The combined action of waves, surges and tides can cause flooding, erosion dune structure overtopping in many coastal regions. Addressing emergency risk management these areas require a combination targeted campaigns real-time data that measure all phenomena at stake be used to develop comprehensive monitoring platforms. These platforms support the development prediction tools address hazards a...

Many computer systems, such as Internet datacenters and cloud computing environments, consist of a multitude of servers that process user requests. Incoming requests that find all servers busy have to wait until a server becomes idle. This type of queuing system is known as a G/G/c system and has been extensively studied in the queuing literature under steady state conditions. This paper studie...

fast rise-time voltage surges surges from a circuit breaker closing can lead to an electrical breakdown of the turn insulation in motor srator windings [1]. If the turn insulation is of an insuffcient thickness or has aged in service, the insulation will puncture when a short rise-time voltage surge occurs. Punctured turn insulation allows for a very high circulating current to flow into the af...

UNLABELLED Collaborative care models for depression in primary care are effective and cost-effective, but difficult to spread to new sites. Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions (TIDES) is an initiative to promote evidence-based collaborative care in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Social marketing applies marketing techniques to promote positive behavio...