In this study, the simulation results of four vertical flow wetland systems using the HYDRUS Wetland Module are presented. The four wetland systems comprise three single-stage pilot scale systems and one full-scale two-stage system. The main difference between these systems is the filter media used, referred to as fine media, i.e., sand with a grain size distribution 0.063–4 mm, or coarse media...

Dr. John J. Wood is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the United States Air Force Academy. Dr. Wood completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University in the design and empirical analysis of compliant systems. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Wright State University and his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aer...

This article examines the criminalisation of the reckless transmission of disease in England and Wales. The defence of consent to bodily harm and the principle of informed consent are crucial to the foundations of this discussion. This defence gives an HIV infected party freedom to behave recklessly and rely on the knowledge of the victim as a defence for their reckless behaviour. The criminal ...

Higher-order languages, such as Haskell, encourage the programmer to build abstractions by composing functions. A good compiler must inline many of these calls to recover an e ciently executable program. In principle, inlining is dead simple: just replace the call of a function by an instance of its body. But any compilerwriter will tell you that inlining is a black art, full of delicate compro...

Digital subtraction angiography is a standard diagnosis tool for the examination of vessels. For this method X-ray images (contrast images) are taken from the patient while a radio-opaque contrast agent is injected through a catheter. The first image of such a scene is usually taken before injection and is called mask image. In clinical routine the mask image is manually shifted to perform a ro...