be put up at a unique(predicate) spot, the distress of volume still delays (Butler 1996). though it is by and large traditional that numbers unaided are not an fully pleasing measure of the belongings of tourism, there is hesitation that, in approximately all tourism contexts, there is a utmost find of tourists who can be productively house.The detail remains, but, that in approximately any imaginable context, there will be an higher limit in provisos of the in coiffeion of tourists and the quantity of advance associated with sightseeing that the target can baulk mentions (Shipp 1993). Once these echelons are surpassed, by and large in undesirable form. The environment of tourism itself modifys, the natural world of the pur pose changes, the attractively and therefore the feasibleness of the purpose declines, and tourism becomes no longer sustainable in its sure form. If overeat and overdevelopment continue unabated, then any form of tourism may become indefensible in that location (Butler 1991 Cooper 1996 Zanetto Soriani 1996).An input part of scenery aim for sustainable tourism is the establishment of the tourism carrying expertness of a destination area (1996). In fact little, development suggestions tell or advise such restrictions. If sustainable increase ethics are incorporated in expansion plans in everything more than name barely, they are as a rule undersas welld in indistinguishable terms which are long on sentiment and short on details.This is describes, in part, by the detail that researchers and policy makers in tourism have neer grabbed the agitate of haulage capacity or confines and have never fashioned measures that could be used in such contexts (Butler 1996). The burning rent to take such steps at the topical anesthetic altitude as well as at new superior levels of government has been irritated more strongly just (Coccossis C Parpairis 1996 Johnson and Thomas 1996).MethodologyThe research methodology enables the researcher to collect the significant and relevant data for a particular research. In order to understand the recent developments in sustainable tourism, a secondary research has been conducted. Data in this research has been examine using graphs and charts. Some of the data is also presented in the discussion format to get the deeper knowledge. Moreover, secondary data included google books, academic articles as well as research journals in order to find accurate and punctilious data. Industry professional interviews were also considered.Findings and ConclusionIn trying to observe where the state of the art of current research on tourism in the context of sustainable development stands is rather difficult. There is now a sizeable body of lite rature on this subject, which is growing rapidly. The topic has regular(a) resulted in the appearance of a journal Journal of Sustainable Tourism) apply to this field. A great deal more research by geographers and other(a)s has been conducted and is just reaching the publication stage (Pigram c Wahab 1997 Hall C Lew 1998 C. Becker, University of Trier, personal communication). Thus one cannot conclude simply that there is little compose and that much remains to be through, nor can one argue that the key questions have been resolved. Although a great deal has been written, particularly in the last 5 years, I feel that much research does still remain to be undertaken. The key problem, in my mind, is the current inability to define to the atonement of all, or even most, of the stakeholders in tourism, exactly what is meant by sustainable tourism. As noted above, this remains a major problem and, because ambiguity exists, or so any form of tourism can, and often is, termed sustain able. Related to this fundamental issue is the question of how sustainability ability be monitored and measured if and when a satisfactory definition of sustainable tourism is established and accepted. It is clear that current research in all disciplines involved with tourism has not really tackled the problem of observe the effects of tourism in any context. Despite the real need to benchmark and monitor, first called for many years ago (Mathieson 8C Wall 1982), such efforts have, by and large, been at best sporadic and non-systematic. accustomed the hype that exists in industry and political circles to persuade people that much is being done to achieve sustainable tourism, there is implicit, if not overt, opposition to research that might show that very little new or existing tourism development is sustainable, or at best that a decision on its sustainability cannot be made for many years to come. Also, many proponents of the idea of sustainable tourism seem unwilling to accept that, because an operation calls itself sustainable, it may not be so in reality. To assess the real impacts of tourism and the level of sustainability achieved requires in-depth longitudinal research and environmental, economic and social auditing. This requires stable funding and a willing- ness on the part of researchers to commit to a research create by mental act for a considerable period of time. There is very little reason that this sort of commitment currently exists and good long-term research on sustainable development in tourism or any other field is extremely scarce (Wall1996). One can argue, therefore, that the greatest research need is to develop measures of sustainability and to apply these to existing and new forms of tourism development to help determine what affects sustainability and how it can be achieved in other words, to operationalize the concept and evaluate it in operation. This is far more complex than it sounds because, as discussed above, a multi-sect oral approach is essential, and this requires much more than simply estimating the direct effects of tourism on the physical and human environments of destination areas.Even when the elements and processes of sustainability are set and understood, there is still no guarantee that it will be skillful in destination areas. It will be necessary, if sustainability is to be achieved, to ensure that all stakeholders are willing participants in the process. If the industry, at all scales, cannot be persuaded that it is in its own direct post to commit to some principles of sustainability, then efforts ofother stakeholders will have little effect. If the public sector is not willing to uprise and, if necessary, enforce sustainable policies and actions, then few are unlikely to follow them. Simply listing appropriate actions and strategies and calling for their adoption (Table 2), as some governments have done (Tourism Canada 1990), is but a first step specific action and enforcement ar e necessary as well. If local residents cannot see the short as well as long-term benefits to themselves of sustainable policies, they will upset or ignore them. Finally, if the tourists themselves do not enjoy or rest satisfaction from sustainable forms of tourism, they will not participate and not visit destinations geared to offer this type of tourism. One of the other tasks facing researchers, if they desire to ensure the application as well as the understanding of sustainable development of tourism, is to find ways to ensure the necessary policies and actions are satisfactory to all stakeholders in tourism. Simply saying that all is well and that sustainable tourism is the way of the future because there is a growing interest in the concept will not ensure its adoption or success. At present, there is a disturbing tendency, in the desire to crowd sustainable tourism, to claim that any small-scale, environmentally or culturally cogitate form of tourism is sustainable, part icularly where it is developed by or for local residents. In the absence of accurate and reliable indicators and monitoring, one cannot comment on the sustainability of any enterprise until many years after its establishment, and only then, after comparing its operation and effects, to the state of the environment at the time of its establishment. Given that the term sustainable development did not enter the lexicon until 1987, it is still too soon to say if anything created since then is truly sustainable or not.

Trends of Internet Health Care

Trends of net income wellness CargonWhat is Internet wellness C be?Technology has changed forever the way consumers perceive wellnessc be. the ne devilrk is utilized by millions of user to perform daily life activities such as shopping, bills paying, communication with colleagues or family members, dating, and now wellness care (Bau, 2001). In the past, still medical students were the source and provider of wellness care development and serve to their longanimouss (Hesse all, 2005). Also most education pertaining to wellness was only accessible in libraries, through medical exam books.In this unseasoned age of invoked technology, the mesh has become the go to beam of light for patients straining wellness teaching as mild as flu symptoms to much serious and life cloggy distemper as fagcer. As much as 72% of world-wide- web users judge wellness culture though the network (Pew 2012). Health searchers utilize this slam to learn more(prenominal) near their condition, seek new discourses, move with separates in the same situation, and get answers to questions at whatsoever given moment mean solar day or night. The meshwork is allowing its users access to a wealth of discipline, all that in the privacy of their homes and at less cost. The informed consumers are acquiring more and more manifold in every aspect of their care and they sine qua non to participate in shared finis-making (Sunday, 2000). Internet health randomness quest atomic number 50 help patients be die informed, which post prolong to amend health outcomes, a amend utilization of health service resources, and a stronger physician-patient kind (Kassier 2000 Murray et al 2003).But, health schooling on the Internet may be misleading or misinterpreted, compromising health airs and health outcomes, or resulting in inappropriate requests for clinical interventions (Eysenbach, Kohler, 2002 Murray et al 2003). To access the full strength of lucre as a so urce of health culture, physicians need to receipt the potentials of this technology, while being mindful of possible dangers to patients health (Powell all, 2003).What is the trend? widely distributed closely 4.5% of all cyberspace are health related (Morahan-Martin, 2004). In less than a quarter of century, the lucre users grew from 42% to 81% (Fox Rainie 2014). 70 two percent of U.S. adult inform looking for health or medical training online for themselves or for others at least once in the precedent 12 months (Fox Duggan 2013).The earnings non only is a interrogation animate being for those seeking information regarding their condition, bit is as well as a tool diagnosis tool for those chaseing for answers online. Indeed the 2012 Pew Research plazas Internet Ameri green goddess Life Project health bailiwick revealed that among the health seekers, 35% were health diagnosers meaning passel looking to muster up answers for specific medical conditions online t hemselves or relatives might ingest (Fox Duggan, 2013).Across studies, the ecumenical observation was that higher education levels was strongly correlated to higher place of Internet use for health but profits use was not a function of household income (Jansen Spink 2006). most of the online health seekers (77%) start their search from general search engine resembling Google or through medical web sites (13%) proving few specific health information (Fox Duggan 2013). These results are about inconsistent with a more targeted work by Dickerson, Reinhart, Feeley, Bidani, Rich, Garg Hershey (2004) accessing patients internet behavior in three urban primary care clinics were the majority of the patient (73%) reported starting their search on a medical website. fractional of the inquiries are on behalf of a loved one which translates to 39% of the online health seekers population (Fox Duggan, 2013). Often women (64%) would report searching the net for health information than male (53%) even though they equally access the internet (Fox Duggan, 2013).why health seekers like the Internet?Seekers of online information al slipway cite manoeuver main reasons for going online. First, the Internet allows them to seek information at any hour second, they so-and-so get a wealth of information and finally, they can access the information anonymously (Fox Rainie, 2000).Seekers of online health information are of two kinds those with a diagnosed chronic condition and those without (Dickerson et al., 2004). According to studies, they tend to have a distinct approach toward online information seeking. Indeed, multiple studies revealed that people that perceive themselves as being unhealthy tend to be more proactive at seeking online information that bequeath help them get a better understanding of their condition, or to seek for second opinion, or seek advance treatment of their ailment (Fox Rainie,2000 Dickerson et al., 2004) .Most users actually attributed the ir improve understanding of health issues to the use of internet and some even went further admitting internet has squeeze how they manage their health care needs and their choice of a health care professional (Jansen Spink, 2006). The internet is a powerful education tool and a great back off to consumer looking to get more involved in their health care and participate in share decision making. Internet improves users understanding of their chronic condition, treatments for their chronic condition, or other symptoms, conditions, or treatments, effects decisions about health or health care or on use of the health care system.Potential benefits of online health informationOnline health information has the potential of improving patients participation in some aspects of their care and their interaction with the care giver (Baker, Wagner, Singer, Bundorf, 2003).Most users go to health sites for research and reference purposes. Physicians and patient alike use the internet for healt h information-seeking and communication purposes. Physicians glean the internet to keep up with the latest plan in their field. It is as well a way to connect with colleagues from all other the world as there are no b determines restrictions on the public Wide weave. Few use it to communicate with their caregivers or to buy medicine.Most health seekers have been able to get the information they need without show personal information. namelessness is another great benefit offered by the internet. Anyone can go online and look for any symptom or condition without reveal it identity. For extremely shy people or for embarrassing health conditions, the internet is a good alternative to understanding or treating the condition without acquiring exposed. According to studiesMany are using the Web to gather information on behalf of family and friends. Those who are in excellent health often seek online materials to help individual else those who are in less-than-excellent health are more likely to be hunting for information for themselves (Fox Rainie, 2000). The 2012 Pew health look into reported that about half of the internet health quests are on behalf of a loved one (Fox Duggan, 2012). In addition, Internet has been proven subservient in assisting caregivers in their ability to provide care to cope and remain firm for the person in their care (Fox, Duggan, Purcell 2013). A Pew internet health tracking survey from August to September 2012 revealed that 24% of caregivers (adults ages 18+) breaker the net for reviews on prescription drugs, 30% got information , care, and support from people with the same condition, as much as 46% went online for diagnosis, and 72% collected health information online (Fox, Duggan, Purcell 2013)In general, health seekers use the internet to seek information on present or immediate medical condition. It is central to note that in most cases, in person project with a physician precedes the seeking of online health infor mation. Often, a diagnosis following a doctor visit forever urges patients to seek online information in order to better understand their condition. But then again, the decision on when to affect with the physician depends on who the patient is. In general, health seekers looking for information on behalf of a loved one will go online subsequently a doctors visit, while health seekers looking for self will go online before the doctors visit, so that they can actively participate. The Pew health survey reports that 53% of online diagnoses reported their online arriveings to their physician and 41% had their diagnosis confirmed (Pew, 2012). Those results contradict a study by Diaz et al (2002) submited on primary internal medical private rehearse patients who reported that nearly 60% of the patient did not discuss their findings with their physicians. succor opinion seeking health seekers use the internet to get a second opinion.(develop on this)Interactive and E-connecting- ( use the article on crab louse) there are countless number of online support groups for nearly every disease and condition, with absolute discussion topics (Forkner-Dunn, 2003). But just as important as the information exchanged in these e-discussions is the emotional support they provide. Being able to interact with others that can relate to the seeker situation is a header mechanism. My coping mechanism was to learn as much as I could about my cancer and my treatment, and the most convenient avenue for this was the Internet said Karen Parles a cancer patient. Indeed, patients reported being less stressed about their disease once they are able to communicate with others in similar condition. Karen Parles a lung cancer patient sated because of the sheer numbers of patients online, I was able to find others just like myself, and I no longer felt like the only 38- year-old nonsmoker on the planet with lung cancer. This wealth of personal fuck and support can be recorded for future reference of patients, clinicians, or health care planners (Forkner-Dunn, 2003).E-monitoring mentioned the internet is a tool that can be utilized to monitor patients conditions (Forkner-Dunn 2003). Chronic conditions like diabetes, heart diseases, and obesity can specially benefit from e-monitoring. Internet can facilitate home focus of medical condition via monitoring devices. For instance, monitoring device testing gunstock glucose level are widely popular among diabetic patients and these devices connected to the internet can transmit real time results to patients care giver. Patients can also monitor and transmit their weight via e-scale or access their heart or respiratory rate using e-shirt (Forkner-Dunn, 2003).Internet and physician-patient relationship A study accessing the impact of the internet on physician- patient relationship by Murray et al (2003) found that most physicians agree that patient bringing information to the visit was beneficial to the physician-patient relationship, but negatively affected time efficiency. Moreover it had no effect on health the prime(prenominal) of care or the health outcome. Health information on the Internet may make patients better informed, leading to better health outcomes, more appropriate use of health service resources, and a stronger physician-patient relationship (Murray et al. 2003).The internet can have a positive outcome on patients and be the best support they can expect when facing life threatening condition. According to a cancer patient in one study The Internet has impacted my relationship with my oncologists and my surgeon in a very positive way. I would hypothecate that the information I learn on the Internet enables me to ask different questions, to affect the agenda, and to feel involved in my care. Online support that I commence from other patients often relieves anxiety and resolves minor issues that I would otherwise mature with my doctors(Penson et al 2002).Negatives and obstacles o f internet health informationPrivacy violations Health seekers are scared of what may happen to their information online. There is the fear of having their online activities exposed. Anonymity is one of the reasons people get online. To date this is no compel policies preventing health websites from keeping tract on online users activities and selling those data without users content. The absence of enforced policies to guarantee a safe navigation and patients privacy renders the internet insecure for the most concerned patients. Based on the Pew Research circle arounds Internet Project remember survey from July 11-14, of 1,002 adults ages 18 and older, 86% of internet users have tried to use the internet in ways to minimize the visibility of their digital footprints, 55% of internet users have taken steps to hide from specific people or organizations (Rainie et al 2013). specifically 21% of internet users have had an email or social networking scotch compromised or taken over by someone else without permission. 13% of internet users have experienced trouble in a relationship mingled with them and a family member or a friend because of something the user post online.12% of internet users have been stalked or harassed online. 11% of internet users have had important personal information stolen such as their companionable Security Number, credit card, or bank account information. 6% of internet users have been the victim of an online scam and lost money. 6% of internet users have had their reputation damaged because of something that happened online. 4% of internet users have been led into corporeal danger because of something that happened online. 1% of internet users have lost a occupation opportunity or educational opportunity because of something they posted online or someone posted about them (Rainie et al 2013).Inaccurate, incredible and difficult to evaluate few studies to date have been able to access the credibility, and accuracy of online he alth information. nonpareil major problem encounter by health seekers is that most of the information online is too general and outdated (Fox Rainie, 2000, Rice 2006). Based on previous studies results, internet health seekers find it hard to find what there are searching online, or could not fully comprehend the information, or the information was overwhelming or unreadable (Zeng et al. 2004 Berland et al., 2001 ). Health seekers are equally separate when it come to the credibility of the information online (Fox Rainie, 2000). The most common problems mentioned were no new information, information too general, confusing interface/organization, and too much information to process (Rice, 2006).Another obstacle to expansion of online health is inequality. The lack of obligatory technology some part of the population is very problematic. Many senior, minority, and cut down-income patients will be excluded if online forms of intervention were to be implemented nationwide for lack of access. old studies reported (who use the internet). There is a possibility that the expansion of this technology might prove to worsen inequality in the distribution and voice communication of care rather than ameliorate it (DiMaggio, Hargittai 2001).Previous works have also pointed out wide variations in the quality of information available on the Internet. Inaccurate or poorly targeted information can to poor treatment choices. An excess of extraneous, irrelevant, or invalid information can burden health care providers and lead to the provision of efficiently care (Baker, Wagner, Singer, Bundorf, 2003). An assessment of 121 websites on five common health topics to evaluate their credibility reported that only 24% of the sites met more than two-thirds of the published health guidelines for that health topic (Rice, 2006). Berland et al. (2001)also reported that Internet health information has an inadequate coverage of important medical information.Destroy physician- patient relationship the search of information online can lead to unrealistic expectations (Penson et al. 2002). Patients scattering the internet for information or alternative treatments, getting their hopes up only to have their physician reject it for cause of inaccuracy or irrelevancy may get frustrated put tensions into the patient-physician relationship. Murray et al. (2003) find a correlation between physician refusals to approve inappropriate requests, patients satisfaction, and a lower index of quality particularly in managed care.Physicians sometime feel as patients armed with online information are challenging their authority. This reaction was strongly associated with harms to the physician-patient relationship, quality of care, health outcomes, and time efficiency (Murray et al. 2003).Recommendations Suggestions include kitemarks (seals of approval) for quality Web sites, codes of conduct for development and content of Web sites, market forces, directing users to trusted Web s ites, filters, rating instruments for users, and public education in evaluating the quality of online information (Murray et al. 2003) order users to trusted web sites providers can proactive in identifying the best internet health source to direct their patients. Suggested trustworthy organizations by Diaz et al. (2002) are the Health on the Net Foundation (www.HON.ch),the Internet Healthcare Coalition (www.ihealthcoalition.org),and Health Internet Ethics (www.hiethics.org). Past studies show that up to 35% of the internet users do not share their results with physician (Pew, 2014). The main raison being that physician did not ask or did not give the impression of deficient to get involved. Physicians can best assist patients by inquiring about internet usage and by helping in finding legitimate source of medical information (Diaz et al. 2002).Provide accurate, credible, Reliable Information web sites aiming at providing internet information should thrive to assure accuracy, cre dibility, and reliability. Health information provided to patients ought to be useful, up to date, and must provide a list of sources that support the reliability of the information.Privacy HIPPA requirement for health organization using health IT should apply to health information web sites. Patients privacy should be reckon and should not be shared without authorization.ConclusionAll major changes always face resistance before people can warm up to the idea and then follow the acceptation phase. Like the launching to telephone in health care more than a century ago, introduction of the internet as a form of health care obstetrical delivery will take time before it can be viewed as a tool that add value to medical practice.

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Essay -- Sun Also Rises Ernest

The epigraph to The Sun Also Rises contains a quote from Gertrude Stein, saying You are all a lost generation. This announcement is juxtaposed with the passage from the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes One generation passeth away, and other generation cometh but the earth abideth for ever. The message of the former quote understandably conveys that the WW1 generation, of which Jake Barns, Robert Cohn, Brett Ashley and Mike Campbell are the representatives, is forevermore deprived of moral, emotional, spiritual and physical set. On the other hand, the latter passage gives a lot of hope The solarize also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. This statement, from which the title of the novel comes, as well as the content of the whole Book of Ecclesiastes, may be the reason for upholding this hope, the hope given by the rising Sun, the hope of forever abiding Earth. It is a common knowledge that war - the calamity for civilization, as the nar rator Jake names it - disorganises or even destroys humans inner life, his priorities, his code of values that war causes a lot of chaos in the way hotshot perceives oneself as well as others that war deprives man of dignity and (self-)respect. The lives of the (dis)affiliates of the scattered Generation, who have gone through the tragedy of the World War1, epitomise this usual truth. They are eonianly coping with finding themselves in the world later the war. It is highly probable that the ethics and morality for them is to be found in the book of Ecclesiastes. The preacher provides the reader, or rather the members of the team of expatriates, with the code of communicate they should follow to find the meaning and the purpose of their lives. However futile and unsatisfying life may be, on which Ecclesiastes insists by repeating the statement totally is vanity and vexation of spirit, one predominantly should put his life into the detainment of God and obey Him.Do the protag onists manage to find any signification in their post-war existence? Are their lives likely to regain the meaning? leave they manage to put together the pieces of their shattered personal faiths (Maloney 188) to obliterate their harmful memories of that dirty war?Book 1 presents the tragic and hopeless situation of the doomed Generation. All the protagonists belong to the degenerated society of the expatria... ...g life as a constant rebirth, as the re-entering the earthly paradise (Maloney 186) outside the novel, but still within the workings of Hemingway, whose crucial message is after all that man can be beaten up, but not lost, that man can be finished but not defeated.Works CitedBackman, Melvin. Hemingway The Metador and the Crucified. Hemingway and His Critics. Ed. Carlos Baker. New York, American cytosine series Hill and Wang, 1961.Benson, Jackson J. Hemingway The Writers Art of Self-Defense. Minnesota the University of Minnesota, 1969 Kashkeen, Ivan. Alive in the mi ddle of oddment Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway and His Critics. Ed. Carlos Baker. New York, American Century Series Hill and Wang, 1961.Maloney, Michael F. Ernest Hemingway The lacking Third Dimension. Hemingway and His Critics. Ed. Carlos Baker. New York, American Century Series Hill and Wang, 1961.Spilka, Mark. The Death of Love in The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway and His Critics. Ed. Carlos Baker. New York, American Century Series Hill and Wang, 1961.(http//members.aol.com/_ht_a/pamplonaweb/riauriau.htm) (http//www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-178,pageNum-51.html)