Mobil

About: Mobil is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Zeolite. The organization has 7085 authors who have published 10642 publications receiving 237497 citations. The organization is also known as: Socony-Vacuum Oil Company & Standard Oil Company of New York.

Critical review of cancer epidemiology in petroleum industry employees, with a quantitative meta‐analysis by cancer site

Abstract: A critical review of close to 100 published and unpublished but otherwise available epidemiologic reports of petroleum industry employees from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan was conducted Analyses by duration of employment and latency are discussed, and summary standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) or meta-SMRs are developed for selected cancer sites Findings indicate that the industry experienced a significantly lower cancer mortality than the general population for all cancer sites combined, digestive system, stomach, and lung For the industry as a whole, SMRs similar to the general population were observed for skin, brain, pancreatic, prostatic, and kidney cancers However, some data indicate that certain small groups within the industry might have elevated prostatic and kidney cancer risk This review supports the conclusion that some refinery employees, particularly those employed before the 1940s, may have been at increased risk of leukemia There is some indication that cancer of other lymphatic tissue may also be elevated Unresolved issues affecting these conclusions are discussed, and specific directions for future research are offered

Cooperative wireless luminescent imagery

Abstract: A wireless communication device (108) having luminescent display capabilities in accordance with various embodiments is provided with a machine accessible medium including instructions to receive data representing a set of one or more picture elements of an audience assisted image to facilitate coordinated display of a luminescent representation of a portion of the audience assisted image by the wireless communication device (108) in cooperation with one or more additional wireless communication devices (108), as well as a processor (102) to execute the instructions.

Crystalline zeolite ZSM-20 and method of preparing same

Abstract: A new crystalline zeolite, designated ZSM-20, a method of making same and the use thereof in catalytic conversion of organic compounds, e.g. hydrocarbons, is the subject of this application. The new zeolite has a composition expressed in terms of mole ratios of oxides in the anhydrous state as follows: (0.3 - 0.6)R.sub.2 O: (0.4 - 0.7)M.sub.2 O: Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :(x)SiO.sub.2 wherein R is a tetraethylammonium cation, M is an alkali metal cation and x is at least 7, and is characterized by a specified X-ray powder diffraction pattern.

Sigmoidal tidal bundles and other tide-generated sedimentary structures of the Curtis Formation, Utah

Abstract: The Curtis Formation in central Utah contains a rich suite of sedimentary structures that provides persuasive evidence for a tidal mode of origin. The most diagnostic of these structures are sigmoidal tidal bundles: sandstone packages deposited during one dominant tidal episode that comprise a set of large-scale cross-lamination enclosed by two relatively gently dipping, sigmoid-shaped pause planes. Bundles are especially recognizable as tidally generated features because they exhibit an internal progression, from gentle, drape-like sigmoids to avalanche-type cross-bed foresets back to sigmoidal drapes. This progression reflects the sequential change in tidal flow velocities from slack water to maximum flow back to slack water. In addition, cyclic variability in the thickness and in internal structures among tidal bundles is clearly related to periodicity in the lunar month. These features of the Curtis Formation are remarkably similar to sedimentary structures observed in Holocene tidal sediments along the Dutch North Sea coast.