New approaches to recognizing functional domains in biological sequences. Progress report

The recent evolution of equipment capable of measuring the relative dielectric constant of a formation has stimulated new approaches to the evaluation of water saturation. In many oil productive reservoirs, the formation water resistivities are either unknown or are very high; thus complicating conventional resistivity dependent solutions for water saturation.By determining the relative dielectric constant of the formation and through application of the Lichtnecker and Rother equation for the dielectric constant of mixtures, the analyst may identify the presence of hydrocarbons and in many cases, quantify reserves. Additionally, a quick look overlay technique for qualitative evaluation can be utilized. These procedures can be of great help in both exploration and development environments where conventional methods have led to confusion.

Download Full-text

Geography and ethics III: Whither the next moral turn?

Progress in Human Geography ◽

10.1177/0309132517732174 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 42 (6) ◽

pp. 937-948 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Elizabeth Olson

Keyword(s):

Moral Status ◽

Moral Agency ◽

Empirical Work ◽

Progress Report ◽

New Approaches ◽

Speculative Ethics ◽

Moral Geographies ◽

Care And Justice ◽

Post Humanism

The 20 years since geography’s ‘moral turn’ have generated a robust field of scholarship around diverse ethical engagements. However, as geographers continue to build articulate claims to care and justice in and beyond the academy, the role of ‘the moral’ has often been resigned to the margins of our theories and empirical work. In my third and final progress report on geography and ethics, I suggest that new approaches toward moral geographies and economies are already signaling directions for geography’s next moral turn. Some of these approaches use more traditional theoretical and empirical options to explain and raise challenges for confronting harmful moral projects endorsed by states. But other more critical and controversial shifts are also evident in the speculative ethics of post-humanism which destabilize and reassemble what we think we know about moral status and moral agency.

Download Full-text