This study describes a specific type of critical layer for near-inertial waves (NIWs) that forms when isopycnals run parallel to sloping bathymetry. Upon entering this slantwise layer, the group velocity decreases zero and NIWs become trapped amplified, which can enhance mixing. A realistic simulation anticyclonic eddies on Texas-Louisiana shelf reveals such layers form where impinge onto botto...

The combined effect of vertical shear and horizontal stretching leads to thin, sloping structures in tracer fields, whose vertical length scale is much smaller than their horizontal length scale. These structures are then vulnerable to vertical mixing processes. This effect needs to be taken into account when interpreting the horizontal structure of oceanic (and atmospheric) tracers and may exp...

By now, there is a large experimental literature showing some kind of status quo bias. If the subject is given a coffee mug (candy bar) and later given the possibility of trading it for a candy bar (coffee mug) of equal value, the subject is likely to stick with the original allocation (Knetsch, 1989). Here, we ask whether status quo bias can be made consistent with downward-sloping demand curv...

SIR—Treacher Collins or Francescetti syndrome or Mandibulofacial Dysostosis is a congenital malformation of craniofacial development. He is characterized by hypoplasia of malar bones, palpebral fissure sloping downward and laterally with coloboma of the lower eyelids, micrognathia, malformation of external, middle and inner ear and cleft palate. In these patients conventional direct laryngoscop...

Computer modelling can provide better information on building projects presented in two dimensional drawings but never built. A cemetery project in Denmark was formed as a solid model in its sloping landscape using Softimage. Boolean operations were used to position walls at a given height above the terrain. More accurate still and video images were made and compared with original sketches.

BACKGROUND Meniere's disease is a unique, progressive disease of the inner ear. The complex manifestation presents diagnostic challenges. The cochlear symptoms often present before vertigo and tend to be ignored. This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of cochlear symptoms and functions associated with Meniere's disease to investigate the regularity of the development of this disorder. ...

The summertime Great Plains low-level jet (LLJ) has been the subject of numerous investigations during the past several decades. Characteristics of the LLJ include nighttime development of a pronounced wind maximum of typically 15–20 m s at levels 300–800 m above the surface and a clockwise rotation of the wind maximum during the course of the night. Maximum frequency of occurrence of the LLJ i...

The paper investigates asymmetries effects over a nonlinear vibration energy harvester dynamics. asymmetric system performance is compared with symmetric ones. Different asymmetry levels on restoring force and gravity action are investigated from system-sloping angle variation. Bifurcation diagrams basins of attraction used to examine the local global characteristics underlying dynamical system...

A sporadic patient with OFC syndrome is described. Distinguishing features were a long face with narrow nose, high arched palate, prominent and dysmorphic ears, long neck, sloping shoulders and clavicles, winged, low, and laterally set scapulae, tetralogy ofFallot, and deafness secondary to cochlear malformation. Some features present in the original family, including lateral cervical fistulae,...

Parabolic equation solutions use various techniques for approximating range-dependent interfaces. One is a mapping approach [M. D. Collins et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107, 1937-1942 (2000)] where at each range the domain is vertically translated so that sloping bathymetry becomes horizontal, and range dependence is transferred to the upper surface. In this paper, a scaled mapping is suggested w...