. Projects also have beneficial elements for nearshore habitats that include introduction of woody debris, shading, revegetation, and increased shoreline complexity. Projects have ranged from large beach restoration to enhancement of gravel and wood berms fronting single-family residences. A 900-foot long

Accuracy of noninvasive hemoglobin and invasive point-of-care hemoglobin testing compared with a laboratory analyzer N. SHAH*, E. A. OSEA†, G. J. MARTINEZ‡

Abstract. The estimation of the maximum wave runup height is a problem of practical importance. Most of the analytical and numerical studies are limited to a constant slope plain shore and to the classical Nonlinear Shallow Water (NSW) equations. However, in nature the shore is characterized by some roughness. In order to take into account the effects of the bottom rugosity various ad-hoc friction terms are usually used. In this paperwe studythe effect ofthe roughnessofthe bottom onthe maximum runupheight. A stochastic model is proposed to describe the bottom irregularityand its effect is quantified using Monte-Carlo simulations. For the discretization of the NSW equations we employ modern finite volume schemes. Moreover, the results of the random bottom model are

ABSTRACT The use of vegetable oil in its original form in diesel engines poses a few challenges especially after prolonged use. In this study, it was found that after 500 hours of cumulative running with crude palm oil (CPO), the maximum power was reduced by about 20% and the minimum brake specific fuel consumption (bsfc) increased by about 26%. Examination of the different parts revealed heavy carbon deposits in the combustion chamber; traces of wear on the piston rings, the plunger and the delivery valve of the injection pump; slight scuffing of the cylinder liner; and uneven spray from the nozzles. The affected parts were installed in a new identical engine one by one to evaluate the performance of each respectively. Tests revealed that the main reason for engine performance deterioration was 'valve sticking' contributing about 18% and 23% to the deterioration of maximum power and minimum bsfc respectively.

Asked by SIAM News for a survey of the cur-rent state of mathematical/computational aspects of tsunami modeling and simulation, based mainly on sessions at the SIAM Conference on Mathematical &

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Regional seismographic network and teleseismic data for the 1933 (M L-- 6.3) Long Beach earthquake sequence have been analyzed, Both the teleseismic focal mechanism of the main shock and the distribution of the aftershocks are consistent with the event having occurred on the Newport-lnglewood fault

The only permanent settlement along this stretch of coastline is Long Beach, which is located on flat, low-lying ground which is generally less than 3m above msl. Long Beach is bordered by coastal hills to the east, west and south which rise to between 200 and 350m (Figure 1). A series of low dune

Abstract – Increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other gases are expected to cause a global warming that could raise sea level a few feet in the next century. This paper examines four options by which barrier-island communities could respond, focussing on Long Beach Island

• We extract body waves from ambient noise recorded by a dense network • Two signal-processing filters are applied to retrieve clear body waves • We use the extracted body waves to estimate 3-D P wave velocities